The Irish standard., 1904-06-04

tlle LfSC IlOlQup Dv the same man, and
this time the mother was robbed of $50
and the daughter of So.
The Minnesota Old Settlers associa-
ton, composed of men who came to
Minnesota in 1919 or earlier, held its
annual meeting at noon Wednesday in
the rooms OF the State Historical So
| ciety in the state capitol building.
Nearly Il score Of the old pioneers We're
present. The annual election of Off
GERS was held. James McMullen of
Minneapolis was chosen president to
succeed u. \. j. Baker OF st. Paul;
Oliver Parsons, st. Paul, was chosen
first vice president, and Joseph Guion,
OF st. Paul, second vice president; A.
L. Larpenteur, Of st. Paul, was re-
elected secretary, and ]. L. Luddon,
st. Paul, was reelected treasurer. Mai.
ID. II. Randall of Winona was present
at the meeting.
William Il. Merriam, former COVER
nor of Minnesota and director of the
| last census, recently filed complaint
against James \. Johnson, Il Mime
iapolis real estate dealer. The COM
plaint alleges that johnson controlled
| the sale OF farm in Stevens county
belonging to Merriam and eventually
| found customer at Willmar, from
whom he claimed that he could get $40
an acre for the land and no more. In
order to facilitate the transfer of the
farm the plaintiff claims that he trans
ferred the farm to johnson for the con-
sideration of 81. 1t is claimed that
Johnson did not sell the farm to the
buyer whom he claimed to have found
! at $40 an acre, but sold it to other
parties for more than $4,000.
Otto Peterson was drowned at II
O'Clock Monday morning in Jennings
bay, Minnetonka. He was married and
has four children, living at $40 Nine
teenth avenue south, and was a car
repairer at the Milwaukee shops. In
company with Charles Hawkinson,
Mr.. Peterson was out in a rowboat
| fishing when the boat capsized, throw
ing both into the water. They clung
to the upturned boat for some time but
Peterson, becoming chilled, loosened
his hold and Went down. Carl Wick
lund, of Maple Plain, who was rowing
in company with two ladies, came to
the rescue Of Hawkinson, but it was
too late to save Peterson. Hawkinson
was very nearly exhausted, and re-
| quired over an hours work to restore
him to his normal condition.
May was record breaking month in
the building inspectors Office. Not
only did the number of permits pass
everything in the history of the de-
partment, but the valuation lover
million dollars is greater than any
May since the boom year of 1890. In
April 620 building permits were issued,
the record until this month, when 625
have already been made out and the
month is not over yet. The amount of
the permits passed the million mark
Saturday and by today had risen to
81, 900, as opposed to $1,193, 900 in
1890. Between that year and this the
valuation has not even reached $780,
600. The number of permits issued is
increasing daily and the building in
spector expects that it will be even
greater in June than in May.
More than 200 Minneapolis milkmen,
who have through carelessness or pur-
posely put off obtaining state milk
| license this year, are liable to immedi-
ate arrest and to fine of $25 each.
The time limit for obtaining the licen-
ses was up Tuesday. Tuesday night
the state dairy and food commission,
which has the regulating and licenses,
had issued only FOG licenses, although
there are more than 900 milkmen in
Minneapolis. Of the total number is
sued G69 were secured from the tenn
porary Minneapolis Office of the COM
mission at Is Fourth street north. The
commission does not intend to be severe
or unnecessarily harsh with the milk
dealers and has therefore decided not
to make any prosecutions until June 10.
This will give the delinquents ample
opportunity to secure their licenses.
The Minneapolis Office, which is in
charge Of Inspector George Staples, will
be kept open until June 10.
Robert Grady was found in an un-
conscious condition under the viaduct
at Second street and Second avenue
northeast at 4:50 Thursday morning
He was at once removed to the city
hospital, where he died at 9:15 o'clock.
His death was due to fracture at the
base of the skull. It has not been ascer-
tanned as yet whether Grady met death
at the hands of some-highwayman who
slugged him or whether he jumped
from the viaduct intent upon self-de-
struction. A part of the young mans
clothes We're found on the viaduct i'm
mediately above the place where the
body was. Mr.. Grady's father stated