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9 SAINT PAUL MATTERS. Members of the Board of Education Ex press Themselves on the Contract for Ventilation. .. ... The Ninetieth Anniversary of Kaiser : Wilhelm 'Fitly Observed by Ger- ;v -, ; ;..;. mans in .the City. ; ..... . Dwellers on ".Vest Seventh Street Insist 1 hat the Ferry Should "- ;-.*. ■ Be Built. "Results of Tests in Heating Cars by ;_teai___--(.»ossip in the Cor ridors. THE ROW OVER BIDS. Members of the Board of Education Defend Themselves From the --:--•_:■•> of Unfair Dealing" With Local Contractors. President Schiffmann, of the board of ed ucation, when seen yesterday, was indig nant that the local contractors should raise such a rumpus because the contract for ventilating the Madison, Jefferson and Sin clair school buildings had been awarded to the Chicago Exhaust Ventilating company. Dr. Schiffmann said that the contract had not been made to a St. Paul contractor for the single reason that they had not sent in any plans or specifications, "Besides," added the doctor, "we do not propose to experiment; the system which we have adopted has been in operation for some time, and has given immense satisfaction j wherever it is in use." Otto Dreher. the secretary of the board, said that the contract awarded to the Chi cago firm Monday night was for ventilating the schools and not for heating them, as .he discontented contractors claim. Bids _or steam heating will probably be called lor at the next meeting, when the local con tractors will stand an equal show with out siders. Regarding the Chicago contract, he said that it had been awarded in accordance with a resolution introduced by Supt. 11. S. Williams at an official meeting called for the purpose on Nov. 3, ISSIS. On the 15 Ih of November the circular was not only mailed to prominent contractors in St. Paul and .Minneapolis, but to Chi cago, Boston and Detroit parties as well, ba ilie secretary. Numerous letters were re- i ceived by Secretary Dreher in reply to this communication, but the Chicago Exhaust Ventilating company alone scut in detailed plans and specifications. Other members of the board of education were surprised that there should have been any question regarding tlie awards. "Although a Chi cago firm has the contract." said one prom inent official, "you may depend on 7it that the work will be done by St. Paul mechan ics and the materials will come from here as well, so why wrangle any further over this business. *'T is but a tempest in a tea pot at the most." Mil. POSTLEtHWATrE'S STATEMENT. Mr. Postlethwaite, chairman of the com mittee on real estate, was seen last evening and was very emphatic in his declaration that Messrs. Osborn and Rogers were treat ed in precisely the same manner as to the bids, as was the Chicago company. He affirmed that there was no favor whatever shown to the Chicago company. He said: Mr. Williams himself, who is now making so much opposition, in November last offered a resolution directing the real estate commit tee to ascertain the cost of putting steam heating and ventilating in the Jefferson, Mad .-.on and Lincoln school buildings, and in ac cordance with that resolution the circulars were prepared and sent out. These circulars were perfectly understood. Furthermore, I may add I met Mr. Osborn on the street, talked with him about the matter and urged him to put In a bid. No point can be made on this. Ou the 10th of March last I reported to the board that the circular had been sent to firms in St. Paul and to other cities, and that I was prepared to report that steam heat and mechanical ventilation could be introduced, but that I felt that notwithstanding the apparent shabby treatment the board had re ceived at the hands of the steam-heating fra ternity of St. Paul, further efforts should be made to get competitive bids. Tbe report was adopted and further efforts were made. The St. Paul men did not put- in bids. Mr. Osborn and Mr. Rogers both declined to put in plans and specifications, for the reason, that they would cost them too much money. , The two.latter gentlemen base their objection, to. putting in plans ana specifications on the ' fact that they ; would cost from S~UO to $300. The committee considered that to be the busi- . ness of Mr- Osborn and Mr. Rogers. If. they . felt that "tliey could not afford to comply with the resolution adopted by tne board, that was a matter that the committee thought it ought not- to interfere with. All the committee could do was to give every bidder precisely the same opportunity without favor, audi have no doubt wuatc-ver that the committee did do this. It Mr. Osborn and Mr. Rogers did not put in bids the fault is their own, and they have no one to blame but themselves. Mr. Osborn is made to say in the Globe. that "there was a 'woodchuck' somewhere." 1 suppose this quotation or phrase means that the committee, or some member or members of it, has or have re ceived some advantage from his or their action. In other words, it is the usual charge of "bribery and corruption." The committee is composed of Messrs. Postle thwaite, Wampler, Giesen, Ellis. Haas and Dobner. Messrs. Wumpler and Haas have been away and Ellis voted "No," conse quently these three are out of the question. Ido not believe that Messrs. Dobner and Giesen can be purchased, or that any one I would dare to venture to influence their offi cial action by corrupt means. As for myself, 1 don't propose to consider that point at all. THE LOCAL BIDDEKS. The steam-heating fraternity of the city who were left out in the cold Monday night Dy the board of education, accuse the board of discrimination against home con cerns. E. F. Osborne, who took trouble to draw up plans and specifications for the consideration of the board; was particularly wrathy. When a Globe reporter called on him last night he complained that not only were St. Paul firms preveuted from bidding, but that the bid of the Chicago linn to ventilate the buildings for 817,11? was an enormous figure for that portion-; of the work. In Mr. Osborne's specifications the entire cost of hearing and ventilating apparatus for the three buildings was a '.rifle more than $31,000. of which $10,000 represented the cost of the ventilating ap paratus. With these prices Mr. Osborne tig-red a2O per cent, profit, and the work and apparatus was guaranteed by a bond to be as good as could be furnished by any other firm, and entirely satisfactory. HIS NINETIETH BIUTHDiY. I'lcriniiiis of St. Paul Celebrate Em, oeror William's 90th Birthduy li it -i » (irnud l-'est. lv a dignified, quiet way, the German- American citizens of this city paid their triij-te to Kaiser Wilhelm, on the 90th ;u\ -liveisary of hi.-, birthday. There were no other demonstrations than the firing of a few bombs until evening, when the Kreig er-Verin gave a grand lest and ball in Tur ner hall. The programme at the test commenced with ah overture by Seibert. orchestra. Then 'the president of the society, John Jessrang, delivered a brief address of welcome, and paid a tribute to the Emperor William, who. he said, had done more for . Germany than any other man before him. Those of German blood, wherever they be, have rea-" sod to be proud of the. valiant soldier and stole statesman whose life had lasted almost si century, thought the speaker, and it was the unanimous wish everywhere that the venerable emperor have his reign prolonged for long years to come, and that it may con tinue in peace. The male quartette of the society sang the "Hunter's Farewell," after which* Com rade Frederick Vandenbergh read the address of the day. He reviewed the life of the emperor from his birth. As a sol dier his e&-~E*er commenced in ISOO. when, at 10 years of age, he put on his uniform, lighting all through the .Napoleonic war. Bravely he fought in the wars .of ' 1864 against Denmark, of IS7G against Austria. ! and in 1870 against France. . -His military I career had, indeed, been a most brilliant i one, and if tin* time should come when I another war with France was unavoidable, I his enemies would again be reminded of ... . . THE OLD COUJ.A-E, vigoi* and intrepidity of the imperial vet- i eran. Nevertheless, should a war be im- j minent, and the speaker touched upon the present erjsi.*-. the Uerinnhs of America j ..-bill only fight Emperor William.** battles j in heart Q slid Sympathy. Mr. Vanrten- I l.i-igh v*.'. - of the ••pinion - that I '•_-■.-;*•••_• •..-■- ■ ---.;•>.! ■;-,> . the emperor had succeeded ,In a great accomplishment in uniting the various fragments of the German confederation together. His successful leadersnip iv war and as a statesman commenced in lStll, and his star has never waned. The speaker also referred complimentarily to the im perial message to the German reichstag. He concluded with calling for * three enthusi astic cheers for Kaiser Wilhelm, to which the audience heartily responded. Miss Emma Nilsson then* favored the audience with a solo, and a token of appre ciation went up to the stage in a magnifi cent bouquet. • The two- little misses, Al vina and Ida Theobald, executed admirably a piano duet, selecting a jubilee overture. Part second of the programme began with a potpourri, "Our Fatherland,'' by the orchestra. A pleasing dramatic sketch, '.'Her Kurmaerker und die Picarde," was presented, Miss Kaullnmn assuming the character of "Marie," and G. llennecke the part of "Schulze." Miss Nilsson gave an other solo; Prof. Oscar Werner presented a piano sole, and the quartette sang the "Farewell to the Forest," after which came a series of tableaux and the musical enter tainment closed with the singing by the audience of the German National anthem. The hall was cleared and a programme of dances was enjoyed. STILE T.ILKI-1. OF THE FERRY. The West Seventh Street I'nion as Determined as Ever to Have a, Ferry Above Banholzer's HrcHiry. The matter of a ferry across the Missis sippi, at the site of the old Williams ferry, again came up for discussion at the meet ing of the West Seventh Street union last night. When the legislature refused to ap propriate funds for the ferry, the Union de termined to raise the money by subscrip tions and have the ferry just the same. From the committees appointed to secure subscriptions, Mr. Nagle reported that he had secured 8770 in subscriptions and Mr. Ayd had signatures good for $433. making a total of $1,203, which would be nearly enough. Mr. Bryant, of Mendota. who was present, said that the ferry would be of great benefit to the people of Mendota, but that he thought a belter plan would be to put in a pontoon bridge at the foot of. McClain hill. Mr. Forbes, the engineer having the matter in charge, reported that but a slight grade would be necessary to make the old govern ment road leading to the proposed . site of the ferry passable. Vice President Phillips had his ire aroused by a remark made by a member of the union, to the effect that out siders whom he had approached on the subject had said that ferries were too primi tive for a city like St. Paul and that the union should wait until they got a bridge. Mr. Phillips said that these same people had kept the people of West Seventh street from gettiug a bridge when they found they needed it. Their representative had ig nored them and had the bridge placed down where it would benefit his own property, and then had the street leading to it changed and named after him. "And now," he continued, "we have Smith street." The only barrier in the way, as far as having the ferry was concerned, was the securing of means to run a ferry after it was put in. It was finally decided to present a petition to the city council, asking that the city bear this expense. Mr. Bryant, of Mendota, said he would also cir culate a petition on the other side of the river. The question of the location of the pro posed general market was brought before the meeting, and it was declared the sense of the meeting that the market should be located on the Bishop Grace block, at the corner of West Seventh and Jefferson streets. Hereafter the meetings of the union will be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. STEAM HEAT FOR CARS. The Chief Engineer of Tests Sum marizes His Conclusions After the Tests ."lade on the Short Line Trains. The railroad commissioners recently had inquires from the commission 'in Massa chusetts concerning the working of the steam heating apparatus on. railway trains with which the Milwaukee road experi mented between St. Paul and Minneapolis. Although the board had made a personal inspection of the. working of the system, they did not feel competent to make a r re- j port, so one of the board said- and there fore referred the matter to; General Man- j .ager -Hoswell Miller. The ' chief ' engiue.r I of tests, 'Georsre Gibbs, had submitted a report to Mr. Miller, and this Mr. Miller forwarded to the railway commissioners. I In view of the general interest that has de- j veloped on the question of heating steam I cars by some other means than stoves, the results of this test from an authority are of interest to the public not less than ! to those immediately connected with • the man agement of railroads. The following ex tracts are from the report of- Engineer Gibbs. The system spoken of is the Martin system, invented by a New York man: We have been disappointed in not getting sufficiently severe weather for a crucial test. As rewards actual results with a temperature above '.zero, when carefully watched, tbe j traps and valves can be kept reasonably clear of lee, but a neglect to open drain aire cocks has already resulted in trouble in quite a moderate temperature. The couplings have also given some trouble by leaking on the air. brake couplings. My own opinion is that we shall have to devise some means of better protection for traps and couplings. Iv regard to heating effects, these have been very satisfactory so far as we have goue, that is. not belcw zero temperature. In regard to amount of steam used; this is a very import ant point when engines are already taxed in most cases to their full capacity, we have made arrangements on this train (consisting of five cars), to catch the condensed .water, which gives, in a measure, the amount of steam used, and we find the quantity is quite large much larger than is claimed by in ventors in this line. On a quiet day with a temperature 15° above we condensed 100 pounds of steam per car per hour. This would probably amount to between S audio per cent, of the steam capacity of an ordi nary engine drawing a train of ten cars ,* * * but the retention of some form of individual stove or heating apparatus ap pears to me to be unavoidable as an auxili ary . - In conclusion, I can only say that the sys tem Is by no means a demonstrated success. A decisive trial must be made under the usual running conditions, and these are only to be met with when we have a spell o f our ordinary severe winter weather. FROM ACROSS THE RIVER. The. Base Rail Grounds Being: Made Ready for the Game— -West Side Notes. ;: .;'*.'--V' Manager Barnes and Jack Crooks, of the St. Paul nine, and a third man were play ing "three cornered cat" oh the bal! grounds on the West side yesterday' afternoon. Manager Barnes stopped his exercise long enough to show the -LOBE representative about the place. Only 3,000 of the 7.000 seats provided will be charged extra for. This is the largest seating capacity of any grounds in the league. The fence is all up except one or two lengths. Next week the grounds will be plowed, graded and leveled. The fence all around is two feet higher than the one that encircled the old grounds, and on the south and west it is several feet higher. Manager Barnes doesn't, intend giving residents of the surround, i ing hills any free exhibitions, j said he yesterday, "Why, if it wasn't for that high fence householders on the hill could rent their windows at so much per afternoon." A wire screen has been placed in tront of the seats for ladies, affording the fair spectators protection from foul tips and still giving them an un diminished view of the grounds. A space has been reserved for members of the press directly in the rear of the backstop, and each paper will be allotted separate space. A water tight dressing room has been pro vided for the nine. _,_ \ NOTES. Three or four men were arrested yesterday ! rooming for firing bombs in honor of Em- | peror William's birthday on the hill near ] Dakota avenue. They worn taken to police headquarters and alter being severely repri- I manded were released. * Tbo serenade of the Scroggins quartette, i which was . to have taken place Saturday j night, was postponed until last night. A i half dozen of it© residents of the West side I were visited. Dr. O'Brien and George O'Brien went to' Ashland. Wis., yesterday. ..'■■:."-.' j The Daughters of Veterans will g*ve an ex- i hibition drill at the G. A. it. entertainment to TOej BT. PAt3tißAlLT€axl(3« WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH -33,1887. be given on the 29th, and Maj. Newson will i read his poem, "Our Flair is Still There. "|jgß|> Work on the big sewer has been resumed, j and throe forces are now euguged on it. Tho i contractors expect to finish the Job by the Ist of June. ij|gj(^|jj(^M||^B---« Dr. J. T. McNamara has for his guest his brother, of Fond dv Lac, Wis. The Gun club held a meeting at the office of A. L. Lewis last night. S. C. Sherer, of Eau Claire, is visiting friends on the West side. ':/ H. 7 M. Skinner litis gone to Chicago for a brief visit. • :„:•.:; *■■". . AMUSEMENTS. The audience at the opera house was not so large as the previous night, but was warm enough for all purposes. The production of "Martha" was thor oughly satisfactory. Marie Stone, in the leading role, was the recipient of abundant applause and a handsome floral tribute.. Mr. Baxter, the new tenor, ac quitted himself in a mrnner to commend himself to the public. His tones aro pure and his phrasing delicate. He was encored heartily and also received a handsome bouquet. "Fra Diavolo" will be the mati nee performance this afternoon and "The Musketeer" to-night. The sale of seats for the Lawrence Bar rett engagement will open Friday morning. The Globe regrets to learn, through infor mation which casually comes to it, that the i accomplished little actress and talented singer, .Mile, de Lussan. has been much an noyed by a pcblication, nowise inaliciouslyjin tended, which yesterday appeared iv Its col umns. It is certainly far from the purpose of this paper to wilfully grieve a lady whom the theater-going world, and particularly the St. Paul portion of it, recognizes to be one of the most charming artists on the lyric stage aud concerning whom it has had frequent occa sion to speak kindly. MRS. FILLER'S BENEFIT CONCERT. An audience that filled the spacious music rooms of Nathan Ford listened to one of the finest concerts last evening that has ever been given in this city. The concert was a benefit to Mrs. Nettie Fuller, and was not only a handsome tribute to that lady by her many friends in the city, but was a musical entertainment that well re paid those who heard it. The opening piece was a vocal duet, "The Fisherman," sung by Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Curtiss in a most acceptable manner. The remainder of the programme, whicli was published in Sunday's Globe, was delightfully rendered. Mme. Mozarra's skillful piano playing and Mr. Stoeving's violin performances are al ways the admiration of those who hear them. Mrs. Fuller. Mrs. Curtiss and Miss Blanche Smith are ladies whose qualities of vocalization never fail to please an audi ence. W. N. Burritt made his first appear ance before a St. Paul audience since his return from Europe and scored a great tri umph. Profs. Titcomb and Wheaton did superb service as accompanists. "":. . •>*;_ __X ~ HEARD IN THE HOTELS. Representative Mem From . tbe Northwest Clint on Topics of Inter est as They Linger iv the City. J. A. Ward, the short, shrewd, pleasant featured auditor of the territory of Dakota, recently appointed by Gov. Church, was at the Merchants yesterday en route to Bis marck, whero he goes for the purpose of as suming the duties of his office. Mi*. Ward is Gov. Church's right-hand man, and is to all intents and purposes lieutenant governor of : the territory of which he is auditor. He ably assisted the new executive in his tireless ef forts to get matters straightened out at Bis marck a few weeks atro, and he kept cases on both bouses of the legislature day and night. It didn't please the sharp-eyed ringstfers who formerly thumbed the keys, and behind Ward's back they sorely blistered him, but he attended diligently to h.3 knitting and got there all the same. . Mr. Ward can give .no idea of who will be treasurer of the territory should Col. Benton resign, as it is thought he will, but he affirms that he will not be Lode wick, of Columbia, and clerk of tho Brown j county courts. Lodewlck was fixed upon by- i speculators as the man who would probably get this recognition on the strength of the strong personal friendship that exists be- | tween the governor and himself, but Mr. Ward ! says the governor has no idea of j appointing him, and that Lodewlck has never | expected it. He said he didn't believe that Gov. Church had yet fixed upon a man for the office in the event of Benton's resigna tion. 1. T. McChesney was at the Ryan yester day, and report has it, and Mr. McChesney does not deny it, that he bus hopes of succeed- j ing Col. Benton. McChesney is a man of small physical caliber, with a smoothly ; sbaven : face and a pair of sparkling black eyes tbat j give him an extremely juvenile air. He .is a i prosperous young banker of Aberdeen, and has the reputation of being popular and a ! shrewd business manager. In politics he stands on the Republican side of the fence. "*_* Gov. Church left Huron yesterday for Bis marck, going north via the Oakes branch of tbe Northern Pacific road, and will reach Bis marck to-day noon, wheu he will settle down into the gubernatorial chair and keep an eye i to the interests of ih-_ territory. Auditor j Ward says the strain tiiat the governor under went during the last two weeks of the ses sion told on him, and that he had hardly re cuperated yet. The amount of work he did was wonderful, and would have prostrated a man of less nerve power than ho possessed. Auditor Ward said Gov. Church bad been unjustly criticised for using his power of veto in so many cases where appropriations were asked for. He claimed that Gov. Church's policy was to provide liberally for existing institutions aud cut down as much as possible the amounts asked for establish ing new ones. The report sent out from Bis marck, that the legislature had appropriated nearly twice as much money as was appro priated two years ago he said was false. The appropriations proper were about the same: but a trifle more. ■_.* ■■ E. W. Caldwell, Ex-Auditor of Dakota, was among the guests at the Merchants yester day, en route to Sioux Falls, where be will once more settle down into newspaper work. Cal, as he is familiarly called, lit squarely ou his feet when the political guillotine clipped off his' head, and he is now one of the two compilers of the laws, an offloe that will leave him with as much money in his pock3t at the end of the year as the auditorship did, and the work and responsibility will be a ! great deal lighter. It is understood that he j drafted the bill creating the office he now I fills, and engineered it through both houses j and secured the governor's approval: 'He I says he is satisfied with the new administra- I tion and speaks in the highest terms of Gov. Church and those men whom he has gathered around him to assist in performing the duties of his office. . ...-.'. -. •_.* C. T. Abbott was at the Ryan yesterday. A few months ago he was in St. Paul' holding down the position of reporter ou a news paper. From here he emigrated to Duluth, got mixed up with real estate, and, the. first thing be knew, had an addition to the town platted in bis uame. In three months he had cleaned up 58,000 and is now en route to Cin cinnati on business. A few years ago, •when Fargo was in her glory,' Charley was a leading figure there in the real estate market and came out with thousands of dollars, but he j has a faculty of living on the crest of the wave and the world soon had his dollars, but he's a Hustler and says he'll pull .out of Duluth with half a million in his pocket if .the ball continues to roll in his direction. Coming to St. Paul. Special to the Globe. !_',.*,, Eau Claire, Wis.. March 22.— Hon. Levi. M. Vilas, brother, of the .postmaster general, has decided ■to remove from '.this city, where he has resided many years, to St." Paul, where he will continue in the practice ot law. With this end in' view he is disposing of property here, and will re move in the near future. His removal, which will deprive the Wisconsin bar of one of Its ablest and most distinguished members, also disposes of the supposition i which has long placed Mr. Vilas in the line j of succession to the supreme bench of this j state. _ . County Taxes. County Auditor Kain yesterday submit ted the following statement of taxes col lected from Nov. 1, 1880, until Feb. 28, 1880: State taxes, 1886.... $24,835.25 State taxes, former years 2,004.53 Total state taxes $20,929.78 One mill school taxes. $20,272.04 Special school taxes and board of education..; 68,194.45 County revenue..... 26,978. Penalty and interest. 2,498.88 P00r... 8,1(14.02 Town 1,082.26 City 180,720. 60 j Road 1,075.03 Interest... 4.835.74 : Bonds and bridges 8.514.15 1 Water tax .. 2,565. 08 i Private redemptions , 1,935.54 • Total..: ...'. 8348.712.28 ' Mr. Kain says this is the largest distribu tion iii Itaiusey county over reported, by $40,000. «. r " ,-. New incorporation*.. * Articles :' incorporating the Stillwater Co-operative company, with a capital stock of $10,000, were tiled with the secretary of state yesterday. The incorporators* are Robert Seibert, John Smith, James Olson, John Anderson. O. -W. hitter, A. W. Anderson, and Martin Martinson. Articles Incorporating the Minneapolis Iron -Rolling Mill company, with a capital stock of $50,000; were also tiled. The cor porators are John lledlund,- Charles A. Seden, and Charles Nelson. . Dolus.-* of tbe Court*. Grdmmes & Ullrich have sued J. K. O'Brien for $*;u.24 for merchandise delivered. Edward Forcler.chargetl with selling whisky to Indians, was before Commissioner Spencer and released on bail. The action to qultt title to real estato of Arthur E. Law, Anna E. Wheeler and Eliza A. Moore vs. Edward Laugevln was argued and subtnltted* to Judge Kelly yesterday after neon. The case of John T. Ford against J. W. Ham et al., to quiet title to Dayton aveuue property, near Boulevard addition, was be fore Judge Brill and a jury yesterday after noon. Ou motion of defendant's counsel, C. D. O'Brien, the cases of Fred Marty aud John Marty against the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company were ordered to bo dismissed, and proceedings were stayed for thirty da> S. Mary Bell, the wife of James Bell, brought suit yesterday against Susan Nugent. Mary Mattox, James Nugent and wife, Elizabeth Nugent, Bridget McNatnara, Michael McNutn ara, William Nugent, Nellie Nugent. Jane Nugent, Ann Nugent, Charles Nugent. Mary Shearn, James Shearn, Thomas F. Sheurn, Henry Shearn etal., to quiet title to lots 9 and 10, block 49. Banning & Oliver's addition to West St. Paul. Mrs. Bell claims tho prop erty under a deed from her father, Jerry McCarthy, and the claims of the defendants are based uoon tax titles. ■ GLOBULES. . Bank clearings yesterday, $605,131.04. _• Two births, nine deaths aud two marriages were reported yesterday. The board of public works yesterday viewed a uumber of streets on which im provements aro proposed. The railroad commissioners went lo Men dota yesterday to look up a proper site for a station for the Omaha and Milwaukee roads. -.-•"..- Bernard Schiller, a saloonkeeper at 353 Rice street, was arraigned yesterday on complaint of the Law aud Order League for selling liquor to minors. The inspectors of the water board are now making their rounds preparatory to the new schedule of .water rates which goes into effect July 1 on low service. R^^B___flß_Sß Prof. Kiehle will lecture at the institute at Wadena tc-nignt. Prof. Prendergast will speak before the institute at Kassou and T. H. Prendergast will lecture at Dazzel. The Columbia association held its regular bi-monthly session yesterday, President Ellis presiding. The routine business was trans acted and a number of new members elected. Forger Forgerson, a milkman residing in McLean township, was arrested for bastardy oh comploint of Julia Dulum, a servant girl, yesterday, and they settled the matter before Judge Cory by getting married. . Owing to the celebration of Emperor Will iam's uinetierh birthday in Turner hall last evening-, the meeting of the paper-hangers to establish a uniform price for all wall work, was postponed until Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ..The meeting will then take place li the ante-room of Turner hall. . I'EKSOI.ALS. E. J. Jones, Morris, Minn., and M.J. Schroe der, Winona, are Windsor guests. Ex-Congressman H. B. Strait, of Shakopee, was at the Merchants'' yesterday. T. R. Rainey, G. J.* McGraw, and John A. Specht Duluth, are at the Windsor. Judge C. Brown, circuit judge of tne Sixteenth district, is at the Windsor. '. Dr. A. Guernon, internal revenue collector at St. Vincent, was at the Merchants yester day. >-_S C. A. Roberts, a leading citizen of Fargo, accompanied by his wife, is at the Mer chants. .*.-" , .''<-•._• F. G. Rohrie, Clark, Dak.: D. B. Scott and wife. Austin, Minn., are , registered at the Windsor. '.*;; .■-.''."?_*. v.;: Dr. W. F. Coliins. of Grand Forks, a mem ber of the Dakota council, was at the Mer chants yesterday. Mrs. Viola Hart, of Knightstowu, Ind., sister of the late Charles Haines, is visiting Mrs. L. N. Scott.' F. H. Adams, editor of the Cooperstown Herald and member of the Dakota legislature, was at the Merchants Yesterday.. . c,..; .•; Dr. George J. Hiuiley, t.f this city, brother of' John C. Hanle. ; , who, after a three years' course,"' recently graduated at Bellevue col lege, New York, with high honors, is expected home this week. ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE. The number of real .estate transfers re corded yesterday was sixty-four, and the total considerations $237,0*5, as follows: Mary F Morris to lizzie L Pearee, lt 5, blk 1, Briiy.ons add..... 1000 S Hellnur et al to Albertine Heck, n 50 3-10 ft of Its 1,2 and 5, blk 7,. Maekubin & .Marshall's add ............... ..... ... 1 ... . 5,800 W Smith et al to S D Flagg, Its 15 and 10, blk 8, Weed 4* Halle's add 7,100 James Farrell to Mark 1) Liddell. lt 7, blk *_', : - Langevin's Second add.. .'.. 1.375 H C Barnsbes et al to Mary C Gauthier, lt 20, blk 10. ltice Street Villas . . 400 J n Demarest et al to G Jlcllvaine. lt 3, j blk ■ 4, of Hater's subd of Wallcott's add..'.. .. 350 W H McDonald et al to Edwin Mott, lt 15, blk 10. Rice ."treat Vi11a5......... 400 W F Seiter et al to George It Holmes, Its 1 to 13 Inc. of blk 1. Albert 1 Seiter's add... 12,000 Brown & Barber to Otis N Dunham, Its 3 and 4, blk 2. Red Wing add 1,350 F G Ingersoll to Harriet I Potts, lt 9, blk 10, H01c0mbe'5add... .....:....'. ...... 2,000 F G Ingersoll to Julia F Field et al, lt 22, blk 10, Holcombe's add ..' 2,500 Mary A X Fuller and husband to William Schnittgfer, Its 9 aud 17, blk 10, Irvine's Second add ....:... . 3,3.3 John W Carlson and wife to Edwin De Cos ter, Its 5 and 0, blk 3, Phillips' add 12.000 A . Parson to A G Johnson, lt 14, blk 37, Auerbach & Hand - add .. . 1,100 S Tatuin et al to Allen Follinsbee. Its 1 1. 13, 14, 15, 19 and 20. blk 0, Midway Heights add ...:....... .. 3,900 John Conroy to Thos .Johnston. It 4. E A trammell's subd of blk 5, Lyman Dayton's add '.'.-. . ; ... . . . 8,500 Cary I Warren and wife to S J Bice, lt 15. blk • 0, Warrendale add 2,509 E P Wilgus to I. G Sweet, J4 lt 7, blk 54, Rice & Irvine's add 4,000 F L Bayard to Christ Meyer, Its 8 and 9, Mc • Donnell's rearr of blk 00, Banning & Oli vier 's add ' 2,750 FLange to S P Rosenquist, n I* ol It 8 and and all of Its 9 and 10, blk 1.0, West St. ' Paul 1,700 R A Smith and wife to I. McGrath, lt 29, bin 8. Nininger's add..... .v..:...'. ...... 250 L G Swett to F B Ward, W % of lt 7. blk 54, Rice & Irvine's add:.. 1. 8,000 Same to E P Wilgus, E J. of lt 1, blk 54, Rice & Irvine's add., 4.000 Alice Hewitt et al to T W Wallace et al, lt 0 and w 144 ft of lt 7, Kinney's out lots 20,000 H Hillraan to George H Smith. Jr., It 20, blk 1, College Park add 150 Joseph Wyrzykowski to John W Wyrzy kowski, ". of ne 14, sec 21, town 30, range 23 : '............v... 1,000 J Wyrzykowski -to Josephine Wyrzkowski, c _ of ne *4, sec 21, town 30, range 23.... 1,200 W H Cartwright to J B Dukes, Its 13 and 14, blk 1, Lakeview Park add.... .17. '.. 650 J B Dukes and wife to I. Henry Lucker, Its 13 and 14, blk 1, Lakeview Park add 650 A H Wilder to V C Gilman, lt 70, bit 9, Maekubin & Marshall's add.;. :'...;.';.... 5,800 Ida C Stowell to Flora J Matthews, Its 1 to . -Suburban acre lots 3,200 J. M Stoneman to J J Morton, It. 13, blk ,6, Langevin's Fourth add......... 1,850 C C Bergh to Henry Bobel. It 10, blk 3, Ed • Dean's Second add ..:■... .......-'. .."' 1,090 Lizzie Taylor and husband to G M Holloway. It 6, blk 6, Fairview add 450 Nellie F Stone and H A Stone to M C Zwickoy, lt 10, blk 40, Lawton Bros' add.. 1,000 R G McDowel. and wife to Nellie F Stone, lt 16, blk 46, Lawton Bros* add ." ..... 850 George C Routh and wife to Joan C Graus, ' Its 14 and 15, blk 27, Baltue _ add.. 2,400 Maguire Bros to .1 Boyorson,' lt 12, blk 7,.. Anna E Ramsey's add...'. .. .' 1,200 William Rhodes and wife to G A Dutoit and F Oreiner, Jr.. Its 1 to 30 mc, blk 29, Syndi cate Add No 5..... 21,000 A B Fetter et al to John Gritch, lt 25, Chas Weido's subd of blk 40." Arlington Hills. .. 0,300 F Rekaw and wife to F E Gehemann, it ' 24, blk 1, H M Ranney's subd of blk 1, A Stin son's div 2,100 H H Fuller to Ed L Poole. Its 10 and 11, W "_ of NE "_ lt 27, blk 17, Suburban Hills. . . 6,000 John F Kelly to W Wheeler, lt 8, blk 19,Mac kubin & Marshall's add...;..... 3,000 A C Floan et al to Axel A Anderson, lt l.blk >• 12, Arlington Hills add...... COO T L Thompson to Maria L Giffin, Its 11 and 12. blk 3, Loverlng Park add I,GSO Louise M Fogg and husband to Emma P Dieter, W fe otlts 1. 2 and 3ot blk 24, Ly- . .man Dayton's add 1 Nineteen unpublished ... .. ...... .*..'.. .'. 84,010 Total, 04 pieces.. i............. $237,070 Bfll.DlNG I .KMITS. The following permits to build were issued yesterday: - A Orbke.. 1-story frame dwelling, on Con way, near Forest.. .... . ...... S-800 Josepa Siadeck, Hi-story frame "dwelling. ' • on Daly, near T0r0nt0............. 1.500 Hugh Flanl ? y, l^-.tory frame dweliing. on Van Buren. neornamline. .;..... . 1.250 Harry Ellin?. • •^.""tory.fr.ime dwelling, on Mt-tUda. near Cone ...; 7.. 1,330' Dor .it Aucnier. 1-story -dwelling, on Curtice, near W00dbury.. ............. ...... COO J .1 Wolson, stone foundation for dwelling, .""' I on Virginia, near Laurel .. ...500 ; Low Brothers, 1-story frame store, on Stry ; Her, near Dearborn ......... 1,000 Swen Togberg, 1-story frame dwelling, on .;. High, near Terry.. # - ,__.,......... 650; Six minor permits .".'..'. '.'.'.'.'. •• 750 A Claimant on Hand. • New Brunswick, N. J., March 22.— Thomas Ayres returned from New York this morning and proceeded to the oflice of Judge Woodbridge Strong. There he met face to face the Biuudages. of Piscataway, : with whom he must contest the right to his mother's property. With him came Miss Jeannette Snyder, of New York, who has known of his whereabouts for years. The result of the family slathering was kept secret, but it is known that Ayres has pro duced letters showing his correspondence with the executors of' the Denmead estate, given a detailed account of his life and de scribed his visit here In 1871, when he vainly tried to induce Cornelia Denmead. his mother, to give up the degrading life she was leading. t Universally praised. The concurrent testimony of all visitors to the grand Battle of Gettysburg War Panorama, corner of St. Peter and Sixth streets. St. Paul, is that in vivid interest . and historic accuracy, it stands unrivaled. — — _fc — _-_.* ■ Renovate Your Lawns By a top dresing of lawn fertilizer and Central Park lawn mixture. Beale, the florist, Second and Cedar. — New Train Service to Ashland Via the Wisconsin Central. Commencing March 23, the Wisconsin Central will put on a through sleeper between Minneapolis and St. Paul and Ashland, leaving Minneapolis at 7:35 p. hi. and St. Paul at 8:15, arriving in Ashland at 7:30 a. m. Returning the sleeper will leave Ashland at 7:30 p. m aud arrive in Minneapolis at 7:50 a. m. and St. Paul at 7:10 a. m. J?sSH§s§|?!ss IF YOU OWN THE Ctd i°\ li £ I 1 Or any part of it situated in St. Paul, Min neapolis or Dv luth. we are prepared to Loan You Money Oil It AT Tin. B urn. ON Shortest Notice, WITHOUT Referring your application to parties in NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, OR CHINA. R.M. NEWPORT. SON, INVESTMENT BANKERS, ' 13" Ground Floor, Drake Block ST. PAUL. Nearly opposite the Merchants Hotel, £^ SDCJ : 1.3* SL SPRINGSTYLES! 99 and 101 East Third St.. St. Paul. i. H. COLEIM, Artistic Designer OF INTERIOR DECORATION AND DRAPERY. WITH OLIVER BAKER, 417 Wabasha Street. WANTED, Bids for the plowing, dragging, grading and rolling of the Ball Grounds. West St. Paul. Apply at the grounds at 9 a. m. or 1:30 p. m. W_\_\ JOHN S. BARNES, Manager. _&&_&_&_?■ The Peerless Extension Table. •f^_J"'> J _B_2 Mads only of st-l-__.il kiln -dried Ash, Oak. HirKS^II 1 "-"** or Walnut. Patented slide. RcnioraMa 1 liTr a I Leg*. The haa'l_ome..t and strongest table iv || 8 II '''"' market. ■*''" *■ fur descriptive circular to ■ The St. Anthony Furniture Co., •St. Anthony Park. Kamsey Co. Minnesota. Asseesinent for Cliaiip of Graie on Frank Street. Office of the Board of Public Works,* 1 City of St. Paul, Minn. .March 21.1887. . The Board of Publio Works In and for the corporation of the City of St. Paul, Minne sota, will meet at their office in said city at 2 p. in. on the 7th day of April, A. D. 1887, .o make an assessment of benefits, damages, ; costs and expenses arising from a change or grade on FranK street, from Seventh street to Reaney street, in said city, on the property on the line of said improvement, from Sev enth street to Reaney street, in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, aud deemed benefited or damaged thereby. All persous interested are hereby not fltd lo be present at said time and place of . making '■ said assessment and will be heard. R. L. GORMAN, President. Official: -' •"■! , I ,W. P. Ekwis, Clerk Board Public Works. I S3 | Ad Incident of Spring [leaning. l-c^ ■ 1 lie tini eof the year is nearly hero §">;-, when most married men nearly tor a when most married men wish lor a I few days that spring- had staid away *-, JL 1 .^A/j^-i \\ altogether, . but spring cleaning: 13 $>¥$ \\ soon over and the greueral air ot fresh *SXsjy*sJ£ \\ ness and cleanliness well repays for ij^jtSj Vi any temporary discomforts. Medium t*~~4f. l_-^\ltd flr and Light Weight Overcoats and - /1 ?v \\ 111 earl Spring Trowsei _ are here in .-•--■/ 0 I '__. "-\r_-_3 111—^. -^ / fr~J V \~ //rr^ Ial '^ c assortment for you; don't be in A IJI[ t0 ° milcu °' a hury to change from <^[ \\ /yftsN* wi,ltel ' t0 spring clothing. Better ha 1 I J^"^^llv* a *- ttie to ° warm till the weather get*. -i^^^wii/^ settled; its cheaper than taking cold _. '(^^A'^vf---^^ r aml ljeinff sick * The Fashionable and m\~±~_h> / \V /vCVSn^V- Popular I,at * tllis spring fa the YOU __^v^-/ |_SSv^^^^^T\ V MAN ' s - We are exchise agents for Jgr-""" X^^ /J^ this Stylish Hat. Wilson Bra's Per %^,.,^>' i --V_>\ A - *■***•* feet Fitting* White Shirts in our trr^ '^^ ==, ' _>■ Furnishing Depar tment. BOSTON "ONE-PRICE" CLOTHING HOUSE ! Corner Third and Robert Streets, St. Paul. JOSEPH McKEY & CO. SHONINGER OKG.ANS! PRICES FROM $60 TO $250. New and Novel Features Found in no other Organs. Folding Pedals, Folding Lamp Stands, Music Closets (with lock). Chime of Bells, Three-ply- Sounding Board, Etc. "Warranted for six years. 148 and 150 East Third Street, St Paul, ffl f # Db!^^l 1 509 and 511 Nicollet Aye,, Minneapolis. P % 390 WABASHA STREET. EDWARD SCOTT, President. The largest and best lighted Carpet Store and Salesrooms, form erly Sherman Hall. The largest and best selected stock of CARPETS, DRAPERIES and WALL PAPERS to select from. All entirely new. The low est pi ices to be found anywhere. : _ t _ ami __ St. Paul Carpet Co.tfcfelil gll 390 WABASHA st f SffflSf ■ ' ■ :;: ' ;; '^^PEDWARD SCOTT, Prest.lf Ir^Jlt Choice White Seed Oats! MINNESOTA GROWN SEED CORN. Also full line GRASS SEEDS. * Correspondence solicited. GRIGGS BROS., Robert and Fifth Streets, St. Paul. E. A. BROWN, JEWELRY. 11l East Third Street, St. Paul. n :■:■'.. „ ' DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND SILVERWARE Expert Repairing a Specialty. CLARENCE M. McLAIN, WHOLESALE CIGARS AND TOBACCO, 61 East Seventh Street, St. Paul V^| Spring Styles 1. vk All now in at L. \SCHLIEK & CO.'S Wga^y^^-"-,^-. 89 East Third Street. 6s **^ SSisiß^ f ST. PAWL, - MINN. ranted to be equal in wear and finish to any $5 shoe P ONLY $3.50. Congress, Laced or Batton. ONLY $3.50. STATIONER. RngTaresWe-dlQg Invitations, AnncuncemeDts. V.sttinj. Cards _*____n_i-______i <*•«•,.-..« (■>•_*_■< Dies, etc. Stationery Stamped aud Illuminated. Call iWdS STS£mo*\m\ i__s___T___ Famoy Stationery. Seaside Libraries. and see the novelties in *" a le •*■•■ 113 EAST THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL. MINN. A LIST OF REAL ESTATE "', OFFERED AND WANTED In City and Country is kept at the office of the Record Advertising Company, 83 National German-American Bank Build iug*. and may be seen free of charge. WE ARE NOT AGENTS, but a medium of com munication between buyer and seller. Per sons wanting or offering* Business Chances or positions of trust are specially invited to call and see our method of advertising-. mar* -ly NOTICE. SI. "iVick.rshi*---. A Co., Dealers in fruit?, vegetables, confectionery and cigars, wholesale aud retail, who wore located at 288 East Seventh street for sixteen years, having sold their interest there, have opened their fine new brick store, 479 East Seventh street, corner _\eill street, with the finest line of fruits, vegetables, etc., etc. . . The excellence of their stock is well known ASHES! GARBAGE ! And refuse matter removed. Orders tot cleaning yards will receive prompt atten tion. ST. PAUL Odorless Excavating Co. ROOM 87. COURT BLOCK. Fourth Street, opposite New Court House. GEORGE W. HAVES, REAL ESTATE ! : Plate -.lass.i^**l"Uuiil-l;Ij • $ 'Tornado. MORTGAGE LOANS. No. -185 ' East Eourth Street, Wilder Block, '--'-. St. Paul, Minn.