The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-13

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OF license inspe ctor is no v abolished All.
money will be henceforth paid in a bus
| mess like manner into the City trea
sury.
William Danenbanm, an employe il
the drapery department Of Go0dfelloN
s. Go. died last Saturday evening Of
heart disease. while on his way hone
from the store. An erroneous state
nent appeared 10 one OF the daily
papers to the effect that the deceased
had in his pocket written discharge
from his employers. and that said dis
charge precipitated his death. The dis.
charge referred to was two years old az
the date shows aud conseq uentlg had
no effect in Fastening his death. The
firm considered him q capable and
valued salesman and regret his un-
timely demise.
The death of Mrs. Geo. A. Bracket,
an estimable lady. aud the wife of one
OF our oldest citizens. occurred last
Monday morning at the family resi-
dence. 825 Fifth street south. She
was So years of age and spent nearly
half her life In this CITY. The cause OF
her death was cancer of the breast
from which she had suffered for the
past two years. Mrs.. Braekett was the
daughter Of William Hoyt. former
resident. and q sister Of Mrs. w. M.
Bcackett. She was married to Geo. A.
Bracket In 1853 and was the mother of
eight children. one girl and seven boys
six of whom acted as pail bearers at her
funeral. She was an exemplary Chris
tian and interested herself in char
table work, and no call of individual
distress or misfortune was ever left un-
answered by her. Her husband has the
sympathy Of a large circle OF friends in
his afl ction.
A sad accident resulting In the death
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Todd. of Sioux City,
Iowa, and their daughter, Mrs. g. E..
Slayton, of this CITY, occurred last We'd
nesday morning at the University sta.
ton. East Minneapolis. The parents
were on q visit to their daughter who
resides within few hundred feet of the
station where they met such horrible
death. The party were going to board
the Great Northern train for st. Paul
and were standing on the westrbo1nd
track when they were struck by a
through Omaha train from the e ast,
killing them instantly and manzling
them almost beyond recognition. Mr.,
Todd's body was thrown under the
Short Line train by the cowcarcher Of
the Omaha, and vas crushed about the
face. body and limbs. His wife was
knocked down and run over beside him
and her head smashed and one foot
ground mercilesslv under the wheels,
only the stump remaining. Mrs. Stay
ton was tossed into the air by the COW
catcher and landed on the pilot, from
whlsh she was removed still qnivering
with spark of life, which soon went
out. Mr.. Todd was a member Of the
real estate firm of Hopkins b Todd,
Sioux City. Iowa, and was SIS years old.
When struck he was thrown violently
against another man who was knocked
down but fortunately escaped injury.
His daughter was the wife Of G. E.
Slayton, master mechanic in the Kan
sas City shops and was the mother of
five children, all girls, ranging from 8
to IL years of age. Coroner Towers
held an inquest on the remains on
Thursday at Gleason & Byorum's
morgue. Several persons who witnessed
the accident gave eviderse and q thor
ough investigation was made to place
the blame where it belongs. The jury
after two hours deliberati0n rendered
verdict Of criminal carelessness
against the conductor aud the En!i-
neer Of the Omaha train.