St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-15


Willis T.. German travels for st.
Louis house. and when he arrived at the
Merchants hotel yesterday he had
story to tell TO the first man he met at
the cOu inter-. Ehle Allen listened TO II
and laughed, a sure sign that 1t was q
good one, as lie is cOnnoiSSeur.
I'm New York city one day last sum
mer poor man was sitting i'll the shade
of a building playing a hand-Organ. lie
was terribly mutilated. and as his cloth
ing was of the army blue, it was an
accepted fact that he had received his
injuries in the War. of the Rebellion.
Both arms had been taken off at the
elbows and both legs had been lost at
the knees. He was turning the crank
of the organ with an iron hook, which
he attached to the stump of his right
arm. He was playing sad, old army
hymn OIL the organ, and the people oc-
casionally dropped coins into the small
basket which was placed on the top OF
the organ.
sup the street came tall. military
looking man with his left coatsleeve
empty He looked at the man with the
organ for moment and then dropped a
S2-bill into the receptacle for the money.
Before the organ player could give
word of thanks the d0ner disappeared
in the crowd. In the course of few,
minutes, however, he returned and
dropped another bill of the same denom-
critical survey of the unfortunate man.
81 am sure you must have been
| soldier, too said the poor man.
81 was replied the other with an in
| tonation OF satisfaction in his voice.
cit was a glory to fight under the
| old flag" said the man with the organ.
81 was OH the other side,' was the
reply.
"'Then why are you so kind to man
| who fought against you"
"tBecause you are the first ID
| Yankee l ever saw who was trimmed
right and he was at once lost III the
| crowd"
u
Capt. Dunlava, of Crookston, one of
| the Democratic candidates for the land
Office at that place. arrived in the city
| from Washington yesterday morning,
and registered at the Merchants.
1--WE had very nice time" he said,
land we paid a visit to Mr.. Cleveland
one day. Nothing was said while L was
| there of the disposition OF the various
offices in Minnesota. We only talked
| of matters of common interest. Mr..
| Cleveland complimented the representa-
4 tives of the state on the work done in
| the last campaign, and seemed to have
/ an intimate knowledge of everything
which had been done. The chat lasted
| about ii half hour, and then we left to
make room for some of the others.
! In regard TO the land Office at
| Crookston nothing has been definitely
settled, but, of course, [ think that my
! chances are of the best. l am going
| home after doing some business in st.
| Paul, and if | am not successful this
| time | shall not go into politics any
more. have large amount of bust
ness Oh my hands now. aud can keep
/ myself busy without the seeking of
/ political Positions"
Matt Walsh. of Fargo, is one of the
| men VINO attended to the chances of the
railroad bill in the North Dakota legis-
| lature at Bismarck during the last SEES
sion. He said that the bill was well
thought of by the members of the legis-
| lative body, and that it mad become d
| law and was now in operation.
The anti-ScalperS' bill was put into
| five states by the representatives of the
| Brotherhood of Conductors" he said.
| II saw in the GLOBE this morning that
| the governor of Montana had signed it,
and that it had become law in that
| state. In the state of Minnesota we
| have every reason to think that we shall
meet with success, and in California it
! has passed through one of the houses.
| believe that Kansas was the other
state in which the bill was brought to
the attention of the legislature, but
what the outcome Of it was L can not
tell"
IL
"While we were in New York city,"
said ex-Sheriff p. p. Swenson, of Min
neapoIis. in the lobby of the Windsor
yesterday, "a number of the boys
thought they would take in the city by
going to DelmonicoS, aid having a swell
supper. We went into the restaurant,
four Of us, and one of them picked up
the bill of fare, which was printed in
French. Now, | will not give away the
names of those who were with me, as
they would never forgive me
for it. The one who picked up
| the bill of fare looked it over for
some time, until the waiter began to
| get tired, and then, in fit of despera-
ton, as he did not understand French,
| he took out his lead pencil and marked
| three things on the bill. | ordered
some quail and few other things and
| paid no attention to what they had
ordered, as the other two had said they
would take the same as the first one. L
was the last one to give my order. They
| did not know that l could read French,
and | did not say word. | noticed that
| the waiter looked rather frightened, but
when L saw what they had ordered L
| slipped a dollar into his hand and he
did not say word. In the course of a
| few minutes he returned with the arti-
IL 4I,a
| table. The three articles ordered by
| the men who did not understand the
| bill of fare were glass of water,
| finger bowl and tOothpicks. Then L
| helped them out, but l was threatened
with death If L gave their names away.
Is not that correeto" he asked of one of
| the men in the party.
| The man addressed said not word in
! reply, but pointed to the screen which
/ INSTRUCTED the next door, and the party
| entered.
/ II am surprised TO find that the rail-
I way facilities of the West are equal,
/ and in some Things superior, to those of
! York, yesterday. He had just arrived
in the city on his way to Denver. where
he has mining interests.
II came up from Chicago this morn
| ing on the Northwestern limited, and
| found, to my surprise. after hearing
| what was said about Western railroads,
| that l was just as comfortable as though
had been travling on the Pennsylvania
| Limited. the boast of the East. l see
| the library cars are being introduced
| out here, and probably i'll short time
| the other roads will have them between
| here and Chicago. l am on my way to
Denver, where l will look after some
mining stock which own, and then
will go to California. l will return
home by the Southern route, passing
| through st. Paul"