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SEEN IN TWO LIGHTS. The Minneapolis Police Com- missioners Pat Themselves on the Back, _nd Point With Pride to the Millennium Now in Sight, While Mayor Ames Pokes a Little Fun at the Four "Mayors," And Shows Some of Their Statements to Be at Least Ridiculous. TWO REPORTS SUBMITTED, The Mayor Answers the Remarks of the Police Commission The feature of yesterday's council meeting was the submission of majority and minority reports from the board of police commissioners. The former is a Republican document, in which the board egotistically dwells upon the great work of reformation accom plished. It is simply an attempt to jus tify the political steal by which the power of the mayor has been usurped. Mayor Ames' reply in the shape of a minority report is written in the vein of pleasantry more than in anger, and clearly indicates that he feels the public will understand and appreciate the attack made upon him. The council chamber was crowded, and when the reports were read by City Clerk Commas, in . his rasping mono tone, all were attention. The Demo crats were evidently satisfied to let the reports be published, and, after some discussion, 250 copies in pamphlet form, to include the reports of the superin tendent of police, chief of detectives and superintendent of the work house, were ordered printed. THE TWO REPORTS After reviewing the changes in the or ganization, the majority report goes on to make the rather surprising statement that "no officer or member has been ap pointed on account of any political serv ice rendered, on account of political sen timents, nor has any member of the force been removed or reduced in grade for any political opinions." Here the clerk gave a gulp, and gasped for breath, but managed to proceed. "The first annual report of the board of police coinmissiones would not be complete," this remarkable docu ment went on to state, "if we did not give somewhat in detail some facts re lating to the actual condition of the police force and its methods at the time of taking control of it. The military titles of colonel, lieut.-colonel, major adjutant, by which the commanding officers of the department were known, we promptly abolish, substituting for the first two the more appropriate titles of superintendent and assistant superintendent, and abolish entirely the offices of major and adjutant, thus at once sav ing to the city two large salaries ami se curing belter service. We were early impressed with the lack of any system of bookkeeping at headquarters and want of discipline, the force being divided into factions, each jealous and working against the other to the injury Df the service. Especially was this true in the DETECTIVE DEPARTMENT The standard of morals was extremely low, many officers and men openly patronizing the saloons ami places of worse character while on duty, and some even interested as copartners in saloons and patrons of houses of prosti tution. It must not be inferred from this that this was the character of even it majority of the men on the force. On the contrary, there were many whose integrity and sobriety"' would com mand respect and confidence in any po sition in life. As a rule, however, these worthy men occupied subordinate or re mote positions where their influence was but little felt. The same local methods and want of discipline pre vailed at the central lock-up station, where the imprisonment of certain classes of criminals owas a farce, for numerous keys of cell doors that we dis covered were in the hands of citizens and policemen other than jailors, all of whom had not been restrained. We call your attention to the license inspect or's department A year ago there were 334 retail liquor dealers doing business under license in the city. There were also, according to the statement of the license inspector, 75 to 100 more doing business that were not paying license to the city. There were also, by the same authority, 75 to 100 of the SO-CALLED 'BLIND PIGS' In full operation, unmolested by the authorities. From these figures it would appear tlfht the city re ceived a larger share of the income from this source, but when it is considered that the city paid the license inspector a handsome salary and all other expenses of this depart ment out of its share of the receipts, the conclusion then, perhaps, is fair that the net receipts from liquor ordinances were about evenly divided between the city and inspector. To-day there are 231 open saloons, each and every one of which has paid into the city treas ury the full license fee of $1,000. And there are none open that have not paid this license. "Of the so-called blind pigs there are doubtless some that it is difficult to obtain evidence against that will bring conviction. We cannot dismiss this de partment without commending in the highest manner License Inspector Enoch Kay for the patient industry, in tegrity and intelligence displayed in the discharge of the burdensome duties of his office, made doubly so by the corrup tion of previous years and the petty annoyances with some of which your honorable body is familiar that beset him from all sides. In spite of these he has administered the affairs of his office in an honest, honorable way unknown to its previous history. GAMBLING AND GAMBLING HOUSES, "One year ago this vice was unchecked by the authorities, and the number of establishments engaged in this peculiar industry, which, in the minds of some, adds so much to the prosperity of a city, was apparently without limit. Orders were early issued by the commission for the suppression of this vice, which resulted in the immediate closing of these houses and clearing the streets of the numerous gambling devices that disgraced and infested them, so that to-day this vice is so nearly sup firessed that it is comparatively harm ess. Behold how the 'withering hand of fanaticism' brought paralysis upon the two leading industries. It caused the 'heart of the boodler' to mourn, and whilst he 'pointed with pride' to the halcyon days of the recent past, he viewed with alarm the destruction that threatened his boodle. With the review of the year before you it must appear that the labors of this commission have not been in vain, and we be lieve that if the same general policy is pursued that was marked out at the organization of this board, to eliminate all partisan politics and con duct the business of this department on a purely business basis the time will come when the police force of Minneap olis will be second to none. That its moral standing is much improved must be apparent to all. No longer are uni formed officers and men seen frequently patronizing saloons; drunkenness is for bidden and largely on the decrease, and in many ' other ways is this improved moral tone made apparent, perhaps in no more notable way than by the character of the party given by the opolicemen in February last, when the officers and men, with wives daugh ters and iuvited guests, formed as happy and respectable a company as ever assembled in the city, and was in such marked contrast with the 'police men's balls' of other years, where vic ious men and depraved women assem bled to debauch, as to call forth the most flattering mention from the public press." TIIR MINORITY REPORT submitted by Mayor Ames was as fol lows: : : » ... x "Gentlemen: I address you now upon what is to me a very important duty, that of making a minority report "of the board of police commissioners for the year ending March 81, 1888. Perhaps it may be impolite and beneath the notice of the chief executive of this great city to reply to false and silly charges, slurs and imputations contained in the major ity report of said board. 1 was made a member of it against my will, after my election as mayor, but I am in no wise responsible for its acts during the first year of its existence. . "The board organized April 6, 1887, with A. A. Ames,mayor (ex-officio mem ber and president thereof), and . Com missioners G. L. Baker, T. B. Janney, Michael Hoy and John Baxter. Mr. Baxter was elected vice president. "The much-to-be-reirretted last state legislature attempted the same character of 'moral' reformation in the formation of this board which the latter has so boastingly, but inefficiently, carried out. Finding that the local bosses of the 'giand old Republican party' had been disastrously defeated and driven to the wall by our , lib erty-loving citizens, the fanatics who composed the majority of the last legislature came to the relief of their defeated brethern in this city and gave us the expensive police machinery we now have. Did the people of our good city ask for this? Oh. no; it was simply carrying out the well known tactics of circumventing the WII/I. OF THE PEOPLE as expressed at the polls, when not in accord with the wishes of the bosses. How well the wishes of the trainers of the police commission law have been carried out can be judged by the foregoing deceptive report, which contains as many facts as the usual campaign documents issued for the same purpose it was. As a sam ple, the majority report speaks of the economical stroke of policy of the board in doing away with the former positions of major and adjutant, and to use their own language, "thus at once to save the city two large salaries," etc. They, however, neglect to tell you that in the place of said major and "adjutant there are a police clerk, typewriter and assist ant with four commissioners, whose salaries are twice as much. »v. "The rest of the majority report is on a par with the sample given, and for pure gall excels any public document I ever perused. To review the majority report in its entirety would be but to contradict nearly every statement made. If the officers under me were such thieves and scoundrels as they are al leged to have been, why has this model corps of reformers not had them in dicted after so many attempts? As far as gambling was concerned no real live effort was made to squelch the evil un til a short time before the major ity report was made. The intent of this characteristic g. o. p. act at such a late date must by this time be appar ent to all. I state it as a fact and have no fear of reliable contradiction, that there is to-day more gambling in the city than ever before known. But com missioners who direct and control a po lice force and who never see the city under gas light cannot be expected to give reliable information even if they were inclined to do so. As far as THE PRESENT POLICE FORCE are concerned, 1 am pleased to say they are, as a whole, a fine body of men, who are striving to do their duty toward the taxpayers. There are a few well-known exceptions to the above, but they are men who have been over-zealous in trying to make themselves solid with powers that were. There are not, in my opinion, any more cases of drunkenness and visits made to saloons by officers than there were when the force was under my control. If there is, I do not know how the moral board found it out, unless somebody told them. "As a matter of fact there are more blind pigs in the city now than ever be fore. There are scarcely a dozen drug stores or corner groceries where liquor or beer cannot be obtained if you only put on a sanctimonious look, lay your hand over your stomach and give the proper signs and pass-words. In the majority report is told that there are doubtless 'some' blind pigs, but that the influence is 'localized.' This is exceed ingly funny to those who are posted. "During the last year the withering hand of fanaticism has been demon stra'edin our city by the effects of the oppressive laws passed by the last legis lature, and the moral regulating board who were forced upon our people with out their consent. If the penal code contained a clause against lying, with a severe penalty attached, and a good Democratic judge to administer justice, there would not have been as many and lengthy political reports from Repub lican officials as there have been. "Personally, 1 have no malice or ill will toward any of the members who composed the commission during the last year. A majority of the board en tered upon their duties with an appar ent interest of hunting down an al leged 'boodler.' Neither the grand jury nor the police commission have as yet presented anything tangible, although the political cry has been loud for smirching material. Your obedient servant, A. A. Ames, Mayor. Ex-Officio member of the police com mission. COUNCIL RIFF RAFF, Supt. Gross Is Not to Be Investi gated Street Commission ers Elected. Tlhe city council yesterday did not elect street commissioners after all. There was a great deal of business, and adjournment was taken at the request of Mayor Ames to Monday afternoon, when a matter of great public import ance is to be considered. The effort to "do up" Supt. Gross, of the work house, fell short. After the reading of the communication from the grand jury, charging him with drunk enness, Aid. Mills moved to • table the communication until specific charges had been made. Aid. Gibson said he had known the superintendent three years and had never seen him in toxicated. He also knew as a physician that the superintendent was sick with winter cholera on the occasion men tioned, and was under the I influence of opiates. Aid. Oswald also asserted that he had known the superintendent a long time and never had known him to drink. After several votes, upon which the council was evenly divided, Aid. L'Herault and Erwin not voting, a mo tion to indefinitely postpone was carried by a vote of 18 to 15. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, The matter of lowering the Hastings & Dakota tracks, from Fort avenue to a point 2,800 feet beyond Hennepin ave nue, was referred to the committee on railroads and the aldermen from the Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Thir teenth wards. - The aldermen are to report as soon as possible, and, if practicable, by the first meeting in May, the election precincts in their respective wards. City Attorney Smith submitted his opinion that the expenditures for street lighting must be confined to $10,800, and the committee on gas was instructed to take action accordingly. - The request of Supt. Hem for the rev ocation of the license of J. J. McGregor at 4 First street north, was referred to the committee on licenses. Chief Stetson, of the fire department, was given a week's vacation. The monthly budget .of bills amount ing to $154,402.97 was passed. The aldermen yesterday paid some at tention to the newspapers. - Aid. L.'Her ault wanted the day of meeting changed to Wednesday so the weekly papers could get ill reports of council meetings. The resolution requiring aldermen to report precincts in their respective wards as early as possible was made for the purpose* of . obliging the directory publishing companies. There was an amusing . discussion over the report of the committee on public grounds and buildings in favor of requiring the superintendent of the poor and city assessor to exchange rooms. - Finally it was decided to give the assessor the meat inspector's room on the third floor, and the use of . the large council committee room during the busy season. A claim of «300 in favor of William THE SAINT PAUL DAILY: GLOBE: SATURDAY^^MORNING, APRIL y 1888.— FOURTEEN PAGES. Fanwick for furnishing six street sprink lers was referred to the city attorney.! The new hack ordinance was passed Hereafter the council will meet the first and third Wednesdays at 2:30 p. m. A CASE FOR EVA GAY. Damages to a Sewing Numer- ous Suits for Damages Mathilda Anderson sues Shotwell, Clerihew & Lothman for $5,000 damages for injuries received while :in the de fendant's employ. She claims to have been hired to operate a sewing machine in defendant's factory, where a large number of sewing machines were run by steam power, the power being trans mitted from an engine by means of a revolving shaft. This shaft was com posed of several parts, which were con nected together by iron couplings, from which protruded a number of bolts or screws. When this shaft was in rapid motion, it was impossible for a person to see the protruding bolts, and the couplings being left carelessly and neg ligently, uncovered and unboxed, made it very- dangerous for a person unac quainted with the machinery to operate one of the sewing machines. This plaintiff was employed on the 9th of January, 1888, and without being warned of the danger, was placed at work at a sewing machine which had underneath it, and in close proximity to where a person who was engaged in sewing would place their feet, one of these re volving couplings. She, not knowing about the danger, permitted her skirts to become entangled in the bolts on the coupling, and was in consequence thrown violently on the floor and against the revolving shaft, thereby receiving permanent injuries from which she has suffered great pain, and which have crippled her for life. FELL INTO A CELLAR, Oscar W. Lindbergsues John E. Lun deen. who keeps a saloon at 1205 Wash ington avenue south, for $5,050 dam ages. He says that the defendant had a door in the rear end of his saloon, which his customers were in the habit of passing through in entering and leaving the place. The evening of the 15th of December, 1887, he was invited by the defendant to enter his saloon, and, after remaining therein for a short time, lie opened this rear door and passed out, as was his . custom. The defendant had, however, a few days previous, removed the stairs on the outside of this door and had par tially excavated a cellar, and when the plaintiff opened the door, which had been carelessly and negligently left un locked, and stepped out, he fell the distance of fourteen feet into the cellar and was so badly injured that he is un able to follow his trade of a painter, as one of his legs have become stiff from a wound which he received in his leg, and which prevents him from climbing a ladder, as he Is compelled to do in his businecs. ASSAULT WITH A CHEESE KNIFE Hans Mosquill claims that on the 25th of January, O. J. Lucks assaulted him with a cheese knife, and inflicted inju ries which have caused him great bodily pain. He therefore sues Lucks for $1,000 damages. '.. , FALL THROUGH A SIDEWALK, Katharine Olson sues the city for $4,000 damages for injuries received by stepping through a hole in the sidewalk on Twelfth avenue south, in front of No. 519. She claims to have become a confirmed invalid from the injuries re ceived by said accident. OF CONTRACT, BREACH Charles O'Mera sues John Norton for $025 damages, for breach of contract. He claims to have entered into an agreement with the defendant to cut and deliver to him at Marmion station, 500 cords of green maple wood, for which he was to receive $4 per cord, but claims that the defendant now refuses to receive the wool! or pay for the same. FOR FALSE ARREST, Joel L. Hallstrom sues John B. Cronin, a policeman, for $->,000 damages. He claims that the defendant wrong fully, unlawfully and without authority of law, assaulted and arrested him with out cause or provocation, and by force and violence compelled him to go to the Cedar avenue lockup, and there im prisoned him for one night and the greater portion of the next day. The next day the defendant caused him to be conveyed through the public streets in an open patrol wagon in company with a number of criminals and noto rious characters, from the Cedar ave nue lockup to the municipal . court, where he was arraigned on the charge of drunkenness, and completely exon erated from the charge and ordered dis charged from custody. v COURT CULLINGS. J. B. Northfield & Co., sub-contract ors on the Soo road.sue Langdon, Henry & Co. for $1,593.13 for work performed in constructing said road, and for $250 for five iron scrapers which they claim the defendants converted to their own use without paying for them, and which belonged to the plaintiffs. Margaret Zimmerman has begun an action against David Zimmerman for a divorce, the custody of a minor child and for sufficient alimony for the sup port of herself and child. The divorce is asked for on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. They were mar ried in this city on the 24th of October, 1878. - The State Bank of Minneapolis sues W. H. Groff & Sou for $746.45 on a prom- issory note. John D. Smith, assignee for Pratt, Gilman & Francis, sues Hugh H. Miller for $1,242.45 for money loaned. , C. 11. Benton sues W. W. Sly for $158 on a promissory note. Mary L. Hathaway asks for a divorce from Albert L. Hathaway on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, and asks asks for an order of the court al lowing her to have the custody of the two minor children. These parties were married at Delevan, Wis., on the 30th of April, 1877. The following schedule of the assets and liabilities of Bryant & Ellis, jewel ers, who made an assignment a few days ago, was filed with the clerk of court: The assets amount to $1,157.33 and debts to $2,011.01. The principal creditors are Webber &Co., Chicago, $582.44: D.-W. Ellis, $328.37; James W. Tafts, Boston, $222.97. POLICE COURT, Otto Hill will have a hearing April 9 on a charge of assaulting Chris Vollert. C. J. Taylor, charged with stealing a fur cap from Robert Vance, will be tried to-day. EROP - H. W. Woodbury pleaded not guilty to driving over a crossing faster than a walk, and will be tried Monday. Joseph Williams, charged with steal ing cloth from H. M. Libby, waived ex amination and was held to the grand jury. August Sieber, Fannie Sieber and Louise Sieber, charged with keeping a blind pig, had their case continued until April 27. Town Elections. ; The following officers were elected at the annual election held in the town of Greenwood: Supervisors, E. Sipe, F. Kottke and Henry Shnappauf ; town clerk, J. R. Cunningham; treasurer, George Bugbee; assessor, Charles Roehlke; justice of the peace, A. W. Dorman. ■SBBfISMPP | @ The following officers were elected at the annual election held in the village ofOsseo: Joseph Saucier, president; C. Bauers. L. Laprie and M. Wilmes, trustees; Elmer Owen, recorder; John Hechtman, treasurer; G. W. Savage, as sessor; W. Johnson, justice of the peace; A. Richey, marshal. THE MYSTERIOUS SEVEN. A Narrative of Interest to Scientific Men. A Minneapolis Man's Wonderful Astronomical Discovery in the Sunday Globe. The Sun's Distance and Its Relation to the Numeral 7. IT WAS MERELY FUNNY. No Sensation In the Way It • ; Was Done. FORREST WINS HIS SUIT. The Defendant Quintette Merely Makes It a Matter of Amount-Witnesses « } A ''A\ .-"" Shielded. - *,*£■ I Tho crowd, with expectant smiles and rampant curiosity, that went to the mu nicipal court • yesterday morning was disappointed of anything either sensa tional or spicy, though the develop-, ments were sufficiently interesting. When Judge Bailey called the case of R. B. Forrest against Messrs. Sullivan, Flannagan, Shaw, Tanner and Blake, the alleged owners of the tiger den over 308 Nicollet avenue,, the interested, parties were all within the rail ing. Forrest . looked . calm, 'easy and unembarrassed, while his attor ney, C. H. Benton, carried a cynical! smile and an apparent ignorance of all gambling phrases. The faces of the five sporting gentlemen were as immovable as so many statues, while that of then attorney and counselor, J. C. Worrall, was as bland and serene as a morning in May. Mr. Forrest took the stand. He is a good talker, and his description of the game of faro wrs graphic and thrill ing. He pictured the resort on Nicollet avenue so that the very details of chairs and tables, layout and chips, and even the musical "riffle" of the cards as they came from the dealing box, were as vivid -■ as though the scene was then and there enacted. This was interesting but not sensational, and while the court room enjoyed it, the faces of the quintette were as expressionless as a country pie. Forrest said he went quite often to the Elite and tried his luck against the re morseless tiger, and in so doing pic tured either Sullivan or Flannigan dealing and Col. Tanner occupying the seat of the lookout. Shaw, he said, was there with a managerial air, and once said to him: ■■■■■ "They will deal for you any time, Mr. Forrest, whether you have little money or big money." In his testimony, the witness said he had lost about $700 in the game, and in definitely fixed times at which various amounts had been swallowed up. - He lost $180betweed March land May 15. Along in the summer the place had been closed, but in the fall he had re turned and dropped more money. Tan ner had given him back $100, as a loan, Flannigan $20 and Blake $10. All of this money had been lost at faro, as, while he had lost money at poker at the same place, it was money he had just before won at faro. When he concluded, Mr. Benton's boss announced: "That's our case." This was terrible disappointment to the crowd. It was known that several prominent citizens had been subpoenaed as witnesses, and it was scarcely likely that they would be called in rebuttal. None of them were about the court room, and for that matter— the crowd could only have known about the city, as pressing business had called them every one away. The defense was very short, and, as Col. Benton said, "very cute." The five defendants, one after the other, took the stand, and swore that from March; 1 to May 15 they had no interest in -nor connection with the gaming house in question. No other defense wast at tempted, and the plaintiff offered notic ing in rebuttal.- When the argument began, the fine hand of the defense was exposed. There was no evident disposi tion to win the case, the only plan being to reduce the amount by the $180 For rest said he lost between the dates named. Mr. Worrall claimed that if the total amount was $000, of which $130 had been refunded and $180 lost to parties having no connection with the defendants: then $290 was all the plaint iff could ask. • Col. Benton "figured out. $300 as the amount due, but when the jury got at it they 'figured out $293.33, ami brought in a verdict for that sum. i Telegrams were immediately sent to St. Paul, Anoka and Wayzata and the lurking witnesses came back, all im pressed with .the belief that the de fendant quintette had paid out money to shield them. A WAR REMINISCENCE. Why a Minneapolis Man Prizes an Old Felt Hat. A Story of Escapes by Field and Flood. * : "i One of Libby Prison's Survivors Talks in the Sunday GLOBE, j I A NARROW ESCAPE. A Milwaukee Engine Hangs Over the Viaduct Engineer Drum- mond's Broken Arm, What came near proving a terrible ac cident took place last night on the Mil waukee viaduct over Washington ave nue at Eighth avenue south. As it was, Switch Engine No. 24 was badly stove up, the viaduct was knocked all to pieces at the southeast end, and the engineer, Alexander H. Drummond, has his right arm broken at the elbow. The engine had been used in switching freight cars all the evening, and at 9 o'clock started to take three cars over the ! bridge. The engine was almost on the bridge, going at a pretty rapid rate, when the engineer saw that the switch was wrong, and that the engine would jump the track when it reached the bridge. He called to the fireman, Joe Nelson, who at once jumped and es caped in safety. Drummond • stayed at his post when the engine left the rails and tried to stop her, and almost succeeded, when she crashed through the sheet iron siding of the bridge. As the front wheels went through and the engine rested on the stringers of the bridtre, and leaning way over the side, Drum mond jumped through the cab window out on the tracks. As he jumped he struck on his feet on the ledge of the window, causing him to fall heavily 'on to the rails, almost underneath the en gine, breaking his right arm at the elbow. He was taken to Dr. Ames' office, where his arm was dressed, He was then taken to his boarding place in South Minneapolis. The wrecking train removed the disabled engine about midnight. The damage to the engine and the bridge will amount . to about $1,000. AN OPEN QUESTION, Whether Memorial Day Be Cele- brated Indoors or Out. rrt ] A meeting was held last evening at the Morgan Post hall,of representatives from the different G. A. K. posts of the the city, to decide whether the Medlo rorial services to be held on Decoration day should be held at Layman's ceme tery or in a hall. There was consider- able discussion among the members oh this subject: some ; of them thought it would- look : as though the G. A. R. were getting tired of decorating their comrades' graves. A large major ity were of the opinion * that it would' not interfere in the least with the graves ' being decorated in the usual way, and then having the posts march to some hall, where they could ,. conclude :■ the ceremonies of the day: in a ; much more impressive manner, and in a way that would-be -much: more suitable to our climate," than having it out of doors,' as has been . the . custom heretofore, where but few persons could hear a word that was said or see anything " done.' . It was \ finally voted to ; leave: the matter open until next Friday c evening, .when it is expected an expression from each of the posts on this matter can be obtained. ____w__-ia liwi" it ii <__fj_ftg_i— m„_n Wia»_'HM.i_i-iBS_ AMUSEMENT FANCIES. An audience of ; increased ' size wit nessed the initial production of "Love in Harness" at the Grand opera house last night by the Rehan ! company. Never was the fair god held in daintier chains than those that held him last night. "Love in Harness" is a family party, an exquisite old couple, two mar ried daughters, who : "tiff" with their husbands, and ; a charming ' ' ingenue waiting to be married. There is a mat rimonial manuel, a homily on married life, that is a hobby with the mother, who causes all the trouble. The comedy is of delicate quality and highly enjoy able. The company gave the same well balanced presentation; and several re calls were gotten during the programme of the comedy. The same bill will run this afternoon at matinee and again to night. The sale of seats for the Charles Dickens readings at . Armory hall next Tuesday evening opened at Dyer's music store yesterday morning and the demand for tickets was unprecedented for an event of this nature. People are evidently on the tiptoe of expectation to see and near this son of a famous father. And it is no wonder. Is there a scholar or a reader to be found, in any English speaking country, who has not read at least some of the great novelist's works? "Love in Harness," Augustine Daly's comedy, will be presented at the.Grand to-night and at the matinee this after noon for the last time. The Rehan company, who present them, will play at St. Paul next week. The sale of seats for "A Parlor Match" has opened up very briskly at the Grand opera. The indications are that a very large engagement will be played. The "Parlor Match," Evans . and Hoey's comedy, has undergone a great number of changes, and the . topical song, "I Remember, I Forget" is said to be a great hit. A LABOR CANDIDATE. Dr. Finnegan Says the Working men Will Nominate a Presiden tial Candidate. There may be others of the party who know more of its plans, hopes and ambitions than Dr. M. P. Finnegan, the "lean and hungry Cassius" of the Labor party, but there is none who takes more interest or talks more as though he had the good of the party at heart. Dr. Finnegan is quite a charac ter in his way and "unearned incre ment" and "economic rent" roll off his tongue as glibly as though he cut his baby teeth on Henry George's works. Two years ago the Democratic conven tion, in a moment of temporary aberra tion, yielded to a cry for labor candi dates and nominated Dr. Finnegan for coroner. If half of the labor vote had gone, to him "he would have ; been elected, but he was not and is now a rampant anti-old-party man. •,=■:-•'": "The labor party will certainly put a full ticket in the field this year," he said yesterday, "from president down, and the state will be thoroughly can vassed, too." - ; "Some of your people say there will be no ticket this year." "Don't care what they say there will be a ticket." "But Henry George, whom you have always sworn by, is for Cleveland, and the Standard thunders for his plat form." .;; ".'.;'• •■"•'■ : ' -'.-- '■■■• '-'-'• "It makes no difference, there will be a labor candidate for president. I can't say that we will have aldermanic candi dates in Minneapolis, but I think it is likely." "Do you expect to elect any of them?" k'-'cil-^ "Some of them, certainly. In the Ninth ward last year 'we came within four votes of electing O'Brien, and in the Eleventh we ran ahead of the Dem ocratic candidates." v^,,r ""£ ';>:+v "But don't you know .that your votes in one or two wards defeated Democrats who would have supported your measures- and let in Republicans who have always voted against you?" - 3^tj&yP&tili&wlBß "Yes, I know that, but we have to turn on the electric light to show how poor the tallow dip is," and the labor Cassius laughed softly at what he j held to be a very apt simile. "Will your party support Scheffer?" '.'I rather think not. Our candidate will be a man allied to us by deeds rather than words." » "Will you form combinations with either of the old parties?" "Now, we've got enough of that. What we want is—" and the doctor went off into a harangue on economic rent.- City Finances. The net receipts for the year were $5,361,344.34 and the expenses were $4,857,685.63. The total value of city property is placed at $8,739,111.39. To date, the public library building has cost $145,237.84. School property is estimated to be worth $1,514,000, and parks at $1,508,500. The city debt in bonds is $4,824,500, the last of which is due in 1917. The rate runs from 4to 10 per cent. Only $12,000 bears the latter rate. The total assessed valuations, real and personal, for 18S7 is $107,872,159. The highest total taxation is 22.8 mills, and the lowest 22 mills. The Fourth ward is highest and the Second lowest. The cash available on Nov. I was $328,668.86, and the actual cash on hand $503,658.71. "P :-.'-• :.:'-*-^- <-■'- f~ :•*--.'. Legal expenses for the year were $8,148.35, and to run the city hall cost $14,705.92. -•::::,:,; MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES, Bank clearings yesterday, $527,212.39 ; for the week, $3,491,311.65. The Lurline Boat - club meets at the West hotel the evening of April 9. mSfSSSBSBQ : Comptroller Holbrook's report is one of the best expositions of city finances yet made. : Mayor Ames can contribute a lot of very interesting literature when the humor strikes him. It struck him yesterday. Monday evening the Political. Science club meets at the university. A paper on "Com mercial Trusts" will be read by J. C. Haynes. The jury in the gambling case yesterday cannot plead ignorance of the great game of faro. They can also see its disastrous ef fects. ■^SS3sJBS&3WGsqBS There should be at least eighty precincts in Minneapolis, and the council will be derelict unless it provides them. The law and con venience both demand that many. The defense in the gambling suit yester day omitted one important witness. The police commission would have gone on the stand and testified that no such gambling re sort existed. A meeting of the First Republican club of the Eleventh ward will be held Saturday evening, April 7, 1888, at 8 p. m., at Bloom fuist building, corner Twenty first and Franklin avenues south. ! Fannie E. Cunningham, wife of James A. Cunningham, a well known colored man re siding at 2435 Twenty-ninth avenue south, died yesterday morning of consumption.aged thirty-four years. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon irom the residence. 1 The police arrested three or four men on First street, night before last, with a large amount of underclothing, several pounds of tobacco, two bolts of gingham and a patent thermometer in their possession. The men are held awaiting an owner for the goods to put in an appearance. A social dance and supper was given by tb6 Women's Relief Corn of the George L. Morgan Post, G. A. R., at the post hall last evening. There were . about seventy-five couples present, and a very enjoyable time was had by • all present. Dancing was en gaged in until a late hour. -: Malcolm's tenth annual reception occurred last night in the shape of . a very pleasant dance tendered by Mr. Malcolm to his many patrons and their friends. It . was a white dress affair, and, except in one or two cases, this rule was strictly observed. * The hall was taxed to its utmost capacity to hold all those present, and the sixteen dances on the pro gramme were each enjoyed with a zest, that told of happy couples, thrilling music and a generally nappy sportive time. The academy will reopen in September. Hood's Song of the Shirt Retold in Prose, in the SUNDAY GLOBE. Eva Gay's Experience Among THE Work ing- Girls of Minneapolis The Women Tailors in the Shtrt Factories; MISS POTTER'S BENEFIT. She Is Tendered an Ovation %at the People's Theater. The People's theater was packed al most t5 ; suffocation last evening upon the occasion of the testimonial benefit to Miss Jennie O'Neill Potter, when she appeared in the title role of 4 *Fanchon, i the Cricket." The little lady's friends were out in force, and she was called before the curtain a number of times, receiving besides a number of floral tributes from local societies. Probably no one has ever received a more flattering greeting in the history of Minneapolis. Several hundred people were unable to gain admission and standing room sold at a premium as early as 8 o'clock. Miss Potter's "Fanchon" exceeded the ex pectation of her most saneuine ad mirers. She seems to have the true conception of the part, and in the lighter veins was particularly agreeable.! Her support was very fair, Edwin Bar bour appearing ; as Father Barbecue, J. B. Brown as Landry and Wallace Shaw as Didier. In order to accommodate the friends of Miss Potter, who failed to gain ad mission last evening, the piece will be produced again this evening, instead of "Colleen Bawn." Her First Pair of Ear-Rings Jewelers' Weekly. "An epoch in a girl's life is when she has her ears pierced for the first pair of ear-rings," remarked a jeweler with a family. "I'm the i father of a family myself, and I know. The first question always is how to get the holes punched. "An elder sister volunteers to under take it, and the entire family gathers to witness the operation. The mother holds the trembling hands of the willing victim. One of the boys gets an auger, and is driven from the room with reproofs. Then sister comes with the needle. She is shaking from head to foot. She sets the point of the little instrument in the velvet flesh, lets out a little spurt of blood and quietly faints. It is evident that the operation will have to be conducted by some one of less tender sensibilities. "At last a happy thought strikes the father and he calls upon a jeweler with his daughter. " I would like to get my daughter a pair solitaires,' he says to the clerk, "but unfortunately her ears are not pierced.' The clerk smiles, stands behind her, and pinches . each little ear till it is white. Then he runs a sharp steel needle through both lobes and wipes off the half drop of blood with a bit of muslin. " 'Do your ears up for a week when you go out,' he says, in a business-like way, and then : Now, sir, what sized solitaires would you like to look at?' " Costly Syringes. Philadelphia Times. The morphia habit among women is much more common in Philadelphia than many suppose. Even in the late severe weather women, young and old, could be seen hurrying to the drug stores, and in most cases the only medi cine they were after was morphia in its different forms. The most fashionable method of indulgence is by hypodermic injection, and some of the syringes used are gold and silver mounted, and both expensive and elaborate. tocAt mext-iox. Patten & Laraoreanx Are selling to-day at 507 Washington avenue south fine velvet carpets, worth $1.50, for 95 cents and $ 1 per yard. Body brussels and tapestries at same reduc tion.- All-wool ingrains, new and pretty patterns, for 50 cents, good ingrains for 33 cents. Only a day or two more. Call to day for choice. Upholstering and Repairing Upholstering and Repairing Of furniture promptly done by J. A. Fillmore & Co., Second avenue south and Fifth street. West Hotel Bathing Parlors. West Hotel Bathing Parlors. The traveling public ought to know that every variety of baths— plain, Turkish and electric, Russian and mas sage—can be had at the above parlors from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. daily, and from 7 a. m. till 1 p. m. Sunday. Ladies' day Tuesdays, from 9 till 4 p. in. Plain baths 25c. See the Chamber Suits Of J. A. Fillmore & Co. before you pur case. 424-426-428 Second avenue south. Something New. A hatjrack, a clothes rack, an easel, a what-not. One of the new tripod stands answers all these purposes and lots more. They have been sold by peddlers and installment men for 15 each. We bought 120 of them yesterday, and will let them go at $1.50 each, either an tique oak or mahogany or cherry finish. Come at once or you won't find any left. Patten & Lamoreaux, auctioneers, cor ner First avenue south and Sixth street. A Lucky Couple, A little over two years ago George B. Deuel and Cora E. Miller (now Deuel), of Caledonia, Mo., joined the Northwest ern Mutual Endowment Society of Min neapolis. They were married about sixty days ago, and on the first day of December received a certified check from the company of $2,000. There are thousands of young people throughout the land who could profitably follow the example of Mr. Deuel and his wife. Go to J. A. Fillmore & Co., 424 to 428 Second avenue south, for all kinds of furniture. A Good Investment. Health and Happiness come to all who persistently use Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This powerful alterative effects in the system a change that seems little short of miraculous. No medicine has been in such universal demand for years. Give it a trial. " If any one suffering from general debili ty, want of appetite, depression of spirits, and lassitude, will use Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I am confident a cure will result, for I have used it, and speak from experience. It is by far the best remedy I ever knew."— F. 0. Loring, Brockton, Mass. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell , Mass. Bold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; six bottles, $5- Worth £R a hotlJA. MINNEAPOLIS WANTS. SITUATIONS OFFEKEI*. UPHOLSTERER— Wanted, first-class up holsterer; none other need apply. J. A. Fillmore & Co., 426-428 Second aye., Minne apolis. J'-.^ : ' 97-99 miscEixAXEOirs. BOOKS— second-hand law and other books, half-price. Raymer & Schneider, 213 Fourth ay. south, Minneapolis. 94-99 HORSES— For sale, a fine pair carriage horses; well matched, young, sound and kind. £. D. Foltz, 16 South Eighth street. Minneapolis. ■ 97 TO EXCHANGE— S4O,OOO clear, choice inside property in Dcs Moines, 10., for Minneapolis or St. Paul real estate; will trade as a whole or In part. Inquire at our office, Seventeenth ay. north and First St., Minneapolis. Carver. Young & Clark. 97-09 STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF Hennepin.— District Court, Fourth Ju dicial District In the matter of the receivership of the firm of Sackett & Wiggins, composed of Ida L. Sackett and Enoch W. Wiggins, insolvents. Minneapolis, Minn., the 18th day of Febru ary, 1888.— undersigned hereby gives no tice of his appointment as receiver of the firm of Sackett & Wiggins, composed of Ida S. Sackett and Enoch W. Wiggins, of the city of Minneapolis, in the county of Henne pin and state of Minnesota, who have been adjudged insolvent on the petition of cred itors under the provisions of chapter 1 138 of the General Laws of the slate of Minnesota for the year 1881. All creditors claiming to obtain the ben efits of said act are requested to file their claims with the undersigned within twenty (20) days after : the publication of this notice. ■■•■■ ' - VERDINE TRUESDELL. Receiver of Sackett & Wiggins, Insolvents. J. 11. Bearxes, Attorney for Receiver. ;; TIfVNFTP YOU WANT TO SEE HOW LOW J-J " A Goods are selling at the BIG BOSTON! MINNEAPOLIS? If you cannot visit our great store, send your ad dress for our new Spring Price list. We will for ward you one by return mail and are satisfied that the information contained therein will be useful and that you will be surprised to see how low we are selling goods in all departments. All orders filled promptly and the articles sent with the privilege of examination, and if not satisfactory to be re turned at our expense. All of our Suits, Overcoats, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Rubber Goods, Um brellas, Etc., Etc., are of this Spring's purchase and are clean, bright and fresh. DO YOU ? '* Sharp Husband—Been shopping all day, you say? Sharper "Wife-Ever since breakfast. "Why, I hadn't but 50 cents to give you this morning." "That was plenty; I never pay more than that lor lunch." Do you want to get a real nice fashionable Suit of Clothes, a Necktie of proper shade, a Hat to match? Then drop into the UTK, Minneapolis, and take your choice from a great variety. P. S. OPEN EVENINGS. MARSH & BARRETT, Store building, No. 214 North Second street, fouf stories and basement; ground size 98x100 feet: elevan tor, water, sewer and gas connections; very desirable for jobbing trade. REAL ESTATE & LOANS VALUABLE LEASE FOB SALE. lease of three-story and basement brick and ston( building on Nicollet, near Sixth street. Most desiras bio location in tiie city for retail business. Kasota Block. ______________________________ ■ iM_________i ' ''''___--__ ~^~"— — — — ■ —_—__— AMUSEMENTS. PEOPLE'S THEATER. TO-NIGHT! ITO-NIGHTI Owing to the immense success, hundreds being turned away, last evening, and by special request will be produced i F_ft_3sroi_:o_sr, —WITH— —WITH— Jennie O'Neil Potter In the Title Role. I.MATINKKIor EVENING or I. MATIN hi: I TO-DAY 1 lApril 8 April r-| TO-DAY! I COLLEN BAWN! Prices, 10, 20 and 30 cents. Reserved seats 50 cents. Matinee, 10 and 20 cents. Reserved seats. 30 cents. GRAND OPERA, MINNEAPOLIS. LAST PERFORMANCE! LAST PERFORMANCE ! Comedy Delicate, Artistic and Enjoyable. MATINEE AT 2:30 P. M. REHAN'S TO-NIGHT AT 8 IN C0|f0EDY "love in harness: t GRAND OPERA, MINNEAPOLIS. WEEK APRIL 9. — : EVANS AND llOEY:— In their great Laughing Success, A PARLOR MATCH. New features; new specialties. Regular prices. fir\T\lf I'M.- The Bostonians in \-J _/_YJIl>lvr~~Ideal English- Opera. Readings from Dickens by his son CHARLES DICKENS, ARMORY If.-I.l.. First Ave. South and Eighth St. Tuesday, April 10, 8 P. M. Reserved seats, $1 ; general admission 75c. •^"Societies taking blocks of ten or more seats, and teachers in city schools will be given special rates. Seats now on sale at Dyer's music store. Syndicate block. BOWER'S School of Shorthand. ESTABLISHED 188k Shorthand and Typewriting School EXCLUSIVELY. All branches of shorthand work thor oughly taught, and instructions strictly individual. Success by mail lessous guaranteed. Send for circular. G. B. BOWER, 622 Nicollet Ay.. Minneapolis, Minn, @BEST TEETH $S -UTHEIIL-SD _ CO., I ainlei sHe t is ts. From 1 to 28 teeth extracted in one minute without any pain whatever. No chloroform. No ether. No poisonous drugs. Gold Fillings, $1.50. Largest dental estab llshment west of New York city. 38 Washing ton avenue south, Min neapolis. Open even ings and Sundays- IT STAXDS AT THE HEAD. W ***■*■■ > X DC EC The Best Writing Machine on the market. Cull and examine or send for circular, with samples of' work. Agents wanted. Also agents for Mudden's Adding Machine. S. H. VO'WHIjIj & CO 230 Hennepin Aye., Minneapolis. ' r\ and houses greet the eves fl 00171$ Of the folks who advertise FOR. RE2STT. DR. BRINLEY, Hale Block, Hennepin Ay., Cor. Fifth St. Opposite West Hotel. Regularly graduated and legally qualified,' long engaged in Chronic, Nervous mid skirt Diseases. A friendly talk costs nothing. If. inconvenient to visit the city for treatment,' medicine sent by mail or express, free front observation. Curable cases guaranteed. If doubt exists we say so. Hours 10 to I'J a. m., I 2to 4 and 7to 8 p. m : Sundays, - to If p. m. If you cannot come state case by mail. . Diseases from Indiscretion, Excess or f"x« posure. Nervousness, Debility, Dimness off Sight, Perverted Vision, Defective Menu Face Pimples, Melancholy, Restlessness, Loss] of Spirits,* Pains in the Back, etc., are treated with success. Safely, privately, speedily.' No change of business. Catarrh, Throat, Nose, Lung Diseases. Liver Complaints. It Is self-evident that a physician paying particular attention to m class of diseases attains great skill. Every known application Is resorted to, and tbsj proved good remedies of all ages and conn, tries arc used. All are treated with skill in a respectful manner. No experiments aro made. Medicines prepared In my own lab* oratory. On account of the great number of cases applying the charges are kept low! often lower than others. Skill and perfect cures are important. Call or write. Symptom, lists and pamphlet free by mall. The doctor has successfully treated hundreds of cases la this city and vicinity. iOCK HOSPITAL ■ .; '. .-■ E3TAB-USHEU IE67. •■ _____________________________ _ Dr. H. Nelson, surgeon in charge. Office 220 Washington av. south, corner Third ar Guarantee to eradicate and permanently/ cure without caustic or mercury, chronic or poisonous diseases of the blood, throat, noseu fclcin, bladder and kindred organs. Gravel and stricture cured without pain or cutting. Acute or chronic urinary diseases cured in three to eight days by a local remedy. Vic tims of indiscretion or excess with cough, in digestion, tired feeling, nervous, physical and organic weakness, rendering marriage im proper or unhappy, should call or write, _• they are often treated for consumption, dys pepsia and liver complaint by inexpe rienced men, who mistake the cause of the evil and thus multiply both. Separate rooms for ladies. No nauseous drugs used. Hours; '.» a. m. to I _ m. ; _ to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. bun day, 2 to 4 p. m. Book, 50c by mall. WEST HOTEL The Only Fire-Proof Hotel la Minneapolis. ABSOLUTE SAFETY FROM FIRE! Elegantly furnished and perfect in alf appointments, Table and general attendance unsup> Ksed. Rates as low as any strictly first-class hotel. C. W. SHEPHERD. General Manasrec FOR SALE, CHEAP. The most elaborate BAR' OUTFIT in the Northwest, con** sistlng of over 2,000 inches of Mirror Glass and Furni-», ture, all hand-carved. It must be seen to be appro** elated. 24 Washington ave.j No. Box, 312. A. H. KNOWLES, : Minneapolis* nil CO Dm * n * Wa,te ' Specialist rll r\. Graduate; 11 years resident ■ 11-i.UI of Minneapolis. Why suf fer when cure is mild, simple, certain!! Ask hundreds of leading citizens of tit* Paul, Minneapolis and the Northwest a* to the satisfactory treatment and cure. Pamphlet free. 1127 fcjennepin Avenu» Minneapolis. J Patent Laws— Jas. F.Williamson, Room, 15, Colloui Blu k, Minneapolis. 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