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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
LOWER TOWN LOOP ADVOCATES
WILL TRY TO AMEND THE
SELBY ORDINANCE,
In THE BOARD OF ALDERME y
WILL BE MADE IN THAT
BODY TONIGHT.
LIVELY sKIRMIsH PROBABLE.
As the Supporters of the Present
Loop VIII Get Into the Mix-Up
In Earnest.

An adjourned meeting of the board
Oh aldermen will be held this evening,
ana among other matters to come up
is the ordinance passed by the assembly
directing the street railway COMPANY
TO change the cable to an electric line
ana operate the cars on the Selby ave
nue. MIL by means of a device. The
Iiienas and active workers for the
broadway loop, according to the state
ments made yesterday, will make an
effort to have the ordinance passed nv
the assembly amended in the hoard of
aldermen so as to attach to the meas
'tfe the broadway loop section. There
are number of the members of the
poafd OF aldermen who are favorable
to any ordinance which will REQUIRE the
lnterurban, Como avenue and as many
other lines as possible to be operated
on Fifth or Fourth street, Broadway
and Seventh street. The matter has
been fought in the council for the past
sixteen months, and although an ordi-
nance was passed directing the COM
pany to operate the interurban and
Como cars around Broadway, the COM
measure.
At this point of the game the friends
OF the lower town loop see, or think
they see, chance to make the Broad
way proposition part of the change In
the cable line, and as the company will
gladly accept the ordinance allowing
them to change from a cable to an
electric, the lower town contingent in
terested in Broadway desire to squeeze
in on the deal The Broadway loon
proposition was knocked out in the as
sembly, but the gentlemen interested in
the measure now argue that if it Is
made part of the ordinance and sent
back to the assembly that body will
have to accept it, and rather than lose
the chance to change to an electric line
the street car company will agree to go
via Broadway or any other old way.
Those interested in the Robert street
loop being used, as at present, will nat
urally be present at the meeting this
evening to do what they can to pre-.
vent any amendment being made to the
new ordinance, and more especially
any amendment which will change the
present loop.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

In any case the transaction would be,
what no such transaction can be now,
unless by accident, absolutely just to
both parties.
The advantage of a new unit, bear
ing some characteristic name, is that
it would not require any change in the
present currency system or nomencla-
ture. We would still use and talk
about dollars land cents. Only when
we came to make agreements and
contracts, and to- consider the terms
of longtime payments, we would
express ourselves by means of the
new unit; and this would be trans
latable Instantly into terms of current
money. This idea eommends itself
to us because Of it's simplicity. 1t
matters not, however, what the meth
cd of practical application may be,
so that we get the multiple standard,
which is the next step in monetary
evolution, and the only reform that
can ever finally terminate the battle
of the standards and the clash of
financial theories, by establishing an
ideally just and unvarying standard
OF exchange for the first time in the
history of the human race.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
SOME MISCONCEPTIONS.

The Big Stone Journal diScourSeS on
.the passing of civil service reform"
presenting some reasons for it which,
we doubt not, it sincerely entertains,
and which, we are equally sure, it would
discard if convinced that they are fall
by those who are 'out' and only care
to be in" the Journal sees in the sys-
tenn an RESPONSIVENESS Il that is
not consistent with the spirit of repub-
Hcan principles" using the word re
publican" in it's broad and not its par
tisan sense, we assume. This is a
strange accusation to bring against a
system that opens it's doors to every
one. high or low, rich or poor, Republic
can. Democrat, Populist or what not.
asking solely that he have sufficient
education and other necessary qualif1-
cations to enable him to discharge the
duties of the place he seeks. How OK
clusfveness can be predicated of that
masses understanding. IT Is the mo st
serious charge against the spoils sys-
tenn that it is exclusive. From 1861 to
1885 that system excluded from public
service every man and boy who was
NOT a Republican, barring on, nearly
half the population. Was enat not eX-
elusive? Nor was that all. No man or
boy. however staunch in party faith he
might have been, could gain access IN
less he had a pull" He must have
been either worker" a relative or a
friend of one Carried further, the sys-
tenn excluded those who were i'm by
such means when their ''pantata" was
overthrown by some rival. No system
ever devised was more exclusive than
this.
But the Journal says the present
method is exclusive because the coun-
try-bred boys have no chance in COM
petition with the college-bred ones.
Therefore the farmer boy shrinks from
in hair-splitting contests, where a tech
nical education counts for everything
and common sense for nothing" From
these premises it draws the conclusion
that the merit system brings agricul-
tural pursuits into contempt. If it were
true that the tests required were such
as to exclude boys who have gained
their education in country schools, if
the contests to which they were invited
were 'shair-splitting' ones, then the
criticism is well founded But nothing
could be farther from the truth. The
Journal still harbors a misconception
| started and cultivated by the early OPP
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
TRICKED A LIVERYHIAN.
Two Young Men Fooled Local
Horse Owner.


It was very pleasant day for a
drive yesterday and two young men
with plenty of nerve, but without coin
took advantage not only of the beau
tiful weather, but confding livery
man. 1t was 2 O'Clock when the tele-
phone in the barn of S. r. Rank
tinkled and a message came that
the best rig in the barn was wanted
at the Marlborough. The name Sug-
gested ready money at least to
the liyeryman, and the best turnout
was hitched to a prancing team of bays
and a man sent to the Summit avenue
apartment house. 1t occurred to the
livery stable keeper that there might
be some scheme back of the order, 50
he. told the driver that if the party did
rot look all right to either make them
pay in advance or drive the team back
to the barn. When the man reached
the Marlborough the porter came out
ard explained that Mr.. Rank had tel
ephoned from the stable to have the
team left outside and for him to re-
port at once back to the stable. The
hostIer bit and hustled back to the
barn. only to learn that he had been
done Couriers were at once sent out
from the livery stable in all directions.
but the missing rig WIS not found until
9 O'Clock last evening, when 1t was no.
tieed at Iglehart street ard summit
place A resident in the neighbofhood
sa id two young men had driven up
with the team short time previous
and after hitching the horses had walk
ed away. 1t was learned by the police
that the work was done by telephone,
NOT at the Marlborough, but at some
other point the smooth young men
first iteiephoring to tllezstable and then
to the Marlborough to send the driver
hack TO fhe stable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
WORRIES THE TRADERS.
Present Prices of Wheat Max
Longs and Shorts Wary.

Present Prices OF Wheat Make
Longs and Shorts Wary.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-The Times Her
aid will say tomorrow: The majority of
wheat traders are afraid of the price
and as consequence the speculation
keeps very slow. The small stocks
scare out the short seller; the fact
that the market is up around 81 keeps
the longs in a tremble. 1t is not easy
to guess what the result will be. Pos
Sibly spectators will become accus-
toned to the present range and activity
be established on that basis. 1t is real
ly very doubtful position. Whether
the price has finally discounted the
news, or whether the spectators have
gone to extremes and carried the price
away beyond anything warranted, or
whether a future advance is ahead, is
a pure guess. No one is in a position
to decide about it. People with foreign
connections are cabling their CORE
spondents that the wheat problem is
one for them to solve; that everything
depends upon the character of the
European buying from this forward.
But this is not altogether true. Much
will depend upon the Western farmer
whether he sells leismely or with a
rush. Exports are almost up to 1891
when wheat touched S1.16. The Ameri-
can crop is 100,000,000 bushels less than
it was that year.
There is no new development in the
speculative position. A big long inter
est still exists in December, but it is
taking no important part in the mar
ket. No one interest is controlling this
year. No one is trying very hard to
control. The only interest of impor-
tance is in December which is ninety
days off. For years wheat was very
! lr,Nk
for that reason was an easy one to
guess, and the professional was salts
fed with the situation. The profess
sional of late has been finding it as
hard work to get right as the outsider,
and he thinks something is wrong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
BARRIERS HAD A PICNIC.
Spent II Pleasant Sunday at Russell
Reaeh

The Minneapolis BARRIERS, with their
st. Paul fellow craftsmen as guests.
enjoyed successful picnic at Russell
Beach yesterday. There was an inter-
esting programme of sports, in which
St Paul men won several prizes The
results were as follows:
In the base ball game the bosses won 16 to
10. Batteries, Spangler and Nels)a; knut ana
Bryson. -''-
Women's Potato Race-Fanny Seattle first
Mrs. Lafontaine second Bertha Payne third.
Ladies Base Ball Throwing-Bertha Payne
first, Mrs. Spangler second, Agnes Newman
third.
Mems Ball Throwing First, Herman Helm;
second, George Bryson third w. H. Payne.
Foot Race. 200 Yards, Free-for-All-Firs
N. G. Burnett; second A. N. =Beecher.
Boys Foot Race-First, Henry Warner;
Edward Angel second.
Fat Mems Race-First, F. w. Cole; second.
F. T.. Miller.
BARRIERS Race 200 Yards-First. w. P.
Waite second, George Bryson; third, A. M.
Becker.
Girls Foot Race-Lulu fitzpatrick first,
Grace Letcher. second
Ladies Potato Race-First, Agnes Newman
second Fannie Seattle.
Three-Legged Race-First, Nelson and Nc
Culloch; second, Lafontaine and Lambert.
Mems Potato Race-First, Lafontaine; Sec
ond, N. C. Burnett.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
IS He WHITE3
Harry White, Alias EIIons, Said to
He Arrested.

The La Crosse Chronicle is authority
for the statement that Harry Whitney,
who was arrested here Wednesday by
Detective Byrne, of La Crosse, is q
st. Paul boy. 1t says:
The male prisoner gave his name Harry
Elons, but his right name Is Harry White
AS stated in the Chronicle yesterday morning
he Is well known to the police of St. Paul.
and his brother and man named Dugan are
at present serving life sentences in saltwater
for the murder of Harris in Minneapolis, two
years ago. The woman, his wife, Is the enc
who went to the United States express Office
Wednesday afternoon and had a package Of
the six stolen at Fosters forwarded to St
Paul through which means Charles Whitney
was apprehended. Mrs White gave her name
at the express office as Alice Stevens. The
goods were addressed to II. E. Jordan. care
of Mrs R. B. Ellons, st. Paul. Mrs. Ellons
Is the mother of the man arrested yesterday
here. When Detective Byrne went to the
house where the package was taken, big
rambling wooden building, Mrs. Ellons stood
guard in the room the detective wanted to
enter and refused him admittance. 1t was
only after showing her the star and giving
the alternative that she changed her mnd.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
Talked of Carving.

Mrs C. R. Sedgwick. colored. who claims
to be a cook and live at Saltwater, was ar
rested last evening at 123 West Third street,
on a charge of dsorderly conduct The still
water woman threatened to carve Mrs.
Casey and carve her deep" so to avoid any
such trouble Mrs Casey, who by the way, is
also colored, notified the police. After Mrs;
Sedgwick was placed in the female ward at
the central station she created some excite
ment by throwing a chair through one Of the
W ndows in the matron's room. 1t required
the assistance of two of the officers to place Ter
in cell, and it was not until she had deposited
tbe hest part of two ounces of snuff beneath
her unner and lower lips that she quieted
down. Mrs Sedgwick informed The officers
that cher man had been trifling, and there
was likely to be trouble for somebody.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
Net for Mike.
Saltwater Gazette.

Saltwater Gazette.
For pure unaduIterated rot, the following
in this mornings Pioneer Press in which he
quotes a certain congressman on the civil
service reform idea, carries eff the palm. IL
only shows to what extremes some men WIN
20 in their mad chase for Office II halt, or
Quarter of the time and exertion were devoted
to good hard, healthful work, that is put IN
trying to get something for nothing the re-
suits would be much more gratifying, in tho
end 70 ali concerned A sensible civil service
law was demanded by the people and put into
effect. There is much in it OF good what
there is that is bad can be easily e.llililatsr
but no such argument as is advanced ~
Mikes unnamed statesman will cut much CI
q figure this time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
LONDON MARKETS.
zaarrfS of tEngIansi's Silver Reserve
Causing Protest.

LONDON, Sept. 12.-The announce
ment that the Bank Of England has;
decided to hold one-fifth of it's reserve
in silver has greatly astonished finan-
cial circles and aroused a storm of pro-
test.
Heretofore, little attention has been
given in England to the reports Of
Senator Weleott's work, and the pres
=ent runner would not be believed I'M
less the Times had given it currency.
AS a matter of fact, the low tide Of
silver makes the opposition stronger.
The weakness of New York ex-
change is interrupted as foreshadow-
ing gold movements. Silver, however,
is somewhat frmer, on account of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

Interesting exercises were had at the Pres :
byterian church at Merriam Park last night.
in connection with the graduation of fourteen
boys and girls from the primary to the inter
mediate classes in the Sunday school. The
class cons SITS OF Hazel Hilcher, Margaret
Moore Earl Wakefield Esther Litman, Ben
ton Horton, Grace Austin, Minnie Olsen, Web
ster Cakes, Gunnard Carlson, Donald Doty.
Charlotte Turngrain, Milton Smith, Romola
conferred by Supt. Doty, and brief appro-
pirate address was delivered by Rev. w. G.
Covert Mrs. w A. Naylor is superintendent
of the primary department and Miss NyoerG
the assistant superintendent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
TODAY'S WEATHER.

dav: Minnesota--tIenerally tar; cooler;
northweSteTy winds. :. ,-,o+
Wisconsin Generally fair, cooler in ,, west
ern portion light to fresh southerly WlnuS'
becoming northwesterly. -,
North Dakota Generally fair: cooler in ex-
treme eastern portion warmer in extreme
western portion; variable winds o,,o,,,ors
In extreme eastern portion: cooler in eastern
portion; northwesterly winds.
Montana-Generally fair; warmer SOUTH
erly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department Of Agriculture IRE 3
Weather Bureau Washington, Sept IL, 40
n, m. Local Time, p. m. 18th Merlalan
observations taken at the same mo-
nent OF time at all stations
TEMPER ATURES,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

small demand, and has advanced to
251ad per ounce. Stocks are fairly ac-
tive, with American railroads again
the leading feature.
The following STOCKS showed adj
vances: Norfolk preferred, q; Norfolk
common. u; Atchison gold, "; Atchi-
son preferred, u; Reading second, Il;
New York Central, Il: Missouri &
Kansas, n. The following stocks show
a decline: Baltimore & Chic, 1; Louis
vile, 70; Union Pacific, Is; Reading
and Chesapeake & Ohio, each Il.
The tone of the mining market is I'M
changed, though Kaffirs show some
improvement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
THEY WON'T aUoTE THIS.

When the Hanna editorial bureau
proclaimed the rise into legislation of
the Dingley act as the sunburst of
prosperity and began furnishing the
Hannacratic press with ready-mad de
editorial matter carrying the news to
Hanna and the rest of the country,
they offered, in support of their asser-
lions Of the sunrise, quotations from
Dun's weekly state ment Of market con-
dlt1ons, prefacing them with the in
dersement of that agency as eonserv-
atiVe institution whose statements were
dependable. What it said was offered
in support of the hand-me-doWn bu-
reau's assertion that the increase of
business noteG was entirely due to the
enactment Of the Dingley bill
Following that very impudent asser-
ton has been its reiteration by Repub-
Hcan papers in all degrees of positive
ness of statement, from DOWNRIGHT as
severatlon to mild innuendo, in one
case admitted to have been mere GOSH
ing when pressed to a defense. Ding
ley1sm and dollar wheat were cause
and effect. Dingleyism and busy mills
were cause and effect. Dingleyism and
prosperity We're, therefore, cause and
effect. Dun says business is improv-
ing; business improved after the Ding
ley bill passed; therefore business i'm
proves because the Dingley bill passed.
Dun now explains why business i'm
proved, why the mills started up, why
merchants went to buying what the
mills made. 1t says this week:
The farmers helped by higher prices
Tor wheat and while Western receipts do not
show that they have marketed a tenth of
| Inelr crops, assurance CT d handsome profit
TO come prepares them to buy literally here
after. Because of this and the increase Of
handS at work, dealers throughout the coun-
try have started to replenish stocks, which
is the great force at present operating in
manufacture and trade, though distribution
by retail trade has been greatly improved.
This is only what the Clio e has
said repeatedly Ii is a sensible expla-
ration of conditions 1t is the main
| cause but not the sole one. The Ding
ley act has its share, but it is not
the one claimed. It did not start bust
ness but merely permitted it toto start
1t was the brake on the wheels while
being prepared and it's passage was the
removal of the brake. q, Ali bushes:
was. as Senator Aldrich said, in a
state of suspense awaiting the passage
of the bill that it might know the con
ditions to which it must adjust itself
Confidently came dollar-Wheat pros
poets with their assurance of enlarged
purchasing power. Then the mills
started, anticipating markets for their
output when the wheat was marketed
Dun hits tie rail on the head, but we
predict that this extract from its re-
port will not be transferred to the edi.
torials sent Out from Room l. Glover
Building, Washington, D. C.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

When the st.s Paul Clio e finishes its
essays on Republican luck its readers will
be firmly convinced that the paper is really
cut of luck-PEnceton. Union.
AS there is 9Sthing to indicate that the
Republican party will ever be any less a fool
than 1t has been We can expect it will con-
tinue to be "a fool for luck" and its lucky
escapes continue to furnish topics for
ESSAYS" so the readers of the G be will
never be tfrmly convinced that it IS out of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

The bakery is an institution we need in cur
midst therefore We should give it our sup
port.-Chaske Herald.
The bakery, my dear fellow, is the very
last thing you need in your midst" The
disagreement that would follow the introduce
ton of even small portion of the bakery
would convince you very quickly that you
did not need it there, however much you
might in its proper PLACE. What you need in
your midst and what we all need in each
of our respective 'tmidsts" is the product of
the bakery "a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

A great many who last fall insisted vocifer-
eusly that value cannot be legislated into
ANYTHING are now busy marking up the price
of staple articles, all on account of the (s'e)
Mckinley bil!.-Ada Index
And a lot more fellows are aso marking
up prices: the lumbermen, sugar refiners,
glassmakers, and so on, and. also, tall on
account Of the Dingley act"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

When people learn to mind their own bust
ness there will be no need of churches.-Rush
City Post
And when the churches learn to cease med
ding with affairs that do not concern them
we will then have arrived at the front door
to the millennium.-New Ulm Review.
And when nffdel writers become church
instructors there will be no churches and no
hope of millennium-just New Ulm Sun
day all the year round.-Sleepy Eye Dis
patch.
The Gosh" editor presents the above to
convince his thousands of admirers that he
sis not the only pebble on the beach, nor
''the only tin can in the alley.'-When it
comes to giving Roiands fer divers the boys
out in the country can play as stiff a game
as any.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13

After all it 'fthe farmer who is restoring
confidence and he will always do it if given
half a chance.-Albert Lea Standard.
And it was the Republican party that gave
him the half-chance and the whole chance
1t restored the protective po icy, gave the
business interests CT the country confidence
in the future of affairs This has set thou
sands of men at work, eniarging their buying
capacity, and started better market for
all the farmer has to sell.-Mankato Free
Press.
The Free Press is altogether too modest.
Why does it content itself with pork chop
when it might "go the whole hog?" 1t might.
with equal truth assert that the anticipation
of the restoration of that policy caused a
drouth n Australia that destroyed millions
of sheep ard raised the price of wool; that
caused drouths IN Europe, india and Argen-
tina that shortened the crop of cereals, while
giving to our farmers the conditions that
made good crop and price possible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
TaMs sBIxBY MOVES.
Goes to Red wing to Run Hts News
=ystfyser

Hon. Tams Bixby and family are re-
moving to Red Wing. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bixby have been residents Of Merriam
Park for several wears. Mr. Bixby IS
one of the publishers CT the Red Wing
Republican, and his business requires
his presence in that city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
TEMPERATURE.
TEN. Place.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1898; mean temperature, p;
relative humidity, 81; wind at p. M, south
weather, cloudy; maximum temperature, 90;
minimum temperature, GA; daily range, ~
amount of precipitation Qain) in last twenty
four hours, .03.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-13
RIVER AT s A. M.
1,nRrIrNATE EOR US.

Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
md elevation. p. f. Lyons, observer