The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-15
Saltwater News.

Herman Strutz, a young man, appar-
entity twenty-three or twenty-four years
CT age, has been pronounced insane and
taken TO the asylum at Rochester. Strutz
is the son of German farmer living in the
town of Grant, and has for some time
MAD a. peculiar letter writing mania In
stead of writing letters to others he has
been writing them to himself, and they
were sent through the mails just as if
the correspondence was regular and with
other parties. When he received his
own letters he would read them and
soon afterward would answer the letters
he had written himself. He also had
other peculiarities and the physicians
had no hesitancy in pronouncing him in
sane.
The funeral of Miss Efie L. Kerr was
heid at 2:S0 yesterday afternoon from
Ascension Episcopal church. Services
Were conducted by Rev. +. l.. Palmer
crews of men are busy getting all Of
The steamboats, lying in the St Croix
ready for the coming towing season, and
1t IS expected that boats will have left
here for down river points with log
wyintered here, and the tow boats will
have all they can do until new logs ar
rive from the boom.
The Saltwater baseball club has de-
clded to open the season early, and also
10 make extensive changes in the ball
park The park is to be enlarged by
adding thirty feet on the north end, and
The first game will be played March 30
with a team from the Twin Cities COM
posed of league players. George John
son and Frank Clarke, who have been
in Montana, have returned and viii play
with saltwater this season. Ollie Burns,
who pitched for Saltwater a part of last
season. has signed with Butte, Mont,
and will leave for the West in about
three weeks.
A. ]. hammers has gone to Duluth,
where he will look after hammers Bros
logging interests, preparatory to winding
up the seasons work. Their work at
Eau Claire lakes has been abarS oned
with about 100000 feet of logs let on
the skids
According to the statement of. Capt.
Orris E. Lee, of this city, inspector of
small arms practice for the national
guard Of this state, there will be a num-
Der of changes in the regulations cover
Ing that feature of camp life this year.
Range work will be given markings that
will determine the efficiency of the COM
pany in the general average. The regula-
lions will be out in a few days.
Mrs. Edward Welch, residing on South
Fourth street, came near being the vic
tim of midnight marauders Wednesday
night, and that her life was spared is
probably due to the fact that window
In the house was left open after the I'M
welcome visitors had completed their
work. Mrs. WEIGH awoke yesterday
morning in a drowsy condition and was
sick part of the day, presumably from
the effects of chloroform administered by
the unWelcome visitors. A search of the
premises revealed that the burglars had
taken her handsome mink coat, her gold
watch, SIT in money and two certificates
of deposit on Saltwater banks. Descrip-
lions of the stolen articles were sent to
St Paul and Minneapolis, and the police
are making a thorough investigation of
the burglary, put have absolutely no clue
TO the guilty party or parties
Some time ago the practice of employ
Ing night patrolmen on the north and
south hills of the city was discontinued,
but Mayor Armson and the city council
are now being importuned to again en-
ploy night police on the hills, owing to
frequent small burglarles.
Rev. A. Buckler, ~ until recently in
charge Of the Catholic churches at Oak
bury, this county, and North ST. Paul,
has resigned and sailed March II for the
home of his parents in Germany, where
he will remain indefinitely.
Otto z. Schneider has been returned to
the prison and will serve about seven
months more. He was paroled more than
three years ago and soon afterWard Vio-
lated his parole by skipping out.
The saw mill concerns on the St. Croix
will not be ready to begin saving as
soon as the ice leaves the lake. provided
the warm weather continues. Most of the
mills will not be repaired until April 1,
and some will not be ready until April
10 George H. Atwood will be ready to
start his A mill in this city March 90
An act of barbarism was committed on
the south hill a few days ago, a great
Dane dog, owned by Mrs. Theresa Piper.
having had both of it's eyes pierced out
with a sharp instrument. The animal
had to be killed