St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-17
SALTWATER NEWS.
An Interesting Decision in the Al
breCht Case.

AN interesting Decision in the Al
brecht Case.
Judge Lehmicke, of the probate
court, filed decision yesterday in the
matter of the estate of Frederick AL
brecht. deceased. denying plaintiffs
motion to set aside an order allowing
Charles Albrechts claim of s1,06932
against the estate. The court finds:
THAT when application is made to the
probate court by a person interested in
the subject matter to yacate and set
aside an order previously made, alleged
to have been procured by fraud. mis-
representation, Or through surprise or
excusable inadyertence or neglect. the
probate court is bound, according to the
ruling OF the supreme court in the
matter of the estate of Levi Gragg,
deceased, Mimi. Rep. Vol. 80. pages
Ia, ETC., to afford the applicant an OPP
p0rtunity to be heard. 1t is incumbent
upon the applicant. however, to prove
and subStantiate the allegations in his
petition before the probate court will
be justified and authorized to disturb or
vacate the order or judgment previously
made and entered. In the case under
consideration the court finds from the
facts disclosed by the evidence that the
petitioner las failed to prove and sub
stantiate the allegations in his petition.
1t is therefore ordered that the applica-
ton to vacate aud set aside the order
allowing the claim of said Charles
Albrecht, as herein recited, be and the
same is hereby denied and refused, and
the petition dismissed" This is proba-
blythe closing chapter of an interesting
fight between two brothers over the
division of their fathers estate. The
matter has been in the courts since 1888,
A Minneapolis evening pa per pub
lished sensational article Thursday
regarding the manner in which lumber
men in this city were fleeing their en-
ployeS by the so-called time-check syS-
TEN. LAUNDERING concerns in this city,
with but few exceptions, pay their EN-
plcyeS on the LIST or 18th of April, which
they consider virtually cash, inasmuch
as work in the woods usually hangs on
until the eally part of April. Phil Nc
DermOtt, who annually employs large
lumber OF men, stated to your cor
respondent yesterday that the charges
were far from correct. When he hires
men in the fall for winters work in
the woods contract is made that they
are to receive ii portion of their salaries
Al tttO dIu lCuialuuCt 10 W 10
paid the following August. When
work ceases in the spring many
men desire all of their money,
and their time checks are discounted at
per cent. A. j. hammers employed
lis men the past season, and all time
checks will be paid April l. When
man is hired to work in the woods his
fare is usually paid one way, and, if he
quits before the winter is over without
any apparent cause, the amount OF his
railroad fare one way is deducted from
his wages. Many times men are hired
and are given tickets to their destina-
ton, and. instead of going to work, they
sell their tickets, at loss to the lOggers
of hundreds of dollars annually. Others
go to the woods and run ''wanegan
bilp' of $40 or more after being there a
day or two and then skip without set
thug up. Local lumbermen are indig-
nant at the charges preferred against
them.
AT the meeting of the city council
Tuesday evening an ordinance granting
Horace VOlIgney franchise to furnish
electric light. power and heat was
passed upon Its first reading. The mat
ter of again increasing the toll charges
on the pOntoon bridge was discussed,
ing. Some of the members are dis
posed to increase the toll because the
town Of st. Joe, on the opposite side of
the st. Croix river, imposes an ex0rbi
tant tax on the east end of the bridge
each year. The round trip rate for
teams is now 10 cents, and their desire
is to increase it to 25 cents.
DR.. q. S. Watkins returned yesterday
from Blair, Neb., whittier he went to
inspect the institutes iocatedin that city
for the cure of the liquor habit. DIR.
Watkins Is very enthusiastic over the
Blair treatment, and made formal re-
port yesterday afternoon at meeting
of parties interested in establishing
similar institution in this city.
Judge Williston has filed decision in
the case of Lynn M. Comstock VS.. X. j.
Wheeler & Co., denying motion of
plaintiffs attorney to strike out por-
ton of the defendants answer.
Ole Holberg was arraigned in the
municipal! court yesterday for falling to
support his family, and was sentenced
to serve ninety days term in the
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