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2 SAINTLY CITY DOINGS. Opening of the French Fair for St. Louis School at Market Hall. The Record Shows a Small Loss by Fire in the City Within a Year. What Prominent s'en Said in the Hotel Corridors— The Social World. Summary of the Doings of One Bay Gathered From All Sources. THE FRENCH fair. Opening of the Annual Event for the Benefit of St. Louis School. The long ta!ked-of French fair for the benefit of St. Louis school began last night in Market hall, and the place was nut jammed to suffocation tor the reason that it was the initial evening. How ever, it was very successful in spite of j the many drawbacks, and everything : was there, from the cute little • child who is a '.date for a dawn-haired doll to the dignified and handsome, black-eyed young lady, who : captures one and ail with her naive re quest: • "Won't you please buy a vote for the gold-headed cane?'" The young people predominated last j evening, and the black-eyed beauties i before mentioned were many. One | only bad to si: in a retired corner, and | if Ins appearance betokened the pres- j ence of any wealth in his pockets, a dozen pretty girls, from "sweet sixteen ' and upwards, sent an avalanche of se ductive smiles in his direction, not only drawing him from the niche hut coaxing ; the festive dime from "his inside 1 pocket." . . On all -ides were booths containing silverware, sealskin cops, handsome wreaths, smoking cans and eveiything imaginable, on which each passer-by was expected to take a chance. In one corner was a wheel of fortune and in another a tin wheel that looked like a horizontal 1 liurn. in which were a num ber of printed slips costing hi cents each, somewhat resembling a grab-bag. THE CA-SJDIDATES. The candidates for the numerous prizes were as follows: Handsome Gold-Headed Cane—Candi dates, M. Bertram! and D. Lemire. Two pretty, black-eyed girls, Miss Mag gie Haniey and Miss Louise Lemire, were in charge of the canvassing board. Complete set of Chambers' Encyclo pedia—All st Pierre. .Johi_M)liv_er, Alice Chiquourne. Stella Smallee, Blanche i'kue. Joseph Paradis. Gold Watch— Little Miss Annie Mi ron, Vivi;i Broveneher ami Ida Le Clair, Gold Necklace— Miss Jennie Geuois and Miss Miron. Besides the above was a lot valued at _______ on Rice stieet. presented by St. Aubin & Dion, on which tickets sold for 81. Th • committee on arrongements is as follows: President, T. O. Dufresne: J. B. Olivier. L. N. Dion, Alfred Du fresne. Dr. P. Marshall. Z. Quesnlc, Alfred St. Pierre, Octave Sevard. Moses Bertram!, E. Ft. Dufresne. F.X. Gravel. The attendants at the various tables are as follows: St. Louis Table— Mme. Alfred Du fresne. Mine. Edward Langevin, Mme. .1. B. St. Aubin. and Mine. E. K. Du ll CSite. West St. Paul Table— Mme Achille Michaud, Mine, P. J. Bigue, Mme. Dr. W. E. Aubin, Miles Nora and Jennie Carbeau. St. Antoine Table— Bi-ion.Mme. 1. Morrissette and Mesdames Louis and Nestor Salmon. Price Table - Miles Mathilda St. Jean, Caroline Lemire, Marie Leduc, Jennie Gabril and Philomene Plcote. Perfumery Table — Mademoiselles Jennie Oliver. Jennie St. Aubin and Emma Lrneevln. Fruit Table — Miles. Elvina Mar chand, Emma and Mabel Gravel. Flower Pavilion— Ida Dufresne and Louise Olivier. Fancy Artcles — Miles. Stella Dufresne and Flora Gervais. Lunch Tabh — Mme. Joan Genois and assistant, Mme. Joseph Leclair. The tabic- are very attractive, and contain many articles imported from Pari-. The largest crowd- are expected Friday and Saturday evenings. EXTBK NOUS. The homeliest man in st. Paul will be sure of "ze graude welcome."' "Watch me strike "bis ribs." -.aid a pretty one. as she sailed across the Boor, to a man of a hammered silver countenance.and extracted a dime from bis capacious pocket. ••Parle/, tous Francais"?" asked the black-eyed beauty of one of the visitors. "Yah."" he replied, "but 1 can not take ■ ze vote zis eve." Fathers Bigot and. Portal were at every booth, and their silver dollars followed their name on every book. "-•Music Box," voice entre Joseph Rouleau et Albert Delisie. The well known French politeness characterizes every request for a vote. Que tout le mo-tile soit au poste! I'm' splendide. canoe -a pommeau d' or; candidate M. M. Dosithee Lemire et Moise licit ram!, pere. A smoking room and refreshment hall for light drinks Is provided. Chants, niusique et miile autres at tractions ton- les soirs dv bazar. The booths were well patronized last evening, but the largest flow of dust is expected to-morrow and Saturday even tags. VERY FEW FIRES. The Record in St. Paul for the Past Year — The Depart meat as It Is. The last legislature authorized the city council to issue $100,000 in bonds for the use of the fire department, to be expended by the commissioners in put ting up new buildings, buying appa ratus and equipments. During the year the commissioners have built five new engine houses and a store house and repair shop, and on the Ist of January the present force of 162 men will be en . larged by 37 more to man the new ap paratus, the appointments having been already made. The new houses have beeu built, one at Merriam Park, one at Hamline, one on Front street near Rice, one on Delos and Clinton streets, West St. Paul, to replace old Engine House No. »'«. and one on Ninth and Fort streets, to replace old Engine House No. 1. They are all substantial brick buildings, with all modern im provements and architecturally orna mental. The contract price for the building at Merriam Park was $11.47;"); at Hamline. $11,200; on Front stieet, *5.47... The new building on Delos and Clinton cost .11,075, and of this sum $.00 was paid with the proceeds of the sale of the old building. The new En gine House No. 1 on Ninth, and Fort : streets cost, with the lot on which It stands. 135,000, and was en tirely paid for with the proceeds of the sale of the old building and site on St. Peter street. The cost of the re pair shop and store house which was bniltinthe rear of the house at Ed mund and Marion streets was *:>,."... In addition to these improvements, steam heating plants have been placed in Cen tral lire ball and in Engine House No. l at a cost of B3^iOol Three new Ahrens engine- have been purchased during the year, two of them to replace old en gines. be apparatus has further been Increased by the addition of three hook ;..,d ladder' trucks, two chemical en gine 1 , and one hose wagon. '1 wo ot the department horses have died, nine were disabled lid sold; and twenty-five new lotm-.h have been purchased. The lines <»f t!ip lire; alarm system have been ex tcuiln. to Hamline and Merriam Park, and fourteen alarm boxes have been W-ated In those, two suburbs. The •Jaffa service Urn also been augmented by twelve alarm boxes scattered throughout the city. Registers giving the number of the alarm box have been attached to the gongs in all engine houses, and the service has been other wise GI.KATLY ntPBOTKD. With the opening of the new engine house on Jan 1. the department will be upon a basis of efficiency not to be equaled in any city in the West. The force, Including officers and men, in all departments, will number 200, occupy ing seventeen booses, located in every ' populous portioned the city and suburbs, In making their estimate of the cost of operating the department for 1888, the lire commissioners asked for $225,000, and on this basis the tax levy was made. This includes salaries, teed. fuel, re pairs and all Incidentals and current expenses, but net expenses for new ap paratus or new buildings. The cost of the department during 15.7 will be about .180.000. In round numbers, the pay rolls per month for the 102 men have amounted to _ 11,800, and the the monthly bills t0 53,500. The aver age cost of one engine company per month is $730. The city has been phenomenally for tunatc in the matter of tire losses so far this year. During the lirst eleven mouths, from Jan. 1 to Dec. l. the total losses l>y fire were less than $220,000, or an average of $20,000 per month. The exact total, as taken from the fire rec- j ords of the department, are: Losses on buildings, .65,943 ; losses on contents, I $153,140. The only lire which the fire men were unable to control at once was the fire in July. which partially de stroyed the buildings and damaged the stock of the clothing house of Burbank & Co., and the Minnesota Spice com pany, adjacent to the P. 11. Kelly Mer cantile company's buildings, on Third street near Sibley. The total loss by ; that lire is estimated at $105,440, or ; nearly one-half the entire losses of the ' year." During the first eleven months of the year the department answered ' 2Ss alarms, 150 of which were box alarms, ' 64 still alarms, -h* telephone alarms, 8 mercurial alarms, 7 special alarms. 1 second alarm. 1 general and 2 telegraphic alarms. In almost every case where any material damage was done the loss has been amply coveted by insurance. The records for the months of August, September and October is unprece dented. In August there were but fif teen alarms and a total loss of $1,735; in September twelve alarms, with a loss of only 11,700," and in October eighteen alarms, with a hiss of $1,0115. IN th;; ROTUNDAS. No Rise in Price of Milk— Buffalo Becoming Extinct-— Home From Washington. "Consumers need not fear that the present agitation of the milk question will cause a rise in the retail price of that article," said P. J. Beck .ted;, of Northfield, and one of the largest producers for the St. Paul market, "but the fanners want to get more mom v for what they raise, and see no other way than to dispense with the services of the middlemen. That is substantially our position in the matter, and as a member of the dairymen's association 1 shall earnestly favor such a proposition with a view to having milk bandied by our own agent. "loam convinced from an experience extending over many years that there i more profit in sending good and pure milk to die market than there is in rais ing wheat, and for the future all my en ergies will be devoted to raising grade cattle, half Alderneys, and possibly a lew Ilolsteins. I am glad to know that the dairy commissioner is liii" to make the tests more .id, and any results that may be accom plished through his efforts will inure alike to the benefit of the honest farmer and the consumer. But the middlemen must go, as the lir:-; step towards inaug urating a reform in the quality of milk." Conspicuous in the rotunda of the Ryan is an exhibit that attracted a great deal of attention at the New Orleans exposition as the offering of Dakota, which isa display of the species of fur animals of the West, particularly of the | territories of Montana. Dakota. Wash ington and Idaho, embracing buffalo, elk, deer, moose, mountain sheep and goats, wolves. coyotes and ' game birds of all descriptions. W. S. : Barrows, of Maudan, who has charge of the exhibit, said that the hunters who hail furnished the specimens. after rang ing over a wide extent of territory, re ported that the buffalo was extinct, that in their journeys for a year past they had not encountered a single one of these animals, which but a few years ago roamed the prairie in countless droves. The mounting of the various specimens was done by Taxidermist J. ; 1). Alien, oi Maudan, who has the repu- j tation of being one of the foremost artists in his line in the world. Many ladies, guests at the Ryan, have inspect ed the trophies of the chase now on ex hibition, ami the -pace alloted to the display is crowded all day with interest ed and enthusiastic spectators. _:- * Ex-Gov. Hubbard returned last even ing from his unsuccessful mission to Washington in the interest of Minne apolis as the meeting place of the next national Republican convention, but did not seem very much depressed over his failure. "Belter luck next time," he responded cheerily to an inquiry on the subject, "but there seemed to be an impression that we were too young yet to be accorded such a signal honor over Chicago and Eastern cities. Now that the conven tion matter is settled I shall devote all the time possible to securing the re moval of the' State Reform school to Red Wing. l think Gov. McGill is in clined favorably to our request and that upon his return from the capital he will take decisive action in this matter which so directly concerns the future of our city. The encouragement that would be .riven us by cany ing out the recom mendations" of the commission cannot be overestimated, and an impetus will be given building operations in our section that would seem at first glance to be in credible. We will not listen to any talk of a compromise, but insist upon the law being executed to the letter." THE LONG GKEEX SWINDLE. An Old Game With a New Feature for Catching Suckers. With all the advertising the time worn "green goods" has had through the newspapers, it still continues to thrive, and by its means the ambitious hayseed still continues to contribute largely to the support of the smooth | tongued New York swindler. The cir culars are in St. Paul to some extent. | There is nothing new in the game itself, ! but some enterprising chap in the seat I of iniquity, who can be addressed as ; "George Cooper, care cigar store, 857 i Tenth avenue, New York city," has re cently sprung a fiesh fake in recom | mending the business, It is nothing more \ than a slip of paper which is supposed : to be a newspaper clipping, and which I to the iruiloiess sucker may appear to be i genuine. The usual letter circular, \ which has fired the hearts of so many I young men with a burning desire to tret ; rich easy, sets forth the fact that Mr." Cooper has good money, 1 "as the enclosed newspaper clipping j will prove." The sizes bf bils are ls, ; 2s. as and IQs, and the terms are 2,000 for _i".O, 3.000 for £ _WO, 5,000 forfMQ, ; 10,000 Cot 630, and so on— the more you i take the cheaper they come. It is fur i ther set forth thai Mr. Cooper desires to • deal face to face with Ins customers.and Ihe says: "I know it is a lons way for you to come here, but look at the ad- I vantages, and no risks." He goes on: ' "If mv goods are not all they claim them i to be, 1 will pay your fare from and to , vol.! home. InGod's name do not be- I tray me. or mention to a living soul ! what passes between us, as 1 have I never &81AR '";': v.v"- .'-"-V" DONE YOU ANY HA KM I and never shall. I will always return j your letters to you, and a- a gurantee of ! your confidence 1 also request the return I of this letter and newspaper clipping."" I Mr. Cooper does not sign at the bottom jof the letter, It wouldn't do in his j business. He just says, "address as i per slip," and encloses .a bit. of paper I with the address on. But the newspa- I per clipping; that is the new idea. It i ha;, uneven edges, and is apparently cut I from some New York daily with a pair j of shears, lt may fool a fool, but if THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1887. Mr. Cooper wishes to fool a man who knows bis business lie had better hire an editor. Evidently he wrote the arti cle himself. It is beaded, "Are Our Greenbacks Genuine?" Then in paren thesis "(First district court. New York.)"* Like the new reporter, he be gins: An astounding disclosure was made before his honor at the above court, tbe particulars of which should be understood by our read ers. The article then goes on to recite how one Charles A. Becker was arraigned' because be had arranged to sell a gen tleman from the West what he termed perfectly genuine United States green backs, precisely the same as those is sued by the treasury department. The Westerner; who was none other than a detective, had purchased 180,000 worth of the article for $1,200, and had then arrested Becker for passing counterfeit money. Becker was indignant and de manded that the United States govern ment experts be sent for. The experts came and after carefully examining the alleged counterfeit money declared it to be as good as the genuine, and made from precisely the same plates. The experts then made known to the court that one of the engravers in the govern ment engineering bureau had stolen the engravings and that it was undoubtedly from these plates that the alleged coun terfeit bills were made. So says the ar ticle, and then continues in language that would make a reporter in the Bung town Bladder blush for his profession: "The commissioner had no other alter native than to discharge the prisoner, who smiled his thanks and tripped out of the court room, valise in hand, that contained, says our reporter, (100,000 of money good enough for him at all events; and our reporter was not alone in bis envious thoughts, as it seemed thai some Of the speculators would like to have a few thousand of Becker's so called counterfeits. To give our candid opinion, we could sec no difference in the bills, as the notes were printed from genuine United States plates, obtained from the engraver's department at Washington, by whom ii is not known, and perhaps never will be. As the case now '-lands, some one i- getting rich in a safe. fast and sure manner at the ex pense of the government."' TO MAKE IT STIJOXGEK on the oilier side of the slip is a tele gram from Washington, as follows: deficit IN IM i.i: -ax's cash BOX V.'.-.simni.to.v— The report of the committee appointed by Secretary Fairchild to examine the books, accounts and moneys ia tbe Office of the treasurer of the United States shows ii;,- following items of deficit: Counterfeit notes received in re demption division $129,C40 00 Packages stolen from cash room, June •_'. l<-7 47,09. ii-"") Packages stolen from redemp tion division, February is, 18*7 1,000 00 short cash in division of na tional banks in liquidation 20 00 Total deficit Si 77. 63 It appears from the above that coun terfeiting has been reduced to an ail. and that our treasury officials fail to detect counterfeits from the genuine, the resemblance being so dose. The question we wish answered is how to protect ourselves when officials ap pointed for the purpose cannot dis tinguish base from genuine money. THE COURT .GRIND. Numerous New Suits Begun Yes terday — In the Federal Build ing. Josephine Kauffman was yesterday granted a divorce from Charles Kauff man, and the custody of three children. Louis A. Ducbarme vs. Michael Dor itv et al. Order issued by Judge Simons to" the effect that order to show cause be dismissed. Christian Kausteuervs. William Weg ■ man et al. Judge Simons issued order granting defendants leave to tile amended answer in live days. 1). 11. Crego vs. 11. 11. Beech and North St. Paul Land Company. Asks judgment for $109.05 for materials fur nished, >_: ..is labor furnished and con struction of factory building at North St. Paul. National German-American bank has begun action vs. Jacob R. Steiner for 1.72 on a promissory note. National American bank has begun suit vs. B. P. Gray for $182.02 on a promissory note. Cyrus B." Thurston vs. .1. W. and Sarah Mabon. Asks judgment for $1,478.06. excess paid defendants in con struction of a building. Plaintiff claims that defendants made away with a lot of old iron, and this, with overcharges, made the exec---.. v. -. COVRT. The matter of the prosecution of a Writ of habeas corpus for John K. Herres was argued and submitted yes terday. Barnhart Lumber company vs. Supe j rior Short Line Railway company. Mo i tion for new trial argued and submitted. Otto J. Nelson, administrator, etc., vs. I David J. Hennessey et al. Motion to ! remand argued and submitted. Allen M. Short vs. Chicago. Milwau kee & St. Paul Railway company. Mo tion to remand argued and submitted. The jury failed to agree in the case of .1. C. O'Malley vs. Union Steamboat ' company. In the case of K. B. Mackey vs. Brad : street, Thurber & Co., the jury returned ; a verdict of s.u."> for plaintUL The case of George .Wj-fatoflSH. vs. La Confiance Com pa. ir!!*" ■■V-toffyine Assurance Centre 1 lucendie, is on trial before Judge Nelson. SI TIIKMK COURT. In the supreme court yesterday the case of the State of Minnesota, respond ent, vs. George McCrum, appellant, was argued by the appellant and submitted by the respondent. In the case of the | State vs. Peter Johnson a motion for re argument was denied. TWANGING THE STRINGS. The Banjo Concert By Local Tal ent "Was a Success Last Night. The grand vocal and instrumental concert given under the auspices of the j St. Paul Banjo club, last evening at Turner hall, was attended by a large j audience. The numbers given by the I members of the club were finely ren j dered. Will Nichols, all the way from ! .Montana, showed that he had not for gotten his cunning with the guitar, lie received a merited encore. Miss Kava -1 niiu__h"s recitations were very i good, though the hall seemed i a trifle large for her voice. Clara Becker, a young miss of some i fourteen summers, accompanied with ; the inevitable gesture and parasol, sang four songs. The banjo duet of- Ralph Martin and ('. E. Feller was elegantly performed and two recalls demanded. Perhaps the best thing on the pro gramme was the quartette of banjo, ; zither, guitar and harp by Messrs. Sherry, Siewert, Nichols and Saenger. ! The music of these instruments blended I together in beautiful harmony. The : Stone brothers, Martin and <__eorge,sang I themselves into favor the very first j song they attempted. The audience ' compelled them to sing twice more be fore patting with them. Al Flournoy found it no trick at all to keep the peo ! pie laughing, notwithstanding he was appearing in that hoarj and antiquated farce, "Here she Goes" and There she Goes,*" which was written long before Al ever saw the light of day. His make up was immense, and would have done credit to such minstrel celebrities as I George Wilson or Bob Slavin in their 1 palmiest days. His two topical songs: i "That's Funny. Now, Ain't It," and 1 "They Haven't Done Anything Since,"' brought down the house. The perform ance, as a whole, was very meritorious. i The evening's entertainment concluded i with a social hop of eight numbers, ! danced to the music of the banjo, harp, zither, guitar and piano. He Pulled a Gun. A negro named 11. J. Johnson, who had just come from Clinton, 10., com plained at police headquarters a week ! atio that his wife was in St. Paul, and • that while ostensibly she was living with her sister in a laundry at Seven ' Corners, he believed she was sustaining I illicit relations with another negro . named Nash. The police refused to take action unless Johnson would swear out a warrant for his wife and Nash, and Johnson went away. Yesterday afternoon Johnson and Nash met in the vicinity of the house where the woman I was and Nash pulled a revolver aud threatened to shoot .Johnson. Officer Daly responded to Johnson's calls for help and arrested both men. They were locked up tit the central station. CAPITAL CITY SOCIETY. Wedding of Judge Ross Clarke and Miss Anna W. Yandes— Notes. The wedding of Judge Ross Clarke, of Indianapolis, and Miss Anna XV. Yandes, of this city, occurred yesterday afternoon at the residence of F. A. Davis, on East Third street. A beauti ful and impressive ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Brooks, The bride carried a large bouquet of roses, and was attired In a tasty and elegant dress of white surah and watered silk. She was attended by her sister. Miss Mary M. Yandes. Miss Yandes is the daughter of the late James W. Yandes, who resided on Dayton's bluff, and was one of St. Paul's most substan tial and wealthy citizens. She has a large circle of friends in this city. Judge Clarke is one of the most promi nent lawyers of the Indianapolis bar. and has lately served as judge of the ! criminal court. He has been one of the leading Democrats in Indiana, and is ! widely" known throughout that, state. | The wedding was private, only the in timate friends of the parties being | present. The judge and his bride will pass the winter in Southern California, and last evening left for the Golden j Gate. Upon their return from Cali fornia they will make their residence in ! St. Paul. ' SOCIAL NOTES. The charity ball given under the : auspices of the Hebrew Ladies' Benevo lent society Thursday evening, Dec. S, proved a grand success financially, hav ing netted the sum ot $1,075. The mem bers of the different committees wish to express their thanks and appreciation ; to all who assisted, and especially to outsiders who responded so liberally and willingly to their aid in this benevo lent work." ' An entertainment will be given at the I chapel of the First Baptist church 1 under the auspices of the Young Peo ple's society of the church. The young men will furnish the entertainment. which will be of a musical and literal} nature. A DETECTIVE AGENCY. Articles for a Detective Agency Piled Yesterday— A Big Mining Company. The Minnesota Secret Service agency, of Minneapolis, was incorporated yes terday. The object of the incorporation is to do a general detective business. The capital is 123,000, and Charles Northrop, of St. Paul, and li. 11. Me- Cluskey. W. F. Garthwaite, A. M. Dine hart and C. 11. Nash, all of Minneap olis, are the incorporators. The Kainini-tiijuia Iron Mining Com pany of St. Paul tiled articles of Incor poration with the secretary of state yes terday. The capital i- 12.500,000 and the incorporators are: O. N. Murdock, of .V. -1 Superior, Wis.; William Mur dock and V-Bowerman. of Port Arthur. A. F. Olmstead and E. E. McDonald, of St. Paul, and George M. Smith, of Du luth. j To Benefit St. Luke's. The annual sale of fancy work by St. Luke's Aid Society of St. Paul's church took place yesterday afternoon and last eveninr at 131 East Fifth street. The sale was very successful and dint _ a handsome sum was realized from the sale of fancy articles and a hot' lunch, which was served from 12 to 3 o'clock. The president. Mrs. Sumwalt: 'Mrs. Branson, the treasurer, and Mrs. Alfred Hocking, the secretary, were in con stant attendance during the afternoon and evening and united in declaring that the sale was an unqualified success. This society meets every week for work, the proceeds of which go to support St. Luke's hospital. j , Before Judge Cory. ' In the police court yesterday William Peadens, a tramp, was sent to the work bouse for ninety days lor having stolen a pair of boot- from Schnittger's : Shoe store on Seventh street. Michael '.ar rett was also given ninety days for wife beating. George 11. Humphrey, a negro charged with stealing a satchel and suit of clothes, was discharged, the prosecut ing witness failing to appear. The hear ing of Charles Dunn, "one of the boys accused of the burglary of C. R. Beg ler's hardware store on Dayton avenue, was continued until to-day. GLOBULES. Eleven birth-, three deaths and one mar riage were bulletined at the health oflice yes terday. The St. .Tunics African M. E. church will bold a fair Dec. 19-20 at the Swedeuborglan church. Ambrose Tlsrhe has been appointed United Slates commissioner and master in chancery, mi place of Judge Cardoso, deceased. David Ramaley. proprietor of Ramaley's Printing house. slipped on Fourth street. near Wabasha, Tuesday night, and broke ttu arm. The board of public works heard property, owners on the paving of Nina avenue yester day afternoon and laid the matter over for further consideration. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the seven Corners Snow Shoe club was held at the club's now headquarters. 2'M West Third street, last evening. Ten new member!: were elected. The board of abatement was in session yes torday. Twenty-live applications for abate ment of taxes Were received and iiuictiti_it.lv postponed, awaiting the approval of the state treasurer. The ladies of the Westminster Presbyterian church of West St. Paul will give an oyster supper nud social at the church this evening, the proceeds to go toward defraying the ex penses of the coming Christmas exercises of the Sabbath school. A laborer named John Swanson, employed by Dale & Uumgardner, blasting rock on Maryland street, was struck by a flying piece of rock yesterday morning. His left leg was ; broken below the knee and his right leg se- v erely injured. lie was taken to the city hos pital." A communication to the Globe from the secretary of the St. Croix Lumber company. at Stillwater, says that Capt. B. S. Austin was erroneously named as president of that eoiuimuy by the Globe In a recent issue. Mr. Austin," he says, is in no way connected with that company. Property owners interested in the proposed paving of Kent street were given a hearing before the board of public works yesterday. The preliminery order provides for paving j the street with asphalt, from Summit avenue : to Ashland avenue, and the matter was again 1 laid over to give parties an opportunity to be heard on the question of extending the pave j ment further out. The St. Paul conference of "Woman's Christian Temperance unions will meet to day at 3 p. m. at 5* East Sevonth street. Hie conference will be addressed by Mrs. Prof. N.H. Winched, state superintendent of scien tific temperance instruction, and Miss A. M. Henderson, assistant superintendent, • who will give a repor of the National W. C. T. !'.. recently convened at Nashville, Teun- — PERSONALS. fl 1 ' '; . ■ _J Attorney Lewis, of Waseca, was a capilo : caller yesterday. - _ Hon. Thomas I'ugh. of Mankato, called at the capitol yesterday. """• ' "* <;. W. Crane, of Fort Benton, was Jimmig yesterday's arrivals at the Merchants.--" . : { J. H. Knight, of Ashland, Wis,, aiK^onp'of the pioneers of that part of the country, iS'at I the Kyan. »ie. (j Mr. ami Mrs. 11. XV. Child, of Helena, are in I the city and will probably remain yirou^h the winter. __t--*_l Elliott Durand, who is a prominent . cr.pi tii!i-t of Chicago, is In St. Paul on a business trip, with headquarters at the Kyan. XV. A. Bisgban and George XV. Emery, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, will spend Christmas at Buffalo. N. Y. B. E. Woodson, a leading manufacturer of St. Louis, has parlors at the Ryan, and an nounces his intention of taking in the carni val next month. - :. Hon. John F. Meagher, of Mankato. who is at the Kyau for a few days, reports politic- as very quiet in his part of the country, the peo ple being content to let congress manufacture capital for the campaign. ,". . '- Judge J. G. Donnelly, of Milwaukee, na tional committeeman of the Irish National league, accompanied by Assemblyman Dunn and Mr. Median, of the same place." arrived in this ciir yesterday. They will spend a few days here calling on their friends. • .. James McNaught, solicitorfor theNortnern Pacific railroad, who has been East for some time on business connected with that mad. returned to the Kvan yesterday, accompflWcd by his wife, who "has visiting friends at Washington. _ . "' __»-. 1/ 'ii farms and timber tracts, ' . ill flfiS Read the "Wants"' and learn the ' ,Uo ' facts. THEY NEED NOT KICK. The Attorney General Says the Private Banking Law Is U-_ccns.i_U-_on._i. EXAMINER KNOX GETS BACK. He Says the Bankers Don't Like the Law Because it Prevents Tax Dodging. "Michael is very kind to me," said Bank Examiner Knox yesterday after he had read over the remarks of the Hon. M. Doran in the proceedings of the meeting of the private bank men, held at the Merchants' hotel on Tues day. "He lias reason to be, and never tails to vent his dislike whenever he gets an opportunity. 1 do not believe that Vice President Wells was correctly reported in the proceedings as pub lished, for 1 do not think he would cast such an unwarrantable reflection on the attorney general as the published re ports credit to him. It is absurd to think of such a thing as an opinion being withheld by me. The facts are that the opinion would be filed with the governor and not with me. If the law is unconstitutional I ought to know it as soon as possible, and, instead of holding it hack. 1 would send it out at once. I stand for and represent the state hanking system, and this law aims to protect them. My an nual report shows that there are 119 firms doing a private hanking business in Minnesota. They are none of them incorporated, a.- one might, in most | cases, infer from the fanciful names they sail under, and so are under no supervision, are not examined, make no reports and do not publish, as corporate banks do, four or five times a year, state ments of their condition. Their letter heads carry a large amount of capital, in round numbers, and they give every appearance of being ' a regularly Incorporated concern. In this way "they have all the benefits to ; be conveyed by incorporation and yet ; ! evade its cost— taxation. Yes, the mat- ! j ter of taxation is at the bottom of till : I this. This Keller law was passed to BE. BE THE TAXATION of the funds held by these banks. At 1 present these banks swear out one affi i davit which gives a large amount of de posits. This is for the people. Another \ statement is then* fixed up with perhaps I one-tenth as much iii deposits. This is for the assessor. "1 have in mind one bank which is down in the assessor's books for some ; -3,000 deposits, while it advertises .30,- I 000 or ?_O,OOO deposits. These banks re turn only one-naif, one-third, one-fifth and sometimes even one-tenth of their actual deposits for taxation. People never know anything of the condition i of these private banks until alter they have failed, and then they learn to their sorrow. Regularly Incorporated state banks and national banks are obliged , by law to publish statements made to the public examiner four or five times a year, and they are taxed on the full amounts so rendered. The law in ques tion was passed to secure the proper taxation of the funds of these banks, as well as to protect the people* against shaky and irresponsible concerns. " hen this hill was passed, ninety | three were lor and nine against it. The j whole number of members of the legis l lature, including senators, was 150. The j constitution in section 13 of article 9, i says: 'The legislature may, by a two thirds vote, pass a general banking law ! with the following restrictions and re -1 quirements.' Now the constitutional ! question is whether the law means two j thirds of the members present or two ; thirds of all elected. If it means the ! latter, then perhaps the point is a good . one. The fact i- that it is seldom that j two-thirds of all elected are in attend ! ance at any one time. Had the whole ! legislature* been there, the bill would \ have passed by a vote of nine-tenths of j the body. The whole thing is, however, a scheme to avoid taxation. The charge 1 that 1 have, or had in any way, any j thing to do with the opinion of the attorney general is false in every par ticular." ' ATTORNEY GENERAL CLAPP. '•There seems to be some misappre , hension in this matter," said Attorney ■ General Clapp to a Globe reporter yes- I terday afternoon. "Gen. Cole called on ' me yesterday morning and stated that ! the" private bankers were to hold a meeting at the Merchants in the after noon, and that it my opinion was fully decided upon, it would be a great favor to the association to have it given out at the meeting. "1 told him," continued the attorney general, "that 1 bad reached a conclu sion in the matter and should so inform the public examiner: but owing to the fact that I was so pressed in my work, I had not yet written out the opinion. The" opinion was ! that the bill was unconstitutional. 1 told him he might treat that as my opin ion and convey it to the meeting of the private bankers. I certainly thought everything satisfactory and that Gen. Cole'understood that such was my opin ion. If I had thought there was to be any question in regard to it I would have put it in writing, busy as I was. The law is unconstitutional because it did not receive a two- thirds vote of the legislature, which such a law must have according to the constitution." !__» — THE WESTERN UNION. It Is in a Position to Declare a Dividend. New York, Dec. 14.— -The regular quarterly meeting of the directors of the Western Union Telegraph company was held to-day. President Green sub mitted his quarterly report, which shows: Surplus Oct. 1.1587, $7,354, 5G9._5. The net revenues of the quarter ending Dec. 31 inst., based upon nearly com pleted returns for October, partial re turns for November, and estimating the business for December, will be about £1.500,000. Add surplus Oct. las above, 57.354,509.35. Total, $8,854,569.30. From winch appropriating for interest on bonds and sinking fund5,?142.050, leaves a balance of 18,711,919.35. It requires j for a dividend of 1' 4 per cent 0.1 the capital stock, $1,077,343.75. Deducting which, leaves a surplus after paying dividend of $7,034,575.00. The report then goes on as follows : The gross revenues will be the largest ever earned in one quarter. But little re i duction in the expenses of the Balti j more A Ohio system could be made be fore the Ist of "December, and it will re quire a little further time to realize the full benefit of ihe economies of the con solidation. In view of the preceding statements, the committee recommend the adoption by the board of the follow ing: "Resolved, That a dividend of \\i per cent on the capital stock of the com pany hi hereby declared, payable on and" after the loth day of January next, to stockholders on record at the close of the transf < r books on the 20th day of December, Inst." The report was adopted. ♦ STEAM HEATING A SUCCESS On the Through Trains of the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The experiment of heating trains by steam has been successfully tested by only one Western line— the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railway— and now the through trains of that company leaving Chicago eveiy day at 7:30 p. m., and leaving Minneapolis at 0:50 p. m.. and St. Paul at 7:30 p. m., are sys tematically equipped with steam heat ing apparatus. No matter what degree of cold may exist anywhere along the line, an even temperature of heat is maintained throughout the interior of the train. As rapidly as possible aii through trains on the various other lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railway will the provided with appliances for the betting of its coaches by steam. MM 'll' rend the ''Wants'' each week, m/11/OnS Always finding what they seek. STILLWATER NEWS. This evening the newly organized Gothic club will dance at the B. & L. hall. This afternoon the Parish Aid society, of the Episcopal church, will meet at the residence of Mrs. T. 11. Warren, 309 youth Fifth street. August Boreen, and not Charles Brenner, as reported by an evening paper of this city, will entertain the Vass club at his residence this evening. Ben I.olirbacli, who Buffered the frac ture or' a leg on Saturday last while en gaged in a wrestling match, is now at the city hospital, where he is progress ing favorably. The York club held a special meeting Tuesday evening to elect a secretary to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig nation of F. 11. Gadsby. After a rather 'close run William Shortall was chosen to fill the vacant seat. Last evening the ladies of the Univer salis! society held a very pleasant social at the resilience of Mrs. William Mas terman. A fine collation was served from C to 8 iv the evening, to which ample justice was paid by a large num ber. The ladies of the Baptist church hold a regular Xew England supper at Jay Davits' old stand this afternoon and evening from sto 0 o'clock. The ladies will also offer for sale a large number of fancy, useful and ornamental articles, so that after the inner man has been satisfied the outer man may be made comfortable. ___^ GEN. SMITH DEAD. A Prominent Soldier of the Late War Joins the Silent Majority. New York, Dec. 14.— Gen. Thomas Kirby Smith, of Philadelphia, a distin guished soldier of the War of the Ke ; hellion, died here to-day, aged sixty seven years. He had been in New York for some time in connection with the details pertaining to the Gen. Grant fund. He was chief of the dead hero's staff at the close of the war. His illness ; was of short duration and his death was ■ very unexpected, lie studied law with Salmon P. Chase and was admitted to the bar in 1846. In 1856 President I Pierce appointed him United States I marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, which position be retained until ; the accession of President Buchanan. In lbf.l Gov. Denison.of Ohio, appointed him lieutenant of the Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer infantry, but before the reg iment went to the field he was pro moted to be its colonel. He took part in many Important engagements and remained in the field until 1.04, when sickness contracted by exposure com pelled him to retire. .*_. Powderly's Condition. " W_.i_kk.3BAl.be, Pa., Dec. 14.—Gen eral Master Workman Powderly was resting comfortably at his home in Hyde Park at . o'clock this evening. His physician, Dr. Allen, says his case is not a serious one. He only needs rest. A W CRD ABOUT CATARRH "It is the mucous membrane, that wonder ful Eeml-fitdd envelope surrounding ihe delicate tissues of the air and food passages, that catarrh makes its stronghold. Once es tablished, ii cats into the very vitals, and renders life but a long-drawn breath of mis ery and disease, (lulling the sense of hearing, trammeling the power of speech, destroying the faculty of smell, tainting the breath, ana killing the refined pleasures of taste. Insid iously, by creeping on from a simple cold in the head," it assaults the membraneous lining and envelops the bones, eating through the delicate coats and causing inflammation, sloughing and death. Nothing short of total eradication will secure health to the patient, and all alleviatives are simply procrastinated sufferings, leading to a fatal termination. sanfohii's Radical Cure, by inhalation and by internal administration, has never failed: even when the disease has made frightful inroads on delicate constitutions, hearing, smell and taste have been recovered, and the disease thoroughly driven out." s.\\.oiii>'s Radical Cure consists of one bottle of the Radical Cure, one box ca tarrhal Solvent, and one Improved In baler, neatly wrapped in one package, with full directions: price, SI. Potter Drug & Chemical ('<;.. BOSTON. sJfr Weak, Painful Backs, &CTfjßmKidney and Uterine Tains and vi Weaknesses relieved in one min //Wf-_ciJute by the Cuticura Anti (l .'li Pain Plaster, the first and only pain-killing plaster. New, instantaneous, in fallible. The most perfect antKtoto to Pain, Inflammation and Weakness ever compound ed. Vastly superior to all other plasters. At all druggists, '_'."> cents; five for SI: or, post age free. of Potter Drug and Chemical to., Boston, Mass. l0 m ߀s oliE h^9P^Mß Sjvn troubles / ; f :A CUre f QT and di- ytj^x, " ,v *'-' J* "Dii ""C seases, Sg^dP put*, for use afoF*** 3 * J j/g: ITCH, t/je AlußSEffY'V* -»•- /qTHLOPHOF^OS POWDER 19 unruled • Neat, clean, fan*.? and effr cti'/e. Beautifully M up in box with .burr. S&nd b cehk for the beautiful colored picture, the i oothl\QfTl»/lihlot>hoTosdo 112 Wallst.HY. Get your Horses Shod with the FERRIER TOE CALK, And avoid, setting caught in the ca ble slot, at Fcrrier's Shoeing Shop, corner Tenth and Pine streets. : ri"_P_tl__ti. 7tlß Peerless Extension Table. T'YifP&ix Made only of selected kiln-dried I _r^r__ A!- h, Oak, Birch or Walnut. Pat- I J 1 SI lilted slide. Removable Legs. I I I I * The handsomest and strongest '■■ St Anthony table in the market Send fur ...» descriptive circular to THE ST- ANTHONY FURNITURE CO, Kamsev County, Minnesota MONEY At Current Bates of Interest. Loans closed with promptness. CLARK & THORNE, 31V Robert Street. CHEAPEST BOOK STORE IN THE NORTHWEST. . NEW AND OLD BOOKS. Libraries and Parcels of Books bought. Send for Catalogue. R. F. LEASK & CO., 100 Kast Third Street* ST. PAUL PATENTS! Caveats, Designs, Trade Marks,' Label., etc. Write or call. '•";_ LANE & BARRETT, Room *_*. American Lank BUlg. bT. I'AUL, Ml_.>.. A PRECAUTION /fe^ Gives him security from \JsSp an y misunderstanding, \z,f and puts the young la- JrijM. dies on their guard. Men i&L • pXTiX wno w * sn some thing a /¥JS • a-f-TJIpV little different for an /'m lam ;.; Ijfc \ overcoat than what is // V> ) generally worn will find \ |SKF3r [// our iine °^ Surtout Over \JjLxJf>|^< coats just the thing. This j^ T "^vf^^ style of overcoat is made § close-fitting, with coat any misunderstanding, and puts the young la dies on their guard. Men who wish something a little different for an overcoat than what is generally worn wiil find our line of Surtout Over coats just the thing. This style of overcoat is made close-fitting, with coat - — — ft W"r I - -- "" tails, is a little longer -\ \\\ \k: — than a sack overcoat, " r ' — \ \ 1 I " and, without doubt, on a ,\ 4 . \ lj well-shaped man, the -^ 1 ft 'A II ■ most stylish and hand - — iy ~\ \\ |l/~~~ some overcoat that can w ~z_^r~\ r~ \\\. ~ be worn. We have these — — t W4 I V - Surtout overcoats, silk :E_=_ \ \\ 1 lined and beautifully "••'"--—_ L — \a) made from imported -=g-__y-=^y overcoatings, at very reasonable prices. One-Price Clothing House CORNER OF THIRD AND ROBERT STREETS, ST. PAUL. JOSEPH McKEY & CO. REST MADE CLOTHING. WE HAVE NO BRANCH HOUSES. I have added the celebrated Simpson, Hall & Miller line of Silver Plated Ware to my stock, and now carry Rogers', Meriden, and S., H. & M., above mentioned. I offer Rogers & Bro. and Wm. Rogers'. Tea Spoons, $1.50 per set; Table Spoons, 83 per set; Dessert Forks, 82.50 per set: medium Forks, §*. per set; medium Knives, 81-50 per set; Dessert Knives, .SLID per set. I carry a full line of Oxidized and Fancy Engraved Flat Table Ware, in Patterns that cannot be told from the finest solid goods except by the stamp on the back. In Case Goods I describe a few articles. A CHILD'S BREAD AND MILK BOWL, plate and spoon, in a fine leather case, satin-trimmed; the bowl is nicely ornamaled in oxidized silver with band of gold chasings and dead black silver: the plate is also orna mented in gold ami black silver; bowl, plate and spoon lined with gold; $13. l£l *_) A SET OF SILVER KNIVES .PJ-0 trimmed with mother of pearl: case is crimson plush lined with salmon-colored satin. iSjl O A SET OK DESSERT KNIVES SIMI- C'J'v larly trimmed; case, seal-brown plush lined with saimon-colortd satin. Cl (\ ASET OF KNIVES AND FORKS IN •4P 1 Lv/ oxidized silver handles, very beauti ful design, in a crimson plush case, lined with pale blue satin : these are Rogers Bros. T HAVE ALSO NUTCRACKERS AN D JL picks, coffee spoons, butter knives, jelly spoons, sugar tongs, sugar spoons, grape tongs, pickle forks, salad forks, lish knives, pie knives, cheese SCOOps, berry spoons, soup ladle-., child's sets, oyster butter plates, cased in plush, leather, leatherette and paper cases, both plated and silver ware. <CIQ ASET— TEAPOT, CREAMER. SUG -010 ar and spoon holder; quadruple plate: chased and hand-engraved. Have other sets, running from four to nine pieces in set. and ranging in price from S_iO to §l'>s per set. <Jj,l *"v— A VERY HANDSOME TILTING w'-rtJ water pitcher; design a very beauti ful hand- painted winter scene on imported porcelain"; stand and trimmings of fancy engraved silver. There are two mugs and slop bowl of silver lined with gold. QRf. BUYS ONE OF THE HAND qp*J\J somest tea sets ever brought to St. Paul; beautifully engraved, satin finished, containing tea and coffee pot, slop bowl, gold-lined sugar, creamer, spoon holder, but ter dish and sirup cup with plate, latest de sign in a set. I claim there has never been a tea set that has ever been brought to St. Paul equal to it for double the money. jf " \ 1 1 1 >R CASES. I Ren.eriP.sr the Beautiful Christmas Gifts to which Tickets are Given ______ Each Dollar or More Purchase. ■___■__■_■_■_■ ■ ) tinj.LuJii-ij / sell oHiyo Hiy the best grade of goods, and sell them I tffIHCV Tfl !P AW I \at lower prices than any cne else in the West. 1 RUSE I IU LL Mil i J Diamonds, Watches, Solid and Plated Jewelry, I \v a t_- ire I Silverware and Plated Ware, Clocks, Field and Opera IW A DIAMONDS, Glasses, Spectacles, etc. DIAMONDS, ' I i ma * ™ !______: J. E. INGHAM, 327^S st .»_.. MHB_a_____M_a__Bß__Bißn_aß \ 7 Our Holiday stock is replete | with novel attractions, which must be seen to be appreciated. We have brought together, in our warerooms, a collection of Holi- I day Novelties which have never before been equaled in this city. fWe shall be glad to welcome all j who may be interested, and can promise them a pleasant hour in i V \ To tlie many strangers visiting our city, you are welcome to our store and make yourself comfortable. Yon will see one of the largest Fancy , Goods Bazaars in the country. Cor. Seventh & Minnesota Sis. HIGH ART JEWEURY! DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND SILVERWARE. E. A. BROWN, \II EastTl.l.d Street, St. Paul. Expert Repairing a Specialty. *_____— A KINK LARGE NUT BOWL— v'l" Handsomely carved and hammered in design; gold-lined, witb fine heavy handles in oxidized silver. (£l/1 -SOUP TUREEN — IN" A HEAVY"' <i?l -r twist scroll bottom, rounding up to ward the top, leaving the band and cover perfectly plain; fine carved handles: bottom is made' of copper, double, so that it can bo set on a range or stove to keep contents warm if necessary. _>(•— BUTTER DISH— SAME DESCRIP tiPi) tion in design as above: BREAD DISH- SATIN FINISHED— low. and nicely made; center and end raised, fancy design; twelve inches long and si:-; wide; can be us.-.! for fruit or cake. -5* A— A BEAUTIFUL HAT BRUSH— FINE •4>*J bristles, handsome silver back, ele gantly engraved ; suitable place in center left tot an inscription. A LARGE LINE OF SOLID SILVER PA per cutters in beautiful designs, manu factured by the Gorhnm Silver Co., at prices ranging from $2 to $<>. H — ~ANl>soM.fs'F SOLID SILVER UNAl grettes— satin and oxidized finish. PHCKLE CAST RS IN A l .1 1 NTS OF glass, also i.i;. in cut glass. ". "-. J /■ T'IVE-BOTTLE CASTERS, _U. p.vKE BASKETS, S'J.SO. "DCTTER DISH, 1.50. " IVTAONIFICENT TOILET SETS— ONE OF Itl silver and gold chased finished, bottles and powder boxes of finest tinted porcelain, handsomely decorated. OTHER _ OF j DARK . AMBER— GLASS ornamented. ( (ALL AND SEE THE DIAMOND NECK v_y lace; nineteen fine and perfect stones, in all weighing '_2li-k. D don't cost anything to look at this, and I shall not be disappoint ed if yon don't buy it.