St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-26

Hon. Allen ]. Greer. Of Lake City,
soiourned in the city few hours yes
terday, on his way to Duluth to look
after some property interests. Mr..
Greer had made a particular point Of
securing an appropriation of $4,000 for
rifle range at Lake City camp grounds
for the National guard. Gov. Nelson
vetoed the item, but the fat and Jovial
representative from Wabasha was not
kicking. ''It was no more merltorI0uS
than some other items vetoed by Gov.
Nelson" said ne, land still the militia
boys felt it would confer great benefit
on them. l was urgent in demanding
its passage, but. now that it has been
vetoed, | am willing to accept the lneY-
liable philosophically and try again at
the next session."
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Judge Mills. of the state railway and
warehouse commission. returned last
night from Washington, D. c.. where he
had gone to attend the national conven-
ton of railroad commissioners. Mr..
Mills expressed himself as we'll pleased
with the results of the convention. ''Of
course" said the judge, this is i'll real
itv pioneer movement, and the best we
could do was to exchange views and
opinions. The vast railroad system OF
this country can hardly be explained by
those most intimately connected with il.
Yet everybody recognizes the necessity
of regulating il for the public benefit,
and these cOnventionS-made up OF men
from nearly every state and territory III
the Union, cannot fail to have a good
effect in the way of enIightenlng the
commissioners and making their efforts
aIt1a hi n al M
munlty."
$50 far as l can learn" said Senator
Jaw La Due, who will represent this
state at the opening of the worlds fair
Monday, "Minnesota'S exhibits will be
as far advanced toward completeness as
those of any state. Our mineral exhibit,
arranged under the direction of Ma
tional Committeeman Moore, of Du-
luth, is complete The exhibit in the
Minnesota building Is reported in ex-
cellent shape by Supt. Hunt. In the
various other departments our state is
we'll placed, and the latest reports show
that all is being done that can be to
make a good showing at the opening"
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Hon. John FurIong, of Mower county,
is in the city on worlds fair business.
Besides being an efficient public servant
of the people in various capacities, Mr..
Furlong is a successful farmer. His
standing at home cannot be better evil
denced than by his election as amember
of the legislature whenever he has con-
sented to run, even Ill strong Republi-
can district. Seeding is about half
done in our county," said Mr. Furlong,
land the seed III the ground is appar-
emily all right. The continued wet
weather, so completely saturating the
ground, may retard our operations to a
large extent; but we are hopeful that
all will be well, even if we are not thor
Oughly satisfied"
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Hon. Louis Sikorski, of Winona, who
has been seriously i'll at the Metropoi-
tan, of erysipelas, Is at present rapidly
improving. His friends hope to be able
to remove him to his home IN a day or
two. His colleagues of the legislature
will be glad to hear of the recovery of
''the Polish King"
Hon. Matt McGrath, of Winona. was
greeting his friends at the Merchants
yesterday. He leaves for Chicago to-
plight, to be present at the opening of
the worlds fair. After that he will
join earnestly in the WORK of examin-
ing intothe pine land frauds to be in.
vestigated by the legislative committee
of h ab ha &c ,l,fr.