St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-15
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

That Americans are the most curious
Poop in the world-curious in the
sense of inquisitiveness-i illustrated
every day. This national trait was ex-
emplified byan incident which occurred
Monday afternoon. At the same time
me tendency of rumOrs to spread, and
10 grow IN proportion to the diSSemina-
Ton, was demonstrated. The patrol
wagon dashed up to The Rochester
block. An officer disappeared up stairs.
returning in few minutes with weep
lEE woman. She was assisted into the
wagon, and away il went. OF course a
small crowd collected. One always does
wherever the patrol wagon stops. A
Jew minutes after the wagon departed
Two newspaper reporters came out
OF the Rochester block. and passed
through the little knot of sensation
seekers. one remarked to the other:
w nat sort of 4 gun did she uSe?''
mat was all, and 1t was enough. That
crowd remained, ana within two min-
uteS Its members had increased from 10
10 100. The word was passed from one
10 another that man had been shot. 4
woman held the pistol. One hour later
the report Of a sensational murder in
the Rochester block was heard in the
GROWING point was reached along
toward p. m. One of the afOremen-
TONED reporters went into Il Fourth
street barber shop. There everybody
was talking about the murder Most
wonderful. OF all. two of the BARRIERS
nad seen the shooting, and were regal
ing their victims with graphic accounts
OF the CORY details. The woman who
mad done this shooting was a poor but
ulShoneSt mendicant. DO stories grow?
a large card, bearing black letters on
white background. announces that
the pramId of sO-called maple sugar in
the window of a Nicollet avenue grocer
was made by an honest farmer" For
the Information of Fred Pride, the mu-
scum manager, it is hereby declared
that the pOstOffice address of this "hOn-
est farmer is unknown.
Americans run to diminutives when
speaking OF anything that pleaSes them.
Nearly every newspaper, and every
private individual who was there
speaks Of the BijOu opera house since
lis opening as "a pretty little house"
AS the theater has a greater seating ca
paclty than any PLAYHOUSE in the
Northwest, where does The little"
come in?
An evening paper announces that
Der amin Harrison is ''Otf Oh his trip
When Benny's popularity is considered.
especially in the South since his frantic
advocacy OF the force bill, it Will be
noted that the paper in question gives
evidence of unusual powers of discern
ment in announcing that the president
IS of"
II is the almost universal opinion in
Minneapolis that Senator McHale would
ike to see this "all hailr business
stopped. Too much hail isn't good for
bcott county crops.
The joint committee yesterday de-
clded to recommend an increase in the
peddieTs license fee, but not such an
increase as some aldermen hoped for.
There are a few men in the council who
Will not go to quite the length in dis
examination that Gov. Merriam does.
Minneapolis has some aspirations TO
become packing house center, but that
does not excuse morning paper from
locating certain fashionable events on
Pork avenue, when Park avenue is cor
rect.
geems as if there was a precOncerted
movement on the part OF the orthodox
churches to draw the lines of creed |
and sect more closely than ever. The |
Methodist members at their Monday |
meeting were quite radical in their op- |
position to the Young Peoples Society |
OF Christian EndeavOr because it is I'M |
UNCONVENTIONAL, and are about TO pro- !
vide substitute, the Erworth league. |
as soon as it is practicable, among the |
young people of their denomination. |
The Baptists are organizing a |
young peoples league, and the |
Presbyterians a Westminster league. |
Not only that, but the clergy are par
ticularly aggressive in calling down any |
OF their brethren who seem disposed to |
stray outside the bonds of ism and |
creed. Prof. Briggs, of the Union |
Theological seminary, was on Monday |
given hot roast at the Presbyterian |
ministers meeting because of his lib |
eral utterances. and Dr.. Burrell has
since added the weight of his personal !
condemnation through the papers. The |
COngregationalists have a similar case
here in Minneapolis, and DR.. Gage, of
the Mizpah church, is being disciplined
for showing signs of being rather