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CITY NEWS
The temperature at 2:30 a. m.
was 10 below zero, a drop of 6 de
grees since 8 p. m.
Is Charged With Non-Support—William
O'Neill, arrested on a charge of non
support. will be tried today in the police
court.
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Hibbing Gets a Municipal Judge—Gov.
I Van Sant has appointed Thomas F. Brady
as municipal judge of the village of Hib
bing.
Sold Adulterated Brandy—O. P. Clem
ent paid $25 in the police court yester
day for selling adulterated blackberry
brandy.
lEx-Puglist Goes to the Works —Patrick
Harrington, a has been pugilist, drew
thirty days in the police court yesterday
§ on a charge of drunkenness and dLsordei -
rly conduct.
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Charged With Smoke Ordinance Viola-
I tion—S. Schiltz. fireman at the Mozart
I hall, was arrested on the charge of violat
) ing the smoke ordinance yesterday. He
will he tried on Feb. 17.
Belligerents Deposit Bail —Joseph Wil
liams and Joe Smith, who engaged in a
row in a University avenue saloon Sat
urday, deposited $15 bail each as a guar
antee for their appearance in police court
Thursday.
Dramatic Recital—Mn». Crosse will give
a dramatic recital at St. Agatha's con
servatory. Friday evening, giving scenes
from Schiller, Bjornson, Longfellow and
others. William Mentor Crosse will be at
the piano.
Friends Pay Her Fine —Rose Gray, who
pleaded guilty to Stealing $25 from a
lodger at the West hotel Saturday night.
yesterday paid her $25 line and pacified
the prosecuting witness by returning the
stolen money.
Paid for Broken Window — Thomas Con
nors, who bioke a window in a West
side stole Saturday night while scuffling
with comrades, was released in the po
lice court yesterday morning after paying
for the broken glass.
Murphy Escapes Punishment —Peter
Murphy, hotel runner, who recently had
an altercation with R. L. Munger, was
arraigned in police court yesterday morn
ing, hut Munger failed to appear and Mur
phy was discharged.
Fire Victims Need Assistance—The Re
lief society has been asked to aid the
family of Alex Larson, whose home, 252
East University avenue, was burned Sun
day night. There are six small children
who are being cared for by neighbors.
Pays Another Installment—State Treas
urer Julius H. Block received from the
Great Northern Railway company yester
day Ji's.ooo on account of that company's
taxes for 1903. This makes a total of
$100,000 paid thus far by the Great North
ern.
Death of a Pioneer —Raymond Glueck,
eighty-six years old, died at his residence,
403 Hoffman avenue, yesterday morning.
He had been a resident of the city for
forty years. A wife, two daughters and
a son survive him. The funeral will take
place from Sacred Heart church Wednes
day, at 9 a. m.
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Kills a Fifty-pound Wolf— Bazille Jar
vis, of Gladstone, shot a female wolf
weighing fifty pounds, near Rosemount
Saturday, and brought the pelt to the
sheriffs office yesterday to collect the
bounty of $7.50, which the law allows.
The wolf is supposed to have killed many
sheep on J. J. Hill's firm the past month.
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Police Have Found No Clue—Nothing
has developed in the investigation being
conducted by the police to establish the
identity of the unknown man, supposed
to have been a Polander, who was
drowned in the river Saturday morning
at 1:30. The West side flats have been
thoroughly canvassed, but no one has
been found missing.
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Put in Probation Officer's Charge-
Hazel Williams and Hazel Sinks, both
fourteen years of age, and John Derrick
nineteen, were placed under the charge of
the probation officer in the police court
yesterday morning. George Prudhomme
sixteen, was discharged. The quartette
were arrested late at night in a barn on
Payne avenue last week
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Indorse Hepburn Bill—Yesterday a res
olution passed at the close of the" Sunday
morning service at Central Park M E
church, indorsing the Hepburn bill, now
pending in congress, to prohibit liquor
dealers from shipping "original pack
ages into prohibition states was for
warded to Senator Knute Nelson and
Representative Stevens, with a request
that they exert their influence for its pas
sage. It was signed by about 100 mem
bers of the congregation.
IS BADLY SCALDED
Woman Falls While Carrying
Boiling Water.
Mrs. Manua McKenna. wife of Lieut
AlcKenna, of Hose Company No. 15 was
severely scalded yesterday afternoon at
her home, 851 Reaney street
While carrying a pail of boiling water
out of the house, she slipped on the icy
porch and fell. The water poured over
her, scalding her badly.
She was carried into the house and
Dr George A. Binder summoned, who
ordered her removed to St. Joseph's hos
pital. Late last nigM- she was resting
easily, and it is thought that she will
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching. Blind, Bloading or Protruding Piles Your
druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT
fails to curs you in 6to 14 days. 50oT
DESPONDENT MAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Fires Revolver at His Head, but Only | n -
flicts a Flesh Wound.
"It's all off!"
So saying, Roal Isaacson, a hack driver.
placed a revolver to his head and pulled
the trigger. The attempt at suicide was
made in the presence of his wife at their
home, 135 East University avenue, yes
terday afternoon at 1:30.
nT e bullet entered Isaacson's head be
hind the ear, but glanced and made only
a flesh wound. The police ambulance was
called and the man removed to the city
hospital. His condition was not regarded
. serious late last night. *biraea
Despondency over -1 money matters i s
i the cause assigned for the deed. Isaac
son owns a hack, but has not been suc
cessful. - .
Always. Remember the Full Name 2^
JJxative gromo Quinine j? & tmwwy
Cores a CoW m One Day, Crip in 2 Days S*&yr9if%^ bos, 25c
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY LISTENS
TO REMINISCENCES OE EARLY DAYS
Col. William Crooks Gives the
History of the Building of
the First Railroad in (Minne
sota, and D. S. B. Johnston
Tells of Minnesota Journal
ism After the Territorial
Period—Cf the Scores of
(Newspapers Then Founded
but Half a Dozen Are Still In
Existence.
Last evening was devoted by the
Minnesota Historical society to review
ing the early newspaper history and
the first railroad building operations
in Minnesota.
An interesting feature of the even
ing programme was the reading by
Secretary Warren Upham of a paper
prepared by Col. William Crooks, now
of Portland, Or., but for many years a
resident of St. Paul. Col. (.'rooks was
a particularly active factor in the
building of the first railroad line in the
upper Mississippi, which constituted
the real beginning of the Great North
ern system. He thus describes the en
terprise:
The Brat railroad building in this upper
Mississippi region was done under the
charter of the Minnesota & Pacific Rail
road company, which was succeeded by
the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad company,
and afterwards passed under control of
the St. Paul. Minneapolis <X: Manitoba
Railway company. The St. Paul <fe Pacific
company also controlled a line from St.
Paul to VVinona. in the. valley of the Mis
sissippi.
A land grant was made by the T'nited
States government to aid the construction
of this railroad, and. by a ruling of the
interior department at Washington, the
company, under the grant to Minnesota,
was declared entitled to 120 sections ol
land, In advance of construction.
In 1557 the line of railway was located
from Stillwater by way of St. Paul and
St. Anthony l'alls. to a point near Big
Stone lake, on the western boundary ot
the state, and was also located from the
falls of St. Anthony to Crow Wing by the
way of St. Cloud.
In 1858. under a contract with Selah
Chamberlain, of Cleveland, Ohio, sixty
two and one-half miles of the road from
St. Paul north were graded and bridged*
and the cross ties for a large portion ot
the line were delivered. The right of way
was, In the main, secured by the. com
pany. The work, however, was suspended
owing to a battle made by interested or
badly disposed people against the faith
and credit of the state of Minnesota, ren
dering powerless the grantees of the
states credit, who held its bonds under
the provision of the $5,000,000 loan bill, sc
called.
Matters remained in a condition of un
certainty as to the prosecution of the
work upon this and other lines of railroad
in the state, until the people, having lost
faith, were turning their faces eastward
in abandonment of their instituted settle
ment. It appeared necessary at such s
time to make an appeal to the legislature
in order to keep alive the fianchise of the
company by- providing against forfeiture
or merger of its privileges. The com
pany took this appeal in the winter of
1860-61. and the legislature granted to it
an extension of time. Meantime, negotia
tions had been conducted by the Hon.
Edmund Rice, who was the head and
front, and the heart and soul, of every ef
fort put forth to rescue the state from a
condition which simply meant i-uiu to all.
Mr. Crooks then reviews negotiations
for capitalization of the proposed roads,
which on the eve of successful con-j
summation were interrupted by the
breaking out nf the Civil war. Then he
continues:
Just at this time, however, I made the
acquaintance, in New York, quite acci
dentally, of Messrs. Winters, Harshman
and Drake, residents of Ohio. These gen
tlemen, with the exception of Mi-. Drake,
were bankers and capitalists, and were in
New York looking for some investment.
On account of a long acquaintance with
Col. De Graff they were negotiating with
him in reference to building the Winona
& St. Peter railroad; but. as the colonel
informed me that they had not money
enough to accomplish all that was neces
sary in the case of this road, he intro
duced them to me, believing that I could
interest them in the construction of the
St. Paul & Pacific railroad between St.
Paul and St. Anthony Falls.
After consulting with Mr. Rice and
having had conferences with the geytle
men aforesaid, an agreement was reached
whereby they were to furnish means of
building the railroad from St. Paul to the
Falls of St. Anthony. They were to visit
St. Paul at an early date and, if an ex
amination of the whole business proved
to be as good and fair as had been rep
resented, they were to enter into a
formal contract and. if disappointed in the
examination, we obligated ourselves to re
imburse them for their time and expense
in visiting Minnesota.
In due time the gentlemen arrived and
made a careful examination of the line
of the road, its legal status, etc., and
were willing to state that we had not told
one-half of what we might have stated
with entire veracity, and thereupon they
proceeded to deposit with the governor of
the state, as required by law. $14,000 and
entered into a contract with the railroad
company, as heretofore stated.
They were to receive for the work of
completing the grade, track, and the fur
nishing of rolling stock, first mortgage
gold bonds, drawing 8 per cent interest
2J\ ™unning' twenty years, at the rate of
!i >a?w, PP r ,mileV makin S a» aggregate of
$1 _'<».000 in bonds, and they were further
to receive all the lands to*" which at that
time the company could make title ag
gregating 76,800 acres, which body of'land
commenced in the county of Hemiepin and
extended northwesterly through what is
today properly the garden of Minnesota
There were difficulties encountered in car
rying this agreement into effect, because
of some right of w^y which had not been
secured in the city of St. Paul This
caused a delay of nearly a year from the
time the work was commenced in the fall
of 1861; but further legislation during the
winter of 1861-1862 enabled the company
to proceed, and the line was finished and
put into operation between St. Paul and
the Falls of St. Anthony in the early
days of July, 1862.
Under the provisions of this contract
two locomotives and some passenger and
freight cars were furnished. This line was
laid with iron rails of forty-five pounds to
the yard, steel rails being unknown at
that time. The locomotives were of only
twenty-five tons capacity, wood burners
The hrst locomotive engine was named
alter myself and the second after Mi-
Edmund Rice. These engines were the
first that turned a wheel in the state of
Minnesota.
Discusses Early Journalism.
The - principal paper of the evening
was by D. S. B. Johnston, being the
third of a series on pioneer newspapers.
■The title was: "Minnesota Journalism
at the Close of the Territorial Period."
Mr. Johnston said in part:
.The old-time editor was a thorough
Pioneer He helped lay the foundations
Minnesota deep and strong and was as
honorable in his calling as the early merc
hant, doctor, lawyer or business man.
Politically he was a partisan, a*l a firm
and honest believer in the adage: "To
the victor belong the spoils." To keep
body and soul in touch he needed the in
frequent doles of the mail, letting adver
tisements and state county printing of
territorial times to supplement his at
tenuated returns from subscriptions, ad
vertising and job work, and when his
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1904
.
D. S. B. JOHNSTON,
Historian of Pioneer Journalism in
Minnesota.
party was in power he carefully corralled
such helps.
Where a party fight was on he was
ready and usually pretty rough; where a
public or party 'service was needed he
was expected to be the pack horse to
carry supplies. In the community at large
he was the genial, good-natured squash
advertiser, for which he usually got the
squash. The situation was rather broadly
described by an early editor who printed
this notice: "Our family being now set
tled in housekeeping, we will take for
subscriptions anything we can wear or
that hogs can eat."
A man of infinite resources was the old
time editor. He was a rare combination of
editorial writer, typesetter and printer's
devil. As a rule he had the spirit and
grit of an early editor of the Freeborn
County Standard. When some miscreant
whom he had scored tried to even up by
stealing the lever of his hand press he
set up a scalding note explanatory of the
delay in getting out his paper, unlocked
the editorial form_ put it in and then
worked off his edition with a fence rail.
But amid all his hustling wear and tear,
no editor of any class, time or kind pre
served a larger measure of integrity. I
could name some of those sturdy pioneer
men who threw up their jobs rather than,
support men or measures dictated by
boodling newspaper owners.
Do not understand by this tribute to his
common honesty that I praise the early
editor as a saint. He often said and did
things that would neither sound or look
well inside a church, but it was never
said of him, as it has been too often said
of the modern editor, that it was his
vocation to "Raise hell and sell news
papers." Nor did he pander to the animal
instincts of human nature by watching
the dirty debris of jjociety to see where
the devil would break out next and have
a reporter on hand to tell about it.
Giving the modern newspaper full cred
it for the mighty power it wields for good
in the affairs of men, the scandals it
much too often prints spread moral
disease among the young, with tremen
dous counteracting effect. It is human na
ture to want to see into hell as far as
possible, but there is a place in the way
where the bars should be put up before
our boys and girls and not moved until
they come to years of discretion.
Mr. Johnston then reviewed some
what in detail the history of the news
papers which flournished in Minnesota
in the later territorial days, with com
ments as to the characteristics of their
editors. Of the transportation facili
ties of that day he gave this reminis
cence: %
One day in June, 1856, there came
through the open windows of the printing
room of the St. Anthony Express, a sue*
cession 'of distant long-drawn squalls
"The Red river carts are coming." some
one said, and I went out to see them.
Winding along the Red river trail, back
of St. Anthony, came a fantastic proces
sion of cans nearly a mile long.
They were coarse, two-wheel affairs.
Each was fitted with a strong pair of
thills. Between the shafts an ox walked
in a harness of rawhide. There was a
back strap or saddle and belly band, with
loops, to hold the thills, and a heavy
collar to which was attached a pair of
wide traces made of untanned buffalc
hide. A halter of rawhide completed the
harness outfit. The wheels, .with not a
particle of iron about them, turned on
wooden axles, and as they passed the
East side cemetery made noise enough to
wake the dead.
This uncouth train, managed by ath
letic half-breed drivers, who were dressed
in a dirt-begrimed mixture of mackinac
blanket and tanned and untanned skins
and sashed around their waists with scar
let, had come from Pembina. They were
bringing down from their far northern
homes furs and IndianjTiimmed buffalo
robes, which they expected to trade in St.
Paul for groceries, hardware and bright
hued calicoes, beads and other trinkets
for the females of their families. In 1858
about 600 of these carts came down and
carried back about 400 cooking stoves in
their return loads. The trips of these
trains took about thirty days each way
But Few Survive.
He said in conclusion:
Of the seventy-six weekly territorial
newspapers noted, only six are now living
These are the St. Paul Pioneer, now the
Pioneer Press; the Winona Republican,
Mantorville Express. Rew Wing Republic
an, Wabasha Herald and the Chatfield
Democrat, now the News-Democrat Of
the seven dailies only one, the St. Paul
Pioneer now the Pioneer Press, still lives.
Three of the six weeklies, the Red Wing
Republican, the Wabasha Herald and the
Chatfield Democrat, were started in Sep
tember IBoi. and, so far as I can learn,
went through that trying financial storm
without missing a number.
In the business meeting of the ex
ecutive council, which preceded the pa
pers, the following were elected to
membership:
St]i lemberShip~Hon- Henry E- Mann '
Annual Membership—Edward A. Brom
oy. Minneapolis; Nathan Butler, Minneap
p■ f i£ pt J C- Donahower. St. Paul-
E?£ D- J^- st- Paul Herbert A
Baldwin Redwood Falls; William H Gold
tied wood tails. .... ...» '
Corresponding Membership—J. j Mo-
Cardy. Washington. D. C. -•
CLAIMS COMPANY
HAS EVADED TAX
Public Examiner Says Pullman Company
Owes State $2,414 19.
Examination of the books of the Pull
man Sleeping Car company at Chicago,
by the state public examiner's depart
ment, it is claimed, has disclosed errors
and omissions from the company's re
ports of its gross earnings as returned
to the state, which amount In all to $80 -
472.90. '
These omissions cover the period from
Jan. l, IS9B. to Dec. 31, 1903, and they
entail taxes amounting to $2,414 19
DEATHS INCREASE AND
BIRTHS DECREASE
The report of the health department
for January shows that there were 140
deaths in St. Paul during the month, an
oo^ Se Of 13 over the Preceding months;
-^7 births, a decrease of 41, and 100 mar
riages, a decrease of io.
The death rate per 1,000 for the month
was .756,
SPATES KICKS AT
LINCOLN CLUB'S DOOR
Seventh Ward Republican's
Application for Member
ship Is Laid Over.
S. Pope Spates, the' Seventh ward
Republican who is responsible- for the
attempt to organize an "advisory com
mittee" for the purpose of dictating the
policy of the Republican party in St.
Paul and Ramsey county, is said to
have abandoned his pet project of ma
nipulating the party vote from his vest
pocket.
It is stated that Mr. Spates will now
attempt to secure recognition as a
"party leader" from other sources, hay
ing been compelled to admit that, his
attempt to organize an advisory com
mittee was a failure.
Following this rumor yesterday came
the announcement last night that Mr.
Spates had made application for mem
bership In the Lincoln club. His name
was read at the meeting of the club las*
night, and upon motion, was laid over
for two weeks.
There is considerable speculation
among the members of the Lincoln club
as to the motives of Mr. Spates in ap
plying for membership in that club,
which ia krtown to have been openly
opposed to his bold, yet unsuccessful
attempt, to secure contrel of the Re
publican par^y by securing recognition
for his so*-£«ul?d advisory committee,
which husfr?ev#r had more than a dozen
members.
"If Mr. Spates has any Idea that he
can come into the Lincoln club and
dictate the policies of the club, he will
find that he is sadly mistaken," said a
prominent member of the Lincoln club
last night. "He is not exactly the kind
of a Republican that the Lincoln club
would desire to have as its dictator."
Not Hailed With Delight.
However, there were a number of the
Lincoln club members who gave it as
their opinion last night that Spates was
trying to get into the Lincoln club to
gain the very ends which the advisory
committee failed to produce, and his
application for membership was not
hailed with any poticeable degree of
enthusiasm by the Lincolnites last
night.
Mr. Spates originated the idea of or
ganizing an advisory committee, and he
attempted to carry out plans for such
an organization some weeks ago by
holding a series of meetings at the
Ryan hotel.
It was his object to form an organi
zation whose duty it would be to direct
the city and county, and even the ward
and precinct organizations of the Re
publican party, but his presumption
that the party organization was in
competent to handle the affairs of the
party was not kindly received by the
members of the organization, nor was
it ever considered seriously by the rank
and file of the party. The result of
this distrust in Mr. Spates' plans was
the refusal of Republicans to attend
his meetings, and last week when there
were but ten people present it was pre
dicted that the advisory committee
was nearing its finish.
Mr. Spates naade one last effort to
secure a footing for his organization
He- selected what he called an execu
tive committee, the duty of which was
to pass upon the fitness of all candi
dates for office at the hands of the
Republican party and to give instruc
tions along any other line where it
appeared to Mr. Spates that the city
and county organization was not ca
pable of acting.
Spates' Final Plan Fails.
This committee was made up of well
known Republicans, whose names were
expected to relieve the committee of
the distrust and odium which had at
tached to it, but the plan failed
The committee had been named by
Mr. Spates without the formality of
conferring with the parties named, and
the announcement of the personnel of
the committee not only caused consid
erable surprise to those named upon
it, but it was also productive of a num
ber of indignant declarations by mem
bers of the committee that they would
have nothing to do with Mr. Spates
and his advisory committee.
One or two members of the commit-
t ec, Who are acknowledged followers
of Spates, took the matter seriously
and attempted to call a meeting of the
executive committee, but their efforts
were met with indignant refusals and
jeers, and all hope of securing a meet
ing of the committee was given up
And now, Mr. Spates is said to have
determined to join the Lincoln club
and his application was handed to a
member of the club yesterday It was
announced last night by members of
the club that if the application of Mr
Spates was favorably acted upon he
would be given to understand that the
club-would not listen to any attempt
upon his part to dictate the policy of
the club.
The meeting of the Lincoln club last
night was held for the purpose of
hearing the final reports of committees
having charge of the annual banquet,
satisfactory reports being made by all
committees.
At the suggestion of Dar Reese a
resolution of condolence was ordered
sent to Mrs. Mark Hanna, expressing the
sorrow of the club at the illness of
Senator Hanna.
Fred C. Schiffmann suggested that a
resolution of condolence be sent to the
czar of Russia, but the suggestion ap
parently did not appeal to the senti
ments of the club members and no
one rallied to Mr. Schiffmann's sup
port.
HOLDS ITS ANNUAL
MEETING AND BANQUET
Union Gospel Mission Holds Business and
Social Session.
The annual business meeting and ban
quet of the Union Gospel mission, 443
Jackson street, occurred last night. About
sixty-five delegates and pastors from
Evangelical churches of the city attended.
Addresses were made by Rev. W. J. Gray,
Rev. R. M. West, Rev. T. G. Sykes, Rev.
H. B. Steelman and Mr. J. Gorman. Vice
President A, M. Stokoe presided.
The treasurer's report showed a deficit
of $190. Toward wiping out this deficit
$130 was subscribed by those present.
A new board of directors was elected,
consisting of Martin Bacon, A. G. Hult
gren, F. M. Stewart and Rev. T. G. Sykes.
The board will announce appointment of
officers in a few days.
The meeting was very enthusiastic.
Evangelist J. A. Pratt, of Albany, N. V.,
closed the session with an address.
Our safety Deposit Vaults are the best.
Security Trust Company, N. Y. Life bldg.
There are many ways of finding good
things, but the best is to read "The
Globe's Paying Wants."
MANAGER HAYS IS CHARGED WITH
VIOLATING THE BUILDING CODE
Building inspector Ellerbe
Out Warrant on
Ground That Spectators Were
Allowed to Occupy the Ais!es
of the Grand Opera House at
the Matinee Performance
Saturday—Defense iVlay Con
tend That Code Applies Only
to Houses Since Constructed.
"Warrants were sworn out yesterday
agpinst Theodore L. Hayes and Thomas
B. McCormick, manager and assistant
manager of the Grand opera house, by
Building Inspector F. H. Ellerbe on
complaints charging that on Saturday
afternoon last persons were allowed to
occupy the aisles during the matinee
performance at the Grand.
"The aisles of the gallery were espe
cially filled with men and boys." said
Mr. Ellerbe, "and the balcony and
lower floor aisles were occupied. I had
three witnesses with me and we made
an inspection of each floor. In the gal
lery there were about 200 persons in the
aisles, seated upon the steps."
The complaint charges a violation of
section 170 of the building code, which
provides that "all aisles and passage
ways in said buildings shall be kept
free from camp stools, chairs, sofas and
other obstructions, and no person shall
be allowed to stand in or occupy any
of the aisles or passageways during any
performance, service, exhibition, lec
ture, concert, ball, or any other public
assemblage."
May Claim Exemption.
"The contention may be raised that
this section does not apply to the
Grand opera house or any other theater
in St. Paul which was in operation be
fore the adoption of the code," said Mr.
Ellerbe. "The word 'said' in the sec
tion prohibiting standing room, relates
back to the first section of the division
of the code concerning theaters. That
section declares that 'every theater,
opera house, auditorium, or other build
ing intended to be»used for theatrical
or operatic purposes, or for public en
tertainment of any kind, where stage
scenery and apparatus is employed,
hereafter erected in the city of St.
Paul, shall be built to comply with the
requirements of this code.' It may be
argued that, as the first #eetion speci
fies that the code shall apply to such
theaters as shall 'hereafter be erected,'
the theaters which were built before the
code was adopted are excepted from its
provisions and that the provisions of
Section 17», declaring that it shall regu
late 'said' buildings, are inoperative as
far as the Grand or any other theater
in St. Paul is concerned.
Thinks State Law Would Hold.
"Though the language might be
GAME SMUGGLERS
ARE nil) $411,111111
Jackson County District Court
Imposes This Penalty for
Game Law Violation.
Fines of $20,000 each have been im
posed by the district court of Jackson
county upon William Kerr and Robert
Poole, who were some weeks ago con
victed of having been implicated in a
wholesale attempt to smuggle game
from this state across the line into
lowa. In default of payment of the
amount of the fines Kerr has the alter
native of 300 days in jail and Poole of
200 days in jail.
This announcement was contained in
a telegram received yesterday by S. F.
Fullerton, executive agent of the state
game and fish commission.
Largest Seizure Every Made.
The prosecution of Kerr and Poole
grew out of the largest seizure of game
ever made by the authorities of the
state. This was in August last, when
Capt. William Bird and several other
agents of the game and fish commis
sion, with the sheriff of Jackson county,
intercepted a shipment of 2,496 ducks
and other game birds en route from
Lakefield, this state, to a point in lowa
near the state line. The birds were
traced to Kerr's commission store in
Lakefield, and he and Poole were in
dicted under the state game laws.
The indictment charged the attempt
to unlawfully ship 2,000 birds only, and
it is on this that the fines are based at
the minimum prescribed by law, which
is $10. At the maximum smn named in
the law, $25, the fines against Poole and
Kerr would have been $50,000 each.
The defendants have given notice of
appeal to the supreme court.
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THEO. L. HAYS,
Manager of the Grand Opera House.
twisted so as to exempt all the theaters
in St. Paul which were built before the
code went into effect, the intent is
plain that none of the violations men
tioned in the section should be allowed.
The question involved is one of main
tenance and not of construction. If the
court allows the managers to escape
through this loophole I think I can se
cure a conviction on a state law."
The objection to the present building
code which Mr. Ellerbe thinks may be
raised, was recognized by the council
committee which has charge of the re
vision of the sections 1 elating to thea
ters. Among the amendments that City
Engineer Rundlett was Instructed to
draw up was one making all sections
on theaters specifically applicable to
existing theaters.
"The Grand opera house has a seat-
Ing capacity of 1909, distributed as fol
lows: Main floor, 689; balcony, 472;
gallery, 700, and boxes, 48," said Mr.
Ellerbe. "The Grand is a large house,
and nearly the size of the Iroquois. It
is a safe theater, but persons should
not be allowed to occupy aisles, espe
cially in the gallery, which is the most
dangerous place in case of a panic."
"It has been customary to allow the
boys to sit in the aisles in the gallery,"
said Assistant Manager McCormiek,-of
the Grand, last night. "We would have
prohibited them from sitting there if
we had been notified to do so. The
house was not overcrowded Saturday
afternoon, as my records will show."
"It is nonsensical to suppose that we
would crowd the house," said Theo
dore L. Hays, last night. "There was
not a great crowd at the matinee per
formance, and every possible safe
guard has been provided for handling
many more people. We have not been
required to refuse standing room, and
there is no danger whatever in stand
ing up a few people in aisles so com
modious as those of the Grand.
"I confess that I am astonished at
this prosecution, for we have even an
ticipated and gone further that the re
quirements of the building laws, anrl
are now working on safety appliances
of our own in the house."
EDITORS ON A JAUNT
North Dakota Scribes Spend
Pleasant Day in St. Paul.
The members of the North Da
kota Press association were yesterday
entertained at the St. Paul Commercial
club. The newspaper men and their
wives are en route to Mexico <'ity on
their annual outing.
While in St. Paul the party was en
tertained by the St. Paul newspaper
supply houses. The excursionists were
given a trolley car ride and at 5:30
o'clock dinner was served in the ban
quet hall at the Commercial club. The
party left for Chicago over the Omaha
at 8:35 o'clock last night.
On their way to Mexico City the
members of the association will visit
New Orleans, Galveston, Tampa, Fla.,
El Paso and several other Southern
cities. Mexico City will be reached
Feb. 19. The party will return about
March 15.
Among those in the delegation were:
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Patterson, Advo
cate. Unton; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wells,
Bulletin. Litcfaville; Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Willson, Pink Paper, Bathgate; Mr and
Mrs. H. H. Perry. Record, Ellendale; Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. Goddard, Leader. Ellen
dale; Mr. and Mrs. \v. G. Mitchell, Jour
nal, Minto; Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wright.
Republican. Oakes; Mr. and Mrs. A. O.
Beenian, Herald, Finsal; Mr. find Mrs.
A. E. I.imlslroin. Republican. Langdon;
Mr. and Airs. 'I. A. Luros. Public Opinion,
Ciary: Miss Agnes Ray, Recorder, f>i<-k-
Inson; Miss M. B. (Hidden, Leader, Ellen
dale; Miss Mattie Irwiti. Record, Ellen -
dale; J. 11. McCollum, Reporter, Ilamp
den; B, O. Keene, Pioneer, Hope; w.
Irysh. Eagle, Wheatland; E. A. Smith,
Free Press. Devils Lake; 11. D. Boardman,
Mail, Edgeley.
NEW INCORPORATIONS.
Articles of Incorporation filed yesterday:
Gilmore-McArdle Co., Minneapolis;
capital stock. $100,000; incorporators, J. K.
Gilmore, J. D. McArdle, of .Minneapolis,
and Frank S, Hinckley. of St. Paul.
If. A. Hall & ('.).. dealers in paints and
wall paper, Duluth; capital stork. $25,000;
Incorporators, Harry A. Hall. Roberi
ham. Joseph P. HeftVrnan, George 11.
Scully and E. P. Towne, all of Duluth.
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LINCOLN CLUB SENDS
$150 TO BALTIMORE
Appoints Committee to Solicit
Funds for Unfortunate
Residents.
To Mayor Mcl.ane. Baltimore. Md :
The Lincoln Republican Club of St
Paul. Minn., extends to the citizens of
Baltimore the sincere sympathy of its
members in this hour of deep affliction
wiring you at this time $160.
—Lincoln Republican Club of St Paul
Minn.
This is a copy of the message that was
Hashed over the Western Union wires last
night, following a meeting of th.. Lin
coln club. The amount sent last night
$150. was only sent as an evidence of
K<'.>d faith, and a committee composed
of Dar P. Reese, W. 11. Johnson and KM
S. Warner, named by President Lyman
to si.licit funds for the relief of the un
fortunate citizens of Baltimore, will !>•■
gin an active canvass this morning for ad
ditional funds.
The money wired by the Line,ln dab
last night will. In all probability, be the
first ready cash to be received in Balti
more, and the fact that it will reach the
city before the disastrous fire has stop
ped burning will speak well for the gen
erosity of tlie people of St. Paul.
It is the Intention of the Lincoln club
to have its committee work with com
mittees from the Commercial club and
other commercial bodies which will un
doubtedly be called upon to aid the
stricken city, and it was predicted last
niKht that St. Paul would raise a fund of
.sr.ll.iimd to he s.-nt to Baltimore if the i»m>
ple of that city find ii necessary to make
an appeal for aid.
The Commercial club yesterday wired
Mayor McLane, of Baltimore, tht st.
Paul could be counted upon to contribute;
liberally in case outside aid is required,
and it was announced yesterday evening
that the Jobbers' union would nai
committee to solicit funds among tin;
wholesale and Jobbing Interests of tho
city.
ADVISES TEACHERS
TO INVESTIGATE
Supt. Olsen Knows Nothing of the "State
Reading Circle Union."
J. W. Olsen, state superintendent of
public instruction, lias received a num
ber of Inquiries from county superintend
ents as to a subscription project known
as tlie "State Reading Circle Union,"
which teachers of the state schools are
being urged to join. Accompanying one
of the letters Mr. Olsen has received in a
sample of the application blank contract,
and catalogue which are bein^ circulated
ami the blanks hear the name of "J. VV.
Ordway, organiser."
In reply to these Inquiries, Mr. Olsea
has written that the Slut-' Teachers'
Reading Circle union has no Indorsement
from him or his department, as it is un
derstood has been alleged by the solicit
ing agents. He has pointed out the fact
that neittrrr the contract nor catalogue,
not- any of the other- literature Issued,
the address of any office or place
where a subscriber could k<> to secure en
forcement of the terms- of the contract for
which he Is expected to cay a fee of
110.50, nor has it any connection with the
Minnesota Teachers' Reading circle,
which i.< conducted under the auspices of
the Minnesota T( i ion.
O A. S T C» Hi T -A.*
Bears the _^ The Kind ctl Have Always Boiigtil
Signature /^"^, V/V/7 .-jt7~
Funeral of William C. West.
The funeral of William f\u»er West, a
resident of this city for thirty years, wh«
iii.-il Saturday at his residence, <;.".:; (Irani,
avenue, will take place from the residence
this afternoon. Deceased is survived by a
wife ami four children. Two sons, 11. D.
and J. B. West, are part owners of tln>
West Publishing company.
