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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
Stand BY THE nATIzs.

How valuable a public institution is
the free bath, and how universal is the
resort to it of the people of every rank
and condition of life in this city, was
made very plain yesterday and the day
before when some 10000 persons attend
ed, and found there relief from the in
tense heat which they could find no.
where else within the city limits
The movement to preserve the baths
from destruction is one which should ap-
peal to every citizen, rich and poor, in
business and out. AS long as there is
any way in which the railroad can ac-
complish its purpose without invading the
immediate vicinity of the baths it is the
duty of the municipality to insist that
they shall have recourse to that way.
It is not denied by the most urgent of
the adherents OF the railroad that there
is such a way. Aside from the fact that
the plan authorized by the district court
invades other valuable rights and inter
ests of the city, the one consideration of
Its Interference with the availability of
the baths should of itself operate to put
an end to the movement to run those
tracks in front of it.
It is not wholly, as correspondent of
one of our contemporaries seems to think.
a matter of the safety of the children
who attend those baths It is the eff
feet upon the general public of having
to encounter a railroad crossing in order
to reach the baths With such a neces-
slty as the Omaha roads plans would in
vol4e the people will stay away from
the baths. and they will lose their value
TO the masses. They will no longer have
their present value to the people of the
city at large; but will be almost entirely
LEGAL in their operation
It is especially the duty of the people
of the West Side to attend the meeting
called for tomorrow evening-not for this
evening, as was supposed-and to make
it plain TO all concerned that the value
they set on the plans of the road in ques-
ton is not to be compared with the at
tachment which they feel for the public
baths.
The conditions are not favorable to a
large meeting at Martins hall; but such
as they are the people, not only of the
VEST Side, but OF the entire community.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
THE WINE ROOM EVIL.

Whatever disposition the board of al
dermen makes of the proposed ordinance
Tor the suppression of wine rooms, 1t
is as well for the members of that body
and for those engaged in the retail
liquor business to understand that decent
public sentiment demands that some ade-
cuate remedy shall be adopted to pat
an end to this grave social evil.
1t is mostly the fault of the saloon
keepers themselves that their business is
regarded unfavorably by the general
public. They persist i'll maintaining praC-
tees in their calling, such as selling
liquors to minors and habitual drunk
ards and maintaining private resorts on
their premises Tor persons of opposite
SEX which il many cases are not only
criminal by law but which are in them
selves morally wrong and disreputable
Democratic aldermen should regard
the obligation as resting on them, in
case they do not approve the measure
passed by the assembly, to fur
nish some measure which will root out
the nasty resorts which are maintained
IN connection with certain of the sa-
looms of the city at this moment
1t is observable that local saloonkeep-
ers have little regard to party when the
objects which in their business they seek
to accomplish are at their disposal. Re
pUbHcans and Democrats are all alike to
them as long as there is no disposition
evinced on either side to hurt the saloon
business. Democratic politicians and Of
ficials may conceive 1t good political pol
icy to defend and palliate violations of
law in the retail liquor business which
affect the moral welfare of the commune
ty: but they are mistaken The decent
voting public will prove to have as little
regard to the public character who is
willing to maintain an existing evil
through the completely of public agencies
as for him who maintains it for his own
immediate profit
Democrats are favorably disposed to-
ward retail liquor dealers only az they
are to any other class of men who desire
to carry on their business decently with
out outside interference. There is moth
ing sacred in the business of selling
liquor that the well defined evils connect
ed with it should be hidden from view by
those in office
We have a police force in this city to-
day which will enforce any reasonable
regulations that may be established In
this or any other direction There will
be no paltering and no favoritism such
as We have witnessed in the past. If the
saloonkeepers themselves are not willing
to put an end to the wine room evil by
their concerted action, then It is the duty
of the Democratic city administration to
put an end to it for them by one means
or another.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
OF SOCIAL INTERES 7

The marriage Of Miss Anna Josephine
Blom. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Blom of Bedford street. to Mr.. Wilton
George NcNGurcny was solemnized yester-
day at high noon at the home of the
bride. DR.. John Wright, rector Of st.
Paul's Episcopal church, read the mar
riage service. Only relatives We're pres
ent.
The rooms were PRETTY decorated in
green and white, roses and SIN. lax being
used chiefly in the parlors The center
piece in the diningroom was pink, pink
roses and maiden hair fern forming the
decoration. Miss Gertrude Sans Souci
presided at the piano and played a short
programme of nuptial music before the
entrance OF the bridal party. The bride
was attended by Miss Agnes Peterson, al
maid of honor; and by Miss Lucy Hatch
and Miss Emma Carleen, as brides
maids. The ushers were Mr.. Arthur B ON
and Mr. William Engquist. Mr. F. Earl
Crawford was best man. During the
ceremony Miss Tina Lawrence sang.
The bride wore a white lace trimmed
muslin gown made over white silk: She
wore long white veil and carried a
bridal bouquet Of white flowers and
maiden hair fern.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served the bridal party
After a brief wedding trip Mr. and
Mrs McMurchy will go to White Bear
lake, where they have taken a cottage
for the summer. They will be at home
after July Is.
Miss Jennie Verify, daughter of A E.
Verify, and Eugene A Breidert were
married last evening at o'clock at the
home of the bride, on Walnut street. Rev
c: d. Andrews read the marriage service
The bride was attended by her sister
Miss Clara Verify, as maid of honor
and by the Misses Cora Briedert, Edith
Elliott and Stella F1efgler, as brides
maids, Frank Brown was best man
Mr.. and Mrs. Breidert will be at home
after July Is at $50 Pleasant avenue
Miss Winifred D. Moore and ]. Albert
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
Boss HANNA's coNyE.NTIoN.


The proceedings of the Republican
state convention which has just been
held at Columbus offers another con-
vincing example of the worthlessness of
ing expression to the public preference in
the nomination of candidates for Office.
1t was merely piece of political ma
chinery handled by the Great Boss of
Ohio politics to register his will. It
might as we'll never have been held, for
all the actual participation which the
people or their representatives had in
its deliberations. If Senator Hanna had
thought it more advisable he might have
communicated his wishes to that body
through any of It's members, and they
would have been carried out with the
same precision. AS it was, he took the
pains to preside in person over the gath
ering. and to openly direct the work
which he sought to have done.
The past winter saw many Of the state
legislatures engaged in the consideration
of electoral measures designed to do
away with the machine convention.
These efforts were more or less success
full, in spite of the opposition which
manifested itself at all times and places
toward them on the part of those who
openly exercised at Columbus, shall be
perpetuated. The new primary systems
are just so many protests against such
farces as that which Mr.. Hanna presided
over. They may not accomplish the ends
sought by those who tnlnk that the peo-
pie shall themselves have the response
taking part in, and, if they think proper
controlling the first and most essential
step in the plan of selecting official rep
resentatives.
1t must be acknowledged that the sway
of Senator Hanna over the fortunes of
his party is undlsputed 1t has been a
successful sway, too. Leaving out Of
sight the methods which he adopts, and
the degradation Of public agencies which
Is embodied in the control Of such men
as he and Quay and Plat, there IS
really nothing to be asked for on the
part of the most eXacting adherent Of
the Republican party. The people seem
dead to the operation OF such influences
Hanna represents today the incarnation
of successful political leadership. His
Columbus convention represents one of
the agencies through which he accom-
p!lshes his and his friends purposes
Money and office are his two great con-
federates. and the results accomplished
are really wonderful in themselves. Yet
the conviction rests none the less secure
ly in the breast of every man who
still believes in the dignity and sacred
ness OF public station that the end or
such sordid and corrupt dominion as
his will come before We have Travelled
much further In the national courses
on which he and his accompiices have
set us.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27

ing at the ground It produces giddI-
ness and a tipsy feeling.
There is no cutthroat competition in
our line. We often meet other men in
the same business, in which case we leave
them one side of the street and take the
other without any recrimination or i'll
feeling. We have enough misfortunes
already without adding to them by MAX
ing enemies.
Generally we work with relatives or
friends, with whom we are on a partner
ship footing. We start out early in the
morning and follow d fixed route Just
like an official procession. Naturally we
do not go through streets where there is
nothing to CLEAN We always walk along
main thoroughfares.
"A favorite beat of ours covers the
boulevards, the avenue de lOpera, the
rue de la Paix and right on to the avenue
du Bots de Boulogne, by way of the
boulevard Malesherbes, where we now
are.
1.-THE avenue du Bois de BouIogne is
one of our best hunting grounds. We
carefully scrutiniZe the paths reserved
for people on horseback There copper3
literally rain down. The movements Of
the horses shake the coins out of the
riders pockets.
I'VE do no harm to anybody by an
nexing the coins we find. We would not
keep 1,000f. notes If we found any But
brown is missed by nobody
"One day last year I found purse
containing a heap OF rooney. The Own
er's address was also inside. So I took
it back and was given 81. as a reward.
Having thus earned my days wages
bought bargain ticket for the 1900 ex-
hibition and sent my wife to see the great
fair. AS for myself I had the treat of
sitting down on a bench all the after
noon and watching the automobiles pass.
instead of walking and staring at tne
pavement, CRYING on my 'flonnage'"
why is the name 'flonnage' given to
your trader"
'fThe name was invented by old Gau-
tier, who, before hunting for small coins
on the Paris pavements, had been a
gold prospector in America Over there
in the mines there are 'flons, or loIes
OF gold. AS soon as the lode Is di5aoy-
cred it only has to be followed. and the
miners are always sure to find a number
Of nuggets. In our hunt for copper
coins the same thing happens. When
we find one there are generally others
near it.
GAS we hunt for flons or lodes OF
coins, we are called 'flonneurs," or
'loders,' and our trade is called 'i!on-
mage, or Toding'"
This dissertation ended, the coin
hunter called up mis- companions and
after yawning, stretching their limbs
and rubbing their eyes they resumed
their slow, sad march, with backs bowed
and eyes downcast in the search for
coins.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
LIVE BY HUNTING coins
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
About 200 men in Paris find a livelihood
Of some sort by hunting in the streets for
stray coins. They are known as "alon-
neurs."
In various parts of the city strollers
may often see a number Of wretched-
looking men. dressed in rags, walking
slowly in Indian file, with their eyes fix
ed on the ground. If they are observed
for some time one man after another will
be seen to stoop down and pick up some
thing
NJ Arnould Galopin relates that he re-
Gently followed a group of these men dur
ing quarter Of an hour They had been
walking for hours, he afterward learn
ed. On the Boulevard Malesherbes they
sat down on a bench. and NJ. Galopin en-
tered into the following conversation with
one of them:
what are you looking for?"
The coin hunter, before replying. con-
suited his companions with a questioning
glance, and then said, Money"
This reply was received with increduI-
ity, as the Paris poor often give ban
tering answers to question from persons
they regard as capitalists But this man
was in earnest. He continued:
Yes, We are looking for money. On
certain days we are fairly successful;
on others we are very fortunate I have
sometimes known men to pick up as
much as francs in day. Generally,
however, the work only yields about 1
franc fifty centimes a day"
This is not our best season. Winter
is our harvest time. People wear gloves
then, and in paying a cabman or buying
newspaper they often drop a copper
COIN
Yes. but you have to find the coins?"
"Oh, that is nothing. We can always
see them. 1t is a matter of habit Once
the eye is trained man never misses a
coin.
You must not think that everybody
can become a coin hunter at a days no
tice. An apprenticeship is necessary"
This remark excited a smile
"But it is true" added the expert coin
seeker. ''It took me a month and a half
to be trained never to miss seeing a coin
on the pavement. During the first few
days beginners look and look, but see
nothing. They find a coin occasionally,
but that is more Or less a matter of
luck When a coin hunters eye is prop-
erly trained he will never pass a copper
coin on the pavement without seeing it,"
The mans weary companions were by
this time asleep CT tho street bench. AS
he Joked at The piEched. haggard faces
Of It's fellow ohtca> tno speaker re-
marked:
ct is n t:rirg trade Very often w. arc
utterly exhausted. Our legs refuse to
move any more and we suffer from fear
full headaches. Nothing is more fatigu-
ing than constantly walking while lGS.I-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27

ought to avail themselves Of them, II a
fair proportion of those who would at
tend the baths on that evening would
instead go to that meeting, there would
be no doubt left on the mind of the COM
munity what the people think of the
deprivation which they are about to be
subjected to in the destruction of the
baths
The action of the assembly is timely
and meritorious. The board of aldermen
will pursue the same course. At this
season, and, indeed, ordinarily, it is diff
cult to make public display of popular
terest. But DIR. Ohage will not be dis
heartened. even though tomorrow even
ings public meeting is not as generally
attended as it ought to be. Every day
that passes will, in the attendance of
the people. bring with it an expression
of public devotion to the free baths, more
impressive and eloquent than any which
may be conveyed through resolutions or
SPcSCheS IHdue DIT any meeting Or any
number of meetings.
1t is perfectly plain that there is ample
legal ground for the appeal which is
about to be taken. 1t is also plain that
the legal department of the city is Will
ing and anxious to stand by the rights
of the people in the present emergency.
The G 10 b e believes that in its wisdom
and in the effectuation of a most meritor-
ious public end, the supreme court will
by it's judgment prevent the consumma-
ton of a needless and almost criminal in
vasion of the ownership of the people of
their own property and to the free en-
joyment of a necessary and beneficent
natural right.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27

the vacancy in the house of commons for
the Standardization division of War
Wickshire, caused by the death Of Victor
Milward. Conservative. resulted as fol-
lows: P. S. Foster Onionist), 4,755; Boil
ton King (Radical), 2.977.
Paris-A correspondent of La Presse. CT
this city who interviewed AgOncillo,
Aguinaldo's European agent at MarseilIes
previous to his departure for HongkonG,
quotes the Filipino as saying that the
struggle in the Philippines is far from
being over.
Pittston, Pa--Two hundred machinists
struck at the Coxton yard shops of tho
Lehigh Valley Railroad company. PICK
cts from the strikers ranks patrol the
shops.
Trenton. N. 1.-THE American Plow
company, capital $4,000. was incorpor-
ated here. The principal object of the
company will be to absorb most Of the
pillow companies Of the United States. It
is understood that the capital of the
company will be largely increased.
Columbus Ruthven. wife Of
Edwin Ruthven. who is under sentence
Of death for the murder of Il Cleveland
policeman, and who hes made several
futile appeals to Gov. Nash for Glenn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
TALKS WITH The TRAVELLERS

Among the arrivals at the Ryan yes
terday was Thomas B. Neuhausen. a
former well-known newspaper man of St.
Paul and secretary of the Republican
congressional committee from this dis
triet. Mr.. 'Neuhausen is at present con-
nected with land office at Ashland,
Wis, and he is here in connection with
government matters In the party were
Register of the Land Office August Doe
nitz, of Ashland, and Special Agent
Frank j. Parke, of Wausau, Wis, the
latter being in attendance at the United
States court.
Ex-United States Senator Powers, of
Montana, and wife were in the city a
few hours yesterday en- route east. They
registered at the Ryan.
Congressman Frank NJ. Eddy, of Glen
wood, and daughter arrived yesterday en-
route home from Washington, and they
remained in St. Paul just long enough to
call upon a few personal friends. Mr..
Eddy was very shy on the subject of
politics, but as he has a number of new
counties In llis baiiwick, it is suspected
that he will put in the summer vacation
In looking after his fences. His district
Is large one, and he will find plenty
of work before the next session of con-
gress conYeneS.
Among the callers at the capitol yes
terday was Judge o. B. Gould, of Wi
mona, the new member of the state board
Of control, who was In quest of informa-
ton concerning the workings of the
board. He will qualify and assume his
duties as a member of the board next
Monday, but for the present he will re-
tain his residence in Winona.
Indian Agent C. R. A. Scobey, at Fort
Peck, Mont, arrived in the city yester-
day from the east, en- route home, and
while here he rece4veJ advices to the eff
feet that during the past few days small
pox has broken out among the Indians
on the reservation. The Indians at Fort
Peck have Ions since adopted civilized
methods, and as they are amenable to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27

tain some evidence of their ancient COM
mercial grandeur, but Wisely. the metrop-
oils Of the north, Is no more.
In the conflict between Protestant
Europe and the Saracenic power, the
latter held the narrow passes to the east.
1t was but the work of day-the great
caravan commerce between ASIA and
Europe was cut off. Now began the
When Vasco de CANA made anchor In
Calcutta after having rounded the cape
Of Good Hope, new commercial era had
opened for Europe. From this violent
change of commercial routes came the
search for western passage to Cathay
and the discovery of America. Then be-
gan the growth of the seaports Of the At
Iantc. The Mediterranean became
pond compared with the commercial I'M
portance of the ocean, and ner ports soon
became local depots for the Africo-Euro-
pean trade.
With the re-opening of the Orient has
been born a new commercial era. The
cities of the Atlantic will suffer the fate
of the metropoH of the Mediterranean.
will draw to itself the commerce Of the
east over the new routes across the Pa
ci1c. The capacity of China and Japan
for the consumption of the products Of
America and their ability to produce
articles of luxury in return is unlimited.
With the open door of the East, in {. few
years will como a Pacific commerce
that will rival if not exceed that which
has taken three centuries to build up on
the Atlantic.
What will be the physical result of this
commercial metamorphosis? San Fancls-
CO and the cities of the sound will take the
place of New York, Boston and Bal1-
more And with an istfdnian canal con-
Meeting the Caribbean sea and the gulf
with the Pacific, the industrial products
of the great Mississippi valley, relieved
of the burden Of the passage over the
Rocky mountains, will follow the line Of
least resistance and move to the south,
instead of the east or west. In this
change New Orleans, Mobile and Calves
ton, as well as Savannah and Charleston,
will benefit The heavy freight will move
down grade to these ports, as the waters
Of the rivers flow to the sea. With the
10
change in the railroad traffic of the con-
tinent and consequently in the growth
of cities. There will be no longer a ne
cessity for sending the iron and grain
across the Appalachian mountain system
to the coast.
Another factor which will play an i'm
portant part in the coming problems OF
commerce Is the motive power. Elec-
tricity is fast displacing steam. AS
power is always cheapest near it's source,
the lines of land transportation will fol-
low more and more closely the river
courses. This is natural, first from the
fact that nature always discovers the
best grades; and, second. from the fur
Their fact that in places where steep
grades are to be overcome nature has
provided the power to overcome them
in the shape Of water power.
To the student of the history Of the
commerce of the world 1t seems that the
day of national trade has but just dawn
ed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED

York. Pa.-The strike of the union ma
chinists in this city was declared off.
WATERFOWL, N Wv. J. Bryan and
family. started down the st. Lawrence
river for Quebec.
New York-The American Sugar Rein
ing company advanced all grades of re-
fined sugars 5 cents, or LIE cents a pound.
Santiago de Chile-The primary cleo
tons for future president to succeed
Errazuriz were held Tuesday. Perfect or
Ger prevailed. The result is not known.
London-CharIes Lilly White, the nat
uraliZed American citizen who was ar
rested in Wellington n. T., last Novem-
Der. on a charge of being Arthur Batch,
who committed a murder at Colchester
in 1888 and in whose case a nolle prosequi
was entered. was released from custody.
Manila-Harold NJ. Pitt. manager of
Evans & CO.. government contractors,
who has been on trial on charges of
improperly purchasing government
stores. was acquitted. Four other pur-
chasers of commissary stores were found
guilty and fined 1000 each.
London-The election just held to III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-27
AT THE THEATERs.

The Criterion Stock company. in 1.-THE
Three Musketeers," is playing to good
business at the Metropolitan opera house
this week, in spite of the hot weather.
The play has made a decided hit, as is
evidenced by its drawing powers with
the thermometer in the nineties. 1.-THE
Three Musketeers't1 continue as the
Criterion's bill for the remainder of the
week. with the usual matinee Saturday
afternoon. N n
Next week, beginning Sunday night. The
Criterion company will appear in Under
Two Flags the Naturalization OF Ouida's
famous story, with Robert Drouet as
BERTHE Cecil, aud Miss May Buckley as
Cigarette. sc