The Irish standard., 1893-09-09
.THE IRISH srANDARD: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER g. III

/ to the extent Of $500. He claims that
the motoneer didn't ring the bell. Chris
tine Wallin was driving over the tracks
at Central avenue and Fifth street when
a car struck the buggy and smashed it
She says the motoneer neither rang the
bell nor stopped the cars. Ten Thousand
dollars is the amount she wants. Emil
Raaberg boarded car and then decided
to get off. He says the conductor seized
him by the shoulders and held him in
such a way that he was dragged along
the ground and sustained inju les to the
amount of $1,000.
As the new court house and, city hall
can not be especially ornamental for sew
eral years to come, the commissioners
have decided to make it useful at least.
As matter of fact it is recorded that on
Friday, September l, 1898, Secretary
Preston and his desk, together with the
pictures, specimens of wall material, etc.,
which have hitherto been kept in the
Boston block, established themselves in
the new court house and on Tuesday,
September S, of the same year, the board
of commissioners held it's frs: meeting
in the new building. And what meet
ing it was. Economy seemed to be in
the very air of the costly pile. The same
long table and heavy chairs that were in
the old rooms are in the new, but what
change in salaries! Secretary Preston,
who has been getting salary of 1925 per
month was cut down to S25 with an al
lowance of SIS more so that he can hire
: man to keep the red lights on the street
blockades kept, burning at night. Clerk
of Works Erickson, salary $1,000 year
and Waterman Swift, salary 1920 year,
are suspended until such time as the
board can raise cash enough to continue
the work on the building.
Matthias j. Boferding, president of the
Minneapolis Brewing Company and
cashier of the Bank of Minneapolis, sui
cided at his home, sol Chicago avenue,
about Z o'clock Thursday morning,
About that hour report similar to re-
volver shot was heard by the members of
the family in the vicinity of his room,
but no attention was paid to it. At
o'clock one of the family went to his
room and knocked. There was no reply
and when the door was opened the un-
fortunate man was found stretched upon
the bed, with the revolver, the instru-
ment of death, still .clutched in his hand.
the life blood dyeing the white coverings
of the bed. He was quite dead, and had
been for some little time. The motive
of the deed is suppo ed to be that on &C.
count of his sensitive nature. He inn
agined that the public and the directors
of the bank might charge HIM with neg
ligence in connection with the alleged
dedication of Teller Sheig. This idea
having taken possession of him so preyed
on his mind that it became unbalanced
and led to the dreadful tragedy. Matthias
]. Bofferding was 80 years old He was
born in Minneapolis and had been resi-
dent of the city nearly all his life. Mr..
Boherding married daughter of John
Orth, and she, with two children, sur
vive him.
No trace of Phil M. Schieg, the MISS
ing teller of the Bank of Minneapolis,
who left for parts unknown last Saturday
night, has been found, and scores of the
cries are advanced as to why the young
man has absconded with some $15,0 600
belonging to the bank. Mrs. Schieg, nee
Barge, returned from Chicago on an,
early train Wednesday morning, accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. Jacob Barge,
and was met at the depot by her father
and two detectives, and while in great
distress over the disappearance of her
husband, she had received no knowledge
of the charges against him until her ar
rival here Wednesday. According to
Mrs. Barge and Mrs. Schieg, the party
expected to return to Minneapolis Tues
day morning, but on Monday evening
Phil came to them and said they were to
return that night, as he would have to
be at the bank in the morning. They
were hurriedly transferred from the
Grand Pacific hotel, where they were
stopping, to the Burlington train, where
Phil lett them, and they have no idea
where he has gone. It is supposed that
Phil requested Mrs. Barge to accompany
them to Chicago in order that his wife
might not be alone when he deserted her.
Conjectures as to motives for the crime
are numerous, and among them is the
theory of INSANITY and some are Of the