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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-17

st. Paul, Jan. 16.-The house met
with quorum present. The secre-
tary OF the senate appeared and re-
ported the passage by the senate of a
joint resolution providing for the ap-
pointment of a committee to inyesri-
gate and report on the suffering from
the Hinckley forest fire and to recon-
mend some legislation on the subject.
Mr. johns rose to question of priv
lege, and presented Speaker Van
SAINT with. handsome gavel. the gift
OF the pupils Of the st. Paul manual
training school.
Speaker Van SAINT, in accepting.
made a brief reply, extending his
thanks to the donors.
The Commercial clubs Of ST Pan,
and Minneapolis sent the following
invitation:
"The Commercial clubs of the Twin
cities, representing some 1000 bust
ness and professional men of the cities
OF st. Paul and Minneapolis, respect
rully request your earnest considera-
ton of the following:
1.-The dread calamity of September,
1894, when the world stood appalled,
at the Minnesota forest fires, should
not be without it's lesson. In October,
1884, largely attended meeting Of
the citizens OF various parts Of the
state, at the rooms Of the st. Paul
Commercial club, strongly favored
state laws looking to the preservation
OF our forests and the prevention Of
recurring holacausts SO disastrous to
human life In Canada, and we be-
lieve In some parts of the United
States, wise laws exist and necessary
measures are taken to the desired end,
with beneficial results. It is our ear
nest request that the subject receive
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-17

st. Paul, Jan. 13.-Every member Of
the legislature who could has gone
home for the short legislative vacation,
and the hotel Hobbies are deserted.
Half dozen representatives and SEN
ators could be found at the Windsor
after a close search, and in the diff
ferent senatorial headquarters a few
workers were visible, but nothing
more. The capital politicians are liv-
ing to-day in the memory of the con-
test thus far. and in anticipation of
what the future is to bring forth. The
senatorial contest is expected to take
a decided turn early next week. The
large number of members who are
now unpledged will come from their
constituents, in most cases, ready to
talk. 1t may as well be said now as
at another time, that there is nothing
so far to justify any talk of "boodle"
The canvass has been conspicuously
free from anything Of this sort, and
that it may continue to the end is the
desire Of the best men on both sides.
Gov. Nelson is not rich; Mr.. Comstock
is rich, but not a man who will stoop
to such methods; Mr.. McCleary is not
rich, and Mr.. Washburn and his man.
ayers gave it out in the very begin
ming that they would. win on their
merits Or not at all. It has been sug-
gested that some If the unpledgcd
members have been waiting for offers
to pay their campaign expenses"
but even if such suggestion is true
and there Is nothing to prove 1.-THE
members so waiting will wait in vain.
1t will be an election without the ex-
penditure of money for the purchase
OF votes and without improper in
Huences of any sort brought to bear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-17
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WORK OF THE MINNESOTA Law
MAKERS.
Condensed Report of the Proceed
inEs In the Senate and House, Com
prising Brief Summary Of tho
Weeks Business.

ST. Paul, Jan. 1.-THE legislative
grind Is now in full swing. The senate
began work promptly this morning mt
10 o'clock and at noon adjourned until
1870 Monday evening. Among the I'M
portant matters that came up was the
introduction of a resolution by Senator
Wyman for the appointment Of COM
mission to look into fire relief matters
= in I'in: and other counties, and BILL
to make M the relief fund deficit.
Senator Spencer Of Duluth, proft!ng
by the experience Of Duluth in anneX-
ing the town OF Fond du Lac and
New Duluth, introduced a Dill rrovid-
ing for the settlement Of the question
of indebtedness in such cases. These
towns ran ur heavy bills and debts be-
fore being taken into Duluth. Senator
Wyman introduced 4 bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for the expenses Of the
legislature. Senator Keller Of Stearns
caused the senators to open their eyes
by the introduction Of Il bill cutting
down the salaries Of state officers by
which he claims to save $26,349. Some
Of the figures he gives are as follows:
Governor, $4,000; secretary of state,
S1,75O; state auditor, 81, 800; treasurer,
$1,75O; librarian, $1,000; commissioner
of labor, $1,000. The same gentleman
also introduced a resolution asking the
attorney general to report whether he
had taken any proceedings against any
companies or individuals holding over
5000 acres of land. This is believed to
be a hit at some of the lumber COM
panies.
Senator Ringdahl introduced bill
providing for the transfer of the state
! oil department to the secretary Of
states department. .
The house, in it's brief two-hour SEES
sion this morning, passed the busiest
| time it has yet known. The session
was really the first IN which the repre-
scntatives have found themselves in
position. to undertake tile transaction
Of any business at i'll, outside Of that
Of n"::a uization, and the opportunity
WIS Improved by the passing Of one
bill and the introduction of a number
Of others. some Of them of wide t.
rortance. ~"
Though the st. Paul people may be
satisfied with the present capitol bill,
such is not the case everywhere. This
dissatisfaction was voiced in the house
this morning by one of the Populists
Of that body, E. J. Moore of Becker
county. House File No. 6 was the
number Of the BILL and it sought the
repeal Of that provision of the last leg
islature whereby the building of the
new capitol was authorized. Some of
the representatives failed to pay due
respect to the seriousness of the mo-,
tives Of Representative Moore Of Beck
er, and were inclined to Taught at him,
but his fellow Populists were all in
solemn earnest and most of them,
judging from their looks, thought it
as worthy measure as it's author APP
peared to-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-17

Washington, Jan. 16. - Stirring in
terest was given to the senate pro-
ceedings by the speeches Of Senator
German Of Maryland and Senator Hill
Of New York on tie various phases Of
the tariff and financial situation. At
times the debate between the two dis
tinguished Democratic senators took
on an added interest from the keen
personal criticism and satire directed
at each other. Mr.. German spoke for
two hours. The speech was mainly
remarkable in its arrayal of facts to
show that the tariff law which Mr..
German took so large part in franz
ing was wholly insufficient in raising
the revenue absolutely requisite to- car
~ on the government. In presenting
this view Mr.. German dwelt Oh the
personal features Of the contest over
the Wilson bill and arraigned Mr.. Hill
for his attitude then and since on the
tariff question. The speech Of Mr..
Hill was equally personal and equally
vigorous, and was received with the
same close attention from his associ-
ates and intense interest in the gal
leries as had been shown to the Mary
land senator. Mr.. Hill directed his
remarks mainly at Mr.. German, who
sat only a few feet away. Senator
Allison of Iowa also contributed to the
features Of the day by a short but
very effective presentation Of the need
OF Immediate legislation on the tariff
the raise revenue instead Of further
fruitless agitation of currency revis-
ion.
t1libustering tactics again defeated
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-17

st. Paul, Jan. II. - The senatorial
caucus has been called for Friday
evening at s O'Clock in the hall of rep.
resentatives
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
ALL IN FAVOR OF FOSTER,
His Selection as Commits
sioner Is Commended by
Republicans.
UNION LEAGUE CLUB A UNIT.
Strong Expressions Of Endorsement
by A. B. Spreckels and S. w.
BaCkuS.

A meeting of the executive committee
of the Republican State Committee may be
called to consider the appointment of Sam
ueI Foster as Election Commissioner, and
the indications are that his selection will
be highly commended. 2. B. Cornwall,
chairman of the State Committee, is out of
town and will not return until tomorrow.
Several members of the executive COM
mittee are away on summer vacations, SO
it is hardly probable that meeting will
take place earlier than the middle of this
month.
The rumored opposition to Mr.. Foster is
not understood, but its development has
caused legion of his friends to rally to
his support. They assert that he is citi-
zen of the highest character and Republi-
can whose LOYALTY to the party is well
known. Mr.. Foster is a Knight Templar,
but there is no possible ground for oppo-
sition in this respect. 1t is well known
that Mr.. Denman, one of the Democratic
Commissioners, belongs to the same or
ganization.
Supervisor A. B. Spreckels, in speaking
of the appointment yesterday, said: 81
have known Mr.. Foster since l began my
business career in 1879, and know him to
be thoroughly capable business man,
good citizen and good Republican. The
Republican committee ought to indorse
him."
S. w. Backus, president of the Union
League Club, said: at would be great
mistake for the Republican party to raise
any question in regard to Mayor Sutro's
selection of Mr.. Foster. He is good Re-
publican and a merchant of the highest
standing. We might not get another APP
pointment as good, and it is a question
whether, under the law, the Republican
State Committee could reject the second
appointment made by the Mayor. am
not prepared to believe that Judge Cooney
is opposing Mr.. Foster. 1t is the intention
of the Union League to give dinner to all
the Commissioners. Should the law be
contested in the courts the league will en-
ploy counsel to defend the constitution
atty of the act. We believe the law is
good and have confidence in the Commits
sioners appointed by Mayor Sutro."
In mercantile circles, where Mr.. Foster
is best known, the highest tributes are
paid to his integrity.
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would not hold under the heavy traffic
that rolls over it every hour of the day.
The new $500 boathouse which the Har-
Naval Reserve was commenced yesterday
morning at the foot of Folsom street.
Hereafter the State will have two we'll
equipped ireboats on the water front, as
1000 feet of hose was yesterday placed on
board the tug Governor Irwin. She will
divide the work of guarding the wharves
with the Governor Markham, which for a
long time has been the only available fire.
boat on the bay.
More recent accounts of the loss of the
ship Arabia, bound for this port, off Cape
Horn, states that she was struck by a
furious gale on May Is. The storm
stripped her of her spars and the great
seas opened her seams. Captain and Mrs
Macloon and the crew took to the boats
June 1, Just before she went down. They
reached Diego Ramierez Island, about
sixty miles from the scene of the wreck
and were rescued by the British ship
Achilles, Captain Dunbar, and landed at
Montevideo June %. The lost vessel was
loaded with 400 tons of coal, 500 tons of
pig iron, 100 tons of Tennessee marble,
5000 cases of oil and a general cargo of
starch, whisky and chalk. She was con-
signed to Williams, Dimond & Co. of this
City.
The schooner Chetco, which went ashore
on October IS, 1894, on Needle Rock, on
the northern coast, aud was afterward got
ten off and repaired, arrived yesterday in
ballast.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock the
Harbor Commissioners and the rep
resentatives of the San Francisco and San
Joaquin Valley Railroad will meet and
ratify the China Basin lease. Governor
Budd and Mayor Sutro will be present ard
contracts for the grading will be let. The
ties and lumber are being shipped to Stock
ton for the roadbed and trestles and the
first consignment of steel rails is expected
every day on the steamer Washtenaw.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
which have astonished some of the old

which have astonished some of the old
members, and a promising future as a
marksman is predicted for him. He was
the first man to make three bullseyes on
the honor target, Germany, during the
tournament and so far holds the record
for four consecutive red flags on the point
target, while his AZ on the standard is only
one point below the score. On the honor
target Columbia he has made IS.
Young Pape is only % years of age and
is native of this City. His father, Fred
erick Pape, is an old and respected mem
Der of the local German colony. 1t is rather
remarkable that of the three Pape boys
each one has distinguished himself in
some peculiar line. The eldest son is an
artist, who has earned a repu tation for
himself in Paris and received several prizes
in the Salon. He is now connected with
the Century Magazine staff. Another son
is considered one of the best swimmers on
the coast, while the third has distinguished
himself IN craftsmanship.
The latter joined the San Francisco
SchuetZen Verein in April, 1893. In his
first years shoot he won the third-class
medal in three successive months. In the
same year he joined the Column ia Pistol
and Rifle Club and won the pistol, rifle
and all-around championship medals.
His readily acquired accuracy with the
rife is all the more remarkable in the fact
that until he joined the Schuetzen Verein
he never handled a rifle or pistol. He is
the youngest member of the association.
A. Strecker of the San Francisco Verein,
who still leads on the man target with a
score of 81, is also looked upon among his
friends here as a sure winner for the
SchuetZen ring prize.
Arrangements are already under way for
giving the Californian marksmen rous-
ing reception when they return to their
home
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

ity to prosecute their labors under the new
light, if such it may be called, and a great
many of them have begun to go over the
same ground which they had covered in
years past, looking for still further knowl-
edge of diseases and their causes. In this
direction, small as the discovery may APP
pear to lay people, great hopes have been
and are entertained for promised results,
as it will in all probabilityslead to ends of
the greatest value to humanity. 1t will
enable the scientist to get clearer and
more definite idea of the character and
form of microbes, which NAV then be more
readily distinguished by less skilled stu
dents working in the same line with the
one end in view-to reach the root of dis
ease through the microscope.
Formerly an oily gum. known as Canada
balsam, was used for correcting the light
on slides, but it did not satisfy Dr. Eisen.
The murkiness of the vision was taken as
matter of course and as a defect which
could not be removed or overcome for
then the instrument would be perfect
The doctor began a series of experiments
with oils and gums, believing he could
finally find something of benefit to mi
croscopy, just as other scientists had dis
covered stains for coloring objects through
chemical affinity. He did succeed with the
Gum Thus and microscopes have begun to
reach results that, in comparison with the
old work, are regarded as victory for
science
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
Protest Against the Iguana.

We have no desire to make fun of sensi-
tive creatures, and We are quite sure it is
not their fault; but the list of additions to
the Zoo is little distracting, says the Pail
Mall Gazette. Zone Burchell's zebra" is
quite fair, and, ''two Polar bears" are pass
able, even if they were born in the
take to ..one Gry's box . zone blossom NJ
headed parrakeet or flour Egyptian
eryx." "a white-crowned mangaby"
leaves us unstartled, and fifty American
tree frogs are comparatively innocuous.
But when it comes to ''tuberculated igua-
MAJ we protest; is it to be isolated? ga
rosy-faced lovebird" sounds quite right,
though trife improper in these particular
days. ''Three oce1lated sand skinks" leave
US wondering, and "three ruddy- headed
geese" sounds only like an expletive. But
Zone defenseless lizard" touches us. We
hope they won't bully it. 1t is shame to
keep defenseless lizards in the Zoo without
appropriate police protection. We should
not like to live in the Zoo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
THE DOWNTOWN STREETS.
Causes of Their Dirty Condi-
ton Explained by Mr..
DOhrmann.
The Fruit and Vegetable Dealers Do
Not Aid the Merchants
Association.

The Merchants Associa ton, which has
the contract for street-sweeping, is having
considerable difficulty in keeping the
downtown streets in a presentable condi-
ton. According to President F. w.
Dohrmann, the difficulty is attributable to
two causes One is the wretched condition
of the eobblestone paving, the other the
seeming carelessness of some of the fruit
dealers and vegetable-marketm men.
The association has done work enough,
he says, to have kept that portion of the
City in comparatively as good condition as
other portions, but without the co-opera
ton of those from whose business houses
the dirt is accumulated the desired results
cannot be accomplished. Speaking on this
subject last night Mr.. Dohrmann said:
"When we began the street sweeping we
had great difficulties to overcome, but soon
had the work well in hand except in the
district below Montgomery street. between
Sacramento and Jackson. The street paw
ing was in very bad condition and the ac-
cumulations of dirt were almost immovable.
We despaired of reaching any respectable
condition during the wet season. But when
the dry season came on we got down to
bedrock. But our troubles did not end
even then. As soon as we had got the
streets clean the accumulation of dirt was
SO great JildL tu6y lOOhcu DIS IL tutN udu
not been cleaned at all.
"Finding it impossible to do the job JUS
tice in the day time, we put night force
on. They would finish their work by 6
o'clock in the morning and within tive
hours the streets would be almost as dirty
as on the previous afternoon. This fact
led some persons to think that no sweeping
was being done in that district.
at was indeed difficult to keep those
rough cobblestones clean, but our worst
contention was with the dealers, whose
sweepings accumulate so rapidly. They
claim that they pay garbage men to carry
away the refuse. But the trouble is that
their employees had been SO long used to
dirty streets that they used no care in
sweeping the stores and sidewalks.
,"Al1 these streets could be kept in a
much cleaner condition if we could have
the careful cooperation Of those interested.
One firm by the name of Vancovitch has
at our request furnished a large receptacle
for the dirt and the sweepings being placed
therein greatly aids us in the work.
1--WE notice great improvement on the
uptown streets where the sweepings are
placed in piles. 1t is not the duty of a
street-sweeping contractor to remove the
accumulations of dirt that come from
stores, yet we do not object to doing this
if we can have the dirt left in proper shape
to be easily reached by our sweepers.
"There has been marked improvement in
business in sections where the streets are
kept clean, and this improvement would
extend TO the downtown diatricts if the
dealers had their own interests at heart"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
PROUD OF THE RECORDS.
Local Marksmen Jubilant Over
the New York Schuetzen-
fest Scores.
CALIFoRNIANs AT THE TOP.
They Will Bring Back Some Valuable
PriZeS-Career Of Young
A. II. Pape.

While the cracking of the rifles at the
great National Schuetzenfest in New York
stirs the atmosphere there, glad echoes are
being awakened out here in the hearts of
the members of the San Francisco Schuet-
zen Verein over the performances of their
fellow members in the shooting contests.
Ever since the festival began there the
local marksmen have been watching the
reports, and as in each successive event the
Californians came out with flying colors
pride in their achievements began to
swell, and with the records made by
Helm, Strecker and young Pape pride
burst out in glad spirit of jubilation.
Helm was looked upon as sure winner,
although his winning of rs out of posi-
BILE IS came as surprise. He had made
that perfect score a year ago in this City,
at the Midwinter Fair Exposition, but such
scores are not often duplicated, hence the
surprise.
Next to Helm the Schuetzen members
are interested in their youngest marks
man. A. III. Pape. Although he has been
a member of the verein but two years he
has performed some feats with the rifle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
ARRESTED FOR ARSON.
Joseph Ferris, Proprietor of the Fruit
Store on Scott Street, I'm
Prison.

Joseph Ferris, proprietor of the fruit
store 217 Scott street, which was destroyed
by fire under suspicious circumstances on
Friday morning, was arrested yesterday
morning by Fire Marshal Towe and De-
tective Handley on the charge of arson.
The Fire Marshal and detective made a
thorough investigation into the cause of
the fire yesterday morning, and from in
formation they received and other facts
they at once placed Ferris under arrest.
The officers, while not disposed to make
public all the evidence they have obtained,
but they point to the fact that the building
was insured for $50, and it can easily be
duplicated for SIS. The stock was also in
sured for $S5, and they state there was not
more than $25 worth of stock in the store.
Ferris also made entirely different state
ments, first to the Fire Marshal and later
to Detective Handley as to where he was
when the fire broke out, and also as to
how he came to have his hands and cloth
ing covered with coal oil. The smell of
the oil can yet be easily detected on the
coat he was wearing on the morning OF the
fire.
Ferris is only IS years of age, and says
he was born in Oakland. He lived with
his brother-in-law, W. f. Dawson, who
has bakery almost directly opposite the
fruitstore. He protests his innocence.