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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Millions of Feet Waiting for
Rain to Raise Streams

Lack of rains in northern Mime
sofa has had the effect OF tying up all
river driving operations. The SHOWS
of last winter were so light that their
melting had no appreciate effect on
the streams and reports from the
northern part of the state say that not
drop of rain has fallen to swell the
streams. In the absence of rains no
effort has been made to start the logs
on their journey down the streams to
the sawmills.
ID. NJ. Gum. former representative
in the legislature from Itasca county.
was in st. Paul yesterday from Grand
Rapids. He declared that the lack of
rain in his section of the state has had
the effect of preventing the start of the
log drives. Millions of feet of logs are
hung up in the small streams and in
the lakes awaiting the coming of rains
and the rising of the waters to bring
them to the larger streams where they
can be handled to good effect
The lack of rainfall at this season
of the year, according to Mr.. Gum, is
totally unprecedented. Because of the
use in later years of the railroads in
getting logs to the mills the drought
will not create such log famine as it
would have made years ago, but il is
proving a great hardship to the small
loggers who are paid for their winters
cut on its delivery to the boom COM
panieS on the Mississippi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
MORECURLINCCLUBS
Capital City Is Formed, and
Another Is Expected

The Capital City Curling club has
are prospects for a great revival of the
popular winter sport next season. The
Nushka club will continue to occupy
the field on st. Anthony hill, the Cap
itol club will have its Kinks downtown
and there are indications that there
will be a second new club. to be COM
posed of curriers' living on Dayton's
bluff. With several cups to be con-
tested for there is every prospect for a
renewal of the sport, rivaling the days
when Raspberry island was the Mecca
for half the curriers' of the northwest.
The Capital City club has purchased
a tract of land in the name of its secre-
tary, William Reese, for it's Kinks. The
lot is So feet in width by 1741s in
length and fronts on Smith avenue, ly-
ing between st. Luke's hospital and
the street car barns on Ramsey street.
1t is large enough to accommodate four
sheets of ice. with opportunity to build
club house and for wide gangways
for the curriers' to approach the Kinks.
Already the new club has fifty members
and it is expected to increase the mem
bership to 100 before the curling sea-
son opens.
The names of the officers insure the
permanency of the new curling organ
iZation. Leonard Defeil is president:
p. III. Gotham. vice president; William
Reese, secretary, and William Cam
eron. treasurer. These, with R. H.
Dunbar. Frank Mccarthy and George
Cunningham, will constitute the first
board of directors. Work will be begun
on the new club house June 1.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
PULLS A Gun ON CAR LOGS ARE HELD Up
Peter Habert, Elected From an
Interurban, HurIs Rocks at 1t

Peter Habert, a cigarmaker, living
at Dale and Blair streets, had evidently
read about the man who stopped a
street car. that attempted to pass by,
at the point of revolver and deter
mined to try the same expedient him
self.
Peter boarded an interurban car at
Ninth and WabaSha streets Sunday
night and requested the conductor.
Carl Olson, to put him off at Dale
street. His mind relieved of all re-
sponsibility Habert fell asleep, but
when awakened when the car reached
Dale street. objected strenuously and
before he could be pacified the car had
gone a block beyond his destination.
When the cigarmaker discovered that
he had been carried beyond his street
he became thoroughly incensed and.
reaching into his back pocket, pulled
forth a wicked looking gun and threat
ened to shoot the conductor
The gun was wrenched from Hal
bert's grasp and he was forcibly eject
ed from the car, but on reaching the
street he picked up a rock and threw ii
at the car. breaking a window.
Habert was charged with assault
and carrying a dangerous weapon in
police court yesterday. The charge of
carrying a concealed weapon was later
dropped and Halbert will be tried for
assault in the second degree today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
RAIN BADLY NEEDED
Weather Man Predicts 1t VIII
Fall Today

st. Paul is badly in need of a good
old fashioned drenching rain. and the
sooner the better" says Weather OBJ
server Oliver.
For over a week the rain god has
been~loafing and as a result this April
Is far behind the normal rate of pre-
cfpitatiOn accorded to the rainy month.
The normal rainfall for April is PAT
inches, and with only three days left
the deficiency for this month is 68
inches.
Yesterday Jupiter Pluvius. aroused
by the general dissatisfaction over the
continued dry weather, announced
through leaden sky and lowering
clouds that there would be rain. The
old man failed to keep his promise.
however. although early in the after
noon a slight mist that might be call
ed rain in the absence of a better
name, was in evidence for few min
uteS.
The weather man. however thinks
the rain god will hold to his promise
and last night predicted heavy show
ers for st. Paul throughout the night
and today
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
PANELS ARE WARPED
Governors Office Consequently
OverruR With Carpenters

The executive office at the state
capitol looks like a half baked potato
these days. Carpenters and workmen
are having the time of their lives try
ing to get the walnut panels in the
wall to conform to the rules and LAY
down." But the panels refuse to be
good.
A short time ago it was noticed that
these panels were showing a tendency
to curl UP on the walls. They are
around the wall in a string. Some of
them warped so badly that they almost
fell off. The appearance which they
presented was not in harmony with
the rich draperies and gold mounting,
so it was decided that they would have
to be taken off.
Amid all of this splendor the bare
gashes of plain white plaster emit a
horrible grin. row OF these white
Sashes relieves the monotony of the
gold mounting. 1t is diyersifying. but
not harmonious color scheme, so the
occupants are praying that the capitol
commission will be able to get things
fixed in a few days
Out in the big corridor workmen are
arranging four flag cases to hold the
flags belonging to the state, which are
now in the corridor of the old capitol.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
WOULD KEEP WOMEN
OUT OF THE SALOONS
AldermaniC Committee VIII
Consider the Hackney Ordi-
nance This Afternoon

Aid. Hackney's ordinance relating
to the frequenting of saloons by wom-
en- will be the principal measure to be
consider by the aidermanic COM
mittee on streets which will meet this
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the council
chamber at the city hall
The ordinance was introduced on
April and referred TO the committee
on streets. AS the ordinance is a
drastic one and its passage means a
loss to many saloonkeepers, it is ex-
pected that the measure will be con-
tested.
The ordinance prohibits women from
entering saloons for the purpose of Sc
curing liquor unless accompanied by
their husband or fathers. Wine rooms
are also included in the prohibition.
Women are also denied the privilege
of lettering in the saloons and of re-
ceiving drinks gratis.
The failure of the Raines law in
New York, which allowed drinks to be
served only when accompanied by
meals, is guarded against by a clause
which states that drinks may be
served TO women in hotels. restaurants
and eating houses, provided meals,
which must be such in the full sense
of the word. are served simultaneously.
This clause is expected TO do away
with the preteXt of serving an alb
breviated sandwich with the drinks.
for in addition it states that the meal
so served shall not be provided merely
for the purpose of evading the law.
The ordinance attaches the penalty
of fine of from $25 to 800 and not
more than sixty days in the work
house for violation of the law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
SAY WORRY DID IT
So Physicians Testify i'm Nc.
Cord Damage Suit

Witnesses for the defense, doctors
giving expert medical testimony, in
the personal injury damage suit of
Frank B. McCord against the 500 rail-
way company before a jury in Judge
Hallams division of the district court
yesterday, testified that they believed
McCord's condition to be almost as
much due to chronic -hypochondria as
to the injuries he received in the
wreck at Bulwer Junction last year.
McCOrd, the plaintiff, was in court,
too weak to sit UP, and reclining on a
Morris chair close to the chairs of his
attorneys. The physicians who testi
fled were DR.. u. G. Williams of Min
neapolis, who attended McCord in ST.
Barnabas' hospital in Minneapolis i'm
mediately after the injuries were re-
ceived, and DrS. Arthur b. Sweeney
and Justus Ohage, who had examined
the plaintiff. All three declared that
they should naturally expect McCord
TO recover in a naturally short time.
but that they believed his present
state of health to have been induced
by constant worry over his injuries.
The introduction of evidence was
closed early in the afternoon and the
case went to the jury at 4 o'clock. At
o'clock the jury had reached no
agreement and were instructed, in case
they did agree, to return a sealed YER
diet to be opened this morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
WILL DISCUSS NEW
BRIDGE AT SMELLING
Board of Army Officers Appointed to
Consider Its ACCESSIBILITY

A board of army officers has been
appointed by Cen Carr, pursuant to
orders received from the secretary of
war, to meet and discuss the advisa-
bility of erecting a new bridge from
Fort Smelling reservation across the
river to St. Paul, and the feasibility
of so strengthening the present wagon
bridge across the river as to admit of
the passage of heavy artillery on the
trot and large bodies of soldiers and
commissary wagons.
Transportation facilities at the fort
will receive special attention, and the
committee will report on the advisa-
bility of additional trackage, store
houses, corrals and stables.
The following named prominent off,
GERS comprise the board appointed by
Gen. Carr: Col. o. ]. Sweet, com
handing officer of the post: Lieut.
Col. w. W. Robinson Jr.. chief quar-
termaster, department of Dakota; Mai.
S. E. Allen. commanding the artillery
battalion at the fort, and Capt H b.
Fiske, Twenty-eighth infantry, quar-
termaster of the post, as recorder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
SIX CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS ARE HELD
Candidates for Government Jobs With
Good Pay Are Tested

Six civil service examinations were
conducted yesterday by p. M. Marc
ney, secretary of the eighth district
civil service bureau, at the federal
building. Nearly all the employments
offered are at Washington, and the
classifications were for high salaried
places. A Rochester (Minn.) young
woman took the examination for fe-
male physician at the government in
sane asylum at Washington. A young
man applied for the examination for
clerk expert in the bureau of labor and
commerce at Washington, and two
young men presented themselves for
examination as mechanical draughts-
men in the ordnance department For
assistant field forester in the geologi-
cal survey there were three appli-
cants. and one man took the examina-
ton for cloth inspector in the quarter
masters department in the regular
army.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
LANDS HIS PRISONER
State Prison Agent Returns
Paroled Youth to Reformatory

With the memory of himself sitting
III the Merchants hotel lobby several
weeks ago clicking his heels together
in impatience at Ollivers failure to
appear, Capt. A. u. Barncard, state
prison agent. yesterday smiled with
satisfaction as he delivered William
oliver to the st. Cloud refOrmatory
for safe keeping.
oliver is a young man who, while
on parole from the st. Cloud reforma-
tory, was given employment at the
Merchants hotel. He found service as
checker between the cafe and the
kitchen, and all went well until one
day George r. Kibbe, manager of the
hotel, found that he was the victim of
an organized graft between certain of
his employees. oliver was said to be
the ringleader and as a punishment
for his waywardnesS it was decided to
return him to prison. Capt. Barncard,
state prison agent, was communicated
with and came to take oliver back to
the penal institution. He found OIh-
yer apparently ready to return and
wearing apparel before starting on the
journey
Capt. Barncard sat in the hotel lob
by waiting for his man to appear. He
waited for some time and when
his patience had been exhausted he
Went to the room usually occupied by
oliver. He found him gone. A half
open window leading into an area at
the rear of the hotel told the story of
his escape.
Some weeks ago trace of the fugitive
was found at Ashland, Wis, and an
investigation showed that oliver was
in Jail awaiting trial for completely in
a highway robbery at Ashland. The
Minnesota authorities watched the
case closely and when the Wisconsin
officers were unable to convict the
young man Capt. Barncard was noti-
fed of his acquittal and yesterday de-
livered oliver to the St. Cloud re-
formatory to complete the term for
which he was originally committed.
He forfeited all his good time allow
ance and will serve his full term.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
CAUGHT HIM OPENING
OTHER PEOPLES MAIL
Worthington Young Mans Curiosity
Lands Him in Reformatory

Inquisitiveness over other peoples
mail drew six months yesterday in the
st. Cloud reformatory for young Her
man Muck. of Worthington. Muck
spent last night in the Ramsey county
Jail, and Deputy United States Mar
shall s. ]. Picha will deliver him to the
st. Cloud institution today
Muck was arrested four months ago
and has awaited trial at Mankato be-
fore the federal court. Judge Lochren
sentenced him to six months when he
pleaded guilty Tuesday Muck was de-
tected in the act of unlocking lock
boxes in the Worthington postoffice
He had an unconquerable inclination
to open the boxes, take the letters and
read them. Because he used the pub
lie poolroom at Worthington for a
reading room his detection and con-
viction followed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
CRITERION MINSTREL
CLUB GIVES A SHOW
Large Audience Enjoys an Entertainment
at Mozart Hall

The minstrel show given under the
auspices of the Criterion Minstrel club
was presented last evening at the Mozart
hall. The entertainment afforded the
large audience an unexceptional amount
of laughter and amusement
Jokes and songs by Johnny Gallagher
were given in good style, Joseph Maloney
made a decided hit in his tenor solo I'm
Village Under Southern Skies and
Rob E. Gehan showed himself baritone
of no little talent in his illustrated
songs. After very many pretty planta-
ton songs the performance was con-
Guided with miniature prize fight The
Berdeau brothers, twins years of age.
colored. appeared stripped to the waist
and went at it hammer and tongs for four
rounds. Music was-furnished by the Globe
orchestra
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
EXCEEDEOITS POWER
Judge Lewis Releases Man Ar.
rested by Order of Court

Charles Faughan, one of the victims
of the raid by the Merriam Park Citi-
zens league on the blind piggers,' -
Oct. Is, 1904, was released from jail
yesterday by Judge Lewis, who grant
ed a petition . in habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, sworn out by Stan J. DON
nelly, attorney for Faughan.
Faughan is shortly to be placed on
trial to answer to an information
sworn out by d. w. Doty, attorney for
the league, and yesterday he was
placed under arrest and lodged In
the county Jail, to be held there
awaiting trial. The habeas corpus
proceedings We're begun yesterday aft
ernoOn and were based upon the as
sumption that the municipal court ex-
ceeded its power in issuing the war
rant for Faughan's arrest. Judge
Lewis concurred in this and ordered
Faughan released upon his own
recognizance, to appear in court on the
first day of the May term.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27

Approximately 1000 persons attend
ed the annual inspection of Battery A
of the state national guard, held at the
armory, Sixth and Exchange streets.
last night The galleries were crowd
ed with people and later when the COM
pany quarters of the battery were
thrown open to the public they were
found too small to contain the crowd.
The battery was inspected by Lieut..
Col. William Gerlach, L. S. A, retired.
who was detailed to the inspection by
President Roosevelt The result of the
inspection will not be known for some
time, but from the satisfied air which
the colonel wore after the inspection, it
is presumed by the officers of the COM
pany that his conclusion was favor
able. The inspection consisted of both
individual and company examination,
gun drill and marching.
Spectators Were Pleased
The diminished numbers" drill with
cannon, in which the members of the
gun crews drop off one by one after
continuous fire, the presumption being
that the enemys sharpshooters were
picking the men off, pleased the spec
tators most of all. The company went
through the drill very creditably show
ing that one man could handle a gun
in action as well as a whole compile
ment
After the inspection and drill the
company marched into quarters and
was there addressed by eX-Gov. L. +.
Hubbard, who spoke of the early days
of the company, saying that il was or
ganized when he was governor of the
state. Ex-Gov. Hubbard also laid the
corner stone of the old armory, in 1882,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Territorial Pioneer Woman's Club

The officers of the Minnesota Terri
torial Pioneer Woman's club Mrs. Ell
Southworth, president: Mrs George H
Hazard, secretary. and Miss Carrie
Stratton, treasurer, together with
their executive committee, Mrs. NJ. n.
Adams, chairman; Mrs. A. l.. Bolton,
Mrs. L. E. Tubbs, Mrs. Estella Stew
art and Mrs. b. n. Thompson, have
been appointed a committee to arrange
for the annual meeting of the club in
connection with the annual meeting. OF
the Minnesota Territorial Pioneer as
ISOLATION in the new capitol May IL
The business meeting of the club will
be held in the senate chamber. The
committee will meet this afternoon al
SO Eleventh street, st. Paul, to perfect
arrangements for this first meeting OF
the Pioneers in the new capitol
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
WRTUOUS COPPER GETS
A PLEASANT SMILE
Policeman Finds Pocketbook With 500
and Owner Is Grateful

Stumbling his toe against something
hard on the sidewalk at Sixth and Rob-
ert streets yesterday afternoon, Patrol
man NJ. Costello picked up purse con-
tanning an even 500. Sergt Martin
Flanagan was standing near and to-
gether the officers searched the purse
to find a clew to its ownership.
card inside indicated that the purse
and the money belonged to H. II.
Spencer. Mr.. Spencer, who is the pro-
prietor of restaurant at 61-65 East
Sixth street, admitted ownership. AS
the policeman handed him the bulky
purse across the cigar case in his res
taurant he murmured thanks and smil-
ed. The happy policeman returned to
his beat with the consciousness of d
duty done.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
FIRST WARDERS OBJECT
TO PROPOSED TUNNEL
Protest Against Side Track Under
Whtall Street to Case Street

Fifty residents of the First ward
met Tuesday night at the home of S.
Abramson, 603 Case street, to protest
against the proposed side track to ex-
tend from the Omaha right of way un-
der Whitall street to Case street on
the ground that such an extension
would mean the conversion of what is
at present a residence district into a
manufacturing and warehouse district
and depreciate the value of real es-
tate in that neighborhood. A commit
tee was appointed to meet with the city
council and see what would be done to
stop the proposed improvement.
Embodied in the resolution passed
relative to the spur track was sug-
gestion that the city secure the block
bounded by York, Jessie, Case and
Edgerton streets and convert it into a
public playground for the children OF
the neighborhood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
DEFENDS HIS GIRL
AND IS KNOCKED DOWN
Fred Smith Resents "Goo-Goo Eyes"
Made at Her and Fight Ensues

Because F. Jones and John Murphy
made "goo-gOo eyes" at a young wom-
an whom he was escorting home from
a dance Tuesday evening, Fred Smith
was promptly knocked down by Muir
ply and sat upon. This was the evil
dence brought out in police court yes
terday when the cases of the three
young men who We're charged with
disorderly conduct We're brought up.
The affair occurred at Seventh and
Robert streets.
Judge Hine. after hearing the evil
dence, ordered the trio to sign peace
bonds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
COUNCIL WILL PASS
PAY ROLLS FRIDAY
Will Meet That Evening in Order to
Pay Salaries on May

A special joint meeting of both
bodies of the city council will be called
for Friday night for the purpose of
passing the April pay roll.
The proceedings of all council meet
ings are required by law to be pub
lished in a legal paper before they be-
come operative. In order to handle
the pay roll expeditiously and pay all
city employees on time il will be neces-
sary for the council to meet Friday
night. On Saturday the proceedings
will be published and on Monday
morning the employees will be paid.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
B. FINGER DIES AT
HIS MINNEAPOLIS HOME
Veteran Father of Eugene Finger
Passes Away at Ripe Old Age

B. Finger. 1887 Eleventh avenue
south. Minneapolis, father of Eugene
Finger of this city. died at his home
late Tuesday evening at the age of IS.
Death was due to bronchial trouble.
Mr.. Finger was born in Prussia and
was veteran of the civil war, having
served four years under Gen. Grant.
He was member of Davenport post,
c. A r. Two years ago Mr.. Finger
moved to Minneapolis, where he has
since resided. He is survived by his
wife and seven children, four sons and
three daughters-Rudolph, Eugene,
Edgar and Mrs. c. z. Angel, Miss
Julia and Mona Finger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
CHAMPAGNE DRIVES
COOK INTO FRENZY
Tony Francisco, Second Chef at Mer-
chants, FIourishes Carving Knife

Tony Francisco. second chef at the
Merchants hotel. Third and Jackson
streets, created panic among the en-
ployes about the place yesterday after
noon by recklessly fourishing a large
carving knife and threatening TO kill
somebody.
Patrolman Wagner was called i'm and
after "a sharp struggle succeeded in dis
arming Francisco, who was soon lodged
behind the bars at the central station.
Francisco, according to his workmates
had been indulging in a bottle of cham
payne used in the making of a fancy cake
and could not stand the pace.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
CAVALRY EXPECTED
AT SMELLING SOON
States Ready for Third Squadron of
Third U. S. Cavalry

The cavalry stables recently COM
pleted at Fort Smelling have been ac-
cepted by the government and the
Third squadron of the Third cavalry.
now stationed with the regiment at
Fort Assinniboine, may be assigned to
this station
The order-anriouncing the assignment
of command to the post is expected
to be made known in few days.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
Mrs. E. h. hudson Dead

Mrs. Jean Judson, wife of Edward
H. Judson of the city and county
board of control, died at her home, 4O5
Dayton avenue, yesterday after a pro-
tracted illness, at the age of Sc. She
had been ill for over six weeks. Mrs.
Judson had lived in ST. Paul over
thirty years. She is survived by her
husband. The funeral arrangements
will be made later.