The Irish standard., 1894-07-21

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Father McAvay conducted the funera
]. services.
The st. Anthony Total Abstinence 60
ciety at their meeting on July 18th
Ielected the following delegates to thu
Catholic Total Abstinence convention O
the archdiocese of st. Paul and also te
the national convention, which takes
place at the same time and place, Aug
LIST, 2nd and 3rd: To the annual con
vention of the diocesan union of St
Paul ohm Farrell, John Foley, p. d
Collins. To national conventional. L.
Crowley, P. B. Getchell, John Farrell. +
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Hennepin County Catholic Building and
Loaa Association, held Thursday even
ing, nominations of officers for the ensu-
ing year we're made as follows: Presi-
dent, j. j. Fhz gerald; first vice presi.
dent, j. P. McKenna; second vice presi-
dent, M. Fl Dannaher; secretary, Peter
Mccormick; treasurer, M, j. Gill; attor-
ney, J. J. McHale, J.. F MCGEE, T. A.
Clarity; board of managers, Patrick
Gibbons, James Best, James Tobin, John
Hanily.
Myron c. Finley, the electrician, who
lost his life during the fire Thursday
evening while in discharge of his duties,
was the son of Mrs. James p. McKenna.
The deceased was twenty three years OF
age and an employee of the Minneapolis
General Electric company. He bravely
met death while endeavoring to save 9TH
ers from danger The funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at St.
Charles church. The bo1y was taken to
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
p. McKenna, 266 Twentieth avenue south.
The st. Paul Globe was knocked down
to the highest bidder Thursday morning,
pursuant to an order of Judge Otis, OF
the district court. The highest bidder
proved to be Charles S. Weaver, and his
bid was $4,000 spot cash Mr.. Weaver
lives in Chicago, and his bid was in be
half Of the heirs Of the late Norman w.
Kittson. The bid has been reported by
Judge Flandrau, recei yer Of the Globe,
&c, Judge Otis, and if the latter approves,
the Globe property will be made over to
the Kittson heirs and the purchase
money will be distributed according to
the order of the court. What else will
be done remains to be seen.
There was rumor current Monday
that on Sunday night Engineer Martin,
of the Northern Pacific, and his fireman,
named Conley, had both been shot and
killed by Montana strikers. Martin was
known throughout the Northwest as
'Scab" Martin, and about three weeks
ago took out the first overland train on
the Northern Pacific to 60 out since the
strike was declared, the train carrying
United States troops to protect it.
Northern Pacific officials asked about
the rumor denied it, and said it origin
ated in the brain OF some alleged news
paper reporter. From all that could be
learned from any source there was moth
ing at all in the runner. -,
John O'Mally, living at SO Sixth ave-
nue. north, was found in the woods near
Lake Harriet Sunday afternoon over
come with the heat With him were his
two little children and the park police
man accompanied them to police head
quarters. The patrol wagon then re-
moved the sick man to his home. He
stated that he and his wife and children
went to the lake Saturday evening,
J bringing lunch basket with them. The
wife returned home about 10 o'clock and
he and his children remained in the
woods at nigth. When the park police
man found him he was too overcome
with heat to move. His condition is not
considered critical.
Martin O'Connor, well-digger, resid-
ing at 1O4 E. Twenty sixth street, was
buried under 40 feet of solid earth, about
9 o'clock Wednesday morning, while Oh
gagged in digging we'll on DR.. Spauld-
ing's farm, near Edna Mills. O'Connor
had been engaged at the work for some
time, having been employed BY the man
on the farm. He had been up, out Of and
down into the.well several times Wednes-
day morning, when the curling suddenly
gave way while he was at the bottom and
buried him, and it is supposed that he
suffocated at once. O'Connor was %
years old, and had resided in Minneapo-
LIS for about two years, having come
here from Clinton, Iowa, where his
mother resides.
The claim of John Butler against the
county, which has been pending since
1891, has at last been settled, the county
treasurer Wednesday paying him the
amount claimed, with interest, about 1872.
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