The Irish standard., 1905-07-15
FROM THE CAPITAL.

FROM THE CAPITAL.
Ihe st. Paul branch of the National
Association of Letter Carriers, meet
ing in Federation hall, last Saturday
night, elected delegates to the nation
al convention of the association, to be
held in Portland, Ore, early in Sep
tember, e. ]. McManus and Arthur
Taylor were elected delegates and NJ.
S. Lawless and j. P. Maley alternates.
Judge Orr has decided the case of
James E. Dore against Christina
Hames, for the defendant. On August
l, 1882, the defendant bought lot 8,
block Z, Terry's addition, and month
thereafter took possession and en-
closed her property with a fence. By
an error she did not place the fence
on the line, but over on lot 10, ad-
joining on the west, and so took part
of that lot. The court finds that she
is now the owner of that part of lot
10, which she fenced in with her own
lot, by reason of her open and adverse
possession for the statutory time
The rumors that North Dakota crops
have sustained serious damage from
excessive rains are denied by M. j.
Costello, general industrial agent OF
the Great Northern road. "These sto.
ries," Mr.. Costello says, "are only
spectators yarns. The damage to a
few fields on low ground is nothing
compared with the benefit that the rain
has been to higher fields. No one
should worry about the North Dakota
crop. There'll be first-rate yield OF
wheat up there; good crop of rye,
90, AMI of flax"
Martin J. Churchill, foreman of the
government stables at the army build
ing, suffered stroke of paralysis
Monday morning at his home on Banfil
street, rendering him helpless and
speechless. Mr.. Churchill was first
employed by General Terry as corral
master at Fort Smelling in 1869, when
General Terry was commanding the
depa. tmant of Dakota, and has been
continuously employed by the war de-
partment here since that period.
The cities Of the state will material
ly aid in bringing the state census
population to satisfactory figure
Figures compiled by the state census
bureau credit % of the small cities of
the state with net gain of 26 per
cent in population over the census
of 1900. Ten cities, in which are in
cluded Moorhead, Fergus Falls and
Red Wing were credited with a popu.
lation of 37,673 in 1900 The count
this time gives them total of 49,536,
a gain of 80 per cent. Fourteen other
small cities, which included Pipestone,
Glenwood and Mortified, show a gain
of 19 per cent.
The disease of cerebro spinal men,
ingitis, which has been raging among
the children of New York city, claimed
a victim in st. Paul Tuesday. Miriam
Porter, 15-year-old school girl, daugh-
ter of Charles Porter, S75 Clark street,
died after an eight weeks illness, dur
ing which every remedy known to the
physicians was tried to stop the prog
ress of the disease. The physician;
have watched the case closely, apply
ing many of the remedies which have
been used in New York city, but it
was impossible to saev the child 1t is
believed that no other cases will dc.
velop.
Thomas F. Boyle, South St. Paul,
aged rs years, was drowned Monday
afternoon in the Mississippi, near
Spring Lake. He was swimming with
half dozen companions at the time.
In some way he lost control of himself
when out of his depth and sank to
the bottom before his friends could
save him. His body was recovered in
10 feet of water. Boyle was unmar-
ried and lived at the home of Patrick
Lawler, South st. Paul. His parents
and family live at jamestown, N. D..
He was employed by the Reaf Com
mission company.
Martin E. O'Brien, steamftter, liv.
ing at 4S West Seventh street, walked
behind one car at Seventh and Walnut
streets last Tuesday night, and was
struck by another from the opposite
; direction. He received fractured an
llle. He was taken home by Patrol
man Doty and DR.. Charles Ball was
called to attend him.
Everything is in readiness for the
execution of Edward Gottschalk in the
Ramsey county Jail on August S. The
hour of the execution was set Tuesday
/ by Sheriff Miesen as between the
! hours of ] and in the morning. The
| rope has been purchased and is now
! in readiness for the morning of the
! execution. The gallows have been