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St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
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1t will be seen from perusal of the
above interviews that there is variance
of opinion as to the merits of the Nc
Hale bill. Perhaps the best criticism of
the measure is made by Mr.. Vail, who
says: "The point at which the McHale
business seems to be radically weak is
its lack of discrimination" The bill is
entirely too sweeping in its provisions.
for its rigid enforcement will Danish
from the stage many of the gems of
Shakespearean and operatic plays. 1t
is very doubtful if Mr. McHale had any
such object in mind when he drew the
bill that bears his name. The proba-
bilities are that he had in view the sup
preston of the ballet as witnessed in
nearly all spectacular performances. If
such is the case, and it is reasonable so
to presume, it were better had he di-
rected his legislation against plays of
the kinds spoken of.
The interviews, however, bring out
this fact in most emphatic manner.
that the indiscriminate use of the bill
boards of our city for the purpose of
plastering them over with immodest,
immoral and lewd pictures is nothing
less than criminal. Had Mr. McHale
drafted a bill that would have relieved
the community from being obliged to
be met at every wheel and turn with
this disgusting panorama he would have
done something that would have cut off
a far greater source of evil than the
wearing OF tights upon the stage.
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LITTLE ROCK BLAZE.
Half a Million Dollars Worth OF
Property DESTROYED.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, April 1S.-LittIe
Rock suffered another terrible loss by
fire tonight. The fire originated in
the large dry goods establishment
of Gus Blass & Co., occupying
the old Grand Opera house block
which was burned to the ground about
three years ago and rebuilt within the
last eighteen months at a cost of $50, 600.
The building, four stories, was one of
the handsomest on Main street, and the
firm carried stock valued at $500, GOO,
the largest Eetail dry goods house in
this section. of the country. Buildings
occupied on the south side by B.
Levinson, Wholesale liquors and
cigars, and on the north side
by SmeetmaD, the florist. and
A. Kuttner. millinery goods, were also
destroyed. The file was discovered at
1870 and burned with such rapidity
that by IL O'Clock not wall remained
standing, falling on all sides with a
terrible crash; but no one was caught
under them. 1t is ascertained that
Blass' stock was worth 100000, with an
insurance of 100000 with local agencies
here. The total loss will not fall below
s500,OOO.
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ing of April -. gave vent to its feel
lngS in the matter in a most ludicrous
manner. In the presentation of the
Chimes OF Normandy" tights were
tabOoed on every hand, and the chorus
and the maidenS in the amaZonian
march kept their neither limbs out of
sight with bloomerS and long skirts.
Even the legs of the tables and chairs
used i'll the stage setting were clothed
IN loose-fitting garments. Miss Susie
kirwin, the star of the company, waxed
wroth in speaking of the bill:
The old grannies who have come in
here from the rural DISTRICTS" she said,
"are making an exhibition of them
selves before the whole country. Many
OF them, apparently, never saw an
amazonian march before they came to
st. Paul. They are trying at one fell
swoOp to drive all theatricals out of
Minnesota. Hardly performance can
be presented nowadays without tights,
which are not half SO suggestive as some
OF the Grecian costumes one sees on the
stage. l looked in on ball at the Den
nison hotel, st. Louis, last year and got
a glimpse of some of the low-cut dresses.
Ii dresses can be legislated to the shoe
tops, they ought to be legislated to the
throat"
Miss Kirwin's sentiments are similar
in tone to those offered by the whole
theatrical profession, from the manager
down, but Mr.. McHale, the father of
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COKERs ARE RIOTERS.
The State Militia May Be Called
Into Service.

SCoTTDALE, Pa. April 1S.-Hardly
had the soldiers left the region before
the fears of the citizens were realized.
and gangs of cokerS again turned loose
their lawless passions of hate and re-
venge. Throughout the region. all last
night, the earth fairly trembled with a
succession of shocks following the ex-
ploslon of dynamite bombs. At Leisen-
ring, No. of the Frick works,
a crowd of strikers gathered
on the hill, and at one
time thirty bombs were exploded
simultaneously, tearing great holes in
the earth, breaking windows in many
houses, and frightening the people for
miles around by the terrific roar. No
one was ilNured; however, and but little
actual damage was done, the strikers
contenting themselves with this Dor
tentous warning to the workers below.
Monday the companies will post notices
that unless the men return to work by
Tuesday, they will no longer be looked
upon as employees. This means cheap
labor will be imported, and as several
hundred eviction notices will also
expire, the strikers have a hard
week before them. At Leisenring
Deputy Sheriff Crawford and posse were
serving writs of ejectment. they were
captured by an angry mob and harshly
treated. One deputy, named Sanner,
was knocked senseless. An effort will
be made next week with large force to
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

hood of thirteen members who have
rake1 tie meadow sweet with hay; it is
remarkable for possessing two such
unique characters as Donnellv and Kel-
Ter, who may be dubbed the sublime
and the ridiculous of the upper house:
1t IS remarkable in having a doorkeeper
who can hold his own with anv ''scran-
per- IN a fight to finish: it is remark
able i'll possessing a chaplain who
knows more about the first command
ment and how to observe it than Noah
himself. But of all the remarkable
features which the senate has, there
ire none that hold a candle to
that prince of legislators, McHale,
He 1t was who introduced bill forbid
ding any actress from appearing on any
stage in the state of Minnesota wearing
what is known as tights. This bill, one
OF the most remarkable that has en-
anated from most remarkable body,
SetS up that the wearing of tights is
leWd and laScivious and tends to under
mine the morals of human kind. When
this measure was first broached in the
senate it was regarded as huge Joke,
and the wits and humoristS of this grave
and reverend body were afforded reg
ular picnic in considering its provisions.
Inc immortal Keller, the most pictur-
VoyuO hlCluuel Oh l!le IOOr, LOOK q shy
at 1t, and brought down the house with
his ponderous Teutonic wit. The artful
and willy Lienau took occasion to give
it vicious upper cut in the hope of
putting it to sleep. But what was the
amazement of all when the great Ig-
natius, who has faculty for espousing
anything that is grotesque, sprang into
the arena, and by the force of his
mighty intellect and well-rounded
periods, succeeded in getting enough
members over to bis way of thinking to
turn the scale III favor of the bill and
make the name of McHale famous. No
act that ever passed legislative body
has caused such widespread comment,
and while it principally affects the
theatrical profession, and those are the
ones who are kicking hardest, neverthe-
less the whole country is discussing it
for its very novelty. McHale, the au-
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Approves the Eli.

R. F. Maclaren, pastor Central Pres
byterian Church-You ask my opinion
of the McHale bill from moral and re-
ligious standpoint. Truly moral and
religious men do not permit their own
wives or daughters to appear in public
in tights; neither do they consider it to
be consistent to pay their money to in
duce other mems wives and daughters
to appear before them in the same scant
costume. If females should appear on
our streets in the attire of the ballet
there is little doubt but that the police
would request them to go home and put
on some clothes, and if they should re-
fuse it is probable sufficient force
would be exercised to compel obedi-
ence. The entire community would en-
dorse the action of the police. Il is
equally reasonable that females should
be legally prevented from displaying
themselves i'll public halls. l think Nc
Hale is all right,
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
THE FAIR SEX OPPOSED.
Lovely ST. Paul Women Roundly
Denounce the Idea.


Denounce the Idea.
The McHale bill! The McHale bill
for breakfast, at lunch and with the
soup at dinner. The McHale bill on
the street cars, at the theater, at the
shops and in the porch after church.
The name of McHale is tiresome to me,
and the thought of his bill fills me with
intense mental weariness. Ossa and
PeliOn on top of the whole affair would
not remove it far enough from
my sight. Women are not, as a rule,
at all interested in legislation. Even
the women who want equal rights of
suffrage with men are not entertained
by the spectacle of lot OF men making
unintelligible and endless bills, with
tumble of technical terms, and thou
sand ways and tricks one doesn't see
head nor tail to. The men themselves
are not entertained. They don't pay
any more attention than they are com
PEELED to pay, and have fondness for
the cloak room that is quite marvellous.
The only people who pay attention to
the doings of the legislature are the
reporters, and they wouldn't if they
were not paid to do so. For once
however. women are interested in
pending bill, bill which nine women
out of ten designate as perfectly ridic-
ulous," and the tenth woman calls sim
ply horrid." The worst thing about
the bill is the way it is expressed. The
ultra-modest anthOr dareS not use the
word leg, but allows the rich, warm
blood to mantle his prudish cheek, and
says neither limb or limbs" The
neither limb'' is entirely superfiuous.
for no woman with only one leg would
be very much tempted to appear in
tights. But what do st. Paul women
say about it? What they think was
quite evident from the way in which
they fiocked to see the CRYSTAL Slip
per-" Wives and mothers, sweethearts.
sisters, cousins, all were there-the
best tand purest women in st. Paul, who
found no occasion for blushing at
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
PERHAPS ANNIE ROONEY.
A Circus Clowns Song Precipi-
tateS q Riot.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 1S.-A cir
Gus and Wild West show, which came to
this city last Monday for weeks stand,
has gone, and in future will leave this
city off its route. Thursday night the
large audience which was present be-
gan to jeer some of the performers. As
the audience became more and more eX-
cited 1t worked it way into the space
reserved for the show. All attempts
to force the crowd back were
suited. Finally clown mounted a
block and began singing a song. He
had sung one verse when some one hit
him square in the face with brickbat
He fell SenSeleSS to the ground and was
dragged away by his companions. BY
this time everything was III an uproar.
Women screamed and mad rush for
the exits was made. The poicei were
powerleSs. Scores were knocked down
and trampled on. The manager of the
show got on stand and attempted to
quiet the mob with a speech, but il was
useless, and he, like the clown, was
knocked down. At this point
the the riot spirit took command;
and wrecked. The band in
struments were smashed fiat. The
seats were torn down and broken. Some
one cut the ropes, and the big tent came
down with rush, burying 200 or more
people in its folds. A rush was then
made for the dressing rooms. which
were also torn down, leaving the actors
and actresses half-dressed in the open
air. The side shows were next at
tackled and wrecked. After wrecking
everything in sight, the crowd went
away, and the show people, aided by the
police, gathered their traps together
twenty people were hurt, but none seri-
ously, however except the clown, whose
nose was broken and lower jaw frac-
tured.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
THE LOCAL CLERGY.
What Eminent Divines Say of the
Anti-Tights Bill.

Anti-Tights Bill.
Rev. Edward G. Mitchell, Pastor Swe-
denborgian Church. think there is
great need of reform in the matter of
spectacular exhibitions, but the Nc
Hale effort was crude. isolated and in
adequate. In such matters there are
two leading questions: First, are GER
tain things necessarily evil in them
selves; and second, are the people SUI
ficiently pure-minded to use these things
innocently and without abuse? .'To the
pure, all things are pure" including
1.-The nude in art" when applied in
purity. But in many exhibitions,
whether of pictures or human beings,
the whole tone of the display is lnten-
tionally made to appeal to the impure
elements in mans nature. And gener-
ally those who seek such displays
do so for the purpose of cater
ing to their impure feelings
and thoughts. For instance, manv
of the pictorial advertisements on
the street bill boards are Intentionally
cOrrupting. And they are disgusting
and ought to be suppressed. But there
are many beautiful pictures in the WIN
dows of our art stores which are good in
their influence upon pure minds. A
very slight change in the tone or eX-
preston Of face or form will entirely
change its practical character and in
fiuence. And so it is difficult to frame
a law which Will accomplish the needed
reform without interfering with inno-
cent and useful things. No crude,
spasmodic, isolated effort will exert a
permanent influence for reform. A
general and concerted movement is
needed under wise leaders with we'll
nent reform, and which, while restrain
ing such displays as would
cater to the lower nature, would
also develop in the community
higher and purer taste. And these
things cannot be done in day, and per-
haps not i'll generation. But it is time
to begin wise measures which shall
duly respect all rights of all men and
yet protect the community, and espe-
clally the young minds, from disgusting
and corrupting influences. Many men
need to be protected even from them
selves. think no one who closely OBJ
VIII deny that there is great need of a
wholesome aud permanent bracng up
OF the morals of our city for the develop
ment of higher and purer tone.
Under the idea of protecting the free
dom and rights of all, we have come
to permitting too much license to cor
rupting influences, which menace the
spiritual and natural freedom of our
community.
In. the present state of the world
good and innocent things need more
protection and encouragement than the
questionable things. And in any COM
munity those who lead decent and use
full lives have a right to demand civil
protection against all demOTalizinr and
corrupting influences. With these
views l have twice called upon the
mayors of our city, then in office, and.in
the name of our growing children, pro-
tested against the demoralizing infiu-
ence of the street bill boards, but in
neither case did receive any encourage
ment to hope for aid in that direction.
Might not a concerted movement now
secure better results
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

this unique measure, is in nowise dis
turbed by this howl of displeasure. He
is the father of three daughters,
whom he says he does not want
to witness such indecency as is
nowadays put upon the American stage.
The trend of general opinion seems to
be in opposition to the provisions of the
bill, although there are not a few con-
scientious and respectable men who be-
lieve, as McHale does, that some check
should be put upon the display of fem
mime nudity, which tends to lewdness
and decentralization, especially among
the youth of the land.
"What do the ministers think of the
measured" is question which has been
asked from time to time since the dis
cussion of the bill began. For the edifi-
cation of GLOBE readers, the following
interviews with local clergy on the sub
Ject are presented:
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
A Maniac Mother.

Fort WAYNE, Ind, April 1s.-The
wife of George Murphy, of Lee town
ship, near here, placed a revolye
against the head of her sleeping five
year old daughter this morning and sent
a bullet through her head, killing her
Instantly. Mrs. Murphy, who is crazy.
then turned on the other members of
the household, but was overpowered
and disarmed. She says her daughter
will be better off now. About year
ago Mrs. Murphy attempted to take the
lives of her children.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
The BiIlof No Moral BENEFIT.

S. M. Crothers, Pastor Unity Church
In answer to your question | would
say that see no moral benefit arising
from such legislation as tEat of the Nc
Hale bill. l agree with that wise Puri-
tan, John Milton, that: ''They are not
skillful considerers of human things
who imagine to remove sin by remoy-
ing the matter OF sin. 1t would
be better done to learn that that law
must needs be frivolous which goes to
restrain things uncertainty and yet
equally working to good or evil"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
CRIME OF A MOTHER,
Mrs. Frank R. Hyde, Of Sioux
Falls, Kills Her Two
Daughters,
And Then Makes an Unsuc-
ceSSful Attempt to End
Her Own Life.
A Young German Kills Him
self and Sweetheart on
Board Ship,
Because He Couldn't Part
With Her or Afford to
Marry Her.
Special to the Globe

Special to the Globe.
Sioux FALLS, S. D.. April 1s.-This
evening as Frank r. Hyde, the county
abstractor, entered his beautiful home
he was Mortified and appalled, to dis
cover his wife lying on the kitchen floor
unconscious and bleeding from wounds
in the arm made with a razor,
his daughter Clara lying dead in
her bed. and his infant daughter
Josephine in the throes of death. On
the parlor table was letter written by
Mrs. Hyde, in which she stated that she
had poisoned her children because she
believed that they were gradually grow
ing insane. Hereditary insanity had
prevailed in her family, and rather than
be burden to her husband she had de-
cided to take the lite of herself and
childrnO
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
The Rinper Did IT.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-At 10 o'clock
tonight the body of woman with her
throat cut from ear to ear was found
lying on the side walk at the corner of
Ninety-sixth street ana Fourth avenue.
The Identity OF the woman is unknown.
The police have under arrest man by
the name of Bolts, of Baltimore, whom
they say is the murderer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
They Must BE Very Wet,

WHEELING, W. Va, April 1s.-Five
men, four Americans and one Italian,
were drowned in Laurel creek, near
Addison, Webster county, Friday. They
were crossing the swollen stream on a
foot log. ween it turned, and all were
precipitated into the water. None OF
the victims are known by name and the
bodies have not been recovered.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
Sbeehan Indicted.

CHICAGO, April 1S.-The grand jury
to-day returned an Indictment against
Dennis Sheehan, Democratic Judge of
election, for forcibly breaking open the
ballot box in the Twentieth precinct of
the Nineteenth ward on election dav.
The penalty for the offense is a fine or
Imprisonment in the penitentiary from
one to four years.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

thor, has been squibbed and teased from
Maine to California and from Canada to
Cuba, and has been guyed numerically
by every company that has trod the
boards of our local theaters ever since
he pushed his little measure into public
notice. The Wilbur Opera company,
now playing an engagement at the Ly-
eeum theater, Minneapolis, on the even
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
Killed His Brother,

HoPKINsvILLE, KY, April 1s.-In
Union county two brothers named
Haynes, aged fourteen and sixteen, re-
spectively, yesterday became involved
in quarrel over opening gate, when
the older one cut his brother-so badly
that he died soon afterwards of his in
juries. The one that did the deed is al
mcst crazy with the remorse and grief,
and has to be watched lest he kill him
self,
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
The Stage Is Immoral.

Rev. John Wright, Pastor st. Paups
Episcopal Church-Doubtless the Nc
Hale bill is too severe ever to be car
ried into effect. Many historic plays
have to be represented in the costume
of the age in which the events trans
pred. Any other attire would be alb
surd. At the same time the drift of the
McHaie bill is to be commended, for
there is most demoralizing tendency
in these days toward all immodest eX-
hibition of the human form. The the
ater sign boards in some instances are
too disgusting to look at. The atti-
tudes of the figures, the scantiness of
dress, and the lewdness of the scenes
represented, are in the higest degree
immoral, and beget in the minds of
youth, thoughts and passions that in
flame and degrade. That community
can tolerade these semi-nude pictures
on walls and in shop windows shows
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the stage costuming. what

the stage costuming. What they
said would fill volumes. Each
has something to say. '.Why
fancy" says one society woman, ''from
the way the bill is worded the plain
walking skirt must give place to erin
oline. for the prevailing mode makes
the shape of the neither limbs quite
apparent"
''Mr. McHale is no doubt fitted by ex
perience to speak of the abuses of COS
tuning in certain theaters," says an
other. my experience being limited, L
can only say that think that the bill is
an outrage, and that Mr.. McHale owes
an apology to the pure women on the
stage whom he so grossly insulted. His
discussion of the bill was disgusting.
and he is to be pitied for having SO
base mind.'
Mrs. Cushman K. Davis was very good
tO or ha 10, +A1 A11I
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
"HOni SOit.,, Etc.

Rev. W. S. Vail. pastor of Univer-
salist Church-The point at which the
McHale business seems to me to be
radically weak, is its lack of discrimi-
nation. l can imagine a play like
"Theodora," in which the leading
character is most properly clothed, but
notwithstanding the elegant and prop
er robes is a poisonous influence to
the young and uniformed mind by her
lack Of all those moral principles that
hold society together. To apply the
dictum of Kant, Iwould say that if all
living people held the opinions she
held, civilization would not survive the
wreck one hour. Such plays | consider
proper objects of public attention, al
though | think the cure is rather in
the eradication of the desire for them
by elevating public opinion, than in an
attack by law. Twelfth Night''
would be condemned by the dress of
Viola if the bill became law, an d vet
II man witnessing the performance of
that play with Modjeska or Marie
Wainwright in the leading part should
condemn either as immodeSt, | should
feel obliged to quote the adage Evil
to him who evil thanks"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19
TALK ABOUT TIGHTS.
A Symposium Of Views Con-
eerning the Famous Nc
Hale Bill.
The Ministry Is Divided
Against Itself on the
Moral Side.
Good Men Defend the Pink
Silk and Others De-
nounce It,
But the Ladies Are a Unit in
Declaring the Bill "Too
Absurd"

Oh, Jimmy McIIale he had little g. fear.
And never could want if the crops didn't
fail;
He'd house and farm, and two hundred
year.
And heart for to spend it had Jimmy Nc
Hale.
The pet of his party, he knew what was right;
An elegant speech he could make, I'll be
bail,
And for getting up bills he was clean out of
sight;
Oh, the broth of boy was our Jimmy Nc
Hale.
It's little he cared for the sneers of the
masses,
Who called him a Way-b ana Buck
wheat from Scott;
Remarks like 'McHale ridiculous assfs''
Could not change this farmer little or jot.
No abuse they could shower, no humorous
sally,
Could cause him to swerve from PURPOSE
orQuail;
The bane of his life was the chorus de.
bally,
So he swiped it a hard "un," did Jimmy
McHale,
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

surprising Indifference to morality. and
the sooner there is some legislation pro.
hlblting these vulgar and Haunting eX-
hibitions. the better for the purity of
public morals.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

A pale woman with bright tinted
beautiful hair, and exquisitely fitted
her eyes, was coming down the steps to
the waiting Victoria. 1t was Mrs.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-19

rS.Willlam Wallace sat in patch of
April sunlight and denounced the bill.
ut is really absurd. The author repre-
sents::all women who.wear tights OF mems
clothing as immodest. There is not a
more modest woman than Agnes Hunt
ington or Jessie Bartlett Davis. Emma
Abbott, against whom no word was ever
spoken, wore tights, and SO did Mary
Anderson"