The Irish standard., 1912-01-13
CITY IN BRIEF


council home. 42S South Eighth street,
last Monday night. Neil M. Cronin
was installing officer. A special meet |
ing was held Wednesday night tn
elect directors Tor the home associa-
ton.
The mysterious disappearance of a
radiator, five feet in height and
weighing nearly 1000 pounds, from
the basement of the courthouse, has
been put up to the city detective
force Chief Engineer Hull says that
it would take three men and a team
of horses to remove the radiator from
the basement. The lower corridors
arc alive with men in the day time
and watcllmen patrol the courthouse
at night. yet no one saw the radiator
taken from the building.
According to J. w. Fleu, superin-
tendent of the Minneapolis postal
savings bank, the Christmas spirit
had marked effect on the amount
of deposits and also Withdrawals for
December. Mr.. Fleu said $5,406 was
withdrawn during the two weeks that
preceded Christmas. In other months,
he says, withdrawals were compara-
lively triting. Deposits for Deem
Der were $17,s67, which Mr.. Fleu esti-
mated at several thousand dollars be-
low the average monthly deposits.
There is now $S6,947 on deposit with
the bank in 1908 accounts.
Alderman Mehan Tuesday asked the
fire committee to move the Rosedale
fire station from Forty third street
and Harriet avenue to Nicollet ave-
nue. between Forty third and Forty
fifth streets. He said that location
would be more central and that it
would offer greater protection to Lake
Harriet property. James Leck headed
delegation of residents who favored
the change. Property owners residing
near the present location notified COM
mittee members that they would OPP
pose the change. The question was
left open for another week.
Six firemen were injured in fire Of
mysterious origin in a warehouse be-
tween Third street and Washington
Venue and Tenth and Eleventh ave.
nues south early Tuesday. The ware
house was destroyed. The loss was
estimated at $4,000. The warehouse
was filled with railroad contractors
supplies, owned by the Jones Pur-
chasing company, 507 Andrus build
ing P. w. ones,4manager Of the
company, estimates the loss on his
supplies at $4,000. Mr.. Jones said the
warehouse, gray stone structure, one
story high, was owned by the Min
.i1esota 'Linseed' Oil company. ''''S
Retail prices of butter and eggs
underwent no change Tuesday de-
spite a rise in the wholesale quota
tons on certain grades of both prod
ucts. The best grades of butter now
are retaining az ~ CeIllo d. pOullu,
ing up from IS cents. The wholesale
price of the best butter advanced from
S31h to "a cents on the produce ex-
change Retail egg prices range from
25 cents, for checks and dirties, to 4o
cents for fresh eggs. Fresh eggs were
firm in the wholesale market, at 20
cents. Storage egg quotations ad-
vanced from 20 to Fl cents. Checks
are selling firm at - cents, whole
sale.
After attempting for two weeks to
get medical attention from city au-
thorties John Dunnigan, aged So
years, alone and deserted by family
and friends, died at 315 Washington
avenue north Tuesday. A city hospl-
tai ambulance OH it's way to his home
arrived too late to be of use. Death
was caused by tuberculosis from
which Dunnigan had suffered several
months Just before he died, Dumb
gan said an application for help made
to the City hospital by him two weeks
ago was ignored. hospital dutHoil-
ties denied they had heard of his
plight until notified by Richard Tat
tersfield, secretary Of the board of
charities and corrections. According
to the story told by Dunnigan he
waited for ten days for help from the
City hospital and when it failed,
neighbors reported his case to the
Humane society. He said nothing was
done by it for day when the report
was turned over to the board of char
tiles and corrections. Secretary Tat
tersfield sent a man to visit Dunni-
gan and found him in a critical con-
dition. He Immediately notified the
hospital authorities to take the man
in charge