The Irish standard., 1903-10-31

| tlltI Sic llttu t'uihiiiistefeu poison TO
two calves belonging to William
!, Aoritz, a neighbor. The calves died
a few days ago and it was thought
Mrs. Grove had given them the poison
on account of the feeling that existed
between her and the neighbors. An
investigation was made by Detectives
HAHN and Hanson which led to the
arrest of Mrs. Grove. She pleaded
not guilty and the case was set for
next Tuesday.
Henry f. Brown was arraigned
Monday before Judge Pond on the
charge of having offered bribe of
$500 to Alderman Fred NJ. Powers.
He pleaded not guilty and was releas-
ed on $4,000 bonds which were fur
nished by ]. f. Brown and II. C. Bar
rows. The indictment was found
while G. A. Quist was foreman of the
grand jury, and since that time Mr..
Brown has been out of the city. He
came voluntarily to the sheritf's office
and gave himself up. The Indictment
alleges that the bride was offered Feb.
6 of the present year and was for the
purpose of securing the influence of
Mr.. Powers as an alderman to accept
the bid of the Bowers Rubber COM
pany of San Francisco in furnishing
rubber, cotton and chemical hose for
the fire department.
Judge Harrison Monday dismissed
the divorce suit of Florence NJ. Flana-
gan against William H. Flanagan, and
vacated all former orders of the court.
The case was fought for several days,
and much sensational evidence was in
trOduced. y number of letters claim
ed to have been written by Mrs. Fllnl-
gan to other men, who Sw'Ore to the
fact OH the witness stand. were intro
duced, and when she denied upon the
stand having written them, the court
terminated the proceedings by giving
the opinion that the plaintiff had will
fully perjured herself on the stand.
Under the circumstances the judge
thought it would he out of the ques-
ton to grant the relief sought, and
Mr.. Flanagan was relieved from pay
ing further alimony. The custody Or
the two children was given to the IA
ther.
Although bleeding and senseless from
being struck by a semaphore, Robert
L. Meyer, POS Fourth street N, of this
city, an engineer on the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road, held to his throttle
until the fireman. William f. Leyden,
1917 Thirty-second avenue N, noticed
his condition and releasing the death.
like grasp, ran the train into the
Union station. st. Paul. Meyer was
looking out of the window on his side
of the cab, while Legion watched the
other \ semaphore near the West
minister bridge struck the engineer on
the head, flncturing the skull, and
knocking him senseless, yet he chung
to the throttle, and was sitting up in
his seat, bloody and pale, when the
fireman noticed his plight, and lay
ing him on the floor ran the train to
the city. The injured man was car
ried TO st. Joseph's hospital, where the
physicians operated on the skull, but
dent.
rather than listen to the remarks
of cx-Prcsident John NJ. Finley Of the
flour mill mems union at the Six
O'clock club Monday night, President
a. Il. Wellington, of the Flour Mems
union, and three friends walked out
Of the room, and refused to participate
in The talk to which they had been in
vitcd. The Six O'clock club, composed
OF members Of the Commercial club
had planned to have John Crosby,
John M. Finley, "A. e. Wellington and
others discuss the question Of the flour
mill strike, after regular banquet.
Among those present were number
of men who have been most interest
ed in the strike, and who have labored
towards a settlement. Among them
were Father Cleary of st. Charles
church and Mayor Haynes, while an
unusually large attendance was on
hand. MI. Crosby was not acting as
representative Of the milling COM
panies, but merely represented his per-
sonal views of the case, while, Of
course, Mr.. Finley had no connection
official or otherwise with the unions,
although he presented their case in
what was termed stronger light than
has been done by any Of the union
men. President A. e. Wellington, &C.
companied by ]. H. Carroll, William
Mitchell and J. E. Larkin were also
present, and when they saw that Mr..
Finley was about to speak, declined
to stay any longer in the room, and
with Mr. Wellington acting as their
spokesman, withdrew.