St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-26
STILLWA NEWS.
Logs Beginning to Jam Heavily
for Lack of Rain.

Logs Beginning to Jam Heavily
for Lack of Rain.
Lack OF sufficient rain and the continued
cold weather have had the effect of rapidly
lowering the logging streams to an extent
that threatens serious trouble unless there
comes pronounced change i'll the situation.
One of the heaviest lumbermen said yester-
day the Kettle river and Crooked creek drives
were in an especially bad way, and would be
unable to get out except by the help OF rain.
$4,000, 900 to Is. 600 900 feet of logs has
formed, and it is hoped that it may be broken
without q great amount of difficulty or ex-
pense. Musser, Sauntry u Co. sent an addl-
tional force of drivers to Moose river last
night.
A petition is in circulation in Pine county
asking that the death sentence of BROKER,
now held in the Washington county jail here
for safekeeping, be commuted to 1mprlson-
ment for life. 1t is SAID that the document
has received the signature of Judge CROSBY,
who sentenced BROKER to be hanged, and OF
County Attorney McKusick and. Attorney
F General Clapp- tits also asserted that no
palliation of Brokers act in committing the
double murder is pleaded in his behalf, most
of the signatures being those OF people OPP
posed to capital punishment on general prin-
ciples. BROKER continues mOrose and I'M
communicative and, being unable to read,
finds time burden.
The funeral of Mrs. A. B. Darrah occurred
being conducted by Rev. w. H. harrington,
OF Minneapolis, and Judge R. Lehmicke,
Albert Wilson. Jacob Bean, j. b.. Tart,
Fayette Marsh and E. c. Northey acting as
pall-bearers. The funeral of Mrs. Caroline
Simonet will be held at o clock to-day from
the Church OF the Immaculate Conception.
Preliminary arrangements for the proper
observance of Memorial day will be made
this evening at a joint session of committees
from Muller and G. W. Crook posts. John
I md
present the former, and c. A. Grant, Dan
lei Bell and j. w. McKusick act for the latter
organization.
Us Vandiver, editor of the Democrat.
will deliver his humorous lecture. How l
Joined the Army at Music hall this even
ing. Upwards Of 100 tickets are already in
Guided in the advance sale, and the pros
pectvely large audience will find in the en-
tartainment much meat and merriment.
The city council sustained the mayors
veto of the resolution reducing the fire de-
partment salaries. and adopted the engIn-
GERS plot and survey of the Olive street I'M
provement. E. S. Brown, George Borrow
man and Sam Register were appointed TO
condemn the property needed.
Minnesota Lodge No. l, l. o. O. F., and
ColfaX Lodge No. AZ, Daughters of Rebecca,
will commemorate the seventy-frst anniver-
sary of the establishment OF odd Fellowship
in the United States by attending a specially
appropriate service at the First Methodist
church tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Hannah Donohue, sister of John Glas-
pie, died at the latter's home, 7l9 South
Third street, yesterday at the age of forty
nine years The funeral will occur from the
residence at O'Clock tomorrow.
r. S. Davis. cashier of the Lumbermens
National bank and W. E. Easton, of the Ga
zette, left last night on a flying trip to Du-
luth and West Superior.
Aid. Carl, accompanied by Capt. Loomis,
goes to Montana to-day for the summer in
the interest Of Saltwater mining syndicate.
The work of filling in with earth back of
the north wall at the state prison was begun
yesterday.
d. A. Blakeney and bride returned yester-
day from their wedding journey.
Rev. j. NJ. Bull will deliver the Memorial
day address at Marshall Mimi.
Alexander Mcclellan left yesterday for Port
land Or.
The Turubull mill at Oak Park will start up
to-day.
Senator D. N. Sabin is in Boston.