The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-26
Eplstles to St. Paul.

When you wake up this morning, you will
be SAFE If you are still here. but you had an
awful close call yesterday.
w. j. Donahower, in addition to being al
derman from the Fourth ward and first as
sistant attorney general was also king for
a day." That is to say he was mayor of
the town. Did he bear his honors we'll?
Fairly. He did not know he was mayor.
though. so perhaps his unconscious virtue of
administration is subject to drawback charges
before export
Mayor K1efer went out Of town yesterday.
1t is the first time since he was inaugurated
last June. Since then he has kept himself
ught-no, close-withtn the confines OF the
city. not daring even to ride a wheel over
the Marshall avenue bridge or go ice yachting
at White Bear lest during his absence his
whllom opponent for the nomination should
proceed to fire Chief Goss raise the patrol
mems salaries. or scold Freddy Hammer. the
private secretary. thus throwing the mu-
nicipal administration into an unwholesome
condition of turmoil But yesterday the
mayor just had to go to Minneapolis He
wanted, Tor one thing. to get some pointers
from Mayor Gray. of that city. and besides
there were some visiting officials here and
he wanted to show them the Minneapolis
parks and bouevaIds with snow on them.
The mayors departure was carefully guard
ed. No one knew 1t but Freddy Hammer
ana Hammer was sworn to keep his head
muf1ed The mayor did not come down to the
Office In the morning, but took a Mississippi
street car to Acker street and then boarded
switch engine in the Great Northern yards
on which he rode to Como avenue, catching
the long line 1nterurban after the local traffic
was pretty nearly run out
Hammer walked all day like man on eggs
Inc snghtest football in the outer corridor
alarmed him, and he glanced furtively about
lest 1t might be the approach of Donahower.
In Minneapolis care-worn man was guild
Ing some visitors half consciously about the
city.
At 400 p m. an elderly gentleman hurried
from an interurban at Prior avenue and
dashed, with overcoat unbuttoned, to the
Prior avenue police station Idling small boys
Joined In the pursuit. Had murder been
committed? No. 1t was the mayor. He seiz-
ed the telephone crank iercely Hello!
hello! hello! he said quick, before central
got chance to answer.
is that you, Freddy?" he asked anon
HAS Donahower been imp
smile oersoread the mayors features.
I'm inside the city limits again." he
said. I'm at the police station on Prior ave-
nue. yet" And he wiped the Precipitation
from his oozing forehead
Donahower had been king for day but
1t was short day, and an uneventful one
=
And talking about police stations, they are
telling this one on Phil Schweitzer, the chief
of detectives: Phil, it seems, had suggested
to Of the downtown officers that he ought
to make an arrest occasionally, Just to show
that he hadn't forgotten how. The fellow
was conscious. but had been lenient, per-
haps. and this night he was determined to
make an arrest no matter what. About 3
oc-ock he came into the station where
Schweitzer had been working on one of those
mysteries that sometimes battle clever sleuths.
The copper had lightweight chap, 127 or
so, possibly, by the collar, and the little enc
looked as though he had seen pretty rough
usage. g1 49,
Got prisoner?'i asked Phil, encouraging
ly.
The patrolman grunted assent, adding,
That's him.
The jailers had surmised that before.
Whats the charger" asked Schweitzer.
Drunk and disorderly.'
Phil leaned over the PROSTATE form, but
could not detect the .odor or alcohol.
.'This mans not drunk" he said .'He's
been drugged."
The officer grunted assent again. That's
right" he said. 81 drug him three blocks
myself"
1t was at the Metropolitan. not long ago.
You know occasionally the property man has
to send out for a bottle of champagne or
box Of matches for the villain to burn up tho
long lost will something like that, and
he keeps an account Of these expenditures,
turning the bill into 1.-The house." There is
a tradition in the profession that these l&ls
are occasionally padded, but the limit it
seems was reached on this occasion. when the
following item was inserted:
Give cents worth Of alcohol, 10.
The Philfstine.