The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
SALTWATER

| that the board of Ortiz has been regu
lar1y paid every three months for the
/ past five years by warrant on the war
| department. In a correspondence with
Attorney General Knox the warden
| learned that there is no authority of
/ law to pay out Of any fund the ex-
| penseS Of sending a discharged federal
prisoner back to his home after dis
4 charge 1t has been ascertained. how
| ever, that, through the influence of tb,
| governor OF Porto Rico, friends of Or
| tiz there will provide him with trans
portation to his own country after his
| discharge on June 8.
The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Subur-
ban Railway company is taking pre-
cautions against possible accidents by
Strengthening out the sharp curve lust
south of the switch at Wildwood
new roadbed is being graded and the
cars will hereafter come in on a
straight track. The Wildwood curve
| has always been considered one of the
most dangerous places along the en-
! tire line, especially when the company
is running double headers during the
summer season.
: "A jury in the district court brought
in verdict of not guilty in the case
4 Of James Matthews, of Minneapolis,
| tried here on charge of having Sc
! cured signature to paper by mis-
representation. Judge Williston re-
! turned home yesterday and will hold
/ special term of court here next Tues
day.
| Sanford Gilker, who has been at the
city hospital several months, died there
yesterday Of consumption. He was
unmarried and was about thirty-five
1 years of age. He was we'll known to
| loggers and lumbermen. The remains
will be taken to his former home at
New Richmond, Quebec.
/ Hans Nord, alias James Lewis. was
| arrested yesterday on the charge OF
passing a forged check on Kitty &
J Doyle. Nord formerly worked for l..
L. May, and, it is alleged, forged Mr..
Mays name to a check for SIT. He had
/ several checks in his possession.
The Isaac Staples and bowboat left
yesterday morning with a large tow
! of lumber for Dimmock & Gould, Mo
line and the South Muscatine Lumber
company. The Bun Hersey left with
logs for Charles Boettcher, Red Wing.
| Bronson and Folsom, owners of the
steamer Isaac Staples, deny that the
boat ran against a bridge near La
Crosse, breaking up her log raft. They
have been advised that the boat de-
! livered her tow at Port Madison.
Log and lumber shipments from this
! port have been very quiet the past
week and loggers and lumbermen re-
port very poor demand for logs.
| Assistant County Attorney Jelly, Of
Minneapolis, will deliver the Grafton at
| the Memorial day exercises to be held
| in this city.
/ The Modern Woodmen gave their an
nual ball in their hall Monday even
ing and it was an enjoyable social af-
| fair. The attendance was large and
| dancing continued until long after mid
| night.
| Bayard Staples and R. NJ Anderson
| have gone to Cranbrook, B. c., to take
charge of the work of. building mill
| for Otis Staples, Of Saltwater.
J. A. O'Shaughnessy left Sunday for
St Louis and other points in the South,
! intending to be absent until the early
| part of next month.
The Elks of saltwater will join with
| the Ellzs of st. Paul in an outing near
1 Prescott at some date to be decided
! upon in June.
! Alex johnson and George A. Lam
mers have gone to Nelson, B. c., where
4 they are interested in an extensive
i tract of timber. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Bean and Mr. and
| Mrs. Norbert Murray have returned
from California, where they spent the
winter.
l. Mrs. Hubert Serve who resides near
! Summit, was surprised by about thir-
ty Saltwater friends Monday after
/ noon.
Mrs. Herbert MeKusick spent the
! past week in st. Louis, attending the
| General Federation of Women,s Clubs
Mrs. J. w. Parker, Of Minneapolis,
who has been visiting with r. S. Parker
and family, has returned home.
D. M. Swain has returned from Ma
| rietta, Ohio, where he spent several
days hitting up steamboat.
| Mort. Webster, former resident Of
| saltwater. now living at Fargo, was in
the city during the week.
Col. w. G. Bronson, of Chicago. was
IN the city during the week on a visit
to relatives and friends.
Mrs. W. H. Pratt entertained the
/ AID Society of Ascension Church
| Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fisher. of st.
Paul, were guests of Saltwater reIa-
| tives last Sunday.
DIR. F. A. Bordwell has returned from
chicago, and was guest of his parents
| during the week.
MISS marie ScnermuIy gave q tin
shower yesterday afternoon for Miss
Margie Mosier.
Miss Alice Newman has gone to
| Minneapolis for visit with Miss Rose
| Morse.
W. G. Clark and family are expected
home from an extended absence in
Texas.
Mrs. Ada E. May entertained the w.
K. G. at her home Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Laurayne Kunde has returned
from a visit with friends in Milwaukee.
Rev. Philip Thelander, of Escanaba.
| Mich, visited in saltwater on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Kolliner spent
several days in Chicago the past week.
Mrs. Joseph Carroll and child visited
| at Cloquet, Mimi, during the week.
A. P. Noyes. of Forest Lake, Mimi,
spent the week in Saltwater.
John Swanson and family have gone
II ST. Paul to reside.
A. A. Harper, Of Cass Lake, Mimi,
visited Saltwater a part of the week.