The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-06-29

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There were some things done by the
A. q. II. insurance convention upon
which all were not agreed, but they
were of minor nature after all com
pared with the one great object for
which the convention was called-that
of improving the insurance feature.
This was done, and it was the unani-
nous opinion that the work could not
be we'll improved upon.
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The West Duluth San. volume l, No.
1, has been received, and it IS certainly
as bright as it's name would represent
Messrs. Murphy & Harrington are thor
ough newspaper men and we are sure
their efforts to publish an excellent
journal-such as will be watchful for
Duluth's interests first, last aid all the
tlme-will not go unappreciated by the
people of the Zenith city.
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Mrs. r. b. Hayes, wife of Elk Presi-
dent Hayes, died at her home in Ere
mont, Ohio, on Tuesday, aged Sc years.
She was a woman of marked force of
character, whose gentleness and anna
bility helped in no small degree to over
come the difficulties that surrounded
her husband when he became, in the
face OF a decision rendered against him
by an overwhelming popular vote, the
chief executive of the Union.
X.
Two umplres in the Western Base
Bail Association we're mobbed during
the week-Dave Force at Denver and
Clark at Sioux City-the latter being
pretty badly pounded by members of
the Des Moines club. The revised rules
for next year might include this feature
as part and parcel of the game, but
until it is thus understood punishment
of a most severe nature ought to be
melted out to those guilty Of such un-
procedure.
r..
In the matter of equal rights woman
seems to have secured one point in
She has been placed on
an equality with man so far as the
matter of hanging goes. as evidenced
by the execution of Mrs. WHEELING at
last Tuesday for the crime
Of poisoning her husband and two Chill
dren. There isn't any evidence where
ardent suffragists have asked for SO
much as this and some people, outside
of Pennsylvania. will not look with
favor upon such magnanlmous equality.
The journals war on lottery concerns
in this city is move that will receive
the hearty endorsement of the general
public. 1t would hardly seem necessary
to sound the alarm more than once or
even twice, but it is-there are thous-
auds Of suckers, with eyes wide open,
who will keep right on getting fleeced
unless the temptation is entirely taken
out of their way. The work of driving
these firms out of existence is COM
one. Legitimate business
enterprises should not be injured by
these floating lottery concerns.
X.
Simon Cameron died at Lancaster,
Pa, on Wednesday after prolonged
illness, aged 80 years. For period of
more than fifty years Mr.. Cameron had
been most prominent figure iE Amer
lean politics, and as a Republican was
a stalwart in all that the term implied.
He was secretary of war under Abraham
Lincoln, and in his palmy days was
looked upon as man of excellent
Judgment and great brilliancy. ''Boss-
ism" in politics was a part of Cam
eron's creed-a feature that in later
years made him unpopular with his
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There are a few people in Mime
apolis who are DESTROYS of delaying the
putting in of cable lines in the streets
Of this city until the Minneapolis Street
Railway company is ready to do the
work. From the city's past experience
with Mr.. Lowry there is something
very indefinite in this proposition to
say the least. It might be matter of a
year-perhaps ten Years, with the
chances overwhelmingly in favor of the
latter. If Messrs. Anderson, Douglass
s 60. are able to do all they promise,
and we have no reason to doubt this,
thew should have a chance to proceed
with the work. Let us have competi-
tion. Enough is already in the hands
Of one man.