The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-25

| made at this, time that. would Is have
placed the local organization under
stronger sense Of appreciation than this
very appointment. 1t was something
of field day for Humphrey Barton be-
| cause, in addition to the appointment of
Mr.. lamar, w. P Barton, of Minneapo>
lis,s who is, a brother of the ST.. Paul
man, was elevated from chief clerk in
| the weighmaster' s department., to, as
| sistant weighmaster.
The appointment of Joseph Thompson,
of Devils. Lake, M d., to be. second as.
sistant chief deputy Of the department at
Duluth was confirmed by the railroad
commission yesterday.
|
The candidates for the position m OF
member Of the board of public works
are Increasing August Kaldunski, for
| mer alderman from the Eighth ward, Is
| mentioned. A. F. sGauger, former build
| ing inspector and a resident of the
Tenth ward, is being doomed, as we'll as
E. r. Bryant of the Seventh ward OW-s
| ing to the fact that Commissioner Mabon,
whose term expires iii March. was ap-'
pointed from the Eighth ward 1t is expect
ed that his successor will be chosen from
| the same district. Commissioner San
dell denies the statement made that he
announced that helwas to be reappoipted,
| to the board.
4
| Leopold H. Henschel, formerly note
| teller IN the Germania bark, is handing
around cards which state that he is a
! candidate for city treasurer on the Re-.
| publican ticket Mr. Henschel resides
| in the Eighth ward.
| The removal of former Aid. Robert n.
| Hare from the Sixth ward to- the Seventh
| has not been given the prominence IN
| local annals that 1t should. 1t adds con-
| siderably to the Democratic strength In
| the Seventh ward. 9fs-~ ~a % -
| The Fourth Ward Democratic organiZ-
ton held an enthusiastic and largely at
tended meeting last evening at Pfeiffer's
hall, at4Eighth and Wabasha streets. and
mapped out a line of work for the, COM
ing campaign Ward Chairman John b.
Ccvngton presided.
1t was announced that Pfeiffer's hall
| had been secured as the permanent head
quarters of the organization, and meet
| ings will be held on the, second Monday
| of every month until the close of the
| campaign.
John B. Covington, Edward Dahl and
| John B. Pewters were appointed a COM
| mittee to secure speakers for the meeting
| to be held on Feb. H. An attempt will be
made to secure Thomas R. Kane for an
address on imperialism" The candidacy
VI john ID. L CWlGiS, LUZ JuoliNS VI '-~S
peace, was Endorsed.
Last evening was the last chance offer
ed intending citizens to take out their
second papers. as gifts Of Clerk of courts
Rogers, and 100 persons availed them
selves Of the opportunity. Judge Kelly
held a special term of court for the pur-
pose, and Court Room No. was crowded
with the would-be voters and their wit
no ntZl6 effort
upon the part Of either party organiza-
ton to take a hand in the work, but the
ward politicians We're on hand in force as
witnesses.
| Downstairs in the clerks Office four
| deputies worked hard in examining the
| applicants in regard to their Qualifica-
| tons Many were unaccompanied by the
| necessary two witnesses, others were dis
| qualified by reason of insufficient length
| of residence in the country, and still
| others had forgotten to take out their first
| papers. One man gravely presented
subpoena that had been served on him
| last year, which he mistook for his first
papers, but the majority of the new citi-
zens were apparently men of fair intel
| ligence.
In the court room the men with their
| witnesses were marshaled by nationali-
| ties, and formed a semi-circle around the
| judges desk. Then the work of ques-
| tioning was quickly hurried through, and
| the applicants went into the jury room to
| sign the record and be told that the pa
| pers which will make them full fledged
| voters will be ready atstlle end of week
| The first batch was composed Of sixty
Swedes and nine Norwegians, who fore
| swore allegiance to the King of Sweden
and Norway. There were twenty-nine
! Germans and thirtysix in all of Queen
| Victoria's subjects. OF these six were
| natives of England, twenty-one Cana
dams, three Scotch and six Irish. Switzer-
| land was represented by one applicant.
Russia by twelve, Austria by nine and
denmark by four.
| Now the news comes from Washington
| that Senator Buckman is in that CITY
| making fight on the bill for an inter
J national bridge over the Rainy Lake
river. The bill is now hung up In the
| committee on interstate and foreign
| commerce, of which Senator Nelson Is
chairman. Just what Mr.. Buckman's OBJ
| jections to the bill are is not known The
| state senate, Of which he is a member
| last winter passed an act especially pro-
| viding for the Incorporation of compa.
/ MES for the purpose of building interna.
tfonal bridges, and giving them the same
powers and responsibilities as railroad
| companies.
Another report from Washington says
| that the bill which proposes to grant
the Minnesota & Ontario Bridge company
| the privilege to construct a bridge across
Rainy Lake river at Cathcart's Point
| just below the confluence of the Baudette
river with the Rainy. This bill proposes
to bridge international waters. 1t is said
that the proposition is to make connec-
ticns between the Brainerd & Northern
and other Minnesota lines with a Cana,
| dian road running into Rat Portage.
| The understanding in this section has
| been that the bridge company was to be
| for the convenience of the Ontario g.
Rainy River railroad. which is now built
| into the Berg Moody -Zeleh ct al. town
site at War Road river and will soon
have its track built across Winter Road
river and up the Rainy Lake river, to the
point below the mouth of Baudette river
which has been chosen for it's crossing
again to Canadian soil. This road how.
| ever will not have to strike Rat Portage,
and the recent report that the Northern
| Pacific had absorbed the Brainerd &
| Northern Minnesota makes more plaus.
| ible the story that the Northern Pacific
proposes to extend that line north OF
| Walker to the Canadian boundary and
across to Canadian SOIL if possible, thus
| getting an almost direct line from the
Twin Cities to the gold regions in and
! about Rainy river. Possibly Senator
Buckman.s visit to Nelson-now that the
i surveyor generalship fight does mot give
the Morrison county man cover for his
| devioes-is to see that the bridge bill does
ont contain anything harmful to the pro-
| meters of the extension of this line to
the northward The Washington report
| further says:
Senator Buchanan is not inclined to
state the reasons of his objection. One