The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-03-10

veloped and he was compelled to re-
tire. Mr.. Olson expects to go to the
Pacific coast.
DR.. Jacob f. Force, one Of the in
surance men indicted for the alleged
Misrepresentation Of insurance funds,
appeared before Judge John Day Smith
Of the district court Monday afternoon
while cases against him were continued
over the term to May 2. DIR. Force is
living in California and came from the
western state especially for this court
appearance.
John Gibbons, prominent grain
commission man of this city, died Fri
day of last week, of tuberculosis of the
lungs, at the age of 38. Mr.. Gibbons
was connected for number of years
with the firm of c. E. Lewis & Co., of
this city. The funeral services were
held at the residence of the deceased,
AS Fourteenth street east, this city,
Monday morning at o'clock. The
body was inferred at Calvary cemetery,
st. Paul.
Winston Brothers & Dear have fin
ished riprapping the st. Peter Ottawa
short line Of the Omaha road to pro-
tect the road against high water on
the Minnesota river. Nearly 10000
yards Of Kasota stone were used, or
1875 carloads-the largest amount ever
handled there. When half mile of
grading has been finished, the line will
be ready for traffic. The total cost will
be about 100000. The short line
eliminates a, long curve north Of st.
Peter.
Peter A. Sebastian, father-in-law Of
j. L. Cook, station master Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul depot of
this city, died Monday morning at the
latter's residence, 1910 Twenty-Five and
a Half street south. Mr.. Sebastian was
! one of the first settlers Of Minnesota
and helped to found shakopee, where
he was cabinetmaker until two years
ago. when he was obliged through old
age to give up his work and live with
J. L. Cook. He was SS years old and
death was due to pleurisy.
suddenly of apoplexy Sunday morning
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Michael G. McCaffrey, 1864 Hillside
avenue. Mr.. Bruegger was alone in the
house at the time of his death which
came almost entirely without warning,
though he had been complaining of
on the kitchen floor by Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccartney when they returned from
. church. 1t seems that he was seized
with fatal stroke and fell just as he
!. was in the act of walking over to the
kitchen faucet, presumably to take a
drink.
The council waterworks committee
Tuesday listened to the requests of
half hundred taxpayers and all the
aldermen for water main extensions
during the coming season. Petitions
are already on file with the commit
tee. calling for the laying Of 41,772
feet, or about eight miles of mains,
which will cost approximately $72,-
. 693.S0. There are plenty Of funds with
which to pay for all of the mains asked
for thus far, but new requests are ex-
pected to be made during the season.
y Last year about is miles of mains were
laid, approximating in cost $129,16s
The waterworks department during
/ 1905 was unusually prosperous, there
4 having been earned a profit of some
$4,000 in excess of that of any previ-
I. GUS year.
Lumber has already gone up 80 per
cent and a local man we'll versed in
the lumber situation predicts that be-
fore August there will be a rise of
so per cent in the cost of building
material. This is due to the unfavor-
4 able winter, only about half as many
logs having been cut as at this time
in previous years. 1t is the worst
season they have had in years, one
), firm which had 100000 feet cut this
time last winter has but 100000 to
I its credit up to the present time. In
some instances they are using drays,
which is very slow and tedious
method, to transport the logs from the
]. woods to the lumber mills. sleighing
has been very poor all winter and the
, roads as general rule were in no
& condition for the proper transportation
/. OF the logs.
4 One Of the biggest verdicts ever re-
4 corded in land suit, has been secured
, in the state Of Washington, against the
Wenatches Land company, in which a
verdict of $4,000 was awarded H. A.
Hunter and J. A. Young Of the Hunter
Land company, Minneapolis. 1t was
claimed. that the Minneapolis men con-
tracted with the defendant company for
the exclusive agency for the sale of
$1,000 acres Of timber land in Chelan
/. county. Washington. The period COW
!. cred was for three years ending May