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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
SMOKE LAW IN FORCE
FIREMAN MIKE GoLLffNs IS FIRST
VICTIM OF THE NEW Or
DINANCE
PLEADS GUILTY no CHARGE
Warrants Against other Offenders
Are Likely to Be Served shortly,
and More Fines Will
Follow.

Df, images crusade against the SIN oke
nuisance yesterday netted the CITY $50
Mike MI COINS, fireman, employed by the
City hallway company at it's power house
on Hill street. paid the amount and the
assessment came on his plea of guilty in
the municipal court yesterday to the
eharge OF violating the smoke ordinance.
Collins when arrested at the Instance
: or Dr. Ohage for permitting black. sooty
smoke TO issue from the furnace he was
bdhollng, entered plea of not guilty.
but when brought before Judge Orr yes
terday changed his plea to guilty. DIR
Ohage explained that both Collins and
the company had been warmed and on
this fine of $50 was imposed SIS In
excess of the minimum amount ,rne
street ear company was not represented
in court.
Another party against whom a war.
rant is standing is J. P. Anderson. fire.
man at the National laundry on West
Fourth street. He has secured con.
t1nuanee for one week
Il told them I meant business" saia
DR.. Ohage last night, and guess some
OF them will find it is correct before l
get through with this smoke business.
Collins was fined $50 yesterday, but it
does not seem to have served as a les
SON. Dense volumes of smoke was pour
ing from the street car company's stack
again yesterday afternoon. The company,
knows it is violating the law when it
uses bituminous coal Their franchise ex-
pressly forbids it. Well, there are more
warrants where the other came from and
I have the law back Of me- 1 shall de-
mand it's observance
In all there are ten complaints await
ing the issuance of warrants Two of
them are now out and the others will
follow as fast as those issued have been
disposed of.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
COUNTY MUST PAY
CITY MAY RECOVER TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM
RAMSEY COUNTY
CARE OF CONTAGIOUS CASES
Law Passed at Last Session of Leg
isIature Throws OnuS on
Counties and Relieves
Cities.

If law passed by the last legislature
is held to be constitutional, and the city
legal department sees no reason why 1t
should not, the board of county commits
sioners will shortly be asked to see that
ST. Paul is reimbursed by a sum OF
money at present roughly estimated at
about SIS, GOO.
The amount in question is due for
money expended in the care and suppress
sion of contagious diseases, and the claim
which is now in preparation is
fully legalized by law pass
ed by the last legislature which
requires all counties of the state
to bear the cost of taking care of and
controlling contagious diseases.
Oddly, the act, which is an amendment
to an old law bearing on control of con-
tagious diseases by county boards, not
only arranges for the payment of ex-
penseS incurred since it's passage, but
also. refers to the past, and as st. Paul
has parted with considerable coin DUR
Ing the past six years in the suppression
OF real and threatened epidemfes the
amount that the county will be asked to
separate itself from is considerable Since
the beginning of last year ST. Paul has
spent fully $1,000, the greater part of this
amount being due to the presence of
smallpox
The particular section of the law which
will cause the Ramsey county board of
commissioners some worry when they are
asked to comply is as follows:
All such expenses incurred by any civ
board of health shall in the first fnsta nee
be borne by and paid out of the city
treasury. The proper authorities of said
city shall certify the amount required to
reimburse said city to the county auditor
at the time of certifying other taxes, and
auditor on tha ie.f
of the county a tax sufficient to pay the
same so certified, which tax shall be col
lected as other taxes, and paid over to
the treasurer of such city.
Il was aware of the existence of the
law said DR.. Ohage last night. Il
spoke to DR.. Bracken about it. and have
also been in consultation with Corpora
ton Attorney Markham We have de-
present epidemic of smallpox is fully
eradicated. This will enable US to put
the claim in the hands of the county, so
that 1T can be put on next years tax
levy"
Corporation Attorney Griggs says the
matter has been brought to his attention
but he has no idea of the amount of the
claim.
In Lyon county the question was sub
mitted to the judge of the district court
and while admitting that he was not en-
tirely free from doubt as to its validity, he
did not believe the law so clearly uncon-
stitutional as to warrant an inferior
court in holding it void.
Heretofore the only claim the city has
had on the county or any of it's villages
was when a person suffering with com
tagious disease was found to have his le-
gal residence beyond the confines of the
corporate limits of the CITY, In that case
it was charged up. hut seldom collected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS
ISSUE SUPPLEMENTARY
CATALOGUE
RURAL LIBRARIES GROWING
MinnesOta's Generous Assistance II
Districts Proving Very Beneficial
in Rnising the Standard
of Reading.

Inc state library commission held q
snort session yesterday and formally let
the contract for the ensuing year to the
st. Paul Book and Stationery company.
The board is composed of the state SUI
perintendent, John w Olsen; the four
normal school presidents, J. F. Mills
paugh, of Winona; c. H. Cooper. Man.
kato; George r. Kleeberger. st. Cloud.
and Frank A. Weld, of Moorhead. The
library board decides what books shall
be added to the state library list for
the use of districts wishing to secure
state library aid. At the last meeting
of the board a great many new books
were added and the board decided yester-
day to issue supplementary catalogue
to contain these new titles. Five thou
sands copies will be printed No part
OF the educational system of the state
is of more Importance than the work of
this board. From year to year they
have made suitable selection of books
for the school libraries of the state. I'M
I'll now there are nearly 5000 titles in the
catalogue. School districts desiring a
library can secure state aIu for the same
by purchasing books approved by the
board. This maintains a high standard
of school libraries. How popular it has
proved since its inauguration is attested
by the fact that for many years the en-
tire aid fund has been exhausted long
before the end of the fiscal year. Tne
last legislature wisely increased the aid.
and it will no doubt be found necessary
to do so again, SO eagerly do the rural
districts avail themselves of the ,oppor-
tunities to secure ..oraries with the
states assistance. No state in the Union
can show more rapid or more healthy
development among schoul districts in
this particular respect than Minnesota.
The state not only assists the school dis
trict in purchasing its library but it Of
fers a further indueement by making
one of the conditions for securing state
aid for rural schools the possession of a
library by the district applying. for aid.
Although the library commission has
been very conservative and. cautious in
building up this approved list, thesnum-
Der of titles has accumulated so steadily
that the commission has about decided
1t necessary to make a special selection
of titles for the use of the rural school,
A limited list will soon be issued and
recommended as being especially suited
for country districts. This will greatly
assist districts in the proper selection IN
libraries.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
THROAT TOO SMALL
UNION DEPOT COMPANY DESIRES
ADDITIONAL TRACK
AGE
WILL PETITION CITY COUNCIL
Territory Desired Is Between jack
son and SibIey, and Fronts
Diamond 10 Ware
houses.

IL completed in time, an ordinance will
be introduced at the next session of the
city council granting to the Union Depot
company additional trackage room in tho
territory bounded by Sibley and Jackson
streets, and fronting the two large sheds
used for wharfage purpose by the .Dia-
mond 10 line of steamers.
The ordinance is now being drafted by
President Scott, who has communicated
to City Engineer Claussen and the legal
department his intention to make the re-
quest either at the next or a future
meeting of the council
The territory affected, and ON which
the company desires to place one or more
tracks, according tosthe generosity of the
council in relinquishing the citys rights
is known as the throat and is at pres
ent covered by three single tracks, in adj
dition to a switch leading to the Dia-
mond 10 warehouse. One of these tracks
Is the property of the Great Western,
and leads direct to the entrance of their
draw bridge.
I Between these tracks and the ware
houses is a paved space used by teams
and pedestrians having business with the
river interests, but by the fill, which the
depot company is now at work on, this
space Will be increased to an extent of
nearly fifty feet at it's widest point mar
living uoWn 10 POSSIBLY twelve feet
where the fill ends at Jackson street. 1t
is portion of this new addition that
the company would acquire.
When the last grant of the lower levee
was made, the advance of the leyee be-
tween jackson and Sibley street, some
fifty feet riverward, with correspond
ing increase in the city's landed possess
slons, was construed as a partial EQUIV
alent for the city's gift to the company,
and how the new request will be re-
ceived by the council, is largely coniec
ture.
1t is known, however, that the
throat is far to small for the added
trackage facilities which the union
depot, at and below Sibley street, will
hereafter enjoy. 1t is case of the body
outgrowing the head AT present the
space between the tracks and the river
front at this point is ample, and with
the added ground the instrusion. of two
extra tracks, some of the members of
the council hold, would hardly be noticed
or cause any Inconvenience.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
MEETS NEXT TUESDAY
CAPITOL COMMISSION To LET con-
TRACTS FOR DOME.


The state capitol commission will meet
next Tuesday at which time it is expect
ed that contracts will be let for complet-
ing the roof of the new structure and
enclosing the windows so the interior
work may be continued through the win
ter without interruption. Contracts may
also be let at that time for the heating,
ventilating and fighting plants, and pos
sibly for other parts of the interior work
Work on the large dome of the build
ing, which was delayed for a time and
only recently resumed,~is now progressing
with gratifying .rapidity. The steel
framework is being pushed along with
all possible speed and as the marble has
been cut and in readiness for months it
is believed there will be no further de-
lay in that part Of the construction. The
delay was caused principally by the diff
ficulty in securing the steel ON account OF
the strike, but there was. also some hitch
in the plans owing 80 trouble in getting
draughtSmen. .ru-s Fals ~ sae11a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
PERMITS ARE IN DEMAND
POLICE ACTIVITY MAKES BUSINESS
FOR ENGINEERS OFFICE.

Activity on the part of the police in de-
handing of all who in any way encroach
on the streets and alleys to the extent
of stringing wires or making excayafionss
an examination of the required permit
mas caused wholesale issuance of these
documents by the eng neering department
IN the past two months
The scheme is all right said City.
engineer ClauSsen yesterday, "and
though 1T adds extra work to nv de-
partment, it is to be encouraged. as Il
enables me to keep track of all street
WORK. Had the new ordinance, which
work in which permits are granted been
IN force now, this department. would
nave been richer by several hundred dol
lars: The amount received would have
paid the salary Of a good inspector and
the city would have saved money by COM
peilIng careful repairing of streets dis
turbed in making excavations"
Inc ordinance which provides this in
noVatlon is now in the hands of the as
sembly committee on Streets and will re-
celve consideration next week
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
BOER SOLDIER TO TALK
JAN KRIGE WILL ADDRESS Local.
MEETING MONDAY.

z Commandant Jan Krige, sturdy Boer
soIdIef, whose story was told to G O b e
readers some days ago, has been asked
by prominent local Boer sympathizers TO
denver an address to the public before
leaving the city, and will accordingly
speak at Mozart hall on Monday night
under the auspices of the committee that
managed the great mass meeting of a
year ago in this city. Mr. Kriga has
aroused a great deal of interest in himself
and his cause since coming to St ParI
and many people have expressed a desire
TO hear him speak. He will tell the his
tory OF the Boer people and their fight
Tor liberty, naturally from the Boer stand
point, but without luminosity or partisan
Feeling. Unlike many of the Champions
OF the cause, Mr.. Krige has nothing I'M
KIND to say of the English people He de-
elares that his people desire the sympa-
thy Of the English rather than the SYM
pathy OF either people, and he believes
they are gradually winning It, His dis
course viii be a statement of facts as
ne has observed them personally Mr.
hrlge IS fluent talker and has fine
presence and strong voice 1t is expected
that several local speakers will also adj
dress the meeting. Ladies are especially
invited to be present
Mr.. kr1ge reiterates his abiding faith in
the ultimate independence of the Beers
and says that the cablegrams of yester-
day and today are every encouraging
from his point of view.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21

Whipple will be held early in November
at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Bishop Edsall will come to St. Paul to
take charge of the service. He will be as
sisted by the Rev. William G. Pope, the
rector of the church, and by other local
clergymen.
Carl Fritz Nelson died yesterday aft
ernoon at the home of his parents, 100
Mendoza street, aged twenty years. The
funeral will be held from the house to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock.
The Relief society needs bedding and
clothing for a widow and four children
at once, as there is diphtheria in the
home. The society's stock of clothing is
exhausted, and they would like to hear
from the friends of the poor Immediately.
Sam Brown, the colored man who went
after Phil Ried Third street saloon
keeper, with gun and razor, was fined
500 by Judge Orr yesterday afternoon.
The charge was changed to one of dis
orderly conduct, and the defendant
pleaded guilty. Browns real name is
Irvine Melbourne
A large force of men is now employed
in making improvements at the public
baths. One of the new pools has been
partially completed and much of the
swampy ground along the edge of the
island cleared of brush and drift. 1t is
hoped to have the two new pools COM
pleted before snow falls.
S. G. HinckIey went to sleep night be-
fore last in the Great Western yards and
was arrested by g. special officer.
Hinckley told the officer he was waiting
for money from home and yesterday
morning the officer accompanied him to
an express Office, where a money order
was found for the stranger
E. j. Quint was arrested yesterday
morning. by officer Murphy at Fifth and
Cedar streets for reckless driving. Quint
is driver for the Wells Fargo Express
company, and the officer stated that he
was driving his horses as fast as they
could go. He was dismissed with a lee
ture on fast driving by Judge Orr
In the account of the Thursday parade
1t was enormously stated that the Union
veterans Union had but twenty-four
men in line. This is a mistake There
were eighty-six members in line and they
made a fine showing of which they are
naturally proud. They had larger pro-
portion of membership in the parade than
any other organization represented.
Frederick A. Pease, a passenger con-
ductor on the Omaha road, died suddenly
at Cumberland, Wis, Thursday He was
i'll for some time, but his death was I'M
expected. He will be buried at Menomo-
ME. Wis. tomorrow. and a delegation
from the st. Paul division of the Order
of Railway Conductors, of which the de-
ceased was member, will attend
A man giving his name as William
Morris saw a pair of fur boas in front of
c. 7. Gelsberg's store in East Seventh
street Thursday that struck his fancy and
he appropriated them. His possession
of them was short, however, for an Of
feer saw him and gave chase He was
charged with larceny in the police court
yesterday and was given ninety-day
sentence at the works.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
CITY NEWS

William Liesecke. the soldier charg-
ed with criminal assault, will have
hearing i'm the municipal court next
Thursday morning.
Judge George L. Bum is home from his
vacation and viii be in chambers until
the October term of the district court,
which begins on Oct. z.
DR.. e. H Whitcomb will have charge
of the cOroner's office for the next two
weeks, during which time Coroner Miller
will be out OF the city.
Rev. ]. Newton, of New York en- route
to the general convention at San Fran
cisco, will preach at the Church of the
Good Shepherd tomorrow evening.
The John O. Young Lumber company
OF La Crosse, Wis, has incorporated
under the Somerville bill to do business
IN This state on capital stock of SlUO,01O
y meeting of the committee which had
charge of the late President Mckinley
memorial services will be held at IL
O'Clock this morning in the council
chamber.
The United States Encaustis Tile works
has brought suit against the Meadow
Mantle and Tile works to recover 81, 223 81
alleged to be due on goods ordered and
delivered.
Ines Stevens County Telephone COM
PAM. OF Morris, filed articles OF incor-
poration with the secretary of state yes
ferday. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $4,000.
There are some fears as to the condi-
ton of officer AnnsyIe, of the central
station, who is at his home suffering
from a sore hand. as traces of blood
poison have been found.
Active work was commenced yesterday
by James Forrestal on the resurfacing
OF the court house lawn where the old
county Jail stood. He hopes to have the
Job completed in about fifteen days.
Articles Of Incorporation were yesterday
filed by the Second Christ Church of
Christian Scientists with twenty ineor-
porators, and by the Duluth Canal and
Bridge company, Incorporated for $I5e,o0o
Thomas King, who stole a sack of po-
batoes from a car in the Burlington yards,
was sent to the state training school yes
$erday by Judge Orr. He is seventeen
years old and lived at Conway and COM
mercial streets with his parents.
John Mayer broke into some freight
cars on the Northern Pacific tracks and
stole a quantity of grain. He pleaded
guilty of trespaSs yesterday in the police
court and was sent up for thirty days
He is also wanted by the Minneapolis
police.
Thomas Davis, who fell over the bluff
at Western avenue tuesday night, is at
the city hospital suffering considerable
pain from scalp wound that he sus-
tained He is a carpenter, twenty-five
years old, and fell over the bluff while
Intoxicated.
A large brindle bulldog that has been
terrifying pedestrians in the vicinity Of
Seventh and Wabasha streets met an
Nntimely end yesterday at the hands of
Officers Nicholson and Morse. The dog
had bitten Jacob Hayek and several
other people in the neighborhood
Emma Neuman was discharged by
Judge Orr in tn municipal court yes
terday on the charge of larceny 1t
was alleged that she had taken a gold
ring and a childs dress from W. A.
Hickey's residence on Nelson avenue, but
the articles could not be traced to the
prisoner.
A memorial service for the late Bishop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
LARGE SALE OF LAND.
Omaha Road DispOses of $500
Acres to a Company.

A real estate deal of unusually large
proportions has just been consummated,
involving the transfer of the Wavertree
stock farm, located near Heron Lake, on
the line of Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis
o. omaha railway. The farm comprises
6,5o0 acres and was purchased by mem
6ers of the Wisconsin Land company. of
st. Paul. -
The Individuals comprising the purchase
are are John Metcalfe, Paullina, Iowa: e. A.
smith, Morrison, ILL.,. George r. Slocum.
manager, Wisconsin Land company. St.
raul, and L. f. hammers, Heron Lake,
MINI. oii 44''f>o'
The land is all highly improved and the
price paid was about 100000. Most of It
lies within two miles of the Pipestone
branch of the Omaha road. The land
was vas s. owned by an English syndicate, with
headquarters in Liverpool Eng.
While the purchasers have not yat
stated a{a i Just St what disposition they will
it will be sold in small parcels for d.
Y, yerslfied farming This will be especial
~ favored by the people of Heron Lake.
although the land may be disposed of in
one block as it was bought.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
TERM OF FEDERAL COURT
OFFICIALS PREPARING FOR SEES
SION AT FERGUS FALLS.

The term of the federal court at Fergus
Falls Will open on Tuesday next, the 24th,
Judge Charles F. Amidon presiding.
The term is expected to last about one
week The court officials viii leave for
Fergus Fails on Tuesday morning. Dis
Dickey, Clerk of Circuit Court Lang,
Clerk Of District Court Spencer, Marshal
W H. Grimshaw, Official Reporter H. H
Horne, Deputy Marshals Sheehan and
N1mmocks will be among those attending
the session.
There are but three cases on the dis
triet court calendar. Twenty parties are
bound over to the grand jury to be con-
sidered for Indictment. There are sew
eral timber trespass cases, and a num-
Der of cases of selling liquor to Indians
In the circuit court there are several i'm
portant cases.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
SOpHs AND FRESHIES
FIRST CANE RUSH RESULTS IN
DRAW.

The regular annual cane rush and
rough house took place at the state
university yesterday Some blood was
spilled and number of suits of clothes
ruined, but the question of supremacy
between the freshman and sopohomore
classes remains unsettled.
The fun started about O'Clock. At
that time a number of upper classmen-
having dropped a quet hint to several of
the sophs' and ''freshies' to the effect
that something was going to happen ;;
rushed out to the campus bearing a
heaVy piece of metal pipe and in an in
slant the field was swarming with strug-
Cling students
The first down" resulted in victory
Tor the freshmen. When the crowd ''pfIed
OIL 1t was found that twenty-one half
S1noIhered members of that class had a
hand on the cane, while the hands of onlv
fourteen sophomores were in evidence.
after the second down the count showed
the hands of twenty-ene sophomores and
thirteen freshmen. The final rush will
occur later. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-21
ODELL GETS SIXTY DAYS
STABBED FRED GoRDY WITH A
KNIFE ON SUNDAY.

William odefl appeared in police court
yesterday charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon. The complaining wit
ness was Fred Gordy and Odell pleaded
not guilty. Attorney Johnson appeared
for the defendant, and after consuming
two hours in general testimony he
changed his clients plea of not guilty
to the charge of assault with a danger
Gus weapon to plea of guilty to assault
and battery.
Several parties were mixed up in fight
which occurred Sunday evening and all
were more or less intoxicated. It de-
veloped that Gordy had struck Odell with
his fist before the latter used the knife
on him. In consideration of this the
court allowed the change of the plea and
gave Odell sixty days at the workhouse