The Irish standard., 1906-07-21


ed her to fifteen days in the work.
house, with the option of paying $25
fine. She chose the latter. Mr.. Ken
ney assigns, as his reason for not
wishing to see the girl tried on more
serious charge, that she was foreign
er and had little knowledge of the GUS
toms of this country.
Semi-annual figures from the board
Of charities and corrections, submit
ted to the board Monday, are crafty
ing to the commissioners as they show
a saving of about $4,000 for the first
six months of the present year COM
pared with the corresponding period
of last year. Not only is there sub
stantial reduction in expense, but the
efficiency of the departments has not
only been maintained, but in some
cases increased. The city hospital
for the first six months cost $26.119.45
as compared with $27.977.97 for the
first half of 1905, a saving of $1,S5S.52.
1t is not only that there has been a
net reduction in expense, but the aver
age cost a patient per day has been
reduced from SLAB in 1905 to $1.22 for
the present year. The poor depart
ment cost $13.5SO.35 the last six
months, or $1,135 less than for the
corresponding period of last year.
That the efficiency of the department
has been fully maintained has been
substantiated by all the charitable and
benevolent institutions in the city. 1t
cost s7,925.OS to run the workhouse
for the first six months of 1906 and
only $644056 for the same period of
this year. The daily average of pris-
oners was 1880 last year, and 1O1.72
up to the present time this year.
Hidden away in an old trunk in the
room formerly occupied by Henry
Paegel, an old peddler who died May
IA in the city hospital, and who was
buried at the expense of the county,
has been found evidence that the sup
posed pauper was in reality a well-to-
do citizen. Searchers in the room,
1909 Washington avenue N, have I'M
earthed bank books which show that
the old man had, at the time Of his
amounting to $8,365. During his life
Paegel was a peddler and was famil-
iary known in the city as 1.-The old
was in the employ of the Grotte In
rug man." For a number of years he
stallment company. Early III May
Paegel was seized with an attack of
paralysis and although he was given
every attention at the city hospital
he died on May IA. No friends or
relatives appeared to claim his body
and he was buried at the expense of
the county. In searching through Pae-
gels effects in order to raise enough
| money to cover the expense of his bur-
ial. $50, and bank books showing Pae-
gels deposits in the Farmers and
| Merchants bank and in the Hennepin
County Savings bank were found by
officials. What disposition will be
| made of the money is not known.
If no relative appears to establish a
| claim to the money, it will doubtless be
| turned over to the state as the law
provides.
a hospital ambulance with a sick
girl, her parents and physician locked
inside, and the horses wildly dashing
to seeming destruction. startled people
on Seventh street early Tuesday
The ambulance belonged to the Swed-
ish hospital. 1t had been sent to the
| Union station to meet leila Haynes. Il
patient from Tracy. a girl suffering
with a severe case Of fever. The pa
tient was attended by her parents and
DR.. Seaburg of the hospital staff ac-
companied the ambulance. When the
sufferer and the attendant and physi-
clan We're safely inside, the driver,
JdCoD CIookS, began the nOmeWafu
trip. At Seventh street S and Sixth
avenue the team became frightened,
caused by the breaking of one of the
reins. The animals began a mad dash
along the street, the people inside
being helpless to escape or to render
assistance. With a nerve that every
body who saw it admired and COM
mended. the driver climbed over the
dashboard and along the pole of the
ambulance until he could grasp tn,
bride rens and bring the team to a
stop. The team was stopped. but not
until the horses had dashed into a
telegraph pole, wrecking one of the
ambulance wheels and badly smash
ing the vehicle itself. The three per-
sons inside We're badly shaken up. and
at the hospital it could not be fore
told what the effect would be on the
sick girl.
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