St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-31

TALES OF TRAVELLERS.
Omaha Mans Experience Wi
3 Fire Departments and Polite


Fire Departments and Politics.
Il had occasion to witness the opera
ton Of your fire department the other
Eday," said c. b. Jones, of South Omaha,
az the Merchants to aGi.oBE reporter
Yesterday. II was riding OH an inter-
uyban car en- route for Minneapolis. and
fhsJast &c we we're going up past fire head
quarters the gong sounded All alarm.
have always taken an interest in fire
departments, he pursued, for have
been identified with insurance compan-.
ies more or less for a good many years.
and lnStinctively pulled out my watch
tosee 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 Il story. a German VINO
had not been blessed with many of the
educational opportunities of the day,
but who was good fellow, went into
politics in South Omaha He became a
candidate for alderman, and, more for
joke than with the idea of eleeting him,
we eSpouSed his candidacy with con-
siderable ferver, and, to our amazement,
he was elected by a 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
in, nfn tn hu fro
department. \ fire had occurred, and
the department had not made Il very
brilliant record. 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 impressivcnesS he could
| command. he introduced the resolution,
and he made sturdy fight for its
passage"
I'VE find business promising" said
Col. Well, the new landlord OF the
Ryan. to GLOBE reporter yesterday.
You will notice that we have big
register, and we ehOpe to see 1t increase
from day to day. But we have really
been too busy to make a 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 50 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
eDceS on our trip" said one of the mum
der in the rotunda last evening. zone
OF them was at the expense of j. NJ. de
Peralta, the commissioner from Costa
zRlca. Like most people who have
little real knowledge of the state of civ
ihzation in the West, he thought it all
SOlGtely necessary for him to carry a
bf9 derringer to protect him from high
waymen. Well lie lost the gun at one
of the hotels, ami 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
shooter UP. Another commissioner
wears money belt in which he hides
all his valuableS. He even carried his
watch there. One day when the tram
was running at the rate of forty-Gve
miles an hour, and we were Il long dis
lance from station. he came rushing
intofhe car from the platform, wildly
geSticufating, and crying to everybody
atzthe same time go to stop the train.
He said he haa lost his watch, and he
wanted to go back and search for it. OF
course the train was not stopped"