St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-13
STILL WATER SILHOUETTES
Four Suspicious Characters Placed
Under Arrest.
WILLISTON ON THE BENCH.
Population of the Prison. Counterfeit
Dollars Reported in Circula-
ton.

"a seedy-lOOking individual, apparently
of Police Shortall for stealing an over
coat from III front of l.. Albinberg's
clothing store on Wednesday evening.
The man, who gives his name as Charles
Dart, stepped into Abe Cohen's pawn
broker establishment Wednesday even
ing and requested a loan of So on the
coat for few days, as he was very
much in need of money. Cohen acceded
to his demand, and the man started off.
Reaching the sidewalk he picked up
bundle containing dozen pair of
WOODEN socks and quietly walked off
with them. Yesterday Dart showed
that he had more nerve than sense by
returning to COhen'S and asking for a
further loan of fifty cents. Cohen rec
OgniZed the man and refused to give
him the money. He promptly notified
the police of Darts whereabouts and h.
was arrested Three men, supposed TO
be pals of Dart, were also locked up.
They will all have hearing this MORN
ing in the municipal court. Mr.. Short
all thinks that all of the men are dan
gerOuS criminals.
Judge Williston arrived yesterday
from Red Wing and presided at short
session of the district court. A number
of cases were continued and court cases
were set for trial. Judge WilIiston will
return Monday, the day set for the trial
of court cases. Providing all Of the
court eases are finished next week, the
petit jury will convene March for the
trial Of jury cases.
S. NJ. Davis, of Minneapolis, state or
ganizer Of the Royal Arcanum, was in
the city yesterday endeavoring to
organize subordinate council of the
Royal Arcanum here. Mr.. Davis met
with good success and secured a large
number of names of prominent business
and professional men who have signi-
fed their willingness to join the new
lodge.
Irving Frost was arraigned in the
municipal court yesterday, charged
with breaking into trunk belonging to
Nelson. Frost supposed that the trunk
contained a sum of money, but content
ed himself with taking a number OF
neckties. Judge Nethaway deferred
sentence pending good behavior.
There seems to be a band of counter
feiters operating in this city. as several
counterfeit dollars and nckels have
been circulated of late The latest in
circulation are dollars, which closely re-
Semble genuine silver dollars.
The first of the series of entertain
ments to be given at the high school for
the benefit of the library will occur
this evening, and will consist in stereop-
ticon views of the river Rhine and sur
rounding landscape.
The population at the prison is given
as 315, of which number lie are en-
ployed by the Minnesota Thresher COM
pany, 1876 by the state and fourteen are
sick or infrm.
Drs. w. Fl. Game and W. C. Voigt
engaged i'll lively sprinting match on
the lake yesterday. The race was
lO0-yard dash for s. side, and was won
by DR.. Game.
Ten hundred and forty dozen tubs
and 2.940 dozen pals have been manu-
featured at the prison tub and pail
factory since work was begun IN Jan
uary, 1890.
DIR. Carl Booren. who has been pr ac-
ticlng dentistry at Eau Claire, will
leave next week for Necedah, Wis,
where he expects to locate perma-
nently.
The pupils of Mrs. DR.. Van Waters
gave a pleasant musicale last evening
A programme of sixteen numbers was
exceptionally well rendered.