The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-07-25
Gbe Irish STANDARD
Office: (6 Seosad Ave. s.
TELEPHONE, TWIN CIV an
CITY IN BR1ER.

cleaned. Our heating device, the
Aeolipyle saves rs per cent. fuel, burns
coal to ashes, no clinkers. Place or
ders now Aeolipyle Co., 212 S. 4th st.
M. ]. Ma:lon, Mgr.
Lightning struck the home OF Mrs.
Anna scheid, 1928 Grand street
northeast. during the storm last Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. scheid and d
neighbor were in the house and es-
capped uninjured. The chimney and
part Of the roof were torn off. The
house did not catch fire. The loss ia
nominal.
Under protest the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, long
distance branch, Northwestern Tele-
phone company paid the state $1,171.so
taxes on the company's interstate bust
nnness for 1907. The state, however,
will not accept the money unit; 1t is
learned whether or not the company
can be compelled to pay similar taxes
for previous years.
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings
bank took out building permit Mon
day to erect brick and stone addition
to the present bank building, 119
Fourth street south, at a cost Of $780,
900. The addition Is to be completed
Nov. 1. Theophil Basting made ap-
plication for a permit to erect one
story brick block to contain five store
rooms, at Ninth street and Hennepin
avenue, at a cost Of $4,000.
The semi-anmual statement Of the
Hennepin Savings & Loan association,
recently issued by Secretary G. ].
Pauly reveals prosperous and healthy
growth Of business during the pest
six months. The association now has
deposits Of $4,000, Of which amount
$4,000 is invested in first mortgage
loans. The regular six per cent divi-
dend was declared at the July meet
ing.
The Young mems club Of Ascension
parish will give an ice cream social
next Tuesday evening at Eighteenth
avenue north and Dupont. Good music
and generous welcome to ALL
Tomorrow at -Minnehaha Falls the
members Of Division No. /, Ladies'
Auxiliary A. O. H. will give an an
niversary basket picnic. The members
and their accompanying friends will
meet at 1880 p. m. at Minnehaha
grounds.
State Secretary John Mahoney Of the
A. O. H. Life insurance fund has Is
sued the quarterly report for March,
April and May. The total receipts for
this quarter were $15.67o.27. The
death claims paid were Is, amount
$4,000. Besides the $4,000 invested
in bonds the fund has a working cash
balance Of s1o,o7s.os, with 5 death
claims amounting to $4,000 unpaid. 70
keep the receipts in excess Of dis
bursements it may be necessary to
raise the rates at the coming con-
vention.
Complaint was made to the Humane
society by the wife Of Timothy Man
gan. who has been employed for II
years by the Minneapolis Transfer
company, that he had deserted his
wife and four small children. aged
5, s. Z and 9 years. The family lived
for time at s53 Prior avenue, Mer-
RAM Park, and according to the story
told by Mrs. Mangan. her husband
drew 5000 from the bank last Saturday,
the money being a sum which they
had saved to build home Since that
time Mr.. Mangan's whereabouts has
been unknown to his wife.
A lighted match dropped against the
wall paper Of the home Of Mrs. Emily
Burns, 1906 Thirty-First avenue south.
caused the entire house to be de-
r1olished by fire and the narrow escape
OF the 5-year-old son Of Mrs. Burns,
at 2 O'clock last Sunday morning. A
man on the second floor Of the hous.
lit his pipe and forgot to extinguish
the match. Before help could he sum-
moned the house was raass OF
flames. The occupants fed in their
night clothes, leaving the boy asleep in
his room. One Of the men ran back
and brought him through the flames
and smoke. The loss to the house is es-
timated at $1,000.
Northern Pacific passenger NO. los
entering the Minneapolis union depot
Wednesday morning, ran into Burling-
ton passenger No. 81, south bound,
while on the big stone arch bridge
which spans the Mississippi at 9Th ave.
g. Both engineers became aware Of the
impending crash and applied the air
hrokAc ~ffAr hoy}n~ rAvArSaN fhrot.