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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
MAI. WHITES FUNERAL.
The Simple Services VIII Be in
Charge of the Loyal Legion.

The funeral of the late Maj. George
Q. White will be held at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at his late resi-
dence IS Western avenue. The SER
vices will be in charge of the military
order of the Loyal Legion, of which the
deceased was one of the most loyal
members, and the founder in the
Northwest. The services will be sim
pie, both at the house and at the grave,
as the Loyal Legion has no ritual under
which to bury it's deceased members.
The honorary pail bearers will be the
following commanders and eX-comman-
ders of the Loyal Legion: Gen. John
r. Brooke, L. S. A, Gen. J. B. Sanborn,
Gen. ]. w. Bishop, Lieut.. William
Lochren, Gen. E: G. Mason, Capt. c: W.
Hackett, Capt. Henry A. Castle, Mai.
Geo. o. Eddy. The active pail bearers
will be six members of the Loyal Lee
gion by inheritance. The interment
will be at Oakland cemetery without
military ceremonies.
The result of the autopsy held by DR..
Metcalf on the remains of the deceased,
revealed the fact that Maj. White was
afflicted with a trouble which no medi-
cal or surgical skill could have RENE
died. His death might have occurred
from trivial accident at any time dur
ing the past ten years. 1t appears that
even the best physicians in the East
We're unable to accurately diagnose the
affiiction.
The services at the house will be IN
charge of Bishop Gilbert and Rev.
John d. Rhodes, of the church of st.
John the Evangelist. Gen John r.
Brooke. Capt. Samuel Appleton and
Capt. H. A. Castle, as a committee
from the Loyal Legion, have rendered
the services of the cOmmandery to the
family Of the deceased.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30

seems to know. or care. What authority
he had to commence suit, no one seems
to know. The only thing they know is
that Mr.. Benson declared these two
companies in question insolvent. Yet
how did he know anything about it?
He had been enjoying a trip through
South Africa for a year or more, and
had only arrived here a week or so
ago.
If he was the bona f1de agent of the
London people, 1t stands to reason
that he would have gone to Shufeldt
frankly and stated his business, and
who he was, and show his papers and
authority. But he did nothing of the
kind. He only had a general CONVERSE
ton with Shufeldt at Shufeldt's
house, and in those conversations said
nothing about his mission here, nor his
authority. Later on, it is true, he
showed a power of attorney, but the
documents gave him no authority to
bring suit in case like this and by
the way, a case of this nature is ex-
tremely rare. The power of attorney
contained no reference to this case or
company. 1t was strange proceeding
that this man Benson should visit
Shufeldt in this manner and yet state
in no way whatever what brought him
here, or what he proposed to do, or
who he was. The natural thing for
MIN to nave done would have been to
go to Shufeldt and say:
Here Mr. Shufeldt, / am agent for
the London people, and they have sent
me here to examine into the affairs Of
the company" But he did nothing of
this kind and it was natural-the most
natural thing in the world that not
knowing of his authority Shufeldt
should refuse to let him see the books.
There were other reasons besides which
will appear later.
Both sides will be heard again to-
day, the prospects being that the argu-
ment will be concluded in the after
noon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
ELECTED CITY PHYSICIAN
THURSDAY.
OTHERS AFTER THE PLACE,
ENT OF THE CITY HOSPITAL
SEEMS
Even DR.. Jones' Supporters Are Now
Admitting That His Chances Are
Not the Best.

Thursday morning Messrs. Kerwin,
Menk and Judson, members of the
board of control, will hold a meeting
and elect a city physician and superin-
tendent of the city hospital for a term
OF four years. DR.. A. B. Ancker, the
present incumbent, is a candidate for
reelection, and will probably be again
chosen.
The members of the board, who have
the naming of the city physician and
superintendent have been besieged at
all hours for the past three months by
parties interested in the candidacy of
this or that applicant. The members
of the board Of control are appointed
by the judges of the district court, and
some of the friends of candidates have
attempted to do business" by claiming
that under certain circumstances re-
appointments to the board could be
secured, providing the right thing was
done in the election of a city physician
It is needless to say that such claims
were without foundation and the per-
sons making them simply used this as
lever to attain a desired end
Among those prominently mentioned
for the position are Dr. D. c. Jones,
DR.. G. j. Hanley, DR.. V. J. Hawkins.
DR.. c. j. Meade, DR.. E. H WhitcOmb
and DR.. w. D. Kelly. OF these gentle
men, Drs. Jones and Hanley have been
the most active candidates for the
place, the others being what might be
called passive in that, while they had
no objections to accepting the position,
they took no active part in the race.
leaving that to their friends. 1t was
expected that DR.. Hawkins would have
good chance Of being backed by the
present administration, as residing in
the same ward as Mayor Doran. Those
on the inside of things political, how
ever, soon realized that there was not
much chance for the Sixth ward physi-
clan, and he dropped out 1t was re-
ported that DR.. Hanley would be the
lucky man, but, Saturday last, that
gentleman evidently heard something,
for he announced that he was not a
candidate under any circumstances.
DR.. ID. c. Jones and his friends start
ed out early in the winter to make an
effort to secure the position, and his
friends have been doing what they
could to advance his interests since
that time. One of his most ardent
supporters in speaking Of the chances
of the doctor last evening, said it was
either Jones or Ancker, and to him it
looked little "Anckerish," although
the thing was by no means settled and
would not be until the vote was cast.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
TO THE PHALEN PARK ASSESS
MENT.
GONE TO THE COMPTROLLER.
WHEN MIR. M'CARDY's NAME IS
WRITTEN, CITY TREASURER
HORST GETS 1T.
COST OF WHOLE IMPROVEMENT.
How and Where the Burden VIII
FaII-F1gures From the ASSESS
ment Rolls.

Another step toward the collection OF
the assessment for the purchase Of
Phalen park was taken yesterday.
Mayor Doran signed the assessment
rolls, and after this had been done
clerks from the office of the board of
public works carried the bulky docu-
ments down to the city comptroller for
that officials signature. After Mr.. Nc
Cardy has affixed his name to the rolls
in the proper place, they will be turn
ed over to City Treasurer Horst, who
will notify each property owner assess
ed by postal card. Thirty days will be
given the owners assessed to come in
and settle, and after this time judg-
ment will be applied for in the courts.
1t is expected that this particular stage
of the matter will be where those who
have been fighting the assessment will
again be heard in the courts.
The figures on the assessment rolls
show that the purchase price of the
property taken for the park is $129,-
43S; to this has been added So, 233.79, of
which amount $6,O04.40 is eight months
interest allowed the owners of the
property since the land was purchased,
and the balance the cost of the assess
ment. This makes the total amount
for all expenses, including the purchase
of the site and expenses of assessment
proceedings, $137,671.79. From this is
deducted $4,000, which is to be paid
toward the site by the park board, leav-
ing the amount to be assessed on the
property owners $115,67179. The dis
f1Nio 70 he Il
bounded on the north and east by the
city limits. on the south by Third street,
and on the west by Wabasha and Rice
streets. The assessment on each 40
foot lot in the district will average So,
the benefits assessed commencing near
the park, where the lots are assessed 81,
and graduating down to 81 per lot at
the most remote point from the park.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
DEFENDANT WINS AGAIN.
Another Step in the Herman Damage
Sujf.

The old case of Frank Herman against
the st. Paul City Railway company
was tried for the second time yester-
day before Judge Lewis without q
jury. Both sides waived a jury, and
the case was submitted on the evidence
taken on the original trial before
Judge Kelly and a jury. 1t resulted
in findings and an order for judgment
for the defendant. The second trial
was had in pursuance Of the order of
the supreme court, which some of the
judges regard as a trife unusual, if not
erroneous.
Herman sued the street railway COM
pany for personal injuries sustained
by him in avoiding a collision between
himself, his horse and his wagon and
an interurban car. Upon the original
trial before Judge Kelly and a jury,
after the testimony was all in, the de-
Tense moved that the court instruct
the jury to return a verdict for the
defendant. Judge Kelly denied the
motion. The jury subsequently brought
in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum Of
$4,000. The street railway company
then moved for a new trial, but Judge
Kelly, acting under a statute of 1895,
which the lawyers say is cCuched il
obscure language, set aside the YER
dict as excessive and did not pass
upon the motion for a new trial. The
plaintiff appealed from the order set
ting aside the verdict, and the supreme
court without going into the merits,
sent the case back to the district court
for a new trial, holding that the trial
judge erred in not passing upon the
motion of the defendant for a new
trial. The fact that the supreme court
did not give the district court an OPP
pOrtunity to pass upon the motion for
a new trial puzzles the judges.
Judge Lewis, after trying the case
on the record, found that the plaintiff.
Herman, was guilty Of contributory
negligence, and, accordingly, ordered
judgment for the defendant.
The facts as found by Judge Lewis
are that the plaintiff, while driving
horse and wagon up Wabasha street,
between Summit avenue and Iglehart
street, attempted to cross. Wabasha
street diagonally toward Iglehart street
in front of an approaching interurban
car that he had first seen at a distance
Of 700 feet from him. Unable to clear
the track in time, the plaintiff jerked
his horse back in time to save the
horse, himself and his wagon, but the
wagon was upset and Mr.. Herman was
thrown out and injured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
REARDON SCENTS A. II. A.
In the Move to Change Name of Nc
Menemy Street.

The assembly committee on streets
held a meeting yesterday afternoon
and disposed of grist of routine bust
ness, which will be taken up at the
meeting Thursday night. The propO-
sition of eX-Marketmaster Wheelock
to pay the city $1,000 for the lease Of
the West Third street market for 4
year was laid over until the next meet
ing. Aid. Shepard and Assembfyman
Craig protested against the city doing
business in the way of leasing the
market. to Wheelock. Assemblyman
Reardon told funny story, the point
of which was that Wheelock was re-
lation of prominent citizen, who had
pull with the administration, and it
might be a wise thing to grant the
lease. The committee reported favor
ably on the letting of the contracts
for sweeping the asphalt paved streets
to the workmen who did the sweeping
last year. The ordinance changing the
name Of McMenemy street to West
minister street was laid over at the
request of Mr.. ReardOn who stated that
it appeared to him that the A. P. AS
were at the bottom of the proposed
change in the name of the thorough
fare.
The ordinance of Assemblyman AL
brecht, directing that all electric wires
and poles in the central part Of the
city not authorized by ordinances be
removed, was referred to the corpora
ton attorney to report as to the Ie-
gality of the existing ordinance. which
gives the mayor the right to order
the poles and wires removed after JAN
1, 1897. Aid. Kenny's resolution di-
recting the city treasurer to report
the amount of money which had been
paid by the street car company in the
past ten years for the removal of snow
from their tracks was recommended
to pass. Assemblyman Kirke thought
a resolution to have the treasurer re-
port as to the amount the city had
paid for this purpose in the last ten
years would be more to the point The
depot loop ordinance Of Assem- blymarl
Thompson was amended so as to pro-
vide for the laying of a single track
line on Sibley street from Fifth to
Third on Third to Wacouta and on
Wacouta to Fifth street With this
amendment the ordinance will BE-
brought up at the meeting Thursday
night for passage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
UP TO NEARBY.
Fielding & ShepIey's January Bill
in His Hands.

The February bill of Fielding G.
Shepley for the collection and removal
of garbage amounting to s1,178 was
recommended to pass by the assembly
committee on ways and means yester-
day. The amount approved was the
sum left after $40 had been de-
Quoted for fines reported by the health
commissioner. The January bill is
now in the hands Of the comptroller
and as the contract expired between
the city and the contractors on Dec
81 last, there has been considerable
speculation as to whether the watch
dog" would pass it. Seen yesterday
Mr.. McCardy said he had not as yet
considered the January bill, and, until
it had been scrutinized, he was not
prepared to say what he would or
would not do in the premises.
The committee recommended the
adoption of resolutions allowing the
health commissioner to engage two
extra inspectors for the first fifteen
days in April, and also to pay Clara
Martin for services in indexing the
births and deaths for March at $50
per month
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
ARGUING THE CASE.
Pacling COmpany's Affairs Being
Aired Before Judge Brill.

NachlhS COmpany's Affairs Being.
Aired Before Judge Brill.
The hearing in the matter of the suit
of the Minnesota Packing and Pro-
vision company, limited, Of Great Bri-
tain. brought to remove p. S. ShufelGt
and other officers from the manage
ment of the local concern, was resumed
before Judge Brill yesterday at special
term. Mr.. Kellogg, for the plaintiff
and Mr.. Squires, for the defendant
continued the reading of the affidavits
pro and con. They finished shortly be-
lore the noon recess, and, without fur
Their delay, the arguments began. Mr.
Kellogg opened, and Mr. Squires re-
piled.
At the conclusion of reading affida-
Wits in rebuttal, Counselor Squires dis
cuSSed the case to the court. At the
outset. he declared that an effort had
been made from the start to lumber
the case up with a raft of things that
were not material and overload 1t
with cumbersome details and things
that were in no wise essential to the
settlement of the issue, and he pro-
posed. II possible, to have them elm
mated.
He charged that the suit against
Shufeldt and others was the result
of a gigantic conspiracy to prevent
Shufeldt and his company from going
to New Brighton with their plant a
conspiracy that aimed to break the
company up if it could not accomplish
this. He declared that those in the
conspiracy are Ansel Oppenheim. Ar
mold Kalman, A. B. Stickney, Mark
ID. Flower and numerous other smaller
fry.
In the first place, he asked. in a
somewhat sarcastic way, who has
brought this case, when you come right
down to it?" Apparently it had been
4 man named Benson, who had repre-
sented himself as the agent for the
London stockholders of the concern.
Who Benson was or is, no one here
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
FIELD, SCHLICK & co.

was selected by a unanimous vote to
fill the position of abstract clerk at
salary of $50 per month.
The board took up the preliminary
order for the paving of East Seventh
street from the bridge to Hope street
The estimate of the city engineer was
that it would cost $685. per front foot
to the property owners to pave with
brick, $4.15 to pave with sandstone and
$3.50 with asphalt or granite. The
total property frontage on the street
between the points mentioned is $500
feet, and, as the protest against the
paving was signed by owners repre-
senting 4,109 feet, the board decided to
report adversely on the preliminary
order
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
LECTURE FOR LADIES.
DIR. Mary Bradford Will Deliver an
Address Today.

DR.. Mary E. Bradford will deliver
an address to the ladies of st. Paul
this afternoon at 8 p. m. in the House
of Hope. In these days, when the
Eastern question is ever present in
the fate of Armenia and the struggle
of the Cretans for liberty, it is a
pleasure to receive one who has Ia
bored in the allied but still separate
land of Persia. After a thorough med
iCal training, DR.. Mary E. Bradford
went to Tabriz. the capital of that
country, in 1888. AS physician she was
gladly hailed, and, SO anxious were
they to be cared for. that crowds Of
women awaited her, so that it was
necessary tc keep her secluded a few
days to give her the needed rest from
her journey.
From the first there was much in
her experience to interest her friends.
but the work which brought her prom
inently before the public was per-
formed during the cholera epidemic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
FIVE ON A STREET CAR.
Little Miss Explains Her Age to
Sergeant Horn

Desk Sergeant Horn, of the central
police station, met with highly anus
ing little experience In the course of
his business yesterday afternoon. Off
Ger Scannell, who'fs on duty at Seven
corners, picked upIa young miss who
was wandering about in a perplexed
fashion and unable to find her way
home The little one was, as is the
custom, taken to the station to await
inquiry from her relations, and Horn
to ascertaining her identity. She said
her name was Sophie Hanson, and Horn
then inquired her age, which, accord
ing to the special ~ code of etiquette
prescribed for the police department, is
not deemed an act Of impertinence |
am seven years old, but when | ride on
the street cars l am only five, was the
ready and innocent reply 80
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
EXPERT FROM DETROIT
Chosen by DIR. Stone to Succeed DIR.
ROthrOck.

The resignation of DR.. Rothrock, as
sistant commissioner Of health, which
takes effect April 1, leaves a vacancy in
the archaeological department Of which
the doctor was in charge. There have
been all manner of rumOrs as to who
the appointee would be and a number
Of names have been mentioned as be-
ing considered by DR.. Stone to fill the
vacancy. 1t was learned yesterday
that the assistant commissioner would
be a professional gentleman from De-
troit, Mich, and that his name would be
presented to the public by DR.. Stone in
few days. The new assistant, it Is
understood, is an expert in the bacteri-
illogical line, and aside from that is a
physician Of ability. DR.. Stone, when
asked about the new assistant yester~
day, said he had nothing to say at
present as to who the appointee would
be. but would announce his name in a
day or So
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
PARK STREET CAR SERVICE
Will Be Discussed at the Commercial
Club Rooms.

The committee appointed at the meet
ing Of the citizens of Merriam Park.
which was held at Woodruff hall last
Saturday night to discuss the matter
of better street car service for the
Park, to make arrangements for a
meeting of the citizens of the Seventh
and Eleventh wards, called on Secre-
tary Slime yesterday to secure the use
of the rooms of the Commercial club.
The date of the meeting has not been
definitely settled but it will be held
some evening in the latter part of the
present week. The citizens Of the two
wards are expected to be out in force
as. in the opinion Of many, the mat
ter has narrowed down to war be-
tween the friends of Summit avenue
and the residents of the Park.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
MUNICIPAL COURT YEAR.
Figures Given i'm the Report of the
Clerk.


The report Of the clerk of the NUM-
cipal court for the year ending Dec. 81,
1896, was filed with the mayor yester-
day. The report is voluminous one
and from it the following figures are
taken: Total number of criminal
cases 1922, males 4,S7O, females 422;
charged with misdemeanors, males A.
$50, females 418; charged with felonies,
males 281, females f. The cases were
disposed of by 2.721 of the prisoners,
or over one-half the total number, be-
ing discharged. To the workhouse
went 1,217. 9O2 were fined, the total
amount of money collected from this
source being $40, S42. 25; 1O2 were held to
await the action of the grand jury, IS
sentenced to the House of Good Shep-
herd, and GO cases continued. There
were 1 ,487 civil cases commenced and
fees amounting to $2230.5O were collect
ed from this source. The expenses Of the
two judges. clerk, deputy clerk and
stenographer amounted to $11,610, and
in addition to this is to be added the
salaries of three bailiffs amounting to
$500, making the total salary eXpen-
ses of the court 4,110.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
AT REST IN CALVARY.
Garfield Post Attends the Funeral
of John McCarrOn

The funeral of John McCarron took place
yesterday morning at $50 from the family
residence, 276 Rondo street. Services were
held at st. Joseph's church at 9 o'clock, the
and the interment was at Calvary cemetery
The remains were accompanied to the grave
by Garfield post, G. A. R.. of which the de-
ceased was member, and a firing squad of
eight men from Company E, NJ. ~ G., was
also in attendance. The pallbearers were
chosen from Garfield post and the services
at the grave were conducted by that organiza-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
$500 TO $500 IN IT, FOR YOU.
Come 10 40. East seventh Street.-The
Il i4" day and See about 1t. 9~~

Tomorrow concludes a most notable
business event. It will be the end of
the sale of the large stock of pianos
thrown upon the market by the as
signment of Mr.. Munger 1 boughtathe
stock remaining when the assignee
closed his sale, and obtained it at such
figures that L can sell pianos below the
cost of the material Ny lease expires
tomorrow, and today and tomorrow
what remains will be offered to the
public at still lower prices than ever.
The pianos are all first-class, among
them being one elegant new scale Kim
ball. 1t is not necessary to enlarge.
II you want piano at all you have
just two days to get one and only have
to pay $1,000 a month for a first-clas-
instrument. You can save from 5000 to
5000 by coming to 40 East Seventh
street, between now and tomorrow
night. "A E. Whitney.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
BANK OF MINNESOTA AFFAIRS.
Still Under Consideration of the
Grand Jury.

The grand jury resumed its investigation OF
the affairs Of the Bank of Minnesota yesterday
afternoon. Report has it that enough progress
was made to ensure report this afternoon.
The grand jury convened shortly after p.
m. and remained in session until nearly D.
m. Assistant State Bank Examiner Oscar
LOnegren, who testified before the grand jury
last Friday, was called in again. He remained
about twenty minutes. Then f. Flanagan
who was in the employ of the bank, spent
some time in the grand jury room.
In the meantime, Robert Miller, the as
sistant cashier of he Bank OF Minnesota, who
happens to be one of the grand jurors but
who is excused while the present investiga-
ton is in progress, sat in the corridor out
side earnestly conversing with Receiver Frank
A. Seymour. After Mr.. Flanagan emerged,
Mr. Seymour was then called in. He was
detained by the grand jury for about three
quarters Of an hour. The next witness was
Charles w. Copley, also connected with the
Bank of Minnesota.
The grand jury will resume its session at
p. m. today.