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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
GAS LIGHT DISTRICT
LEFT IN TOTAL
DARKNESS
Welsbaeh Company Goes to
Work Prompt New. Years
Eyeand Removes1ts Burn
ers From $500 Lamps-Its
Agents Express Sorrow.

Promptly at IL o'clock Wednesday
night every gas post in the city was
deprived of it's lantern and the light
extinguished. The Welsbach company,
to which the lamps belong, did not
propose that the city should benefit at
its expense one minute after the
scheduled expiration of the contract
and accordingly removed it's property.
When the lamps went out, fog,
blanket like in it's intensity, was in
evidence and great was the inconven-
fence in consequence. Belated pedeS-
trians lost in their bearings, wander
ed around aimlessly searching for a
familiar landmark, while convivial
spirits, staggering under the last de-
bauch of the year, gave up in disgust
and sought nearby lodging house.
How things looked at 1 o'clock was
not marker to an hour or two later,
over the hill district and the fog rem
dered everything blank. Travelling
then was impossible.
The Welsbach agents excuse the re-
moVal by saying that they did it in
order to give the new contractors the
Cleveland Vapor Lighting company, a
chance to install its lamps. In addi-
ton they say that their contract ex-
pired at midnight and while they are
was a matter of business and had to be
carried out according to business
methods.
Work Was Done in a Hurry.
In their hurry to remove the lamps,
the tops were simply lifted off and laid
in the snow, wagons following this
morning and carrying them off to the
company's warehouse. At 6 o'clock
this morning not a gas lamp in ST.
Paul carried lantern. All had been
removed. The number of men neces-
sary to do the job can be imagined
when it is known that there are about
$500 gas lamps scattered over the city
and they illuminate a territory several
miles in extent.
The Cleveland Vapor Lighting COM
pany, the new contractors, spent all
day yesterday in re-equipping the posts
and by nightfall had nearly 500 in
position. Fully 100 men were en-
ployed and six big teams were engaged
in distributing the lamps. Some sec
tons of the city We're in darkness last
night and will continue for several
days, but Charles Patterson, the man
ager, says the job will be complete
by next Tuesday .-..s.,.sz.-s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
SKATERS REVEL IN
The SPORT AT
LAKE COMO
Fully Six Thousand People
Flock to That Resort
Where They Find the Ice
in Prime Condition for
Skating - Many Tobog-
gamers Abroad.

The new year opened auspiciously
yesterday, and to none more so than
the thousands of open-air advocates,
who found a day of pleasure on the ice
at Como or reveled in the delights of
'bobbing'' and tobogganing.
AT Lake Como the ice and shores were
fairly black with skaters and specta-
tors. From 10 o'clock in the morning
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon car
after car unloaded it's human contents
at the park gates, and when the day
had closed it was estimated by the
company that fully 5000 people had
patronized the lines connecting with
the park.
The day was ideal, and the surface
of the lake in the best condition for
skating it has been for years. All day
Tuesday and Wednesday Supt. NusS-
banner and force of men labored to
remove the covering of snow, and their
efforts were duly appreciated by the
thousands of skaters who enjoyed the
sport yesterday. Additional warming
sheds were provided, but they were
inadequate to the demands upon them.
While the private Kinks in the CEN
trail part of the city were fairly well
patronized, they suffered to an extent
because of the good skating elsewhere.
The river also afforded some good
Js
lions decidedly rough, but they had no
terrors for the small boy or the ven
turesome youth.
Tobogganers Were Numerous.
Every grade furnished an excuse for
tobogganing. and though the police
discouraged the sport on Travelled
streets, the West side was alive with
tobogganing parties. In the hill dis
trict the sport was also excellent.
"Bobbing" parties were numerous
and livery stable proprietors are au-
thority for reinstatement that there
were more sleighsf out yesterday than
since the winter season opened. Hard
,ly a sleigh was to sbe secured after the
moon hour, nearly everything with run
ners having been hired.
A feature of the crowds at Como
yesterday was thez1arge representation
from Minneapolis The Mill. City is
credited with some excellent skating
ipIaces, but Como offered sport that
none of the resorts in that city could
laOual
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
SAVED HER FROM
DEATH BY FIRE
A. Y. Dale Heroically Rescues
Mrs. c. J. Lewis From
Burning Dwelling.

After saving one woman from a pos
sible death from suffocation at a fire
at 14-16 Summit avenue yesterday
noon, Arthur V. Dale, a roomer in the
house, was carried out by a friend,
Gustave Schroer.
The fire took place shortly after
noon yesterday. The tenants were OBJ
1ivious of any danger, when a pedes-
trian walking along Summit avenue
discovered the fire and gave the alarm.
The blaze, which is supposed to have
caught from a defective f1ue in the at
tic, was then leaping out from the
cornice on one side of the house, and
had eaten its way into some Of the
third story rooms. Immediately upon
the alarm there was a panic, and grab
bling what they could in their arms
some of the roomers made their es-
cape. Mr.. Dale and Mr.. Schroer went
to the attic to investigate but found
the flames in full possession. They re-
treated to the street.
A cry went up that someone was still
in the house, and Dale dashed back
into the house. In the hall he found
Mrs. G. j. Lewis, by whom one side of
the house is rented, nearly overcome
with smoke. He half led, half carried
her from the house to a neighbours.
Returning he again went into the
house to search for others. While
walking around in the dining room he
was overcome with smoke and was
carried out by Gustave Schroer and a
fireman.
The fire destroyed the roof of the
house and part of the attic rooms. The
remainder of both apartments was
deluged with water. The greatest
damage was that done to the carpets,
most of which were ruined by the fire
and water. Miss Pfaff and Mr.. F.
Haeffner were the heaviest losers
among the roomers. They lost large
part of their possessions.
; The dwelling, a double house, is own
ed by Joy Bros, and rented to Mrs.
Louise Denny and G.. J. Lewis The
loss to the house is estimated at ST.
900; the damage to contents at $1,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

thing that choked her she was carried
out on the porch and pounded on the
back without avail. She remained in
an unconscious state until the parents
became frightened, and, fearing that
she was dying, sent for a priest. DIR.
Meade was then called and advised
them to have her taken at once to the
hospital and the police ambulance was
called. She did not regain conscious
ness on the way to the hospital, nor
during the early hours of the night.
DR.. Moore, the ambulance surgeon.
and the physicians at the hospital pro-
nounced the symptoms those of NOR
phine poisoning. Mrs. Raney yester-
day said that there was no poison of
any kind about the house, and no bot
ties of medicine left where the children
could get them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
BOBSLEDS COLLIDE
AND COASTERS SPILLED
Member of Prince of PiIsen Company
Suffers a Broken Arm.

The members of the Prince of Pill
sen" company, now filling an engage
ment at the Metropolitan, while enjoy
ing a bobsled ride at 2 o'clock yester-
day morning came in contact with an
other bobsled and were overturned, the
merrymakers being piled in a heap
Lod Sutherland was the only one seri-
ously injured, his right arm being
broken by the fall. Sutherland was
cared for by a physician at once, and
was able to appear in the cast last
night
The bobsled ride followed an infor-
NAL party rendered the members of the
company by the Misses Beth and Jea-
nette Patterson, two of the chorus
girls, who lived with their parents, al
369 West Fifth street, until they joined
the company, four weeks ago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

To connect with It, take morning trains
from Twin Cities over North Western, M.
& st. /. or c. G. w. railroads. Only So
Through cars for Santa Barbara and San
Francisco.
Southern Route-through land of per-
petual sunshine. s.+s
Tickets and berths at Rock Island ticket
offices, Sixth and Robert streets, st. Paul
and 322 Ntcollet avenue, Minneapolis.
T. p. Rutherford. G. P. A., st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
Ladies' Matinee at the Star.

The seventh ladies' matinee of the
season will be given at the Star the
alter today. The attendance at the pre-
vious matinees and the increase notice
able during the last matinee have as
sured Manager Singer that, with the
smoking eliminated and with such a
performance as the Bowery Bur
lesquers as the attraction, the ladies'
matinee has come to stay. At Hop
kins' theater, Chicago, where all the
combinations play, the ladies are great
ly in evidence, and it will be only a
question of a few weeks when the same
will be noticeable at the Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS
OF SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL
cecile Raney, Taken to City Hospital,
Shows Symptoms of Poisoning.

Cecile Raney, the six-year-old
daughter of Patrick Raney, who lives
at 494 East Sixth street, was removed
to the city hospital yesterday afternoon
in the police ambulance suffering ap-
parently from poison.
About noon yesterday, while she was
playing with the other children about
the house, she was: taken suddenly sick
and became unconscious. Thinking
that the child had swallowed some-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
VITAL STATISTICS.

~.~@~-~-~-~~@-~~-~-~-~~~~-
John Steinman, City and County hospital.
35 years. Dec. u.
Miss Clara s. Russell. 656 Cherry street,
Al years, Dec. 20.
William Peterson, 165 Eva street,
Ellen Cunningham, 1e1 Lafond. IS years.
Dec. 20.
Charles NJ Cass. 12s1k E. Congress. 81
years, Dec. 20.
Leon Emerson, S42 E. 9Th street, 8
months, Dec. 80.
William Meyer, Winona, Mimi, IS years,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
M. GROVER MADE
GENERAL COUNSEL
Former General Solicitor of
Great Northern Receives
a Promotion.

A circular issued by President J. J..
Hill, of the Great Northern, announces
that the Office of general counsel has
been created, to become effective Jan.
1, and that M. D. Grover, formerly gen.
eral solicitor, has been appointed to
the position.
Another circular announces the ap-
pointment of r. A. Wilkinson, formerly
right of way and tax commissioner,
to the Office of general solicitor to sue
coed Mr. Grover. AS result of these
promotions Charles Hayden, formerly
assistant right of way and tax COM
missioner, will succeed r. A. Wilkin-
son.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
rrains COLLIDE il a Zoo.

The heavy fog was responsible for a
slight collision in the Third street
yards at o'clock yesterday morning.
An Omaha passenger train, which was
backing into the station, stopped in
the yard. A Great Northern train,
looming in, pulled up slowly on the
same track and came upon the Omaha
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
california rourfst Car servVc.

OStIEIVIEdHSA WI StAT NIVSs
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.-TWO cars)
from st. Paul and Minneapolis. Southern
or Scenic Route, whichever you prefer.
Full information at Rock Island ticket
offices, Sixth and Robert streets, st.
Paul, and 322 Nicollet avenue. Minneapo-
lis. F. p. Rutherford. c. P. A.. st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

~~s~.~-~~~~~4~4~0~-~O-4~~~U~
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE saw
ings bank have declared a semi-annual
dividend at the rate of per cent per
annum for the period ending Jan. I.
Depositors entitled to interest will
please present their books for entry aft
err Jan. goth. The new interest period
begins Jan. 1. ALL DEPOSITS MADE
on OR BEFORE JAN. 8 WILL BE
ENTITLED TO MOS. INTEREST
Treasurer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

before it had time to stop. Brakes
were applied, but the trains came to-
gether with JAR The fronts of both
locomotives were smashed, and the
platform of an Omaha baggage car
stove in. Otherwise there was no dam
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
sunshine Route to California.

Through Pullman Tourist sleepers to
M. & st. p. and Santa Fe Lines), every
Tuesday, commencing October 14th. Berth
rate Sc. -sI
Ticket Office, 1855 Robert street. or adj
Paul. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
no New YorI. or PhiIadelnhia

Track. Stone Ballasted. Magnificent
Trains. Dining cars a la carte.
Stop-over allowed at Niagara Falls on
all through tickets to New York and Phil
adelphia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
FARMERS FIX DATES
FOR INSTITUTES
Schedules for Those of Minnesota and
North Dakota Announced.

The schedule for Minnesota Farmers
institutes for January is as follows:
One-Day Meetings Corps
A w TroW fn Charge-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
DIED.


COURTNEY-In st. Paul, at family resi-
dence, 1913 Edmund street, Thursday,
Jan. 1, at a. M, Sylvester Courtney,
aged eighteen years. Funeral from resi-
dence $3.50 a. M, Saturday, Jan. g. Ser
vices at st. Luke'S church at o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

Deposits received on or before Jan. 5
will receive three months interest on April
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
RAlLROAD NOTICES.
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.

Golden State Limited.
Newest OF California trains-and the
finest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

We call attention of notice of State
Savings bank under Announcements. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
What Caused the Trouble.

There were on the criminal calendar
80 cases brought over from the year
1901, 48 of these consisted of cases
against minors who had been placed in
the charge of the probation officer un-
der the law of 1899, was continued for
action by the grand jury, 8 continued
to await decisions of the supr eme court,
IL consisted of some trifling difficulties
between neighbours, or relations, con-
tfnued for the purpose of preserving
quiet in the neighborhoods in which
they lived, or in. their families, and II
were cases continued from the last few
days of December 1901, to the early
days of January, 1902, to allow time to
prepare for trial.
There have been continued from the
year 1902 into the year 1903, SO GRIM
inal cases, of which 43 cases are against
minors who have been placed in charge
of the probation officer under the law
of 1899. The balance As cases, have
been continued as follows: Four cases
to await the action of the grand jury, Z
cases to await action of the supreme
court, II cases to preserve quiet in va
rious neighborhoods, cases to allow
defendants to provide for their fam
lilies, 1 case to await arrest of other
parties, and IL cases from the last days
of December, 1902, to prepare for trial
in January, 1903.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
Minnesota Educators

Make Manufacturers your headquar-
ters-you are welcome buy or not,
Arrange to meet friends here. You
will find a comfortable waiting room
+. on the third floor provided with
every convenience. All Interurban
and Union Depot cars start from
and stop at our Robert street en-
trance. Parcels Checked Free.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
This Seasons Florida Service Via Penn.
syIvania Lines

Will leave Chicago Union Station $40 o.
M, running via Louisville, Lexington, At
lanta and Macon to Jacksonville and st.
Augustine, commencing Jan. 9Th, 1903. Get
posted by consulting H. r. Dering, A. G.
p. Agt., 248 South Clark St., Chicago, by
telegram or letter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

Deposit your savings with the Security
Trust Company. New York Life B1dg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
JUDGES HAD MORE
WORK IN 1902
Prisoners and Litigants Null
tiply in Municipal
Court.

The annual report of the municipal
court, made to the mayor Wednesday,
shows an increase in both the criminal
and civil divisions over the year Of
1901. During the year just closed pris-
oners were committed to the work.
house for an aggregate of 81 $50 days.
Had one man served the sentences of
all the prisoners sent to the Como in
StltutiOn he would have to remain
there hfty-nine years and five months.
This is in addition to the fines collect
ed, which for the year amounted to
$2O,861.75, an increase of $705.75 over
1901. The reports of the superintend-
ent of the workhouse show the vale
of the work of the prisoners in that in
stitution is 70 cents per day, and the
labor performed by them during the
year aggregated in value $17,066.40.
The commitments to the workhouse for
1901 aggregated 22,850, or $40 more
than during the past year, but the cash
receipts were less.
The report calls attention to the
gratifying increase shown in the civil
branch of the court for 1902. During
the year 1901 there were filed 712 civil
cases, and during 1902 the number was
increased to 1877, an increase of almost
1 per cent. The receipts from civil fees
during the past year were 81, 246.50, an
increase of Ii per cent over the preced-
ing year.
Total Business Increases.
Comparing the total business of the
court, in both civil and criminal
branches, for the past year with that Of
the preceding year an appreciable in
crease is shown for 1902, as is shown
by the following tabulation:
1901. 1902.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
THE ANDREW SCHNH GROGERl CD

TINE BIG STORE
Broadway & seFenths St. Paul
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-12-23
PlCKlNGS FROM FICTION.

Most Of III look best ut Il little dis
lance from one another.-"Paul KEEL
YER"
1t is only in higher circles that won.
en- can lose their husbands and yet re-
main bewitching.-"The Gray Wig"
No man who is not an egotist or
worse is eve sure of Il woman's love
till she has told it with her own lips
His Daughter First"
When in doubt go to church, for
there's nothing that lets Il man think
better than a long prayer and a slow
sermon.-"Adam Rush."
There are sixteen ounces TO the
pound still. but two of them are wrap
ping paper in Il good many stores
Letters of a Self Made Merchant"
I used TO think that marriage made
men old. sour and suspicious. | find
| VAS mistaken. 1t is not the wife; ii
is the money market.-'L.ove and the
Soul Hunters"
l b'lieve in havin' Il good time when
you start out TO have il. If you git
Knocked out of one plan you want to
cit yourself another right quick, be-
fore your sperrits has a chance to fall.
-"LOvey Mary"
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The yanlt of st. Michan,n.

The most interesting place of Pilgrim
age in Dublin Is ST. Michan's church,
where the organ is still TO be seen upon
which Handel is said TO have composed
his Messiah" In the graveyard is the
last resting place of Robert Emmett,
and the vault of st. Michan's provides
a more grcwSomc thrill than the
morgue, The sexton lifts an iron door
and deScendS Il few rude steps, carry
ing Il light, without which the place
would be pitch dark. You follow and
find yourself in Il narrow passage, from
which ccll-likc recesSes belonging to
different families branch off. Whether
II is owing 10 tue extreme dryneSs of
the surroundings or To some mysterious
property of the place, the process of de
cay has been arrested. and the features
of persons dead for two centuries may
be recognized from authentic portraits.
Perhaps the strangest thing about the
vault is the fact that, apart from the
weird sensation, there is nothing often
sive in the surromdings.-London Tat
Ter.
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THE SOUiHNE,T LINIrtp, CHICA.
GO To KANSAS CITY
Via the NJ Paul Road.

The Southwest Limited VIA the
n y Short Liue Of the Chicago, Mil
Yankee IL 81 Paul railway, Chicsgo
to kansas City, has taken its place
vfh III, Pioreer Limi'ed, Chicago Ia
st. Paul and Minneapolis, and The
Overland l. mi'ed. Chlrn % IT, Oma
h,aud ~ou Frsoc,sc am NJ the +.
Gus train e America.
These trains FIR an excellence
s vice and equipment not obtainabl-
l~sewhere. There are many reasons
r ths. ore of whirh is III. fact tina,
his railway owns and up rates its
81 r'ng i iec library. parlor aud
other cars, thereby securing an excel
lence of service not oblainahle else
where. Ifv are g"i"g w ~ it IS
worth while to write for descript We
folder.
John r Pott, District Passenger
Agent, Rim d, Park Bulldin g
Pittsburg, Pa. n30
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which WAS Ifin Misea

A certain Turk, according TO rumor,
white in the presence o. the sultan. AS
soon as the ceremony was concluded
the bride mysterlousiy disappeared.
The groom was led iuto I'M adjoining
room, where stood twelve ladies all
dressed in white, but without wells.
Choose from the twelve" exclaimed
the sovereign, 'her that is your bride"
AS the man had never seen her face the
command bewildered him, III you
make n mistake" added his majesty,
your life shall pay the forfeit" The
poor man walked up and down the row
Of beauties, but saw nothing whatever
TO aid his choice, You have only n
minute left" yelled the sultan in anger;
Choose ut once" Ten of the ladies', he
noticed, gave him nothing else than Il
stony stare. One of them frowned, the
other smiled. THE frowning one he
thought, us my bride, for she express
es her d%lspleasure and impatience at
my ignorance. No. he said to him
self, lit must be the smiling one, for
she desires to invite me to her" After
debating the subject in his mind until
his time was up he boldly made a Sc
lection from the two, He was success
full. He had regained his bride. Which
was she, the one who frowned or the
one who smiled?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-12-23
How Climate Has Changed.

In Switzerland Il mean temperature
equal to that of north Africa ut the
present time is shown by its fossil
flora TO have prevailed during the mio-
ene or middle tertiary epoch. An
thropoid apes lived in Germany and
France; fix and cinnamon trees -four
ished ut Dantzic; in Greenland, up to
40 degrees of latitude. m~agnolias
bloomed and vines ripened their fruit,
while in Spitzbergen and ven in Grin
nell Land. within little more than =
degrees of the pole, swamp Expresses
and walnuts. cedars, lines, planes and
poplars grew freely, water lilies GOV.
cred over standing pools and irises
lifted their tall heads by the margins
of streams and Unconstitutional Re-
view.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-12-23

Of Il noXious animal-foX. wolf or eagle.
\ roast pheasant is usually sent up
with the tail feathers. This practice is
a memorial of the days when Il pea
cock was skinned before roasting and
when cooked was sewed into its plum
age again, its beak gilded and so served.
Tossing the pancake is another inter-
esting food superstition. Formerly the
master of the house was always called
upon TO toss the Shrove Tuesday pan
cake. Usually he did it so clumsily
that the contents of the pan found their
way to the floor. when Il fine was de-
manded by the cook. The custom is
still kept up at Westminster school.
where a pancake is tossed over the bar
and scrambled for. The one who Sc
cures it is rewarded with Il guinea.
The origin of the cross on hot cross
buns is a matter of dispute. There is
little doubt that cakes partly divided
into four quarters were made long be-
fore the Christian era. At one time it
was believed that bread baked on Good
Friday would never grow moldy. and
Il piece Of it grated was kept in every
house, being supposed TO be n over
cign remedy for almost any kind Of
ailment to which man is subject.
IN many parts Of England it is con-
sidered unlucky to offer a mince pie to
a guest. 1t must be asked for.-Boston
Journal.