St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-26
THE HOTEL SKlRMISHER.

There was lady at one of the hotels
yesterday who a short time ago was
the principal in very peculiar suit at
law, which, however, never came to a
decision in court. She resides in
Southern Minnesota, and was instru-
mental in organizing a pool of ten
women that purchased lottery ticket,
which was bought in her name After
the drawing she was notified that her
ticket had won a $1,000 prize. For
some reason, few of the other joint
owners objected to allowing her to re-
ceipt for and take the amount into her
possession. They went into court to
compel division in equal parts on ar
rival of the money at the express Office
On hearing the judge decided that,
if the ladies could not amicably divide
the prize among themselves, under the
law 1t would be cOnfiscated to the pub
lie school fund of the state. This view
OF the case was a revelation to the con-
teStantS and they retired for consulta-
ton. They did not return into court,
but the report is that the lady in whose
name the ticket stood forced a settle
ment that gave her the lions share of
the $1,000.
Speaking yesterday of a recent bank
collapse in Minnesota, a lawyer and an
ex-legislator advanced the opinion
that bank stock is not such a gilt
edged investment as is generally sup
posed. why" said he, "the cashier
and teller of almost any bank, acting
together, can rob the funds with i'm
punity. Of course, such a combina-
ton for thievery is exceedingly rare,
but it can work in security if made.
Then there is the liability law binding
stockholders. Though they may have
lost all of their original investment in
the bank, they are still liable to as
sessment and interest in case of fail
ure l have in mind a case where an
interruptions cashier robbed Montana
bank of a large sum and then jumped
the country; and he did it, too, without
the assistance of the teller. Unlimited
confidence of their dupes in the bank
wreckers is too often the cause of the
wrong doing" No doubt, however,
there was a tinge of prejudice and
bitterness in this mans expression, be-
cause of recent disastrous experience
with dishonest banker.
Secretary Andrus, of the state game
and fish commission, yesterday after
noon took a party of legislators and
their friends down to inspect the state
fish hatchery. Those who went were
Senator's McHale, Johnson, Hanson,
Lloyd and Howard; Representatives
Craig, Strang, Dampman, Rice, Swan
son, Dale, Soule, Boxrud, French,
Jacobson, Sander, Blagik, Furlong and
Ferris; Miss Nelson, daughter of the
senator-elect; Mrs. J. F. Jacobson and
Mrs. p. G. jacobson, Mrs. Ferris Col.
Mattson and J. A. Wheelock. Car
riages were taken from the Merchants
after dinner, and the party was shown
over the hatchery grounds by Secre-
tary Andrus and the employees A gen.
erous luncheon was afterward served,
and all hands were landed in the city
again about the middle of the after
noon.
Chairman Strang, Representative
Craig and other members of the party
expressed themselves warmly in favor
of the proposition that the state should
own the hatchery grounds and the
property adjacent from which the
water supply is obtained AS it is the
state has possession of the site on a
contract calling for the payment of
$4O0 per year for the first four years
and 5000 per year for six years.
Several tame deer are kept at the fish
hatchery, and this fact was the oc
casion for considerable fun at the eX-
pense of Senator Howard and Repre-
sentative Furlong, as the tale is told.
Among the animals is one robust, ag-
gressive buck. Howard and Furlong
were warned by Representative Damp
man, who is an old-time hunter, to
beware of this horned chap; but they
did not heed the warning. The result
of their temerity was an onset by the
buck. Furlong was his especial prey,
and after somewhat roughly lifting the
debonair Minneapolitan out of his way,
the buck sailed in and threw Furlong
over the fence. Neither of the men
was seriously hurt, and, as Dampman
tells 1.-THE being the only eye witness
the playful king of the herd was only
reused to anger by the lawyer-senator
and the farmer-representa too
closely examining his antlers and tail
to ascertain his age. Furlong believed
the antlerS would as surely indicate the
age as the rings on the trees in his
prize grove do, while Howard main
tanned that the tail was the only sure
indicator of the age of a deer. The
point is still undecided, but the buck
won the ufSI TOuHu very Hdluliy.
Mai Mclaughlin, the noted Indian
agent at Standing Rock, was in the city
yesterday, to close a contract for a
large bunch of cattle to be delivered to
the Indians as needed. w. S. Parkin,
also located at the agency, accom-
panied Maj. Mclaughlin.
Senator Frank Day. the newly elected
president OF the senate, left last night
for his home at Fairmont. He carried
an armful of bundles and a heart full
of satisfaction to the train, after being
put through a heavy siege of hand
shaking in the lobby of the Merchants.
Agent Early, who came to st. Paul
to enlist recruits for the tied-up electric
street car lines in Brooklyn, left for
the East yesterday morning. He took
with him tWentV-SeVen picked men to