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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF WISCONSIN.
The State Convention of the Order Held
at Waukesha.

The State Convention Of the Order Held
at Waukesha.
The State Council Of the Catholic
Knights of Wisconsin met in conven-
ton at Waukesha last Wednesday
morning at 8 o'clock. The convention
was called to order by STATE President,
J. II. M. Wigman. There were about
12O delegates in attendance from all
parts of the state. Immediately after
calling the convention to order the
president appointed the various COM
mittees after which the convention took
a recess until Thursday morning at
o'clock.
After re-assembling Thursday fore
noon, the matter of admitting the West
Superior and St. NaZianZ delega tions
came up for discussion, and after q
lengthy debate the house decided by an
almost unanimous vote, to admit the
gentlemen representing such.
Father Ward, from the Judiciary
Committee, then read report of such
committee upon constitutional amend
ments presented by different branches
throughout the state for action in con-
ventlon. OF a large number presented
but few were adopted by the cGnven-
tion. Among those rejected by action
of the body in session was that to ex-
clude hereafter brewers, saloon keepers
and their employees, the vote standing
rs in favor Of the amendment and "
against. An amendment to change the
Reserve Fund Act, whereby S per cent.
Of each assessment had been transfer
red to the widows and orphans fund
making it Is per cent. instead of 5-was
voted down.
The finance committee found bal
ance in the treasury from the different
funds of Sc, 590.55.
For the ensuing two years the salaries
of officers were fixed as follows: Presi-
dent, $500; secretary, 500; treasurer,
$500.
Thursday morning the matter Of cleo
ton OF officers came up. and for the first
Office Emmett Koran. of Eau Claire. and
j. Fl. M. Wigman, the presiding officer
for the past two years. were placed in
nomination. On the formal ballot Mr..
Koran received Is votes and Mr.. Wig
man 60. The latter having received q
majority Of all the votes cast. was there
fore selected for such position. The
next Office, that OF vice president, was
given to Emmett Horan. of Eau Claire,
by acclamation. For the Office Of secre-
tarY, Henry Mulhol land, Jr., and John
n. Callahan. The former received &C.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

THE man whe operated the gambling
device known as the ''tin horses" is out
of a job now, the police having pulled
the place. He consoles himself with
the thought that the horses are self
supporting-they do not eat hay or oats.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
Hastings.

Hastings. ~
Special correspondence to The Irish Standard.
MIR. VIM. Casserley went to st. Paul
on Monday.
Mr.. Pat Kane, of Duluth, was home
on uisit.
DR.. I. Donnelly, of st, Paul, spent
Sunday home. ii,
Mr.. P. Il, Collins returned to Mime
apolis on Monday morning.
Mike Ryan and family were down
from Minneapolis on the 4th,
Miss Annie Whitman, of st. Paul,
spent the 18th here with friends. VI
Miss Annie Fahey returned to St.
Paul after pleasant visit home.
Miss Eliza Quillnan returned from the
teachers convention held in st. Paul.
MISS Mary Dunn spent the 18th with
her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Quillnan.
Mr.. James G1llook, of ST. Paul, was
the guest on the 4th OF Mrs. Mary Quill
nan.
Mr.. T. J. Mullen and family spent the
4th here with friends, and returned to
Wabasha.
Prof. Thorpe. of Philadelphia, was
the guest of the Rev. j. A. Fitzgerald
on Sunday.
Mr.. Pat Soanlon came down from
Minneapolis to visit with friends and
spend the 4th.
Mrs. r. Courtney returned to Mime
apolis after pleasant visit with the
family of Eugene Dean.
Mr.. Joseph A. Walker, Joe and Leo
Hurley, and VIM. Mccarthy, Of ST. Paul,
spent the 4th here with friends.
Miss Lizzie A. Brown and Maggie and
Belle McPhail, Of st, Paul, were tho
guests Of e. r. Brown on the 4th. 81.
Miss Mary McGree and Master ste
phen McGree came back Tuesday from
q visit 70 ST Paul and inneap oils with
with friends ], B.#5,s
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

P. B. WINSTON is home ana his
friends say he intends gong into the
undertaking business. Mr.. Winston
says if he does he will bury some Re-
publican candidates for Office this FALL
and will not charge their friends a cent
for doing it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

THERE seems to be trouble Of large
dimensions brewing between the United
States and Canada over the Behring
sea fisheries question. There is much
anxiety in Canada and England over
the affair, and there are approximations
that some trouble may yet arise, as will
be seen from the following dispatch
from Canada's capitol: A special meet
ing of the cabinet was held here Tues
day afternoon. It was called for the
purpose of considering the critical turn
affairs had taken with regard to nego>
tiations in come ction with the Behring
sea difficulty. A member of the cabinet
said that the report that negotiations
had broken down was untrue, as they
were still going On. AS to their nature.
he could say nothing beyond the fact
that the government still had hopes
that some understanding would yet be
reached, The government has great
approximations tnat serious complica-
tions may yet arise before settlement
is reached, The British government
has informed the Governor General
that they Will stand by Canada and pro-
tect her sealing vessels in Behring sea
from seizure by United States cruisers,
if the feet now congregating at Vic
toria has to be dispatched for that pur-
pose. Sir John Thompson, minister Of
Justice, arrived in London Tuesday and
will at once confer with the British
government on the subject. An officer
of the government said Tuesday that
the United States authorities believed
they could do as they liked, as England
would not interfere. Now, that Eng
land had taken stand and concentrated
the largest feet at Victoria that has
eyer been in the Pacific, it remains to be
seen whether Secretary Blaine Will hold
to his contention as to the United
States Jurisdiction in Behring sea and
seize Canadian sea.ers, IN face Of the
stand Great Britain has taken. Less
provocation. he said, has often precipi-
tated two friendly nations into war and
if the United States do not recede from
the arbitrary position they nave as
sumed, history may again repeat itself.
and the United States and Great Britain
may once more have occasion to test the
strength of their naval and military
force. The first SEIZURE, it Is believed,
will be the signal for a formidable pro-
test from Great Britain.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

the time. Why are people allowed to
so dis6gure our beautiful streets, and
leave them unpassable for days at a
time? It looks as if everything goes
till election.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

MAYOR BABB favors Aid. Potter for
mayor. Potter says he Will not fight
for the office unless he must and then
others must do the fighting. 1t may be
that he will consent to make the run
and be buried in Potter's field. SupG,
Snyder SAYS that is impossible as Potter
has money and lots Of it. and that his
department will not . K any bills of
that kind.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
SALISBURY IN DEEP WATER.

Salisbury'S government is ABOUT 10
fall to pieces. The defeat of the gov
ernmet at the Barrow-in- Furness cleo
ton; the uprising of English feeling
against the ceding of Heligoland to Ger
many; the abandonment of the license
compensation dill, and the general cry
for radical change in the cabinet, all
tend to make matters exceedingly TN
pleasant for SALISBURY. The govern
ment Leader in the commons, w. II.
Smith, must come down if the party in
power means to hold on. Balfour's
Irish policy has become very distasteful
to Large section OF the govern"
ment supporters, and Postmaster
General Raikes has got into bad odor
with his friends and English people
generally, because of his treatment Of
the staff of the Central telegraph office
in London, who, when asked to cheer
for the queen on the occasion Of her
jubilee, groaned instead. Raikes OF
course demanded an apology for this
insult, but the men refused, threaten
ing to leave their positions If he in.
sisted on it. They had frequently
asked Raikes to better their condition,
but he paid no attention to their just
demands, ard now it looks as it their
insult to her majesty is going to fall
with great force on the head and shoul-
ders of the postmaster general. The
Tory::papers are calling for his removal.
and a general change in the cabinet.
The Tories are mixed as to what course
to pursue. On all sides they see unsur-
barriers, and they do not
know what to do. They have decided
not to have ANYTHING more to do with
the license compensation bill, the com.
m1ttee to whom petition favoring the
passage of the bill was referred having
recommended chat course. A London
cable of July 2. covers this point very
satisfactorily, and shows how much
confidence the Tories have IN themselves
now, The parliamentar committee, to
whose consideration the monster petit
ton OF the publlcanS IN favOf OF com"
pensation was referred, has advised the
house of commons TO decline to receive
it. The committee states that it has
carefully examined the petition and
finds many objections to its reception.
The chief of these, however, and the
ones upon which the report is based are
the opscen1tv Of its phraseolo gy and the
palpable evidence Of fraud in respect Of
the signatures attached, large per-
centage of which it is found by the.
committee are fictitious. The newt
able rejection Of the petition will be
another triumph for the opposition.
This was the bill the government faith
cred from its incipiencY, and how well
they have succeeded needs no further
comment. They have been routed
horse and dragon. and . general cleo
ton may be announced any time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

a THIEF stole Vice President G.. G,
Goodrich's coat a few days ago. He
evidently thought that MI. Goodrich
could afford to buv a new one after the
number of dimes paid by the $4,000
people who patronized the motor line
last Friday.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

IT is reported that ice is going up. 1t
looks as if it were going down rapidly
this warm weather. Give us more ice,
but do not change the price. That end
of the bill is high enough.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

THERE were few accidents on the
Fourth of July as might be expected,
but the man who tried to make Judge
Mahoney believe that his getting drunk
ON that day was az accident, was not
successful The judge met the gentle
man in question before.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

The Louisiana lottery company has
agreed to pay that state $1,250,000 a
year for the next Is years. If that state
complains of hard times for the next
quarter of century it should disband
and move to Canada.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1880.
TO A, o, q. SECRETARIES.

TEE IRISH STANDARD Will be PLEASED
TO have all A. o. H. secretaries through
out the State forward a list OF their
division officers-elect for publication In
these columns ana for directory, I'M
mediately following such election IN
each division. Address The IRISH
STANDARD, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

"a grain Of corn lodged in the throat
Of little girl at Hartford, Kan. The
child's mother took an ordinary hair pin,
turned hook on the end Of il, and with
this instrument pulled the kernel out.
If Dr.. Martha Ripley, Of Minneapolis.
hears Of this case she will have this
woman turn her attention to surgery at
once. Common sense is good thing to
have.
~.
= Some statistlcian has figured out that
for the annual nourishment of Is, 600,
600 COWS and 12, 600, 600 horses there are
needed 80, 100000 tons of hay. 10000
600 bushels OF cornmeal, the same Of
oatmeal, 275, 100000 bushels of oats.
1900, 900 of bran and 80, O00, 900 bushels
Of corn, at cost of $3.50, 000, 900.
Some people are great at figures, any
way, and it is a good thing they can find
something to do occasionally.
~
THE fact that the average boy will
make pair Of pantaloons look anti
quated in day, is accounted for by the
Burlington, VT, Free Press on the
ground that there is nothing new under
the son. Minneapolis boys are differ
emit. Some of them can keep pair OF
pants new tor long time, particularly
if they do not belong to them. They
put them away for year and then put
them on.
AT Macon woman stopped to tie her
shoe while walking to East Macon. She
laid pocketbook containing about $25
on bridge while dong this, and left it
there. When she went back for it she
could not find it.! That was rather
strange coincidence. If lady should
leave her pocketbook on one of the
bridges in Minneapolis. and could not
find it on her return, she would imme-
diately conclude that some one had con-
fsoated it.
Hon. Proctor Knott says Women in
the olden days were not allowed to drink
wine, and to prove that they had not
been drinking it they kissed everybody
they met. This would be better than
prohibition. Proctor is evidently be-
lever in OSCILLATION. Perhaps if he sub
mitted this solution of the prohibition
question to the inneapolis W.O. T. q,
he could get an interest in the coffee
rooms on Fourth street, which seem to
be veritable gold mine,
XXX
sThe twentv-six letters of the alphabet
may be transposed 500, 44S, 401, 733. $780,
100000 times. ALI the Inhabitants of
the globe, on rough calculation, could
not in thousand millions of years write
out all the trcnspositions of the twenty
six letters, even suppos1ng that each
wrote forty pages daily, each Of which
pages contained forty different transpo-
sitions of the letters 1t is safe to say
that few Minneapolis people will try
this puzzle. Life is too short and money
too hard to get to experiment. with this.
Chicago people are said to spend good
deal of time with this sort of figuring.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

IZEd 15CCus a Ad!AAC1 VI 4NUWUOu
county, Mississippi, discovered $4,000
in gold while ditching in his field few
days ago. It is safe to say that he will
not sweat any over his corn crop this
year.
x*x
Chicago gazed in awe the other day
at the chief justice of the United States
Supreme Court going shopping with his
wife and carrying her parcels for her.
Chicago will see more wonderful things
than that before the Worlds Fair comes
off.
4 Nv
IF the pension bill Of this country is
large, it is well to remember that the
union army has contained over 2,700, 200
names There is lots OF money in the
big vaults at Washington, and the old
soldier should not want as long as there
is dollar there.
x*x
Zone hundred boys and girls of Wood
land, CAL, whose ages range from IL to
10 years. have formed a Cooperative
Fruit Canning and Drying Union,' A
pound Of candy to box OF pear uts that
the boys will eat up the profits Of the
union before fall.
~.
"A Gems us enumeration IN Hannibal,
after asking a woman in that city all he
could think of about her family of seven
boys and girls, finally asked if they were
all white. She replied They generally
are when their faces are clean That
woman should go to Dakota and take up
a claim, She would do we'll.
~
John Tracy, arrested at Kansas City
for horse thieving, was interrupted in
writing his autobiography, He says he
had stolen over fifty horses, and was
never caught but once before, and he
thought he ought to write a book.
Johns head is level. He and Sybil
johnson should go together.
~
Two gamblers met en- the streets Of
st. Paul, when one Of them, named
Schaffer, pulled out q revolver and fired
three shots, one Of which entered the
other mans pantaloon pocket, where the
ball struck two poker chips, which un-
doubleday saved his life. Gamblers play
in luck some times, even though they do
not always win money.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12

IuuS ubNIux D0oQ Ie.0leCG6U 70 tnag -
,sition. He declined. however, 70 ac-a
cept the office. ". %. Stacy Wis then
placed in nomination. and the ballot re-
suited: Callahan, 65 1otes; Stacy. 81
Mr.. Callahan was thereupon declared
elected secretary. For state treasurer
of the organization, G. r. a. Henchy,
Of Milwaukee, was elected BY acclama-
ton. For member Of the state board
Of directors, j. j. Sherman, Of Wausau,
was elected BY reclamation.
DR.. Carberry of Waukesha, was chosen
state medical examiner Of the council
for the ensuing two years. The city Of
Ashland was chosen as the place for
holding the next state council in '92 by
a vote of 81 to "a for Appleton and for
Wausau. Mr.. Kennedy. in behalf of
the Ashland branch, neatly thanked the
convention for the honor conferred upon
his city. After a few matters Of minor
Importance had been passed upon the
the G. X. of w. convention for go ad-
journed.
BRIEFLY SAID.
Messrs. Horan, Frawley, Sullivan
and McDonough, Of Eau Claire, we're
accompanied by their wives, the ladies
attending sessions as spectators. They
seemed to understand when Cushing
and the Chair got mixed up and enjoyed
the proceedings.
Sherman. of Wausau. delivered the
s'Proctor Knott" address In advocacy Of
his city as the place for holding the
next biennial convention, but the fates
were against Wausau when ballot was
taken.
Messrs. Mcguire, of Hudson. and
Dineen. of Hammond. st. Croix county,
were faithful to their constituents.
G. F. Reagan, of Chippewa Falls, was
strict attendant upon all sessions.
Milwaukee furnished brainv delega-
ton.
Ashland was faithfully represented
by Mr.. Kennedy as delegate. Let's:
see! Two Of the finest lobbyists in the
Northwest, Messrs. FennellY and Nc.
Donald, were there also from Ashland.
The committee on credentials came
near causing a general uprising by fol-
lowing the constitution to the letter.
Out of a general and warm discussion
came harmony and peace. with the con-
stitution preserved intact.
There was a number of clergyman
in the convention, among them Rev.
Fathers Cleary Of Kenosha. and Ward,
of Beloit, who were most active in their
endeavors for the G. K. OF w. in what
they believed pertained to it's best good.
J. j. Clark Is business man at
Waukesha. A man Of kindly nature
and generous heart, Mr.. Clark will al
ways merit whatever success may be
showered upon him, whether from a
business, social or political standpoint.
Eau Claire was we'll represented and
it can be we'll said here that Eau Claire
knows how to entertain. as evidenced
by expressions from many delegates
who also attended the convention there
in '88. ."
A banquet was rendered to the visit
ing delegations at one of the hotels on
Wednesday, evening by the local branch.
Waukesha is noted in particular for
the finest mineral springs the country
affords, In this connection it may be
mentioned that Bethesda and Silurian
waters were used to a most alarming
extend during convention DAYS. There
were no fatalities, however. All sur
vived the effects.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
EDITORIAL BREvlTlES.
PARNELL says again that he does not
want convention in America now.
We hope thus will quiet the kickers.

The Minneapolis street railway, the
ball club and the explosive vendors are
the only people in Minneapolis whose
bank accounts did not suffer July 4.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-12
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

Ezra Leech, a farmer Of Newton
county, Mississippi, discovered $4,000
in gold while ditching in his field a few
days ago. 1t is safe to say that he will
not sweat any over his corn crop this
year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-22
a Marvellous Escape.

A fearful accident happened to Archel
Verhulst, young man nineteen years of
age at Cady's park, Moline. yesterday
and it is almost miraculous that he is in
the land of the LIVING today. He was
with other men engaged in chOpping trees
on the race track in course Of construc-
ton al Cady's grove, when the misfortune
overlook him. Two trees had been felled
and lodged against third one. and when
this was cut it fell down Unexpectedly.
The N an had no time to escape the falling
trees and he was caught and completely
covered by them. His friends thought he
was killed surely, and he was extricated
with difficulty. DR.. Merryman. who was
in the vicinity. was called and took the
man to his office. The man was uncon-
cious. On examination it was found that
the flesh of his right arm was crushed to
jelly. This prevented an investigation
as to whether any bones we're broken.
The man had also been injured internally
and was considerably bruised about the
body. When he recovered consciousness
he was taken to his home. Whether he
will recover from his injuries is hard
to determine. He had commenced to
work in the grove yesterday morning, and
is comparative stranger in Moline.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-22
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A Paid System of Protection Bound
to Come.
A Sug gestion as TO Using One OF the
Teams on the streets When Not in
Service Mt Fires.

The subject of paid fire department
in Rock Island was never so generally
agitated as it is now. That the city has
reached that state of importance when q
change from past and present forms in
the way of fire protection is absolutely
essential to continued progress is now
generally conceded. Rock Island must
have more reliable and settled policy as
to its fire department system if it would
hope to have more outside capital invests
ed here. An alarm system has already
been practically determined upon, and it
is very probable indeed that one will be
introduced the present season, but upon
| the matter of the department itself, and
what means shall be employed to equip
it is subject of more or less division of
opinion. The plan suggested in the AR
GUS of last Monday night of combining
the hook and ladder truck and police pa
troll wagon in one house-say on Flat
Iron square-and using one team for both,
meets with considerable favor.
Today plan has been suggested of
which q number of merchants have ex-
pressed their approval. of equipping one
or two companies with teams and using
one of the teams for sweeping and sprink-
ling the pavement for two hours each
evening. There would be some risk in
this experiment as it is never known when
a fire may break out, and one is Just as
likely to occur while team and men are
otherwise engaged as while they are in
the house on the alert and ready to be out
on the street in full running shape in less
than half minutes time. However,
anything that would insure a paid and
properly equipped department, no matter
what the conditions, at the outset would
be highly acceptable. Any step in the
direction of disciplined fire service
would be hailed by all enterprise
ing citizens with delight. The electric
alarm is the first thing essential
A paid department could not be run
without this advantage any more than the
volunteers can succeed. The progressive
minded aldermen are all inclined to this
way of thinking. The question is now
more on the equipment, and il is to be
hoped the council will see its way to
provide something in this line that will
a paid service
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-22
Reception for Phelps.

Saturday evening will be red-letter
one for the democracy of Monmouth.
Arrangements have been made for q recep-
ton In honor to the Hon. Delos P. Phelps
the newly elected chairman of the demo
cratic state central committee. The ex'
ercises will take place in the opera house
and many prominent demo Gratis. not ONLY
from this district, but from different sec
tions Of the state. are expected to b,
present. The committee has sent cor
dial invitation to the democrats at larg,
of Rock Island county, and it is expected
that a goodly number will embrace tn
opportunity of renewing their acquain
lance with Mr.. Phelps and joining in thu
enthusiasm of the occasion.