The Irish standard., 1903-12-26

John A. Seibel, a saloonkeeper at
1881 Washington avenue north. was
fined 500 and costs in police court for
selling embalmed blackberry brandy.
John Bank, a saloonkeeper, doing bust
ness on Fifth street north, near Hen
nepin, was also arraigned on the same
charge last Tuesday.
At the annual election of officers Of
Division No. 5, L. A. A. o. H., held
last Monday evening, Mrs. Richard
Mullin was reelected president; Miss
Mary Egan, vice president; Miss Nora
Sheehan, recording secretary; Mrs. w.
NJ. Boardman, financial secretary;
Mrs. Catherine Egan, treasurer, and
Mrs. L. Sullivan, insurance secretary.
Actor z. Mcclellan died Monday at
the old homestead Oh the Fort Hill
road. He was SO years old. He was
an old soldier, having served in the
Avoostock Mexican war and civil war;
He was Il member of company A,
Eighth Minnesota, serving from Aug
ust 18th, 1862, till July 11th 1865, and
of John Il. Adams post, G. A. r..
Gorham, Me.
The death of Daniel Dwyer, eldest
son OF eX-Alderman Thomas p. Dwyer,
occurred Wednesday at his late home
21O3 Twenty-tifth avenue S, after an
illness Of two months The deceased
was 24 years Of age and leaves Il Wild
ow. The funeral will take place
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock from
Holy Rosary church. The interment
will be at st. Mary's cemetery.
State Auditor Iverson has received
the annual statement OF gross cain
ings from the Northwestern Telephone
company. The report for the state of
Minnesota shows a gross earning Of
$780,, SO2.3O. OF this amount the state
obtained S27,OS4.O7, this being 3 per
cent of the total amount allowed, by
law. The earnings of the Minnetonka
Telephone company were $4,79G.T and
the tax $143.9O. The earnings of the
Shakopee Telephone company We're
$2,iSG.7O and the tax $1,000.
Charles Anderson, an airbrake oper
ator in the Wisconsin Central freight
yards, was severely injured while un-
coupling the airpipes OH two passenger
coaches. He was busy between the
cars when switch engine bumped
them together, catching him and
crushing his skull. An ambulance car
ried him to st. Barnabas hospital,
where he was cared for. 1t is report
ed that he will recover. Anderson's
wife is ill in a hospital in st. Paul.
His home is at sos Tenth avenue
north. 1911
Difficulties have arisen over the is
suance Of the new clergy permits for
next year which will make it impos-
sible for the railways to put them in
the hands OF the clergy on the custom
airy date. Inability to agree on the
rules governing these permits in 1904
is stated to he at the bottom of the
trouble. Several of the st. Paul Chi
cagO lines have issued notices that the
old certificates will remain in force
over the first of the new year, be-
cause of the delay in issuing the new
permits.
] Higher rental being demanded, the
$publlc library board may look for an
other location for Branch Il library.
Alfred PillsDury promised the board
$1,000 Of the $4,000 necessary to fur
nish Fillsbury library, was considered,
and library, which will soon he
completed. Removal OF the acad-
envy of sciences from the public Ii
brary was considered, and G. f. Smith
and Miss Hattie Andrews applied for
the position OF assistant librarian at
the Pillsbury.
Judge Harrison has denied a motion
for change Of venue in the case OF
George s. Grimes VS.. Spencer Erick-
son and others. This is the case in
which it developed that one OF the de-
PENDANTS, asking through an attorney
for the change, was dead. In making
the decision the court states that since
it is the majority of the defendants
who settle the matter OF the place OF
trial, the court could hardly decide it
by counting one defendant who was
dead. Henry j. Hoslner, the man who
was dead, could not he counted, and,
hence, the demand was refused.
Joseph w. Cohen is a free man.
Judge Simpson has made an order dis
missing the last indictment brought
against him, and the others brought
by the same grand jury were nolled.
Two other cases went over the term
OH indictments found for bribery, but
the law, Which says he shall not
thereafter he liable to Indictment,
prosecution or punishment" let's Cohen
out on all indictments, by the follow
ing decision of the court. No person
''shall be compelled in any criminal
; case to be a witness against himself"
Section Z, article /, constitution state
Of Minnesota.
The charge against Joseph Worrall,
a the young man who has been in the