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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
CITY HALL GLEANINGS.
Health Department Matters-Hoy
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Health Department Matters-How
the Shortage of Water Occurred.
The health inspectors are having their
hands full watching for parties who In
sist upon dumping garbage and refuse
OH the shores of Shepley's pond, Tenth
avenue south and Twentieth street. On
one side of the pond is located the
Greedy school and on the other the
Northwestern hospital, and the dump
ing of garbage makes it unpleasant, and
even dangerous, for the school children
and the hospital patients. The parties
will he arrested if caught
Yesterday Health Commissioner Kelly
ordered patient at the city hospital
suffering with erysipilas to be sent to
the quarantine hospital. The case was
q malignant one. DIR. Kelly was in
Quandry whether to attend the patient
at the quarantine hospital OF not, owing
to the position taken by Mayor Eustis
on the matter of allowing him extra
compensation for such work. Aid. Gray,
who is chairman of the committee on
health and hospitals, ordered DIR. Kelly
to attend the case, so the chances are
that when he presents another bill TO
the health board there will be a repeti-
ton of the mayors objections.
Supervisor Mcconnell, of the water
works, stated yesterday that the rea-
son for the shortage OF water on the oc-
casion of the burning of the Lowell
school was that the engines soon
pumped the Highland Park system dry
and then fell back upon the eight-inch
main on Twentieth avenue. This main
is altogether too small, and twenty
fOur-iuch main to connect with the
other district has been ordered for
Twenty-fourth avenue and will be put
in this summer.
The mayor has sent a letter to Capt.
Bonfield, of the worlds fair police Sys-
TEN, stating that it will be impossible
for him to send two detectives from this
city to remain Oh duty there six months.
He says that, in the first place, the local
department cannot spare two of its best
men, and. in the second place, he could
not send them to Chicago without the
consent of the council. 1t is nOticea-
BILE fact that he has not asked the coun-
CLIPS permission to send the detectives.
The papers to be served upon Super
visor Mcconnell will be in the form of
quo warranto and not mandamus. AS
soon as the papers are served Mcconnell
will feel at liberty to get out and stretch
his legs.
The report of Building Inspector Gill
man for the quarter ending March 81 is
as follows: In January 50 permits were
issued. amounting to $72,9l5; February,
lis, $447, 245; March, PA, 1928, 257; total,
Ala permits, amounting TO SS46, AT. For
the same period last year 567 permits
were issued, aggregating a total OF
S103, $50,
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appeared on the books. The directors
OF the ASSOCIATION, when they heard the
report, decided that il should go TO the
executive committee for investigation.
1t is not kGown who is responsible
for the deficit, and neither the account
ant nor the council committee presumeS
to say. The books were found to be In
very bad shape, aside from the deficit
noted, showing that the method OF keep
ing them had been very lax, 10 say the
least. Before the meeting closed the
directors passed vote OF thanks to the
committee and the accountant for their
work. Everybody was then sworn to
secrecy and cautioned to fight shy Of
newspaper reporters. 1t is the inten-
ton OF the directors to keep the public
from knowing the true state of affairs
regarding the funds and the books. How
well they will succeed remains to be
seen.
Last nights meeting was practically
the last, the committee having complet-
ed its labOrs and amasSed pile OF NAH
uScript numbering in all over 600 pages.
Apropos of this report is an interest
ing little story. Several days ago,
when the official stenographer who has
been taking all the evidence adduced
before the committee came to look over
his manuscript, he found ninety pages
of ii missing. He was at loss to under
stand where the missing pages were and
how they happened to be the most i'm
portant of the entire report. He hunted
high and low for the missing pages, but
failed to find even trace of them. The
matter was reported to the committee,
and the accountant was ordered to take
his note book and make new copy of
the evidence lost by the absence of the
ninety pages. This has been done.
The only conclusion the committee ana
the accountant could arrive at under the
circumstances was that the manuscript
was stolen. An endeavOr will be made
to locate the thief.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
LOGS AND LUMBER,
Record Of the Week in the Trade
in Wood.

The saving season opened one day
earlier tllis year than last, says the
Lumberman. The Shevin-C Carpenter
mill was the first to start and began
operations last Monday with million
fresh logs in the pond and twice as
many more piled up in the river. The
Plymouth mill will start next Monday
with enough logs in the pond for a
weeks saving, and the BaSsett mill
will start the 10Th. At the same time
the three Nelson. Tenney q Co. mills
will start in operation as will those of
E. W. Backus IL Co. The mills of Ii.
G. Akeley Il Co., Northern Mil COM
put III readiness to begin operations
as soon as the river opens. The
Bovey-De Laittre mill has been thor
Oughly refitted, and will also begin OPP
erations as soon as the ice is out Of the
river. OF the new mills. the Diamond
and McMullen mills will be the first to
start, and it is expected that both will
be ready for saving about the first of
May, and perhaps sooner. On the Z. A.
Smith and Carpenter Bros mills, work
is progressing favOrably, and it is eX-
pected they will begin operations before
the first of the month. Inc Anoka Lum-
Der company (Petrie d MillS) and j. b.
Chatterton will have their mills in read
ineSS by the first of June or soon after.
This week will end all logging opera
tons on the great river, even at the
northermost limit of operations. Such
CAMPS is have had 10 rush work to clear
up all standing timber report the stock
more or less run down. Some tirst-class
concerns that made a rush early liz the
winter went entirely up to the limit of
their expectations. Others, that de-
pended ON good roads the winter
through. were disappointed in their
cut. No one doubts that the logs will
come freely TO the mills, as the SwampS
are full and the snow supply abundant.
This weeks shipments of lumber
have exceeded by more than 2.0O0O 900
feet the best weeks record OF the year.
During the six days ending last Tues
day, there were 243 cars or 1865, 900
feet OF lumber sent out of this city by
rail. The record OF shipments last year
goes to show that the April shipments
exceeded those of March by about l.
5OO,0OO feet. But the shipments OF the
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EU5TIs WAS QUESTIONED.
He Told the Grand Jury About
Relief Association Money.

he IOlu the Grand jury ABOUT
Relief Association Money.
The grand jury disposed Of all the
small jail matters before it yesterday,
and late in the afternoon made report
to Judge Smith. handing in a batch of
indictments. The final report will be
made to Judge Hooker Tuesday next,
upon his return from the country. In
the meantime the Jail and workhouse
will be visited.
In the afternoon Mayor Eustis was
called in to tell what he knew in regard
to the missing money from the funds of
the police relief association. Chief of
Police Smith, Capt. Ness. ex-Supt. w.
M. Bracket, II. Dugan, eX-superin-
tendent Of the union depot, and Expert
Accountant Moore were also examined
In the matter, aud il is understood that
other witnesses in the case will be
called to appear Tuesday next at 2 p.
m. The grand jury has been quick in
seven cases in one week, wonderful
record.
Elsie Otto, aged forty-seven, has be-
gun divorce proceedings in the district
court against Peter Otto, claiming that
he deserted her some time ago.
Thomas Doherty has sued p. E. Gan
non to recover 81, 1883 OH certain prom
issory notes.
John w. Knight has begun an action
against A. Nj. Allen to compel him to
take back thirty-fve shares of American
Chemical company stock, which Knight
purcha for 81, 800 on an agreement
that Allen would take 1t back at the
same price,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED ?
Canvassers Out for the Sport Car
nivaI Guaranty Fund.

Canvassers Out for the Sport Car
nival Guaranty Fund.
A sport carnival committee meetig
was held in carnival headquarters, New
York Life building, yesterday after
noon. The meeting was called by the
finance committee. The finance COM
mittee wants big guaranty fund, and
considerable canvassIng must be done
for 1t. 70 expedite caJlyaSsing the
business of the city has been dis
trictrd and classified. Yesterday
volunteers were called for to
circulate the subscription papers for the
subscriptions to the guaranty funds.
Some people seem TO prefer subscribing
and paying lump sum 10 putting down
a larger amount for a guarantee fund
without knowing how much they are to
pay eventually. For their accommodate
ton second paper for cash subscribers
has been prepared. The canvassing of
the various Industries and interests will
be done by the following, as Indicated:
Wholesale houses. w. II. Forbes and
Lucien Swift; farm machinery, w. }.
DeOn and K. f. Smith; bicycle dealers
and riders. A: b. ChOate and J. w.
Washburn: NicOllet avenue houses,
Fourth street to Bridge square, G.. b.
EuStis; hotels, Wallace Wort and
Col. Wood; Washington avenue north
to and including Plymouth avenue.
TheO l.. Hays and George HUM;
chamber of commerce, w. H. Eustis
and +. H. Peavey; banks, F. A. Cham
berlin; tennis clubs, c. w. Folds;
Tennis court, A. f. Kelley; railroads.
w. q. Byron and j. II. Sullivan.
Other districts have not yet been as
signed.
Hereafter the secretary of the carnival
association will be on duty in the SUBJ
basement room of the New York Life
building. All business in connection
with the carnival will be done there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
FLETCHER AND MATsON.
One Point Gained by the Former
in the Petition for the IDjunc-
tiOn

One Point Gained by the Former
in the Petition for the IDjunc-
ton.
Judge Hicks has heard the arguments
for a restraining order in the case of
William Matson against The Green
Mountain Stock Ranchng Company,and
denied the motion on the technical
grounds that there had been no notice
of a motion given. The plaintiffs sought
to prevent the meeting of the stockhOld-
ers to he held today, but the court held
that if there had been fraud,a ratifica-
ton of the action would do no good. and
therefore would not order it prevented.
Judge Terrence appeared for several
nonresident stockholders, who wished
to join with Matson in the action.
Finally, after much argument. the par
ties agreed to waive all f0rmalities, and
have full hearing of the merits of the
case, Fletcher stating that he would
keep a complete record of all business
transactions pending the hearing, open
to anybody, so that no injustice could be
done the dissatisfied stockholders. The
case will be heard in fifteen days, during
which time Fletcher Bros. and the COM
pany will file an answer denying all the
charges in the complaint, ana justifying
the transfer of the property TO ii. Z.
Fletcher.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
ENJOYING HIMSELF.
Aid. Brazie Qualities as President
Of the Council.

Alu. BfaZie \yualllleS as ffesIucHC
Of the Council.
Yesterday the ex-president of the
council. Henry w. Brazie, presented
himself at the office of the city clerk
and handed Clerk Haney legal docu-
ment.
"File this paper away and put it on
record,' said he, Juggling away at his
huge gr ay mustachios.
"What is it?'' asked fancy.
Sir" replied the little man IN a
grand voice, "that document contains
my oath of office as president of the city
council of Minneapolis.
Wh-wh-what's that?" asked the city
clerk IN establishment.
Aid. BraZie repeated his statement,
and then unfolded the paper in ten
der way and read its contents to the
mystitied clerk. 1t stated that Henry
W. BraZie had duly appeared before E.
A. Montgomery. a notary public of the
city, and qualified himself for the posi-
ton of president Of the council of Min
neapoliS by taking the oath, as pre-
scrIbed by the statutes and the city
charter. Aid. Brazie remarked, when
he had concluded reading the document,
that President Kiichli and the revOlu-
tionary portion of the council had taken
the stand that he was never the legal
president of the council, because e had
not qualified as such. Now he was a
firm believer in the truism, that ''it's
better late than never" so he took pains
to qualify.
City Clerk Haney took the Qualifica-
ton papers, but before he put them on
record he called upon the city attorney,
apd aclyph kic aHUiaa in tho m0ttnr The
city attorney informed him that under
the circumstances he could do nothing
but accept the document, and place it
on record as requested by Aid. Brazie.
So on record it went. President
Kiichli, when told about the affair,
laughed, and remarked that if it pleased
BraZie to qualify as president of the
city council, he certainly had no objec-
ton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
CRUDE PETROLEUM,
And Not Cholera, Allied the In
habitantS of the Flats.


habitants OF the Flats.
Several days ago the health depart
ment was notified that the inhabitants
OF the flats under the Washington ave
nue. bridge were affected with some dis
ease that closely resembled cholera.
Aid. Gray. who, as chairman of the
council committee OH health and hos
pitfalls, takes great deal Of inter-
est in everything pertaining to the
department and the public health in
general, made Il visit TO the flats and a
tour of the cottages containing the sick
people. He found them all suffering
from violent diarrhea, though there
were no symptoms to Indicate cholera.
Being of an inquisitive mind, he chate-
chiSed the patients and found that
those families having wells on their
premises suffered the most.
Aid. Gray put his specs on and sailed
forth. He looked into the wells and got
a Whit of something that told of crude
petroleum. With pail he dipped up a
quantity of what he thought was water
from on of the wells. Judge of his
horror when he found the pail contained
pure crude petroleum. He tried the
same experiment on several of the wells
with the same result, and then he knew
how it happened that diarrhea ragged
among the denizens of the flats.
1t was found upon investigation that
the petroleum came from the gas works,
over 200 feet above the flats. The
petroleum had trickled down this 700
feet of almost solid rock and soaked into
the wells. The water in the river di'
Tectly below the gas works was also
covered with the petroleum.
The wells contaminated with the pc
trolenm were boarded up, and the in
habitants forbidden to use any more
water from them. Nearly half the wells
on the fats were contaminated, and
Aid. Gray remarked yesterday that il
was good Illustration of how wells
could become contaminated from sewers
and OuthOuses. He took a bottle of the
petroleum with him to the health office,
and it stands on DR.. Kelly's desk as a
trophy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Robbed of Their Rings

Two young ladies, whose names
could not be learned, were held up
shortly after S O'clock last night by two
ruf1ians. near Twenty-second street and
Bloomington avenue. The ladies had
just stepped off Bloomington avenue
car when the fellows bounced upon
them and robbed them OF all their
money and jewelry, even to the rings
on their fingers. The conductor on the
returning car allowed the unfortunate
ladies to ride back to the city without
paying their fare, for they had been
stripped of everything.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
The Junior Ball.

An enjoyable social event occurred
at the West hotel last night. The occa-
sion was the inauguration ball of tie
juniors of the state university. Nearly
200 couples were present, and danced 10
the strains of a full orchestra in the
main dining room. Many of the guests
were from st. Paul. The costumes of
the ladies were elaborate. and flowers
were scattered about the reception
rooms in profusion. The "Junior'' ball
will be an annual affair hereafter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Insurgents Gaining Power.

BUENos AYREs, April THE revolt
in the province of Catamarca is spread
ing and gaining power. Within the last
few days several encounters between
government troops and insurgents have
teen reported. Many were killed In the
field on each side, and all the prisoners
were shot. The insurgents have re-
captured the railways. The government
is sending out more troops TO protect
state property.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
judas Commission Signed.

WASHINGTON, April THE president
has signed the commission of Max Judd,
of ST. Louis, as United States consul
general at Vienna. 1t is said at the state
department that no communications,
verbal or written, have been received
bv the secretary to indicate that the
Austrian government has any objection
to the new consul general. Mr.. Judd
will 90 to Vienna and enter on the dis
charge OF the duties of consul general,
except in the unlooked-f0r refusal of
the Austrian government to receive
him
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Col. Kings Colony.

Col. w. S. King is putting into effect
a new plan for starting the building
de toward a particular section. He
has given to each of ten young married
men three lots near the southeastern
shore of Lake Harriet, and within one
block of street car line, OH condition
that each man build $4,000 residence
there before fall. This colony, the
colonel thinks, will make that section of
the CITY popular.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Cabot Instead OF Columbus.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April Z. - Rev.
Perry Stevens, of Iowa, last night
preached the first Of series of Colum-
bian sermons at st. Paurs church. He
said we owed nothing to Columbus,
Spain or Rome, for the discovery be-
longed to John Cabot, who sailed under
the patronage of King Henry VII. and
that the discovery was made III defiance
of Pope Alexander VII. The sermon
was strictly anti-COlumbian and anti
Romish, and has created considerable
aXcitemant
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Striking Printers.

The G. Rasmussen Publishing COM
pany, at 251 Fifth avenue south, has a
strike on its hands. Yesterday morn
Ing the fifteen union printers employed
walked out, because of difficulty with
the foreman. The strikers allege that
the foreman discriminates in favor of
certain men in giving copy off the hook.
They demanded the foreman's dis
charge and the firm refused.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
THE MYSTERIOUS BUNDLE.
The Police Are Once More Ha-
rasSed Over the Queer Thing"

The Police Are Once More Ha-
rassed Over the "Queer Thing"
Another inquiry was made at police
headquarters last night for the suit of
clothes found in one of the machines of
the Pitts Agricultural works, last De-
cember, and brought to the office of the
superintendent OF police by Patrolman
Russell. During the latter part of De-
cember one of the employees of the COM
pany found a bundle of clothing and a
razor hidden away in one of the ma
chimes, evidently by thief. He turned
the bundle over to PatrOlman Russell,
who brought 1t to police headquarters.
That is the last ever seen OF the bundle.
The suit disappeared, the razor vanished,
and up to date 10 one has been able to
account for the stuff,
An emplOye of the agricultural COM
panY stated to Capt. Helm last night
that it was not the value of the suit of
clothes nor the razor that figured in the
matter, but the principle of the thing.
The clothes did not belong to the police
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Water on the Flats.

The water in the river is very high
and the residents of the flats are grow
ing anxious. AT noon yesterday the
river was rs feet above the low water
mark. This. however, was Z of foot
below the stage of the water Thursday
night The river has already over
flowed its banks at the East side flats,
aud the inhabitants find it necessary to
wade about with high boots, for the
water has crept up under the floors of
their cottages. Unless there is de-
cided rise in the river, however, no
further harm will be done and the
''f1atters" will remain safe and sound.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08

department. and some one ought to be
held responsible. Supt. Smith is much
annoyed over this mysterious bundle,
for it disappeared before he came into
office. No one of the present police
force can give any clue to the missing
bundle, though there are great many
of them who would give months sal
airy to locate the party or parties who
stole the stuff from the very office of the
chief of police.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
The Flour Output.

The output of the mills last week,
says the Northwestern Miller, was 163.-
700 barrels-averaging 27,2S3 barrels
daily-against ISL, 900 barrels the week
before, 1S3,960 barrels for the CORE
spending time in 1892. and 122,390 bar
relS in 1881. The flour market is about
as depressed as it could we'll be. Local
mills probably did not sell over half
their output last week. The most of
what is sold goes on domestic account.
The direct export shipment by the mills
last week was 36.015 barrels, against
AZ, 40 barrels the preceding week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
Mrs. E. G. Potter Dead.

Mrs. E. &. Potter died at the family
residence, IL Cedar Lake road. yester-
day morning. Mrs. Potter had been
confined to the house for some weeks,
but no thought of her death was enter
tanned. Some time ago she fell on the
street and sustained injuries of an OBJ
stinate nature. An attack of pleurisy
complicated her illness. She seemed to
be doing well, however, until yester-
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month just past are excessive, surpass-
ing by 6l5.000 feet those of July, 1892,
the banner month Of that year, and by
much more the best months shipment
ever made from this point. As it ex-
ceeded the March shipment of 1892 by
nearly 6, 500,00 feet, il is not to be ex-
pected that the present month can
equal il.
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TOOK EVERY DOLLAR.
Burglars Clean Gut the Treasur-
er's Safe at Fort Madison.

FORT MADISON, To-. April 7.-Burg-
lars entered the county treasurer's of
flee in the court house last night, drill
ing through two vault doors, forcing off
the locks, and made away with every
dollar in the safe. Treasurer Montan-
don estimates the loss in cash at about
$4,000. No trace of the perpetrator S
has been discovered.
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SHORT 1855.
The Eooks of the Fire Relief As
sociation Show Deficit.

SOOINNIVH R5IIO" q OSItCit'
Aid. Gray yesterday called a special
meeting of the fire investigating com
mittee, and last night the members con
gregated i'll the Office of Health Commits
sioner Kelly, city hall. The directors
of the Firemen's Relief association met
with the committee and listened to
the report of Mr.. Moore, the ex-
pert accountant who has been busted
for the past four weeks in examining
the books OF the association. The re-
port showed that there was a deficiency
of S755, and that it came from the inter-
est money, the principal being intact.
There was no comment other than a
thorough explanation of how the deficit