The Saint Paul globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1904-07-02 [p 2] · the safe of the money box, getting away with $150. The police yesterday Arrested Charles McElway and Mike Adams, who,
NEWS OF THE CITYMunicipal Court Takes in $2,604 —Municipal court
receipts during June
amounted to $2,604, of which $2,499 wascollected in fines.
Will Make Cheese at Wadena— TheBlue Grass Cheese Factory of
Waden,afiled articles of incorporation yester-day. The authorized
capital stock ofthe company is $1,000.
Accused of Illegal "Smoking"—War-rants charging a violation of
the smokenuisance ordinance were issued yes-terday against H. W.
Costello, a GreatWestern fireman, and F. G. Ratlee, anOmaha
fireman.
Did Not Appear Against Him—Mag-gie White, the woman whom Al
Reed,colored, was alleged to have attackedwith a razor, failed to
appear in thepolice court yesterday, and the caseagainst Reed was
dismissed.
Insurance Company Sues Agents—Moriarty & Garlough have been
sued for$338.69 by the A- ?hor Fire Insurancei-ompany, plaintiffs,
alleging that theamount is due from the defendants as» gents.
Over 50,000 Patronize Public Baths—The June report for the
Harriet islandpublic baths shows that 58,737 personspatronized the
baths during the month,of which 50,667 were males and 8,070females.
The receipts from all sourceswere $2,637.
Accused of Making Trouble on Car—George Williair.s, E. G.
Summers andWilliam Kgan, accused of having caus-ed a disturbance on
an East Seventhstreet tar, were arraigned before JudgeHine in the
police court yesterday andheld for trial today.
Thresher Company Held Blameless—A verdict for the defendants
wasyesterday ordered by Judge Morris inthe United States cr irt in
the $8,000damage case of Charles O. Johnsonagainst the Northwestern
Threshercompany, of Stillwater. Johnson lostan eye while operating
an emerywheel.
Pay City Employes Today—For thefirst time in some years the city
em-ployes will today have a Saturday payday, the policemen,
teachers, firemenand other employes being given theirmoney before
the Fourth. Both sidesof the city council met yesterday
aft-\u2666•l noon and passed the pay roll to makethis possible.
Capt. Parmerter on Leave of Ab-sence — Capt. Almon L. \u25a0
Parmerter,quartermaster of the Twenty-first in-fantry. Fort
Snelling, left for NewYork yesterday, on a two-months' leaveof
absence. His duties at the fort, un-til he returns, win be
-performed bySecond Lieutenant A. J. Lindsay, quar-termaster of the
Second battalion ofthe Twenty-first.
Clark Property Sold to Foley for155,000—The .-,.deed
.transferring th«>Francis B.;Clark. property on
Summitave.nue--*to Thpm&s Foley was. iilgd atthe office of the
register of deeds yes- ,terday. The transfer is of three
lots,and.the purchase price named $55,---000. The Clark property is
on thesouth, side of Summit avenue, lyingbetween the Wilder tind
Hill prop-erties. '" -~-\f~~~~. *~ "T "'•\u25a0..\u25a0;"•; ** ;_•
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crusheolFdeathGeorge Hilfritch Run Over In
South St. Paul
George Hilfritch, a dairyman, resld-/ng at Concord and Annapolis
streets,was run over in the Chicago GreatWestern freight yards at
South St.Paul yesterday morning by a freightoar and died soon
after. He wasbrought to St. Paul on a switch enginebut expired two
minutes after reachingState street station at 10:30" o'clock.
Hilfritch who was gathering screen-ings among the freight cars
in theyards, is thought to have been undera. car when it started,
crushing hisl^gs. He was discovered by a memberof the crew and was
carried to theswitch engine. John Cease, 198 Eatonstreet, the
foreman, ordered the mantaken immediately to St. Paul and re-moved
to St. Josephs hospital Theambulance was called from South StPaul.-
but the race with death was lost.1 he body was removed to Hurley
&Tierney's undertaiking rooms, SouthRobert street, after
Coroner A. W?n e K h^L viewed "• The funeralwill be held Monday.
Hilfritch wasparty-nine years old and was born invrermany. He is
survived by his wifeSt Pa" c daughter, Mrs. Prescott, of
WATER BOARD WILLCONDEMN 70 ACRES
Cannot Agree With Owners as to Priceof Land Near Vadnais
The board of water commissioners'yesterday formally instructed
the cor-poration attorney to bring condemna-tion proceedings
against seventy acresof land m the vicinity of Vadnais lakeThe
board has purchased about 250acres of land in the same vicinity
fromthe owners direct, but could not agree
pany at $5.29 per hundred pounds a^dAugust Lundgren was given
the con-n a,Ct \° Paint the fenSe around tEeDale street reservoir
for $124.ENTERTAIN THE LUND
UNIVERSITY STUDENTSReception and Banquet Tendered to'
Singers a^ Commercial Club
The Lund university students whoSave a concert at the Peoples
churchlast night were entertained at theCommercial club yesterday
afternoon»>> the- Swedish citizens of St. Paul
A reception was held in the club par-lors at 5 o'clock,
following which adinner was served in the big banquethall. About
200 representative Swedishcitizens were present.
Speeches were made by Barndt An-derson,' editor of the Minnesota
Stat.nlmnKT, Swedish Consul Hobe and
Prof. Stubb, of Minneapolis.
Cases Submitted on BriefsIn the state • supreme court
yesterdaytwo \u0084cases > were !; submitted £on i;briefs^"•
estate of Ferdinand i Stellmacher, appel-lant,•. vs. : Charles
Bruder as administrator,etc , respondent, and; Lawrence King,
ap-
SS3£,r COe CommiSßion Company, re-
LETTERS MAYSOLVE MYSTERY
Coroner's Inquest in Case ofRuth Teachout Takes
Place This Morning
Two letters now figure in the mysterywhich surrounds the death
of Miss RuthTeachout, the Minneapolis girl whose bodywas taken from
the river last Tuesdaynight near the St. Paul boom. When
thecontents of these are known the cloudsurrounding her mysterious
trip to thespot below the falls and the scene whichensued may be
partially lifted.
The police do not believe in the suicidetheory, and think that
the letter con-tained something about the picnic whichshe expected
to enjoy on the reservation,and disclosed her escort's name.
.- ' Letter; to Ruth's ; Parents , W .'\u25a0 „ ;The other
letter may be of even greater
importance' in unraveling the mystery. , Itwas addressee to the
parents of : the !dead ;girl and was received yesterday.
Althoughall\u25a0: members of : the family, were •
closelyquestioned in regard to the letter, nothingdefinite . could
be : learned 5 but from : a ,re- 'mark dropped by Eva Teachout, the
sis-ter of Ruth, it is believed that the lettercame from Battle
Creek and that its con-,tents bear on the case. _- "_: . - •
The .Teachout family continue to; main-tain ; reticence \u25a0
regarding .the case. •. Suchstatements as the. different members
havealready made differ. .. ':.- r:l Photographs of Ruth were taken
to thereservation and Mtnnehaha" Falls park yes-terday by*the •
officers, • but .further than :the man found in the park the day
beforeand . the man Bergstrom, no one -has beenfound "who can
\u25a0 remember seeing ? the vgirlon Saturday afternoon." ;.~; •-
-"\u25a0\u25a0?.".-'.'\u25a0\u25a0 . >i A few relatives attended
the funeral of ithe girlat Prescott. Wis., yesterday. Mem-bers 'of
the family; returned last . nightand will attend the inquest this
morning.-. '.
Ch^f of Police 'Conroyeaid he had been.tina^? •to find: any
motive 'for murderingthe girl. .. ',Ty •".-. ;.r'.-
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\u0084\u25a0- "If she was murdered.*' . said Mr. Con-roy, "it
must have been by tramps; alongthe river. There is no apparent
reasonwhy- anyone * sTiouTd^wish Sto murder 9her,but I can
Understand how she might have
"been the victim criminal; assault - and":: her body,,thrown jto
the river to hide theevidence agaihst the assailants." ,- "-/.;
':> oner.Mjller, will hold the • inquest at 'the Ramsey
county-morgue this morning-atj.'J/ 1 o'clock. -:Eight persons have
been 1subpoenaed by Deputy' Sheriff Hardick, butit is not likely
that the investigatipn willbe concluded,; and :ah 'adjournemnt
Will.probably be taken after the .testimony-i isheard. .
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V 'The witnesses called include H. N.Teaeliout, *i;father: Thomas:
••'\u25a0: Teachout,grandfather, and; Era, sister of the :
mur-dered » girl;-.-.'John.'Nordstroni^and'- OscarMo*tenson> the
young men who found her
and -handkerchief below Minne-halfe. Falls; John \Bergstr#m, who
claimsto have seen Miss" Teachout in the park;Detective Howard, of
Minneapolis, and H.D. Davis, a Minneapolis newspaper man-
LOQTS SALOON SAFEThug Holds lip Bartender and
Suspects Are Arrested
Jim Abbotts, bartender at O. P. Clem-ents' saloon, Eighth and
Sibley streets,was held up by a lone highwayman at 2o'clock
yesterday morning. The robberlocated a hidden cash^ drawer and
lootedthe safe of the money box, getting awaywith $150.
The police yesterday Arrested CharlesMcElway and Mike Adams,
who, they de-clare, planned the holdup and employedthe footpad to
do the work. The policehave learned the identity of the robberand
are now searching for him.
According to the police, McElway, a no-torious crook, and Mike
Adams, a St.Paul bartender, visited Clements' saloonshortly after
midnight, ostensibly to seewhether the coast was; clear.
Immedi-ately after they went out, leaving the bar-tender alone, the
robber, with revolver inhand, appeared and ordered Abbotts toturn
over the cash.
Abbotts refused to do so and the thugthen helped himself. He
drew out themoney box from the safe, • emptying thecontents in his
pocket, and then went toa drawer in which $20 in change wasusually
kept. Abbotts had selected a dif-ferent drawer for that purpose
yesterdaymorning, and after a little search the rob-ber found the
cash in another drawer.
The police suspected Adams, formerlyemployed af the saloon, ard
McElway,who came to St. Paul last night to joinhim. Two women with
whom they roomover the saloon were also arrested.
SNEAK THIEVES PLYVOCATION WITH SKILL
Steal Money From Numerous Resi-dences on the German Road
Persons residing on the German roadhave complained to the police
that theyhave been robbed of sums of money,ranging from $3.50 to
$40, during triepast week. It is supposed that sneakthieves have
been operating in the vi-cinity. They have worked cleverly,
en-tering the houses when no one waswatching and taking nothing but
cash.Complaints were made by Mrs. CarlPaul, Mrs. Nels Hanson, Mrs.
TillieMonthaler and Mrs. George Hyman.
Acker Post to Attend ServiceA patriotic to be held at 8o'clock
tomorrow evening at the FirstChristian church, Nelson and
Farringtonavenues, will be attended by Acker post,
G. A. R., on invitation of Rev. A: D.Harmon, pastor of the
churclr. Membersof both Acker and Garfle^d posts will as-semble at
Dayton and Virginia avenuesat 1:30 o clock and march to the
church
Cabinet Member Falls in DuelLOND9N, July I.—The Central Newshas
received a dispatch from Athens
SalV? S« that M- Stais- tne minister ofpublic instruction, has
been kUled in aduel by Hadji Petros, a member of thechamber of
deputies.
Peace Promised in TibetGYANTSE, Tibet, July ].—The gen-
eral impression here is that a satisfac-tory settlement will be
reached between
\u25a0the British and Tibetan governmentswithout further
military, operations.
LIAU-YANG, July I.—Gen Kuropatkinwith reinforcements, personally
movedtoward Dalin pass, whereupon the passwas evacuated by the
Japanese and re-occupied by the Russian*.
Evacuate Dalin Pass
HOLDS COMBINATIONIS NOT ILLEGAL
Supreme Court Decides GasCompany Can Sell By-Prod-uctstoOnly One
Concern
According to a decision filed by thesupreme court yesterday the
St. PaulGas Light company has a perfect rightto sell its entire
output of coke to theYoughiogheny & Lehigh Coal" com-pany, to
the exclusion of all otherwould-be purchasers.
The case came before the supremecourt on the appeal of Charles
J. Ber-ryhill, from the decision of the Ram-sey county district
court in his ac-tion against the gas company and thecoal company
already mentioned. Theruling of the district court is affirmed.
The supreme court decided that by-products of any concern are
not sub-ject to the "unlawful combination"laws of Minnesota that
might apply tothe principal products of the sameconcern. The
decision was written byJustice Brown and the syllabus is
asfollows:
Defendant gag light company is a cor-poration engaged in the
business of manu-facturing gas for use by the citizens ofSt. Paul.
The gas is manufactured fromsoft coal, and one of the residual
pro-ducts thereof is coke, which the company-accumulates in large
quantities. It is notengaged in buying, selling or dealing incoke
or other like fuel. It entered intoa contract with defendant coal
companyby which it agreed to sell and deliverto that company all
its accumulations ofcoke, and specially agreed not to sell
ordispose of the same, or any part of it,to any other person or
company. It isheld that as the coke accumulated' bythe gas light
company is a mere inci-dent, a by-product, resulting from
theconduct of its principal business, theagreement to sell its
entire output todefendant coal company was not ah un-lawful
combination nor a violation ofany law of the state.
Order affirmed.
.'.-\u25a0 .That; the directors •: of'a ; mutual s in-surance I
company | have "a right to ; limit-the payment ; of:dividends -to
such pol -'icy holders -as have paid j' their ;annualpremiums .twas
?. decided :i yesterday •"'\u25a0 bythe Minnesota supreme court..
Thisdecison, written • by Justice Lewis; af-firmed : the order, of
the H^nnepincounty / district court denying- ""a.*:newtrial : to
the plaintiff. ':\u25a0-;- ':l::'fl;