The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-14
NEWS OF THE CITY

Mcconnell to Address a Dairy Meeting
w W. P Mcconnell, state dairy and food
commissioner will go to Hutchinson
Thursday to address a dairy meeting.
Prohibitionists' Convention Postponed
The date Of the annual state convention
and oratOrical contest of the Intercol-
leegiate Prohibition Association of Mime
sofa has been postponed to Friday, April
%.
Rev. Dr. II. &. Jacobs viii Preach
Rev. Dr. Henry +. Jacobs a prominent
Lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia. will
preach tonight at the Memorial English
Lutheran church, West Sixth street, near
X Exchange street
{ Engineer Drowned In Chicago Drainage
Canai-JameS Costello aged forty-fye
years, formerly living at Fairchild avenue
and South Robert street, was drowned
Tuesday by accidentally falling into the
Chicago drainage canal Costello was
s Chicago Great Western engineer.
s Wine Company Organizes in Mime
s apolis-Articles of Incorporation of the
i Columbia Wine Company of Minneapolis
were filed with the secretary of state
+ yesterday. The capital stock of the COM
pany is to be $50 600. The incorporators
are S. Kahn. A. c. Kuhfeld, F. J. Geist,
all of Minneapolis.
Files Petition in Bankruptcy-Fran
S. DOwlan. 422 Jackson street, yesterday
filed A petition in bankruptcy. Secured
claims. consisting of debts owing by John
DOwlan &, Co, of which Francis was a
member are given as $1SS15. OF. Personal
effects valued at SIS are claimed as ex-
empt
Settle Damage Suit Against Railroad
r-.lp1lr Nr,,-1p ii1 n YT.ipT
who began action some time ago against
the Northern Pacific road, demanding
$4,000 damages for injuries received in
wreck near HinCkIey last summer. have
settled their claims out of court and the
cases have been dismissed.
Child Labor Not Popular In Minnesota
The state labor bureau is at work com
piling statistics gathered in a recent gen.
eTal inspection of the factories of the
state. One feature of the report will be
on child labor, and it will show that only
two states in the Union have a smaller
percentage of child labor than Mime
sofa.
University Band Plays Tonight-The
Minnesota State University band will give
a concert at the Central Park NJ. E.
church. corner Twelfth and Minnesota
streets, this evening. assisted by Miss AL
berta Fischer, the favOrite soprano s0lOist
of Minneapolis. The band contains forty
two pieces. and has just returned from
trip through the state, where 1t played
to crowded houses every night.
VIII Adopt Baby NeIson-Samuel Brown
and wife. of this city, have filed a petit
ton in the district court for permission
to adopt Baby" Nelson, whose age is
three years and whose mother is but
nineteen years of age, and in consequence
Of poor health unable to properly provide
for her child. The petitioners desire that
the Child's name shall be Dorothy Brown.
Well Diggers Have Narrow Escape
Three wOrkmen digging we'll at st.
Joseph's orphan asylum, Randolph street,
narrowly escaped drowning yesterday
morning, when water which they struck
gushed UP and rapidly filled the shaft.
Abandoning their tools they succeeded in
reaching the surface of the ground by
means of a ladder though one of the men
was partly submerged before he extri-
Gated himself.
Ninth Warders Organize Improvement
Association-The North End Improvement
association of the Ninth ward, just or
ganized, will meet Monday evening at 9S2
Cortland avenue. The officers of the as
ISOLATION are: James Fenstermaker, pres
ident; J. z. Kjellberg, vice president;
Frank Tipping, treasurer, and James
Christensen, secretary. The object of
the association is to secure improve
ments for the north end of the Ninth
ward
Washburn After the Miller Moth-F. L.
Washburn, state entomologist has pre-
pared special report on the Mediter-
Tanean flour moth. which has caused
serious trouble in Minnesota mills recent
y. The insect frequently completely
stops the machinery of a -four mill, and
IS eXterminated with difficulty Prof
Nashburn suggests several methods for
Riding mill of the pests. Freezing and
Spraying with bisulphide of carbon are
recommended. and millers are advised to
keep poultry to feed uDOn the worm