The Irish standard., 1895-02-09
,rise parties Of the season wan brought

prise parties Of the season wan brought
to close.
Several fremen were partially suffo
Gated with gas about midnight Tuesday
while engaged in extinguishing fire in
the basement Of the Ginter Commission
company's store, 100 First avenue north
Charles Loss, lieutenant of truck No l,
stationed at fire headquarters, was near
" dead when carried out. He Was re-
moved t !, the Market hotel, where DR.. s.
M. Moulton worked over him an hour
before he nucceeded IN resuscitating him.
The others, Sidney Wilson, captain of
engine No. 80; Capt. Mike Hanley, OF
engine /; Carl Peterson and First AS
sistant Chief Kenney, succeeded in max
ing their way out of the basement with
out any assistance. The loss by fire was
slight.
Hon. E. E Cooley, one OF the oldest
residents of DEBORAH, Iowa, died at his
home in that city at an early hour on the
morning of the LIST inst. Up to the night
previous be had enj oyed his usual good
health, but about ten o'clock he suffered
stroke of paralysis, from which death
resulted in six hours. Judge Cooley has
held several Offices OF prominence at the
hands of the Republican party IN his
county, having been at different times
elected Judge of both district and circuit
courts. He leaves wife and two sons,
@. M. Cooley, OF Minneapolis, and Roger
Cooley, of Great Falls, Mont. Judge
Cooley was resident of Minneapolis for
several years, where he practiced law,
but returned to DEBORAH the latter part
of 1893. He was 68 years OF age at the
time of death.
The annual meeting of the Minneapolis
Athenaeum Association was held at the
library Wednesday afternoon, with
Samuel Hill in the chair. Secretary
Whitney's report was read by Miss
Mcmillan, who reported that 1928 vol
umes had been purchased by the asso-
citation during the past year at cost OF
$9,71440, or an average Of 1886 per vol.
ume This together with the 1889 VOL
umes in the library year ago makes q to-
lta for the association of 30,442 volumes
less $40 books worn out. Balance Oh hand
last January was $7,25059; receipts dur
ing the year, 1891 $50; balance on hand
January, 1895, $9,593 50. Ali OF the old
officers reelected for the ensuing year as
follows: President, J. E. Bell; vice pres
ident,, Samuel Hill; secretary, r. g.
Whitney; treasurer, G. McC. Reeve;
directors. A. G. Fairbairn, j. B. Atwater,
Emanuel Cohen.
No actor of our day has shown such a
pronounced growing popularity as Mr..
Thomas Keene. Notwithstanding tho
commercial depression Of the times all
over the country, his business since he
left the East has been phenomenal. Mr.
Keene has arranged a superb repertoire
for the Minneapolis engagement. lie
will appear in "Richard III" on Monday
and Saturday nights; "Louis XII" on
Tuesday; "Hamlet" on Wednesday;
"Richelieu" on Thursday; "Othello" on
Friday aud for the Saturday matinee Will
present ''The Merchant of Venice
Wednesday matinee the bill will be
"R meo and Juliet" given by the Keene
company, with Edwin Arden as Romeo
The price for this performances, only, Will
be Is and so cents. Mr.. Keene's support
includes Edwin Arden, Frank Beming
Carl Ahrendt, Thos. R. Bagleson, Misses
Beaman, Lawrence, Boyle and Mrs. S. O
Baker.
Following Jas J. Corbett at the BIZ ~
and commencing with matinee per
Torrance Feb. 10, will witness the ad'
vent of that ever popular attraction
"Fantasma.'' The Hanlon Bros. have
long been conceded to be the premier
producers of this style OF entertainment
all OF their various productions have at
tanned strong prestige and great popu'
arity. These brothers seam to posse IS
that faculty of arranging scenes, on in
venting tricks, evoluting novel features
especially enjoyable to women and chill"
dren and they 80 mix their dramatic in.
gradients so as to form a most pleasing
and palatable presentation. "Fantasma"
can be truthfully claimed to be the best
Of their many play constructions as it
has without doubt attained the greatest
popularity OF their many odd creations
Interest is greatly increasing with the
near approach of the production OF
"Macbeth'' ut the new Metropolitan
Opera House, Feb. 18th. Everything
points towards performance which in
point of strength Of cast and complete
ness and finish has never been witnessed
before in Minneapolis. Much curiosity
naturally centers around the appearance
of Sanford Dodge and Josephine Bona
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