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NEWS OF THE CITYMunicipal Court Takes in $2,604 —Municipal court receipts during June

amounted to $2,604, of which $2,499 wascollected in fines.

Will Make Cheese at Wadena— TheBlue Grass Cheese Factory of Waden,afiled articles of incorporation yester-day. The authorized capital stock ofthe company is $1,000.

Accused of Illegal "Smoking"—War-rants charging a violation of the smokenuisance ordinance were issued yes-terday against H. W. Costello, a GreatWestern fireman, and F. G. Ratlee, anOmaha fireman.

Did Not Appear Against Him—Mag-gie White, the woman whom Al Reed,colored, was alleged to have attackedwith a razor, failed to appear in thepolice court yesterday, and the caseagainst Reed was dismissed.

Insurance Company Sues Agents—Moriarty & Garlough have been sued for$338.69 by the A- ?hor Fire Insurancei-ompany, plaintiffs, alleging that theamount is due from the defendants as» gents.

Over 50,000 Patronize Public Baths—The June report for the Harriet islandpublic baths shows that 58,737 personspatronized the baths during the month,of which 50,667 were males and 8,070females. The receipts from all sourceswere $2,637.

Accused of Making Trouble on Car—George Williair.s, E. G. Summers andWilliam Kgan, accused of having caus-ed a disturbance on an East Seventhstreet tar, were arraigned before JudgeHine in the police court yesterday andheld for trial today.

Thresher Company Held Blameless—A verdict for the defendants wasyesterday ordered by Judge Morris inthe United States cr irt in the $8,000damage case of Charles O. Johnsonagainst the Northwestern Threshercompany, of Stillwater. Johnson lostan eye while operating an emerywheel.

Pay City Employes Today—For thefirst time in some years the city em-ployes will today have a Saturday payday, the policemen, teachers, firemenand other employes being given theirmoney before the Fourth. Both sidesof the city council met yesterday aft-\u2666•l noon and passed the pay roll to makethis possible.

Capt. Parmerter on Leave of Ab-sence — Capt. Almon L. \u25a0 Parmerter,quartermaster of the Twenty-first in-fantry. Fort Snelling, left for NewYork yesterday, on a two-months' leaveof absence. His duties at the fort, un-til he returns, win be -performed bySecond Lieutenant A. J. Lindsay, quar-termaster of the Second battalion ofthe Twenty-first.

Clark Property Sold to Foley for155,000—The .-,.deed .transferring th«>Francis B.;Clark. property on Summitave.nue--*to Thpm&s Foley was. iilgd atthe office of the register of deeds yes- ,terday. The transfer is of three lots,and.the purchase price named $55,---000. The Clark property is on thesouth, side of Summit avenue, lyingbetween the Wilder tind Hill prop-erties. '" -~-\f~~~~. *~ "T "'•\u25a0..\u25a0;"•; ** ;_• "

crusheolFdeathGeorge Hilfritch Run Over In

South St. Paul

George Hilfritch, a dairyman, resld-/ng at Concord and Annapolis streets,was run over in the Chicago GreatWestern freight yards at South St.Paul yesterday morning by a freightoar and died soon after. He wasbrought to St. Paul on a switch enginebut expired two minutes after reachingState street station at 10:30" o'clock.

Hilfritch who was gathering screen-ings among the freight cars in theyards, is thought to have been undera. car when it started, crushing hisl^gs. He was discovered by a memberof the crew and was carried to theswitch engine. John Cease, 198 Eatonstreet, the foreman, ordered the mantaken immediately to St. Paul and re-moved to St. Josephs hospital Theambulance was called from South StPaul.- but the race with death was lost.1 he body was removed to Hurley &Tierney's undertaiking rooms, SouthRobert street, after Coroner A. W?n e K h^L viewed "• The funeralwill be held Monday. Hilfritch wasparty-nine years old and was born invrermany. He is survived by his wifeSt Pa" c daughter, Mrs. Prescott, of

WATER BOARD WILLCONDEMN 70 ACRES

Cannot Agree With Owners as to Priceof Land Near Vadnais

The board of water commissioners'yesterday formally instructed the cor-poration attorney to bring condemna-tion proceedings against seventy acresof land m the vicinity of Vadnais lakeThe board has purchased about 250acres of land in the same vicinity fromthe owners direct, but could not agree

pany at $5.29 per hundred pounds a^dAugust Lundgren was given the con-n a,Ct \° Paint the fenSe around tEeDale street reservoir for $124.ENTERTAIN THE LUND

UNIVERSITY STUDENTSReception and Banquet Tendered to'

Singers a^ Commercial Club

The Lund university students whoSave a concert at the Peoples churchlast night were entertained at theCommercial club yesterday afternoon»>> the- Swedish citizens of St. Paul

A reception was held in the club par-lors at 5 o'clock, following which adinner was served in the big banquethall. About 200 representative Swedishcitizens were present.

Speeches were made by Barndt An-derson,' editor of the Minnesota Stat.nlmnKT, Swedish Consul Hobe and

Prof. Stubb, of Minneapolis.

Cases Submitted on BriefsIn the state • supreme court yesterdaytwo \u0084cases > were !; submitted £on i;briefs^"• estate of Ferdinand i Stellmacher, appel-lant,•. vs. : Charles Bruder as administrator,etc , respondent, and; Lawrence King, ap-

SS3£,r COe CommiSßion Company, re-

LETTERS MAYSOLVE MYSTERY

Coroner's Inquest in Case ofRuth Teachout Takes

Place This Morning

Two letters now figure in the mysterywhich surrounds the death of Miss RuthTeachout, the Minneapolis girl whose bodywas taken from the river last Tuesdaynight near the St. Paul boom. When thecontents of these are known the cloudsurrounding her mysterious trip to thespot below the falls and the scene whichensued may be partially lifted.

The letter- which Ruth wrote at thebusiness college the last morning she wasseen alive was addressed t© some man inBattle Creek, .Mich. This much has beenascertained from statements made by MissCora A. Halverson, the girl who sat be-side Miss Teachout Saturday morning atthe college, and who lives at Pleasantavenue. What the man's name was thegirl does not know, but messages havebeen sent to two sisters and a brother ofthe dead girl in Battle Creek and thepolice are anxiously awaiting a reply fromthem.

The police do not believe in the suicidetheory, and think that the letter con-tained something about the picnic whichshe expected to enjoy on the reservation,and disclosed her escort's name.

.- ' Letter; to Ruth's ; Parents , W .'\u25a0 „ ;The other letter may be of even greater

importance' in unraveling the mystery. , Itwas addressee to the parents of : the !dead ;girl and was received yesterday. Althoughall\u25a0: members of : the family, were • closelyquestioned in regard to the letter, nothingdefinite . could be : learned 5 but from : a ,re- 'mark dropped by Eva Teachout, the sis-ter of Ruth, it is believed that the lettercame from Battle Creek and that its con-,tents bear on the case. _- "_: . - •

The .Teachout family continue to; main-tain ; reticence \u25a0 regarding .the case. •. Suchstatements as the. different members havealready made differ. .. ':.- r:l Photographs of Ruth were taken to thereservation and Mtnnehaha" Falls park yes-terday by*the • officers, • but .further than :the man found in the park the day beforeand . the man Bergstrom, no one -has beenfound "who can \u25a0 remember seeing ? the vgirlon Saturday afternoon." ;.~; •- -"\u25a0\u25a0?.".-'.'\u25a0\u25a0 . >i A few relatives attended the funeral of ithe girlat Prescott. Wis., yesterday. Mem-bers 'of the family; returned last . nightand will attend the inquest this morning.-. '.

Ch^f of Police 'Conroyeaid he had been.tina^? •to find: any motive 'for murderingthe girl. .. ',Ty •".-. ;.r'.- •'---:•\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0..\u25a0.\u25a0,--.-.- '-£tj

\u0084\u25a0- "If she was murdered.*' . said Mr. Con-roy, "it must have been by tramps; alongthe river. There is no apparent reasonwhy- anyone * sTiouTd^wish Sto murder 9her,but I can Understand how she might have

"been the victim criminal; assault - and":: her body,,thrown jto the river to hide theevidence agaihst the assailants." ,- "-/.;

':> oner.Mjller, will hold the • inquest at 'the Ramsey county-morgue this morning-atj.'J/ 1 o'clock. -:Eight persons have been 1subpoenaed by Deputy' Sheriff Hardick, butit is not likely that the investigatipn willbe concluded,; and :ah 'adjournemnt Will.probably be taken after the .testimony-i isheard. . "'•'"••+:\u25a0>j^?'^ ;>-^r--i- ->•-'•' '\u25a0"?\u25a0-• V 'The witnesses called include H. N.Teaeliout, *i;father: Thomas: ••'\u25a0: Teachout,grandfather, and; Era, sister of the : mur-dered » girl;-.-.'John.'Nordstroni^and'- OscarMo*tenson> the young men who found her

and -handkerchief below Minne-halfe. Falls; John \Bergstr#m, who claimsto have seen Miss" Teachout in the park;Detective Howard, of Minneapolis, and H.D. Davis, a Minneapolis newspaper man-

LOQTS SALOON SAFEThug Holds lip Bartender and

Suspects Are Arrested

Jim Abbotts, bartender at O. P. Clem-ents' saloon, Eighth and Sibley streets,was held up by a lone highwayman at 2o'clock yesterday morning. The robberlocated a hidden cash^ drawer and lootedthe safe of the money box, getting awaywith $150.

The police yesterday Arrested CharlesMcElway and Mike Adams, who, they de-clare, planned the holdup and employedthe footpad to do the work. The policehave learned the identity of the robberand are now searching for him.

According to the police, McElway, a no-torious crook, and Mike Adams, a St.Paul bartender, visited Clements' saloonshortly after midnight, ostensibly to seewhether the coast was; clear. Immedi-ately after they went out, leaving the bar-tender alone, the robber, with revolver inhand, appeared and ordered Abbotts toturn over the cash.

Abbotts refused to do so and the thugthen helped himself. He drew out themoney box from the safe, • emptying thecontents in his pocket, and then went toa drawer in which $20 in change wasusually kept. Abbotts had selected a dif-ferent drawer for that purpose yesterdaymorning, and after a little search the rob-ber found the cash in another drawer.

The police suspected Adams, formerlyemployed af the saloon, ard McElway,who came to St. Paul last night to joinhim. Two women with whom they roomover the saloon were also arrested.

SNEAK THIEVES PLYVOCATION WITH SKILL

Steal Money From Numerous Resi-dences on the German Road

Persons residing on the German roadhave complained to the police that theyhave been robbed of sums of money,ranging from $3.50 to $40, during triepast week. It is supposed that sneakthieves have been operating in the vi-cinity. They have worked cleverly, en-tering the houses when no one waswatching and taking nothing but cash.Complaints were made by Mrs. CarlPaul, Mrs. Nels Hanson, Mrs. TillieMonthaler and Mrs. George Hyman.

Acker Post to Attend ServiceA patriotic to be held at 8o'clock tomorrow evening at the FirstChristian church, Nelson and Farringtonavenues, will be attended by Acker post,

G. A. R., on invitation of Rev. A: D.Harmon, pastor of the churclr. Membersof both Acker and Garfle^d posts will as-semble at Dayton and Virginia avenuesat 1:30 o clock and march to the church

Cabinet Member Falls in DuelLOND9N, July I.—The Central Newshas received a dispatch from Athens

SalV? S« that M- Stais- tne minister ofpublic instruction, has been kUled in aduel by Hadji Petros, a member of thechamber of deputies.

Peace Promised in TibetGYANTSE, Tibet, July ].—The gen-

eral impression here is that a satisfac-tory settlement will be reached between

\u25a0the British and Tibetan governmentswithout further military, operations.

LIAU-YANG, July I.—Gen Kuropatkinwith reinforcements, personally movedtoward Dalin pass, whereupon the passwas evacuated by the Japanese and re-occupied by the Russian*.

Evacuate Dalin Pass

HOLDS COMBINATIONIS NOT ILLEGAL

Supreme Court Decides GasCompany Can Sell By-Prod-uctstoOnly One Concern

According to a decision filed by thesupreme court yesterday the St. PaulGas Light company has a perfect rightto sell its entire output of coke to theYoughiogheny & Lehigh Coal" com-pany, to the exclusion of all otherwould-be purchasers.

The case came before the supremecourt on the appeal of Charles J. Ber-ryhill, from the decision of the Ram-sey county district court in his ac-tion against the gas company and thecoal company already mentioned. Theruling of the district court is affirmed.

The supreme court decided that by-products of any concern are not sub-ject to the "unlawful combination"laws of Minnesota that might apply tothe principal products of the sameconcern. The decision was written byJustice Brown and the syllabus is asfollows:

Defendant gag light company is a cor-poration engaged in the business of manu-facturing gas for use by the citizens ofSt. Paul. The gas is manufactured fromsoft coal, and one of the residual pro-ducts thereof is coke, which the company-accumulates in large quantities. It is notengaged in buying, selling or dealing incoke or other like fuel. It entered intoa contract with defendant coal companyby which it agreed to sell and deliverto that company all its accumulations ofcoke, and specially agreed not to sell ordispose of the same, or any part of it,to any other person or company. It isheld that as the coke accumulated' bythe gas light company is a mere inci-dent, a by-product, resulting from theconduct of its principal business, theagreement to sell its entire output todefendant coal company was not ah un-lawful combination nor a violation ofany law of the state.

Order affirmed.

.'.-\u25a0 .That; the directors •: of'a ; mutual s in-surance I company | have "a right to ; limit-the payment ; of:dividends -to such pol -'icy holders -as have paid j' their ;annualpremiums .twas ?. decided :i yesterday •"'\u25a0 bythe Minnesota supreme court.. Thisdecison, written • by Justice Lewis; af-firmed : the order, of the H^nnepincounty / district court denying- ""a.*:newtrial : to the plaintiff. ':\u25a0-;- ':l::'fl;