St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-31
SAINT PAUL.
TALES OF TRAVELLERS.
Omaha Mans Experience Witt
= Fire Deparfments and poI;ticS


Omaha Mans, Experience With
f Fire Departments and Politics.
II had OCCASION to witness the opera
ton OF your fire department the other
1 day, said {. b. Jones, or South Omaha,
at the Merchants to aGI.oBE reporter
&sferday. Il was riding OH an inter-
fuyban car en- route for Minneapolis, and
! j@st as we were going up past fire head
quarters the gong sounded All alarm
have always taken all interest in fire
departments, he pursued, for have
been identified with insurance compai--
ies more Or less for a good many years.
ant inStinctivelv pulled out my watch
tos see how quick the department would
respond to the call. | must say that
they made quick time. BY the way, we
had several years ago fire department
that was not above criticism from all
Insurance mans standpoint, and this
reminds the of a story. A German who
had not been blessed with many of the
educational opportunities of the day,
but who was a good fellow, went into
politics i'll South Omaha He became
candidate for alderman. and, more for a
joke than with the idea of eleeting him,
we espouSed his candidacy witt, con-
siderable ferver, and, to our amazement,
he was elected by snug plurality over
the other two candidates. When he
took his seat in the council the tun be-
gan. We all had some pet measure to
have introduced, and he was always
faithful to the trust. OF course most of
the resolutions we drafted for him were
jokes. One xraS in reference to the fire
department. A fire had occurred, and
rthe department. had not made very
brilliant reeortt. We gave him resolu-
/ ton directing the chief engineer of the
fire brigade to drill his men three DAYS
before each fire In all sincerity, and
with all the impressiyeness he could
command. he introduced the resolution,
and he made sturdy fight for its
passage"
I'VE find business promising" said
Col. Welz, the new landlord OF the
Ryan, to GLOBE reporter yesterday
You will notice that we have big
register, and we shope to see it increase
from day to day. But we have really
been too busy to make very accurate
estimate of affairs today" he continued.
I'VE will begin at once fixing up the
hotel, and today we had the halls all
measured for new carpets. During the
coming winter we expect to eXpend
something like $4,000 in improve
mentS."
The foreign worlds fair commission
ers who were so royalty entertained at
the Commercial club last week are at
the Ryan, on their return trip for the
fair.
/ I'VE have had some funny expert
sc DceS on our trip" said one of the mum
sber in the rotunda last evening. zone
OF them was at the expense of j. NJ. de
Peralta, the commissioner from Costa
SRica. Like most people who have
little real knowledge of the state of civ
3illzation in the West, he thought il alb
ssolutely necessary for him to carry
big defringer to protect him from high
5waymen. Well, lie lost the gun at one
of the hotels, and he cannot fer his life
recall which. He has been wild ever
since. and he has been telegraphing
around in the hope of tracing the
sileotef UP. Another commissioner
wears money belt in which he hides
all his valuables. He even carried his
watch there. One day when the train
vas running at the rate of forty-iive
miles al. hour, and we were a long dis
lance from station. he came rushing
intpt the car from the platform, wildly
gesticulating, and crying to everybody
atthe same time go to stop the train.
He said ne hadlost his watch, and he
wanted to go back and search for it. OF
course the train was not stopped"