The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-23

OFFICE 20 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

The grand lodge of the Sons of Hermann
concluded its session in st. Cloud Thursday.
The next melting of the grand lodge Will be
held in Minneapolis January, 1888
The condition Of Prof. w. w. Riddle was
reported last evening as unchanged. He lies
in a very critical condition, and little hope
is entertained of his recovery.
Charles Hansen, the man who was
fenced to twelve years in the state peniten-
tiaTy for robbing julius BOnieke, the North
Dakota farmer, will be taken to saltwater
today
Christ Purcell was arrested on a warrant
yesterday by officers Golf and Russell. Pur-
cell is charged with having committed
sault and battery upon G. c. Kratochwill
Jan. II. He was locked up at the central
station.
Frederick Warde. one of the most profound
admirers and students of Shakespeare. as
well one of the foremost opponents of his
characters, will begin a brief season at the
Metropolitan next Sunday evening, which will
terminate with Tuesday nights performance.
Patrick Cronin. a pioneer resident Of the
East side, died Thursday at his home, 314
Thirteenth avenue northeast The funeral
will take place at $50 o'clock this morning,
and services will be held at st. Anthony
church. 1t is expected that many members
Of the A o. II. will attend.
1t is reported that Jacob Stoft who was
elected to fill the vacancy on the park board
caused by the resignation of Commissioner
Ridgway, will not accept the honor. He has
served six years, and thinks that some other
public-spirited cislZen be found to as
sumo the duties and responsibilities.
Frank Longstreet wanted at West Superior
for the alleged theft of horse and cutter,
was arrested yesterday noon by Deputy
Sheriff Tice and John Hoy. At the time of
the theft woman and another man are al
legged to have been with LongStreet, and the
police expect to capture them before long.
The first play to deal with the rebellion
in Cuba is The Last Stroke" which comes
to the BijOu next week. 1t is a play of un-
usual strength, and it has been character
istically mounted by Jacob Lift, who is a
most liberal manager in this respect. 1t will
be presented by an excellent company, headed
by that able actor Frederick De Bellville
petition has beer filed in the district
court, upon which an order has been based
requiring Jacob Arnold and Mary E. Lasher
partners as Arnold & Co.. to appear before
the court and disclose what was done with
their property prior to their assignment. The
petition claims that the defendants received
$3.50 in a deal just prior to the assignment
which they never accounted for.
There was a very heavy vote cast by the
members of the chamber Of commerce yes
terday on the proposition to divide the sur
plus fund. The count Of the vote was not
begun until after o'clock. The amount of
the surplus is a little over $25 000 and as
there are 500 members of the chamber, the
division would result in a distribution of
only about $50 apiece. The proposition was
defeated by a vote of 1876 to ITO.
Michael W. Nash has petitioned the dis
trlct court for an order vacating the attach
ments against his property in the action of
w. c. Baxter against the directors of the
Irish-American bank. The petition is found
winch Is that the affidavit upon which the
attachment was issued was false and that
there no fraud in the transaction nv
which the debt was incurred.