The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-26
CITY NEWS.

State Health Officer H M Bracken has
gone to Grand Rapids, where there are
several cases Of diphtheria in a hotel.
A party of delegates to the military
| surgeons convention at New York next
week left last evening. They were: Col.
Michael Mitchell, of ST. Joseph's hos
| pital, left yesterday to inspect and super
wise the opening Of the new hospital at
Fargo.
The excursion dated for tomorrow by
the Tourist club has been postponed on
| account of the steamer Flora Clark being
| burned.
Katie vartman, injured May 8 by fall
! ing on the sidewalk on Mississippi street,
! has served notice on the city that she will
| bring an action for damages for personal
! injuries
Carl Manteuffel was bitten in the knee
by a vicious doy yesterday. Mrs. NJ. f.
! Shedrake, of 467 Aurora avenue, owns
| the dog. She refused to allow the animal
| TO be killed.
| The Primary union will meet this after
! noon. Mrs. A. D. Harmon viii present
! a paper on How to Present Spiritual
! Truth to Children" and Mrs. Leach will
| teach the lesson.
Timothy Keueher. 29O Richmond street.
! fell from a swing and his head struck
| fragment of sheet iron, causing a slight
| puncture of the skull. His condition is
pronounced not serious.
| Fitzgerald, of Minneapolis; Maj. T. c.
Clark, of Saltwater. and Capt. H. P.
Ritchie, DR.. c. A. Wheaton, DR.. John f.
| Fulton, DR.. Edward Boeckmann and DR..
A. J. Stone. of this city.
| The 1900 tax levy certificates have all
! been sold that will be placed on the mar
ket. The comptroller reserved $4,000
worth of them for those who desire to
exchange old certificates for new ones
The Washington Life Insurance COM
pany. of New York. came in under the
| SOmervile law yesterday. This leaves
! but one insurance company in this
state outside the pale of that law-the
Bankers Life of Lincoln.
The Sacred Thirst Total Abstinence so
| ciety will meet at 2:30 Sunday at Cretin
/ hall Delegates will be elected to rep
resent the society at the archdiOcesan
| total abstinence convention to be held
June 26 and 27 at Minneapolis.
General Appraiser I. F. Fisher, of New
York, Is here in regard to re-appraise-
ments of goods for L. L. May e Co.
and the Union Bedding company. Mr..
| Fisher will go to Minneapolis this morn
| ing to make some re-appraisements.
Rev. John Pringle left Thursday night
for Halifax, to attend the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church in
| Canada Mr. Pringle will return to st.
Paul within a week or so and shortly
afterward will return to his field OF mis-
sionary work in the klondike
While playing with matches in a vacant
| house al 739 Virginia avenue. yesterday,
a three-year- old son of J. A. Gilbert, Of
| 362 Como avenue, set fire to a lot Of hay
and the child was slightly burned and
the house was damaged to the extent Of
$50 before the fire was extiuguished.
The funeral of John Strapp Will be held
this morning at $50 o'clock from his
late residence, 60 Leech street, with serv-
ices at the Cathedral at o'clock. De-
ceased was a m member of the Fire Relief
association. and members will act as
| pallbearers. A detail of firemen will at-
| tend the funeral in uniform. Interment
will be at Calvary cemetery.