St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-05
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

William Smith, chairman of the board
of fire commissioners of Buffalo, N.
Y, is a guest of Chief Stetson and
Alderman Phillips.
Louis Jeness, who was injured in a
street car accident at Main street and
Central avenue Monday morning, still
lies at the city hospital in a very
critical condition.
SeVer&1 men were fooling with re-
VolVer in a Second street saloon yes
terday morning, with the result that Il
man named Moses Finkelstein was
seriously injured about the neck by
the explosion of a blank cartridge.
Oscar Peterson, an A. d. T. boy, was
badly injured yesterday by the pre-
mature explosion of some powder which
he was loading into a cannon. The
powder flarhed in his face, and it is
feared his eyesight is destroyed.
Ali of the injured firemen, with the
exception of Henry eau, have been re-
moved from the hospitals to their
homes, and in few days will be able
to be around at their own pleasure,
Gau's recovery is considered certain.
The county auditor will today begin
assessing the various societies Of the
city which heretofore escaped taxation
The work will be done under the re-
cent decision of the state auditor re-
garding so-called educational societies.
z. j. Ormsbee, of Brandon, VT, ex-
lieutenant governor and ex-governor OF
the Green Mountain state, is at the
Nlcollet for a few days. He says Yer
mont is solid for honest money!" and
does not care a fig for the silver ques-
ton.
Samuel Pipbetss, residing at ia West
Twenty-ninth street, was badly burned
about the face yesterday afternoon
while attempting to load toy cannon
near his house. The powder flashed up
h \ Il
out both the young fellows eyes.
a fool with his gun discharged his
revolver containing a blank cartridge
in the face of Rudolph Meyer yester-
day On Second avenue south. AS a re-
suit, Meyers face is terribly burned
ana filled with powder. The police arc
p looking for the fool.
A memorial service in honor of the
firemen killed in last Thursday nights
fire will be held at the Metropolitan
theater on Sunday, afternoon at 2:3'
o'clock. There Will he a number OF
addresses, including remarks by Mayor
Pratt and President Snyder of the
council.
Robert Maben, a sandwich man. with
headquarters for himself and wagon at
First avenue south and Washington, is
minus his stock and store as a result
of yesterdays celebration. Dynamite
fire crackers, thrown under his cart
only escaped with his life.
The residence of c. H. Prior. at 6s
Willow street, was burglarized Sunday
night, June 80. The family was out
at the lake and only yesterday dis
covered that thieves had paid them a
visit. The burglars, whose work was
amateurish. secured a quantity OF
Jewelry and silverware.
A man nam ed Kennedy had half his
right hand blown off yesterday after
noon on Fourteenth avenue south 10y
the premature explosion of an i'm
Kennedy had the ends of his fingers
on the same hand blown off in the same
way. This time it took one-half o. his
hand.
Capt. George Rutherford, one of the
pioneer residents of Minneapolis, died
street northeast, aged fifty-four years
The cause of death waB heart disease.
Deceased was widely known and uni
Versally esteemed. He leaves a wife
and four children, all of. whom are liv-
ing at home The funeral will be held
next Sunday, under the auspices of the
MasonS.
James Connelley, a recent arrival in
the city, started out to paint the town
red the night before the Fourth with
a gold watch and chain and $50 in cash
in his pockets. Connelley got glorious
~ drunk ana WneI ne came 10 nls
senses his watch and money were
gone. He could give no idea of where
he had been except that it was or
First street south, and the police car
do nothing for him.
There were any number of small
fires about the town yesterday, all O.
which, with one exception, did no dam
age even worth mentioning. This ont
exception was the partial destruction
of two dwelling houses at ZIP and I'll
Twenty-first avenue south, bot
houses being badly damaged. TIL,
alarm kept the department on the NOV
all day, however, and succeeded Il
firing both men and horses. In n
case, with the one exception noted
did the fire last over five or ten min