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The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

Chester r. Smith opened up his cam
paign last week with a reconnaissance
in force in the Fourth ward The
force" consisted of Sid Reeves and
George Warren. "Chetty's" work was
loud, If not smooth. Reeves told of his
good qualities and Warren was on hand
to swear to them If necessary One of
the objects of their tour was to con-
vince certain people that Chiefly can
drink whisky. At one of the saloons
where they called everybody was invited
to have something. It was not sufficient
for every man to ask for what he want
ed and drink 1t as the the usual incident
of such proceeding. But when they
were all set Reeves turned to one of
the party and pointing to "Chetty''
said:
There Is a man who can drink more
whisky than any of you; can't he,
George?'
''You bet he can.' affirmed Warren. -
Just why Reeves wanted to give Chet-
ty that reputation is question. But
that is what Chet seems to want To
those present it seemed as If the idea
Of the party was to disabuse those who
happened to be around of amy idea that
"Chetty' didn't drink. 1t was no news
to them; they all knew who drank whis-
ky, where he drinks 1t and who pays for
1t usually. 1t. would have shocked the
good ministers of the Seventh ward who
made a house-to-house canvass against
Fred Schiffmann and in favor of Smith
had they known of the reputation Sid
Reeves was giving their favorite and
how well he stood for t. ''Chetty' Is
making great progress with the voters,
he thinks; they may think otherwise
SO far as the Fourth ward people are
concerned, Chet didn't make a hit in
beating their candidate the way they say
he did. and he certainly is not making a
hit in the way In which he is conducting
the campaign in their bailiwick. He
comes into the ward with Reeves and
Warren, two men cordially hated for
throwing Schiffmann and with them, is
trying TO curry favor with the voters
who are and have been friendly to Fred
Schiffmann for ten years Instead of
making his peace with the friends of the
man he defeated, he comes around with
the tools he used in bringing about their
defeat and then expected to make
friends.
So far as the Democrats are concerned
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

shabbier and more run down yearly,
Friends of the members of the committee
were, given almost free rent of stalls in
the building and at that the expense Of
keeping up tlles sbs5ildin exess1ed dst the
rentals by several thousand dollars an
nually Firally;> Mr. Edward Fefdhauser,
one of the mem mbers Of the library board,
conceived the idearth If the directors Of
the public library could secure control
of the building it might be changed over
and by the expenditure Of several thou.
SAND dollars, made not only a handsome
structure, but beside paying IN the way
of rents for its maintenance, give the
public library temporary home
With this idea in, view Mr. .Feldhauser
bent his energies to carrying out his
plans. Through his efforts the council, bv'
ordinance, turned over the building to the
library board, and the legislature confirms
ed the action of the council Everyone Is
familiar with the rest OF tie work which
has transformed the old Market house
into one of the han,lsomest blocks in the
city and added to the metropolitan ap-
pearance of the city in the vicinity.
Mr Feldhauser did not do all the work
alone end unaided, but he was the one
who first started the agitation and he
worked with such energy and method
that much of the credit for the new
library building is due to him. Recently
there has been made proposition by
number of prominent Republicans to have
Mr.. Feldhauser removed from the board
of library directors, and to this end
Chester R. Smith, thesnominee for mayor
on the Republican ticket, has pledged
himself. At the request of q trio of
prominent Republicans who have con.
tributed TO his campaign fund, Chester r.
Smith has promised that as soon as he is
elected, Mr. Fel6hauser shall be re-
moved from the board of directors Of the
public library. The voters of the city.
however, will see that Chester r. Smith
does not have the opportunity to carry
out this one of his many campaign
pledges
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

by S. A, Ponthan, who was then city
comptroller, as follows:
Abstract of tax levy estimate. Resolu-
ton by conference committee, July 2z.
1881 (see record in city clerks Office.
Proceedings Conference Committee,
page lN:
Cert, No. 6S = To Schadle
& Acker Coal Co., dated
Mch. IL, 81 due Sept. II,
", fuel bills for Jan. and
Fep., 1871. ..;-... 3d. 200 90
Is mos. int at per cent. 1856 90
Cert. No. SO = Same as
IS mos. int. at per cent. 315 90
Certs. No. 20 to 70 incl
To L. j. CaSserly, dated
Feb. 16, 81, due Aug. 16,
IS mos. int at per cent e'S' S'@OO 90
Cert No. 74-To. Mrs. EN-
ma Henry, dated Mch.
80, 81, due Sept. S0 '92,
labor bills in repairing
school buildings .....$2, 500 90
Is mos. int. at per cent. 262 so
Cert. No. 75-To Savings
Bank of st. Paul, dated
Mch. 80, 81, due Sept.
30, 90, salaries of school
teachers for Mch, 81. $4,000 90
Is mos. Int. at per cent. 1,050 90
Cert. Nos n, rs and 70
To L. j. Casserly, dated
Mch. 80, 81, due Sept.
30, '92, salaries of school
teachers for Mch. 81. $50, 900 90
IS mos. int at per cent. $3.50 90
Cert. No. ss-To Herman
Scheffer, dated Mche 80
81, due Sept. 80, '92, cur
expenses of board. 800 90
Is mos. int. at per cent. 7S7 90
Cert Nos. 81 to "a incl
To Herbert B. Church,
dated Apl. 25 81, due
Oct. 25, '92, salaries of
school teachers, ETC.,
Apl. '91.......... $500. SAC, 600 90
is mos. int. at per cent, 4,200 90
$44, 200 90
Int. due in 1893. ............ s4, 200 90
School certificates ........ $19S, ,9O1 90
City certificates ..,,...... 54,376 68
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

Certs. No. n, Is, 79-To Con-
rad Miller, city treasur-
er, comptroller report,
Sept, '92, page 36........ $4,000 90
Interest ...,..................1 1850 90
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

The action of the conference committee
was ratified by the common council by
resolution, Board File No. 333 (see coun-
Gil proceedings 1891, page 2Os), and subse-
quently the above amount was included
In the tax levy of 1891 by resolution by
Aid Conley. Board File No. 5S3 (see coun-
ell proceedings, 1891, page 259). viz: Item
mo. 3, certificate of indebtedness depart
fment, 210 mills. The amount was collect
ed from the taxpayers, about 75 per cent
being turned over to S. A. Ponthan by
County Treasurer A. N. Nelson, June g.
1892, two days before the office was turn
ed over to Mr.. McCardy and placed to the
credit Of certificate of Indebtedness de-
partment. The balance has since been
collected Out of the above certificates
Mr.. McCardy did in 1892 unlawfully
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

There is a question whether J. N.
Rogers is going to run for comptroller
in ST. Paul or in Princeton.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

Certs. 81 to 94-To Hughson
& Hemmenway. comp
troller's report Oct, 92,
Interest .................... 1,400 90 Al, 400 90
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
Republicans % a Tobo8ganf

Cert No. 75-To Savings
Bank of ST. Paul, comp r
troller's report Sept, '92,
page 30 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .$lO,UO0 w
Interest .................... $3.50 90
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

The precinct Committeeman Of the city
and county organization of the Seventh
ward will meet tomorrow evening at III
Mackubin street.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

Thomas ]. Jordan, candidate for the as
sembly, is wide awake and is making a
thorough canvass. He is very prominent
in labor circles and will poll large labor
vote. Mr. Jordan is young man, thirty
two years of age, lives in the First ward
and will make an assemblyman that will
work for the peoples interests.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

There will be meeting of the entire
city and county organization next Friday
evening at Assembly hail. A full attend
ance is requested, as some very impor-
tant business will come up.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

The Jefferson Club will hold a special
meeting Monday evening, April %. This
meeting is called for the purpose OF dis
cussing the new charter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

he wlelds. a constant power by the side
OF whtc. that of other labor leaders is
nothing.
The lad did not like the shoemaker's
trade, and, his release being secured,
he learned to make cigars, becoming
proficient by the time he was 10. Then,
with his fathers family. he came to
America. Down 30 the time he began
to work in the shoe shops, he attended
day school regularly. After that he
continued his studies at night school,
where he applied himself so eagerly as
to excite the especial attention OF his
teachers.
Upon his arrival In America he joined
a New York cigarmakers' union, and
his GIFT of common sense and his power
to express his thoughts logically and
clearly quickly made him a prominent
member Later he was repeatedly sent
as delegate to the international union.
When David B. Hill was Governor.
he wished to make Mr.. Gompers mem
Der Of the State Board of Arbitra ton at
a salary Of $4,000. The tender was
ceurteously declined.
If l should accept a political ap-
pointment," said Mr.. Gompers, my
usefulness In labor organizations would
be entirely and permanently destroyed"
In 1882 Mr.. Gompers was made presi.
dent of the American Federation of La.
Dor, and now holds that office. His sal.
airy Is but $1,000 year, less than he
could earn at his trade in good times
and far smaller sum than could be
commanded by man of his unusual
natural abilities and self-won acquire
ments In the business world.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

rear of the train. so that the engineer,
with the receiver constantly at his ear,
can hear the sound of train approach
Ing in either direction. In this way it Ia
claimed that the danger of collisions
Is reduced to the minimum. At the
same time the engineer Is kept con-
stantly in communication with the Of
fee of the train dispatcher. Expert
ments tried with the wireless tele-
phones On half dozen engines in the
suburban service at Rome have shown,
80 the inventor claims, that the inven-
ton is entirely practicable.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
SAMUEL oOMPERs
SEINE Characteristics OF the Famous
American Labor Leader.

Seine Characteristics OF the Famous
American Labor Leader.
Samuel Gompers, the American labor
header. IL as conservative as the English
leader, Burns, is radical. Where the
latter says strike, Gompers says arbi-
trate. 81 cannot" he once said, much
as I hate oppression, endure the sight
Of hunger"
The nation owes a bigger debt Of graf
itude to Somuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation Of Labor, than
most people imagine Had it not been
FOR the rock-like firmness with which,
for nearly fortnight. this man stood
against a continent wide strike of SYM
pathy with the Pullman men, there
might have been an uprising of organ.
lied labor, compared with which the
strikes and riots that really did occur
would have been mere child's play.
Mr.. Gompers' diplomacy was not less
striking than his wisdom. He at no
time said that he would not advise a
strike. He simply, by delaying action,
gave his followers time to think. When
they had thought, they saw the master
fulness of his course. Mr.. Gompers
proved himself to be general worthy
of leading so great an organization as
the Federation.
Samuel Gompers Is an American by
adoption. He Is Of German descent, as
his name indicates, though of English
birth. Thirty-eight years ago he was
apprenticed to n shoemaker In London.
Then he was lad of 10, with no bright
er prospects, no greater advantages
than those of ten thousand other ap-
prentice boys of the worlds metropolis.
To-day he Is the executive head Of the
most extensive combination of labor
unions In the world. In this capacity
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
PLAYING IN THE DIRT.

Mothers Too Often Deny Their Children
This Pleasure.
The mother who would have her chill
have them occasionally dirty. VIII lie
cleanliness is akin TO godliness, there is
q clean dirt that comes from contact
with the sweet earth that is whole
some. Have the little ones bathed fire.
quently, insist that they come to meals
with immaculate hands and faces, but
between meals have them SO dressed
that they are free TO run and romp as
they will.
An overcareful mother OF an only
child complained to a physician that
her baby was pale and delicate. He
asked to see the child, and the nurse
brought in the 2-year-od from the YER
anda, where he had been seated on q
rug, looking at picture book. His
dainty nainsook frock was spotless as
were also the pink kid boots and silk
socks.
What the child needs Is wholesome
dirt" was the physicians verdict. Put
gingham frOck and plain shoes on
him and turn him loose on the lawn or
in the fresh earth. If he Is not rosy
and happy in month let me know"
At the expiration of the prescribed
time the baby was transformed. The
eyes that bad been heavy were bright.
the skin had acquired a healthful glow.
the arms and legs were plump. aud the
languld, tired little pa tient had become
a rollicking boy. The freedom, fresh air
and clean dirt had In a months time
wrought greater change In the child's
system than all the skill Of the medi-
cal fraternity could have effected.
Mothers who take their little school
boys and girls away for vacation
should let them romp at will cut Of
doors. fsh In the brook, ride on the
hay. and wear strong shoes and cloth
ing Of which they need net be too cara
ful. A child is muck happier If untram-
neled By too many ''den'ts." And the
nsthsr Il happier. tse. II she need -
sAy "asa't every Aeux u D. DAY.
! Ha<1srs Dasas.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
Huntington's Art Collection.

The late c. P. Huntlngton's art COL
lection, If it were sold at auction, would
probably bring $2,000,0O0. In the.
course of the last SIX years his COM
missioners have spent about $4,000.
it is said, in buying the works OF Amer
lean artists. Within the last six months
he bought an "old master" for $50,
In his collections are paintings by
MISSIONER, Millet, Troyon, Rosa Bon
heur, Rousseau, Sir Frederick Leigh
ton and Landseer. One part of his col
lection is series of pictures of Roman
Catholic prelates from popes to bish-
ops, for which he paid $4,000 francs
His gallery contains also many of Gus
taVe Dore's WORKS. Fine tapestries
were always sought by Mr.. Huntington.
One piece now in his home as a por-
there was designed by Teniers and cost.
$4,000 francs. The collection includes
also miniatures and bric-a-brac.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

Newspaper statements concerning the
will Of Rosa Bonheur recall the fact
that the principal legatee was, until the
last year of the great artists life, an
entire stranger to her. Miss Anna
hlumpke, young portrait painter Of
promise, greatly desired to paint Rosa
bonheur, and wrote, asking that priv.
iiege. Receiving a favorable reply, she
at once started from Boston to Fon-
fainebleau, in France, and entered upon
her work. The two women found them
selves in such close sympathy that
Mile. Bonheur asked her visitor to
make her home with her, and at her
death last year devised almost her en-
tire estate-chateau, park, library,
paintings and priceless manuscripts
TO this young American. The story is
q romance in real life. 1t underscores
the poets query: who can answer
where any road leads?"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
Popularity OF Snakes.

A snake tanner who had trained q
serpent to follow him around the house
and even out of doors happened one day
to take it with him to strange place.
The snake, unused to the locality, seem
ed to forget all his training and, escap-
ing into the bushes, resisted capture
with bites and every indication of wild
ness. When caught 1t at once resumed
its tame habits. This tendency to be-
come wild Immediately upon obtaining
their freedom and to again become
tame when caught Is said to be a
popularity OF snakes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

When resourceful novelist like Mrs.
Amelia Il. Barr gives up the servant
girl problem and abandons her country
home on the Hudson to live in a New
York hotel the outlook Is dark for plain
people who do not pretend to write
novels or solve problems. Mrs. Barr
says she has really been driven out Of
her home by her inability to solve this
great enigma of the time. Her flight
to city hotel, combined with her be-
lief that the household work of the fu-
ture will be done by men, suggests the
probability that before the end Of an
other century everybody may be living
In city fats and apartments and dining
on the hotel plan. The housemaid ap-
parently holds 1t In her power to abol-
3sh the private home life of the nation.
1t is high time for the geniuses and
reformers to apply all their powers to
solving the problem of how to make
young women prefer kitchen work In
the country to factory work in the city.
At present the attractions are mostly
on the side Of the factory.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

many Of the critics estimated her abili-
aes the equal of his.
Miss Marryat wrote seventy books Of
hction. The best known of these are:
Loves Conflict" "My Own Child"
My Sister, the Actress" and Her
lord and Master" She also wrote sew
eral books of travel. In addition to her
literary talents she had remarkable
ability as an actress, a musician and a
reader, while she was highly versed in
Horticulture. In private life she was
known as Mrs. Frances Mclean.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
HOBBS at Cheney,

Cheney, wash, Aug. 26.-The town was
all excitement Saturday over the hold-up.
of man near the hobo camps along the
ranroad in the eastern par of town, and
the subsequent shooting of the leader of
the footpads, while resisting arrest. The
man who was robbed gives his name as,
Tony Anderson and positively identifies the.
man who was shot as the leader of the
gang of eight who held him up. Anderson
lost 500.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
NOW A WIRELESS TELEPHONE.

Marconi's System Now Used to Conn
municate with Moving Trains.
Since Marconi announced the result
Of his experiments with wireless tel
egraphy ether Italian scientists have
been at work on similar lines. Prof.
D'Azar, Of Rome, has perfected wire
less telephone for use especially on rail-
road trains. The receiver and trans
mitter are connected by short wires
with the front of the pilot and with the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

grace and beauty are especially con-
cerned In this affair. We appeal direct
ly to Adolphus-young or old az the
case may be--and the elderly Adolphus
Ia, perhaps, the more exacting; we ap-
peal to Adolphus, we say, for sym
patty. 1t doesn't so much matter
about men. Who cares whether the
nose OF Jones or Smith or Robinson is
red? Nobody expects them to be beau
tiful Nobody Is shocked II they be
otherwise But when we encounter
Clarissa or Celestine. whom last even
ing we saw across flowery dinner
table pale, naughty. with tip-tilted nose
and scarlet lips-the incarnation of aris-
tocratic calm-when we encounter her
in the square or on 1.-The" boulevard and
see her with crumpled checks and flush
ed proboscis what a sorrow perches on
our souls. Why, the generation simply
yawns for q philnnthropist
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
Fire at BIackfOOt.

BIackfoot, Ida, Aug. pa disastrous
hre broke out here in the livery stable OF
Dolph johnson and before it could be got
ten under control mad destroyed half
dozen buildings. Twenty-four horses in
Jonnson's stable persisted. An inadequate
water supply hindered the firemen in their
efforts to check the flames. The loss is
upward OF $4,000, with little insurance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

1t seems ludicrous now to believe
that Admiral Cervera was actually or
dered to come over here and lombard
the principal Atlantic ports. Yet if
We had been really sure of 1t then
those Boston and Newport panics
would not have been SO strange-for
the strength of the Spaniards was at
chat time an unknown quantity.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
Seattle TO He RecOunfed.

Seattle, Aug. 29.-As a result of the
investigation OF Seattle's census enumera-
ton by Special Agent Olmstead, who was
sent out from Washington, a part of the
city will be recOunted, beginning Thurs
day morning The recount will cover a
portion of the tenderloin district ana wa
ter front, where hundreds of names were
given in without addresses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

What we really want nowadays In q
philanthropist who will invent some
indoor amusement for people whose
aoses get red In cold weather. Those
~ M who have artistic temperAments
Azd wAs rsvsl euly h n satsursgs Of
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

A man who had injured his hand was
I'm such hurry to apply salye to the
wound that he picked up a can of dy-
mantle by mistake, and, finding that
the top would not come off readily, he
nit 1T with hammer. Why will people
keep on going all to pieces over little
things?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
The American Bird.

The turkey was first discovered In
America, and brought to England in
the early part Of the sixteenth century.
Since then It has been acclimatized in
nearly all parts OF the world.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

inst a short while ago we, meaning
the American people, were Informed
that the primary cause of our longev.
ity and general good health was the
fact that we ate hearty breakfasts and
prepared ourselves for the days labors
with n good meal. 1t was shown and
proved beyond dispute that the human
machinery needed a goodly supply of
fuel to run the engine during the day
and that the best time to lay in this
supply was at breakfast Thercupon
the American people began to eat
heartily of teast, griddle cakes, cere-
ais. etc. That is, those who read the
article and were struck by its force
did those things they were told were
essential for the preservation of their
health, strength and life. Now comes
another authority" and says that the
American breakfast Is too heavy and
that the first hearty meal of the day
should not be eaten until noon. This
later authority" proves" his case just
as positively as the other, and there
will be men and women who will heed
the advice and starve themselves half
day under the belief that they are
doing themselves a favor. All of which
recalls to mind that if the American
people did everything that they were
told to do and did not do the things
that they were told not to do, always
by medical authorities" every minute
would be used to 90 something con-
Trajectory to that which had been done
the preceding minute.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

A man wants $4,000 damages be
cause a telegram was not delivered
which caused his loss Of the girl of his
choice. Ten years from now he may
feel differently about it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
why They Wear che Fen

From an Interpretation OF passage
In the Koran Mosiems are forbidden to
have shades to their eyes. hence the
absence Of the peak both from the fsz
"A ths tuEhAn.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

Barbed wire as a battle appliance has
Sound its way into Natal. Those like 1t
best who are not stuck on IL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

Western woman's wanting $4,000
Cor broken heart does not In the least
contradict the sex's innate liking for a
nre figure
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

Maybe the new cult of gentlemen
burglars" is due to a knowledge that
good manners are necessary to those
who would enter the best houses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01

About the most innocent of ways 70
pull the wool over chlldhood's eyes is
DO use the yarn of the stocking.