The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-24

verely In his bout with the prisoner.
Said Wood Was One of Them-Chas.
Wood, who was arrested Wednesday
night on Eighth street by officer Bathke
for vagraney. was yesterday identified
by Frank A. Swanstrom as one Of two
men who held him up earlier in the even
ing and escaped with So and a god
watch.
Fell From a Pile of Posts = Gust
Carlson, residing at 622 jerks street. and
who has been employed by a lumber
company at Cardigan, Minn..was brought
to the city hospital yesterday suffering
from severe sprains and bruises as re-
suit of fall from pile Of cedar posts.
The accident occurred Thursday
Traded Coats With Him-Peter Han
son, porter employed by Schuneman &
Evans, yesterday reported to the police
that when he went to work yesterday he
had hung his coat up In the basement,
and when he went again to the spot he
found the coat had disappeared and an
old, tattered garment left in its place.
Thinks They Were Incendiary-J.
B. Covington, who owns the barn-at 80
West Tenth street. near that of the
Oriental laundry, both of which were
damaged by fire Thursday, says that
both were no doubt purposely set by
some one, instead Of the fire starting
from cigar stump, as was intimated.
Petitions in BanIxruptcy-Otto Mar
elk, an upholsterer, yesterday filed a petit
ton in voluntary bankruptcy in the fed
eral court The liabilities are given at
81, 170.7g with no assets not exempt. A
petition was also filed by Edwin Foot,
a produce dealer of Red Wing, who dis
closes liabilities aggregating $64, 24O.29 and
$50, 109 10 in assets.
Census Office Located-Edward Yam
ish, supervisor of the census for this
district, will open offices on the fourth
floor of the Pioneer Press building the
first Of the week. Mr.. Vanish finds this
step necessary, as his private offices are
Inadequate to accommodate the business
which comes to him In his official ca
pacity.
Acker Post ToniGht-Acker Post No.
q, G. A. R., will have regular meeting
at post hall at o'clock this evening
This Is the last meeting before the state
encampment in Minneapolis Tuesday and
Wednesday. Also preliminary arrange
ments will be made to secure the at
tendance of the post In body at the
national encampment to be held in Chi
cago.
Figuring on Sprinkling-The board
of public works had under consideration
yesterday the specifications for street
sprinkling. On the suggestion of the
corporation attorney the specifications
this year will provide for the sprinkling
of boulevards in a separate contract from
the street sprinkling and the property in
front of which are boulevards will have
special assessment levied for the work.
The specifications were sent back to the
city engineer for several minor changes,
and will be approved by the board at the
meeting Monday afternoon.
No Cash for City Laborers-The pay
roll of the street and sewer force for the
two weeks ending Feb. 10 has been au-
dited by the comptroller and passed by
the assembly. Owing to the failure of
the board Of aldermen to hold meeting
Tuesday night the employees of the street
and sewer force will not be paid on the
regular pay day, next Monday 1t was
expected that a special meeting of the
aldermen would be called, but up to last
night no action had been taken looking
to a Meeting