The Irish standard., 1904-05-21

{ N. Newton. Delegates to the state
federation of labor, w. ]. Rohr, Thorn
as E. Chesney, Rufus B. Chase.
Carl Anderson thinks the poor farm
is pleasant summer resort and al
though in good health and able to
work he applied for admission to the
place Wednesday morning. Anderson
is mill hand, but has been out Of
work for some time and since the free
lunch ordinance went into effect he has
Jared SHINY. He came into the poor
department offices Wednesday morn
ing and asked for aid. Superintendent
Barton questioned him closely as he
always does and learned that the man
was in no way disabled. He told An
derson that he could do nothing for
him. But Anderson hadn't given up
yet and Immediately asked to go to the
poor farm. "Work will be scarce this
summer" he said, land l could go out
there and rest UP for the heavy work
i'll the fall That was enough for
Superintendent Barton. Anderson
will take his rest cure elsewhere.
Joseph L. Kiichli will be compelled
to stand trial for SANDER in the action
brought by Charles A. Quist OF. Mime
apolis. The supreme court reversed
the action OF the district court in sus-
tanning the demurrer interposed by
Kiichli. Quist, who was foreman OF
the Hennepin county grand jury.
brought suit against kiichli because eli
certain slanderous statements which
were published in Minneapolis paper
and attributed to kiichl The defend
ant de:nurred to the complaint on the
ground that he did not state sufficient
cause for action. The demurrer was
sustained by the lower court, but the
order has been reversed by the Sill
preme court which holds that the
complaint is sufficient to constitute
grounds for action. The attorneys for
M. Quist were James A. Peterson,
James E. O'Brien and A. D. Smith.
A verdict OF $12,5oo was Wednesday
returned by the jury in favor of Nels
Blixt who brought suit against the
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie railroad for $50, 800 damages for
injuries which resulted in the amputa-
ton OF one OF his legs above the knee
and the permanent injury OF the other.
The case has been bitterly fought be-
fore Judge Brooks for more than two
weeks and fifty-three witnesses were
examined for the plaintiff and the de-
PENDANT. BliXt was passenger OH one
of the defendants vestibuled trains in
Wisconsin and fell from the train in
passing from one coach to the other,
owing to the alleged negligence of the
company in closing the doors to the
vestibule, so that when the plaintiff
was thrown down by lurcl1, he fell
upon the track and sustained severe
injuries. The defense of the company
was that the plaintiff was not on the
train but Blixt's story was believed by
the jury.
Tied TIP at lake ports, awaiting settle
ment of the strike, is total of about
100000 barrels of Minneapolis flour
Such is the estimate of Henry L. Lit
tie, manager of the Pillsbury-Wasl-
burn company This big tonnage
ought to be ahoat now and some OF it
ought to be in the consignees' hands.
The big ends of this lie at Duluth, Mil
waullee and Chicago, and there are
stocks in warehouses at Gladstone,
Mich, Manitowoc, Wis, and other
points. Until this can be put into mo-
ton the flour trade will labor under
unsatisfactory conditions. Many lots
now on the docks at lake ports are
being replaced by other lots shipped
all-rail from Minneapolis direct. No
penalty loss attaches to these hold-up
shipments except possibly in the case
of some country mill consigna1ents
The Minneapolis millers had feared
labor troubles on the lakes and were
careful not to bind themselves too
closely on shipments that way.
Judge David F. Simpson Monday
filed an order closing up the accounts
of the Minneapolis Industrial Exposi-
ton company, whose affairs have been
in the courts for several years. A pc
tition of N. F. Hawley, receiver, to
accept $500 in full satisfaction OF all
claims against the judgment creditors
was granted. When the corporation
went to pieces several years ago, judg
ments amounting to $77,4o8.44 were
secured against the stockholders by
T. B. Janney B. F. Nelson, Lucian
Swift, l.. S. Donaldson and F. B. SEM
pie. Some $4,000 has since been COL
lected from 700 judgment creditors by
Receiver Hawley and $81,475.26 has
been paid to creditors. About 500 out
of the 1900 stockholders paid nothing
Of the assessment against them, and the
receiver claims to have done all he
could to collect it. An offer to pay
$500 was made by some Of the prin-
cipal judgment debtors in full salts
faction OF all claims against them, and