The Irish standard., 1908-08-08
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CITY IN BRIEF.

For Sale-First mortgage, $500, at
Z per cent, on Catholic Church and
parsonage; valuation s5,400, insurance
$4,000; in rich German community.
Address L., care Irish Standard.
John G. Lund, the land man. COM
mitted suicide at 1 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, in his private office at the
Lund Land Agency, LIST ave. S. and Sd
ST.. by shooting himself through the
head with a 32-caliber revolver Bust
ness troubles and dependency since
the death Of his wife year ago:
caused him to take his life.
July broke all records for violent
deaths In Minneapolis. the report of
the health department for the month
showing Is such during the month out
of total of 22s. OF this number, 81.
or one out of every eight, died Of tu-
berculosis of the lungs, II from heart
disease, ~ of pneumonia and two of
typhoid fever.
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis rail-
road lost s72,453 on its passenger bust
ness for the year ending June 30, 1905.
selling tickets at cents a mile, testi-
fled L. G. Scott in the commodity rate
hearing in st. Paul Tuesday. He also
claimed that the road would lose more
money by the 2-cent rate now in eff
feet. According to Mr.. Scott the gross
en- off s131.045 over the same period
last year and the operating expenses
have increased $4s,426
William Munger and Peter Quist, for
ner members of the Minneapolis po-
lice force, who We're suspended without
pay following the death of Theodore
Brandenborg, a prisoner, from injuries
alleged to have been inflicted by the
two officers, will receive pay from the
city for the time of suspension. The
trial of the men on a charge of man
. slaughter ended in an acquittal and
the city was sued for back pay. The
men won their case. but the city took
an appeal. The superior court affirmed
the findings of the lower court.
Members of the Catholic church liv-
ing in the Linden Hills district. are
organizing a new Catholic parish and
will give big picnic at Forty fourth
street and Harriet boulevard today to
. raise funds for the project. For some
time services have been held every
Sunday in a hall near Lake Harriet,
and a priest from the Immaculate Con-
ception church attended. The congre-
cation now believes it ought to have
It's own church and a resident priest.
Games and sports of all kinds will
form part Of the program today, and
things.
The favorite public baths Of the city
Of Minneapolis. which are located on
Halls island, are being fought for by
Corinne L. Hobart of Chicago. who has
brought suit in the United States cir
cult court to recover from the city
large section of the island of which
she claims ownership. Mrs. Hobart is
the widow of a deceased member of
milling firm that owned a piece of
property on the east side of the river
near the baths, which are located at
the east end Of the Plymouth avenue
bridge. She recently asserted owner
ship to all accretions and additions to
this land, Of which she claims Halls
island is a part.
yield fully 100000 more in taxes this
year than last. Already total of
$2.190,s7743 has been recorded by
County Treasurer Henry c. Hanke and
the mail received in May and still un-
recorded will bring the total about
$15o,000 higher. The entire total for
last year was s2.015s77.4s. More than
one million dollars worth of taxes were
received at the window in the treas
urer's office during the month of May,
and the mail has been recorded as fast
as possible since then. The work Of
recording went on faster this year than
last and the entire collection will be
finished in about week.
About 100 friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Meagher we're entertained last
Sunday at their summer home, Glen
garriffe. An elaborate lunch was
served on the beautifully shaded lawn
at the shore Of the lake. A prominent
out-of-town guest was Mr.. John Nc