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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
LESS NOISE ON ALTON ROAD.
Strict Orders Are Issued as to Ham
ding of SIeepers at Night.


CHICAGO, Jan. 16-Silent switching
and noiseless operation Of trains is to
be made feature of the Chicago &c Al
ton road.
Recently a sleeping car had been
sidetracked to be connected with another
train. The car was run on a track that
had connection with an automatic cross
ing signal. The bell of the signal was
started as the sleeper was stopped oppo-
site 1t, and rang so long and loudly that
all the occupants Of the car were arous-
ed.
Among these was an officer Of the road
He became so indignant at the careless
ness of the trainmen in statloning the
car opposite the signal, that he. secured
an AK and promptly chopped the signal
bell to pieces this being the only means
Of stopping the noise.
AS soon as he returned to his Chicago
office the official issued circular, the
substance of which follows:
We are in receipt of many complaints
from our patrons of the rough handling
of sleeping cars while in transit over our
lines, aud at junction points where such
cars are switched.
The reputation of the Chicago & Al
ton railway as passenger line greatly
depends upon the careful handling of
its passenger equipment, and to that end
all JFdluLHSn ana yard employees must see
that all unnecessary switching Of such
equipment be avoided; that locomotives
must not stand in the immediate vicin-
ity of occupied sleeping cars, which may
be In our yards during the night, and
that no loud talking or unnecessary blow
Ing Of whistles, ringing of bells, ETC.,
must be permitted in the switching Of
passenger trains. Enginemen on engines
being passed by passenger trains must
not sound loud whistles while alongside
Of sleeping-cars, and should not use
whistles alongside Of passenger trains
except in cases of emergency.
This matter has become so serious that
Immediate and effective action must be
taken to prevent further annoyance to
passengers and the destruction of COM
missary equipment, and superintendent,
trainmasters, yardmasters, conductors
and all concerned must insist upon a
vast Improvement in the direction indi-
Gated. and that the employees at fault
are promptly and properly disciplined.
The management of the Alton has also
decided to equip all passenger trains
with medicine cases for the use Of ply
sicians. Emergency packages for use
In yards and on freight trains will also
be provided.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
LATE LOCAL NEWS.

John Joyce Jr., long a prominent farm
er of Mower county, has purchased 100
acres of land at Bald Eagle lake, and In
the spring will proceed to erect thereon
a fine home and buildings suitable for
stock raising purposes.
The committee on streets of the board
of aldermen yesterday voted to revoke
the vault cleaning license of George w.
Sinks.
The board of public works will short
~ open bids for the grading of Hatch
street, from Mackubin to Western Fhe
cost is estimated at 1865.
Maj. Lambert leaves for Washington
today to attend the annual gathering of
the delegates to the Interstate National
Guard association. He carries with him
letters from Mayor Smith and the sew
eTal commercial organizations inviting
the convention TO hold it's next meeting
in st. Paul. The convention will not be
very large in numbers, but it will be rep
resentative in character, Maj. Lambert
says.
Health Inspector Palmquist yesterday
arrested F. w. Groth, engineer for the
Northwestern Telephone company, on
charge of violating the smoke ordinance
He will be tried next Wednesday.
An open meeting of the water board
and the street car officials will be held
Monday to discuss means and ways for
the discontinuance of the present bother
some electrolysis
The daily average consumption OF
water in st. Paul last year was S,O2s,-
4S5 gallons. From the sale of this water
the board netted a clear revenue of near
ly $1,000. The board last year decreased
it's bonded debt $4,000 and Increased its
sinking fund nearly $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
UNITED STATES
Fuel Oil Co.
144-146 Endicott Bldg,
ST. PAUL, MINI.
THE KING WAS LAME
Continued From First Page.

ment had to deal with an emergency,
and that it had followed the universal
practice of all countries. He said also
that the government of the Cape Colony
should ask parliament to indemnify their
acts.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt asked:
when will that be done?"
MIR. Chamberlain retorted: when is
the war going to end?"
John Redmond chairman OF the Irish
parliamentary party: by the next gen.
eraI election"
The Irish members held their usual ses-
sional meeting today and decided to move
amendments to the address in reply to
the speech from the throne condemning
coercion, the South African war, the con-
centration camps In South Africa and the
financial relations between Ireland and
Great Britain.
Several amendments to the address
were finally adopted. These included a
petition for the revision, Of the Irish
land and taxation laws, protests against
the enforcement of the crimes act, and
the operation Of certain courts and
against the concentration camps in
South Africa. Another amendment con-
tanned an appeal for the relief of the
congested districts and the better hous
ing of the working classes in Ireland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
He TRIED TO ESCAPE
JOHN RYAN MAKES AN ATTEMPT
TO FREAK OUT OF
JAIL
PREVENTED BY wATcHMAN
He Is a Young Man, but the Author
titles Claim He Is
an Old Of
fender.

y John Ryan, a prisoner at the county
Jail, held under a charge of grand lar
ceny, attempted to escape late Wednes
day night and almost succeeded in his
effort.
Ryan had been confined in a cell in the
insane ward, where the new prisoners
had been put after the other part of the
Jail was quarantined. Wednesday night
he wrenched off the iron leg of his bunk,
broke the iron bucket and used a por-
ton of it for a chisel. With the iron
plate and the rod he stripped the cover
ing from the lock on his cell door.
He slipped the bolt back and started
for the elevator. Charles Budd, deputy
coroner. who was night Waterman, found
him near the entrance to the elevator
door crcuching down in the dark. Ryan
was put back into another cell.
He is a young man, and is said to have
served some time at the reform school
at Pontiac, Ill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17

machine. The board of county commits
sioners appropriated 500 to go to the town
that would devote 5000 to using the
crusher. The result was that several
miles of good road had been made
through this arrangement. This year the
conditions had been changed by the
commissioners. and instead of giving
500, as was done last year, they gave
$13 a day to the town that would use
the crusher. This amount Of money
is what 1t costs to run the machine
ten hours, leaving the town only to haul
the stone to and from the crusher.
He expressed himself as well pleased
with the convention, and said he and
his fellow commissioners, who were
also present at the convention, were
going to return to their homes and call
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS
Continued From First Page.
has done on the roads in Hennepir
county.

has done on the roads Id Hennepin
county.
Cost Of Bad Roads.
George H. Schellenberger read a paper
upon 1.-THE Cost of Bad Roads, He
said that there were over 100000 miles
Of road in this country, but Of this
scarcely 1 per cent could be said to
be in good condition. The expense Of
keeping these poor roads in passable
shape, together with the added cost Of
hauling over such roads, would make
sum much in excess of what it would
cost to put them in first-class condition.
He estimated that the poor roads cost
the farmers of Minnesota about SIS, SAC, 900
per year.
George w. Cooley, of Minneapolis,
read a paper upon Gravel Roads," in
which he referred to his own experience.
He favors the building of gravel roads,
saying that they are cheapest and most
successful in the end. He compared the
average cost Of transportation per ton
per mile on mud, macadam and gravel.
The cost of using the mud roads was
about three times that Of either Of the
other kinds
tGood Roads and City Pavements"
was the subject of a paper read by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17

a county good roads convention. They
proposed to keep the ball rolling until
Olmsted would lead all the counties in
the state in having the best roads to be
found. His remarks were seconded by
L. P. Case, also a member Of the board
Of county commissioners Of Olmsted
county.
George L. Wilson, assistant city en-
gineer Of St. Paul, also spoke on Road
Building in Other States" He reviewed
the systems employed in various parts
of the country, and dealt mostly with
the costs of roads in various parts Of
the country. He took UP the system en-
ployed in Massachusetts,, which he con-
sidered to be better than any In use
in the country He said that road build
ing in Massachusetts was under the d.
rection of a state highway commission
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
BIDS FOR CEMENT WALKS
FIELDING & SHEPLEY AND L. G.
WASHINGTON HOT COMPETITORS.

Eids for the construction of cement
walks, as ordered during the year, were
opened by the board of public works
yesterday afternoon. but were so close
as to figures that the members decided
to withhold their decision until full In
vestigation could be made.
Three firms, Fielding & Shepley,~L.. G.
Washington and U. B. Curtis, contested
foc the work, but the latter practically
ruled himself out by the prices he de-
manded. For cement block walks the
two first named parties each asked S1s
cents per square yard, the same price be-
ing asked for the walk surfaced IN
stone. For hubble masonry SO was de-
manded by Fielding & Shepley, and $2.75
by Washington.
On other items, such as relaying walks,
resetting curbs, the same similarity In
figures was shown, but on the whole L..
G. Washington had the best of the ar
gIment and will probably be awarded
the contract. His prices on lumber, iron
9nd other material entering into the con-
stTuction of walks were lower than that
of Fielding & Snepley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY.
Freshmen and SOphOmOres at Uni
verSity Have Trouble.


The freshmen and sophomore engineers
at the university are apparently In
peck of trouble among themselves, and
are endeavoring to see which one of their
banners shall be foated from the large
5O0-foot chimney Of the new electrical
building.
to the top of the chimney by means OF
The ladder inside and foated their banner
Eng. o." The sophomores attempted to
go up and pull it down, but found their
course blocked by freshmen on the IN
side of the chimney. They Immediately
built Smudge OF tar paper and refuse
and smoked the "freshies'' out, then one
of their number mounted the chimney
and cut the banner loose.
This morning the sOphOmores had their
banner floating from the chimney, and
about ten feet below the top. An In
genious freshman lowered a torch, sat-
Urated the banner with kerosene and
burned it up. Then the freshmen again
climbed to the top, and this time they
succeeded in floating their banner by
means of a chain thirty feet below the
top of the chimney, and at the present
writing the banner still waves. The
SophomOres all say that the banner Shall
suffer the same fate as its predecessors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
Cause Of trouble Removed.

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Presiaents and ex.
ecutive officials of Western roads, who
have been in session Ia Chicago for the
rate situation, adjournedA today until
uutil Feb. II, without having accomplish
ed anything tangible. TheS cause of the
trouble was removed however. by tho
withdrawal of the notice given short
time ago by the Rio Grande roads that
they meant to act independently of the
Western traffic agreement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
MAY WAIVE THE RULE.
school Children Only Asked to Con-

school Children Only Asked to Con-
tribute once Annually.
There has been ridig rule in the
schools of Minneapolis for a number Of
years that the school children shall not
be called on for contributions for any
fund more than once year. This con-
tribution in the past has been for the
piano fund.
The proposition to take up a collection
for the Mckinley monument fund on
Jan. 90 can only be done by consent of
the board, and as the next meeting OF
the board is not until the same date
as the collection is to be taken it may
be necessary to call a special meeting In
order that the rule be waived.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
ADDRESSED BY VAN SAINT.
Present at Installation of RIinneha-
ma Camp officers.

Minnehaha Camp No. GA, Modern
Woodmen of America, held its annual in
stallation of officers last evening at
Bowlby hall. Gov. Van SAINT was present
and made a brief address congra tulating
the members on the prosperity of their
camp. and on the bright prospects it had
of moving into it's new hall in the near
future. The camp has purchased large
lot, Nos 160-162 West Ninth street at a
cost of $1,000, and w. r. Wilson is now
drawing the plans for the hail. Work will
be commenced early in the spring.
There has already been subscribed to-
ward the building $500, third of
which has been paid in 1t is ex.
pected that the building will be ready
for occupancy by Sept l. Besides Gov.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
BARRIERS, Bali a Success.

The local BARRIERS union gave it's
fourth annual ball last night at Lift s
hall, Grand opera block. Over 100 couples
were present, and the function was pro-
nounced the most successful in the his
tory of the organization. The committee
in charge of the arrangements, to which
is due much of the credit for the success
of the entertainment included Messrs. w.
Fredette, Al Farrand, O. H. Hill, Fred
Schwabel, Joseph NJ Fleck, Joseph VoII-
ker and John GeSkie.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
SURVEYORS MEET TODAY
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING CON-
VENES AT WINDSOR HOTEL.

The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Surveyors and Engineers society will be
called to order at 10 o'clock this morning
at the Windsor hotel. The morning will
be taken up in the reading of papers and
annual reports and during the afternoon
session Mayor Smith will welcome the
society to the city.
Saturday morning the officers for the
year will be elected and during the aft
ernoon the delegates will visit the new
capitol on trip of inspection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
CITY HOSPITAL INVENTORY.
Two Experts Are Checking Up the
Stock on Hand.

The work Of taking an inventory OF
all the drugs, medicines and hospital sup
plies in the city hospital began yesterday
afternoon. In accordance with the in
structton of the board of Charities and
Corrections an expert accountant and an
expert druggist are making the inven-
tory.
Deputy Public Examiner Eckman is
looking over the bills for drugs and the
hospital books, and William Marchbank,
a local druggist, is calling off the names
and quantities of the drugs he finds in
stock. The two expect to make a COM
plete inventory within three or four days.
After the report Of the experts is sub
mitted, it will then be the duty of the
city hospital committee-Commissio
Woodard and Rinehart-to ascertain
whether the city physician has been pay
ing too much for drugs and medicines.
In the meantime City Physician Mel
son is not worrying. He is confident that
the experts will find all the goods
bought still in stock. except those the
patients have been obliged to consume.
As for the bills for drugs. DR.. Nelson
says he did the very best he could.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
HAD LARGE INCREASE.

Future Wheat Trading in Mime
apoIis Increases 30 Per Cent.
A special report of future wheat trad
Ing on the floor of Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce has been made, and while
the report is compiled only for use of
officers Of the exchange, and is private,
sun It mas been given out that the IN
over 1900 has been 80 per cent.
This increase is somewhat phenomenal
and, while it is not possible to make a
comparison between this market and Chi
cago, still the members of the Minne-
apoliS chamber are strongly of the opin-
ion that the time is not far distant when
this city will be the leading wheat mar
and futures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17

George w. Sublette, city engineer of
Minneapolis. He said the farmers should
make an effort to improve their roads
under the existing circumstances, and
then when they had done the best they
can, the legislature will be ready to help
them by giving them more liberal
grants.
William R. Hoag, of Minneapolis, spoke
of the Press and its Relation to the
Good Roads Cause" His remarks were
thoroughly seconded by H P. Hall, who
urged the delegates present to do all
they are able in stirring up more enthu-
siasm for the good roads cause. He
said each one should go home ready to
stimulate his neighbor and to stimulate
the member Of legislature from his dis
trict so that the needed legislation
might be rapidly brought about.
Good Work in OImsted County.
Robert Hall, Of Rochester, told the
convention what had been done to inn
prove the roads in Olmsted county, and
he prided himself that great deal had
been accomplished with little effort. A
stone crusher had been purchased by
the county and a special inducement Of
fered to the town that would use the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
GOVERNMENT AUTOMOBILE.

To Be Put Into Commission Next
Monday.
The Republic Motor Vehicle company
yesterday turned out the first automobile
which will DE used by the government
for carrying mail in the city. It will be
put in commission on Monday
The weight of the vehicle is 1880 pounds
and is geared to run ten miles an hour.
The charging station on the island is in
readiness, and the other four machines
for government Use will be built as quick
ly as possible. The automobiles will run
forty miles with a load without re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
LEFT WIFE AND CHILD.
Henry Burgess Is Arrested and
Charged With DesertiOn.

Henry Burgess was arrested Wednes-
day night by Detectives Morrisey and
StavIo, charged with deserving his wife
and sky ear-old child in Chicago, and
clipping with a woman who gave her
name as Clara Eklund, and was living at
1920 Franklin avenue, this city.
Burgess is an eX-member Of the Chi
cago police force, and the desertion of
his family is said to have taken place
after divorce proceedings had been in
stituted by the wife, and she had been
awarded temporary alimony.
Mrs. Burgess was left penniless, and
when she learned that her husband was
in Minneapolis she came here, and win
bring proceedings against him in Henne-
pin county courts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
STREET CARS STOPPED.

Broken Feed Wire Delays Traffic
About an Hour.
The interurban and First avenue street
car lines were tied up last night at s
oclock by the breaking of a feed wire
on Washington avenue and Ninth
avenues south.
The stoppage of traffic continued for
nearly an hour and affected to some
extent nearly every line in the city.
Owing to the fact that the break oc-
Cured at time when people were re-
turning from work, great inconvenience
was occasioned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
LIST is FULL.

Seventy-Five NewsbOys Take Ad-
vantage of f. FL. Peavey Offer.
Seventy-five newsboys took advantage
of the offer of the late F. H. Peavey
to deposit 81 in the Northwestern Ma
tioral bank, and in the event of their do
ed by r. H. Peavey & Co. The offer
was limited to seVenty-five newsboys,
and this number have taken advantage
of the opportunity.
If these same boys deposit So more
during the year at certain times a like
sum will be added by Peavey & Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
WILL BUILD TUNNEL.
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Plans Extensive improvements.

The Twin City Rapid Transit company
is contemplating some extensive improve
mcnts. 1t IS proposed to construt a
tunnel some fifty or sixty feet under
ground to provide a means for Carrying
the company's feed mains from heal
quarters, and in this way to avoid the
expense of surface conduits.
The reason for their doing this is on
account Of the streets in the business
section being so taken up with gas, tela-
phone, electric light conduits and water
mains, and as the street railway conduity
carry large loads, their presence in the
street would be constant menace 60
gas and water mains through electroIys;s
resulting from escaping currents, and re-
pairs would be difficult and expensive
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
MAYOR AsIEs IMPROVING.
The Southern Climate Is What He
Needed.

Tom Brown, Jr., now engaged in per-
forming the ministerial functions Of the
mayors Office during the absence of
Mayor Ames from the city, received a
letter from Capt. Hill stating that the
doctor is getting along finely and is
rapidly recuperating.
Capt. Hill and Mayor Ames were at the
time the letter was written at French
Lick, small place near West Baden,
Ind.
During the day, Capt. Hill said, they
had walked two miles and the doctor
had not shown the least sign of fatigue
and seemed in the best of spirits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
Co1ored christians in congress.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 1.-THE board OF
directors of the Negro Young Peoples
Christian congress met here today. Fifty
bishops, general secretaries and promi-
nent official representatives. representing
all denominations were present. Rec@lug
received from all sections indicated that
the attendance at the convention next
August will approximate 10000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
.ity, being but fourteen and worth $780,

The estate of the late John s. Pills
bury was probated without a will. Be-
fore his death Mr.. Pillsbury was adj
vised to make will, but said that his
property would be distributed all right
to suit him If it was left under the law.
Hence the boy who inherlts from him
receives third of the two-thirds of the
estate under the statutes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
THEIR WORK FINISHED.
Northwestern Lumbermen's AssOcia-
ton Elects Officers,

NORTHWESTERN Lumbermen's Associ;t-
ton Elects Officers.
The annual convention of the North
western Lumbermen's association closed
yesterday at noon. The principle work
of yesterdays meeting was the election
of officers, which took place in the morn
ing. The officers elected are as follows:
President, G. H. Ross, Sioux Falls, 5.
Iowa; directors for three years, o. q.
Sarles, the retiring president, Hillsboro,
N D.; c. E. Green. Eldora, Iowa, one
year: John d. Young, FairmOnt, MINI.
The association is in good shape, hav-
ing a cash balance on hand Jan. 4, 1902,
OF $1,475.74
1t was decided that at the next annual
meeting the members bring their wives
and daughters with them, and a special
invitation will be extended to interested
women next year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
bust Of schIey wanted.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 16. Delegate
Griffith (Republican) today introduced in
the house of delegates bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 to purchase and erect in the
state house a life-size bust of Rear Adj
miral w. S. Schley,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17

on account of interference with traffic
caused by tearing up the streets.
The company desires to avoid trouble
and has decided that the tunnel is the
best way out of it. 1t is understood that
the expense of the tunnel proposed win
be in the neighbcrhood of 100000. 1t will
be about a mue in length.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17

little doubt that the Burlington road win
in a very few days effect deal with the
Hartman people which will put its trains
into Los Angeles via Senator Clark's road
from Salt Lake City to the coast.