St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-18
STILL WATER SILHOUETTES
The Case Against the Aldermen
Knocked Out of Court.
A DEATH AT THE PRISON.
fhe Doe Application for an Injunction
Heard by Judges Crosby and
MGCluer.

The prosecution in the cases of the
aldermen aud eX-aldermen charged with
malfeaSance in Office was knocked out
by the court in thorough shape yester-
day. On the assembling of court,
Judge Manwaring gave his decision on
the motion of Attorney Searles, and
dismissed all the complaints except
that against eX-Ald Voligny, on the
ground that the charges were vague
and indefinite as to time and clrcum-
stance. The complaint against Voligny
was next promptly dismissed on motion
of County Attorney Lee, and all the
defendants stood discharged. 1t is pos
sible that Mr.. MarSh's next move may
be to bring a new complaint against
Aid. Low, who is Mr.. Marsh's especial
aversion, but the active lawyer has
stated that he will now proceed to OBJ
tain a writ of mandamuS compelling
the city council to elect an alderman
to replace Low, who, he claims, vacated
his seat by the mere act of accepting
the office of building inspector, an office
subject to the disposition and control OF
the city council. MI. Marsh says also
that he shall get writ of mandamuS
compelling the council to elect a city
attorney who lives i'll the city, in place
of Mr.. Searles, who resides just outside
the municipal limits.
The Doe application for permanent
Injunction against the grading OF North
Second street was heard yesterday be-
fore Judges Crosby and McCluer, OF the
district court. Mr.. Marsh bases his
case Oh the alleged irregularity and
illegality of the assessment proceedings,
and placed the city clerk, city engineer
and Commissioner Birmingham on the
stand in an effort to sustain his plead
ings. He also called City Treasurer
Hospes and the ex-treasurer, Clark, in
order to show that the assessment col
lected for grading the street has been
diverted from the treasury to other pur-
poses. City Attorney Searles put the
city engineer on the stand, which
closed the testimony. The arguments
will be heard by the judges to-day at l
o'clock.
The city board of equalization has
completed its labors and submitted its
report, which reduces the personal
property assessment of the Ihresher
company $4,000 on credits and $4,000
on machinery, manufactured artlcles
and stock on hand, leaving ON the as
sessment rolls as taxable personal pro-
The city council, at the Tuesday even
ing meeting, ordered Third street, be-
tween Chestnut and Myrtle, graded,
surfaced, guttered and curbed.
Another st. Paul delegation, including
city Engineer Rundlett, who are said to
be considering the plan to build line
of electric railway to South st. Paul, i'll
spected the workings of the Saltwater
street railway yesterday.
Convict Joseph Laundre, aged twenty
six years, a native of New Brunswick,
died at the prison hospital Tuesday
evening of blood poisoning, resulting
from an abScess. His sentence, under
the statute, would have been completed
in four years from this date.
Charles l. Fall suffered no recurrence
of the hemorrhage yesterday, and was
reported at evening as in comparatively
comfortable condition.
The White Bear Base Ball club.
which was defeated last Saturday by the
Saltwater nine in score of to 4, will
play a return game here to-day.
G. w. Kitchen, who was a clerk in
DR.. G. Carli's city drug store twenty
eight years ago, and had not been in
Saltwater since 1861, revisited the city
yesterday. He is now resident of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The city has awarded to Nels johnson
the contract for furnishing and erecting,
at the corner of First and Willard
streets, 125 feet of gas-pipe railing at
a cents per lineal foot.