The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-01-04
CITY IN BRIEF.


of Division No. A. o. H. will take
place tomorrow afternoon at A. O. U.
W. hall, 80 Central avenue. Members
are urged to be present to witness the
ceremonies and enjoy good program.
"A Study in Scarlet" one of Sherlock
Holmes fascinating detective stories,
the dramatization of which has made
great hit with theater goers will be
the attraction all Of next week at the
Lyceum theatsr by the Christine Hill
Stock company.
Charles Donnelly, of Helena, Mont,
has been appointed general counsel of
the Northern Pacific and assumed his
duties Wednesday,. He succeeds ]. B.
Kerr. who recently went to Portland.
Ore, to go into general practice. be-
sides acting as legal representative for
the railroad company.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company has taken out a
building permit to erect a large addi-
ton to it's roundhouse at Twenty-sec-
ond avenue south and Twenty seventh
street. The cost will be $4,000. The
addition will be Of steel and concrete
and will increase the capacity Of the
roundhouse 16 stalls.
Fire losses during the year 1907
have been more than double the losses
of 1905. according to figures compiled
by Clerk Ed. Cutler of the fire depart
ment. The large increase. Chief Con-
terbury says. was due almost entirely
to the disastrous fire i'll the Wiscon-
sin Central freight depot in April. Be-
sides this large fire, the loss Of which
was close to 100000. there have been
several fires In which the losses were
heavy. There have been 1880 alarms
as against 1901 for the year of 1906.
Prices of pine lumber have been
slashed 81 to 50 a thousand, until they
60 back to the mark where they We're
a year and a half ago. Prevailing con-
ditions are such that it was felt that
these reductions could be made and
are liable to stay in for the coming
year. The Weyerhauser interests have
made these outs, and while it was
stated at the ONCE of the company in
st. Paul Tuesday that it was not
known what other concerns were do
ing in the matter, it is believed that
the reductions will be made generally
by the lumber companies
Two companies filed articles of in
corporation with tho secretary Of state.
jules A. Schmal, one named the Gus
dahl Lumber company, with Syderine
ousdahl, Elinor A. Ousdahl and Carl
e. Dudley as incorporators. for the
purpose Of carrying on a lumber bust
ness in Minneapolis. The company
was capitalized at 100000. The other
incorporation was the saganaga COM
pany, incorporated by Francis w. Sui
livan, Sarah L. McNulty- and Hans B.
Haroldson, all of Duluth, for the pur-
pose Of carrying on real estate trans
actions on a large scale.
Several changes of drivers and Jail
ers were announced by Col. F. r. Cor
riston. superintendent Of police, We'd
nesday. A. A. Bacon, jailer at North
precinct, will hereafter be driver OF
the Central precinct patrol Patrolman
Frank Carr, Of the Fifth precinct. will
be jaier at North Side station. Pa
trolmsn Patrick Hurley of the East
Side will be driver Of the Central sta
ton patrol wagon. Driver Charles
Moore was transferred from Central
to East Side station. Driver James
Heffron was transferred from South to
East stations, and Driver George
Bracket was sent from Central to
South Side station. Patrol wagon
service on the East Side will now be
started.
According to the report of DR.. ]. NJ.
Kistler, coroner of Hennepin county,
during the past year there have been
in all Az deaths by murder, suicide and
accident, in comparison with $50 dur
ing 1905. The report, which is COM
plete for the year. gives Is murders,
in of which death was inflicted by
gun shot wounds, while 2 fractured
skulls, strangulation and throat
cutting are reported. During the year
AZ suicides occurred, hanging being
the favorite method, with drowning
and carbolic acid close seconds. In
the remaining deaths of a violent char
acter, falls and railroad catastrophes
lead in the list of cause of death, while
drownings and illuminating gas pois-
oning are close competitors.
The health department has figured up
the number of deaths in Minneapolis