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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
THE OLD TUNES.
When He Heard Them He Could
Not Keep Still.

Detroit Free Press.
A Jolly-faced old man of sixty, fresh
from the rural districts, had halted
me on Fourteenth street to inquire his
way TO Sixth avenue when a man with
hand-organ came along and stopped
to grind out what was within. The
first air was lively one, and the old
man broke into broad grin as he ex-
claimed:
by gum! that's tune 1 used to
dance after right up in my own town.
First four forward and back-forward
again and salutei Jest seems es if L
could hear Ike Taylor calling off the
fguresr'
You mustn't get excited" [ eau
toned as he began to swing his arms
and shuttle his feet.
Can't help itr' he replied as no
danced around with his hat in his
hahd' Second four forward and back
forward and salute! Ladies change
-el-emen-left-all balance to partners
hip hip! hipl''
II wasn't minute before a crowd
gathered, and thirty seconds later a
policeman had the old man by the
neck.
what's up?" shouted the dancer.
as he finished his "hoedown'' and
turned to the officer.
What are you doing?" demanded
the bluecoat in reply.
m dancing a cotillyon, same as T
USED to fifteen years ago up home.
mere she goes, just as natural as life
Iour hands around-all balancer'
come on-you are under arrestr'
exclaimed the officer
Under arrest fur what?"
or disturbing the peace-come onw
nam disturbed nobody nor nuth-
IN protested the old man. as be
nung back. Cant fellow shuttle his
leet IN New York without bein' arrest
eu L halnt danced none fur ten years
put When that Teller begun to play
buI1alo Gals L couldn't keep still
come alongr insisted the officer
"hlle the crowd laughed at the old
man explanation and cheered him on
nam you got no sentiment in this
town? Are you SIGH folks down here
mat you Kin hear the tune of The Gal
Left Behind Me- without feelin' vo,,r
heels lift up?"
Inc crowd cried to the officer TO LET
the old man go, while the affrighted
nahd-organ man took himself off. but
the law was relentless The dancer
was headed for the nearest police STA
tlon' great crowd following, and as
ne was dragged along could hear him
saying:
wall, arrest me and be-durned 70
ye' but if 1 hear that tune again I'll
Whoop-hip-all hands round and
noe er down, even if it's right in front
of jestice of the peace"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
REDUCTIONS GRANTED.
Board of Equalization FayorabIy
Considers Some Protests.

BOSFu OF EQUALIZATION t1VOfsDly
Considers Some Protests.
On the recommendation of Assessor
Seng, the board of equalization yes
terday decided to abate the assess
ment of r. NJ. Newport S., 233. This
amount was assessed on mortgages
that he holds, but Mr.. Newport con-
WINGED the assessor that he owed more
than this amount on mortgages against
him. Mr.. Newport was sick at the
time the assessment was made, hence
the reason for the arbitrary assess
ment, as he could not make a return.
A protest was entered by H. Stein
& Co., who own a dry goods store on
East Seventh street. Mr.. Stein said
that he made a return of $3.50, which
was raised to $7,645. This was unjust,
he said, because he had a very small
stock of goods on May mot more than
$1,000 to $4,000 worthwhile the asses
sor reported $4,000 worth. Mayor
Smith asked him if he thought $4,000
would not be about fair, and he re-
piled that he thought it would. The
board accordingly abated the assess
ment to this figure.
Hyman Fegelson had a protest
against the assessment of 81 ,240 placed
on his secondhand store on Norris
street He returned only $27O The
matter was referred to the assessor for
investigation.
The board adjourned until o'clock
this afternoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
until recently, but had a relapse on
Wednesday and died yesterday.
ASPHALT, GRANITE OR BRICK.
East Fifth Street Property Owners
Can Take Their Choice.


Can Take Their Choice.
The board of public works received
yesterday the preliminary order for
paving Fifth street, from Wabasha
street to Broadway. AS no petition or
communication has been received from
the East Fifth street property owners
regarding the matter, the board in
structed the clerk to notify them to
appear before the board and indicate
whether they desire to have the street
paved this year, and if so, what kind
of pavement they prefer.
The city engineer furnished the board
of public works with the following
estimates of the cost of asphalt, gran
tie and brick pavements:
Asphalt Pavement-Total cost, ST.
300, of which S12,S00 would be assessed
against private property, $12,600 against
the street railway company, and 81 800
against the property of the city, in
front of the city hall and Smith park.
Granite Pavement-Private property,
$4,000; city railway property, $14,1OO;
city property, $2,150; total, $3O,550.
Brick Pavement-Private property,
$12,170; city railway property, $4,000;
city property, $3.50; total, S26, 00O
According to these estimate the as
sessment for asphalt would amount to
So per front foot that for granite $40,
and that for brick, $3.50 per front foot.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02

an investment. There can be no
question that the United States Of
fers the most promising field. In no.
other country in the world are there
so many openings for capital with
such a certainty of handsome re-
turns. The foreign investor, too, is
convinced by this time that his worry
over the silver question in the United
States was a needless scare Intel
ligent observers from the outside
have now not the slightest fear that
this country will go to a silver basis
They judge more unerringly than
ourselves the drift of public opinion,
and they see that for us to adopt
silver monometalliSm now, when
fuller measure, is a thing inconceiv-
able. All the conditions are favor
able, therefore, for the return of
capital to this country. AS one nof
these advance agents says, with our
enormous crops of this year, and with
every industry revived, there is no
question that long period of pros
perity stretches before the United
States. When we see it stated that
where a subscription of one million of
dollars was asked abroad for an
American enterprise, ten millions of
dollars were Offered, we can under
stand the change in foreign opinion,
and form some estimate of the
amount of capital that is likely to
be put into American undertakings
in the near future.
This will settle great many ques-
lions for us. It will dispose of gold
of the treasury reserve no longer
matter of difficult financiering. 1t
will help to settle the financial ques-
ton, if that has not been settled al
ready by the abundant harvest. 1t
will raise higher and higher the
tide Of golden prosperity that has al
ready set in, assure the pushing Of
new enterprises, and give ample en-
ployment to labor at a reasonable
compensation. There is no time when
all the people in a community thrive
so we'll as when capital is abundant,
and confidence so well secured that
it goes in search of occupation freely.
The revival of business at home,
lea of the vast amount of capital
that is ready for investment here,
gives complete assurance of a long
lease of prosperity for our country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
The Tune Called on Joe.

Philadelphia Times.
Senator Blackburn may quote the
Bible to the effect that so many talents
in silver were sufficient for the pur-
chase OF real estate in Pale stine by the
fathers in Israel and the same silver is
good enough today, but the old lady
in the audience who answered this
logic with the statement that the same
Bible declared "all silver was dross
and that the streets of heaven were
paved with gold,' rather cleverly par
ried the point and blunted the edge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
To Utilize the Enrth1s Hent

Current Literature thinks that ono
or the triumphs of future engineers
Will be the sinking of shaft 1000 to
1000 in the earth in order to utilize the
central heat of the globe. SO great
uepth, 1t is believed, may not be i'm
of the coming scientist. Water at a
temperature of 200 centigrade, which
vii! be obtained by these deep borings.
VIII heat houses and public buildings,
TO say nothing of the power it would
furnish. The plant once paid for, tba
only expense would be the Keeping of
the pipes in good condition. Nature
would do the rest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
COMING OUR WAY.

The announcement from New York
of the arrival of agents of foreign
capitalists with a view to placing
investments in this country comedies
Nothing in the world but lingering
doubt of the stability of our finan-
cial system, and of the repayment
Of money invested, in money of equal
value, has kept the accumulated
wealth of Europe from coming to
this country in unprecedented
amounts. There has never been a
time in the memory of financiers
when there was so much capital
seeking investment, at low rates, as
there is today. In every other quar-
ter of the world the capitalists of
Europe have sustained losses that
have weakened their faith and made
future investment there impossible
longer afford outlets for the treas
ures of European money owners.
They want no more of their worth
less securities; and for two years
past they have been selling Ameri-
can stocks and shares in the mar
ket and adding the proceeds to their
swollen boards.
To pursue this policy has become
impossible, unless capital is willing
to renounce altogether the prospect
of gain. London is simply over
whelmed with idle capital which
asks nothing more than reasonably
safe employment on almost any
terms. With the first restoration of
public confidence, the owners of this
money look about them eagerly for
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION.

Mr.. Bowler is the comptroller of
the treasury. AS such it is his duty
to see that the warrants presented
for his signature, calling for the
payment of money, are authorized
by some act of congress. He re-
fuses to audit the claims of the
planters for their sugar bounty on
the ground that congress has no
constitutional authority to vote
away public money in the payment
of bounties. There is no question
as to the law; congress passed and
the president approved the bill APP
propriating five million dollars to
be pro rated among the sugar pro-
ducers. He rises above the act of
congress, and assumes to pass on
its constitutionality.
Mr.. Bowler regards the question
as one of politics and policy, and
not one of mere law, disconnected
from policies or principles of gov
eminent. He is Democrat. His
party's faith rejects the policy of
bounty giving, whether done direct
ly, as in the sugar matter, or in
directly, as in tariffs. It's last con-
vention declared any such use of
the taxing power as void. In this
view Mr.. Bowler is right, as is his
party. But Comptroller Bowler is
quite another person; and we do not
think it is for him to raise the ques-
ticn of the constitutionality of an act
one that he audited the claims for
the bounty last year; and the fact
that this lost appropriat ton was a
compromise, recognizing the equities
created by the Mckinley act and it's
repeal, but refusing full sanction to
the principle, is another considera-
ton to be kept in mind.
But the reported argument of
the delegation of planters that had
an interview with Secretary Car
Isle to get him to overrule his OBJ
durate subordinate proceeds on an
other and an entirely untenable
ground. In fact it virtually admits
the legality and propriety of the posi-
ton of the comptroller. They assured
the secretary that, if the bounty
was not paid, no power on earth
could prevent the state of Louisiana
This is the true old-f1ag-and-an-ap
preparation spirit. 1t is the true pro-
tectionist, paternal way of carrying
a point. No question whether the
comptroller is within or without his
rightful province in taking the po-
sition, but a threat of political con-
sequences to follow if he persists.
We very much doubt if this threat
will deeply impress the secretary.
He is not an easily disturbed man.
| Then he knows a thing or two. He
knows that the sugar planters are
small part of the population. He
knows that they went into open re-
volt last year and joined the Repub-
lIcans, and Bishop Mckinley went
| all the way down to New Orleans
to give them baptism into the faith.
And he knows that they could not
prevent the election of a single Dem
ocratic congressional candidate. So
it is probable that the serenity of the
secretary was not a bit ruff1ed by
the direful threat. If the planters
| and the department would both stick
to the question in point it would be
| better
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Summit Lodge Meets Tonight

Agreeable to resolution adopted at
the last stated communication, spe-
cial communication of Summit Lodge
No. 163 will be held this evening at 8
o'clock, for the purpose of considering
the plans for a lodge hall and the
proposition of the Butler-Ryan COM
pany for building the same. AS the
result of this meeting may be of vital
Importance to the future of Summit
lodge, it is hoped that every member
who can will make it his special duty
to be present and vote on the PROPOSE
ton to be presented.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Where the spooIs Come From,

New York Sun
Practically all the wood used in maxi
ing spools for thread in this country
and Great Britain is cut in Maine
forests, but so great is the amount of
lumber required each year for the MAX
ing of these seemingly insignificant
articles that Maine will not be able TO
supply the raw material much longer
Inc spools are made of birch wood
ana the birch of the Maine forests is
the best for the purpose More than
two million feet of lumber is shipped
to Scotland every year for the use of
the great thread manufactures there.
and almost as much is supplied to do
mestlc manufacturers The business
began in Maine twenty-five years ago.
ana land that was cut over at that
time is now well covered with Young
trees, but not for twenty-five wears
more will this timber be fit to cut
Blrch timber is becoming scarce. and
IL VIII not be many years before thread
makers will have to look elsewhere
IMAM to Maine for their spool wood.
Whlie 1t takes fifty years for birch
forests to renew themselves, the cron
Is considered profitable one.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Bad Covington Disappearing.

SIOUX CITY, TO-, Aug. 1.-The Mis-
souri, is fast washing the notorious
town of Covington, across from here,
into the river. The town was at one
time one OF the toughest in the West
and was known all over the country
The land which is being washed away
is very valuable, as the new bridge
which is being built here had intended
to use it for the terminal facilities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Death of a Pioneer Woman.

Mrs. Ellen Howard, wife of Thomas
Howard, and an old resident of this
city, died at her home, 727 st. Peter
street, yesterday morning at o'clock
Mrs. Howard was one of st. Paul's
early settlers, having come here abou,
forty years ago. She was a most ex>
emplary and devout Christian woman,
and member of the Catholic church,
of which two of her sons are priests.
Funeral services will be held at the
cathedral on Saturday morning at 10
o'clock
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Afraid of an Eclipse.

Atlanta Constitution.
1t is to be hoped that the excitement
will soon blow over. If it continues TO-
increase it will overshadow the silver
and anti-silyer issue and plunge the
country into a squabble over a very
frivolous matter. We call it frivolous
because it is plain that it will speedily
adjust itself. But are boomers male1
attire? They We're invented by a
woman for women, and they are not,
worn by men. -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Cowan Arrests Another.

Frank Smith, alias John Smith. was
brought into the central station yester-
day afternoon by Officer Cowan and
locked up on the charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon. Cowan him
self swore out the warrant, accusing
Smith of being one of the men who
aided Ed Russell, at the time the lat
ter recently resisted the officer, and
bit his hand. It is alleged that Smith
drew a knife on that occasion and at
tempted to cut Cowan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
A Badly Mixed Lot.

Courier-Journa1.
There are conceded anomalies to be
seen everywhere in the contemporary
politics of the United States. Thou4
sands of free traders vote the RepubZ
lican ticket. Thousands of projections
lists still adhere to the Democratic
party. Such measures as the Blair
education bill and the Nicaragua canal
bill did not derive their support solely
from the advocates of the paternal
theory of government.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
A COnDrOnise.

indianapolis Journal.
1t was in an absent-minded sort of
way that she read the sign, ice
Cream
"Oh, ah; ice cream" said he. did
you ever read that there were deadly
ptomaines in ice cream?"
Yes" she said, a little spitefully.
DID you ever read of the microbes III
kissing?"
On reflection he concluded to COM
promise on a basis of present cream
and future kisses
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Saturdays Yacht Races.

The yacht race scheduled to be sailed
Saturday, Aug. 3, as a ladies' race, at
White Bear, will be sailed as such if
there is a light wind. Should there be a
heavy wind the sailing committee will
substitute the postponed race of July
q, which will be as follows: First
class sloops, commodore's cup; second
class sloops, pennant; cat boats, j.
W. Taylor cup.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
DISTRICT COURT NOTES.
NEW CASES.

81, S7S-Merchants' National Bank of
Helena VS.. Elliott & Mather; action to
recover $35,656 alleged to be due on a
note. Writ of attachment issued.
81 ,@6-Henrietta c. Dodge VS.. The
Minnesota Masonic Relief Association
action to recover a balance of $943 al
legged to be due on account of a life
insurance policy held by Levi p Dodge,
who died in 1893
61,SU = Northwestern Fuel Company
VS.. James Melady; action to recover
$S.S6 alleged to be due on account.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Suit to Recover s35.G56.

An action has been commenced by
the Merchants National Bank of Hell
ena to recover from Elliot e Mather
S35,656 alleged to be due on note made
in Seattle in 1894, on which default has
been made in the payment of the in
tGrest. In addition to The face of the
note and interest $500 is demanded as
attorneys fees
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
But the Horse Says Neigh.

PhiIadelphia Press.
The horse is doomed The trolley ia
only the beginning. The horse will be
driven out as completely as the sailing
vessel. He will remain the vehicle
of luxury, just as the yacht does He
will, for a while, continue to be of use
on the farm and in carting, just as the
sail boat is used for fishing and for the
farm traffic of our rivers and bays
The trolley has driven the horse from
between the car tracks. The bicycle
has reduced his demand for livery sta,
BILE purposes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02

An esteemed contemporary that
speaks of 1.-The clustered shades" of
st. Johns Wood, London, evidently
imagines that it is a sort of sylvan
retreat in which the red deer roam
at will. 1t is not safe to write of
what you know nothing about, even
at distance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Sn,eIIed GAS,
Pomeroy (ohiol Democrat.

Pomeroy (Ohio) Democrat.
About thirty-five years ago George
w. Cundiff, of New Haven, w. Va,
had a well dug to the depth of about
sixty-five feet, and it has ever per-
formed it's duties as a well should, and
supplied an abundance of excellent
water up to the spring just passed,
the family smelled gas, and found it
came from the well. Mr.. Cundiff let
his we'll bucket down into the well,
which had not been use dior a few
weeks, and when it came up it was COW
cred with oil
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02

It has been decided, with due legal
solemnity, that a wooden leg, when
attached to the person, is a part of it,
and not manufactured article sub
ject to tax. For many nice distinc-
lions such as these we are debtors to
our beautiful tariff laws.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
TODAY5S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. forecast
for Friday:
For M1nnesota-Showers probably
clearing at night; southerly winds,
becoming northwesterly; slightly cool
er in northwest portion at night.
For Unconstitutional ning weather,
with light showers in northwest por-
ton in the afternoon; southeast
winds, becoming southerly; probably
Slightly warmer in eastern portion.
For North Dakota-Showers, proba~
bly, clearing at night; cooler; winds
becoming northwesterly.
For South Dakota-Showers, fol-
lowed by clearing at night; slightly
cooler in central portion; variable
winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agri-
culture, Weather Bureau, Washing
ton, Aug. /, Gas p. m. Local Time,
p. n. 18th Meridian Time.-Observa-
tons taken at the same moment of
time at all stations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE.
University Summer School Will
Be IL Great Success.

Prof. Kiehle, of the state university,
sent word yesterday to the office of
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton that the enrolment for the sum-
mer training school had reached LBS,
and that the class in physical culture
would increase this number to 1000
The large enrolment is somewhat of
a surprise, as not more than LOCO were
expected. AS has been previously
stated in the G l o b e, teachers only
are received this year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
DEPRIVED OF THE WEED.
9f

ReformatOry Prisoners Cannot
. Smoke Nor Chew Hereafter.
Supt. Lee,j of the state reform school,
was in the city yesterday, and stated
that hereafter the inmates of that in
stitution will be deprived of the privi-
fege of using tobacco, new rule to
this effect having been made by the
b6ard, of managers. He says that about
Is per cent of the inmates are users of
tobacco, many of them having ac-
61lired the habit since their imprison-
ment. A new stone barn is being erect
ed to enable the management to keep
about forty COWS for the use of the
institution, the object being to give the
inmates more milk than formerly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
Plenty of Money on Hand.

The city treasurer's report for the
month of July shows a balance on hand
July of S1,3G9, 970.53. The receipts for
the month brought the total up to
S2,355, 167.01. The disbur m
amounted to $7O9, 1874, leaving a bal
ance on hand Aug. l of S1,645. 6S1 81
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
TILDEN r. SELMEs.

The announcement last evening
of the death in Kentucky of Tilden
r. Selmes was received with grief
by the large circle of his friends
and acquaintance in this city. Mr..
Selmes made st. PauI his home for
many years, and advanced here to
that professional success which had
given to him an enviable standing
at the time when his health began
to fail. Few men have been more
popular than he was with all who
knew him, and none earned better
the good will of their associates.
His geniality was the expression of
a kind and generous nature, and a
mind alert and interested in all that
concerned his fellows. Socially Mr..
Selmes was. a general favorite, and
in his business life he had the re-
spect and confidence of all. He was
bound by many ties to large num-
Der of our people, and his death
while yet in the prime of life will be
mourned deeply in this community.