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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
ONLY THE BooKKEEPER.

As an autocrat tile ear of Russia is
not to be compared with the comptroller
of st. Paul. 1t would seem to be folly
to have mayor. corporation attorney
and common council viii lie we have a
comptroller. The fact is that the comp
troller is only the city's Dookkeeper, yet
he assumes to be the supreme power of
the city. The common council, under
the legal guidance of the corporation
attorney. awarded five-years contract
for lighting certain streets with gaso-
line, and the mayor approved. The
comptroller declined to countersign the
contract, reversing the decision of the
corporation attorney and holding that
contract for more than one year is
illegal. He signed the three-years
garbage contract; but he was in diff
ferent mood then, and, of course, that
makes it all right.
The ordinary man is not fond of
shouldering SO much responsibility at
one lift; but when our comptroller is in
the right frame of mind there is no re-
spOnsibility that he is afraid of.
1t was never the intention of the law
makers that the comptroller should be
the city's autocrat. He is there simply
to revise and keep track of the city's
accounts. He is far from being the
principal signer of the clty'S contracts;
and the only object of having him conn
tersign them is that he may detect and
call attention to any error in form be-
fore it is placed on file as binding.
He is not the contract-making power,
the city attorney, nor the city's eXecu-
tive. No more is it his business to undo
what the cOntract-making power, and
the others above him, have done. 1t is
time to be done with such assumptions
of authOritV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31

Cigarette smoke is not Dad
When in this light it's viewed
1t not only kills the microbe,
But as we'll the worthless dude.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
STREET CAR MANNERS.

just now there Is good deal of dis
cuSSi0n among the papers of the coun-
try of this subject. 1t is found that
men are growing into the habit of
sticking to their seats and letting the
women who have entered crowded
car stand up; and the men of st. Paul
are not much of all exception to the
rule. 1t is not an uncommon thing to
see strong young men remain III their
seats while old men and weak women
are clinging to the overhead straps.
This indicates very poor breeding, to
say the least.
When THACKERAY visited New York
he said, upon his return to England,
that the most beautiful thing he saw in
the American metropolis was the work
ingmen arising and giving their seats
to women. This characteristic was what
impressed the great man the most. Are
we going backward in this beautiful
American characteristic? We have long
proudly claimed that we were the most
highly civilized and polite people in the
world; but at the rate we are going the
other way we shall soon lose our right
to the claim.
1t is no Justification for this boOrish
practice to assert that women are seek
ling the right of ballot and officeholding.
Just as well assert that the man who
earns his living with his pen, and con-
sequently does not work on the street,
is unworthy of the ballot or to hold
office; or that the man who does not
shoulder the gun to fight in war time,
but stays at home to hold civil office,
should be DISTINGUISHED. That women
OH account of their sex are untitled to
fight in battle, work upon the streets or
to perform OF her services which nat
urally devolve upon the stronger sex. is
no reason why they should not have the
right of ballot, to hold office, or to enjoy
the civility which is by nature due them
from the cOarSer sex.
Nor will it do for these mento argue
that they have paid their fares. and,
hence, if anybody is to blame for the
fact that women and old men have to
stand up, it is the street car company,
which has failed to furnish enough cars
to accommodate the public. The women
and old men who stand up have also
paid their fares, and are no more to
blame for the crowded condition of the
cars than the men who cling to their
seats. Then, too, it matters not how
frequently cars may run; car now and
then may be crowded so that some must
stand up.
1t is an easy matter for man in
health who is not crippled or old to
tender his seat to woman or an old
man. 1t is an indication of respect for
the feelings and rights of others which
speaks volumes for the clvllity and high
character of the race.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
BENCH AND BAR.

! Ira Cole asks judgment against the
Scrlbner-Libby company for $4,000 on
account Of personal injuries. Cole was
employed as a cornicemaker, and was
ordered to punch plate of sheet iron
with machinery, and in doing SO had
his wrist mangled and he was perma-
| nently disabled
The York Safe and Lock company has
sued ID. X. OSbOurne to recover 81, S93. 90
due on prOmiSSory notes.
The West ST. Paul Real Estate and
Improvement company has sued Louis
q. Koch and other 10 fOreclose mort
gage Tor $3.50. The same company has
begun an action against Emil NJ. Kerby
ct al. to forebOse mortgage for 1915.
Judge Egan has decided that William
POrten is entitled to recover S276 as rent
from Jennie Gauthier.
In the case Of p. f. Fitzgibbon against
Andrew j. HOban ana others, Judge
Egan has filed an order ascertaning
certain liens.
In Judge Kelly's court yesterday
Charles ESchbaugh, alias Charles La
men, indicted with Victor C. Knerr.
alias James Lamen, pleaded guilty of
stealing span OF horses belonging to
Albert tratt, and was sentenced to the
penltentlary at Saltwater for three
years. Knerr also pleaded guilty of the
same offense, and received like sen
tence.
Harry Buck pleaded guilty of steal
ing suit of clothes from the room of
Amanda A. Haskell and was sentenced
to the penitentiary at Saltwater for two
years.
Judge Kerr's court is engaged in the
trial of the action of Hattie Stewart
against the City of st. Paul. brought to
recover damage to a lot by grading
street.
The personal injury case of Catherine
Walker against the st. Paul City Rail-
way Company Is still engaging the at
tention of Judge Willis court.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
WHO WILL MAKE THE TARIFF

1t is easy to tell who will not make
the tariff. The glass men and the wool
men and the iron men and the steel men
and the whole old crowd who have been
doing it for thirty years won't make. it.
That is clear. AS that Illinois farmers
club demanded, it will be revised by
its Victims Congress will enact the
law, but, unless congress is made up of
cOnceited lot of anticipates, it will be
very glad to have the assistance of men
who have made the tariff life study.
There is president who has learned a
good deal more about the tariff than he
knew when he sent a famous message
to congress few years ago. And he
has a secretary of the treasury who has
gained in long study and observation
some very sound ideas of what a tariff
is and should be. And president and
secretary and congress all are certain
that whatever tariff is. it is not a
means for taking the money out of the
| pockets of a great many people and
| putting it into those of very few peo-
pie. That idea will be the keel on which
the tariff law will be laid.
There is an association known as the
New York Tariff Reform club. Every
body who reads has read some of the
pamphlets which that club has printed
on the tariff during the past seven or
eight years. That club thinks that a
tariff is tax, and that taxes should not
/ be laid for anything but raising money
! for the government. Ii thinks that
having done sO.much to help the people
/ to overthrow the fellows who have
made the tariffs.it should continue help
ing 10 build the new tariff on the Lire
we all agree on. So it chose commit
tee of its members from those who are
very eminent as specialists in this ques-
| tiou to make a draft o. tariff bill
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
HANG THEM.

Caledonia Journal.
Through sentamentalism the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature has
passed bill to abolish capital punish
ment for murder in the first degree. 1t
may be very touching and nice to talk
about the barbarism of the past. and the
great enlightenment of the nineteenth
century. but throw away all senti-
mentality, and the bare facts are left
staring you in the face; for history
repeats ITSELF Take away capital pun
ishment. and murder will Increase. A
brute who has committed murder in
the first degree and who has been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life. will,
after ten or fifteen years. imprisonment,
get up petition for his pardon. HUI
manity is weak This same sentiment
tality again manifests itself, and he
who took mans life is through SYM
pathy. or rather human weakness. set
free. The murdered man can receive
no sympathy. Why should his deliber-
ate slayer be shown anv? No! Hang
them, Hang them until they are dead
as an example for others. We hone the
senate will have sense enough to Kill
this bill. and if not the governor ought
to veto it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
HIGGINBOTHAM DENIES
Many Statements Being Circa.
lated in Regard TO the
Fair.
Plenty OF Drinking Water Can 10
Had on the Grounds without
Charge.

CHICAGO, March 3O.-The following
address to the public has been issued by
President HiggnbOtham, of the Worlds
Columbian exposition:
because OF many Misrepresentation
and misstatements relative to expos
ltlOn management and affairs being in
circulation through the press and other
wise, both i'll this country and abroad,
and in reply to many letters of inquiry
or complaint touching the same matters,
IL seems advisable that some official
statement regarding them should be
made 10 the public. Therefore, re-
spectfuily ask that the widest publicity
be given 10 the following facts:
II. The exposition will be opened
in readiness for visitors OH May l.
80. An abundance of drinking water,
the best supplied TO any great city i'm
the world, will be provided free to all.
The report that charge would be made
for drinking water probably arose from
the fact that Hygeia water can also be
mad by those whe desire it at one cent a
glass.
20. Ample provisions for seating will
be made without charge.
II. About 1900 toilet rooms and
closets Will be located at convenient
points in the buildings and about the
grounds. and they will be absolutely
free to the public. This is as large a
number in proportion to the estimated
attendance as has ever been provided
in any exposition. In addition to these
there will also be nearly an equal num-
Der Of lavatores and toilet rooms Of a
costly and handsome character. as eX-
hibits, for the use Of which a charge Of
cents will be made.
IS. The admission fee of 80 cents
will entitle the visitors to see and enter
all the exposition buildings, inspect the
exhibits and in short, to see everything
within the exposition grounds, except
the EsquimauX village and the repro
duction of the Colorado cliff jewellers.
For these, as we'll as for the special at
fractions on Midway plaisance, a small
fee will be charged.
IS. Imposition or eXtortion of any
description will not be tolerated.
-. Free medical and emergency
hospital service is provided on the
grounds by the exposition manage
meut.
IS. The bureau of public comfort
will pro vide cOmmOdious free waiting
rooms. including spacious ladies' parlOri
and toilet rooms in various parts of the
grounds"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
CAUSED BY a QUARREL.
Divorce Proceedings Had Begun
Against Mrs. Norman.

Coroner r. A. Wheaton, who has been
investigating the suicide of Mrs. John
Norman, has not as yet decided whether
all inquest will be held. The woman, it
was learned yesterday. left two letters
in her native language, which are in
the cOrOners possession. The letters
were shown to the dead Woman's
brother, Ebert Johnson, yesterday
afternoon, but he, after reading them,
refused to say as to the contents. For
the past four months John Norman, the
husband of the suicide. has been in the
old country. He returned about three
weeks ago, and on Tuesday he and his
wife had quarrel. The result was that
she went to the apartments over the
saloon and Norman took up his resi-,
dence short distance away. On We'd
nesday afternoon deputy sheriff called
at the rooms occupied by Mrs. Norman
with papers in divorce suit which had
been commenced by her husband on the
ground of drunkenness. The deputy
received no answer to his knocks on the
door and later in the day returned, ac-
cOmpanied by police official and the
woman's husband. The door was forced
and the dead body of Mrs. Norman
found on the bed. A bottle which had
contained arsenic and paper with
few grains of trough on rats" in it were
on the bed beside the body. The sum-
mons In the divorce suit were mailed to
the attorney who drew them up, Eester-
day. by the sheriff.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31

cent mild weather, have formed mount
aims and glaciers in various parts of the
city, ami principally on the public
streets where the travel is most fire.
quent. Those who have been in the
habit of traversing the streets found
that the condition of affairs necessitated
an amount of deXterity and sure-footed-
ness equal to the pleasurable task of
climbing the Alps or making eXplora-
tons among the peaks of the Himy-
layeS. The eXlgencieS of the occasion
called for the purchase of alpenstocks,
spiked shoes, ETC.. and then the clubs
were formed.
Every pleasant afternoon groups of
pretty girls can be observed playing the
game. Their shouts of merry laughter
can be heard all over the city, and. at
times, when the connecting rope breaks,
the spice of danger lends an additional
zest to the occasion. They scramble up
and down the miniature mountains
with their alpenstOcks. and ENJOY them
selves while the people in the streets,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
LET THE RAILROADS DO 1T

LET THE RAILROADS DO 1T.
No matter who stole the scalpers' bill
from the senate, whether it was the
railroads to provoke sympathy or the
scalpers to kill the bill, it was the right
thing to do to put it back where it was.
II is immaterial which party stole it;
either is capable of it.
1t is material, however, that the bin
is one that should have no standing in
the Legislature for two reasons. First.
it is SO paternalishc in its nature as to
draw from that paternal paper, the
Minneapolis Tribune, a rebuke of the
roads for introducing and pushing so
paternaliStic a scheme. The state has
no right to prevent men from engaging
in a business not immoral.
In the next place. it Is within the
power of the railroads to drive every
sealper out of business by simply doing
what is right with the travelling public.
There is no question of this. The "con-
ductorS" do not deny it. Railroad men
admit It, The Chicago Herald Of the
2lst had an interview with prominent
Eastern railroad official, who said: ut
is pure rot TO say that we cannot abolish
Scalpers if we will. They could not do
a liftieth part of their present business
were it not for their direct deals with
the railroads"
If the railroads can abolish the scalp
ers if they will, and will not do it be-
cause they want to fleece the public, do
not the senators and representatives put
themselves in a sorry light as the plant
servitors of the companies in voting for
their bill? Can they expect to escape
the censure that they are more regard
full of the privileges of the railroads
than of the rights of the people? Will
they permit themselves to be the mere
plant tools Of these corporations?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
THEIR HEADS IN DANGER.
Impeachment Proceedings Insti-
tuted Against Nebraska OIL
Gals

Impeachment Proceedings Insti-
tuted Against Nebraska Off
Gals.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 30.-The COM
mission appointed by the legislature to
investigate the state officers, and aScer-
tain if there was evidence enough to
impeach the board of public lands and
buildings, reported to the house this
morning unanimously in favor of the
impeachment of Secretary of State AL
len, Attorney General Hastings
and Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings humphrey. A reSo-
luton was adopted inStructing the COM
mittee to present evidence against other
officials and 'eX-OflicialS whose names do
not appear III the recommendations of
impeachment. A message was sent to
the senate informing that body that i'm
parchment proceedings were pending
in the house, and requesting the mem
bers to name time for joint session
to consider the matter. The senate sent
an answer saying it would meet the
lower house In joint convention at 4
o'clock. Accordingly. at that hour the
senate marched in, bat nothing further
was done than to agree upon o'clock
tomorrow for another meeting, and the
joint session then adjourned. Public
opinion is nearly unanimous in the be-
lief that the senatewill concur in the
house resolutions that impeachment
proceedings be instituted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
TODAN,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON March 30.-For Mlnaesot" :
Light local rains, followed By fair; sou'heliy'
shifting 10 westerly winds; warmer III sou.h-
eastern portion. For Wisconsin; Local rai'
III northern, fair in southern poruoh' Mli.us
shifting to southerly; warmer. FOR iowa
Generally fair during the day WIN soqtn-
erly winds; warmer in eastern Poruoh' rol
SINH and North Dakota: Light local show
ers. followed by clearing weather; weslerlt
winds: cooler in western portions. For Mon
tana: Generally fair; westerly wlndS' eooiel
in eastern portion.
GENERAL oBsERv ATOMS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcULT-
nRK WEATHER BUREAU, WASHINGTON, March
"a sis n m. Local Time. : D. III. 9Th Merid-
ian e-Observations taken at the same
momeutof time at all stations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
DANGEROUS CREVASSE ON FOURTH STREET.
dition to the exercise and amusement of

dition to the exercise and amusement of
the game, it is played at any and all
times during the present season, day or
night. morning or evening, for the rea-
son that the present conditions of the
weather are in favor of it.
Those who are not familiar with the
game and who are not members of the
club have tried it on number of occa-
sions. The favorlte places for the play
ing of the game are along the line of
the Fourth street cable, especially on
the hill. On Fifth street, between Rob-
ert and Jackson, is the location of one
of the grounds where the game is
played every day, principally by bust
ness men, while all pedestrians play it,
nilly willy, nolenS volens, on the west
side of the WaDasha street hill
The game was established in a pc
culiar manner. During the past few
weeks the heavy falls of snow, which
have been changed into ice by the re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31

JAMES A. MCKENZIE, of Kentucky,
goes to Peru as minister plenipo. 1t was
he who brought down the crowd in the
Auditorium at the Chicago convention
III his speech seconding the nomination
of CLEVELAND by saying that IF any
body in New England ever sets up a
sunshine factory they will start report
that God Almighty is making an indit-
ferent quality of sunshine and that it is
initiating against the dignity of Am er-
lean labor" He came from state, he
said, that produces kind of liquor so
good as to make intemperance virtue"
And so Kentucky bourbon goes to meet
and mix with Peruvian bark.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
Killed by a Falling Sign

CLEVELAND. March 30.-A strong
south wind has been blowing here all
day, raising clouds of dust that have in
many instances been almost unbeara-
BILE. Charles E. Giles, real estate
agent, while walking along Superior
street this forenoon. was struck upon
the head by falling signboard and al
most instantly killed. Much damage to
telephone and telegraph wires and
buildings in course of erection and a
number of minor accidents have been
reported.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
SALTWATER NEWS.
L ouis Kiichi Is Held on the Charge
of Murder.

Louis KiichlI, the young man charged
with the murder of Fred Stanke at Cen
terville some weeks ago, appeared i'm
the municipal court yesterday charged
with murder in the first degree. He
waived examination and was remanded
to the county jail to await the action of
the grand jury. w. w. Erwin will de-
fend him, and will endeavOr to have
him released on bail. Young Kiichli is
an innocent-looking lad, and while
seated in the court few of the onloOkers
took him to be the murderer.
Mrs. B. l.. JudkinS, whose daughter
was married Wednesday TO Nels Mace,
died early yesterday morning of pa
ralysiS. She was i'll for several years.
Deceased was siXty-eight years of age,
and came to Saltwater about thirty
years ago. The funeral occurs t0mor-
row afternoon.
Marcus johnson was fined Sl5 and
costs in the police court yesterday for
reckless driving. Johnson had imbibed
a little too freely Wednesday, and the
horse which he was driving ran over
Mrs. Gust Johnson and fractured her
right limb just above the ankle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
Iron Ore Prosnccts.

CLEVELAND, March 3O.-The Iron
Trade Review this week says: The
price at which ores will he bought for
the coming year, though not so uncer-
tain factor as it was a month ago, still
keeps coming up in all figuring as tn
the course OF the market in the next
few months. The low prices Northern
furnacemen have made since early De
cember have cut off shipments of South
ern iron in some of its wOuted channels,
and the prospect that presented itself
few weeks ago OF considerably lower
ores than last year. promised further
sagging of prices in the competition be-
tween the sections"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
Anent the Capitol Bill.

IIdCY IUpUUIICdL
The capitol bill. of which so much has
been said and written, was a special Or
der in the house on Thursday and Fri
day. and oratory, both pro and con. was
the order of the day. Although there
was undisguised hostility to the bill,
after a few changes and restrictions
were made the bill passed by vote of
IS to Al. When the debate was the hot
test and it looked as though the bill was
to be lost, our representative, l.. s..
Tyler, arose and made rafting speech
in its favor
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
far below. watch them with breathIess

Interest.
Prof. Speckcase, of Berlin, one of the
most untiring Searchers after knOwl-
edge in connection with the glacial pc
riod, will be in the city in the course of
few days for the purpose of making
extensive explorations beneath the ice
and deposits which have been accumu-
lated, as it seems to the people of st.
Paul, through countless ages. 1t is re-
ported that one of the Oldest residents
of the city boasts that the law for the
construction of sidewalks has never
been enforced in his case, for the reason
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
The Capitol Bill.

MOTIFS tribune.
The so-called capitol bill that has
passed the legislature is all right Long
before the ten years named in the bill
have elapsed new capitol will be an
absolute necessity, and it is the part of
wisdom to begin planning now for the
coming emergency. 1t is right, too.
that the new structure shodld be good
one: one that will not only meet all the
demands of the states rapidly increas-
ing business. but one that will also be
a source of pride to all the people of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-31
Great Glaciers Which Lead TO
the Formation Of Climb
ing Clubs.
Tyndall and Plympton Out
done in Climbing Such
Activities.
AlpenStOekS in Demand as
Necessary Adjuncts to
PedeStrianism.
Sidewalks Buried Beneath
Century's Accumulation
Of Ice.

Among the new sports and smuse-
ments which nave recently been intro
duced into the city of st. Paul the latest
is called climbing the Alps" 1t is a
new game and is associated with health
full exercise. development of the mus.
cles and outdoor exercise. Then. in ad-