The Mankato free press., 1913-03-07

given q plumbers license. His bond
calls for the license to expire May
/, 1914, and that would be four
teen months from date. AS the
bond is good for one year, it was
not decided whether or not, under
the city ordinance, Mr.. Power could
be granted one year license ex
tending from now to May l next
year. However, the city will not en-
force any technicalities on Mr.. Pow
ed and City Attorney c. o. Daley
will look up and report at the next
! meeting.
The pay roll for the month of Feb.
ruary was read and approved, also
number of bills
Oscar w. Briggs, sixty years old,
a driver of United States mail
wagon, succumbed to heart failure
in his room Saturday afternoon be-
tween three and five o'clock He
went to his room to attend to his
fire as was his custom after making
the Milwaukee train which arrives
in Mankato at 3:05, p. m. He
drove the horse into East Cherry
street, near the apartments at 502
South Front street, and then went
to his room by the rear stairway.
This was the last that was seen of
him alive. About six o'clock, Man.
ager a. J. Lippert of the Minneapo-
lis Brewing company's branch house
at the foot of Cherry street, OBJ
served the horse in the street, tan
gled up in the harness.
Owner of Horse Notified.
1t was storming considerably at the
time and the animal was unprotect.
ed. Accordingly. he called Eugene
Coy's bus barn on the phone and
explained the situation to Mr.. Coy,
who Immediately came to investigate
and to ascertain what had become
of his driver. After eXtricating the
animal from the tangled harness,
he at once went to Mr.. BriggS
room and received no reply to his
knock. The door did not yield to
his turn of the knob, and Mr.. Coy
thought that it was locked, but on
inserting a key which he carried,
found that the door was not locked,
but had been bolted on the inside
1t is believed that Mr.. Briggs bolted
the door simply too keep it shut, as
the catch did not hold against the
wind which was blowing hard at
the time. Mr.. Coy suspecting that
something had happened to Mr..
Briggs, put his shoulder to the
door and pushed it in. Mr. Coy
saw the inert form of Mr. Briggs
PROSTATE on the floor near the
bed.
Case of Heart Failure.
1t appeared as if the dead man
had been sitting Oh the bed after
reaching for tobacco box from
shelf. He had not used any of the
tobacco as the box had not been
opened. Apparently, Mr.. Briggs had
succumbed just after reaching for
the box. DR.. ]. w. Andrews was
summoned and said that death had
come from heart failure. Coroner
A. G.. LeidlOff was also summoned
and he agreed with DR.. Andrews: No
inquest was held. The body was at
once taken to S. NJ. Morris under
taking rooms on Cherry street.
Native of Maine.
Oscar w. Briggs was born in Ban
gor, Maine, June Is, 1858. When
he was still boy, he and his par.
ents moved to Rochester, Mimi,
where he lived until four years
ago. After moving to Rochester,
three brothers wer" hcrn, who are
still living in tha. city They are,
w T., /. F., and NJ B. Briggs.
While in Rochester, Mr. Briggs was
engaged in the well drilling busi-
ness. He was married there nearly
forty years ago and one child,
daughter, was born to this union.
Several years ago, Mr. Briggs OBJ
tanned a divorce from his wife, and
she still lives in Rochester. His
daughter is Mrs. w. NJ. Dordan,
l19 East Jackson street. Mr.. Dor
dan is conductor on the Great
Western railway.
Familiar Figure in Mankato.
Ever since coming to Mankato
four years ago, Mr. Briggs has been
in the employ of E. Coy as a driv.
er of the United States mail wagon.
He was a familiar figure in Man
kato. He was always a jolly, cheer
ful sort Of man and made friends
very quickly. He was feeling as
well as usual up to the time of his
death. He came into Vandervoort's
cigar store just before noon and in
response to an inquiry regarding
his health, he answered Never felt
better in my life
The remains were shipped to Ro-
chester this morning and were bur-
led there this afternoon by the To-
cal A. o. U. w. lodge. Mr. Briggs
has been affiliated with that organ
lzation for many years. The services
were held in the chapel at the Oak
wood cemetery and the interment
took place there.
William Davis died yesterday at
his home on Cherry street after a
long illness which had not been SER
lous until Saturday. The immediate
cause of his death was heart trou.
Bile, although he had had dropsical
kidney trouble for some time. A few
weeks ago he was seriously sick and
went to one of the local hospitals
for treatment and improved. His
Miss Mary Davis, whose
home is in st. Paul, was with him
during his previous illness and had
talked to him by telephone every
day. On Saturday when she called
him he said he was not feeling very
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