St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-21
SALTWATER SILHOUETTES
Business Men Want Business Men in
the Council.
CUT IN EXPENSES SOUGHT.
The Wildwood Associations Request
for Abatement of Assessment
Refused.

Late yesterday afternoon Fayette
Marsh caused to be distributed circu-
lars announcing that there would he
held in the evening at Music hall a
meeting to arrange, if possible, for the
election of four business men as men,
berS of the city council at the coming
election and to ascertain, by the appoint
ment of committees or otherwise,
wherein the expenses OF city, school
and county government can be leSSened
and the burden of taxes correspond
ingly decreased. The meeting was
called to order by Mayor Durant. John
q. Nelson was chosen chairman and a.
Il. Lindholm secretary. Addresses
were made by Fayette Marsh and E.
W. Durant, to the effect that necessity
REQUIRED care in choosing city council
of exceptional business ability. The
upsl OF of the matter was that the fol-
loving ward committees were appointed
to select and present the names of bust
ness men who. if elected, would agree
to serve as aldermen for the respective
terms: First ward, A. L. jerks, K. s.
Davis, r. F. Burke; Second ward, Sam
Mcclure. J. S. O'Brien, Theodore JAS
soy; bird ward, Sam Register, E. A.
Folsom, j. G. Henlng. The meeting
was we'll attended and by the most re-
putaUle, conservative and really public
spirited men Of the city. The regular
Republican caucuSeS are to be held
this evening in the various wards.
The committees will report at meeting
in Opera hall tonight. a motion Will
also be introduced for the appointment
of committees to report how retrench-
ment may be made in school district
and county affairs.
The application for refundment and
Abatement on the $4,000 valuation and
assessment against the Wildwood Park
association was refused yesterday by
the board of county commissioners. The
bill of $500 presented by William Chal-
merS on accountof expenses in bringing
John Russell from Washington was
taken from the table and referred to
the attorney general as to the legality
OF allowing it. The remainder of yes
terday's session was principally devoted
to the auditing of bills.
There is no change as yet in the rea-
tons between the mOlderS and the
thresher company. The molders main
tain reserved and quiet demeanor.
making no talk. and Supt. Dixon is
equally placid. If there is any deep
seated i'll feeling it does not appear in
the gentlemanly walk and conversation
of any party to the controversy-what-
ever the controversy is.
j. z. Baker Il Co.'s camp on Lower
Tamarac has been broken up. and the
last of the men and teams arrived down
river yesterday, having made winters
cut of 100000 feet. The three camps
of David Tozer on the same stream
have banked about 16,000,000, and the
to n is coli IN 40
ever harvested on Tamarac.
An elevator owned by Matt Dill at
Point. Douglas was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire at an early hour yesterday
morning. The building was not occu-
pied and the loss is not over $1,000; in
surance, 500.
Two additional answers, those of
Elizabeth May and j. N. MaSterman,
were filed yesterday in the matter OF the
proceedings of Washington county to
collect delinquent taxes.
County Commissioners Newbauer,
lund ana Mexican will meet at Forest
Lake to-day to investigate the matter of
an important change of public high
way in that township.
j. S. Yandiver, editor of the Demo
Graf. starts this morning for Kansas
City, whittier he is called by telegram
announcing the serious illness of hS
aunt.
The first of series of lectures on the
poets will be given by Prof. Maria San
ford tomorrow evening at the Univer-
saliSt church.
David Gaslin started up river yester-
day for the purpose of paying off his
crews and closing up the winters cam
paigD.
The high school literary society will
present an entertaining programme at
The auditorium this evening.
Mrs. Scott SiddOns, the distinguished
dramatic reader. will appear at the
Grand opera house Marcn %.
The wife of b. j. Mosler is critically
i'll with pneumonia.