The Irish standard., 1890-03-01
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reason to com plain that they can t get
Il volume Of Dickens, Bulwer, Scott z
/ Thackeray when they want it.
r. Il. Evans sees in the triumph
Chicago IN securing the World 8 Fair
special triumph fer Minneapolis. Whic
! he is now convinced will secure til
| next Republican convention. He worke
4 ia the cause while in Washington, an
found many Of the members of the ma
tional committee in favor Of Mime
Iapolis and none Of them opposed to j,
i Chicago cannot take care Of World
Fair and convention all at once, an,
she will doubtless give her aid to Min
neapolis. The Northwestern congress
men are unit in favor Of the Flou
city.
The council committee on water.
works Tuesday received the statemen
Of the comparative cost Of laying water
mains as compared with the bids re
celved for the same work last spring
Upon the 6, IL and l6 inch mains the
cost was So O55 80 more than the tota
of the bids, but upon the "a inch mains
the department. saved SIS. 4l5 g.. making
total saving throughout of $1,000 p.
Supervisor Mcconnell says this amount
would have been greater but for the
fact that the CITY paid $l.65 q day. while
the contractors would have paid about
$l.25 to S1.50 dav.
Manager w. M. Regan, Of the MIN
neapolis Industrial Exposition, enter
tanned the Minneapolis newspaper men
at the new Offices Of the Exposition
board, ITO Hennepin avenue, last
Thursday evening. Upwards of hfty
representatives of the daily and weekly
press of the city responded to the invi-
tation and were we'll cared for BY the
genial manager and his associates. An
elaborate supper was served between
the hours of 7 30 and 10 o'clock to the
brotherhood Of press representatives.
and it is needless to say that it was
thoroughly enjoyed. After partaklng
of refreshments the remainder of the
evening was devoted to smoking and
pleasant conversation.
Deputy United States Marshal Geo.
Campbell, who has been investigating
the reported stealing Of pine timber on
the northern borders of Minnesota. near
RAINY Lake, by lumbermen without
paying the United States stumpage, has
returned to White Earth with the posse
of Indian police VINO accompanied him
on the expedition. The deputy marshal
says that timber stealing has been going
on in that locality for some years, but
not so extensively as reported. Most
Of the lumbermen are Canucks, who
claim that they have right to the tim
Der growing on the Indian reservation
because their wives are English. 1t was
also learned that the whisky t1atfic
flourished there to an alarming extent,
the Canucks trading off their liquor for
Indian furs. ~-75.'" ss T.1-t' ''--~'.z7'
Notwithstanding thai the railroads
running into Minneapolis have been
employed, in most cases, in catting
rates ia both the passenger and freight
the official returns to the
railway commission show an increase in
gross earalng hg roads running into
Of more than $500, 600 for
the month of January. The following
schedule shows the increase in the earn
ngs of the various roads for the month
If January, 1890, over the correspond
ing month of 1889: Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul, $l39,091; Kansas City,
Il42. 1888; $780," $l0S.276; Wisconsin
Central, $3.50. 4O7; Great Northern, $1l5,.
$50; st. Louis, $29,802; Eastern Mime
,ota, $25 6l2; st. Paul & Duluth, $685.
rl6. Decrease-Northern Pacific, $44,
'l3. A ,gregate increase, 1926. 487.
Coroner Towers and jury Thursday
Investigated the death Of Michael l.
0'Brien, who died in st. MarY's hos
oital early Thursday morning from in
uries received by being run over while
coupling cars on the Manitoba road at
he Minnesota Transfer on Wednesday
The testimony showed that
1'Brien had slipped and fallen under
he cars, and that the wheels Of the
,ars had passed over both legs. The
ury returned verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death through the
INJURIES received and that the accident
vas unavoidable. The funeral was
leld this morning from the family resi-
lence, corner Polk and Summer streets
,or<haoot tho rama1na hninO taken