The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-12-14
s gee Irish STANDARD
Office: Cos Second Ave. So.
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CITY IN BRIEF.

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Div. No. 3, A. o. H., and Div. No. 2
Of the Auxiliary, will hold their next
complimentary joint entertainment on
next Monday evening in A. o. U. w.
hall, $40 Central ave. On this occasion
the postponed rattle for the benefit of
John Kelly and family will take place.
A feature Of the evening will be a
contest at "forty-flve" between the
First and Ninth wards.
Railroad companies centering in
Minneapolis are making a, campaign
against jumping on and off moving
trains. Six violators of the law pro-
hibiting this were fined in the police
court. They We're mostly boys Each
was fined 81 with the exception of
John Germody, who was assessed IS
because he had been caught doing the
same thing before.
John Dobein, an employee of the
American Sectional Furniture COM
pany. SIS First avenue northeast, fell
three stories in an elevator shaft Mon
day morning and sustained serious
injuries. Three ribs were fractured
and Dobein received several cuts about
the face. He was taken to his home
in the ambulance and is doing well.
Dobein was working on the second
floor near the elevator shaft and lost
his balance.
The Falls hotel. Second street south
and Fifth avenue, which was the scene
Of the Charles o. Bader murder two
years ago, was the scene of an at
tempted burglary at an. early hour
bers broke open the window leading
into the barroom Of the hotel, but
when they started to climb in dis
covered there were bars across the
window. It is presumed they left
without making further attempts to
enter. The broken window was dis
covered several hours later.
Burglars chose Nicollet avenue as
their point of attack, robbing the Min
ME e. Holbrook fashionable millinery
store near Eighth street of nearly
$1,000 worth Of goods. The burglars
pried open a back window and at once
started to Systematically pile the con-
tents Of the store, consisting Of i'm
ported feathers. velvets, silks and en-
= broideries, into a wagon waiting in
the alley. Their work was done with
such dispatch that the officer on the
beat did not know Of the robbery until
after the men had made their get
away, and no clue has yet been found
which may lead to their capture. All
Of the goods taken were Of the most
expensive kind. They had been placed
on sale less than 10 days ago.
Fire, water and smoke did about
$4,000 damage to the buildings at 81
and % Sixth street south, Sunday aft
ernoon. Abraham Wolpert, owner OF
large grocery store at % Sixth street
is the heaviest loser. His loss is esti-
mated at between $4,000 and $4,000
S. T. Mcknight, owner of the build
ing, sustained a loss of about $4,000
Other losses were suffered by Brown
Bros, tailors, at 81 Sixth street; S. f.
johnson & Co., photographers: T. "
Twining and Blanche Booth. The
three latter have offices over the VOL
pert grocery store and suffered prin-
cipally from smoke. The blaze started
in the basement of the building occu-
pied by Abraham Wolpert. In the
basement was stored quantities of sup
plies. These were packed to the CELL
ing.
Breaking into the apartments OF
Frederick Clements, Brentwood build
ing, 800 Fourth street southeast. bur-
glars stole an Amati violin valued al
$500 and other musical instruments
bringing the total loss up to nearly
$1,000. The robbery took place some
time between 1880 and 9 o'clock Mon
day evening while the Clements fam
lily was absent. Entrance was made
through a rear window. The East Side
police station has been notified and
certain clues have been found which
may land the criminals behind prison
bars. Although nothing but articles
of high value were taken, the loss OF
the violin attracts more than usual
attention. The instrument was priced
SO highly by its owner that a sub
stantial reward for its return has
probably been anticipated by the
thieves, say the police. Along with
the violin went mandolin, two dia-
mond rings, silk mufflers and a fur