St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-12
NOTED ABOUT TOWN.

The much heralded, the long ex-
pected Henry Willard will arrive in st.
Paul this morning. Of this 'there is no
possible shadow of doubt, no possible
doubt whatever" Mr.. Willard spent
yesterday in Milwaukee and will arrive
here by the early morning train. There
will be a race between the reporters
and President Marvin, of the Industrial
union, to meet the honorable gentle
man. If Mr.. Marvin is successful
the reporters will be mad. Mr.. Marvin
drawing card for the Industrial union,
and if the railroad magnate will reserve
what he has to say to the citizens of st.
PaH until then-well, there will be a
crowded attendance and increased in
terest in the union. The welfare of the
union is Mr.. Marvin's one idea.
/ What a day yesterday was. The
weather was superb. People who have
been grumbling at the prolonged cold
for the past three weeks forgot their
grievance. discarded their winter over
! wraps and revelled in the sunshine.
They congratulated each other that
spring had come at last, and the local
lclOthiers, dreSsmaking and millinery
establishments report a big business for
the day in spring and summer clothing,
Albert Scheffer is taking perhaps the
most prominent part of any other cti-
zen in floating the great business
scheme which has been fathered by the
Industrial union. The Manufacturers
Loan d improvement company is the
best and most practical scheme devised
for the development of city, and its
success should be the aim of every men,
Der of the union. Subscriptions towards
the S1,000,000 capital stock are coming
In we'll, and yesterday afternoon list
of business men who have not contrib
uted was furnished canvaSsing commit
tee. The members of this committee
are all subscribers to the company.
Mr.. Schetfer remarked that a sub
scriber was better able to solicit SUBJ
criptions because he had given substan-
end aimed at would be attained.
1T reminds me-" he said, ''of
the meetings held during the
rebellion for the purpose Of securing
recruits. My brother, then state treas
urer, was asked to preside at one of
those. meetings. No. was the reply,
1T would not be proper for me to pre-
side. L am not able to offer myself as
recruit, and the man who presideS
ought to be in position to declare him.
self volunteer and call upon those
present to follow his action There is
nothing like practical demonstration ,.
concluded Mr.. Scheffer.
Hon. E. M. Pope, of Mankato, was in
the city yesterday. leaving in the even
ing for Chicago, where he will join the
Loyal Legion eXcurSiOnStS who leave
st. Paul tonight for Philadelphia. Mr..
Pope was member of the senate in the
legislature of 1887 and 1889, and made
himself prominent by the antagOnistic
position he took toward the railroad cor.
porations. "Will you be A member of
the next senate?" was the question put
to him. ~ do not know" he replied.
IF wanted to my constituents would
next have to be considered, and there is
10 knowing what their reply would
be-"
Department Commander Compton, of
the q. A. r., attended meeting in Mill
neapolis yesterday and later visited st.
Paul. returning to Fergus Falls in the
evening. Mr.. COmpton is somewhat OF
a rara avis in the ranks of the &. A. r.
men, as he declares it his intention to
keep out of politics while department
commander. He represented Otter Tail
county in the last senate.
n Acker post, G. A. R., which celebrated
It's twentieth anniversary Thursday
night, is the oldest organization of its
kind in the country.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly yesterday
quit the city Disguised man. He has
been playing around the past three
days endeavoring to get business men
interested in the Dakota Farmers Alli-
ance Insurance company preparatory to
its removal to st. Paul. But the bust
ness men were somewhat 10th in taking
to this insurance company, and compar-
atively little has been accomplished in
its interests. Secretary HodgsOn, of the
Hekla, the opposition COMPANY, is cor