The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-07-08

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We are reliably informed that for once
! in his life Mr.. Coleman was unable to
handle the situation, the jolt was so
sudden, but his good wife was equal
to the occasion, with the result that
f., Tom soon began to realize the import
ance of the event. Then there fol.
lowed many of the happiest hours
, ever enjoyed by the popular couple
4, and their guests. Cards, singing and
dancing, with plenty of good things to
eat followed. The visitors brought
with them scores of pretty and useful
gifts BETTING the occasion.
Former Sheriff Philip Megaarden is
still looking for money from Hennepin
county, and unless the county commits
sioners turn down bunch of bills
presented at the last meeting, will re-
i ceive from the treasury s2,250 for SER
i vices rendered nearly four years ago.
The bills are for subpoenaeing jurors
and witnesses and for feeding prison
ers, and were contracted, says the en-
sheriff. just before he went out of Of
nee. The county fathers looked a tri-
fle surprised When the bundle of pa
pers was handed to them, and wanted
p, to know why they were not presented
, before. Megaarden explained that he
/ has been out of the city for long
time, and never got around to it be-
fore. The board passed the bills over
to Assistant County Treasurer Will
liam Leary for investigation.
DIR. +. Ii. Bsckn1an. medical in
spector and assistant bacteriologist Tor
the state board OF health for the past
four years. was Monday elected city
physician by the board OF charities and
corrections The board also elected
John O'Donnell, former state labor
commissioner, superintendent OF the
! workhousc and reelected w. P. Bar
ton as superintendent OF the poor de-
partment. The result of the balloting
for city physician was something OF a
surprise. Eight ballots were taken in
all. two informal and six formal The
main fight was between DR.. A. f. Will
cox and DR.. Beckman, though Drs.
Kicker and LINER were voted for. At
the first it was anybodys Office. several
CT the physicians. getting two votes. In
the eighth ballot. DR.. Beck.1an got
three and that settled the matter.
H. V. Jones and John Inglis, in
joint estimate of the winter wheat crop
issued Thursday estimate the produc-
ton at 365,0O0,000 bushels. This is
100000 bushels less than was prom
Used June 10, when the department OF
agriculture estimated the condition of
the crop. Mr.. Jones estimated the
crop in the southwest and Mr.. Inglis
the crop in the Ohio valley. Core
spondence was used in the estimate of
the Pacific coast yield. The yield by
states is estimated as follows: Ohio,
2S,O0O,000 bushels; Michigan, 14,000.-
900; Indiana, 2G,OOO,OO0; Illinois, 49,
100000; Missouri, 100000; Kansas.
oS,OOO,00O; Nebraska, $30,00O,000; Tex
as, 9,OOO,OOO; Oklahoma, 1s,OOO,OOO;
California, 22,Oo0,00O; Pennsylvania,
2G,0O0O0O. The report says that there
is a great deal of blight in all of the
states. There is some black rust on
heavy wheat. Much wheat of superior
quality is noted on fields of thin stand.
Because he became respondent ow
ing to i'll health. Clark Miller, living
at 3o5I Second avenue south, COM
n1itted suicide at 7 o'clock last Satur-
day night by sending bullet through
his brain. No other reason for his
act can be given by his relatives. He
arrived home at the usual time last
night and went directly to his room
without speaking to anyone. His sis
ter had seen him pass through the hail.
but had noticed nothing unusual i'll his
appearance. Shortly after he had
reached his room dull detonation
was heard and j. A. McCampbell the
man with whom he was staying and
who was in his back yard at the time
playing with his children. rushed into
the house to discover the cause. Mrs.
McCampbell and Clark's sister, who
we're in the kitchen, had also been
alarmed by the noise and the three
went upstairs to investigate. When
they entered Clark's room they found
him on the floor in pool of blood, a
revolver graspe. tightly in his right
hand. Mr.. McCampbell. rushed out
and called DR.. ]. B. Gould, while the
two women carried the body of the
dying man to the bed, where he ex-
pired.
The city board Of equalization will
convene Monday afternoon for the an
nual session which is held to pass up,
on such assessments as are thought
to be too high by the Assesses" The
board, which is identical with the coun
Gil committee on taxes, is as follows:
Alderman Bow, chairman; Chatfield
Hines, Duryea and Westphal. Ac
cording to the provisions of the chart
err, the board meets every year on
the second Monday in July, and the