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IS GOING TO BIDE ITS TIME ;
INTERSTATE COMMISSION TO !
COME AGAIN LATER
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Will «lye Some Offlcinl* Notv Absent j
a Chance to Return aud Receive
Their Summons Mr. Andrews,
of rillNbnry-Wiuhburn Company, ,
Kails Into a Trap Set by Counsel
Uav— Yi'xterda)'*- Trutliuony.
The interstate cbmmerce commis
sion sprung a surprise yesterday at the
end of its session in the council cham
ber by adjourning indefinitely. Al
' though the reason for the adjourn
ment, after only one day's sitting, is
not generally known, The Globe has
it from authentic sources that there
are certain railroad officials and mil-
U:s yet to be subp.<enaed, and until
they are rounded up by United States
Marshal O'Connor the examination is
ut a standstill.
it is said that ever since last March,
When Mr. O'Connor was Instructed to
» Bubpoena certain railroad and milling j
men in the Twin Cities, a number of
thi gentlemen have been away from
borne. These gentlemen. It is said,
have not yet returned.
Marsha] O'Connor had been instruct
ed to subpoena each one of the absent
ones when he returns. The names of
the men for whom subpoenas are wait
ing are suppressed.
Nearly all the witnesses who have
been subpoenaed were examined yes
terday, and as it was highly essential '
to examine the gentlemen who have i
not yet been served with summons, the I
investigation was indefinitely contin- i
IU el.
V. sterday's session occupied the en- j
tire day and was conducted in the city j
council chamber. Commissioners \
Clements, Yeomans and Calhoun at- j
tended and Mr. Day acted as counsel !
for the commission. A significant !
piece of evidence was brought out in |
tin afternoon. Mr. Andrews, an em- |
ploye of the Pillsbury-Washburn mills, |
was on the stand. Counsel Day exhib- I
ite-d to the witness a paper which was I
only seen by the witness and the at- j
torney. The attorney was desirous of I
learning whose handwriting was on i
the paper and tricked the witness by !
leading him to believe that he (the at- |
t. rne vi believed the writing to be that i
en" Mr. Andrews.
"That is your handwriting, I under
stand," said Mr. Day.
"No, sir. it is not," hastily answered
Mr. Andrews, evidently wi.-hing to im
press the attorney firmly that he was '
not responsible for what appeared on i
the slip.
Mr. Day arose from his seat and j
walked up to the witness' chair and j
held the paper under the latter's nose:
"Then whose writing is It," he asked. !
Witness became confused and finally
admitted that Mr. Fairchild, of his
concern, wrote it.
"Ah, ha, that's exactly what I
want." exclaimed Mr. Day, and he re
sumed his s>?at.
A. E. DELF CALLED.
Tho first witness called was A. E. j
Delf. auditor of the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic Railway company,
with headquarters at Marquette, Mich.
Mr. Delf had testified at the March
sitting, and had with him certain
vouchers and checks which he had I
been requested to bring, and which he j
. said were a correct statement repre
senting all flour shipments passing over
his line from Dec. 1, 1897, to March 1,
IS9B. He stated that he made the
checks from original way bills.
Witness denied having paid any
concessions to Minneapolis flouring mill '
concerns, or that he knew of any such I
payments. He said that, when he made j
up the account from which payments j
grew, he based his payments on the i
statement by the general freight de
partment and the original way bills. > I
Attorney Day requested Mr. Delf to I
send to the commission at Washington :
the way bills relating to the vouchers ]
on exhibition. A protest to this was \
made by the counsel for the Duluth, j
South Shore & Atlantic road, who stat- I
ed that the way bills were pasted in
books, and that it would be of great in- i
convenience to get them out. ,
"This is the first time in my experi
ence," responded Mr. Day, "that it has
come to my notice that way bills are
kept pasted in a book. I guess you had
better send them, anyway."
Witness could not recollect the pe
ri' d of time covered by a claim paid by
checks in evidence.
"Why do you preserve the way bills?"
•was asked.
"For general office purposes and ref
erence."
"What reference?"
"In checking claims."
"How do you know that you have
not already paid a claim?"
"It is entirely a matter of recollec
tion on the part of myself and my
clerks."
Here Mr. Day remarks that it was
a peculiar thing to him that the wit
ness could not remember anything
about a large check issued within two
months when he left the matter of re
membering payments of claims entire
ly to recollection.
LEHIGH VALLEY AGENT.
F. M. Suthrie, agent for the Lehigh
Valley, Traders' Dispatch and the
Grand Rapids & Indiana lines, was the
next witness. He testified that he has
been at Duluth for five years and stat- |
ed that he had paid none and knew of j
no rebates being paid, saying that his
lines had strictly maintained tariff
rates.
TRAFFIC MANAGER BIRD.
General Traffic Manager A. C. Bird,
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
took the stand and said that the de
moralization of rates was due to com
petition. He stated that his road had
no one at Minneapolis with authority
to make concessions, and that if any
concessions were made there he would
be advised of it. Ho said that his road
has not adopted any device or illicit
means to evadte the tariffs, that his
road carried no flouring mill employes
on its pay rolls or paid same anything
for securing traffic.
"What is your division on flour to
the Atlantic seaboard?" he was aske^
"All rail, 33 1-3 per cent; lake and
rail, 36 per cent."
- AUDITOR WINNE CALLED.
The next witness called on was W.
N. D. Winne, general auditor of the-
Milwaukee road, who testified that no
rebates were paid to the mills at MIn
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neapolis. Mr. Day brought out the dif
ference of handling way bills between
the Milwaukee and the South Shore &
Atlantic roads. The Milwaukee pre
serves the details on payments fox
eight years. Witness admitted having
paid commissions for securing both
passenger and freight traffic, but not
on flour or any grain products What
ever. Had not paid commissions on
any commodity in St. Paul, Minneapo
lis or Duluth.
TRAFFIC MANAGER CLARKE.
F. B. Clarke, general traffic manager
of the Great Northern railway, testi
fied that the Great Northern did not
handle east-bound flour from Minne
apolis destined for Atlantic seaboard
and middle states. The Eastern Rail
way of Minnesota carried such flour
and was an independent railroad.
Denied having acted as agent for the
Eastern Minnesota in the shrinking of
rates, paying refunds or rebates.
OMAHA TRAFFIC MANAGER.
General Traffic Manager J. T. Clark,
of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha road, occupied the stand and
said that he had never made a conces
sion on freight rates, on excess of
weight on a car above the minimum
weight. He knew of no rebates paid
in 1897 or 1898 on flour out of Minne
apolis. He said that no commissions
had been paid for freight traffic or any
mill employes paid for same. Mr. Clark
made a general denial.
The afternoon session was a con
tinuation of the work of the morning,
and was, if possible, more barren of
results. The inquiries of Judge Day
again went to establishing an under
standing between the railroads and the
flour mill people, particularly the
Washburn-Crosby concern.
Auditor Robinson, of the Omaha, was
put on the stand, and his interroga
tion went to the connection of his road
with the Northwestern and possible
connections with fast freight agencies.
Judge Day insisted on this latter con
nection, and was pertinacious. Mr.
Robinson declared that he did not
audit accounts that were in any sense
secret, and did not audit any unless
he knew what they were for. He
would know of all claims under what
ever head they might come, and his
company had not paid any claims of
any sort to the Minneapolis millers.
He said that his company provided
no fund for the payment of expenses
that were not shown, and he would
know it if there was such a fund. He
explained at some length the connec
tion between the Omaha and the North- i
western, and told how charges were
offset between the two companies. He !
had never at any time passed claims
that were represented on bills contain
ing specified columns indicating certain
car numbers, and did not think that
any device was used to evade the spe
cific proposition of a rebate to the
millers.
Auditor Winne, of the Milwaukee,
was equally specific in answering the
pointed questions of Judge Day, and
nothing whatever was made out of his
testimony.
Auditor Farrington, of the Eastern |
Minnesota, told Judge Day that there
was no connection between his line
and others for Eastern business, and
that no rebate had ever been paid. He
would certainly know if there had
been. His line had no connection with
any fast freight agencies.
A number of set questions were put
to J. C. Eden, general freight agent of
the Eastern Minnesota, and it was
demonstrated that the auditor would
be the person informed as to any re
bate monies paid out.
The only witness for the milling in
terest side of the case was a young
man in the employ of the Pill?bury-
Washburn company — J. J. Andrews.
Mr. Andrews said that he had charge
of the orders and shipping, and knew
some of the railroad agents. He swore
specifically that .he had had no deal
ing with any of them for a year past.
He did not have his books before the
commission, and all the books he had
were those that would show the orders
received and their transmission to the
shipping department. He threw no
light on the matters that Judge Day
had In mind, and was permitted to go.
The commission adjourned after the
taking of the evidence, and last night
left the city. Messrs. Calhoun, Teo
mans and Prouty go west to Portland |
to inquire into some matters there, and
the rest of the commissioners left for
Washington.
PLEASANT LAKE PIPE.
Board of Water Commissioners Pro
vides for Its Location.
At the meeting of the board of water ccm
missionera, held yesterday afternoon, pro
vision was made for the carrying out o! the I
improvements that have been cont?m] la'ed !
for the Pleasant Lake supply station. The de- j
tails were arranged at a previous meet n % i
and the estimate of the eng neer wes r -
reived. Tbe cost of the work wi 1 be atou;
$9,400 and the board will do the woik v.l h
out the intervention of eontr.c or=. Tt wll
all be done by day woik, as the principal
part of the undertaking consists in laying the I
submarine intake pipe.
J. J. Bailey got the contract fcr the rlumb- |
ing at Midway plant of the board, the prlca
being $121.
A petition was received for the laying of a
main on Geranium street, from Fo: est to '
Mendota, and the application for the liylng j
of a six-inch main on West Winifred street, I
from Bellows to Carlton, was granted.
The secretary was instructed to advertise j
for bids for the construction of the flume at i
the head of Pleasant lake. The flume Is tt
take care of the overflow, and will ronne t I
Pleasant lake with Otter lake.
The resignation of Frank Galloway, rs-
Bistant engineer at the West Side Blat'on, was
accepted and F. H. Johnston was ap;oi..tei
to succeed him.
A considerable amount of petty business
was gone through with and bills to the e.c
tent of $900 passed.
CLERGY OF METHODISM.
What They Did at Their Closing Ses
sion Yesterday.
Yesterday's session of the spring meeting
of the post graduate institute of Methodist
ministers, wound up the business of the con
vention and adjournment for the year was
taken yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
M-ost of the clergymen left on evening
tialns, although a few will remain over
Surday as guests of St. Paul Methodists.
The following programme completed the ses
sion :
Devotional Exercises.
'Religious Motive in Human Progress" —
J. F. Porter
Discussion T. Hambly
"Preparatory Functions of the Ethnic Re
ligions." C. H. Heard
Discussion C. A. Cressey
"Art in Religion, Its Function and Ex
pression" S. N. McAdoo
Discussion J. C. Shetland
Devotional Exercises.
"The Evangelistic Problem" Frank Doran
Discussion R. N. McKaig
"Vital Power of the Bible" G. H. Way
Discussion George Willett
"Religious Power, Its Sources and Ele
ments" H. W. Knowles
Discussion William McKlnley
Can It Be Done?
"Well, It's being done and that ought to
settle It."
Dr. Alfred L. Cole's (the famous Minne
apolis specialist for diseases of men) offer
that not a dollar need be paid for remedies
or treatment until cured created quite a dis
cussion before the Western Medical assrcla
tlon at their May meeting, last week. Ths
question was brought up whether a physican
could live up to such an offer as that, tni
after much talk had been Indulged in on
both sides, one of the members, an old doctor,
who, by the way, was a personal friend of
Dr- Cole's, rose to his feet and made the
following terse remark:
"Well, it's being done, and that ought to
settle it. I know personally that Dr. Cole Is
living up to that offer to the letter and that
thousands of men all over the country are
taking advantage of it." And it did settle lt.
Rough Riders En Ronte.
The rough riders from North Dakota, com
posing that state's quota of cavalry, passed
through St. Paul early yesterday morning. At
Minneapolis Junction they transferred to the
freight tracks, after coming in on the Great
Northern railroad, and at Minnesota Transfer
the train was switched to the Milwaukee
tracks, on its way to camp at Chickamauga.
The train consisted ot six coaches and ten
cars containing horses.
THE ST. PADt, GI.OBE FRIDAY MAY 27. 1898.
HER VOICE DEMANDS A REST
MBS. STOCKING COMPELLED TO
LEAVE THE STAND
Part o_ the Time Occupied Yester
day In Reading -he Affectionate
Letters Written by Mr. Stocking
to the Defendant — Affidavits
From Physicians Who Treated
Her Oaring Her Trouble.
The direct examination of the de
fendant ln the divorce case of Hobart
M. Stocking- against Blanche Clare
Stocking*- was still unfinished when
court adjourned yesterday afternoon
and Mrs. Stocking had been the only
witness called to testify since Wednes
day morning.although she was excused
from the stand for several hours yes
terday, owing* to the fact that the con
tinual talking had caused her voice to
give way, and when she finally left
the stand she was barely able to make
herself heard.
The excusing of Mrs. Stocking from
the stand made necessary a change in
the programme of her attorneys, and
the greater part of the day was taken
up In reading letters and affidavits, the
latter from physicians that had treated
Mrs. Stocking for the malady referred
to by her ln her answer to Mr. Stock
ing's complaint and testified about on
Wednesday. The letters and affidavits
were all of a sensational character.
Late yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Stocking informed her attorneys that
she believed that she was able to take
the witness stand again and she was
called to identify several letters that
had been written to her by her hus
band. In answer to questions she said
that her husband, after she had left
him, had written her a great many
letters asking her to return to him.
She was asked if he had done any
thing else in his endeavors to have her
resume her place by his side, and she
said that he had, but Mr. Stocking's
attorneys objected to her going into
details, and were sustained by the
court, although they admitted that
possibly Mr. Stocking had tried to in
duce his wife to return to him by other
means than writing her letters.
Mrs. Stocking said that at one time
after she had left Mr. Stocking, he had
come to see her and had remained
with her four hours. He had brought
with him a certificate of his good
health, and, after exhibiting it, nad
told her that he had entirely recovered
from his sickness and begged her to re
turn to him.
"I spoke to him about the condition
of his health," said Mrs. Stocking,
"and he told me at that time that he
had not told me the truth about him
self, that he never had pyrae, but had
been salivated when he married me. I
told him that I could not understand
why he had not told me the truth at
the start, but his only answer was that
he had fully recovered and that he
would get a certificate from a dentist
if I wanted it. I told him that it was
useless, for I would never return to
him. He begged me to allow him an
other interview, and I told him that he
might see me again if he desired, but
that the visit would simply result in
another painful conversation, as I had
determined not to go back to him "
When Mrs. Stocking had finished tell
ing of that interview with her hus
band she was called on to identify a
letter that had been written to her by
Mr. Stocking while he was in Eau
Claire and shortly after she had left
him.
In the letter Mr. Stocking upbraided
himself for censuring his wife about
her habits. An extract from the letter
was as follows: "What could I say
about your habits. You are as pure os
the driven snow. A man's life would
not be safe in my presence if he were
to even Intimate that you were any
thing but the purest of women. I know
you to be the most virtuous and cha=te
of women and one that detests vice In
all its forms."
An effort was made by the attorneys
for Mrs. Stocking to introduce a num
ber of letters in evidence that had been
written to Mrs. Stocking by her hus
band after she had announced her in
tention of never returning to him. Mr.
Stocking's attorneys objected to admit
ting the letters, for the reason that
they were immaterial and they were
successful ln keeping a few of the let
ters out, but Attorney Tighe was al
lowed to introduce a number of them,
and was reading them to the court
when the time for adjournment came
During the early part of the morning
session Mrs. Stocking was taken over
the ground touching the malady that
she alleges she contracted from her
husband and was called on to identify
a letter that she had received from Mr
Stocking in answer to a number that
she had written him in regard to her
health, and in which she had told him
of her serious Illness. She had told
mm that she had not dreamed of the
existence of the disease until after con
sultations with several physicians. Sh"
had told him that she feared that he
had communicated to her the peculiar
disease in his mouth and had reproach
ed him. He had then written her the
letter which she was called on to iden
tify, in which he told her that his first
impression of his own trouble had b°en
wrong. His dentist had told him that
the trouble was only local and that he
had been cured by three local treat
ments and that he thought her physi
cians must be mistaken and that 'the
| trouble with her mouth must be some
[ thing else, as he was sure that she had
I not been kissing any other man. He
I told of his love for her and enclosed
her a check for $100, and then upbraid
ed her for remaining away from him
He said that he had made every effort
to control himself, but had, in spite of
himself, become very angry at her
Mrs. Stocking had been called on 'to
read parts of the letter, but before it
was dropped she was excused from the
witness stand on account of her falling:
voice.
While Mrs. Stocking was absent from
the stand, the affidavits of her physi
cians were Introduced in evidence and
read.
The first was the deposition of Dr
Henry C. Allen, of Chicago, who had
treated Mrs. Stocking. A part of the
deposition was most sensational in
character.
It developed that Attorney J. D.
O'Brien had been present at the taking
of the deposition of Dr. Allen, and had
questioned him closely on behalf of
j Mr. Stocking.
The defendant also introduced the
| deposition of Dr. C. R. Butler, of Cleve
land, taken in April, 1898. Dr. Butler'
! had been the family dentist ln Mrs.
Stocking's family. His deposition
stated that he had been familiar with
the general condition of Mrs. Stocking
prior to her marriage, and that her
health had been very good. A year
after her marriage, Mrs. Stocking had
called on him, and he had examined
her mouth, and had been surprised and
pained at what he had found. His
conclusions as to her trouble were sim
ilar to those of Dr. Allen.
SAID THIS WAS HIS HOME.
Supposed St. Panl Man Killed at
Preeport, 111.
Chief Goss received a letter yesterday from
Preeport, 111., relative to an unknown man,
believed to have been a resident of St. Paul,
who died at Preeport, May 23.
The stranger was found ln a semi-conscious
condition in the railroad yards and died an
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sa|<t he lived ln thia city.
The unknown waa a man of about 82 year*
of age, 6 feet 8 laches tell, of Blonder build
and had dark hair and * brown __ust*c_a,
KIDNAPPED BOY FOUND,
Mm. Casper, 'of North St. Paul, Re
joices Now.
A dispatch to Tho Globe from Hastings
says:
Mrs. Annie Caaper, of North St Paul, re
covered her eon George, aged 6 years, ln this
city today, at the instance of Chief of Police
J. C. Hartin.
The boy waa kidnaped by Mrs. Casper's di
vorced husband two years ago, and left here
with a man named Nicholas wets. The boy's
mother did not know of his whereabouts, and
he h_.d been told that she was dead.
SOCIAL AND MUSICALE
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH GAVE A DE
LIGHTFUL COMBINATION
Mra. Dairj mple'fl Home on Summit
Avenue Ia Thrown Open for a
Very Jolly Gathering "In His
Name"— Acker Cotrps Gave a
Dancing Party — Other Social
News.
The members of St. Paul's church
gathered last evening at the handsome
residence of Mrs. Oliver Dalrymple, on
Summit avenue, and enjoyed a fine
musical programme and other attrac
tions which had been arranged for the
evening by the committee in charge.
Among those assembled were noted:
Mrs. F. E. Rice, Dr. and Mrs. Wright,
Miss Wanzer, Mrs. Frank West. Mrs.
Schutte, Mrs. Appleby, Miss Appleby,
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. Collins, Mrs.
Henry Hale, Mrs. Brunson, Thomas
Yapp, Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Jurgen, Miss
O'Neill, Mrs. Holman, Mr. and Mrs.
Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Piatt, Mr. and
Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Robb, Mr. Pridham,
Dr. Ginner, Mrs. A. R. Dalrymple, Dr.
and Mrs. Vittum and others.
In one of the rooms on the second
floor Mrs. Vittum and Mrs. J. P. El
mer told fortunes by palmistry and
caused great merriment by their predic
tions.
The rooms below were simply deco
rated, arid refreshments followed a
musical programme by Miss Sadie
Northrup, mandolinist; Miss Schutte,
pianist; G. J. S. Collins, Mrs. Paul
Brewster and John Boyd, vocalists.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John Wright, Arch
deacon and Mrs. Appleby and Mrs.
Dalrymple, assisted by Mrs. Sleppy,
Mrs. McLaren, Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Bai
ley, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Bass, Mrs.
Bronson, Mrs. Jurgens, Mrs. Hale, Mrs.
Schutte, Mrs. Cumbey, Mrs. Sargent,
Mrs. Sharood. Miss Whiting, Mrs. S.
F. Forbes and Mr. and Mrs. Pratt.
Miss Ames and Dr. Ginner will be
married ln St. Paul's church Tuesday
by Rev. Dr. Wright. After a wedding
trip, Dr. and Mrs. Ginner will be ten
dered a reception at the Ames home
on West Seventh street.
The entertainment to be given by
St. Paul Chapter No. 24, Order of the
Eastern Star, this evening, at the resi
dence of Col. E. H. Milham, 1615 St.
Anthony avenue, promises to be large
ly atended by the members of the or
der and their* friends, several unique
features having been arranged for the
occasion.
Acker Corps No. 7 gave a danc*.ng rarty
last evening in Malta temple. The cam
mitee in charge was composed of Mrs. L. J.
Arbuckle, Mrs. Charles Schult_, Mrs. George
Hoffstatter and Mrs. Meeker. On the re
ceiving commit'ee were Mr?. Kendall, Miss
Eva Messenger and M*.-s. Wal'.ac. The floor
was in charge of Messrs. Bryant, Gill, Simon
and Irish.
Ices and cakr- were served during the
evening, and aoout seventy-five people were
in attendance, in spite cf the weather. Among
the guests were Frank Warwick, J. F. Bow
man, R. E. Bixler? A. M. Thtimpson, Fr.d
Eicheuaer. Fred Douglas, Miss Irene Gsorg?,
of St. Louis; Mr. George, Col. Beebee, Mr.
Bryant, Mrs. B. E. Kendill. J. F. Mes.en
ger, Mrs. Wallace, Ben Irving and others.
The hall was decorated w.th the national
co'ors, and the grand march was led by Mrs.
Thompson and Andy Thompson.
The corps held memorial services yester
day afternoon in Central hall. There was a
programme of music and addresses.
Mrs. F. B. Doran was present, and read a
poem; Mis. Hambly play.d a funeral march;
Mrs. C. D. Smith, of Minneapolis, made an
address; Mrs. BordweH, of Stiliwater, also
made an address. There was a song by Fan
ny Harris, a piano solo by Miss Jennie M.n
nie and a song by Miss Jennie McG.aw.
Among those attending were Mrs. Earhuff,
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Arbuckle, Mrs. E. E.
Kendall, Mrs. F. B. Dcran, Mrs. Kennedy,
Col. J. H. B. Beebee and others.
The twenty or more boys who compose the
Henry Berg Scciety of the Monroe School will
act as both guests and hosts at a Band of
Mercy social to be held Tuesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Dibble, on Summit avenue.
The chief object for this meeting is the con
sideration of a name for the new branch of
the society formed.
Mrs. C. A. Severance will make an address
and also Miss Wright, principal of the Monroe
school, and Mr.. Nora T. Gaute, the organ
izer for the Humane society. There will te re
freshments and a social time.
The Phi Beta Kippa Scie'y of th*- State
University has issued invitations for the an
nual oration, which will be delivered thU
year by Edward Waldo Emerson, in the Uni
versity chapel, Wednesday evening.
The Liberal Unlen of Minnesota Women
holds its last meeting for the year Tuesday
evening in Unity church. Mrs. William But
ters reads the religious news, and there will
be an address by Mis. Harry Barnard en
"Spiritual Law in Relations to Our Daily Liv
ing.'
The pupils of the Van Buren school will give
an attractive entertainment Saturday evening
in the assembly hall of Central high school.
The proceeds from the event will %i toward
tie piano fund of the school. Arrangements
have been made to make this ore of the mo3t
successful school entertainment given this
year. The pupil will give a flag drill which
has been carefully rehearsed, and there will
be some patriotic tableaux. The school has
a large well-drilled chorus and several soloists
who sing prettily. There will also be a num
ber of duets.
The engagement has been announced of Mi3S
Florence Bailey and Samuel Dorman, of Mex
ico.
The marriage of Miss Carrie Weed, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weed, to Albert
Moore, takes place June 23.
Miss Margaret Ruth, of Iglehart street,
and Thomas Fanning will be married at 10
o'clock next Wednesday mornir.g at St. Jo
seph's Catholic church.
Ellsworth circle, Ladles of the G. A. R.,
will give a card social this evening at the
home of Mrs. Twiss. on East Ninth s'reet.
Progreslve euchre wil be played. Mesdames
Eubank. Smith, Twiss and Kinghorn are tha
committee.
The Aid Society of the First Presbyterian
Church will nseet this afternoon ln the church
parlors.
Mrs. H. D. Brown, of Portland avenue,
will entertain the Midsummer Euchre club
Tuesday afternoon.
The Butchers' Mutual Benefit society will
hold their annual picnic Thursday, June 9. at
Lake Park, MSnnetonka. The Grocers' union
will hold a pfctnic on the same day at Spring
Park. Minetonka. .'(The arrangement commit
tee of the former rsociety met yesterday and
completed the rdetalle of the event. The com
mittee includes 0.«J5. Adam, H. C. Ehrmann
traut. Joseph ■Herbst, O. W. Rohland, G. E.
Bruckner. George o Pabst, John Lichtschpidl,
A. Friedmann, Louis Arbogast. John Ras
chick. Henryi Ehrmanntraut and John Sl
mandl.
Mr. and Mri. D. D. Smith, of Goodrich ave
nue, leave today for White Bear.
Mrs. Wallace and David Wallace, of Floral
street, will remove to Indianapolis next
month.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allen, of Lincoln ave
nue, will summer at Portland, Me.
Mrs. C. W. SmSith, of Selby avenue, is in
New York.
Miss Harriet Hale will summer at Asbury
Park.
Mrs. Savage, Mrs. J. Q. Adams' guest,
leaves Monday for Prior Lake.
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Bean, of Holly avenue,
will summer at Prior Lake.
MONEY may be hard to get, but you can
get all you want by asking for it in The
Globe's financial column.
BANK CHARTER HELD VALID
JUDGE KELLY BULES ON THE
MINNESOTA SAYINGS SUITS
While nickel's Acquisition of the
Old Charter Is Declared Ques
tionable, the Court Holds
That the State, and Not Private
Individuals, Mom First Raise This
Question.
Judge Kelly filed his findings yester
day in the cases brought by Orris
•Hunt, the Minnehaha Camp No. 675,
Modern Woodmen of America, and A.
W. Dimond against the Minnesota
Savings bank to recover from the
stockholders moneys alleged to have
been lost in the failure of the bank.
The amounts sued for by each were
as follows: Orris Hunt. $410; Minne
haha camp, $296.47, and A. W. Dimond,
$588.
The plaintiffs endeavored to recover
against the stockholders of the bank
as partners, and the case involved the
validity of the bank's charter.
In his findings Judge Kelly decides
that the charter of the bank is valid,
and he says that, where a corporation
has an existence de facto, the rightful
ness of its exlstehce can only be ques
tioned by the state, and not in litiga
tion between private parties.
He finds that the charter was first
granted to the Union Savings bank, of
Rochester, and afterwards transferred
to the National bank, of Rochester,
and that this corporation sold it for
$1,000 to William Bickel and others, and
that the name of the bank operated
under it was first the Ramsey County
Savings bank and later the Minnesota
j Savings bank, and that the state never
j attempted to dissolve this last corpo
ration, and for this reason the char
ter remained in full force, and under
it the Minnesota Savings bank trans
acted business in good faith, and was
in fact a bank with a corporate ex
istence, and not a partnership.
In a memorandum attached to his
findings, Judge Kelly states that, even
though the bank has no corporate ex
istence, the plaintiffs cannot recover
against the stockholders as partners,
j for the reason that they dealt with the
bank as a corporation, and for that
j reason are estopped at this time to
| deny its corporate existence.
He says further that to hold the char
j ter to have been abandoned, under the
facts as presented to him, would be
| to lay down a principle which might
| challenge the legal existence of some
I of the most powerful and useful cor
porations in the Northwest.
In conclusion. Judge Kelly says that
the claim of the plaintiffs that the
manner in which Bickel and his asso
ciates acquired the charter was ille
gal and void, ts not without some foun
! dation, but that it cannot be sustained,
! for the reason that, while the proceed
ings might have been irregular, the
charter cannot be declared void on
that ground alone.
The plaintiffs are given Judgment
against the bank as a corporation in
| the full amount of the sums claimed
j to have been lost in the failure of the
l bank, but their prayer that the judg
| ments be rendered against the stock
holders as partners is denied.
CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS.
Bnsy Day Spent Yesterday and Sev
eral Appeals Dismissed.
The United States circuit court of appeals
sat yesterday with Judges Sanborn, Tba-yer
and Shiras on the bench. The following
cases were called up and disposed of:
987. William F. Seaman vs. The Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Compaiy, and
998. Bertha Elgutter et al. vs. The Ncrt .
western Mutual Life Insurance Company. Ap
peals from United States circuit cour , ds
trict of Nebraska. Petit.ons for rehearing
denied.
1020. Louis C. Boyle, attorney general, et
al. vs. The Mutual Benefit Lifs Insurance
Company. Appeal from United Stales ciicuit
court, district of Kansas. Dismissed at cotta
of appellee per stipulation.
| 1052. R. R. Beard, receiver, vs. The In_e
j pendent District of Pella City. Appeal from
I United States circuit court, southern dUtr.c.
I of lowa. Submitted on printed briefs.
! 1054. The Board of County Comnilss'orer3
! cf Stewart County. Kansas, vs. The Aetna Lite
Insurance Company.
1053. The Board of County Commissio ere
of Haskell County, Kansas, vs. The National
Life Insurance Company, and
ICSS. The Board of County CommisJonrrs
of Meade County, Kansas, vs. The Ae.na L'.fe
Insurance Company. Error to the United
States circuit court, district of Kansas.
Argued by plaintiff in error and submitted
: on briefs by defendants in error.
1057. The Board of County CommlJsi n:r3
I of Pla.tte County, Kansas, vs. The Soie-.y
i for Savings. Error to United States circuit
i court, district of Kansas. Argued ar.d s_b
i mitted.
1065. Myer M. Kann et al. vs. Ihe
Diamond Steel Company et al. Appeal fiom
! United States circuit court, eastern district
iof Missouri. Arguments concluded ar.d cauie
submitted.
mooseYwas FOXY.
He Obtained a Nolle on a Broken
Promise.
Four indictments were nolled by Judge
Eunn ln the criminal branch of the dUtrie*
court yesterday at the request of County At
! toraey Anderson.
| The first was against John Connors, in
dicted, under the name of Ch.-iries Smith, for
the crime of grand larceny ln the secon.l
degree. Smith was a young boy that had been
j an inmate of the state training school, and
j was out on parole. The county attorney stated
I that he had violated the provisions of his
I parole, and had been sent back to the train-
I ing school.
! The second Indictment was against Joscrnh
I Marhoun and was returned about a year ago.
i Marhoun was accused of the larceny of a
quantity of logs. He has been at large on
[ bail since the return of the indictment. The
reason given by the county attorney for the
nolle was that there was no evidence to con
vict.
The indictment against Duncan McLennon
was nolled on the grounds that there was no
j evidence to convict. McLennon was indicted
I with John Struckbine, who was tried before
I Judge Bunn the first of the week and ac
quitted. McLennon has never been arrested.
The two were accused of grand larceny in the
: first degree.
I Martin Mooney, who was indicted under the
| name of Joe Fish, for the crime of grand
| larceny ln the first degree for relieving Lewis
j Torgeson of $25 ln money and a $10 railroad
! ticket, was the last man set at liberty, and he
j was at once re-arrested at the reauest of
Sheriff Showers, of Green Bay? Wis., where
! he is wanted on a charge of burglary. Tha
i county attorney, ln asking that the case be
nolled, said that the complaining witness had
; gone away with the volunteer army, and that
the chance to convict without him was a slim
one. Mooney had been apprised of the fact
that he was wanted in Green Bay, and prom
ised that if the case against him in this court
was nolled he would go with the Wisconsin
authorities without requisition papers, but
after the nolle had been entered he refused
to recognize his promise, and Sheriff Showers
will have to obtain requisition papers before
he can take his prisoner home.
Mooney is said to be a crack of some little
note, and Is wanted at various points.
SUES FOR HIS SALARY.
Ex-Fire Chief Jackson Puts ln a
Big Claim.
Former Fire Chief Jackson has brought
suit against the city to recover the difference
In the amount of salary paid him since Jan.
1, 1896, and the amount allowed him under tha
charter. He includes ln the amount his
DR. E. O. WEST**
NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT.
-f^^__kS^" Red Labc ' Special -fSBmfH
%_-*J___-* Ex,ra Slren 9' h - «^J
v *____/ or Inipotency, Loss ofwjff'-Crw
JB&vf -fir Power, Lost Manhood, x£i JG&&
X__Hfß Sterility or Barrenneas.i. Ti. **"/
v *s*Bs^fts | ,$l a box; six for $5, withftjr^iM'
«A t jLr£ft.\vrltten «aaranteegl%w_BK
*° cure in 30 days. At Btoro-^ffivSa.^S'
Sef-Dlt&or by mail. AFTER
M. E. Conn, Clarendon Drue Store,
Sixth and Wabasha, and W. S. Getty,
848 Robert Street, St. Paul.
I
jl |_F*Sllk Headquarters of the Northwest Globe— S-Z7-'\ti.
jj SIXTH AND ROBERT STREETS, ST. PAUL. :
ij Mannheimer Friday Cood News Bulletin. ![
ij Ribbon Extras. Wash Goods Dept.
j. An extraordinary sale. A big lot of best American Dimi- ?
lj About 700 pieces of fine Cord edge ties for Friday's selling, neat r >
j, French Taffeta Ribbon, in black, floral effects, plaids and \T j'
,i white, cream, and every *tp» stripes. Special, per yard".. .. l!
1 1 fashionable color, 4 inches / jP ■
ij "Sc: o Xwo , A r hV_,„ r3 3c. "en's Underwear Extras.
ji Greatest Ribbon value in America. -* ? 380 — Ribbed Balbriggan. j .
!' Handsome Black Gauze Sashes y fin j she < 5 . pearl button draw- il
ji with silk fringe, 3>_ yards rf»f +r "^.regular 65c quality, j,
jl long, worth $2.50. \\ M ** ***9C -Genuine French Bal- i|
ij Special, each Visit/ briggau, also an imported fine Sea S
i, . Island Cotton, regular 75c and 85c jl
i! "I" 1 " 1 -" "if"!"*" ' «».-.*»._ ™ m „
i Union Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, extra fine gauge and finish rec-u-
J with steel rod, case, and Dresden j lar $1.00 quality. ' I
j! h , a^ les ' r ?* u }" P"ce fr* «r At 89^-French Lisle Thread I
j, $2 for $1./^ Balbri™ and Sea Island Cotton, j
I „/••;•;•••••••" regular $1.25 and SI. 50 qualities.
$3^ParaL-/ $ "* V lm\ .__** »L 49 - Men's Balbri tfsf an
J |3.00 Parasols. 9BL*Lo Uaion Suita ' fine fi ™h. our rejru
j Special Friday V***V i ar $ 2 . 00 quality. S jj
"THE CLEANER 'TIS, THE COSIER 'TIS."
WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT
wp #m 1 Log I
salary for the months of March and April, of
this year, with a view to having the quea::on
of the right of the board to remove him
adjudicated. Mr. Jackson asks 'or $2,300
balance due.
The charter provided that the Are chief
should be paid at the rate of $3,5C0 per year,
but a couple of years ago the council cut
down the salary to $2,500 and since January,
1896, that sum has been drawn by Mr. Jaok
son. He demands compensation at the rate
fixed by the charter. The matter of the right
of the fire board to remove wi.l be adjusted
in the fixing of the compensation for the
two months subsequent to his removal.
Perelo Gets $G2~.
A stipulation was filed in the United States
circuit court yesterday dismissing the case
of Giovanni del Percio, for the use of Pasqual6
del Percio, against the Northern Pacific Rail
way company. The stipulation stated that
the ease had been settled by agreement and
provided for the entering of judgment in the
sum cf $625 in favor of the plaintiff. The
plaintiff sued the Northern Pacific for $10,
--000 damages for injuries alleged to have been
received by Pas quale del Percio Sept. 10,
1897, while he was a passenger on one of the
defendant's trains.
BANK TO EEOPEN TODAY
ALLEMAMVIA TO RESUME ON EAST
THIRD STREET
Judge Willis Formally Annonnces
in District Court the Terms on
Which the Reorganlxation Im to
Be Permitted Those Who Help
ed Willi Cash Are to Be Exempt
From Further Liability.
The Allernannia bank will throw open
Its doors for business this morning, un
der an order issued by Judge Willis in
the district court yesterday afternoon.
The reorganization plan was formally
submitted to Judge Willis in chambers
yesterday by the creditors and an hour
later the final judgment and decree,
authorizing the bank to again begin
business and approving of the reorgan
ization plan, were filed.
In his decree Judge Willis deals ln a
brief way with the indebtedness of the
bank and trie plans that have been
made to discharge the obligations. He
approves of the reorganization plan
and confirms it, and orders that title
to all property in the hands of the
receivers pass to the bank. Under the
decree the bank Is compelled to re
sume business today and will at once
pay to the city in cash $24,770.51, and
certificates of Indebtedness for the bal
ance due. J5.259.12 must be paid at
once to Ramsey county with certifi
cates of indebtedness for the balance
due and the state will receive In cash
$20,482.80. It is further ordered that all
the creditors objecting to the reorgan
ization plan, sixteen ln number, shall
be paid in full. These sixteen claims
aggregate $14,496.54.
The remainder of the indebtedness
will be paid in five equal Installments,
one, two, three, four and five years
from date. All creditors with unse
cured indebtedness are restrained from
enforcing or attempting to enforce
payment of their claims except in ac
cordance with the plans of reorganiza
tion.
It is provided that the capital stock
shall be reduced to $100,000, but the
present stockholders shall not be re
leased in any way from 'any existing
liability by reason of the reorganiza- j
tion, except those that have, prior to
the reorganization, paid into the bank 1
money to aid in the reorganization.
Such stockholders are released from
further liability on the amounts so paid
ln.
Judge Willis states that the entry of
the decree shall operate as a bar to all
further proceedings ln any and all
suits and proceedings now pending in
the courts against the stockholders of
the bank in the enforcement of stock
holders' liability, and that all such suits
are to be dismissed on eight days' no
tice.
It Is provided that until the indebted
ness of the bank Is satisfied the presi
dent and cashier shall give their un
divided attention to the affairs of the
bank at a joint salary not to exceed
$5,000 per year, and that no other offi
cials In the bank, except those occupy
ing clerical positions, shall receive pay.
With the decree of Judge Willis was
filed the final report and account of
the receivers, Timothy R. Palmer and
J. D. O'Brien. The report shows that
the total receipts from all sources werf>
$59,430.97, of which $30,525.97 was for
notes, rents, Interest, etc., and $28,905
amounts paid in by stockholders and
others.
The total amount of bills receivable
collected waa $18,255.47.
The total disbursements were $9,449.51
and cash cm hand, $49,981.46.
ASSIGNED IT TO DEPOSITORS.
What Bickel Hopen to Get From the
Receiver!,
The following letter explains the motive of
William P. Bickel in bringing an action
against the receivers of the Minnesota Sav
ings bank for half of their fees:
Mrs. C. M. Bailey. Miss Lillian Crandall.
Mrs. George W. Burden, C. Bombach, P. J.
Hoefer, John Lindqulst, Joseph F. Cox. Pat- j
rick Murray and C. F. Dressel, Committee in
Charge of Minnesota Savings Bank, City—La
dies and Gentlemen: The columns of the
dally newspapers inform me that you. as de
positors, have started a movement seeking to
do away with the expensive conditions sur
rounding the receivership of • the Minnesota
Savings bank, and to devote every dollar col
lected in payment of dividends to depositors,
and that you constitute the authorized com
mittee to be entrusted with all matters per
taining to that Institution.
I desire at this time to say, when th*
agreement was made with T. 5 Maokaa and
F. N. Dickson (proof of which I have w.c-
naas) to give me one-hair ot all the few. .1
ESJrs.r-Tr-.A.-a.Sjfr.s
ss_?^ _«___?« ™
v_ J \.! IUI the sel ectlon ot two lawyers
You doubtless are now aware whether Jh?_
S_M orrect i" not: so - fo Howlng "v my in"
ten tion made at the time of the aar "mm.
and when those who could be tru,t,d ha j
been selected, as you have I uke nU,L _
fhl «£ KtU and „ ,nter * st 1" the &v« be.ng
h u. _ harfi aß l ***! to be given me md or
__S-_ 2". 7" begun tclay an" to bt del
termined ln June coming. I hope for the aalw
dnoftf, that thU case will be won
and not lost. I am, yours respectful lv,
St Paul, Minn.. May 26, <m\' *' BICM ' '
New Summer Schedule Effective May
29th, St. Paul <_ Duluth R. R.
nJL h ! 5L P Paul, aul * D «'uth Railroad place their
SUHw_-£ U r °' ."."V 61 " tra,M t0 * h: <* *?'.
Taylor's PM^ufn 1 *lS k *' £ h,sa *° Lak < 9 •*>
suburban F fo!ders n effeCt SUDday ' May 29 ' See
CASH BOND RETURNED.
Telephone Company. Aaanrance of
Faith Given Up.
The board of aldermen held a short special
session ,„ t evenin _ The on £
business transacted waa the parage of a
It'™" 0 * aUth ° r,2ln * th « the cash bond o*
$5,000 Kl ven by the Mississippi Vail y
Telephone company be refunded
The cash deposit was made by the com
pany aa an assurance of its good f„ith ?„"
stcuring its franchise. 8 lth ln
X- S J n # c giving the franchise th» romoanv
has furnished a surety bond ot 125,000 *
REEVES-GIEASO_r"EECO-JNT.
Votes ta Be Looked Over Next Mon
day.
nelt e Tn'T 0n " ReeVeS C ° nteßt wiU be ■ t'M '
STi_2_2 morcing - E0 far M the r —«
At 10 o'clock on that morning the re-resent
atives of Mr. Gleason and Mr. R^s will
?w£ In .„ the council chamber a: d the ritv
_££«_{ SX&t** baUOt b °" s and >°
wm LV? tO . be cx P^ted that the mTttar ■
will bo final whatever the outcome. mmmw
Where to Go Fishing.
nn^Qj"- ." Fr '-_ ay and to polnU
on the Soo Line. Excellent fishing. Get fish
ing folder at ticket offlce. 398 Robert .tree"
ST. PAITI BREVITIES.
Over 100 of the high school boys intend to .
march Decoration day. ° l 0 '
John O'Connor was sentenced to the work
c° U »L y , e m rday for thirty days on the charge
of assaulting a peddler. Charles Katz. The
trouble took place at Seven corners
The St. Paul Phrenological society will hold
an open meeting this evening at thn Coin,
mons Jackson and Kighth streets. Mrs. A
IS. Johnson will rend a paper on "Health."
The Fort Snelling Glee club will >_m »
concert this evening at Post hall. This is
one of a series of free convert given by tho '
club to enliven the loneliness ol the post.
A dispatch was recel-ed Wednesday even
ing by Mrs. Davis at Fort .n.li:ng that he#
son, Sergeant Davis, had been ordered to
Manila, and sailed last evening.
John Jackson, the former chief of the .-t.
Paul fire department, has brough- _ tt
against the city to recover $2.r>;>.l<* all _ 1
due as salary under his contract with ire
city.
Capt. Edgar S. Dudley, of the department '
of Dakota, yesterday took the oath of uffl.-e
as lieutenant colonel and judge advo. ate of
the United States volunters. The oath waa
taken before Luther E. Newport, notary pub-
Memorial exercises will occupy and hour at
the Central high school this morning. In
addition to the programme prepared by tho
students ex-Oov. McC.ill and Mayor Doran
will deliver addresses.
Herman Kuehner, aged 11 years, of 4
East Fourth street, had his leg broken yea
terday on the Van Buren school pl.ivg-. . 1
while wrestling wiih another schi lar. The
fracture waa pronounced a had one by tho
physician.
M. Gordon Craig, successful Re;>ub* can can
didate for the assembly, yesterday filed a
statement with the city clerk 1:1 which ha
asserts that he spent $4*i. The city eon in tti
got $?(i, a circular con $10, pr'nt'ng $:>, and
certificate of nomination $5.
Capt. George L. Sent', of the Sixh civ;l--y.
has been ordered to jo ; n *vs rcgin.. Nt at the
! front. Capt. Scott is w-11 known In St la 1,
! ha\ing been in command of the c»val\ at
I the Yellowstone Park, and more nc.n lv la
I charge of the La Polnte agency a; Aahlaril.
■ He made application to Join tils regiment, end
: Gen. Mlle3 promptly grunted it.
There will be a me.ting of the Republican
city and county committee at the offlce of
Hiler H. Horton. Room 37. Gilflllan block.
! Saturday afternoon, at ■» o'clock, for the pur-f
! pose of fixing the time for holding the prK
! marles for the election of delegates to tb»»
I county convention to select delegates to the
! state convention, and for the discussion of
other important matters which may come vp.
LEAVE YOUR AD at any of the branch of
fices; list on page 7, If you are not down
town. Same rate, cent a word. J
VITAL STATISTICS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
John A. Peglow Ramsey Countyjj
Martha Dobbermann Ramsey County
Joe Molloner Ramsey County
Tine Lasson Ramsey Cnitntw
John G. Blunt Jr Cook County. 111.
Caroline Curtis Ramsey • County!
BIRTHS.
Mrs. Eugene Monti, 94 South Robert 5t.. ..80y*
Mrs. Michael Froebes, city hospital Girl
Mrs. August Sandin B.y
Mrs. Nels Nelson, ab'i Burgess Boy
Mrs. E. M. Lundholm. 336 Grove street.. Girl
Mrs. Pat Boghan, 11. West Third s i.t Gr'
DEATHS.
John Wright. 262 State street 4 mor
Baby Lee. 858 Marlon street 15 mos
~ ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UNIFORM RANK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, .
Attention — AU members of the U. R., K. v
P., and all visiting members are rore'iallv
Invited to meet at Sherman Hall. Sixth . iitl
"Wabasha streets, on Sunday. May 28. at I
4'clcck p. m., on important business.