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surance for his peaceful behavior.
OBrien was remanded and will prObu-
bly, be committed to the insane asy-
lum.
Mayor Haynes Thursday night re-
vOked the saloon license of Sclerven 4
Gaarun. SO5 Cedar avenue, on evil
dence presented by S. L. Van Etten
of the Humane society. that young
girls had on several occasions been
served with liquor in that place. Sew
e1sil weeks ago the saloon was report-
ed to the Humane society as selling
liquor to minors. but no direct evil
dence was secured until Yesterday
morning, when Mr.. Van Etten learned
that two young girls had bought beer
there. The matter was brought before
the mayor, who ordered the saloon
men to his office where a hearing was
held last night, with the result that
the license was revoked.
Timothy NJ. Scanlon has begun suit
against the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad, claiming damages amounting
to $4,000 for false Imprisonment and
malicious prosecution. William A.
Vallins. the head of the Pinkerton de-
tective agency of st. Paul, has been
brought in as one of the defendants.
Scanlon was charged with grand lar
ceny from the railroad, the claim be-
ing made that he had stolen rebate
bills for the purpose of showing them
to the interstate commerce commits
sion, and thus getting revenge for GER
tain grievances which lie is said to
have had against the company. The
case against ScanlOn was brought to
trial. but was dismissed OH motion of
the states attorney after the evidence
against Scanlon had been introduced.
Frank Moran, Edward Rice and
James Desmond, members of the gang
which was recently captured by Sher-
iff Young and Deputy Sheriff Nugent
of Wright county and Il posse near
Annandale, Mimi, after IL fight in
which one man was killed. two seri-
ously and three slightly injured. are
lodged in the county Jail awaiting the
action of the grand jury. James Mar
tin and Thomas Burns, members of
tie gang. are vet in Buffalo, as their
wounds will not allow their removal.
The sixth. Gerald Shannon. was killed
during the fight. Among the several
charges that will be preferred against
them are grand larceny and assault
with intent to kill, as they first OPEN
ed fire on the posse. 1t is believed
that the men have been implicated in
several cases of train robbery.
The supreme court will hear the ap-
peal of DR.. a. \. Ames, former mayor
of Minneapolis, convicted of accepting
bribes. and sentenced to six years in
the penitentiary, Oh Dec "a. County
Attorney Boardman. at the opening of
the court Monday wanted the case set
for Dec. 2, but Frank NJ. Nye, in be-
half of DR.. Ames. asked that further
time be granted, and the case was set
for the day before Christmas. The
calendar is a long one. there being 2OS
cases. The appeal of the Nelson BROTH
ers, under sentence of death at Owa-
tonna, will be heard Nov. 5. The Cor
riveau murder, case from Lake county
will be heard Dec. 10 and the Ronk
murder case from Faribault county
on Dec. 3. The suit of the Minnesota
Sugar company against State Auditor
Iverson, wherein it is sought to COM
pei him to pay the bounty allowed by
the legislature, will be heard October
18th.
Plans are under way for a $4,000
pavilion at Lake Harriet. The street
railway company will supply large
portion of the money, the insurance ON
the building which was burned last
fall-the Retail Dealers association
will advance the remainder to be paid
back ut the convenience of the park
board. This was decided at meeting
held Thursday morning. There were
present Park Commissioner H. w.
Jones and F. L. Smith, C. G. Good
rich, Of the street railway company,
and w. l.. Harris, NJ. L. Rothschild and
G. D. Dayton of the retailers associa-
ton. The proposed pavilion will be
larger and more ornamental than the
one which was burned and the "con-
course" will be planted with trees and
will not be the sandy waste which it
was for many years. There will be
"wading pool for the little children
and the entire arrangements will he
designed for the comfort of the pub
lic
The board Of tax levy held it's final
session Monday afternoon, and ad-
journed after fixing a maximum tax
rate at 1855 mills. AS each mill is
equivalent to s128,711, it means that
the sum of $685., s9O.35 will be raised
in Minneapolis by taxation for the
1904 expenses. The board held very
deliberate session during the after
noon, and every effort was made to
reduce the tentative figure. The re-
suit was an increase over this by 2