The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-21
STORIES OF THE COURTS
Mrs. Miles Freed From Her Husband

Mrs. Miles Freed From Her Husband
Judge Otis in the district court yes
terday heard and granted the applica-
ton of Mrs Edith Emerson Miles for a
divorce from Clarence S. Miles, whom
she married in 1899 at Fall Creek, Wis.
The plaintiff is twenty-one, the defend
| ant tWenty-seve Mrs. Miles told the
| court that Immediately after their mar
riage her husband brought her to Henly
Falls, Mimi, where he deserted her two
weeks later, taking with him her watch
and wedding ring. He also tried, but
in vain to get possession of her mar
riage certificate. She had supnorted
herself by work in st. Paul since his
disappearance.
Many Suits Against the Citv Railway
Six personal injury suits against the
ST. Paul City Railway company are
on the trial calendar of the district
court, and will be called for hearing
within few days. The names of the
plaintiffs, with the amounts demanded
as damages are as follows: William
Apgar, $4,000; Lydia Apgar, $4,000;
Nellie e. Jones, $4,000; Harry Jones,
| $500; Nellie Feehan, $4,000; Matilda
Smith, $500.
Findings for the City-Judge Kelly
| yesterday tried the court case of M.
e. Ludwigsen against the city, in which
the plaintiff sought to recover $3.50 as
! his wages for the months of July and
August, 1897, as a 4janitor at the Mon
roe school. I. His contract closed June 80
| of that year, but as he continued to
work about the school during the sum-
| mer he brought suit for two months
additional salary. After hearing the
| testimony the court directed findings
| for the defendant
! Bankrupts Discharoed-Judge Lochren
in the United States district court yes
! terday discharged from bankruptcy
Frank G. Telander, Samuel bearing,
| Peter Kordell, Frank M Brink and
| Samuel Wood, of st. Paul, and George
Hendry, of Claremont, Dodge county.
Insurance Suit on TriaI-Judge Bum
and jury spent yesterday in hearing
! the plaintiffs witnesses in the case of
Jacob Harris against the Western AS
! surance Comnany of Toronto, Can. The
action was brought to recover $701.65
| alleged loss on the plaintiffs stock of
merchandise resulting from the fire of
June 9, 1902.
Two Seek Divorce-Bertha E. Oliver
was sixteen years Of age when she and
I Charles Oliver were married at Pres
! ton, Wis, in 1897, and since that time
she has borne him two children, the
youngest of which is scarcely one year
old. In suit for divorce filed by her
yesterday in the district court, she says
his treatment since that period has ex-
tended to extreme cruelty, her husband
even beating and choking her He is
now in Illinois railroading. and she
asks for legal separation and the
| custody of the two children.
Though married since 1881, and the
mother of two grown children, Clarinda
/ Belleau says her husband, Frank Bel
/. leau, will no longer contribute to her
| support, having deserted her in 1897
She is thirty-five and he fifty-one
years of age, and she asks the court
for a divorce. They were married in
| Canada.
His Request Is SmalI-E. J. Powers
has brought suit in the district court
against the Continental Casualty COM
pany for failure to pay a claim. He
was injured in a slight accident, and
when he presented his claim he says
no attention was given it. He asks
judgment for $170.
Register today! You have only one
other chance, Saturday, and you may
forget it then.