The Irish standard., 1904-10-29
CITY I'M BRIEF.


John Sullivan, Who died in Spokane,
Wash, Oh the Dist inst.
Il. M. Sullivan, of Anoka, was i'll
attendance at the funeral Of John Sui
Ivan in this city last Tuesday. Mr..
Sullivan was "A cousin Of deceased
Joseph Sullivan, Of Spooner, Wis, was
also present at the funeral
While shifting steam jacket Oh an
engine, john Delaney, foreman in the
Great Northern roundhouse, was seri-
ously injured Tuesday afternoon. The
steam jacket is a heavy piece Of steel
and While he was shifting it his hand
slipped and the jacket fell on his
right foot and pinned his right arm to
the drive wheel, severely lacerating
both members. He was removed to
st. Joseph's hospital, but was reported
to be doing nicely at a. late hour last
night and he will recover. He has
been living at the Boardman hotel.
Edward Dupont, aged IS, living in
Corcoran township, was killed Tues
day morning by the accidental dis
charge of u shotgun which he was
carrying. He was engaged in hunting
rabbits and was beating about brush
heap with his gun in the hope of scar
ing something up. 1t is thought that
tho fYsip 1,t
causing the guns discharge The
whole charge Of shot entered the left
side of his head, causing instant
death. His body was found by a
passerby. The accident..occurred near
his shome.
George e. Spears, of Minneapolis,
and William +. Hatley, .1of Duluth,
both we'll known in the. billiard world
and who during last summer conduct
ed billiard parlor in St. Paul, We'd
nesday filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy. They have liabilities
amounting to $6,332.O9 land their as
sets are $4,000. Their assets consist
of the billiard tables and equipments
in thers parlor Oh Fifth street which
are va9ped at $4,000, and; pictures val
ued at 5000. w. F. Dunn, Of Min
neapolis, is the heaviest creditor, he
having furnished the equipment at a
cost of 100, secured by a mortgage
of $500. The other liabilities, all Of
which are secured, amount to 81, 232.-
%, consisting of bills for cigars and
general merchandise.
The council cyclone relief commit
tee which has been in session, On and
: off, since August o. completed its
work Wednesday and resolution was
drawn up 10 be presented to the board
. Of aldermen at their regular meeting
next Tuesday night The resolution
will request the council to make the
, city pay the appropriations from the
. city treasury and a detailed account
of the amount distributed and the
;,people relieved has been prepared.
Outside of $500 appropriated by the
f.. council Immediately following the
cyclone in August the committee has
allowed claims aggregatng SIC, 49S:33
and orders for that amount of money
will be honored as soon as the council
approves the work done by the COM
nrittae.
Smallpox continues to spread and
the state board of health is preparing
to take some drastic measures to see
that s. halt is called. A letter received
by DIR. Bracken Monday stated that
twelve families In Farming township,
,Stearns county, had the disease, but
Wednesday he received an official re-
port from the heatfh officer in Albany,
MIMI, to the effect that there were
.forty-sewan cases Of smallpox in that
township :snd that in every case the
patient had never before been success
fully vacciaated. For the week end
ing Saturday, October %, ther have
been reported eleven new cases in
Maple Plain, five in st. Paul and
forty.seven in Farming township,
Stearns county. Instead of being
checked, the contagion seems to be
spreading rapidly in Mapie Plain, and
1T is steadily gaining Roadway in st.
7ul.
EheGaA- -Sie., an employee Of the
Moline Plow company, was pjnched to
death between tive box cars about
$3.50 O'Clock Monday afternoon and
then dragged Bleeding and helpless for
a distance of zoo feet. When released
ne was gasping his last and died while
Ga the way to a hospital Judge left
his employment and started to cross
the Great Northern tracks. To do 50
he started to walk between two cars
when they were being ''shunted." He
was caught and squeezed by the
bumpers. While he was held up by
the pressure the engine backed up and
dragged the dying man along the
track. He was married and leaves a
wife and eight children living at 1O11
Fourth avenue N. His funeral was
held Thursday morning from the resi-
dence, thence to the church of the
Immaculate Conception. The body