The Irish standard., 1903-06-13

James Howard, a laD0rer employed
at the home of E. E. Merrill, sos
Fifth avenue south, was found dead
on the floor of the barn at that address
Monday morning. From appearan-
ces the man died from natural causes
and undoubtedly alone and unattend-
ed. He was last seen early Sunday
evening, when he went into the barn
to milk. He failed to reappear, but
nothing was thought of his absence.
a milk pail half filed with milk stood
beside his body as it lay fiat OH the
face. Evidently the man while milk
ing had been taken ill and toppled
over The deceased leaves no rela-
tives in this city, and for that matter,
none that are known in this country.
Alderman Frank l.. Shoemaker re-
ceived Tuesday Il letter from DR.. L. Il.
Quinby, OF the board of education,
urging him to sound the aldermen on
the proposition to transfer the old city
hall on bridge square to the school
board to be converted into a CONNER
cial high school where pupils of the
public schools who do not wish to at
tend the university may receive in
struction in bookkeeping, commercial
arithmetic and kindred branches
which will equip them for business
career. The building might also be
dvoted to /; night school for the edu-
cation of foreigners in the English
language and the histoy of the United
States.
Personal property tax warrants are
now being served and all delinquents
will be dealt with according to the let
ter of the law. Sheriff J. w. Dreger
says that several deputies started out
with papers Tuesday morning and
that they mean business from start
to finish. There are in the thirteen
wards of the city 1904 warrants to
be served. OF these the largest num-
bers are in the Fourth and Fifth
wards, While the Twelfth ward has
the least. The warrant to be served
in each ward follows: First. 10: sec
ond, So: third. 16: fourth. 300: fifth,
300; sixth. ID: seventh. 80: eighth. 175;
ninth. ii: tenth. :si: eleventh. IS:
twelfth. II: thirteenth. b.
An attempt to eXtinguish an acety-
lene gas tank fire, by throwing buck
ct of water OH it, resulted in an ex-
plosion Which injured two men and
completely demolished the tank and
Shed surrounding it. Tie tank fur
nished gas to the Hotel Ixeewaden at
Cottonwood, Minnetonk;, and had be-
come somewhat clogged with the de.
posit left by the acetylene. \ yard
man named Johnson was sent out to
clean it Tuesday afternoon about 5:15
o'clock, and, being unfamiliar with
the chemical, used wet shovel for
the purpose. This Immediately ignit-
ed the fluid. Johnson rushed out of
the tank calling for help, when by
stander told him to throw on bucket
of water. He did so, with the result
that an explosion occurred, injuring
Johnson and throwing the acetylene
in their faces and burning them
slightly. The loss is estimated at
$500.
The regular summer gathering of
the Minnesota State Horticultural So
ciety will be held as usual this year
at the state experiment station, at st.
Anthony Park, OH Tuesday, June %.
This date is set as nearly as possible
to accommodate the strawberry grow
ers in the part of the state most Access
sible to the place of meeting, and with
this object in view the usual liberal
premium list has been prepared.
The order of exercises for the day
will not differ materially from that of
similar occasions in previous years.
The forenoon will give ample oppor-
tunity to those so inclined to look over
the experiment gardens and orchards
and observe the changes and progress
in the work there. Several of the pro-
fessors and their assistants will be in
attendance to explain it's charac ter.
At 1890 o'clock basket lunch will be
spread in Armory Hall, and all at
tending are invited to contribute to-
ward this festive occasion.
Did Harry Hagerdon, 2315 Mill
street northeast, commit suicide, or
did he fall to his death off the Twen
tieth avenue north bridge? This is
the question that is puzzling the au-
thorities. Hagerdons body was found
in the river Monday afternoon at Elev
enth Avenue North. 1t had been in
the water but a short time There
We're no marks of Identification upon
it. 1t was taken to the morgue, and
not until Tuesday morning was it
identified. The first theory was that
the man during a fit of dependency
jumped from the Twentieth Avenue
bridge with suicidal intent. Deputy
Coroner Irvine, who had charge of the
case, is of the opinion that the man
fell off the bridge while drunk. Hager
dorm has been known as a hard
drinker, and it is for this reason that
the accident theory predominates. The
deceased was &c years old and has re-