St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-05
MINNEAPOLIS.
ABOUT THE TOWN.

Or an errdtlc German drLlSG named
Jump. Both of them hail attracted
public attention by picturing local
events of interest, and portraits of we'll
known st. Louis personages. which
we're utilized by one Bissehl, 4
wealthy saloonkeeper. He sus-
pended the sketches and cartoons IN
his bar room and they never failed to
,reate discussion. Jump received his
enumeration in beer and other liquid
'efreshment, but Keppler saved his
money, made strong financial friends
who hacked his Puck venture. and
Who finally landed him in New York,
where he made, with the assistance of
Schwartzmann, brilliant success of
The periodical. jump, who was by far
5he better artist Of the two, dropped
dead in a Western city several years
ago after prolonged spree-poor and
friendless."
Eugene d. Mann, who edits Town
Topics in New York city, is one Of the
brightest young journalists in the me-
tropOlis. He is q brother of the in
ventor of the Mann bOudOr cars" con-
tinued the speaker, land has himself
exercised to his own profit, on more
than one occasion. inventive ability.
When cadet at the Kentucky military
institute he invented a practical rubber
Ear spring, and corn planter, and con-
:eived the plan of a perfected rotary
engine, which he subsequently de-
engine to the foreign markets
and accumulated large fortune.
returning to this country, he located in
New DIRK city, and went on the street.
He was quickly shOrn, but out Of the
wreck saved enough money to buy
controlling interest in Town Topics,
then on its last legs. lie has made of it
the most popular club paper in New
York. DalZell. of Truth, doomed his
paper for a while on the strength of the
nOtoriety that periodical gained owing
to the publication of sensational matter
concerning the editor, the Dnke of
Marlborough and Mrs. Paran Stevans.
But Truth never attained a place in the
estimation of club circles equal to the
prominence and patronage enjoyed by
Town Topics"
One of the well-known pedestrians
who will participate in The walking
match. to be held in Washington rink
the latter part of the month, is Cow
bOy' Smith, of Denver. In discussing
the coming contest day or two ago
Smith said: 81 believe it Will prove
very exciting and interesting race. The
track at the rink is the best | ever saw,
and all OF the walkers who will enter
have made up their minds to do some
pretty work. propose, if possible, to
carry away q bit of the money. but Will
have to do some lard training to get i'll
condition. DO you know that the
punishment six days walker
endures, if he has nerve, is some
thing terrific. 1t is different i'll
kind and degree TO that experienced by
a pugilist or enthusiastic football
PLAYER, because it affects both mind and
body and is prolonged. One of the peds
in the recent match in st. Louis is said
10 have slept but one hour during his
six days of pounding the tan-bafk. |,
myself, after rest, have commenced
WOlk with every muscle unnaturally
contracted and every nerve tlngling
with pain. This condition of things
would wear away temporarily as soon as
got lmbered up. but the process for
the time being was agoniZing. My feet
never trouble me now; they have be-
come accustomed to rough usage. Be
tween now and the time of the race
expect TO walk from twenty to thirty
miles day. | believe that from start
to finish the Minneapolis match will be
good one.o
**
emma Abbott" remarked an old
friend of the prima donna yesterday,
AFTER reading the news of the singers
serious illness in Salt Lake. deserved
of all artists long and happy career.
She had labored hard during her pro-
fcSSional career, ana was conscientious
and painstaking vocalist. She had ac-
cumulated great deal of property, that
was worth more money year ago than
ii is to-day, and was approaching a time
in her life when she could really enjoy
it. She was charitable, and in private
life of sensitive and retiring DISPOSE
ton. The death Of her husband was a
tremendous shock to the diva, and
do not think she had been the same
woman since. Abbott had won
many laurels On the operate stage, but
had, think, reached theelimit of capa-
bilities as singer. She was wanting in
what may be termed the elasticity of
disposition and receptive power char
acteristic of some artists, notably Patti.
Her place, however, as a shining eX-
ample of the talent and business
Sagacity of American wOmanhood will
always preserve Tor her an admirable
place in the history of the operate
stage"
Abner T. Thomson, who is visiting
friends in Saltwater, was met by a
GLOBE reporter On Nicollet avenue yes
terday afternoon on his way to hear
Rev. S. w. Samples lecture, ''rhe
Kings Business Requires Haste" Mr..
Thomson looks after the coal interests
of the Texas IL Pacific road in the Lone
Star state, and is also student of social
ethics. II am always interested in any
thing" he said, tending to promote
the moral and intellectual welfare of
the masses, and especially wage-work-
ers. The Texas & Pacific Railroad COM
pany are part owners in large coal
Texas. Probably 1.5OO men are
shafts operated by the company.
For time it was almost impossible to
secure enough labor to work the mines
up to their capacity. and their output
was frequently too small to be of any
practical benefit to the company. The
miners employed at Thurber were the
most diSSipated lot of underground toll
erS ever saw, and the little town was
crowded with dcpraved women. A dig
ger would work month, receive his
pay, spend it in debauchery, and while
laboring under the influence of melan-
cholia following his spree would resign
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where. 1t became evident that some
inducement other than the one
of high wages was necessary to keep
men steadily at their work. A young
Catholic priest suggested to the
management of the mines that the COM
pany erect an auditorium, furnish a
library and engage lecturers on practi-
cal topics, and tirst-class comedy COM
panies to entertain and improve the
morals of the coal diggers. The sug-
geStion was at first ridiculed. The idea
of a miner becoming interested in a
library, decent comedy, OF a course of
lectures appeared at first glance ride
ulous. But the priest was persistent
and finally carried the day. The agen-
cies for improvement he had suggested
were adopted, and the transformation
that has taken place in the coal camps
at Thurber has been remarkable. There
is room for much polishing and refin-.
ing yet in the temper and manner of