St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-23
SALTWATER NEWS.
Thresher Company Annuai-Other
Events of the Day.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Minnesota Thresher
company was held yesterday i'll its Of
fees in this city, and the following di-
rectOrs were chosen for the ensuing
year: Henry ID. Hyde, +. A. Osborne,
W. W. Blackmar, Boston. Mass; ID. \.
Morgan. Bridgeport, Conn; II. c. FOgle
and Z. ID. Burlington, Saltwater. After
the meeting OF the stockholders the di
rectorS convened and elected as officers
Henry ID. Hyde. president; II. c. FOgle,
general manager; L. ID. Burlington. sec
retary, treasurer and attorney. The bus
mess done last year was the largest in.
the history of the concern. All of the
manufactured product of last year was
disposed of, and more could have been
sold had it been manufactured. The
company proposes to manufacture as
large an output tins year as last.
The Abner Gile left yesterday with Il
raft of logs for the Canton Sawmill
company, Canton, Mo-, and the Ben
HerSey cleared with half raft of logs
for John Dudley, Point Douglass, and
half raft for Charles Boettcher, Red
Wing. The Ravenna is lying at the
levee in this city for repairs.
A coroner's jury was empaEneled yes
terday in the matter of the collision on
the ST. Paul Il Duluth road, and the
testimony of three railroad men was
taken, when the jury adjourned to meet
again today. The most important wit
ness examined was W. II. Bryant,
operator and station master at
Duluth junction. who testified that he
had placed the clearance for the Duluth
train in the box, and that he had regis
tered the Wisconsin Central train on
the book, but had not put down the
number of the train nor the time of its
departure. He also claimed that he
had not put this on the register until
the Duluth train had passed by.
Whether it was there or not when the
Duluth train cleared is a question that
cap only be decided by Conductor
ByerS. who lies at the city hospital in a
critical condition. Mr.. ByerS was terri
bly, injured and is also suffering a
great deal of mental agony. Engineer
Brooks, of the Central, is also very
low, but the attending physicians
have hopes of his recovery. The re-
mainGer of the injured are doing we'll
and will recover. The funeral of James
Edward StinSon, who was killed i'll the
collision, will occur this morning. A
wrecklng crew was at work yesterday
clearing the track, and trains were run
ming as usual over side track built at
the scene of the wreck. Several Off
cials of both roads have been in the city
to see that the injured trainmen receive
the best of care.
Thei chamber of commerce, at its
meeting held Tuesday evening, enter
tanned proposition for the removal to
this city of an electric manufacturing
company from a neighboring city. A
committee, composed of Messrs. E. l..
HOspes, Il. l.. Davis and F. NJ Prince,
was appointed, with instructions to ex-
anime into the business of the concern
The company proposes to employ nearly
200 men if it locates in this city.
In the action of Fredoline Blumer eft
al. against Joachim Spalti, Judge Will
iston has filed an order overruling the
first part of defendants demurrer to the
complaint and sustaining the last part.
He grants the plaintiffs leave to amend
their complaint within twenty days.
Robert Nolan has been received at the
prison from Olmstead county on one
years sentence for grand larceny in the
second degree. Charles Cochran, re-
ceived from Scott county, will serve two
years for similar Offense
l.. J. Carter's Fast Mail" company
appears at the Grand opera house this
evening. The reserved seat sale is
large, and good attendance is assured.
The city council met and adjourned
Tuesday evening, in respect to the death
of James Edward StinSOn, son of Aid.
Stinson. The council meets tomorrow