The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-28

prevent the Canadians from hanging him
he fed to the United States.
The Chicago Tribune adorns it's
columns with cut of J. Newton Mind,
and says of him: The gentleman whose
picture is printed in connection with this
paragraph is j, Newton Mind OF Mime
apolis. He is secretary of the Press coln-
mittee in connection with the National
Republican convention. He is Chicago
man He was connected with MIR. Stor-
Eey's Telegraph. He came down town
one morning and found his desk moved
out in the hallway, and the afternoon
edition of the Times was on the slab. 1t
had died between sunset and sunrise.
Mind walked away and in the conrse of
time he went to Minneapolis He has
grown into prominence there, and is now
the editor of the Lumberman. He knows
more about logs and logrolling than some
of the old campers in that section. He
was chosen by the Citizens committee Of
his town to take care of the newspaper
| crowd which will ba there during the
| convention. He it is WHO has diagramed
the press platform and assigned to each
paper it's quota Of seats. He has accom-
plished 5he difficult task of giving every
| correspondent seat on the end Of the
aisle and next to the presiding officer Of
the convention. You see he once lived
in Chicago.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The editors Of North Dakota will hold
convention in Fargo Oh the lAth ard
18th of June. Among the speakers will
be Alden j. Blethen, Of Minneapolis, tho
former managing editor of the Tribune
and now the president of the Bank OF
New England. He is an interesting ano
forcible speaker.
Miss Lizzie Joyce teacher in the Lang
don township school, beat the record Of
North Dakota in rapid calculation at the
late teachers institute.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Charges have been preferred by the
Farmers Alliance against State Land
Commissioner Ruth. Crooked transac-.
! tions ia the sale of school land is alleged
and the county commissioners have been
petitioued begin q legal action to re">
strain him from selling any more land
pending al Investigation.
| Farmers around Mitchell complain of
the scarcity of farm help. Higher wages
ARE now being paid than ever before on ac-
count of the big demand for farm hands,
result OF the big acreage being put in
and the evident anxiety to get in grain
in hurry, which has been del .yed on
account of the great amount Of rainfall.
Twenty-Five dollars month aud board
is now being offered where last yea1 $l8
month and board was hard to obtain.
A special from Yankton says: J. s.
Clarkson, chairman of the Republican
national committee, has sent to the
chairman of every county committee in
South Dakota letter in which he says
it is the desire of the COM mittee to con-
vert the Irish Democrats, through the
medium of the Irish World, of New York,
which paper will be under The control Of
the Republican national committee dur.
ing the campaign. Clarkson says: ''There
are half million possible Republicans
among the Instantaneous in the Demo-
cratic party if we can only reach them. u"
He also states that out of $50 labor pa.
pers in the United States only two are
avowedly Republican.
James Coogan, an engineer, married,
aged twenty seven, Of Vesper, slipped
while attempting TO-. board moving
engine at Arpin and was ground be-,
meath the wheels. He died from the in
juries.
A lady of Milwaukee, Mrs. Cramer,
the wife of William E. Cramer, editor of
the Wisconsin, has offered to pay the
entire cost Of the stone pillars and
columns that will3be put in the, st. Gall
church in that city. The cost will be
between $4,000 and $4,000.
Miss Anna Riley, of Hudson, and
Michael McGrath, of St. Paul, were mar.
ried at the Catholic church in.the former
city Tuesday morning oilast week. Miss
Name Bowen acted as bridesmaid, and
Mr.. Harry Riley as groomsman. After
visit to Duluth and Superior they will
return and make their home in st. Paul.
The twenty-second whaleback boat
was launched at West Superior last
Saturday afternoon, and is of greater
capacity than any SO far constructed, be-
ing intended to carry 100000 bushels Of
wheat in IA feet OF water. It's length is
323 feet, beam 80, depth "a. Thus bringss