St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-29

! Paul paper upon his action in the recent leg
islature. He had secured the passage of
! bill which legislated several individuals out
of office in the thriving stockyards city, as
| well as cut down the perquistes of the paper
attacking him. Mr. Hagney should certainly
! care little about attacks upon his Legislative
| work from such quarter. Those who were
| connected with the legislature know that he
| was very earnest, conscientious and hard
working member and deserves the thanks of
citizens of South st. Paul in having legisla-
ton enacted looping off unwise expenditure
| of public money.
While the travel on Selby avenue cable,
| from Broadway to Dale street, is daily in
| creasing, the policy of the city railway is to
reduce the rate the cable is run. There is
| absolutely no valid reason why the cable
| should not be run atan increased speed. The
| cable cars in Chicago, in the business thor
| oughfares, too, run at almost double the
| speed OF the cable in St Paul between Dale
| and Broadway. If the St Paul company con-
| tinues to reduce the rate of speed of it's
| cable-for the sake of economy it is to be
| presumed-it will not be very long before
residents Oh the hill can walk to town
| quicker than they can ride on the cable.
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his trip to Hot Springs. The assistant pas
senger agent of the Milwaukee has, prob
ably, the widest circle of acquaintances in
the Northwest and the restoration of his
| health will be pleasureable news to ALL AS
! a story teller and all-round good fellow, he
! has not his equal.
| A great deal has been and is being said
about j. j. Hills new mansion on the hill
| The residence is one of the finest in the
| city, and the amount of money expended
! for furnishing, ETC.. is something fabulous
1t is said that MI. Hill has imported an
| butler and fOotmeu to wait upon him and
| his family in their new house. The home
article" does not come up to Mr.. Hills
idea of running things. Its English, yon
know" and, consequently, "out of sight"
But has not Mr.. Hill broken the law in en-
| gaging servants ION the other side?'
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The legislature has been adjourned over a
week, and from the absence of general COM
ment respecting its work the splurge made
| by the farmer Legislature is quickly subsid-
| ing. The work they accomplished was of so
small moment that in a few weeks the mem
bers, outside of three or four, will have been
entirely forgotten. Medocrity soon runs its
| limit. large number of the members of
! the late legislature wellmeaning and fair
| minded men, were never fitted 10 enact laws.
| They were altogether mex experienced and too
easily led by Republican tricksters.
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| Hon. H. Keller was lowering around the
Merchants. Il am going home tonight
| he said. The Stearns county statesman has
remained in the city since the adjournment
of the legislature, attending to his multi
| farious patents of agricultural machinery
No man in the state possesses so many
| patent rights as Mr.. Keller. He is quite a
| genius for invention.
Insurance Commissioner Smith has placed
himself in somewhat of a dilemma He in
| formed the insurance commissioner of New
| York that there were certain Insurance COM
panies from that state operating in Mime
sofa which could be suspended tor not COM
| plying with the law. Now, suppOsing that
| the New York commissioner reinstates the
| Minnesota company he suspended from
doing business in New York state, what is
Mr.. Smith going to do? Quietly sit down
| and allow New York companies to continue
violating the law in this state? If he does
! this he will certainly meet the censure of the
public. Why should any outside company
be allowed to ignore the laws of this state2
Evidence is not wanting to indicate the
| growing prosperity of the city. A movement
| i'll realty circles is apparent There were
seventeen transfers recorded Yesterday, the
| total consideration being S1l7945 There
were also sixteen building permits issued,
the estimated value of the buildings to be
erected being placed at S2399O The realty
men are very confident that there will be
substantial increase i'll values the ensuing
| summer
Dr. Smith letter crusade makes interesting
reading, but after all this writing and talk
| about what the city needs, how much has
| been accomplished? If we are to be guided
| by past experience the results will be practi-
| cally nil. What the city needs is less of this
frothy theorizing and footing your own
horn and more practical work in developing
| It's natural resources.
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The growth of Universalism i'll St. Paul.
under the guiding hand of Rev. W. S. Vail,
has been most marked. 1t is nothing unusual
for the Grand Opera house auditorium and
balcony, TO be crowded at the Sunday morn
ing services Mr. Vail is no theOriZer, fan
attic or windy enthusiast. He is one of the
| most scholarly men in the city,as sufficiently
| testified by the sermons published in the
GLOBE. His remarkable success in building
up the Universalist society is equaled i'll
no other city in the Union.
The few unemployed men to be seen on the
! streets is most reassuriug sign. An en-
| ploYment agent yesterday stated that the de-
mand for mechanics and laborers was
greater than he could supply. Fairly good
wages are being paid, and the absence of
strikes is indicatory of the excellent relations
| existing between employers and employees.
Little trouble is anticipated over the May
| manifesto of labor organizations in regard to
the question of the eight-hour day.
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The Harris theater will soon be no more
| that is, the name of the theater, not the build
| ing. The present management has decided
to rechristen this popular amusement house.
| and the name decided upon is the Park
theater. The rechristening occurs Sunday
evening, when the theater viii be opened by
a comedy opera company which has been
! engaged for the summer season. Manager
Trask declares the company to be an excep-
| tiOnally strong one that popular prices will
| alone be charged and is looking forward to
| a seasons business which characterized the
| theater last year with the presentations of
the Wilbur aggregation. Mr.. Trask claims
he has secured u stronger company.
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Citizens will have no cause for complainl,
those of them who are compelled to live the
the summer through in the city, about the
| lack of amusements. There will be comic
operas at the Metropolitan and the Park
theaters and the pure, unadulterated drama
! at the Grand opera house.
A correspondent writes that Mr. Sayford,
the evangelist, has 1.-The grip on the au-
diences meeting nightly at the House of
Hope church. From 700 to 800 people are at
tending these meetings. and, though a CON-
paratively young man, Mr. Sayford is having
great success in his evangeistic efforts
| Scores of people, men and women. are being
converted. There is nothing narrow minded
or bigoted in Mr.. Sayford's makeup and
| every lover of humanity will wish him sue