The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-07-19
CITY IN BRIEF

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looking for a site in Minneapolis, on
which to erect a plant that will dou-
BILE the present capacity. The cor
poration is capitalized at 100000
and expects to expand.
Philip Raabe, aged 90, 2425 Six
teenth avenue south, was struck by
O. Milwaukee train at Twenty-Five and
One-Half and Hiawatha avenues on
Wednesday and instantly killed. The
man was on his way to work in the
Milwaukee shops.
The body of man, at first be-
neved to be that of Charles Ludding-
ton, was taken from log jam in the
river at st. Paul Wednesday. At the
morgue knife with the name "Chas
Il. Larson Minneapolis" engraved on
1t, and pictures of man and woman
were found in coat pocket. The
Minneapolis police have no record Of
q missing man named Charles E. Lar
son.
A furnace fire built to warm the
house for his invalid wife, by G. A.
Frazier. 232 Fremont avenue north,
drove her and their five children out
of doors early Tuesday. The house
was badly damaged by the fire. Mr..
Frazier built the fire early Monday
evening to warm the house, as his
wife was ill. At 2 o'clock the family
was awakened by cracking of flames.
The wife and children ran down the
stairs and went to neighbours home.
The damage to the house Is estimat-
ed at $500.
Halsey r. w. Hall, a veteran news
paper man of the Twin Cities and
father of Smith B. Hall, died at 2
O'Clock Thursday morning at his
home, 3036 Portland avenue. after an
illness of six years. He suffered
from hardening OF the arteries and
for the last four years had been a
hopeless invalid. He was born Aug.
8, 1884, at Hudson, Ohio, and came
of a family of newspaper men, his
father and grandfather before him
having been among the pioneers in
that profession.
Thomas Lees, resident of Mime
apolis since 1898, died Tuesday at the
family home, 100 Sixteenth street
cast, aged 81 years. Mr.. Lees had
been an invalid for the last three
years. July 8 he fell and broke a
,nigh bone. His wife and eight chill
dren, Thomas E. Lees, with the Min
neapclis Journal; William and George
of Minneapolis; Walter Il. Lees Of the
Detroit Free Press; DR.. Robert B.
Lees, Los Angeles, CAL; Mrs. Will
lam McWhinney, Vancouver, B. c.;
Mrs. Charles A. Morgan Of Butte,
Mont, and Miss Annie Lees of Min.
nearoiis survive him.
Indebtedness to bank to the full
amount Of ones apparent credits
does not exempt those credits from
assessment, whole or part, according
20 the judgment Of the city board of
equalization, in acting on the petition
for abatement presented by the Farm
FL Fifth street south. The board
followed the ruling of last year based
on the law governing the separate
assessing of credits. The company in
the present case had reported to the
assessor credits Of $25,235 and had
been assessed for that amount. The
company asserted 1t owed like
amount to bank and sought cancel
iation of the assessment. Under the
old law this could have been done
The petition was denied. Most of the
petitions being received are for mi
nor abatementS on personal property
assessments.
Reunited after 4 separation Of 81
years was the experience Monday Of
John A. Haines, 70 years, 1912 Ste
vens avenue, and Dan Fichthorn, n
years, who lives at the Soldiers
Home. The two were boyhood friends
in the village Of Delphi, Ind, more
than half century ago. Mr.. Haines
was visiting the park at Minnehaha
Falls yesterday afternoon when he
saw his old friend, together with his
wife. James Kelly, veteran Of the
goth Indiana, who lives at the Sol
diers' Home, was with Mr.. Haines
when he met his old friend. Kelly and
GO TO PEARCE'S
between 7th and sth on Mic, Where
= Fashion Reigns."