The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-01-28


recent vacancies tht have occurred in
that Department, and in four or five
cases the Collector of Customs has
been forced to so outside the Civil
Service lists in making appointments
for the reason that the eligibes have
declined to accept. This is remark
able circumstance, for the salary at
tached has been from $3.50 to SO. 80 per
diem. The appointments have, it APP
pears, been temporary in their nature,
with the prospect, however, of becom-
ing permanent later on. AS a result of
the failure of the eligibles to accept in
these cases, the Civil Service Board
has ordered another examination to be
held in st. Paul on February 18th, 1905.
. Applications may be obtained from the
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/ freight train to the other, Wednesday,
John Neville, switchman on the
Great Western road slipped from the
/ top of Il car and fell to the ground,
seriously niuring himself. The train
p. WAS going at Il fair speed at the time,
ana Neville rolled Il short distance af-
! ter he struck the ground. His back
l is I.jill\ Sn1niDn1
are feared The injured man was taken
10 his home. 502 Anita street in the
police ambulance after being attended
by Police Surgeon Moore.
st Paul had Il $4,000 fire in the
heart of the retail district Wednesday
night, and for {; time it appeared as
though the recent contagratiou of
Minneapolis was to have duplicate.
Determined work by the fire de-
partment, however, checked the
flames, which had Il considerable
start before the fight began. The
principal loser was Bannon & Co.'S
department. store, 6G-SO e. Sev-
enth street and 413-415 Minnesota
street. The fire started, it is thought,
| on the second floor of that store. The
loss on the stock is estimated at S75.-
GOO, and on the building, part of which
is owned by Bannon & Co., and part
by Timothy Reardon, at $4,000. The
loss of Bannon 4 Co. is covered by i'll
surance by narrow margin. The
building Immediately adjoining Ban
non \ Co.'S store OH the west, owned
by Max II. Herman, and occupied by
him on the ground floor with a fur
store. and on the upper stories with Il
rooming house, was dmged to the ex-
tent of $1,000. and his stock was dam
aged by water to the extent of $1,000
The damage to the Reardon hotel
building is estimated at $4,000. Those
losses are covered by insurance.
Mrs. Thomas Clarity, 939 Burr ST..
may lose her left arm as the result
of a self-inhicted cut while cleaning
turkey a few weeks ago. The wound
did not appear serious at the time and
nothing was done about the matter
iIntil Il week Inter, when the womans
hand began to swell and physician
was called in who pronounced it case,
OF blood poisoning. Mrs. Clarity was
taken to ST Joseph's hospital, but has
grown steadily worse and it is now
feared it will be necessary to ampu-
fate her arm to save her life.
Miss Mary Grace aged forty-five, 81
resident of Inver Grove, was burned to,
death early Wednesday morning, her
body being cllarred beyond recognition.
About l o'clock in the morning Miss
Grace. who lived with her mother and
Il brother. on the outskirts of the vii
lage, discovered 4 blaze in the kitcl
which had evidently resulted from Il
defective chimney and aroused her
mother. Both women escaped from the
burning house and were OH their way
to Il friend, who lived about a mile
away, when Miss Grace happened to
think of some valuable papers she had
left behind. and despite the protests
of her mother, started back after them,
Entering the front door the woman
began to grope her way through the
smoke towards the stairway, but had
scarcely taken dozen steps when the
entire floor gave way, precipitating her
into the cellar, and second later the
entire structure collapsed, filling the
cellar with burning mass of timber.
John Grace was away from home at
the time of the fire, as he had taken
several passengers to the railway sta
ton, but returned just as the walls fell
and learning from his mother what had
happened hurried to the village for as
sistance. When the debris had finally
been removed the charred body of
Miss Grace was discovered in a corner
of the cellar covered with ashes It is
believed the woman was suffocated be-
fore the flames reached her. Mrs.
Grace, the mother, is Frustrated and it
is feared the shock will prove fatal.
Two uncles of the dead girl John and
Thomas Grace, live in ST. Paul. The
funeral will be held today at the home
of a brother, Will Grace, at Inver
Grove, and later at ST patriclS'S