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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22
The Continental insurance eompanv app,

The Continental Insurance company, appel
lant VS.. j.. S. Richardson, respondent.
This action originated in justice court.
The complaint was oral and entered in the
docket in these words. Plaintiff for his COM
plant files with the court verified a
certain promissory note, on which there
appears to be due the sum of forty dollars
for which amount they ask judgment" Held
that the complaint stated a cause of action.
2 On trial in the district court of an
appeal on questions of law alone from a
Justices judgment and it does not appear
that the return contains all of the evidence
and no request therefor is shown to have
been made it will be presumed that sufficient
competent evidence was given to support the
judgment.
8. Held, following Johnston Harvester com
pany VS.. Clark, 80 MINI. $685. that written
contract made by the defendant with the
plaintiff by the name in which it sues
described as eorporation) is prima facie
proof against the defendant of the existence
of legal entity having that name and with
capacity to contract and of the right of the
person or being represented by that name to
enforce the contract by action Judgment
reversed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22
Were the Decorations Of Mrs. Or
toms Reception.

Mrs Clara Block and Emil Moch
were married last evening at 6 o'clock,
at 43 Summit avenue, by DR.. E. L.
Hess. The rooms were handsomely
decorated with palms, chrysanthe-
NUNS and smilax. Under we'll de-
veloped palm which Rested upon a
pedestal, the bride and groom stood
during the ceremony. The dining
room was tastefully arranged in green
and white, the table being appointed
for the immediate friends ard relatives
of the bride and groom. Mr.. and Mrs.
Moch left on short wedding trip,
after which they will be at home at
43 Summit avenue.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22
LOWER COURTS REVERSED.
Supreme Court Made a killing Yes
tePliay.

In only two of the seven cases de-
cided by the supreme court yesterday
did that majestic tribunal agree with
the minor bureaus of the judiciary.
Both these were Minneapolis cases,
che of them being of interest to di-
Forced husbands having no property,
as they must pay alimony.
The syllabi of yesterdays opinions.
are as follows:
State ex rel J. J. Wise, relator, VS.. Robert
Jamison, judge, ETC., district court, Hen
nepln county, respondent.
In an action for divorce against the re-
iator by S wife, judgment was entered in
favor of the wife for a divorce absolute and
for the payment OF permanent a imony. 1t
appears ON the face of the judgment roll that
the relator had no property at the time OF
the entry of judgment, but was earning $3.50
to $500 a month. The reator refused to obey
the judgment as to alimony and in proceed
ings to punish him for contempt in disobeying
the Judgment he attempted to purge himself
on the ground that the judgment was void.
Held following Wilson VS.. Wilson, 70 n. w.
!o4, that the Judgment was erroneous, but
held further that it was not void and that
the relator was rightly found guilty of con-
tempt. Order affirmed. Start, C. j.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22


cTornam Powers as Judge of the Twelfth
judicial district, respondent
L. Section 5,400 G. S. 1894, requires a pro-
posed case to be served within twenty days
after the trial. A party has no absolute
right to propose serve and have settled, a
case after the expiration of the twenty days
unless ms time to DO so has been extended
by stipulation or order of the court Where
he appeals from judgment he cannot. as
matter OF rght, propose case at any time
peIo[e the expiration of the six months in
wh1ch an appeal might have been taken
z The granting or refusing CT a motion for
leave to propose and settle case after the
Tune limited by the statute is within the dis
creation of the trial court and nothing hut
clear abuse of such discretion will Justify
the interference OF this court
81 Held that the trial court did not abuse
ms MS discretion in denying such a motion in
this case. Writ discharged.
Start, c. ].
Chandler Robbins, resondent, VS.. O. Julius
lant-Syllabus NPp-1
1. The record of an assignment of a mort
gage is constructive notice to all persons
of the rights of the assignee as against anv
subsequent acts of the mortgagee save ONLY
as eXceDted by the statute.
2. Section l1S3, G. S. 1894, to the effect
that the assignment of a mortgage is not
constructive notice of the mortgagor his heirs
and personal representatives so as to in
validate any payment made by either of them
to the mortgage applies only to the persons
therein named, and has no application to a
second mortgage or an assignee of his mort
gage.
8. AS between an assignee of first mort
gage, whose assignment was duly recorded
before the making of second mortgage. and
the assignee of such second mortgage, the
latter is not entitled to have the first mort
gage cancelled on the ground that after the
assignment of the first mortgage it was paid
to the mort gaSee without actual notice of the
assignment. Order reversed.
State of Minnesota ex rel. Melvin Lacy. re-
lator, VS.. G. J. Norby. Sheriff of Becker
County, Minnesota, appellant.
The writ of habeas corpus deals only with
defects of a jurisdictional character and
where the relator is held by virtue of pro-
cess issued upon a final judgment of :rcourt
of competent jurisdiction, the evidence intro
duced on his trial cannot be reviewed by
the court or officer issuing the writ for the
purpose of determining its sufficency to
support his conviction. Order reversed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

The Jackson-Drew Public School union will
meet in the Jackson school this evening at
s O'Clock The subject will be: The Influence
of Surroundings on Character" Or. Alex
Donald will give an address,, and music
will be furnished by Prof. C. H. Congdon.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

Robert E. Lynch, appellant, VS.. Louis Kampff,
respondent.
9 l. Evidence considered and he'd that it
sustains the findings of fact herein.
2 He'd that the trial court did not err in
receiv ng certain evidence tending to show
that the defendant did not accept we'll and
pump, sunk and constructed by the plaintiff
for him as performance Of the contract.
Order affirmed, Start c. j.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

The Primary Sunday School Teachers union
will meet in the parlors of the House of
Hope church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The
programme will be: A lesson taught by
Mrs. NJ. B. Passage, and lecture by Prof.
Henry S. Baker on the question, AT What
Age in a Child Does Each Faculty Begin to
Act?''
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

Miss Efie Gooding of Fairmount avenue,
entertained at luncheon Yesterday.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

Mrs D. E. Hickey entertained a company
at cards last evening.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
Criminal.

Harvey Allender, the double murder
er OF San Jose, CAL. was hanged at
San Quentin penitentiary
Jack Martin, Fred Baker and Geo.
Seiby escaped from the Brown county
Jail at Hiawatha. Kas., Sunday night,
and $25 reward is offered for the ar
rest Of each.
Abrarl Armstrong Of Diamond, New
ton county, Missouri, was recently put
under $500 bonds by United States
Commissioner George Wright, to ap-
pear before the United States grand
jury upon q charge Of making false
pcns:on affdayits
An attempt was made near Memo
minec, Wis, to wreck train on the
500 road. Five telegraph poles were
sawed off and thrown across the track
OH the Wisconsin side of the Memo
minee river, near FaithGrn. Detectives
are OH the track Of suspects.
Lem Martin. colored, quarrelcd with
Tom Butler at church in Pilot Grove,
Mo-, recently, over the theft of a peck
et-book. AS a result, Butler is in Jail
with Il long cash in his arm and Mar
tin is dea d from blow over the heart
from stone.
Albert S. Warner has been caught at
Riley. Kas. Warner was the chief con-
spirator in the kidnapping of little
Johnny Conway last August. H. g.
Blake find Joseph NJ. Hardy are now
serving terms Of fifteen years in Dan
Demora prison for completely in the
crime.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
People Talked About.

Professor David Starr Jordan OBJ
jects to killing off the seals.
Prof. Arthur Palmer, D. D., LII. D.,
of Trinity College, Dublin, is dead.
Gen. Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner
is dead at London.
Robert G. Allen. who played short
stop for Boston last year, has signed
contract to manage the Indianapolis
club in 1898. Allen will play at short
field.
Sir William Edward Maxwell. gov
ernor and commander-in-chief on the
gold coast since 1895, died at sea
while off Grand Canary island en-
route for England.
Isaac Johnson, coloreG, claiming to
be 1O7 years old. died at Sedalia, Mo-,
recently. He was born as a slave near
Louisville, Ky, and has lived many
years in Missouri.
Judge Asa W. Tenny, of the United
States district court. died at his home
in Brooklyn. Judge Tenny was born
in Dalton, n. H., and was graduated
with Dartmouth so.
Rev. Edwin S. Lewis, d. D., of st.
Pauls church, New Haven, Conn, has
been elected to the Office of general
secretary of Soc domestic and foreign
missionary society Of the Protestant
Episcopal church. rs successor to Rev.
VIM. S. Langford, who died last July.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

In teaching physiology, would it not
be worth very much more to knew a
few facts about dress, diet, exercise,
rest, sleep, good and bad air, than to
number and name all the bones, or
name and classify all the muscles?
The bones will all keep their places
and grow just as rapidly and firmly,
whether numbered or unnumbered;
but both mind and body will fare bet
ter if the lungs are not fed on bad
air. So the muscles will expand and
contract and develop and strengthen,
whether counted and classified or not;
but they and the whole system may
slacken or totally stop their action if
the stomach is supplied with unwhole-
some food. Let the study, therefore,
be directed at first to parts of the sys-
TEN under control, and afterward, if
there be time, to the parts not under
control. These latter may be studied
at leisure, for general information, as
we study comets and eclipses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
r,ore,xn NoteA

The governor Of Bohemia may be
replaced because he called Sthe Ger
mans aliens.
1t is probable that Mrs. Ogden Goelet
will entertain his royal highness, the
prince of Wales, on board the May
flower during the Riviera regattas.
The Berlin police have expelled a
number of anarchists and have made
many house searches In Berlin, Frank
fort, Mayence and Munich.
The London Field confirms the re-
port that Emperor William has pur-
chased Richard Suydam Palmer's steel
schooner yacht Yampa.
A German diplomat says that SOON
err or later the 100000 Germans in Az
gentina are going to sieze that nation
and make it a German colony and defy
the Monroe doctrine.
Toru Hoshi, minister from Japan,
fell into the hands of sharpers. In his
eagerness to defeat the annexation Of
the Hawaiian islands he became the
victim of bunco lobbyists, who worked
him for $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
/. Casualties.

Miss Celia Stern was fatally burned
in her bedroom at Philadelphia. The
bed clothes caught fire from a candle,
and when help arrived the room was in
flames.
Alfred Hockstetter was instantly
killed at Beaver Dam, Ohio, by Jacob
Somney, his brother-in law, while
quail-hunting. The men had become
separated in thicket, when the dog
flushed covey. Somney fired into
the covey, nearly the entire charge
taking effect in Hockstetter's heart.
Otto Lemke, aged twenty-five, and
his sister, a few years younger, We're
found dead in their beds at Toledo,
and in an adjoining room the father Of
the two children was found in dying
condition. Escaping coal gas from an
anthracite heating stove was the cause.
A heavy freigh train. drawn by two
locomotives crashed into a train Of
empty coal cars in the Vessburg tun-
mel on the Lehigh Valley railroad.
Both engines and about sixteen freight
cars were derailed, blocking the tun-
uel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

A French scientist, M. Liebault, has
probably had more experience and has
done more to establish the claims of
hypnotism than any modern physi-
clan. According to him, the dangers
of hypnotism are nonresident if it
be employed by fit and proper persons
who, whether to themselves or others,
suggest only what is in harmony with
the physiological functions of the or
ganism; otherwise the dangers are
obvious. In itself the induced sleep
like ordinary sleep, is a condition
which tends to the equilibrium of nerve
forces and of the organic movements
which those forces excite. The special
qualities required for the production
of the hypnotic sleep are self-confi-
dence, assurance of success and a per-
suasive manner on the part of hyp-
notizer; on the part of the subject, the
wish to be hypnotized, confidence in
the hypnotizer and free consent to the
imposition of his suggestion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

Chicago, Dec. 10.-A special to the
Record from Grand Forks, N. d., says:
At least six persons lost their lives III
the burning Of the Hotel DacOtah here:
The names of the dead could not be
learned except those of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ii. G. Howe. On the third floor were
two commercial travelling men who
are believed to have persisted, din
ing room girl and rCailroad man are
also missing. The register Is burned
and the number of dead cannot be
definitely fixed.
Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 10. - This
city was visited yesterday by the most
destructive fire in it's history. Three
persons are believed to have persisted
in the flames. \. g. Howe and wife
and Il Minneapolis railroad man, name
unknown. Tie loss is estimated Mt
close on to 100000. The fire was
first discovered about 4:3O yesterday
morning in the wholesale grocery Of
Nash Brr$., in the block on Third
street, containing also the Hotel Da-
cotah and the wholesale grocery OF the
Grand Forks Mercantile company.
The fire spread through the entire
block with great rapidity, and, despite
the utmost efforts of the fire DEPART
mcnt, which was terribly hindered by
the cold. and in Il very short time 1t
was seen t!.et all the b!,ldings were
doomed. In half an hour from lac
discovery Of the fire it had reached
the hotel. G tests had not escaped be-
fore the fire reached the building, and
the 'Woman in Black company es-
capped, as did all help in the hotel, by
a fire escape, ladder one foot Wide
running from the sixth floor to the
first The fire department rescned a
large number of persons. and hui TOR
timely assistance several persons
would have been burned. The night
clerk in the hotel turned in the fire
alarm and by the time !i.cy could be
awakened, half the people in the hotel
We're almost pu!;cd out of bed. and
then shown Tie only to escape, which
was by the iroi: ladder.
BY G:30 O'clock, two hours after the
discovery Of the fire, the Hotel Da-
cotab. Nash Bros wholesale grocery
and the Grand Forks Mercantile COM
pany's wholesale grocery were con-
sumel. and all the buildings on both
sides of Third street for two blocks
had suffered more or less loss. Plate
glass widows were wrecked, furnl-
t,lre from flats adjoining were strewn
in heaps in all parts of the street in an
understandable heap.
The blaze started in some uncX-
planned way on the third floor, which
is occupied by families. One sick man
was lowered liz his bed by ropes from
the top floor Of the structure. He is
almost certain to die. The hotel regis
ter shows 100 guests ami all but two
have been located, and these two
are believed to have been taken home
by friends. All the losers will seek
new locations at once, ar'l the whole
sale houses are already filling orders
through Twin City houses. This is the
sharpest blow by fire that Grand
Forks has ever suffered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALI
PARTS OF THE WORLD
Comprehensive Review Of the
Important Happenings Of the
Fast Week Culled From the Tel
cgraph Reports The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
Warrington TAX.

Clerks in the treasury department
over seventy years of age who receive
an annual salary of more than 5000 are
to be reduced to that amount This is
the order Of Secretary Cages
The sonata committee on public
lands has appointed Senators Carter,
Mcbride and McEnery as subcom-
mittee to draw up land land legisla-
ton for Alaska.
The president has sent to the senate
a large asst of nominations made dur
ing the recess. 1t includes seven for
eien ministers, eight consuls-general, a
large DHnher Of consuls, as we'll as
arm: a-:S navy promotions.
Secretary Long has recommended
to the house committee on naval af-
fairs that the REVISED statutes be
amended: q, as to remedy what the de-
partner: regards as an injustice in
checking sGe pay of naval officers
when detached from sea duty.
Senate: ceckics of California has in
troduced bill to amend that para
graph of the Rc:ised Statutes relating
to the appeal on habeas corpus OF cri-
minal cases to the supreme court 70
the United States. The object, is to
do away with numerous appeals by
attorneys of prisoners made with the
sole view Of gaining time.
Advocates Of restrictive immigration
are highly gratitied over the action OF
the senate in fixing Jan. II, for vote
on the Lodge bill. There seems to be
no doubt Of its passage by both
houses. 1t creates another prohibition
class of immigrants, these between the
ages OF 45 and so who cannot read or
write in some language.
The secretary of the treasury has de-
cided not to take an appeal to the
courts from the recent decision of the
board of general appraisers, in which
it was held that calf-skins, under the
new tariff act, should not be classified
as hides, but as skins. Under this rul-
ing. calf-skins will be admitted free Of
duty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
Test Cases.

Little Falls, Mimi, Dec. 19.-Three
saloonkecpers of this city have been
arrested at the instance of citizen on
the charge of selling liquor without
license. 1t has been customary, where
there was transfer of the business
for the new purchaser to continue sell
ing under the license taken out by the
former proprietor. 1t is understood to
be for the purpose of testing the val
idity of this custom that the arrests
were made. All the parties are bound
over to await the action Of the grand
jury and relp;.ci on bonds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

Maurice Despres, an electrical en-
gineer of Ccrdova, Spain, reports re-
markable shower of electrified rain
which he recently witnessed. The day
had been warm and MINDLESS, and
about S in the evening the sun was
overcast with dense clouds. lowering to
the horizon. Soon after dark there was
a flash of lightning, and two minutes
later great drops of rain fell, which
cracked family on touching the
ground. From each of them sparks
darted toward the walls, trees and soil
they fell upon. The phenomenon last
ed several seconds. and apparently
ceased when the air between cloud and
earth became saturated with moisture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
NOW FOR THE VERDICT.
Last Evidence Taken in the Prison
Investigation,

st. Paul, Fec. 1a. - The prison i'll
vestgation ciosed-so far as the tax
ing of testimony is concerned - in a
blaze of glory for the defense. The at
torney for the prosecution, II. l.. Pen
ncy. was given. by agreement, twenty
days in which to prepare, in writing, a
brief setting forth what he thinks are
the points established by the prosccu-
ton; the attorney for the defense.
Judge j. G. Nethaway. will be given
ten days after that in which to answer
the written argument of Mr.. Penney.
The commissioners will take these
briefs as basis for their work. and
will be ready for report to the gov
ernor probably within a month follow
ing. The finding Of the commission.
therefore, MAJ be looked for in about
two months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

1t is somewhat singular fact that
while the cities Of England are every
year getting larger measure of home
rule, the cities of America are actually
getting less of it. There is hardly a
city in the country whose local affairs
are not meddled with by the county or
the state government.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

Germany's foolish hostility to Eng
land, as voiced through her monarch,
naturally gives offense to Austrian and
Italian statesmen. and to that extent
weakens the tie between the three
nations. Thus far the net result of
the kaiser's freaks in his efforts to
isolate England has been the creation
of a distrust toward himself among
his friends which may, if his pranks
are persisted in, isolate Germany.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

If the statement by DR.. Briggs of the
New York health department that
lone person in seven in New York
plies OF consumption" is meant as APP
blying annually the suspicion that
hbout half of New York is dead seems
10 be officially confirmed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

A new use for onions has been dis
covered. Recently bloodhounds were
turned loose upon the trail of some
bank burglars in Indiana. The man
hunt, however, lasted only few min
utes. Suddenly the leading dog began
bowling dismally and refused to go
farther, and it was impossible to con-
tinue the chase. A prisoner now in jail
at Ligonier has turned states evidence
and given the police all the facts con-
corning the burglary and the subse-
quent escape of the men. He says the
bloodhounds were thrown off the scent
without any trouble by rubbing an
onion on the shoes worn by the
burglars. He says that no bloodhounds
can be induced to follow an onion
trail. Dogs are good deal like peo-
pie, after all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
To Irrisntc $4,000 Acrcs.

Big Timber, Mont. Dec. 10. The,
state arid land commission is trying To
get $1,000 for preliminary survey Of
lands along the Boulder river, with
the intention Of building n canal which
will cover some $4,000 acres of land.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
PARTICULAR HABITS OF EELs.
They Arc Most Choice in Their Die
Than Most Fish.

NIObC
Despite assertions to the contrary"
said an old fisherman, the other day,
'an eel is the cleanest fish that swims.
Some persons have an idea that cells
feed upon the bodies of persons who
have been drowned and upon other
refuse.
"Such is not the case, however. l
have made study Of cells all my life.
I have watched them in all kinds of
water. They are more particular
about their food than a trout. It's
only the incest sort of bait that will
bring an eel to a hook unless he hap
pens to be very hungry"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
School Ifnrnosl

Hutchinson, Mimi, Dee. TO- - The
public school building caught fire this
morning from the furnace and spread
over the whole building through thu.
fumes. The building was n COM
plctc wreck. No lives lost.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
SlNvin Ii Acquitted.

Henderson, Mimi, Dec. 10. - The
jury has returned verdict of not
guilty in the case Of Slavin, indicted
on Il charge of manslaughtcr in tho.
first degree. Pierce Butler of ST. Paul
defended Slavin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23

The college boy VINO wins the prize
or who graduates with the highest
honors, is not in it today with the boy
who kicks a goal from tire field Or
gets around the end FOR a touchdown.
The brilliant student remains in OBJ
scurity. The husky hero of the grid
iron sees his picture in the papers, and
reads with avidity column after col
umn of fulsome rot about his feats on
the football field. But the student
still has an advantage over the ath-
lete. In his maturer years he is much
more likely to see his portrait among
the list of those who have achieved
greatness in the great battle OF life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
Enough Said.

Brooklyn Life: Old Gentleman (dictat-
ing indignant letter)-sir-My stenog-
rapher being lady can not take down
what ! think Of you. being a gentle
man, can not think it. but you, being
neither, can easily guess my thoughts.