St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-07

A .boOkkeeper in a Minneapolis bank
recently disappeared and $4,000 went
with him.
What was his probable motive?'' asked q
reporter of a bank Official
HE had none that am able to discover"
did he drinkP'
siNO,
. Ibid ! he gambler
WAS there woman in the casef''
mo; he had q wife to whom he was but
lately married, and 1 believe that they got
along well together. believe that the money
was taken as the result OF an impulse. some
overmastering passion that seized him which
he was unable to control"
1t has developed that the trusted en-
plOye received but $50 month on
which to support his family, although
he had held responsible position for a
number of years. Besides that SIS a
month was being retained to meet some
paper the bank held against him. The
probability is that the temptation Of
daily being where he saw plenty of
money when he was so woefully hard
up finally became too strong for him,
and he weakened, This was the lover
mastering passion" more likely than
that he should turn thief when he was
not known to possess vices that usually
lead men to commit crimes. There is a
lesson in this. Banks should not en-
ploy men at too meager wages to handle
money. any more than restaurants
should employ starving men for walters.
Man Ito old friend whom he has not
seen for years)-Why, my dear boy, I
am delighted to see you. When did you
leave st, Paul?
LEFT there yesterday"
"And how is your brother William.
the one you used to think so much Of?
How is he getting along?'
"Oh, l wish you had not spoken of
him."
why. is he deadP"
"Worse than that. He lives in Min
neapolis. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Progressive Age, which devotes
itself almost exclusively to prohibition,
says:
IF our city dailies only knew it, the
people are weary of the disgusting de-
tails of the census fight. 1t is an abom-
Unable piece of business. Like neigh
borhood wrangle, no one is interested
in it. The people outside feel that both
cities should be spanked and set to
work at their regular everyday bust
ness again. We hope this nasty work
will cease. The two cities should CO.
operate with, not antagonize, each
other"
Still the city dailies generally give
the people what they want to read
about. If they didn't. they would not
succeed any better than the Progressive
Age.
The refusal of couple of ball play
ers. Foster and Hengle, to carry out
their contracts and play with the Min
neapOlis team has attracted more atten-
ton than if Eugene Hay had refused
altogether to prosecute the census cases
as United States attorney. The popu-
larity of base ball has given certain
robust young men, whose muscular de-
velopment would doubtless otherwise
be utilized in screwing brakes on freight
cars, the opportunity of earning salaries
that are higher than those paid to
school teachers. while they lead a life
of ease that is made doubly attractive
by the fact that their work is play. The
poor down-trodden base ball player
who kicks in the middle of the season
because he doesn't get more than $500 a
month may be an object of charity, but
there are so many people who need
money worse than he does to buy cham
payne frappe this summer, that his
plaintive appeal will not excite much
cOmmiSeratiOn.