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low but slowly rising temperature.
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
T'nited States Department of Agriculture,
■Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. 16, :48
p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian
Time.— Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Tern. Place. Tern.
St. Paul — 4 _ linnedosa —18
[Duluth — S Winnipeg —18
Huron — 8 ; ■
Bismarck — lOßuffalo 38-44
Williston —12 Boston 46-52
Havre —-2 Cheyenne 6-16
Helena — G Chicago 12-42
Edmonton —28 Cincinnati 38-50
Battleford —20 Montreal 40-40
Prince Albert ...—22 New Orleans ....62-64
Swift Current ...— 22 New York 48-46
Qu'Appelle —24 Pittsburg 46-40
— Below zero.
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer. 30.32: mean temperature, — 8;
relative humidity. 7S; wind at 8 p. m.. west;
waather, clear; maximum temperature, 3;
minimum temperature, —12; daily range, 15;
amount of pr _<_.__ tat ion in last twenty-four
hours, .07.
Note— Barometer corrected for temperature
md elevation. —P. P. Lyons, Observer.
OIR INSANE "HOSPITALS."
The legislature changed the style of
our refuges for the insane in 1891 from
"asylums" to "hospitals" and from
designating them as "First" and so on
to the name of the town where located.
■While the latter change was unobjec
tionable, the former is largely a mis
nomer. A change in the direction of
accuracy would have been the hyphe
nating of the two words, making the
style "hospital-asylums." This would
have the merit of correctly describing
their functions. They are first medical
institutions for the cure of insane pa
tii nts, and, when that is found impos-
Ih _ thi y are asylums where the
Incurable a:e k pt. fed, clothed, at
ter.d : • •'. \ •!. _ _ ad, buried at the
<• >.! of the state, that is. of All of Us.
'i he in< :< '." of these asylums in num
ber, in the money annually appropri
ated 1"' ;• support and for additional
buildings, with the startling increase
of the insane as compared with the
increase in population, taken with the
proposition to erect still another, the
fourth asylfim or hospital, has attract
ed public attention and discussion of
other methods of caring for these un
fortunates.
There are now three of these hos
pitals, one at St. Peter, having, Sept.
30, this year, 951 inmates; one at
Rochester, with 1,144 inmates, and one
at Fergus Falls, with 976 inmates, a
total of 3,071, against 2,962 at the same
time last year. The cost of the build
ings erected to and including 1896 is
$2,217,-54, and the cost of their support
since ISG2 has been $5,982,547. The av
erage cost for buildings is $771,218, an
average that may be expected to hold
good in any further venture the state
may make in providing more hospitals.
The cost of support for 1896 was $543,
--898, while tho appropriations for sup
port made by the legislature of 1897
are $598,400 for 1898 and $593,400 for
3599. As the same legislature added to
the appropriations made by the legis
lature of 1895 for support ln 1897 the
Bum of $54,000, it is probable that the
appropriations for the ensuing two
years will have to be supplemented by
more appropriations next session.
Pursuing the division adopted in pre
senting the figures relating to all the
etate institutions, dividing the ante
boom period from 1870 to 18S0 from the
subsequent years, all g-ouped in five
year periods, we present now the cost
of support of our insane institutions
and of the buildings erected for them,
the latter including the annual re
pairs and improvements made upon
them. Taking first the cost of build
lngp. we get the following data:
Total Annual
Cost. Averaa;^
1871-7. $211,169 r.S2_>
1876-80 78,717 15,743
Total $3.9,. 16 $36,991
1881-8. $451, 595 $90,319
1886-Mi- 434.012 86,802
1891-95 578.623 115,721
Total $1,464,230 $97,615
The amount thus expended ln 1896
was $.07,705. nearly six times the year
ly average spent prior to the boom
period and more than twice the annual
average since and to 1895. The legis
lature of 1897 appropriated $79,500 for
buildings, repairs and improvements
for IS9S and $77,500 for 1899, but, as it
appropriated $84,000 for the deficiency
ln 1597, it is probable that the annual
average of the last fifteen years will
be maintained by the ensuing two
years.
Taking now the cost of the support
of these hospitals, which includes sal
aries, food, clothing and everything
except buildings, repairs and improve
ments, what is termed "current ex
penses," for the same periods, we find:
Total Annual
Cost. Average
1871-75 $369,090 $73.2.0
1876-80 549,943 109.988
Teal $918,943 $31,594
18S1-8". $817,818 $163,563
1886-91) 1,370.824 274.155
l_9l-.:> 2.179,910 435,982
Total J4.355.562 $291,037
1893 $-.43.598
Here ftre have again the immense an
nual average increase in the second
period, exceeding more than three
times the average from 1870 to 1880,
while the expenditure for 1896 is nearly
twice the annual average amount re
quired during the preceding fifteen
years, with appropriations made in 1897
for the two ensuing years of $516,400.
In these twenty-six years the state
has expended $5,811,387 in the support
of its insane and $2,032,054 in buildings,
repairs and Improvements, a total of
$7,844,041, and the pace is a steadily
accelerating one. These figures should
set the taxpayers of the state to seri
ous thinking before they are called on
to again select the holders of their
purse strings.
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THE LAMENTATION OP TAWNEY.
The senators of this state have finally
reconciled their differences and agreed
to exercise their rights of senatorial
courtesy and nominate State Senator
Peterson for collector of customs, leav
ing to the president the formality of
asking the senate to confirm the selec
tion. Whereupon the First district
statesman breaks out into a lamenta
tion that makes all those of Jeremiah
sound like a peal of joy. Mr. Tawney
was one of the Republican statesmen
who went into caucus the other even
ing to devise means and methods for
taking the starch out of the civil ser
vice law. His wail indicates that the
two senators have taken the starch out
of him very completely. Tawney has
ideas, occasionally. The country has
received his thinks about chicory
and eggs, barley and lumber, and been
highly edified and informed therewith.
The annexationists having given him a
free trip to Hawaii last summer he re
ciprocated, on his return, by letting
loose on the public a lot more thinks
on annexation.
Mr. Tawn.v now lets us know his
opinion of senatorial courtesy. It is
quite as bad a thing as anything in the
Wilson-Gorman act. Both ignore
Tawney, but the former went farther
and ignored Tawney's territorial rights.
He says he had the right to expect
that, if neither of "my candidates"
were acceptable to the senators, he
would be asked to suggest the name of
some other person in his district. Not
only was he not asked, but the senators
contumaciously went out of his district
to select their collector. This, he re
gards as a "manifest injustice," he
even ventures to characterize it as an
"insult" offered to "the Republicans of
the First district by the senatorial com
bination in our state," that is to Taw
ney. This clearly indicates that there
really is something— in Tawney's
mind— superior to senatorial courtesy
and that is territorial right. The First
district has a right to the office of col
lector of customs and that right has
been turned down by "a senatorial
combination." This Idea of territorial
rights is original with Tawney. He
should protect it by copyright.
The grounds of this new idea are
worth considering. Mr. Tawney states
them fully and indignantly. "The ad- |
ministration of our state would now be j
under control of the fiv e silver Demo- i
crats but for the loyal Rtp_._i.-ar_ of I
the. First district." If you do not be
lieve it look at the returns. Had the i
same proportion of Republicans there
"refused to swallow" Clough that did
in the other districts Lind would have
been elected by 5,000 majority. And
under what severe conditions did these
loyal Republicans "swallow" Clough.
"Never," declares Tawney, "never in
the historjr of the state was there a
greater or more universal sacrifice of
individual opinion — and in many cases
of. self respect— than that made by the
Republicans of the First district at our
last general election." Having sacri
ficed not only their "individual opin
ion" but their "self-respect" ln "swal
lowing" Clough, Tawney thinks that
his district gained some rights that
even a "senatorial combination" is
bound to respect, namely the right to
have a collector of customs taken from
its "midst."
And in return for this heroic swal
lowing what, Tawney asks, do they
get? Nuffin. "Not even the reward of
Lazarus." Not a crumb of all the pie
on the counter has been brushed off
for the hungry First. Thirty-five fed.
eral positions gone and not one for the
loyal, swallowing old First. Not even
that Albert Lea appointment to Den
mark, for that was made because ha
was a Norwegian, or, as Tawney eu
phemistically puts it, "because he was
a representative of a foreign and patri
otic race of people residing principally
in the Northwest." But Tawney does
i not complain because of any mere loss
of patronage; not because his constitu
ents have had no consideration shown
their application; not even because that
"senatorial combination" barred out
the First district patriots from places
at the pie counter; not for any or all
of these trivial reasons does Tawney
pour forth his lamentation, but be
cause of the shocking "ingratitude" to
those who so bravely, if with such wry
faces, made heroic sacrifices of their
self-respect and "swallowed" Clough.
For this and for them the heart of
Tawney bleeds, for this and them his
soul wails and his fluent tongue
ululates.
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NOW YOU SEE IT AND SOW YOU
DON'T.
A Republican high-tariff contempor
ary informs us with tremendous head
lines that "Dingley's Bill Is All Right."
It Is all right because "it will soon fur
nish sufficient revenue." When we
come to search ln the reading matter
under its captions for the reason why
the Dingley bill is all right, and why it
is going to furnish us sufficient revenue
some time or other, the only evidence
given is that the imports of dutiable
merchandise for November showed an
Increase of over $5,000,000. The article
judiciously omits to state whether this
increase is over the. preceding month
of October or over November of 1896.
It does not really matter, however, for
the significance of it is that the high
tariffites are now reduced, in their
search for apologies, to pin their faith
in increased revenue to supposed in
crease in imports. We will waive for
the moment the fact that Secretary
Gage, among the most optimistic of the
party leaders, puts the treasury deficit
for the year ending June 30, 1898. at
$28,000,000, and for the year following
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897.
at $21,000,000. We are inclined, in the
meantime, to think that Mr. Gage's
estimates are much too low, but ln any
event any improvement upon them is
to come, we are assured, from an in
crease in the imports of dutiable mer
chandise.
But Is not this, from the Republican
point of view, a cause for woe and
lamentation? How in the world can
"Dingley's bill be all right" if the
principal operation of it is to encour
age or to produce an increase in the
volume of dutiable merchandise
brought Into this country? Was it not
passed because the foreigner, under the
privileges granted by the wicked free
traders, was simply swamping us with
pauper-made goods? Have we not been
told, not only for months, but for years
past, that the country could not know
prosperity again until the mills, made
silent and the laborers thrown out of
employment by "Democratic free
trade," had the stimulus of a law
which would exclude the foreigners
from our markets? Such a law the Re
publican party said that it was going
to pass, and such it has affirmed the
Dingley act to be.
It is not our concern that the thing
is a contradiction in terms. No Dem
ocrat has any obligation to explain how
you can raise revenue on imports by a
tariff that shuts out imports. That
is for the protectionist to ex
plain. But we would like to
know how the Dingley bill can
be all right if the sole hope of Its suc
cess lies in Increasing the amount of
imports of dutiable merchandise. That
is the panegyric bestowed upon it now;
and, if it is deserved, what must the
manufacturers think of it, whose busi
ness has come into all this increasing
competition; and what mu„t be the
opinion of the laboring man, who, ac
cording to all prior assertions ot the
Republican party, will find himself de
prived of the opportunity to earn a liv
ing by a wicked Republican measure
that actually stimulates imports? The
Republican tariff argument Is a beau
tiful illustration of the principle of the
three-card-monte man, because now
you see It and now you don't.
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A TItUE NOTE.
It is particularly encouraging to hear
a true note in finance sounded by the
convention of Southern bankers at At
lanta. The South has been much more
prolific of financial heresy than of
financial gospel, and yet we are able
to see at this date that the South was
not so desperately wrong after all. If
the desire of her people had been
granted, if the object for which her
representatives in congress struggled
year after year had been realized, it
is not too much to say that the nation
would have escaped entirely the move
ment for free coinage of silver, or else
that the latter would have been
confined within the narrow limits
that restrained the old green
-1 :.< \: party. What the South
wat t d was free banking by the re
moval of the 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues. That was a plank of the
platform adopted by the National
Democratic convention in 1892. It
seemed to many Democrats then that
Mr. Cleveland pursued the wiser course
by ignoring this demand. It is rea
sonably clear now that it was one of
the errors to which the best and wisest
of men are liable. Had that proposi
tion been taken up and modified in the
direction of safety, the whole volume
of currency agitation would have been
directed in that channel; and today
free banking, instead of free silver,
would be the watchword of those de
sirous of a radical change in the finan
cial system.
Whatever objections one may en
tertain against free banking, he
must admit that it would not be
open to the objections that lie against
the free coinage of silver, and that it
would supply a local currency for local
purposes where the latter would not.
The party which styles itself the
"sound money" party has felt obliged
to make a movement in this direction.
The suggestion of Secretary Gage that,
under certain conditions, banks be al
lowed to Issue unsecured notes to the
extent of 25 per cent of their capital,
Is an entering wedge. It is, to our
mind, utterly inadmissible in its pres
ent shape, and the favor is designed to
be bestowed only upon a small class
of banks, but It witnesses the convic
tion, at last become general, that
something must be done to provide an
elastic currency fitted to the needs of
| the local community.
The Southern bankers' convention
has dared to set forth a bold and rad
ical proposition. It has the merit of
refusing to deal with compromises.
The plan that it offers is simple and
final. It would take out of existence
the various forms of so-called money,
the experiments that desire for profit
and political necessity have injected
into our circulation, and leave ln ex
istence but two sorts of money. The
excellence in Its first two planks ought
to be universally admitted. These de
clare that the banking business must
be taken out of politics and the gov
ernment out of the banking business.
It would then retire and cancel the
greenbacks and make the money of the
people consist of gold and silver coin
and a paper currency of bank
notes. It would have these bank notes
issued, not by a special class of cor
porations, but would extend the su
pervision of the law and its privileges
as well to all banks of the' country.
With a system made thus comprehen
sive and uniform, and with such safe
guards as could be thrown about it,
the issuing of notes would be turned
over to the banks as credit agencies
responsive to the demands of trade, for
greater or lesser money volume, ac
cording to the changes of the season
and the fluctuations of trade.
Toward such a scheme as this
thoughtful financiers of both parties
have been progressing steadily. They
are retarded by the fierce preposses
sions of men on both sides, who have
not studied and do not understand the
real nature of money and of credit.
Unfortunately, the question ot note
issues has been forced into the back
ground by the far less important and
practical question of flat money. Pub
lic opinion is, however, being educated
constantly, and if the people of the
South eb a whole were to follow the
lead of the Atlanta convention and agi
tate for the pursuit of free banking.and
would contribute immensely at once
to the progress ol their section, the
good of their coiffttry and the future
success of the political party to which
a majority of them are devoted.
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These expressions,, are grotesque carica
tures of the truth. There was no "sound and
fury," no moving of heaven and earth to pass
a tariff bill. No "suspense and disturbance
afflicted the busineu world," except in the
excited imagination of the writer.— Chicago
Tribune. ■
If these expressions are "grotesque carica
tures," then President McKlnley and Senator
A'drich are expert caricaturists. On May 25
Senator Aldrich assured the senate and the
country that the Industry of the country was
in a condition of suspense waiting the pas
sage of the tariff bill. On June 2 the presi
dent addressed a banquet given on the open
ing of the museum of the national manufac
turers' association, in which he said when the
tariff act is done "we will have business con
fidence and prosperity."
Congress, when It meets next week, will
find a very gratifying snowing for the first
four months of the new tariff law. Its earn
ings during the first four months have ex
ceeded by several millions of dollars the earn
ings of the corresponding four months of
the Wilson law. Its November earnings
reached $25,000,000, which is more than 25
per cent ln excess of the November earn
ings ln the first year of the Wilson law.—
Tracy Republican.
You, and the other Hanna bureau papers
which are running this statement, should
mildly expostulate with your boss against
such silly mendacity. Neither he nor you
can take it for granted that your readers are
all fools or that you are their sole sources
of information.
INVESTED BY THE STATE.
Money Recently Lolaned to Varlons
School Districts.
The state board of Investment has made
the following loans from the permanent
school fund:
County. Dlst. No. Amount.
Beltrami 10 $820
Benton 32 350
Carlton 16 374
Hubbard 25 156
Hubbard 26 800
Jackson 85 500
Kandiyohi 99 600
Lincoln 50 400
Martin 113 400
Meeker 60 300
Nicollet 40 400
Rice (Faribault No. 1) 16,000
Todd 87 630
Town of Thomson, Carlton
county 2,000
Town of Vega, Marshall county. 1,300
Total $24,930
TO USE AN ALLEY.
Northern Paclfio Wants to Build a
Spar Track.
The ordinance granting to the North
ern Pacific Railway company the right
to construct and operate a spur track
from its present right of way through
an alley running between Fifth and
Sixth streets to Broadway, was con
sidered by the aldermanic committee
on streets yesterday afternoon. Aid.
Kenny said there was a demand from
the property owners for the construc
tion and operation of the track. L. T.
Chamberlain, who appeared for the
railroad company, stated that the own
ers of forty-three out of the sixty-four
lots abutting on the proposed line of
track were in favor of it. All of blocks
37, 38, 39, 40 and 41, through which the
track would pass, was owned by the
railway company. From the middle of
block 41. which is midway between
John and Locust streets, the company
did not expect to lay the track until
needed, but under the ordinance be
fore the committee the track would be
completed to John street by June 1,
Some of the committee were of the
opinion that it would be best to hear
from the property owners as to ob
jections, If there were any, before rec
ommending the ordinance to pass. The
ordinance was laid over until the next
regular meeting of the committee at
which time those of the property own
ers who desired to be heard will be
given an opportunity.
SEEKING REDUCED RATES
For Delegates to the Stoclc Breed
ers* Convention.
The special committee, consisting of
Secretaries Tajlmadge, of the chamber
of commerce;. Randall, of the state
fair association, and Townsend, of the
jobbers' union visited the various
railroad offices yesterday on the mat
ter of making rates, and otherwise aid
ing in making the convention of the
National Stock Breeders' and Feeders*
association, which Is to be held here
Jan. 11 and 12., successful. The com
mittee reported last night that the
railroaders had taken a lively Interest
In the onventlpn. and had promised to
do all in their power to make it a big,
enthusiastic gathering of men inter
ested in live stock. ,
An invitation has been sent to Sec
retary' Wilson, of the department of
agriculture, to come here and address
the delegates, and other prominent
sneakers will also be in attendance
The chamber of commerce committee*
which will see to the entertainment of
visitors consists of Messrs. J. H. Cor
nish, J. T. Clark, Thomas Irvine, Al
fred Scheffer and A. S. Tallmadge.
The chamber also named the following
delegates to the stock gathering which
is slated for Denver, Jan. 25, 26 and 27:
Messrs. Flower, Brooks, Hastings,
Moore and Scott.
ACTION FOR LIBEL.
Col. Tietz Brines an Action Against
the Volksze-tnng.
Edward Tietz has begun an action
agains. the receivers of the Volkszelt
ung Printing and Publishing company
to recover $15,000 damages for alleged
libel. The receivers are Albert Schaller
and Hiram D. Brown.
The alleged libellous article was pub
lished ln the Volkszeltung on the after
noon of Nov. 10, 1897. It was headed
"Em Schurfenstrelch," which, trans
lated Into English means "The Deed of
a Rascal." The article charged Col.
Tietz with entering into a conspiracy
with a man named Wolff to have
Henry Bergmeier brought before the
probate court and examined as to his
mental condition. / Col. Tietz denies
every allegation cpntained in the ar
ticle and declares that certain subse
quent publications by the Volkszeltung
with reference to the original article,
constitute an aggravation of the al
leged libel.
JOHN MULLER'S LETTER
Is "What Has Gotten Joseph Hneb
scher In Trouble.
Joseph Huebscher, who was brought
to St. Paul from Marshall, Minn., by
Deputy United 1 Stattes Marshal Henry,
Wednesday night, and is now ln the
county jail, is charged with obtaining
possession of a letter to John Muller,
of this city, by fraudulent means. The
letter came from Switzerland and
reached the St. Paul postofflce last
February. It contained a draft
for $140. Mr. Huebscher, it is
charged, managed to get himself iden
tified at the postofflce as John Muller,
and the letter was thereupon delivered
to him.
Huebscher will be examined before
United States Commissioner Spencer
next Monday forenoon on the charge
of obtaining a letter from the United
States postofflce under false pretenses.
TO fIEPAIR BRIDGES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DE
VOTES AN AFTERNOON Fl GXTRING
OUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE.
NO DEFINITE CONCLUSION YET
MOTION TO PLACE 9100,000 IN THE
ESTIMATE DEFEATED BY A
CLOSE VOTE.
REPORT OF ENGINEER RUNDLETT.
Telia the Condition of Kach Bridge
In the City nnd What Each
Needs.
For two and a half hours yesterday
afternoon the conference committee
discussed the question of how much
m.ney should be placed ln the tax es
timate for next year for bridge repairs.
At the adjournment a motion had just
been defeated by which $100,000 was
to be placed in the estimate, of which
sum $63,500 was to be set apart as a
fund for the rebuilding of the south
end of the Wabasha street bridge and
the balance used to repair other
bridges. The comptroller favored this
plan, but his proposition was knocked
over by a vote of 5 to 4, those voting
against it being Messrs. Bement, San
born, Copeland, Horst and Wheelock.
The comptroller favored an adjourn
ment until today, when all the mem
bers of the conference committee could
be present. The motion to adjourn was
carried, and the question will be fought
over again today.
The consideration of the nineteenth
item of the estimate, allowing $10,000
for the bridge repair fund, was the
special order, and, when the commit
tee was called to order, City Engineer
Rundlett presented the following re
port as to the condition and needed
repairs on the several bridges:
Edgerton Street Bridge— This bridge was
erected in 1887 by the railroad and city, the
railroad company paying for that portion of
the bridge over their right o. way and the
city paying for that portion over Fauquier
street The bridge is the full width of the
street and a first-class structure, and was
built under a general agreement with the
railroad company that they should build the
bridge and abutments in accordance with the
requirements of the city, and the city should
afterwards maintain it. We have already
painted this bridge once at the expense of
thfi city, and 1 have an order from the com
mon council at the present time to refloor it.
In this connection I submit a copy of the
agreement with the railroad, under which
this work was done.
Fort Snelling Bridge— This bridge has not
been painted since 1889, and it needa it bad
ly. This painting, however, is not so im
portant an Item as the flooring of other
bridges, and could be cut out If we cannot
raise the money.
High Bridge— This was erected ln 1889 and
the floor needs renewal. The bridge also needs
painting, but as this bridge has less traffic
than most of the other bridges under con
sideration, and consequently the danger of
an accident Is much less. It could go over
until another year better than most of the
other bridges.
Lafayette Avenue Bridge Painting— This
bridge was erected in 1889, and needs paint
ing. The bridge was erected under the gen
eral agreement. Lafayette avenue existed on
the old lines, as I understand It, before the
railroads acquired any right of way, but it
being one of the most dangerous crossings
in the city, the line of the street was changed
and a bridge was built by the railroad com
pany under the general agreement that they
would erect the bridge and the city maintain
it. The city has not as yet done any work
on this bridge and have ordered the rail
road company to make the necessary repairs.
Third Street Bridge— This bridge was erect
ed by the different railroad Interests and
the city. There was a special contract with
relation to this bridge with the Great North
ern railroad, a copy of which is herewith
submitted, and the city since the erection
of the bridge has painted it twice. The floor
system is now giving out and needs renewal,
and it must be done next year. ,
University Avenue Bridge— This bridge was
erected by the various interests in connec
tion with the Transfer and by the city. There
was an agreement that the city should main
tain the bridge in accordance with council
proceedings of ISSB. which are herewith sub
mitted. The bridge itself is a first-class
structure, and only requires renewal of the
floor system and painting.
Wabasha Street Bridge — In ISB9 a portion
of this bridge was rebuilt from the north
end to the island, and it was expected at
that time that an appropiiation would bo
made the next year to rebuild the remaining
part, but on account of the hard times It
has been put off from year to year. Tho
roadway on the narrow portion is eighteen
feet wide, and on this there are two tracks.
The travel at certain times on this portion of
the bridge is congested, and, that portion of
the bridge being on a 5 per cent grade, on
several occasions street ca.3 have gotten
away and accidents have resulted. During
the winter season, on account of the necessity
of keeping the snow off the street car tracks,
there is a constant comp'alnt on account of
the difficulty of traffic. The bridge should
be widened to correspond with the northern
portion of the bridge at the earliest time
possible. The old piers are in bad condition,
and required repairs last year to make the
bridge safe, and it probably will not be
safe for more than two or three years. If
a new bridge Is not built, it will require
$3,500 to put the bridge ln proper repair,
which does not include painting.
The north 600 feet, which was reconstructed
in 1889. needs a new floor. The cedar blocks
are almost entirely worn out, and the floor
planks are ln bad condition. This bridge
has a heavy traffic, and these repairs should
be made next year.
Westminster Street Bridge— This bridge was
erected ln 1881. It has been painted since,
and has been repaired and a pavement put
on at the expense of the city. This Is one
of the first bridges erected under the general
agreement with the railroad companies. The
floor has broken through several times this
fall. Tho floor system should be renewed
without delay. The railroad companies. I un
derstand, have been ordered to make the
necessary repairs.
Western Avenue Bridge— This bridge was
built in 1888, and is in very bad condition.
It will have to be renewed or closed before
another season.
Raymond Avenue Bridge— There has been
appropriated already $27,500 for this bridge.
It was expected that the railroads would pay
the balance, and suit has been brought to
compel them to do so. The case has been
tried, but no decision has been rendered. In
my opinion, it will require $10,500 additional
to build the bridge ln accordance with the
plans and specifications which hare been ap
proved by the common council.
Of the bridges the repairs to which aro
most necessary I wou_i name University
avenue, Westminster street. Third street,
Wabasha street and Edgerton. This bridge,
however, might be closed and the traffic
turned onto Payne avenue and Burr street.
Aid. Bell suggested that the placing
of $90,000 in the budget for 1898 and the
balance ln 1899 would allow the Im
provement to be made. It was an out
rage that the bridge was not properly
widened and repaired.
Mr. Bement favored the placing of
enough ln the budget for 1898 to build
the substructure and then ln the 1899
budget the balance could be appropri
ated.
Mr. Bell was of the opinion that a
sufficient amount could be put ln the
estimate to pay for the work to be
done in 1898. The comptroller said this
could not be done, as, when a con
tract was let, provision must be made
to raise the funds and have them on
hand before the contract was let Mr.
Rundlett said it took about as long
to get the iron work ready as It did
to build the bridge. His idea was that
the contracts for the substruoture and
superstructure should be let at once.
Aid. Sanborn said the bridge would
last two or three years, and It would
be better not to spend $150,000 until
there was some sale for real estate on
the West side and elsewhere. He did
not want the tax levy Increased for this
bridge or any other or for any other
purpose. In view of the present condi
tion of affairs, he moved that only $11,
--500 be allowed for repairs on the Wa
basha street bridge. This amount, the
engineer said, would pave the north
end or wide part of the bridge with
brick and repair the narrow part by
putting ln Joists and replanklng. The
top pavement would be put In the nar-
row part of the bridge at the expense
of the street railway company.
Mayor Doran thought the danger on
the southeast end of the bridge was
from the street cars and called atten
tion to an ordinance which provided
that only one track be operated by the
street car company on the bridges dur
ing the months snow was on the
ground. The ordinance, however, had
never been enforced. If it was there
would be less danger. Aid. Sanborn
said this would necessitate two switch
es on the both bridges, and owing to
the expense the street car company
would not do it.
Mr. McCardy objected to the motion
of Mr. Sanborn to put $11,500 in the es
timate for repairs of the bridge. He
advocated the putting in an amount
sufficient to start a fund for the re
building of the bridge and in lieu of all
other motions that $63,500 be placed in
the estimate for 1898 for this purpose.
Mr. Bement insisted that the amount
to be spent on the other "infernal
bridges" be ascertained first before any
more money was appropriated for the
Wabasha street bridge. The engineer's
report was then taken up. On the re
pairs on Edgerton street bridge the
question came up as to whether the
city or the railroad companies had to
bear the expense. In the discussion
which followed^, copies of an agreement
signed by J. J. Hill, as general man
ager of the St. P., M. & M. Ry. com
pany; H. B. Sargent, of the N. P.
company; H. H. Porter, of the C. St.
P. M. & O. company, and J. R. Ilsley,
of the St. P. & D. company, were read.
The agreement ln effect is that the
companies shall build the abutments
and superstructure, over rights of way,
and the city build the approaches and
afterward maintain the structures.
The agreements were dated Aug. 23,
1880. Assistant Corporation Attorney
Phillips informed the committee that
the legal department had never looked
at the agreements as contracts for
the reason that only the mayor of the
city at the time signed them. They
had never been agreed to by the coun
cil.
Mr. Wheelock questioned whether it
would be policy for the city to force
the railroad companies to stand the
expense of repairing the bridges. The
companies were ln a position where
they could do the city a deal of good
or damage. He knew of several im
portant industries which were hanging
fire solely on the action to be taken
by the railroad companies. This was
a very Important question as affecting
the future prosperity of the city, s_ad
he advised careful consideration of the
matter. If the railroad companies were
advised that they would have to build
and maintain bridges, It was, to say
the least, not very encouraging to the
railroad corporations. He said It would
be good policy for the city to enter into
some agreement with the railroad com
panies which would be satisfactory to
both parties. The committee figured
for some time and then decided that
$39,100 would be necessary to repair
bridges as follows:
Edgerton street bridge, $4,500.
Third street, $12,000.
University avenue, $18,000.
Westminster street, $4,600.
Aid. Sanborn said some of the $150,000
appropriated for the street, sewer and
bridge fund could be used for repairing
bridges. Mr. Copeland, Mr. Rundlett
and the mayor were opposed to spend
ing any of the street fund for this pur
pose. This is the fund from which the
street force is paid, and, as there are
two elections next year, the adminis
tration officers evidently were not in
favor of cutting down this fund.
After considerable discussion and va
rious suggestions by Mr. Wheelock as
to how the roadway of bridges could be
planked instead of paved and a neat
sum saved, the comptroller moved that
the item in the estimate for bridge re
pairs be made $100,000, of which amount
$03,500 was to start a fund for the re
building of the Wabasha street bridge
and the balance to be used In repairing
other bridges. The city engineer
thought, with the $36,500 left. If Mr. Mc-
Cardy's motion carried, he would be
able to get along. The motion, how
ever, was lost by a vote of 5 to 4.
Mr. Sanborn then moved that $40,000
be the amount appropriated for the
bridge repair fund, an increase over
the comptroller's estimate of $30,000.
Before the vote could be taken Mr. Mc-
Cardy moved an adjournment which
was carried. It Is the intention of thos?
members of the conference commit
tee who favor some appropriation for
the widening of the Wabasha street
bridge next year to bring the matter up
again at the meeting today. It Is
hoped by those favoring the plan that
a full attendance of the committee can
be secured this afternoon, and the plan
proposed by the comptroller can be put
through.
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The Unemployed.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Modern society Is confronted by two evils —
the mil'lonalre and the tramp. Great wealth
i and desperate poverty, however serious In
themselves, derive their chief significance as
symptoms of an abnormal condition of so
ciety.
I intend briefly to state the origin and na
ture of this evil and its cure. None can
realizo more vividly than I do the difficulty
of solving practically this problem, yet the
fact that It Is of recent growth gives us
good reason to believe that It may as quick
ly be done away with.
Originally, this nation had neither poverty
nor wealth in the modern sense.
Capitalists and tho proletariat were un
known. Tho producing class were the middle
class, and owned the means of production.
Land, the principal source of wealth, was
within the reach of all; so there could not
possibly be such a thing as lack of employ
ment. But, with tho advent of the steam
| engine and the corresponding progress of ma
! chine development, Individual effort and re
| source became Insufficient to own and use
the new means ot production. Accordingly,
| men united their means, formed stock com
panies and the struggle between labor and
capital began. The first dividend that was
declared published to the world that labor
was enslaved, for such dividend was the
tribute of the vanquished to their conquerors.
It mattered not that wages might be good,
nor even that employment could easily b . I
| had; the one deeply significant fact remained !
• that labor could no longer employ Itself, that j
it was dependent and could not have all that
It earned.
Thus was ushered In the era of machinery.
Commercialism supplanted the aristocracy of
land, and financial fuedallsm Inherited the Ir
responsible power of the more ancient des
potism. Chattel slavery fettered the Individual
and made his personeJ liberty subservient to
the baser instincts of his master. The modern
tyranny purchases not individual industry,
but collective efTort, labor— not the laborer
Is a commodity. Yet the result Is the same
and the principle Involved Is the same, and
so we have confronting us tho old Irrepressi
ble conflict that ushered ln the civil war—
the contest between freedom and slavery.
Here, then. Is the evil we must contend with
—private ownership of the means of produc
tion, for even ln the most prosperous time,
there will be more men looking for work than
'■ there are Jobs for them; because when the
competition Is even — tho supply and demand
balanced — tho capitalist will not run his ma
chine. Thus labor must ever be at a disad
vantage — there must be a margin of
unemployed to be a margin of profit,
there must be a margin of profit to be any
employment at all, and the standard of liv
ing will be regulated by the wages for which
the desperate out-of-work will consent to take
the place of the man with a Job. This evil,
slight at the beginning of tho present era,
has grown with the growth of machine civil
ization. All our progress has been to save
labor and to destroy the laborer and make his
Ufo a curse. The organised unemployed pro
pose to stop this. Capital reduced to its
ultimate essence Is the earning capacity of
labor.
The function of the capitalist Is to buy
labor cheap and sell It dear. I__bor must
learn to get along without the capitalist. We
believe we can do thl3. With enmity to none,
we Invite the co-operation of all. We will
accept the suggestions of a millionaire as
readily as those of the humblest tramp, and
for their fortune or misfortune we blame
neither, believing that both aro tho victims
of a common evil.
To grapple successfully with this problem
out great need Is not money, but practical
Intelligence and ability. The trouble with
most plans for social oetterment Is that they
won't work. We think we can overcome
this difficulty, and In doing so we invite the
co-operation of all public-spirited citizens.
— F. R. Hays.
Secretary of the Organized Unemployed.
Frederick Tarbox will return from Concord.
N. H., wliere he la attending school at St.
Paul's, for the Christmas holidays.
Goodrich B. and Frank R. Rhodes, sons of
Roy. Dudley W. Rhodes, of Ashland avenue,
will return from Yale this week for the
holidays. '
LIFE'S BRIGHT SIDE
PAST AXD FUTURE EVENTS IN
ST. PAIL'S SOCIETY
CIRCLES.
CONCERT THAT WILL DRAW.
THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THH
HOUSE OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.
THE IIUMBIRD-IURR WEDDING.
Marriage of Miss Emma Clara Han*.
dotrf and ( hnrles A. Conies,
of St. Cloud.
The concert for the benefit of the
House of the Good Shepherd Is boom
ing along at a great rate. From an ar
tistic standpoint the concert will be a
drawing card. The musical part of the
programme will be under the manage
ment of Richards Gordon, and that
gentleman is kept busy attending re
hearsals, listening to suggestions and
arranging for the proper seating of the
large orchestra that will interpret the
numbers allottted them. The Sympho
ny orchestra, under the direction of
Prof. Frank Danz Jr., will be the same
that gave the music-lovers of St. Paul
such a treat last winter by Its work
at the Minnesota Boat club concert.
The soloists are to be Miss K'atherina
Gordon and Mrs. Hermann Scheffer.
Mrs. Scheffer's playing on her chosen
instrument, the piano, Is always a
treat. She is to play among other
things a concerto with the orchestra
that calls for the most brilliant work
of which she is capable. Miss Gordon'_
numbers have not yet been decided on.
It is almost certain, however, that sha
will sing Mendelssohn's "Hear Ye, Is
rael," with full orchestra accompani
ment and Ohamlnarde's "E* Etc" "Hear
Ye, Israel," Is one of the most dramatio
songs Mendelssohn ever wrote, and
"I_'Ete" is a pyrotechnic composition
that was sung here about three weeks
ago by Lillian Blauvelt. The complete
programme will be published ln the
G1 o b con Sunday morning next. Dur
ing the evening Archbishop Ireland and
Rev. S. G. Smith will make addresses
of ten minutes each. The date of thia
concert is Monday evening, Dec. 20, at
the People's church, and there ought
not to be seats enough in the spacious
auditorium to accommodate holders o_
tickets. St. Paul is a music-loving city.
People always respond to the call of
charity. With such a concert and such
a charity there can be no question aa
to the result. Reserved seats are on
sale at Howard, Farwell & Co.'s., not
at W. J. Dyer & Bros., as the tickets
exchangeable for reserved Keats read.
The concert will begin promptly at
8:15 p. m. The doors will be closed
during the rendition of the musical
numbers.
HUMBIRD-BURR.
A quiet wedding took place last even
ing at tho residence of Mr. and Mr..
John A. Humbird, of Dayton avenue.
The contracting parties were Miss Jane
Humbird and Stiles \V. Burr. Rev. D.
W. Rhodes performed the ceremony in
the presence of the Immediate relatives
of the families. The rooms were pret
tily decorated with holly, roses and
Christmas green. The relatives from
out of the city were: Dr. and Mrs.
Johnson, of Hudson; Mr. and Mrs, Da
vid Humbird, of Hudson; Miss Grace
Humbird. of Pittsburg, and Thomas
Humbird and family.
Miss Emma Clara Hausdorf, 'laugh
ter of Col. C. F. Hausdorf, and Charles
Ambrose Coates, of St. Cloud, were
quietly married at th.> home of the
bride Wednesday, at i_ o'clock. After
the ceremony a breakfast was served.
The bride was attired in white satin,
trimmed with real lace, and carried
lilies of the valley and white violets.
Miss Madge Mack, of Fargo, N ly
was maid of honor, wearing a hand
some gown of embroiii. red mulle and
lace, and carried pink mses. Frank A.
Hausdorf, brother of the bride, was
best man. Rev. Mr. Parshall, of St.
Cloud, officiated. None but the imme
diate families b. - i n *<- present. Mr. and
Mrs. Coates left on the afternoon train
for St. Cloud, where they were ten
dered a reception by Mr. and Mrs. John
Coates, parent., of th" groom.
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE
Mrs. W. I). George, of Dayton avenue, _ava
a progressive euchre party yesterday after
noon. There were seven tables and the
prizes were won by Mrs. <;. i - . Andrews,
first: Mrs. John Hutson, se ond: Mr cham
berlain, third, and Mrs. \V. J. Canfleld, con
solation. Tho guests were: Mesdi s Doran,
Coburn, French, Wilkinson, Salisbury, <_i_
fl-ld, Horn, Unison. Andrews, Gould,
Shapes, Farwell, Ellison, S:ilj!n. Chamberlain,
Krayenbuhl, Collins, Gilford, Whltacre, Wat
son. Cumbey, Stockenstrom, Roland, spro.it.
McLaughlin, Newcomb, Alexander, f'ohoon
find Davis. Mrs. C. A. Davis nnd Mis.
Sproat assisted th" hostess and will also as
sist her in the second of her companies, which
Is to be given this afternoon.
PINK AND WHITE EUCHRE.
Mrs. W. F. Lord entertained at a pink and
white eu- lire yesterday afternoon al hei
on Portland avenue. She was ass'sted by
Mrs. Pleckenstein, Mrs. jj. m. Tv die, Mrs.
Frank Van Duyne, Misses Ida May* Lord nnd
Donalda Donald. Tho gu Mrs.
11. B_ Farwell. Allen Krieger, Trary, Spindier,
Daraler, Deehach. Phillips, Miller, brink,
Bascom, Lewln. McCartney, Ft, : : irffman.
Swift, Matthews. Donald F. Smith, J. Middle
ton, Danz. Edward Meyer, Schaelfaln, Miss
Krieger.
TWICKINOHAM CLUB.
The Twickingham Cinch club . . » at the
home of Mrs. W. C. Montgomery Wednesday
evening. The hostess was .sslstcd by Miss
Rylle and Miss Peterson. The first prizes
were won by Mrs. Montgomery and J. L.
Klelnfetter. Consolation prizes by Miss Aggie
Arth and C. Arth. The next me. t!:,i< of tho
club will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Kielnfelter. of 823 East Seventh str*- 1.
PIQUET PARTY AND LUNCHEON.
A piquet party was given last evening by
Miss Finch, of Summit avenue.
Miss Tarbo.x gave a luncheon of twelve
covers yesterday for Miss Gotzlan.
JARLEY WAX WORKS.
Tho cast of characters In the Jarley Wax
Works entertainment to be given ln the Day
ton avenue church thi.. evening, is: Mrs. Jar
ley. Charles Fair.hlld; Little Nell, Maurice
Dunlap; Grover Cleveland, Mr. Vanderwarker;
ex-President Harrison. 10. M. War.-; Man who
Told the Truth, E. C. Stringer; Bluebird,
Mayor Doran. In addition to these attrac
tions there will bo some merry distractions
and grewsome pleasantries in the shape of a
chamber of horrors; Gen. Weyler. a room
full of horror In himself. There will be rep
resented, also, a bicycle fiend and a football
fool, and best of all an imaginary thing they
call a "woman with a secret"— all these will
be in wax works, but will nevi rtheless, at the
touch of a magic button wax eloquent
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
The Young Ladies' Euchre club met
day with M-M Grace Sanborn, of Virginia
avenue.
There will be a studio t»a thi
glven by Bdward licKe • and Will am Farwell
at their studio In the Moore block.
An Informal bop will be given Jan. 13 by
the Ben Am_ Social <!_b.
The Evening Social • lob will glv" an
talr.rn.nt and dar.-e tomorrow night af Odd
Fellows' hall, Fifth and Wataoha.
A chicken pie supper, fcll.wrd by a doll
carnival, will be glTen at 701 ESeat Third
street this evening, by tho Ladles' \ld S
of the Bates Avenue M. K.
Th 3 Woman's Work Society ol the Central
Presbyterian Church will meet this afternoon
ln the church parlors.
The ladle.' Societies of the First Baptist
church will hold a union meeting 'his after
noon at the residence of Mr 3. NOfthrup, -I
Summit avenue. The prosr_J____a Will bu lv
charge of Mrs. A. F. Bebnke.
Edward Saunders will return fr im Yal«
and Miss Caroline Saunders from Smith col
lege for the h-lldays.