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2 SAINTLY CITY DOINGS A Young: Guest at the Ryan Fatally Poisons Himself With Laudanum. Annie Hazuka, Who Threw Herself Over the Bluff, Died Yesterday. Some Changes in Machinery Cause a Stoppage of the Cable Cars. Summary of the Doings of One Day Gathered From All Sources. SUICIDE AT A HOTEL. T. C. Berth, Despondent Over His Future, Took a Dose of Lauda num and Is Dead. The watchman on duty at the Ryan hotel early yesterday morning heard groans issuing from the apartment oc cupied by a young man who registered about a week ago as T. C. Arnold, of New York. A step ladder was secured, and looking over the transom, the occupant of the room was dis covered upon the floor as if in agony. An entrance was effected and. a physician summoned, who found traces of "narcotic poisoning, and an examination disclosed that the guest had taken a large dose of pow dered opium. All that medical skill could do was done for the unfortunate man, but he never rallied, and died about 9 o'clock. A note left upon the wasbstand in the room stated that Arnold was an assumed name jnd that his proper name was T. C. Berth, and that he was a sou of an employe of the Gorham Manufacturing company, whose main office was at No. | 19 Broadway. New York City. In the same communication the writer apol ogized for any trouble or annoyance that he might cause the proprietor of the Ryan, and gave as a reason for his rash act that he was despondent as to bis future. Among his effects were found a number of clippings from newspapers and a book entitled "Mr. Slcoul's Misadventures," by a well known pessimist, and all treating of the worst phases of life, showing that the deceased had culti vated a peculiar line of leading and study. information of the affair was communicated to the father of the de ceased, and late in the day a telegram was received directing that the remains should be placed in a vault here to await final disposition by the family. The body was subsequently turned over to undertakers McCarthy ft Donnelly, no inquest being deemed necessary. It was about a week ago that young Berth came to the Ryan, and his bag gage was sufficient to justify bis reten tion of a room without a bill being pre sented, so that nothing is known as to his financial condition at the time of his suicide. He was quiet and did not make friends with the other guests, but spent a great deal of his time reading in his room. ANME HAZUKA DIED. The Unfortunate Girl Who Threw Herself Over the Bluff Near the Lookout. Without regaining consciousness or making any sign or move, Annie Hazuka, the young woman who was found at the foot of the bluff back of the Summit avenue lookout with a fractured skull Wednesday night, died at 4 -Jo o'clock yesterday afternoon. Her mother and stepfather, who live at No. 302 Colborne street, called at the city hospital, where the body lay last night, and wanted to take charge of the remains. Coroner Quinn has not yet decided whether an inquest will be held, and the body will remain where it is until he does. She had been employed as a domestic in the family of Mr. Cornish, on Dayton avenue. Wednesday afternoon she called on two servant-girl friends in the neighborhood, and it is said she acted strangely. When she was picked up the neck of a broken bottle was found in the pocket of her dress, which is now in the possession of Capt. Lowell, of the Rondo street pre cinct. A portion of what the bottle con taintained, which is a sticky substance, still clings to the broken glass, and an analysis will be made to ascertain if it is poison. WRY THE CARS STOPPED. Some Alterations Heine Made in the Cable Machinery Cause the Delay. '•Our sole reason for taking off the cable cars for the past day or so," said Manager P. F. Ban, "was to make some necessary alterations and improvements in the machinery at the power house and to institute a thorough and care ful examination of the cable before again putting on passenger coaches with the grip cars. Some portions of the machinery had to be ordered from St. Louis, and it is not likely that they will reach us before Saturday afternoon, but we expect to save every thing in running order by Monday at the farthest. Meanwhile we are preparing against a repeti tion of accident by adding wedge brakes to the passenger coaches, placing them in front of the hind wheels. They are protected with rubber and when forced against the wheels absolutely prevent a revolution, and added to the grip it will, we claim, be Impossible for a car to slide forward a foot, no matter on what grade the experiment may he tried." ••Not a strand of wire has started in the entire length of the cable, every foot of which nits been tested, and the cause of the recent disasters as much a mystery to us as ever. "Under a new system that we will in troduce electric signals will be dis played at the comer of each street along the route, and in ease of accident the power house can be immediately com municated with and the engine stopped." LEGA LIiY APPOINTED. _____ Gov. McGill Says His Appoint ment of .fudges Was on the Ad vice of Good Authority. •w. McGili's attention was called .•vening to a statement that there was a question as to the legality of the appointment by himself of Judges Hicks and Kelly, as they had not been elected by the people. That they were not appointed to (ill vacancies, but po sition-- created by the legislature, and that as the people had been deprived of their rights in the matter, any criminal tried and convicted by either of these judges could not legally be held in con finement. "There is nothing in this agitation," said the governor, "for before making the appointments 1 consulted the proper State officials and obtained an opinion that I was perfectly right in taking the j step that I did. Hair splitting by law yers does not convince me that I have I acted illegally, and Judges Hicks and ! Kelly are a- firmly intrenched in their I positions as any judges iv the state of Minnesota." HE WAS "HEAP -FOOL.-' Deaf Hull, the Indian Who Carved j . His Brothers, Is Repentant. Assistant Surgeoti W. L. Kneedler.of | Fori Snriiij.u'. visited headquarters yes- ! terday. He reports .the' condition of ! Deaf Bull and the Indians wounded by him. in his nocturnal attack of Wednes day last, as being all that could be hoped for under the circumstances, and ! the indications point to rue speedy re- ! covery of each. Deaf Bull himself is "sorry he spoke," and considers himself "heap fool." ARMY NOTES. Second Lieut. David L. Brainard, Second cavalry, was married to Miss Anna Chase at Walla Walla, Washing ton Territory, on the 7th inst. The president has commissioned the ten non-coin missioned officers who have been waiting so long for their sheepskins. The superintendent of the general recruiting service has In en ordered to prepare and forward to Omaha. Neb., thirty-five recruits for assignment to the Twenty- li is: infantry. Information received from Washing ton indicates that the bill just intro duced by Senator Plumb, of Kansas, for the relief First Lieut. Stephen O'Con nor, of the Twenty-third infantry, will promptly pass, as the canvass ot both houses In regard to it develops decidedly favorable criticism. The bill provides for the appointing of the officer a first lieutenant to date Jan. 4, 1869, the date of his original appointment to that grade. On the consolidation of the army in 1809 Lieut. O'Connor became, like many others, a supernumerary other, in May of that year his status being "un assigned." In June, 1877, he was ap pointed a second lieutenant in the regi ment, but. the senate falling to confirm the appoint his commission ex pired by congressional limitation. He was reappointed, however, a second lieutenant in February, 1878. He is now serving as first lieutenant, having been regularly promoted April 1, 18S0. The passage "of the bill will advance Lieut. O'Connor about 360 files, and probably give him a captaincy befo.ie the close of the year. It is full of interest to a large number of army officers similarly situ ated, and who are keenly watching the fate of the bill. SAVED FROM THE RIVER. Officer Grady Jumps Into the Cold Water to Rescue a Drowning Man. Officer Bob Grady, on the levee beat, saw a man fall from the pier of the St. Paul ft St. Louis Packet line into the open river below, about 9 o'clock last night. The officer threw off his coat and jumped in after the drowning man, risking his own life to save the other. He succeeded in pulling the man to shore, and revived him with a dose of brandy. The patrol was called, and officer and man were brought to the Central station, both dripping wet. At the station the stranger said his name was Martin Gunness, a laborer em ployed in the Minnesota & Northwest ern railroad shops. He lives on Con cord street, ami wandered down on the pier last night while intoxicated, ex pecting to take the motor to the West side. He got too near the edge, and a misstep sent him over. The heroic officer, after delivering Gunness at the station, went home to change his cloth ing, and was back on his beat again in less than an hour. THAT DANGEROUS BRIDGE. Two Plans for a Remedy to be Submitted to the Council. The matter of reconstructing the Wabasha street bridge was before the council committee on streets last night, with the engineer's recommendations that travel over the bridge be restricted until the long span has been replaced. The committee decided to report the recommendation favorably to the council, and the engineer was instructed to draw plans for reconstructing the bridge and present them to the council for action. Aid. Bryant, of the West side, advocated increasing the width of the bridge to sixty feet. City Attorney Murray thought if the main pier on the east side should be set a little further out in the river channel and the railroad companies given the right of way of another track, the companies would be willing to pay 825,000 toward the cost of reconstruction. Engineer Rundlett will probably send two plans to the council, one for replacing tne long span of the bridge, which will cost about §25,000, and one for reconstructing the entire bridge, piers and all, which will involve an expenditure of considerably more than §100,000. This work would occupy the entire seasoji and stop travel over the bridge for two or three months. BRIGHT FOR HIS AGE. Little Joseph Taaper, Who Does Not Show Many of Washington's Traits. Little Joseph Taaper, a nine-year old who lives at 50 Merrill street, can go on record as one of the most artistic liars of his age in America. Joseph ran away from the German Catholic parochial school on Ninth and Exchange streets Friday morning. At 11 o'clock last night he was picked up by an officer in the Arlington Hills district, trudging along with his slate under his arm, and apparently in a happy frame of mind. lie was sent to the Margaret street station to stay over night," and yesterday morning Capt. llanft turned him over to Agent Hutchins, of the Re lief society, being unable to find out where he lived. Agent Hutchins talked with Joseph, and the little runaway said his home was at McCarron lake, four miles north of the city. Agent Hutchins drove out there with the boy, and inquiring among people living in the vicinity did not find any informa- . tion of a missing boy. After three hours' searching the little fellow broke into a smile and said he had forgotten to tell Mr. Hutchins before, but his parents were both dead. The exasperated good man drove back to the city revolving in his mind what he should do next, and when he reached the corner of Rice street and Summit avenue a woman rushed out into the slush of the street towards his sleigh, crying "Joseph, my Joseph." It was Joseph's mother, and she and her husband had been search ing everywhere to get a trace of their prevaricating son. She cried as she clasped him in her arms, but Joseph only smiled. A GOOD FIGURE ASKED. Bids For the Reform School Property to he Opened To-Day. The board of managers of the state reform school will hold a special meet ing at the office of F. A. Hushar, one of the managers, at Minneapolis this after noon, to open bids on the sale of the reform school property at Midway. President Murray, of the board of managers, said yesterday in an inter view that it was doubtful whether any bid of less than 1850,000 would be ac cepted, for the reason that the Red Wing people had openly charged that Manager Pettit and himself were inter ested in making money in a syndicate for the purchase of the property. As he bought the property "for the state, and has a parental pride in the institu tion, he does not propose, be says, ! to sacrifice the interests of the I state or the school in taking one cent ! less than what real estate men say the property is worth ; and while this is true, if his friends at Bed Wing will only be a little patient they will find that both Mr. Pettit and himself are en tirely loyal to Red Wing. The opposi tion to Gov. McGill at Red Wing for the reason that he thought proper to re appoint Mr. Pettit, Mr. Murray says is simply an outrage, and if made a ques tion as to the governor's renomina tion, will do more good than harm. SHE SAYS HE LOVED HER. Action in Court to Cancel a Dis puted Deed — Court Notes. The case of William Guschman vs. Catherine Dunnigan is on trial before Judge Simons. It is an action to can cel a deed alleged to have been obtained by fraud, and the case has some pecu liar features about it. Guschman is an old man, infirm and scarcely able to walk. He claims that while he was lying abed with typhoid fever in a state of delirium Mrs. Dunnigan obtained his signature to a deed for certain land in Woodland Park addition. Mrs. Dunni gan claims that Guschman formed an attachment for her .when she was quite a small child and ever since has had great love and* affection for her. She says that by reason of this be signed THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY .18, 1888. --TWELVE PAGES the deed, ami was perfectly rational when he did so. LAW Kits' LITTLE BBXK7S. (■column, Avery & Co. have sued Thomas M. Kennedy for *loi.4i', on a note. '. :V --11. .1. Loud has sued J. R. Farquhar to recover ISOBJSO, which plaintiff alleges, defendant collected for him at various times and refuses to pay over. 11. W. Carter has brought suit against the firm of Grant, Raff & Grant, of Brown's Valley, for $1,159.79 on a prom issory not*'. The Crown Iron works brings suit against Patrick Cahill and James E. Brady for $369.09, for materials fur nished in the construction of a building. Judge Brill has decided that plaintiff is not entitled to recover, and that de fendant is entitled to have agreement specifically performed; in the case of Peter P. Koprira vs. Albert 11. Koehler. Judge Kelly is engaged on the ease of Lorenzo 11. Gummings vs. John Marty, an action to recover $10,000 damages by reason of being bitten by a vicious dog. Charles Drum, indicted for grand lar ceny in the second degree, was ar raigned before Judge Kelly yesterday and pleaded not guilty. SAID BY MR. KICK. The Idea of Hon. H. M. Rice on Twin .City Union. To the Editor of the Globe: What I intended to say at the meet ing last evening to discuss the union of the two cities, was: That in ISSO Capt. John Rollins, of St. Anthony, (there was no Minneapolis then) suggested the building of a steamboat to run from the falls to Sauk Rapids, and to carry out the enterprise he called upon the citi zens of St. Paul for aid, which was cheerfully given. A company was formed and the first meeting was held in my office in this city: the money was raised and the boat built. This was the first steamer built in Minnesota, ami we named it in honor of our first governor, "Gov. Ramsey." It was not. a failure, but ran for several years between the falls and Sauk Rapids. My object was to show that the citizens of St. Paul and what is now Minneapolis were willing in early days to co-operate in an enter prise beneficial to each, and which could not be carried to a successful issue without this unity of action. After waiting so many years, I was pleased to see the citizens' of the two cities again meeting for their common good, and to discuss the mutual benefits which must result from an alliance of their individual powers. I said that we must unite for our own protection, calling attention to the fact that Duluth had at her door iron, wood and cheap fuel that SHE COULD COMPETE with us in manufacturing industries; that as a distributing point her position was equal to our own, and that within five years she would have as many rail roads as we now have. There are now completed six or seven railroads to the head of the iake, and by this morning's papers we see that another will be built during the coming season, from Hinckley to that point, and I have no doubt but that one or more main lines will reach there before the close of the present year. The announcement is. also made that freight will be taken from Buffalo by water to Duluth at as low rates as it will be carried from Buf falo to Gladstone. I would not advocate a policy other than that of self-protection. In connec tion with manufactures, I said it would be necessary to duplicate the Minneapo lis water power by utilizing that at Meeker's island. I thought that we should agree upon a name, but let each municipality remain as at present, one known as the Minneapolis division, and the other as the St. Paul division, or any other designation upon which they may agree. 1 look upon Duluth as our best friend in shielding us from^the encroach ments of the Chicago system. My property, my pride is in St. Paul, and it the union of the two Qities can be consummated, I know that our suprem acy can be easily maintained, and am confident that within ten years one million of people will be embraced within out limits. An attempt to con- . ceal from ourselves the strength of our neighbors is unworthy of the citizens of the assured metropolis of the North west. Henky M. Rice. St. Paul, Feb. 17, 1888. WAS THE DIVORCE LEGAL. Decisions Sent in by Judge Collins of the Supreme Court. A decision in a rather peculiar case was handed down by the supreme court yesterday. The husband of Isabella Bornsta secured a divorce from her in 1879, and immediately afterward mar ried Pauline Gannon, by whom he had one child, and with whom he lived until 1885, when he died. It was dis covered that the divorce had been ob tained through imposition and fraud, and after his death the first wife insti tuted proceeding to have the decree set aside. There are children surviving Bornsta, the issue of each of these mar riages, and Johnson is the administra tor of the estate, valued at $10,000. The opinion states that if fraud were prac ticed the first wife is, and Pauline is not, entitled to participate in the estate. Following is the syllabus: Isabella Bornsta, appellant, vs. Christo pher Johnson as administrator, etc., et ai., respondents. Syllabus— Notwithstanding the plaint iff in a divorce proceeding has again married, an aggrieved party may, under section 285, chapter 66, G. S., 1878, main tain an action to set aside and annul a de cree a vinculo procured by fradulent acts or practices. Said action may also be com menced and prosecuted after the death of the party obtaining such fraudulent decree. In actions of this nature the court should require clear proof of the fraud before setting aside a decree, and should also require that all persons in terested in a distribution of the estate of the diseased be made parties. The com plaint therein should specifically point out the act of perjury or subornation thereof, or the fraudulent acts or prac tices relied upon, and should also clearly show that the action has been brought within the period of time fixed by the statute in question. Order sustaining the demurre.l affirmed. Collins, J. OTHEU CASES. Below are syllabi of other cases handed down by the supreme court yes terday : Alva M. Bradley et al., appellants, vs. the Northern Pacific Railway Com pany and the St. Paul & Duluth Rail - way Company, respondents. Syllabus— The St. Paul & Duluth company having acquired all property, privileges and franchises, including the corporation franchise^ of the Lake Su perior and Mississippi Railway com pany, is its successor in interest in cer tain condemnation proceedings begun by that company, and is authorized to complete the same. When a property owner appeals to the district court from the award of commissioners in such proceedings it is incumbent upon him to prosecute his appeal. Delay in such prosecution cannot be urged as tending to show abandonment of the proceed ings by the respondent. Order affirmed. Collins, J. Rosannah M. Ogden, appellant, vs. Sarah W. Ball and Miner Ball, re spondents. Syllabus— The rule established in Kimball vs. Bryant. 25 Minn.. 490, ap plied in case where covenantee in a deed has in good faith entered into actual and peaceable possession of the de scribed premises, built a house thereon and continued to occupy the same wholly undisturbed by the owner of the paramount title. In such an action any recovery, beyond nominal damages, is dependent upon proof of actual loss. Judgment affirmed. i Collins, J. H. Aldcn Smith et ai., " partners as Smith & Wyinan. appellants, vs. Thomas W. Brooke, et al.^respondents. Syllabus— Plaintiffs furnished to de fendants B. ft V. material for a dwell ing house to be constructed upon a cer tain lot numbered 5, then owned by said defendants.and upon which another de fendant- supposing tire house was being built as contemplated, took a mortgage. By mistake the house was erected upon the .adjoining Jot C, the property of a stranger. Held, that as against the de fendant's mortgagee the plaintiff's were I not entitled to a lien upon said lot 5. Held further, that as against said mort gagee, who, upon discovering the error in location, purchased lot oof its owner, , the plaintiffs have no lien upon the dwelling.t hereon. Order sustaining demurrer to complaint affirmed. ij. • Collins, J. ODDS AND ENDS; A little storm was threatened at the ' mayor's office the other day, while the meeting was in session considering the ' organization of an athletic park asso- ' ciation. At a previous meeting a com mittee had been, appointed to ascertain what a certain piece of ground on the West side could be purchased for. Mr. Lawton, a West side real estate dealer ' and banker, was made one ot the com mittee because it was thought he was ! posted on prices and could secure the best terms. Mr. Lawton was apparently ' full of all eagerness ami zeal for tl'C success of the .organization. The piece , of ground in question was in the lists of Mr. Wilgus, another real estate dealer. Mr. -Lawton was deputized by • the committee to negotiate with Mr. Wilgus and reported back ■ that the ground could be purchased for $28,000. it happened that another mem ber of the committee had talked with Mr. Wilgus. and Mr. Wilgus had told him the price was $27,000. At the meet ing for the preliminary organization Thursday afternoon Mr. Wilgus was one of the first to come. Then it was that the storm was threatened. Mr. Lawton did not come, and that is how the big storm came to blow over. * * . Mr. Lawton's zeal seemed to have died out, but some explanations being neces sary, Mr. Lawton sent a four-page let ter. It. came just the middle of the meeting and was addressed to Chairman Cory, with the request that it be read. Secretary Horace Dunne read it, and it contained very vigorous language. Mr. Lawton set forth that Mr. Wilgus had given him one price on the ground and had given a lower figure to another member of the committee, and wound up with thd flat statement that he con sidered Mr. Wilgus had acted in an "unjust and ungentleinanly manner." Mr. Wilgus was on his feet before the reading of the letter was finished, and declared : "If he had left out some things 1 might not have taken any exception to that, but as he sees fit to blackguard me, I may conclude to show up black and white. I will state to the meeting that when you want that property you will get it for $27,000, and 1 will further state that that is the only price I ever gave to any one. I can produce wit nesses to all my conversations with Mr. Lawton, if necessary." This seemed to satisfy the gentlemen present.and when Mr. Wilgus sat down it was just as if nothing had happened. But it is said that Mr. Lawton will not be one of the stockholders in the new association. The Hoosiers' Club. A meeting was held at the Merchants last evening by a number of gentlemen formerly ftom Indiana for the purpose of forming the ' Hoosier club, designed to furnish social enjoyment for its mem bers and provide for the entertainment, of visitors from their native state with a view to inducing them to remain per manently in St. Paul. After a thor ough discussion of the objects sought to be attained, the following officers were elected: President, .S.T. Johnson; vice president, K. Rossum; secretary. J. F. George; treasurer; William Bickel; chaplain, Rev. W. A. Foster; sergeant at-arms, Dr. B. Fry, and executive com- , mittee. Dr. Park Ritchie, Frank E. Creeiman, E. B. Swygart, Oliver £. - Musser and W. J. Freaney. Headquarters were established in the • Merchants, and meetings of the club, which will be monthly, will be open.to ladies as well as gentlemen from In diana, . "*•'*' ■ No Use for Mugwumps. £(?» "I received a letter ; to-day," said State Treasurer Bobleter yesterday*, "from Albert . Blanchard, clerk of the* courts New Ulm", and speaking of Blame, 1 he; says: '1 am a Blame man from the soles of. my feet to' the crown of my head, and .believe that ■ he would carry as big a vote as any one, . but still if it will unite the party any" better by Blame dropping out I say; amen. 1 don't believe that any man . the Republicans nominate will" bring the mugwumps back into the party and I don't care a d — -n whether it does or ' not. I believe the part}- is more re spectable since they left it.' " Papers Filed. The following were filed with the secretary of state yesterday: The South Washburn Mining and Smelting company's by-laws. Articles of incorporation by the Union Construction Company of Minneapolis. Capital stock, $50,000. The incor porators are George .W. Sturtevant, Charles F. Sturtevant, W. F. Can* and Frank H. Todd. * The Swedish Publishing Company of St. Paul filed articles. They were filed Thursday in the office of the register o f deeds. A Supposed Burglar. Austin Haban, alias McGuire; John. Rowley.alias Gates; and John Laford.ar rested by Officer Davis on suspicion of burglarizing Horn Mon Hong's laundry, 301 Wabasha street, last Sunday night, were given a hearing before Judge Cory yesterday and discharged. Laford was immediately rearrested and committed on a charge of burglarizing the saloon of Schroeder & Nolan on East Seventh street, Feb. 8. Stole the Oysters. Ed Welby and George Bonsall, small boys,* were sent to the work house for thirty days because they stole a pail of oysters and saner cake from a hall at Forrest and Simond streets, where a leap year party was in session, Thurs day night. ■ SPEAKING OF BUSINESS MEN. eSSBBin Breathes there a man with soul so • . I ■ dead, 1 AT 9 Who never to himself hath said: ■ THE § ''Myad-ver-tise-mentshallleread I SIGN I In that great 'Globe' through-, ■d OF I out the land:" ■ THE 5 If such there be, go mark him well, B RED B No goods his sttre doth ever sell. ■ FLAG And soon you'll hear an auction bell I | In front, held by the sheriff's nlllUMlkwH hand ! ; '■ BULKS. One birth and five deaths were reported at the health office yesterday. jot William Doyle, keeper of a resort on the Fort Snelling road, was brought before Judge. Cory yesterday on complaint of Inspector Nugent for. selling liquor without a license. Doyle pleaded not guilty and bis case was ' continued until to-day. When , George Seibert was abroad last' summer he heard a violinist play a solo at a Dresden concert and was so captivated with his style and manner that he sought his ac quaintance, and the artist expressed a desire. , to come to America. Since Sir. Seibert'e re turn he has found that business has increased to such an extent that he needs more musi cians and has accordingly secured this artist who will soon be here. '.. - \..y-\ »' ,J PERSONALS. ;> . C. 11. Dunn, of the Duluth bar, arrived at the Merchants yesterday. : . D. J. Severance, a prominent politician at Mani-ato, is at the Merchants. Ex-Senator T. M. Clements, of Faribault, was visiting the capitol yesterday. Ex-Senator S. D. Peterson, of New Ulm, was a guest at the capitol yesterday. 11. M. Marchant. a loading citizen of Wash ington, D. C, is stopping at the Ryan. P. A. McCarthy; of Morris, where he is a leading merchant, has rooms at the W-tßTTsur. Charles Sherwood, of Pembina, Dak., was among the guests at the Merchants yester day. William Florence, of Dubuque, who has extensive real estate interests in this city, is stopping at the Wliidjor. , . .' ' F. T. 'Walton, of ' Philadelphia, known throughout the world for his plunging pro pensities at race tracks, is at the Ryan. 'P. F. Rothemel; Jr.,- and D. H. Lane, of Philadelphia, who are interested in the St. Paul Street Railway company, are stoopiug at the Ryan. - ■»>*- < ..- *■*■ a Col. C. A. ilroad water, of Montana, who has been East for tae past two or three weeks, registered at the Ryan yesterday, and will remain iv St. Paul for a few days. j H.C. Donnelly.. who last fall left' St, Paul in a naptha boat for a trip down the river and who passed through: many perils by water ami dynamite, has just returned and looks 'ike p. Southern planter. * THE BRIDGE AND LEVEE. f '.r-'-"' Important Topics Discussed by the West Side Union. A WIDER BRIDGE IS WANTED. Capt. Starkey's Report on the Long h Delayed Work of Levee ' Construction. * ■■a ■ • ■ • "There was a full attendance at the West Side Citizens' union meeting last evening. Vice President Shanley occu pied the chair. . ,1 Mr. Wedge, from the committee ap pointed to confer with the city engineer regarding the widening of the new span of the Wabasha street bridge, reported that the committee, in connection with . Mr similar committee from the chamber of commerce, had called on that gen tleman and unanimously recom mended to him the building of a new span sixty feet in width and re quested hfni to prepare a report to that effect for the common council. Mr. Wedge said further that the city char ter, as amended in .1881, provided for the levying of a tax not to exceed one mill for the construction and repairing of the Wabasha street bridge, and as the estimated valuation of property to day is $130,000,000, this would allow $1:-)0,000 available funds for the rebuild ing and constructing •of that bridge. The report of the committee was adopted. ■_. The levee question was then brought up, and Cant. Starkey, who is consid ered the father of this movement, and who had prepared some data on the subject, was called on. That gentle man then gave a comprehensive and complete history of the levee question since its inception in 1874. at the time when the Sixth ward was annexed to the city proper. Said Capt. Starkev: "I take it that THE LEVEE QUESTION in the Sixth ward is paramount to all others. Ever since 1874 the people on this side of the river have been clamor ing for a levee, and to-day you are further from obtaining the" object sought for than ever before. Since the date or' annexation, in 1874, the con struction of a levee on the west bank of the Mississippi has been demanded for the protection of the ! lives and prop erty of the citizens in case of an overflow." Capt. Starkey then gave in tleteal the various ordinances and laws passed regarding the construction of the levee. lie concluded his remarks by saying that the history of the lease carried on its face its own comment.and the circumlocution found in the differ ent orders relating to the same was the very best evidence of the success met with. Mr. Somers was called on and coin cided fully with Capt. Starkey's views. Mr. Boles said that the condemnation proceedings were rotten from the foundation, and that the levee move ment would find its greatest obstacle in the city attorney's oflice. After some further remarks touching the question of condemnation proceed ings by Messrs. Wedge and Somers, on motion it was decided that the alder men of the ward be instructed to move at the next meeting of the common Council, that the city attorney make a full report concerning the question of rand condemned for levee purposes. . A vote of thanks was tendered Capt. Starkey for his able paper on the levee question*. r! £ The question of the Sixth ward park was made a special order of business for the nexrmeeting of the union. . .. n • '. — ■ — ■■ — - — i — -' The Districts Fixed. ; .] The council committee to fix bound aries of election districts finished its work yesterday afternoon, and will re port to the council next Tuesday night. All the districts of the first nine wards defined by the legislature were left un changed. The. Tenth and Eleventh wards were divided into • two districts each, the Tenth being divided north and south by Westwood avenue, and the Eleventh divided east and west by Summit avenue. This makes a total of forty-one election districts in the city. The polling place for each district will be designated in the committee's re port, which must be adopted by a two thirds vote of the council. Another Big Building. Mr. Swift, connected with a big pack ing house in Chicago.has just purchased sixty feet next west of West's publish ing house on Third street, above Bridge square, and in the spring will erect "a block upon the lot that will be three or four stories above Third street, with six stories below to the levee. The price paid for the sixty feet was $20,000. Concert To-Morrow Night. Mr. Seibert, with his usual energy and interest in musical matters, has se cured Signor Liberati, the celebrated cornet soloist, for his concert to-morrow evening at Turner hall. He is down on the programme for two solos. He stands in the front lineas a cornet solo virtuoso, and has delighted music lovers and musical critics all over the American continent by his artistic playing. A Landlord Fined. . While Gustave Sanderson ..was absent from his home, near the Manitoba shops, Thursday, Paul Olander, owner of the house in which Sanderson and his family lived, came to the place and took off the doors and windows, leaving Sanderson's wife and children to suffer from the cold. Sanderson had Olander arrested, and in the municipal court yesterday he claimed he had done as he did to force Sanderson to move out. Judge Cory fined him $25. Which Has Jurisdiction? The case of Albert Nelson, accused of bastardy by Miss Ella Sustedt, of Min neapolis, was called in Judge Cory's court yesterday and adjourned until to day on a question, of jurisdiction. The deed was committed in Minneapolis, but Nelson was arrested in St. Paul, and County Attorney Egan is prosecut ing the case. Judge Cory is of the opin ion that Nelson should be returned to Hennepin county for trial. . It Made Her Mother Cry. Mrs. Sophia Anderson, living on Fau quier street. ■ brought her daughter, Sophia, aged fifteen, before Judge Cory yesterday and asked to have the girl committed on a charge of incorrigibility. The mother related, with tears in her eyes, that Sophia was ungovernable and went. nights in bad company. The -Jtidge gave Sophia a good lecturing and sent her back home to try and do better. '' A Conductor Scalded. * s John H. Murphy, a conductor on the .Wisconsin Central road, was seriously scalded by escaping steam from a imrsted pipe while sitting in the cab of "an engine moving out of Duluth Junc tion yesterday . afternoon. He was brought to St. Paul and removed by the Magaret street patrol to the Homeo pathic hospital. Murphy lived in Chip pewa Falls, Wis., and a special train was dispatched to bring his wife from that city. His recovery is doubtful. — - — - -— .■-,'.-'.' v?)v Will Be Tried To-Day. ; ;, Rein hard t Brandt, accused ' by Emelia Fie k of being the. father of her unborn child, was held in $500 bail for a hearing to-day. Paul Gramiup, a peddler employed in selling rugs and other notions for the firm of W. E. Serves & Co., was com mitted until to-day, with- bail fixed at $500, '0n a. charge of taking money;be longing to his employers. •.;'-. i. , Hearing Postponed.'; - Frank Bostur, '..'Paul. , Krenack and Charles Biegel, charged with assault with a dangerous. weapon, upon Joseph i Biegel . at the \ Hungarian • settlement near Calvary cemetery, Thursday night, were remanded until Feb. SO. ". '-v . : /-A'j'-'V;-^' ,; *'- ' : ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE. ■ Nluctecn deeds were tiled for record yes terday, with an aggregate consideration of 870.010, as follows: F Knauft to N McGulre, It 8, blk 1, Kimult add $000 German-American Heal Estate company to N lledman. li 13, blk 8. Kalrview.. 050 J Berteiaon to « Benetton, it 14, blk 8. Westminster 1,375 11 .1 U undersoil to N P Itasmusou, It 13, blk 10, Lewis' Second add 2.000 L W. Marvin to 8 Summerfleld, It 7, blk 17, Oakviile Park 500 St Paul Heal Estate & Building society to 0 S Deriiiger, Its 17. '2H, 19 and 20, •'-: t>lk 1, Sylvan Heights 1,000 J Wous to A Bulinski, part It 3, blk 18, Robertaon & Van B 1,900 W W" Bishop to c Nordine, It 13, blk l. Bishop's add 460 E Johnson to C Nordine, It 14, blk 1, Bishop's add 400 Nordln to C J Bulow, It 14, blk l,Blah op's add ... ; GOO T W Wallace to N Herrmann, It 11, blk 3, May wood 725 S S Davis to W V Dunlap, part Sault Sto Marie Park 4,000 Seven unpublished 50,400 • ."» .-. . Total, nineteen pieces $70,010 urn. mm; CKKMITS. The following permits to build wore Issued yesterday: John Dietrich, -story frame dwell ing, (Jaultier, near Oliver $1,000 HenrichNelson. 1-story frame dwell ing, Geranium, 'near Forest 500 W. D. Fargo, -story frame office, St. Anthony, near Prior 800 W J Hawkins, 2-story frame dwelling. Dayton ay, near Cleveland 1,500 John T Averill, story frame double dwelling, Sherman, near Franklin 8,000 One minor permit 300 Total, 0 permits $12,100 [Sec nd. of Heal Estate Title lus. Co.") CARPETS / Our entire Spring Stock is now ready for inspection. It is RICH ! RARE! EXCLUSIVE! FINCH, VAN SLY CK ■ • & CO. 381 and 383 Jackson St. WILL CLOSE I AT 10 O'CLOCK P. M., • SATURDAY, FEB. 18, THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY MUNKACSY, - "'. ' CHRIST BEFORE PILATE. BRICK CHURCH, . CEDAR ST., BELOW' 13TII. OPEN 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. CHILDREN, 15 CENTS. MORTGAGE LOANS! Wanted immediately, appli cations for mortgage loans, secured by St. Paul or Minne apolis improved real estate. $500, $2,000, $2,000 and $5,000 must be placed at once. Special terms made on loans of $10,000 and upwards. Loans made for any amount on best terms and money v furnished as soon as papers can be prepared. E. wTpeet, Rooms 25, 26, 29 and 30 Globe Building. hbr Maniiiiimniiianiii inimwa—aaia CHRISTY ENGLISH D9B9HHHBE9BB9BDBBRiHBHH HATS! *«>BBB**na«*><(*BßßaHßi \s««i.i>i>. Wisconsin, Situated 011 Chequamegon bay; finest harbor in the world ; four trunk lines of railroads terminating here, and will have four more this year; at the gateway to the Gogebic, Pen okee, Mesembra and West iron ranges; in the heart of the best lumbering district in the United States. As a wholesale, manu facturing or lumbering center, It has no equal; has jumped from a small lumbering town, in 18H6, to a city of 14,000, with blast furnace, smelters, machine shops and manu factories of all kinds. No city offers nsgood inducements to good, live men as this place. Inquiries cheerfully answered. J. M. Hagkuty, Shores Block, Ashland. Wis. * $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $3,000 TO LOAN On improved 'property at lowest rate; without delay. WM. N. VIGUEI.S&CO., r. Northeast corner' Fourth and Cedar. ggjgj-g-gjap rAe Peerless Extension Table. Swmfi^lif Made only of MSlectcdkiln-dried IPt Abll < °-* J J* "-'" or Walnut, Pat - • i' 11 en k;iik\ Removable Legs. ■ B I a The handsomest and strongest St Anthony ,aulc ,n t! - : ' market Send for 'pas* descriptive circular to < - THE ST' ANTHONY FUKNiTUKE CCv, Kaiusoy County, inputs WAKE UP! f|j li It's "the early bird that — ■ Is- — ' catches the worm," says the C^ ======:^ rooster, as he gets up at day rjiiSy _>-) light and awakens his owner S®X /^\ by repeated crowing. A fresh f fyS\ ship ment of our popular and , J^zhj] MXv V\\ reliable Unlaundried Shirts Mjust received; our mammoth f)/lEast window is filled with them. These are the best Un- J laundried Shirts in the mar ket, made from Wamsutta Muslin and 2,200 Linen; hand * made buttonholes; reinforced s bosom and front; continuous back stay, and fit guaranteed, as every size neck has four different lengths of sleeves, so ' that any size neck or any length arm can be fitted ex actly. The price of these Shirts is $1 each, $12 a dozen; each Shirt is guaranteed in every particular. Out-of-town orders promptly and carefully filled. A wonderful selection of handsomt Neckwear, at popular prices. FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. BOSTON One-Price Clothing House I CORNER OF THIRD AND ROBERT STREETS, ST. PAUL. JOSEPH McKEY & CO. RELIABLE OUTFITTERS WE HAVE NO BRANCH HOUSES. FOOT, SCHULZE &CO. Desire to inform their customers and friends throughout thi Northwest that they have secured new quarters, Nos. 221 to 223 E, Third St. Our FACTORY will be started at once, which, in connection with a large line of Eastern Goods in transit, will enable us to Fill All Orders Promptly. T. L. THOMPSON & CO., 429 East Seventh Street, Men's Furnishings. Newest Styles in Hats T. L. THOMPSON & CO * — CLARENCE M. McLAIN, "W-HOI-iE3SA.2LiHJ CIGARS AND TOBACCO, 131 West Third Street. St. Paul. " HIGH ART JEWELRY] DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND SILVERWARE. E. A. BROWN, 111 East Third Street, - St. Paul, Minn. PL. POWERS, FINE TAILORING First-Class Fit Guaranteed. 153 W. Seventh, 7 Corners. INTERNATIONAL ff^jF"* HOTEL. ! _, nftift ' ' Center of business. Electric bells FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, and all modem improvements. Dining *^_ *.«..,,-. „ ww.wwiiinu ' room unsurpassed, (Q per -lav. ° l ot • *•'* and Cedar Sts,, St. Paul, Miuti f______^__| ____^^r^™«. MONEY. PATENTS! \Vclmye, some small amounts on Land Caveats; Designs. Trade Maria, -it,.*!, to loan quickly on improved property etc Write or call at regular rates. '.".„._ ■■.:..' CLARK W TMHRKiir LANE & BARRETT, £JV ? ™ ORNE » R<>omZ ' German-American Baal; ** 310 Robert Street. ST. PAUL, MINX.