St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-19

QuOstlOu, OemOuSIrdteQ the 14CL
that Chicago is reliably Democratic. Indeed,
with anything like harmony i'll our ranks we
have very reliable majority do not care
to discuss any Of the features of the late
campaign
W. c. Boyd. advance agent of Forepaugh's
circus, yesterday completed his work in ar
ranging for the appearance of the Greatest
on Earth" i'll this city on July 6, and last
evening departed for Dubuque. He was in
the city three or four days in all, and was
registered at the Clarendon. An amusing in
cldent in connection with Mr.. Boyd took
place at the Clarendon yesterday afternoon.
Just after he had packed away his contracts
and paid his bill at the hotel very dapper
young man with diminutive grip pranced
into the office and up to the desk where, as
luck happened, t. j. Foley was located.
Say, colonel" announced the newcomer
as he picked up a pen to register, II am the
advance agent of Forepaugh's, and 1 want to
know if you can accommodate fifty ladies
here when the circus shows in this city:''
I'VE have just made a contract with Mr.
Boyd for that purpose" announced Mr.
Foley blandly. DO you work with him?'
why, my dear sir, )" was the bland answer
there are more than fifty agents for that
show. l look ont for so many people and
that is all L do. 1 should like to see Mr.
Boyd, however, and if he comes in tel; him 1
will be back in half an hour
Here the smooth young man, without reg
1stering, picked up his grip and set out to
find hotel where the chances looked more
auspicious for the getting in of his graft Be-
fore hotel proprietors or any other business
men have much to do with advance agents
for Forepaugh's'' they should look up the
credentials of their men. If they neglect
this they are quite likely to wish they had
done so.
Frederick Weyerhauser, the lumber king,
held council of war at the Merchants yes
terday afternoon that was tended by cap
1taIists from as far east as Boston and as far
south as Virginia. The object of the confer
ence, or rather, the subject under discussion,
was declared to be the development of coal
mines in Canada, but whether in Canada
East or Canada West no one of the parties
present would divulge. j. G. Thorpe, the
well-known Boston capitalist caught in the
lobby, smiled and said:
You see. this is private business, and,
much as would like to tell the public all
about it, l cannot see how our little meeting
can interest it in the least
rs it lumber?' asked the reporter.
mo, it is not" said Mr.. Thorpe 'sWe are
talking about coal mine in Canada"
Among those present at this meeting were
such prominent gentlemen as Frederick Wey-
erhauser, of Rock Island. the lumber king;
j. G. Thorpe and j. G. Thorpe Jr., of Boston;
c. Fl. Ingram and c. H. Ingram Jr, of Eau
Claire. and the Messrs Stewart, of Virginia
s. P. Critchen, of Adrian, and George
White, of Ashland, Wis, are registered at the
Clarendon.
Mrs. A. Marckel, Of Perham, is at the
Windsor
Mrs. sterritt of Hudson, Wis, is at the
Clifton.
Ex-President r. j. Hall, of the Farmers
Alliance, is in the city and stopping at the
Clarendon. Mr.. Hall is one OF the officers of
the Grain Growers association. and is fol-
lowing the elevator investigation with inter
est. He is as discreet as usual and does not
propose to hamper the committee or create
any trouble by ill-adyised interviews on the
situation. He has confidence in the commit
tee and is firmly of the belief that the in
vestigation will be productive of great good
to the farmers of the state. He claims, and
furnishes the figures to substantiate his
claims, that the farmers of the state are
robbed of what amounts to an average of six
to eight cents per bushel on their wheat
crops each year. Mr.. Hall will await the re-
turn of the committee, when he will pla ce
before the members some very important
evidence.
Clarence W. Bowen of Brooklyn. an at
tache of the New York Independent is reg
istered at the Ryan.
Hon. Thomas Simpson, of Winona, is a
Merchants guest,
II. W. Rogers and wife, of Luverne. are
Ryan guests.
Secretary of State John Flittie, of North
Dakota, departed for Bismarck last evening.
Mr.. FIttie has just returned from fying
trip to Chicago, and will soon again settle
down to solid official work again. He is one
of the most popular officials of the new state,
and is serving his second term as secretary of
the commonwealth
Mayor Alex McKinnon and Hon. HaYor
Steeuerson were two prominent residents of
Crookston at the Merchants yesterday. May
or McKinnon is one of the staunch Demo
Gratis of the new Seventh district and may
be expected to be one of the party leaders.
Last fall he was the Democratic nominee for
senator but went down before Senator Lo-
men. Mr.. Steenerson differs slightly poll t.
ically speaking fir ON Mayor McKinnon, and
has represented Polk county in the state SEN
ate. After assisting in breaking up the old
Republican ring in Polk county last fall Mr..
Steenerson returned to his law practice
Representative It. r. Foley, of Aitkin,
dropped into the Sanity City on business
and dined at the Merchants yesterday. going
north on the evening train. Mr.. Foley is
hard at work again at his business. and is
gathering in q piece of good timber land
whenever he gets chance. marvellous
development is going on in Itasca county,
and according to Mr.. Foley, it is a matter of
very short time only until that county will
be one of the liyeliest in the state.
CITY HALL GOSSIP.
1t looked very natural to see Villa m Pitt
Murray presiding over a cou neil meeting. OF
course. it has been some time ago, but all old
citizens will remember that Aid. Murray was
once president of the council for eight years,
and knows how to swing the gavei '.Yes, I'm
little rusty yet,' said he. yesterday, ''but
I'll get back to my old form in a week, and
them" with wink and laugh, Tom Prem
dergast and 1 will run the council once
more