The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-15
FROM THE CAPITAL.

ST., st. Paul, MINI. Tel. T. G. 2840;
N. w. Main 2127-J. Res, Dale 2o7-L.
James J. Regain and Robert J. Clarke,
under the firm name of Regain, Clarke
& Co., have opened their new clothing
and mems furnishing store at So East
Seventh street, st. Paul, where they
are showing full line Of fall goods.
They will be glad to meet their friends.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
The electric storm that struck the
Twin Cities about noon Tuesday is
thought to have caused the death OF
John Foran, IS East Twelfth street. St.
Paul. Mr.. Foran is a railway bridge
contractor He had been sick for
some days. His family had been more
or less frightened by the severity ol
the storm and when it had subsidized
Mir. l'oran was found dead in his bed.
The attending physician says that Mr..
lTor.n was ailing with heart trouble
\ panic was caused in the German-
American bank building, St. Paul. dur
ing the storm. The lightning connect
ed with the net work of wires that sur
round the building and several young
women tainted. The electricity playeo
prinks through the building and more
frightened than shocked some of the
tcnants.-A street car Was struck ut
| the corner of Fourth and Minnesota
streets at the same time and the pas
sengers We're alarmed.-The home OF
Capt. j. j. Conway, No. Engine Com
| pany, 769 Marshall avenue, was struck
by lightning, tearing part of the roof
away and causing damage estimated ut
s25.
Ernest Morley was shot and instant
| ~ killed Sunday afternoon by Ebcn
McCullom While they We're hunting in
Il boat in Pigs Eye slough in South
St. Paul. McCollom shot at a mudhen
with Il shotgun and Morley, who was
lying in the bottom Of the boat rose
unexpectedly and received the charge
in his head. the top of it being blown
off. Morley was 81 and was accom-
panied by younger brother. McCul-
lom is % years old.
| Thomas Brady of the Twenty fourth
senatorial district, has succeeded in
disposing of his rival. Thomas T.. Sui
Ivan. by action in court, and Judge
Oscar Hallam of ST. Paul has made an
order taking Mr.. Sullivan's name off
the ticket. 1t appears that Mr.. Sullt-
van has lived in the district which he
desired t" represent in the state SELL
ate. less than six months which Judg.
TIallam says does not ertitle him to run
for the office.
John S. Sullivan. 10 years old, living
at Third and Commercial streets. amt
Charles Dill and Richard Garnet, re-
siding at 619 Plum street, were serious
ly hurt at IL O'Clock last "Wednesday
night in q street car accident at Ash.
land and Smelling avenues, st. Paul.
Sullivan was taken to the city hospital
by Sergeant Thco. Cervins of the Prior
avenue police station. III" has scvcr,
decorations and Commissions on the face
and head and it is thought that tw"
ribs on his left side are fractured. The
Dill and Carney boys are said to huv,
received only slight bruises about the
body. They were able to 6" home after
the accident.
Miss sStacia McGovcrn and Daniel
Hartnctt were married Wednesday
morning at the cathedral. Rev. j. J
Lawler performing the ceremony Miss
Mamie O'Keefe was bridesmaid and
John Farrell was best man.
Mary Hickey, forty years old. has
brought suit for divorce from Michac,
J. Hickey. forty-tivr. They We're mar.
ricd in st. Paul April 10, 1889. She
|.alleges habitual drunkenness and cruel
treatment. They have five minor child
rem; Mary, fifteen years old; Patrick.
thirteen: Thomas, eight and Margaret.
been in the employ of the city water.
works seventeen years. She says II.
receives $7O.5O n month and the us, Of
cOmnlodiouS quarters. She asks for
the custody of the children and ALI
mony.
An echo of the wreck which Oc
Cured on the 500 road near the Sixth
street tunnel Oct. 1. 1908, is heard in
the suit of james W. Moran against
the Chicago Great Western and tho
500 roads filed in the district court
Monday. Moran was Il passenger on
the 500 train at the time of the ac-
cdcnt. He alleges that while attempt
ing to pass Il switch on the east vial
duct over the Sixth street tunnel the
500 train was run into by the Chicago
Great Western freight train and that
five or six passenger coaches, in one Of
which he WAS riding, We're thrown down
an rmbnnkmrnt twcnty-scvcll feet
high. He sues for 10000 alleged dam.
ages for injuries he received
Il After shortages had been reported in
the books of the Metropolitan Accident
Company OF ST. Paul by J. y. Harti-