The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-28
NEWS OF THE CITY

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White Wings on Deck Today-Asphalt
street sweepers have been ordered to re-
port for duty today, and the first flushing
will be done Friday morning.
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Porten Valves ExamInation-Joseph
Porten, under arrest for passing a worth
less check for $4740 at Habighorst's dry
goods store, yesterday waived eXamlna-
tion and was held to the grand jury.
Growers Pay City $42o Rent-The Grow
erS' association paid into the city treas
uTy S420, the amount agreed upon as
rental for the market sheds to be used
by the members of the organization.
Two Men Taken to Smallpox Hospital
NJ J. Claussen, thirty five years OF age,
living in South st. Paul, and ID. M.
Moore. 139 Granite street, were yesterday
taken to the detention hospital suffering
from smallpox.
Funeral Of Charles Fortmeyer-The flu
neral of Charles FOrtmeyer, resident
of the city for thirty years, will be held
this afternoon from the Union Lutheran
church. He died of Bright's disease at
the age of siXty-six years.
Concert at Central Park church-The
University of Minnesota band, under the
direction of B. A Rose, will give a con-
cert at the Central Park NJ. +. church
this evening for the benefit of the Ep-
worth league of that church.
Frank Fairchild Dead-Frank Fairchild.
formerly clerk of the municipal court in
this city is dead at Rochester, Mimi. He
was nephew Of H. S. Fairchild, the real
estate dealer who ran for the Republican
nomination for mayor this spring
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Contract to Build Theater is Let-The
contract for the erection of the Criterion
theater. Ninth and Robert streets, has
been let to E. P Mcclure, of Chicago.
The theater will seat 1900 people and will
cost in the neighborhood of $150,O0O.
Alleged Blind Pig Keeper to Be Tried
Today-The case of c. A Monchow, al
legged blind pig keeper is set for trial be-
fore a jury in police court today. This
will be the first hearing as a result Of
the recent raid in the Midway district.
Boy Arrested for Picking Up Coal
Carl Norlin, fifteen years old, $50 Fau-
euler street, was arrested yesterday while
picking up fuel along the Omaha track in
East st. Paul He admitted the fault and
was put in charge of the probation officer.
The Church In America-Rev. Charles
Scadding rector of Emanuel Episcopal
church, La Grange, ILL.,, will lecture at 8
o'clock tonight at St. Johns church,
Portland avenue and Kent street. upon
The Church in America" He will use
as Illustrations 200 coIored stereopticon
views.
Prairie Fire Checked In Time-Gen. c.
c. Andrews, chief fire warden, was mott
fed yesterday of a prairie fire which oc-
CURED Monday on the line Of the Eastern
Minnesota west of CIoquet A. Beaupre,
the warden of the district, reported that
had not the fire been checked, damage
amounting to $4,000 would have been
caused.
Boys Accused of Stealing oats-Felix
ZchizeWOsky and Tony Lichincky, boys
are in the county jail charged with steal
ing oats from a barn at SAB Ashland ave-
nue.. The same boys were before the
court a few days ago for taking lead pipe
from a dwelling, and will now be tried
with the object of sending them to the
training school.
Pass Resolutions of CondoIence-A spe-
cial meeting of the board of park COM
missioners was held yesterday, at which
time resolutions of coincidence were
passed relative to the death Of John H
Allen. who was a member of the board
Commissioners Aberle, Earl and Hamm
were in attendance.
ChiIdren's Home Society Holds Annual
Today-The annual meeting of the Chill
dren's Home Society Of Minnesota will
be held this afternoon at the Jean Martin
Brown Receiving home, at ST. Anthony
Park. More than $50 homeless children
have been cared for by this society dur
irg the past year.
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Son Defends Mother-James Grelish, q
young man. cOntended when brought into
police court yesterday charged with hav-
ing assaulted his father, that he merely
used sufficient force to prevent the father
from asSaulting Mrs. Grelish. Judge
Hine held that the affair was a family
squabble and required young Grelish tt
sign bond to keep the peace.