The Irish standard., 1903-12-26


while west bound on Western avenue
Tuesday morning, jumped the track
and crashed into the front of John
McGovelm's meat market at 1880
Western avenue. No one was injured
in the accident, but the street car as
we'll as the meat market We're quite
badly smashed. Three passengers &C.
cupied seats in the car at the time,
but none of them was injured. The
cal, was running at moderate rate
of speed, when it left the rails, by
reason of some defect in the running
gear and the motorman had ample
time to apply the air brakes and part
ly stop the momentum of the car.
Unknown persons at Excelsior last
Sunday evening adopted drastic means
of getting even with Henry Hutchens,
agent of the Humane society at that
place. Mr.. Hutchens was returning
from church shortly after o'clock,
when he was waylaid by two I'M
known men, who knocked him down.
While MI. Hutchens was PROSTATE on
the ground he was beat about the head
and face, probably with a weapon of
some sort. n deep cash was made in
one of his cheeks. After the men left
him MI. Hutchens managed to make
his way back to a hotel u block away,
where his wound was dressed. Some
time ago, Mr.. Hutchens in his capacity
as humane agent had more OF less
trouble with several men over their
treatment Of their horses. 1t is sup
posed that his assailants that evening
were two OF the men with whom he
had trouble.
The twenty-five boarders at the ST.
Charles hotel at 80 Cedar avenue
were rudely awakened at & o'clock
Sunday morning by the Cry Of fire.
Rushing down three flights Of stairs
in their night clothes they all escaped
before the flames had gained much
Roadway. The fire was started from
the ash box at the side Of the house,
and but for the prompt arrival OF the
lire department the frame structure
been destroyed The damage done to
the building, which is owned by Dr..
Hansen, is estimated at SSUU. Tie
other sufferers are Il. Ellingson, who
runs the hotel, which WAS Oh the sec
onu and third floors; j. NJ. jackson,
who conducts IL plumbing shop; Lewis
Leary, Il barber shop; y. l.. Olson, Il
saloon, and John Hammer, tailor
shop, all on the ground floor. Tie
total damage to the contents OF the
building is about 5000.
Large numbers OF the notices OF eX
piration OF redemption OF property
from tax sales will have to he printed
over again because OF the ruling OF
Judge Harrison in the case OF the Ma
tional Fire Insurance company OF
motion for an alternative writ OF man
danlus to compel the auditor to accept
redemption payment on tax title
sale. The claim Of the relator was
that, although the notice had been
given, it was invalid because the
amount specified in the advertisement
was the full amount for which the tax
had been sold. The case grew out Of
the rush for property by tax title pur-
chasers in 1900, when they were so
anxious to secure the delinquent titles,
which paid II pei cent per year, that
they bid large premiums on the tax
levied. Ther= are hundreds of such
cases, and in the present one it is
held that the notice should read so
as to show the full amount for which
the tax was sold. The clerk of court
has had many requests for the de-
cisiun, but Judge Harrison has not
yet filed it, and they will have to wait
until it is filed before securing copies.
They were all anxious to see il they
are obliged to go through the long
form OF again giving the siAty-day
notice Of redemption, which in many
cases will allow OF people who have
lost their property buying it in again.