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The morning times., 1896-10-07
COMMISSIONERS ANSWER.
They Explain Their Action In the
Donrlly License Case.

The District Commissioners and the EN
else Board yesterday filed answer to the
charges of Uriah Painter in the writ OF
certiorari recently granted by Judge Cox
for an inquiry into the granting Of Il liquor
license 10 James ID. Donmelly. at S24
Fourteenth street northwest.
The answer states that on the objection
of Painter to Donnelly being given a
wholesale license Tor the year beginning
November l 1895, on the ground that his
place was within 400 feet Of a school.
hearing was had, in which both sides were
represented by counsel. The case was
considered and the license granted.
The testimony against Donnelly was to
the effect that under the board OF Com
missioners Il rejection of an application
for license was not final, but that some
times an application wa, granted after
IL had been several times previously re-
jected 1t was also charged that the
excise board did not keep complete records
and papers were frequently missing, par
ticularly certain data relating to the action
of the Commissioners to his application
for a license in November. 1892. They
claimed that the record in the office Of the
license clerk. assessors office, shows that
those papers were finally returned to the
assessors office. March, 1898; that the
Commissioners. until the decision OF the
court of appeals in the Bush case construed
the act OF March 8. 1893, to mean that
new licenses must be taken out under il :,
and notices to that effect Were sent to all
dealers licensed. or whose applications We're
pending, including Donnelly.
II is stated by Feudall NJ. Alexander
counsel for Donnelly, that in February he
was Informed by Mr. Ross that the appli-
cation would not be further considered until
all fines were paid Donnelly then paid
seven hundred dollars fine.
Frank Madigan. at the hearing" says
the answer. testified that he knew the
application was pending March 3. 1893.
and that the same objection as now WIS
raised before 1t was granted for the year
beginning November l 1894, but the case
was decided in Donmclly's favor after an
opinion from the attorney for the District
and his license granted"
The excise board submits In conclusion
that it had jurisdiction over Donnelly's
application for the year beginning November
| / 1898, and that under the act of Con-
| gress their act ''shall be final and Con-
elusive"
The morning times., 1896-10-07
MAY TAKE AN APPEAL.
Judge Cox Makes Ruling in Justice
of the Peace Trials.

An important decision was rendered yes
terday by Judge Cox affecting jury trials
before justice of the peace. IL has
been generally held that there could be no
appeal from the decision of justice of
the peace where there was a trial before Il
jury.
Some time ago Charles Hoff sued the
Capital Traction Company before justice
of the peace, and demanded a jury trial.
The railroad determined, If possible, to
get the case into the higher courts. 1t
was at a time when Judge Cox had al
ready rendered n decision that justice
of the peace could not instruct jury and
set aside its verdict, and the Traction Com
pany petitioned for writ OF cerdorari,
claiming that such a trial without power
of appeal was not the common law jury
trial guaranteed by the Constitution. They
asked that the court grant writ ul
certiorari that the case might come be-
fore the supreme court OF the District for
adjudication
Judge Cox rendered decision granting
the writ of certiorari on the grounds
claimed, thus breaking down by a precedent
the claim that an appeal could not be
taken from the decision of jury trial
before a Justice of the peace. This will
hold goodiu all cases involving any amount
over S5.
The morning times., 1896-10-07
LABOR UNION ALERT.
1t Challenges the Power of Comm is.
sinm.rS to Ma ke Certa COntractS

A demand has been made upon the Com
missioners by the Central Labor Union for
an investigation of street paving done
under Contractor James Frawley.
The union charges that Mr.. Frawley's
contract in the northeast section of the
city was done in part by the District
by day labor. 1t is understood from the
Commissioners that the District took up
the work OF its own account, aud they
say Mr.. Frawley was not paid for the
work thus done.
1t is the contention of the labor union
that public work amounting in cost to less
than 81 900 should not be let to the low
est bidder nor done by contract, but on the
the contrary, should all be done by day
labor, and an inquiry upon this point was
included in the inquiry. The Commissioners
are of the opinion that they have the
authority to make contracts of this char
acter, and say that in many instances it is
best for the interests OF the District that
they should be made.
The morning times., 1896-10-07
EIGHT COUNTS OF FORGERY
Isaac Fleming Collected Money on &
Funeral Bill.

Isaac ] Fleming, colored, was arrested
last nj ght by Detective Lacey, OF the CEN
tral bureau, and locked up in the Fifth
street station with a charge OF forgery
against his name When closely questioned
by the detectives Fleming admitted his
guilt.
Hefs charged with forging the name Of
James II. Winslow. funeral director,
to receipts for money paid by beneficial
burial n associations. After the death of a
member of Rising Sun Tabernacle, No. i,
last Decem Der, the man went to the officers
of the society and represented that he was
collector for Mr.. Wright's underta king
establishment.
He was paid So in money and forged
the name of Mr.. Winslow to the receipt.
From that time until August % last he has
returned tn the officers monthly and each
time collected S5. He will be called
upon to answer to eight counts of forgery
when arraigned in the police court this
morning.
The morning times., 1896-10-07
Welded HAPPINESS BRIEF.
Married in July, Mrs. Green Tow Sues
for Divorce

Caroline Virginia Green yesterday filed
suit for divorce against William W. Green,
TO whom she was married only about two
months ago, in which she charges her
husband with drunkenness and immortality
Mrs. c. V. Banks was married to Green
in this city July 16, 1886, by Rev. Jacob
Wilson. She alleges that soon after their
wedding Green began to drink, and is
now an habitual drunkard. She says that
though she has been married to the de-
fendant SO short time, he has frequently
threatened her life, and once picked up
a shot gun and threatened to shoot her,
but her life was saved by her brother. ;.
The morning times., 1896-10-07
FREED ON A TECHNICALITY
Married woman'S Property Bill Fig
ures in II Larceny Trial.

James Moran and John Lamont Were
Yesterday acquitted of a charge of larceny
from the person. The prisoners were
alleged to have stolen from Mrs. Catherine
Hickey pockctbook Containing some small
change. Policeman Sullivan made the
arrest and recovered the pocketbook Law
yer Francis Smith, who was assigned to
defend the prisoners, secured their release
Oh a unique tcchnicality. The indictment
charged that the money was the property
OF Lawrence Hickey, husband of Mrs.
Hickey. Ii was proven on the stand that
it belonged To the woman, and Lawyer
Smith ca He'd Judge Coles attention to the
recent act OF Congress defining the property
OF husband and wife Judge Cole in
structed the jury to render verdict OF not
guilty. 1t being held that the Indictment
should have stated the money us the prop
erty of Mrs. Hickey.
The morning times., 1896-10-07
How Are You Fixed?

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The morning times., 1896-10-07

When the Fire Alarm Sounds
1t may be to summon the engines To come
to YOUR house., Did You insure through
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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

this principle Is not confined to a
single trade, he continues: I'm the
first place, the prosperity of the bar
ber's trade, it's power to pay wages, is
based upon the prosperity Of the COM
munity, and the prosperity of every
community must rest at last upon
that Of its skilled labor. Again, just
as the action Of the union Is more DO
tent than that of single member, so
the united action of all departments of
labor transcends the possibilities of
any single union. If this be true, the
personal interest of every barber, and
every other union man, demands that
he not only support his own union,
but that he give the most earnest and
sympathetic support TO every trade
union. There Is no trade so far re-
moved from his that he can afford to
be Indifferent to it's efforts for i'm
provement. You talk much Of restor-
ing the dignity of the craft. Is there
not better dignity than wealth and
the praise Of men? Is there any dig
nifty better than that of a body Of men,
working steadfastly toward the noblest
ideals for themselves and their fel-
low men? The cause of the union is
that Of self-interest, but it is far more.
1t is the best patriotism and the high
est religion. Before this conception
there is no room for indifference or
jealous pickering. It should inspire
every union man to deeper self-re-
spect, to loftier aspiration, to more
earnest resolution of purpose, to
fuller sense Of fraternity, to renewed
hope; and all these are best expressed
in sincere and unselfish devotion to
the cause Of organized labor"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
IN L,AB0R'S REALM

Whenever labor unions undertake to
secure a reduction in the hours of la
bor from ten to eight, without at the
same time agreeing to a decrease in
pay, their members are met with the
stereotyped remark that they want
something for nothing. AS an example
of the unfairness of this assertion it is
submitted that if a skilled artisan
thirty years ago received 81 for twelve
hours work, then for ten hours labor
at the present time he is not entitled
to more than $1.66 2-3 and If the eight
hour day, which he so much desires,
were fact, he would have no right to
expect more than $1.33 1-3. Of course
skilled labor today is paid more than
the mechanic who toiled from the ris-
ing Of the sun to the going down
thereof thirty years ago, but so, also,
through the Introduction of improved
machinery, which has displaced hand
labor to a large extent, has the profits
Of the employer increased. The claim
often made, that if the ten-hour day
was shortened to eight, the two hours
OF leisure would be devoted to dissipa-
tion, is an insult to every Workingman
in the United States. When the legal
workday Of twelve hours finally be-
came ten, did dissipation increase?
EVIL inclinations predominate in near
ly all men, and 1T is only through
Christianity and education that they
are held in check, and whether one
works ten or eight hours he will find
time, If he so desires, to satisfy his
craving for any and all forms of riot
Gus indulgence. Even if a small mi
nority does not choose to accept the le-
gitimate benefits accruing from a.
shorter work day, is that valid rea-
son why the majority should be de-
prived of needed recreation; Of being
compelled to forego the pleasure of
home associations, the company of
their wives and children; Of beautify-
ing their homes; of becoming better ac-
quainted with the duties and preroga-
tives Of citizenship; of healthful rest
and recreation? Not long since, in the
city Of st. Paul, the proofreaders of
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

he says: Union men cannot separ-
ate their interests from those Of the
men in the trade who have not the
manhood to enter a union and strive
for their own Improvement. The whole
trade is held back by those men, and
an Improvement in their condition
would advance the interests of the
whole trade. Is 1t not plain then that
no man can advance his own interest
by doing any act detrimental to his
fellows or his union, but that the only
way for him to secure any real advan-
tage Is to labor for the prosperity Of
his union, and through 1t Of his craft 2"
Then remarking that the operation Of
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
FIENDISH GRANDMOTHER.
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for
Abusing Two Children.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 18.-Mrs. Bell, for
cruelty to her grandchildren, was today SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. The charges
against Mrs. Bell, which were proved at the
trial, were that she had punished the two
children, boy of fourteen and girl of ff-
teen, with the most fendish tortures which
malignant ingenuity could devise. Stripping
them to the thinnest clothing, she would soak
them in water, and thus compel them to sit
before open windows when the temperature
was several degrees below zero, until their
attire was frozen stiff. On one occasion, the
boy was kept at work in the cold improperly
clad, until his toes were frozen and dropped
off. They were fed ON victuals mixed with
noxious fluids, like kerosene, turpentine and
worse. When brought into court, both chill
dren showed conclusively the effects, physical
ly and morally, of the agonies they had suf-
fered,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

book and job and newspaper offices,
and those employed by the city, all
have the eight-hour day, while a COM
mittee from the carpenters union are
comforting with representatives Of the
contractors association with every
prospect Of securing the coveted eight
hours.
Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, Mich, in
his annual message to the common
council, said: 'The movement for the
eight-hour day finds its chief promot-
ers in the cities where the pressure
for employment, and the consequent
reduction in wages, combined with
other conditions which restrict con-
sumption, is most severely felt. 1t is
one of the several items of desirable
change in the present industrial sys-
tenn, which, in my opinion, is deserv-
ing of adoption. It's promoters deserve
every aid possible from right-thinking
men, and from all who are alive to the
general interests upon which their own
interests depend" From all parts of
the United States come reports that at
least two of the leading trades of or
ganiZed labor, backed up by their inter-
national unions, will make q demand
for eight hours during the coming
month, and, although it would have
been better for the employees (and en-
ployers as welD If their request had
been granted, the prospects are ex-
ceedingly bright for the attainment Of
the result SO often asked for, but as
often refused.
4
Walter A. Shumaker, a well-known
lawyer Of st. Paul, contributes an ar
ticle to the BARRIERS Journal, published
at Syracuse, N. Y, under the heading
Justice, Benevolence, Industry, Uni
ty," the motto of the International as
sociation. 1t is we'll worth perusal,
and should be read by every union
man in the country. An excerpt is
all that it is possible to give in this
department. After alluding to the
motto quoted above as an inspiration
Of it's deviser, ex-President Murray,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

certain establishment asked for a nine
hour day, at the same time agreeing
to accept a corresponding reduction
IN salary. OF his own volition, with
the sanction Of the firm employing
him, and having become thoroughly
convinced, after a years trial, that
as much work was turned out in nine
hours as had before been done In ten.
the foreman restored the old rate of
wages, and now says that, as far as
he is concerned, work day of ten
hours is thing Of the past in the
proofreaders' department over which
he presides. The cigarmakers, brick
layers, the machine operators in the
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
Patents for Minnesotans.

List of patents issued this week to North
western inventors, reported by T. D. Merwn,
patent lawyer, 910 Oil and 912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi, and Washington,
D. c.:
Andrew M. Carolson, st. Paul, animal trap;
James Fleming, Minneapolis, trip hook for
wrapping log chains; Henry Kahl, Pipe Stone,
churn; Frank E. Kenney, St. Paul, apparatus
for purifying feed water; Carl E. Lindquist,
Hendrum, egg tester; Dankard H. Lund,
Watson, motion regulator for self binders
Michael ]. Lyons and L. Beemer, Duluth,
bath apparatus. John Neumeister, Mime
apolis, pearl button machinery; Gabriel A.
Pickler, Eagle Lake, fire guard and SCOT
catcher; Lornts E. Sjelstad, Sunberg, animal
trap; George A. Solberg, Sundberg, Indian
pluh
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

the poor. 1t will not preach less faithfully
the fatherhood of God. but it will practice
more faithfully the brotherhood of man. 1t
will not have less trust in and worship for
Jesus the King, but it will have more re-
spect for and fellowship with Jesus, the
Carpenter. And it will more perfectly please
Jesus both as king and as carpenter, and
more truly glorify His name. May God
baptize us with the spirit of His Son and
hasten the coming of His kingdom.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
GLASS WORKERS RETALIATE.
They Will Build and Operate Fac
tories of Their Own.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 1S.-The Window
GLASS workers association, which is the
Wealth1est labor organization in the world,
may decide to fight the manufacturers on
equal ground, by erecting factories at various
points, to be run on the co-operatiye pIan.
This is the result Of the determinations of the
manufacturers to close the factories through
out the country on May 20. The question will
be submitted to a vote of the membership Of
the organization after next Fridays meeting
1t Is proposed to push the matter so that
definite action can be taken at the convention,
which will doubtless be held in July.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
St. Paul. April 49, 1896.
I, the undersigned Insurance Commissioners
of the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify
that the Mutual Accident Association, above
named has complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance, and is now
fully empowered, through its authorized
agents, to transact its appropriate business
Of accident insurance in this State for the
year ending January 31st, 1897.
@. H. SMITH,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

STATE OF MINNESOTA.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
st. Paul, Feb. &C. 1896.
l, the undersigned Insurance Commissioner
or the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify
that the Union Central Life Insurance Com
pany, above named, has complied with the
laws of this State relating to insurance, and
is now fully empowered, through it's authorized
agents, to transact its appropriate business of
Life Insurance in this State for the year end
ing January 31st, 1897.
G. H. SMITH,
Insurance Commissioner.
AGENTS WANTED
Liberal Contracts and Good Territory.
j. M. SMITH,, State Agent,
5o2 Guaranty loan Bldg,,
MINNEAPOLIS T1lNN,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
St. Paul. March 9, 1896.
I, the undersigned Insurance Commissioners
of the State of Minnesota do hereby certify
that the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Com
pany, above named, has complied with the
laws of this state relating to insurance, and
is now fully empowered, through its author
lied agents, to transact its appropriate busi-
ness Of fire insurance in this state for tbs
year ending Jan. 81, 1897. G. H. SMITH,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
Strangers In the City

Will find complete stock of fresh Havana
Cigars at tetsoa's.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

The ST. Paul mail carrlers.sStc the number
of ninety, went to MINNEAPOLIS Saturday
evening last, where they met with a princely
reception. Music and speeches constituted
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

AT the meeting Of the Iron Moulders' union
Saturday evening a committee was chosen
to visit the business houses of St. Paul and
request them not to handle the goods of a.
certain Rochester, N. Y, shoe factory with
which the shoemakers' union of that city is
having trouble. One application was re-
ce1Ved and referred to the proper committee
for investigation.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

The precs assistants, pressfeeders' and job
pressmen's' union, Of Minneapolis. have
elected the following officers for the new
term: President, William Perkins; financial
secretary, William Gund; recording secretary,
James Kelly; executive board, George Moore
George Albert Barney Malone; delegates to
trades and labor council, George Moore. Mike
Cavanaugh.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

The preparations for the pressmen's ball ON
Saturday evening, May g. are practically COM
pleted, and there is no doubt of its being the
success its inaugurators anticipate. The
wives OF the members will prepare the sup
per- and that means that 1t will be first
class in every respect
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

The harnessmakers' dance at Assembly
halls Saturday evening was largely attended
and general good time was had. The spec
ialties between dance numbers, by Harry
Goult, of Detroit, Mich, and others were well
received.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

Alfred McCallum, assistant factory inspec-
tor, on Wednesday submitted a report on
child labor in Duluth. The report shows an
excellent condition: The inspector found but
fifty-six cases that called for investigation.
and of these very few were in factories,
most of the children being in department
stores or telegraph Offices. In most cases the
children obtained certificates, and In only
seven cases was 1t necessary to proceed to
extreme measures to have them returned to
school.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

The bricklayers' difficulty with Contractor
Mcleod has been settled through the inter
yention Of an arbitration committee who de-
cided that as every other contractor in the
Twin Cities was paying or willing to pay 40
cents an hour, Mr.. Mcleod was not entitled
to exemption.