The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-17
Sale of Dawson Estate Pro-
crossed Briskly Again
Yesterday.
PRICES WERE VERY LOW
allied From Sale and Total Is
Expected to Reach
100000.

About 200 people sat in the Auditorium
all day yesterday and enlivened the
auction sale Of the estate of William
Dawson, insolvent, at times with quick
bidding when a valuable piece Of prop
erty that was wanted especially by some
one person, was offered for sale. In spite
o. the fact, however, that the bidding was
slightly more brisk than it was Tuesday
the property offered yesterday did not
bring as good price as the property sold
Tuesday.
w. H. Lightner, as receiver for the Min
nesota bank, who is a heavy creditor
was one of the most conspicuous buyers
Yesterday and bid in nearly one-fourth Of
the real estate sold yesterday
So far about $1,000 has been realized
on the sale and it is expected that the
net total will reach about $500, Geo
The only striking incident which oc-
Cured at yesterdays sale, took place
when lot and a half, in Dawson's fourth
addition to ST. Paul, on which there is a
ene-story frame house, containing two
rooms, was offered for sale The property
Is situated on East Maryland street, and
IS valued at $3.50 by the assessor A
woman named Mrs. Sarah Strum had
been present since the beginning of the
sale for the purposes of buying this prop
erty and this fact was made public when
the property was offered for sale The
taxes on the place amount to in the
neighborhood of $40. Mrs Strum started
the bidding off at $50 and this was i'm
mediately raised by one of the real
estate men present. She again raised her
bid and once more a real estate man bid
over her. She was not daunted by this
tact, however, and kept on bidding until
the place was sold to her for $Il0. When
AGctoneer Kavanagh announced that she
had bought the place, those present all
Joined in applauding her for her grit
maintained in bidding on the property.
The first sale of the morning was that
or Commission row. at Sixth and Wacouta
streets, which was bought by w. H
Lghtner for S45, 600.
None of the rest of the property offered
brought extraordinary prices and as a
whole the sale was not very interesting.
except at times when a piece Of property
mat some certain person wanted was of
Tered for sale. Then for a few minutes
the bidding would be very brisk
A few of the purchasers have not made
their deposits yet and unless they are
made by this morning at 10 o'clock the
property in question will be re-auctioned
off again. The sale will be resumed at
~ o CLOCK this morning and among the
real estate to be sold are a few fine farms
In Ramsey county.
Among the most lively sales made yes
terday were the following:
Lots II and Is, block g. Central Park
addltlon-Julius Bjornstadt, 81, 925
Hots Il and p block 8, Central Park
addition GaXes $65)-Chris Hanson, s., 500
Lots q and "A. block 3, Central Park
addition Gaxes $65)-Chrfs Hanson, s., 500
l)aWson's addition to st. Paul, except
1acXl50 feet ~ acres (taxes $164)-W. II
Iightner, $1700
Twelve lots, block 1, Dawson's second
ADDITION taxes $275.46)-Hamm Brewing
CO, 81 ,325. -
Lots to G. block (taxes $1o3)-Arnold
Kallrnan, at $110 per lot
Lots / to A. block As, Dawson's rear,
engagements of block IS, Banning e Oil
yer addition, which is on the west side
81 the river, fronting on Menominee and
wyoming avenues, not far from packing
hcuse center-H. F. Vessel for $515
taxes $504S1.
Lots to IA, block SO, same addition as
last mentioned comprising two and one
halt acres on West side between Smith
and Mohawk avenues, residence property
Smith &, Taylor for S, 200; taxes Si02 II
Lots l to .15 block q. Brown & Jack.
sons addition-Arnold kaufman. for Sis;
taxes and assessments Sc. 62729 This
property has a 4G0-foot frontage on Great
Western tracks, near White and Wilder
avenues.
Lots / to Il. Dawson's rearrangement
OF block 50, Banning e. divers addition
Chester r. Smith, 81 geo
g.. LOT 80 block Humphreys addition to
Lots q to 81, block Is, Phalen park
addition-W. H. Lightner. 1880
Lot Z, block 20, Rice & Irvine's addition
to st Paul-Charles H. Clark 81, $50.
Block /. West End addition-R. l..
Ware, $3.50.