The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-08
CHAIN OF Bad LUCK
KNUTE BONDY is FOLLOWED BY A
SERIES OF MISCELLANEOUS
CASUALTIES.
TENSION WAS TOO SEVERE
AND HE Is COMPELLED TO DESERT
THE STATE EQUALIZATION
BOARD
UNTIL HE CAN RECUPERATE.
His Train Wrecked, He Sees Another
Collision and a Friend Is Killed
by Lightning.

Knute Bondy, of the state board Of
equalization, left st. Paul yesterday
for his home at Battle Lake, Otter Tail
county, being driven away by an at
tack of heart trouble, which threatened
to PROSTATE him, and which he will
treat by endeavoring to secure rest, on
the advice of his physician.
While the ordinary excitement of en-
campment week was enough to seri-
ously impair the health of any one
with a predisposition to heart trouble,
Mr.. Bondy experienced more than his
share. The first session of the state
board of equalization was called to
meet at the capitol last Tuesday after
neon, and to reach st. Paul at that
time, Mr.. Bondy came in the height of
the rush to the carnival then opening
in the Twin Cities. The train, which
bore him to this city was wrecked and
while no one was seriously hurt in the
accident, the affair occasioned a
great deal of excitement among the
passengers.
The board met Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and Thursday the members scat
tered and went to the fair and other
places of recreation. Among those
who selected the fair as their vantage
point was Mr.. Bondy, and it SO hap
pened that he was a passenger on the
car directly behind the one which was
struck by the st. Louis train at the
Smelling avenue crossing, and he was
an eyewitness of the collision. This
only added to his nervous tension,
which was finally more seriously ag-
gravated by the receipt of a telegram
Sunday, announcing that one Of his
neighbors and intimate friends, had
been struck by lightning, while two
sons and his horses had been stunned
by the shock, the thunderbolt nearly
discriminating the male portion of the
family. The added force of these COM
plicated circumstances completely up
set Mr.. Bondy and his physician ad-
vised him to repair to his home for a
much needed rest. The other members
of the commission were not disposed
to take any advantage of Mr.. Bondy
during his enforced absence, and c. ..
Christensen, of Crookston, will look
after the interests of Mr.. Bondys dis
trict as well as his own, until the
former is able to return to lliS official
duties
Mr.. Bondy was. in addition to being
member of the BOARD Of equalization,
was a member of the state commission
10 locate the state hospital Tor the In
sane, the decision of which to locate
the hospital at Anoka was fought so
long and vigorously by the Hastings
people.
The members of the state board of
equalization met yesterday to COM
mence the work of equalizing the as
sessments made in the different coun-
ties of the state of all personal proper
ty. The board simply made a COM
mencement yesterday, and the more
important work is to follow The work
Of checking up the county returns on
carriages and wagons was finished, all
except the returns of Ramsey county,
which was made a special order for
today at o'clock. The checking of
stock and household furniture was also
about completed The board found
that some of the counties Of the state
had reduced the assessments of last
year, but these counties were raised
and others reduced in order that the
same basis in effect last year might
be continued through the present year.
On household furniture, the larger
cities in the state. including st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth are about the
same as last year. The board will
assess Minneapolis and ST. Paul about
equally on household furniture. This
will probably displease the people of
Minneapolis, who lay claim to twenty
five per cent more household furniture
than can be found in ST. Paul The
board, however, thinks differently, and
Will assess the two cities about the
same.