St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-08
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on Page 8.
DONE IN A DAY.

The grand jury got down to work yes
terday.
A special venire of twenty-five petit jurors
has been summoned to appear in the district
court to-day.
Thomas II. Kirk, assistant superintendent
of public instruction, lectured at Montevldeo
last evening,
Miss Kate Bergner arrived home from
Seattle, Wash. yesterday morning. where she
spent very pleasant summer with her sister,
Mrs D. o. johnson.
After the successful presentation of
BLEAK House at the Harris, Miss Coombs
will tonight present Camille, which is
thought to be her strongest part.
st. Agnes church, of Hegbert, Swift
county, filed articles of incorporation yester-
day with the secretary of state under the
sanction of Archbishop Ireland.
The bill will be changed tonight at the
Harris, when Miss Jane Coombs and her ad-
mirable company will appear IN Camille, "
which will also be the attraction at to-mor-
rows matinee
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Little Falls Water and Power company
was held Yesterday in Room A., .Giifillan
block Directors were reelected as follows:
+. @. Williams of New York; NJ. \. Will
Jams of Little Falls: W. L. Breyfogle. Dexter
Belknap of Louisville. Ky; W. d. Cornish,
of st. Paul Secretary Williams reported
that upwards of $3.50, 900 had been invested
10y the company in various new manufac
tories
A number of old soldiers formerly con-
neeted with the Sixth regiment, Minnesota
infantry, met at McCauley Bros. Office in the
chamber of commerce building yesterday
morning to take steps looking to the organi-
cation of a regimental association, and Will
issue a call tor a meeting OF the old vets
some time during the last of this or the be-
beginning of next month, TO which all sur
viying members of the old organization will
be invited.
The attraction at the Grand opera house
for the week beginning next Sunday night
will be the English-speaking Swedish actress,
Tile Akerstrom, and her very talented sup
porting company. Miss Akerstrom's sue
cessful comedy drama, Annette, the Dane
ing Girl" in which she introduces the ex-
tremely clever and graceful dancing that is
rapidly making her famous, will be the open
ing bill, to be followed later in the week by
another of her own successful plays, entitled
"A Little Busybody.''
Carl Gutherz--I fully indorse the sentiment
duty on the paintings of foreign artists
Every American painter sojourning i'll
Europe will cheerfully agree with me that
the chief obstacle TO their advancement
springs from the prejudices engendered
among the foreign artists by the
tariff on works of art 1t is COM
mon expression of sarcasm among the
French and German painters that their works
are worth 80 per cent more than the pIoduc-
tons of American artists. / am sure that
without exception every true American
painter living abroad would hail with pleas
IRE the abolishlng of all duty on the paint
ings of their brother artists, no matter what
their nationality. tax on works of art is a
premium on ignorance and an embargo on
culture and civilization.
The Francilia Ideal Novelty company is
doing good business at the Olympic. and
last night the house was crowded. The bill
consisted in the main of speeialty features
aud several parts were well appreciated by
she audience. The Whitneys, Annie and
charles. entertained the house with little
'-4usical sketch that was entertaining Will
yam La Main III his crystal pyramid act was
sery good, likewise Tom Dalton III his song
entitled THE Hot Corn Man. The Halls
Games and frankie, did a very clever aero
batic song and dance act and showed the
act Of backing UP within a few seconds be-
fore the audience. The speciality features
were closed by Mile. Franciia, with very
commendable slack wire performance. The
bill concluded with the comedy entitled
senator McPhee,'' which captured the audi
ence.