The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-24

PAYS $4,000 State Taxes-Ramsey
county paid into the state treasury yes
terday $47,326.2e as the states share OF
the tax collections from Nov. to March l.
Improvement Association Meeting - A
meeting of the North Side improvement
association will be held Friday evening at
St. Bernard's hall, Albemarle and Rose
streets.
Grand Exalted Ruler Coning--Grand
Exalted Ruler Joseph T. Tanning will
make an official visit to the st. Paul
Lodge of Elks Thursday evening. All Elks
are invited.
Flremen's Pay Roll Is Passed-At the
meeting of the board of fire commission
ers last evening the monthly pay roll was
passed, amounting to $14,9O7 SO, and pllis
totaling S949.51 were allowed.
viii Attend Comrades FuneraI-Mem-
bers of Acker post, G. A. R., will attend
the funeral services for Comrade Gilbert
Peck, to be held at the family residence,
S65 York street, at 2:30 this afternoon.
Severely Hurt by FaIi Down Stairs
Thomas F. Tierney, of 224 Midway ave-
nue., fell down stairs at Tierney & Co.'S
commission store 26 East Third street
late yesterday afternoon and was severe
" injured. He was taken to st. Joseph
hospital.
Twenty. three Counties Delinquent
Sixty of the counties of the state have
now made their March settlement with
the state auditor on account of tax col
lections from Nov. to March 1. Ac-
-eording to law the limit of time for this
settlement is March 20, and twenty three
of the counties are still delinquent.
Frozen Pipes Thaw-Some of the service
pipes of the water department frozen
during the recent cold weather have sur
prised the department officials by thaWng
out Several instances have been re-
ported of the pipes thawing where. the
ground is frozen some inches below where
the pipes run.
Kills Infected Horses-Dr. S. H. Ward,
executive agent of the state live stock
sanitary board returned yesterday from
a trip to Clearwater county, where he
killed six horses for CHAMBERS. The ami
mails were all found in one lumber camp,
and so far as could be learned the
disease had not spread beyond that one
place.
Surrenders a Prisoner-Willian 8. Rey-
mold, chief of police of Colorado Springs,
Col, arrived yesterday with a requisition
upon the governor for custody of Win
field S. Hughes, who is wanted for trial
at Ell Paso, Col, on the charge that he
enbezzled. $4,000. The requisition was
honoBed and Hughes, was turned over to
the officer. Hughes was arrested in this
city.
Give Property Owners One More Chance
The board of public works will tomor-
rri1- o,tx 10 he
taken for the Mississippi river boulevard
one more opportunity to- agree upon a
price for the land to be condemned for the
purpose. If the owners fail to come uI
with definite proposition the board will
recommend that the project be abandoned
Is Now RecoVering-F W. Bergmeier
of the Yollls-Zeitung who. underwent ar
operation at ST. Lukes hospital last
Monday, was so far advanced toward re.
covery yesterday that his physicians loeA
for an early and complete return tt
health. Mr.. Berg1neier has been a suf-
ferer for two years from the result of ar
accident in which he sustained an inter-
nal injury.
Family Has Hard Luete-Johm Staple
son. a brakeman on the Northern Pa
cific. is at st. Joseph's hospital having
his arm amputated, which was. crushed
in an accident at Hinckley several days
ago. His father, John Stapleton, is al
st. Luke's suffering from appendicitis
Another son, George, is at the city hos
pital, having been taken there Tuesday
suffering from poison. The. mother dice
some months ago as the result of being
burned
Dies From His Injuries-Chris Sieber
sixty nine years old, died last night a.
the city hospital from the effects of burns
received early in the morning of the 12tI
of this month at his rooms at North St
Paul In some manner he upset lamI
in his room, the burning oil set fire tt
his clothing, and he: was badly burned
AT that time it was thought that his in.
juries would not prove fatal but he coulG
not survive the shock He was unmar.
ried.
Tries to Drown His Sorrow-Jame
Finnigan, whose age is sixty-six, cam,
from New York forty years ago and fel
In love with a maiden who rejected him
He then became a recluse and went int,
the woods in the northern part of tn,
state. Tuesday he heard that she wa
dead, and to drown his sorrow he started
for st. Paul and got himself drunk Be
fore morning he was arrested. He toll
his story to the court yesterday and wa
released.