The Irish standard., 1904-11-19

which damaged the machine to the ex- !
tent of 5000 and threatened to cause |!
an explosion. The fire department !,
was summoned and the flames were !
eXtinguished. Mr.. and Mrs. Bracket
and Mrs. Slater, of Milwaukee, were
in the auto, when they noticed the
flames creeping up the sides of the
tonneau. They jumped out quickly
and retreated to a safe distance to
await the explosion. which they
thought was inevitable. 1t did not &C.
cur, Notwithstanding the fact that
there was over three gallons of high
test gasolene in the tank,
Work on the interior of the new
state capitol building has progressed
so rapidly during the past few weeks
that some of the state departments
will probably he able to move into the
new building within three weeks. In
order that the public may see the
building before it is officially occupied,
the state capitol commission has de-
cided to open the great marble struc-
ture to the public for two or three
days. The dates OH which the build
ing will be open for inspection are
not announced, but Charming Seabury.
vice president of the board of capitol
commissioners, stated that it had been
decided to allow the public to see the
entire interior of the building as soon
as the floors could be cleaned I'D and
the building material moved out of the
way.
William Russell, better known as
"Bill'' Russell, who during a portion
of the Ames administration, was
member of the board of corrections
and charities, but who, since June,
1902, has been out of the city, returned
Wednesday to greet his old friends.
During the two years and over that
he has been out of the city, Mr.. Rus
sell has visited almost every part of
the world. He has been in Japan,
other points in the Orient, in all parts
of the United States, in Canada and
in England. Never, since he made his
famous drive out Of Minneapolis be-
hind an old grey horse, had he been
heard from. He stepped off the earth,
as it We're, and in spite of the efforts
! of detectives in various cities of this
| country, remained in hiding. When
he left Minneapolis things were get
ting warm for DR.. Ames, then mayor,
and Russell, as close friend to the
doctor, naturally came in for his share
Of suspicion. Public talk became loud
and, without warning, he left the city,
state, and eventually the country.
A $4,000 brick building will be
erected by F. P. Nicolls on Sixth
street, between First and Second ave-
nues north. The building will be two
stories high with a basement, will
have a frontage of 1O5 feet with a
depth of IS feet and will be used for
market purposes. 1t will stand next
to the building occupied by the produce
firm of Mas Bros, thus extending the
market district on the Sixth street side
nearly to First avenue There will be
five stores on the ground floor, two
of which already have been leased by
the Crescent Creamery company, and
another by Atwood & Holstad. An
other addition to the market district
will be flour and feed warehouse. to
be built by T. B. Walker, on Third
avenue, near Seventh street. This will
cost $4,000, will be 40 by GO feet, will
be built of brick and will be two
stories high, with a basement. AS
these are the first new buildings to
be put up in the market district for
about two years the quarters were
getting somewhat cramped, and it is
believed these improvements will be
followed by others.
Some unknown person with a pro-
pensity for winging street cars shot
through a Como-Interurban car last
evening about $50 as the car was
speeding near the fair grounds on it's
way to Minneapolis. The bullet went
diagonally through the car, breaking
a window on each side, and passed
just behind two passengers occupying
the adjoining seats. The car was i'm
mediately stopped and a diligent
search was instituted in the neighbor-
hood for the miscreant. There were
twelve passengers in the car at the
time, but their united efforts to find
the shooter were unavailing. There
was no intimation whatever that any.
thing out of the ordinary was coming
up until the dull monotone of the run
ming wheels was broken by the loud
explosion Of gun and the crash of
broken glass. Everyone thought fast
for moment and few imagined they
were in the tender mercies of some
road agent. Much relief was evident
when after a minute no ominous re-
volvers appeared on the rear platform
and finally indignation got the better
Of the men in the car, and the thought
uppermost in the general mind was to
find the origin Of all the excitement.
After looking around the underbrush