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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
BIG SHOW CLOSED.
The Nashville Exposition Came to aA
End Saturday NIGHT.


Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 1.-The Ten
nessee Centennial exposition closed at
midnight Saturday. the event being
heralded by the ringing of tho chimes
in the Auditorium, the blowing Of
whistles, the booming of cannon and
the sounding of horns in the hands Of
young and old. There were many thou
sands of persons on the grounds, the at
tendance during the entire day having
been large. The events of the closing
day included concerts in the afternoon
at the Wolnan's building and in tho
Auditorium. large audiences being
present. At night interesting exercises
were held i'll the Auditorium. The
building was packed, although the cx-
crciscs did not begin until ten o'clock.
Addresses We're delivered by Hon. Tully
brown, G. II. Buskette, Director Cen
cral Lewis, Mrs. Kirkmun, president of
the woman's board, and President
Thomas. The speakers reviewed the
history of the exposition and congrat-
ulated the people OF Tennessee upon the
success attending the great show. The
speaking was followed by u salute of
~ y utlS III uOuOF Vi Tie nFSL 10 states OF
the union. AT midnight the chimes
rang. the whistles blew, the horns
sounded and the exposition was closed.
The total attendance ut the EXPOSE
ton since the opening on the first dry
of last May is estimated at 100000.
President Thomas officially announced
Saturday night that the exposition will
pay out dollar for dollar, and this
promptly. The largest day of the cx-
position was President j. w. Thomas
day, October 2s. The attendance was
SLAB; this is nearly $4,000 more than
the attendance at Atlanta on their red
letter day. The estimate of attendance
by the chief of the bureau of promotion
and publicity was 100000 and his
limit would have been surely reached
but for the senSeless yellow fever scare.
Not single casualty has occurred ut
the exposition during the six months
of its existence. The order maintained
at the exposition has been simply mag
ni1icent.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

his sleptiQn BY ls3 than 1000. The chair.
pen Of the poppiigt and democratic par
ties, claim that tuil returns will give their
candidate, aabbsrt, from 1000 to 100 major.
tty. In this (Arapahoe) county, the entire
silver republican ticket was successful ex.
cept Borstedt for sheriff. The republicans
claim his election, but the vote between him
and Loeb, civic federation candidate. is 90
close that tho oflcial figures will be neces.
sary to decide It. The vote Of the republic-
an administration party In this county
was quite surprise to many. reaching
nearly 5000 In total vote Of $4,000.
In South Dakota.
Sioux Falls. 9. D.. Nov. tout of eight
judicial circuits in the state the republic
ans elect five judges. The democrats elect
In one and the populists win in the two
Blackhill circuits.
In Virginia.
Richmond. Va. Nov. tit is estimated
on full and partial returns that the demo-
Gratis elect Is out of the q senators and
= out Of the 100 members Of the house. Me-
Caull, the republican candidate for gov.
ernor. did not carry his own precinct.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
THE IRISH STANDARD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1897
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
INDECENT Children,

For the ensuing IS months the 81
Paul city and county hospital will af-
ford shelter and treatment to tho in
digent crippled and deformed chill
dren who may be placed in that insti4
tuition by the board Of regents of the
state university. =.
Heretofore the state has made no
special provision for the care of Grip.
pied and deformed, children, as It has
in the cases of the insane, imbeciles,
pauper children. etc. Accordingly. the
last legislature made an appropriation
of &c., 900 to be entrusted to the board
of regents of the state university, to
be expended by them in caring for
such crippled and dcfermed children,
as well us children suffering from dis
eases likely to result IN permanent de-
formity. The law imposes but ono
condition upon the regents. which linn
its the amount to be expended in any
one year to IS, 900.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Auburn Haired Women.

+ Some poet once said that the auburn
haired women ruled the world, which
also means that they ruled men. His
tory seems to bear him out This does
not refer to that grating, harsh, bril-
liant red, but the rich. soft, wavy
bronze. which is red-gold only in the
sunlight. Xanti:I,e, Helen Of Troy,
Cleopatra, Catharine of Russia, Queen
Elizabeth, Nine Recamier, Marie An
toinette, Phryne and many others who
made history for the world had such
hair. This color is as indicative of
abundant iron, in the blood. which i'm
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

ward w. Box advises young married
people against living in a hotel or
clearinghouse, points out the beauties
of the small courtesies of life, and ex-
presses hearty approval of the renewed
interest in sewing-woman's truest &C.
complishment. Alice Wellington Roll
character in fiction, the first Of
her Philippe sketches-"The Mistakes of
Philippa and Clara E. Laughln con-
tributes THE Revelation of Christie
pher," story of strong human interest.
The November journal is interesting,
instructive and practical. By The Cur
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
PRINCE HOHENLOHE.

estate ut Liebenbcrg next week. where
he will meet Count Philip Won Eulcn-
berg, the German ambassador to Aus
tria-Eungnry, whose name has been
mentioned frequently MS the probable
successor of Prince lIohenlohc. 1t is
learned that his majesty's decision In
regard to the chanccllorship and the
resignation of Prince ITohenlohc, un-
stood to have been several times ten
dered, will be reached there.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Extended Its Territory.

St. Paul, Mimi, Oct. ao.--Thc grand
council of the Northwestern Legion Of
Honor spent the morning Friday In dis
cussing additions to the territory with
In which the order will admit members
and write insurance. The discussion re-
suited in the addition Of the state of
Wisconsin, except the city and county
CT Milwaukee, that pnrt of Illinois north
OF Il line running just south of SPRING
field, except Chicago and the county Of
Cook, and the state of Michirnn.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Fair Mum "a gers Meet,

Milwaukee, Oct. a0.--The National
Association of Fair Managers met in
annual session ut the Hotel Pfister Fri
day. The convention is for the purpose
OF fixing dates for fairs throughout tho
country for 1898 and deciding on n uni
form system of premiums. Dclcgntca
were present from Nebraska, Mime
sofa, Illinois, Iowa, Indinnn and Mis-.
souri,. Dates for the holding Of fnirs in
the different states were fixed for each
state the same week as last year with
the exception Of one date later on the
calendar.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

Cleopatra was long past 80 when she
met Anthony. Henry VII was capti-
waited by Diane OF Potiers when she
was 36. The king was half her age.
yet mis- devotion was permanent. At
the age Of 80 Anne of Austria was re-
sarded as the most beautiful woman
OF Europe. Louis XIV married Nine.
de Mantenon, the governess Of his
children when she was 40 years old.
Catherine of Russia was rs when she
seized the throne she occupied for So
years. Mile. Mar was In the zenith of
her beauty at As, and Nine. Recamier
between the ages of IS and IS.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Ladies' Home Journal.

"Thc First Thanksgiving Dinner"
Lillian Bells First Days in London"
and when DR.. Whitman Added Three
Stars to Our Flag" are among the lead
ing features of the November Ladies'
Home Journal. The first tells of the
most historically important dinner in
America, at which Indian chiefs were
guests, and at which oysters were first
eaten by white men. Miss Bell finds
much in London to inspire her pen to
it's smartest activity, and the descrip-
tions of her sightseeing tours, her i'm
pressions and experiences fairly sparkle
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

The saw mills at Cloquct have shut
down for want of logs.
Jacob Barge, the we'll known res
taurantcur Of Minneapolis, has as
signed.
The cold storage warehouse of the
Eagcsser Brewing company at Man
kato was burned.
Albert Trapp, while on his way to
the depot ut Little Falls. was robbed
of s35 and q gold watch.
Gicssers store at North Prairie was
burglarized by two young farmer boys.
They were arrested and the goods, con-
sisting of tobacco. chewing gum. ETC.,
was found in their possession.
Miss Anna Holland secured verdict
of SIS against the school directors of
Dover township, Olmstead county. She
had certificate from Winona county
and Superintendent Chapman refused
to endorse it.
The packing house at New Brighton
has resumed operations The yards
are taxed to the utmost to handle the
business. and p. S. Shufeldt, tho pro.
prietor, sees every prospect Of running
the plant continuously.
Peter T.. Nelson shot and attempted
to kill his brother. Andrew Nelson, at
New Boston. Andrew was not dam
gcrously wounded. Immediately after
the shooting, Peter gave himself up to
the authorities,t He is evidently de-
ranged.
In the neighborho6d of 100. 900 bass
fry and Sc, 900 croppies were placed in
the river at Redwood Falls.
The postoftice department has ar
ranged for handling, the mails on the
street cars between st. Paul and Min
ncapolis and New Brighton, also be-
tween tho general office in Minneap.
oils and sub-stationsA
Customs Collector, Willcutts, at Du-
luth, refused to allow % Italians, who
came from Canada, to land from the
Canadian steamer Monarch. Thirty
four of them were on the boat, but tho
rest had naturalization papers. They
admitted they came to work. and were
excluded under the contract labor law.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
THE ANXIOUS SEAT.
u Is Occupied by Senator Hama
and His Friends in Ohio.
THE LEGISLATURE STILL In DOUBT.
Both Sides Claim to Have q Majority
ON joint Bnllot-Democrats Want
Mclean for President - OPP
position to Hanna.

Columbus. O., Nov. I-Unoficial but
complete returns show republican plurality
Of 2s520 in Ohio. Both sides still claim
majority of the legislature. republicans by
a day of anxiety with the Ohio politicians.
1t opened with the republicans and demo-
Gratis both claiming the election Of their
state tickets and a majority Of the mems
bers OF the state legislature. Before noon
the democrats conceded, the election Of the
republican state ticket by larger plurali-
ties than were given Tuesday night as the
claims OF the republicans. Wednesday
night the democratic state committee an.
nounced no definite claims on the legisla.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

The large barn belonging to Sivert
Rerg, living four miles southwest of
1lanlcy Falls. was totally destroyed by
fire. together with all its contents.
While the workmcn were engaged in
clearing away the debris, the remains
of four human beings were found, but
were SO badly burned that they fell to
pieces as soon as disturbed. The VIC
Tins are supposed to have been tramps
who had been sleeping in the hay loft.
There was no clue to their identity, as
no one saw them enter the barn,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

parts strength, spirit, vim and ability.
Women with auburn hair are unusual
ly intense in love. and therein lies
their power. They have swayed ma
tions because they have swaycd ma
tons masters.
Then too, auburn haired women Dr,-
serve their beauty. Among those Of
the past whose physical beauty lasted
until past so. is Helen of Troy, vino
reached the zenith of her charm aud
came upon the stage Of fame at 49,
Aspasia was 3G when she was wooed and
won by Pericles. Thirty years after
she was still brilliant figure.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
IN OTHER STATES,
County Elections in Kansns.


Kansas City, NO.. Nov. 4-Estimates on
Kansas in county and district judgeship
elections remain practically the same as
Tuesday night. both fusionist and republican
managers claiming majority Of the Offices
OF 70 counties out Of los heard from, Ii are
placed in the republican column and nine In
that Of the fusionists, while two are SO
close as to make an official ballot necessary
to determine the result.
Kentucky Again Democratic.
Louisville. KY. Nov. 4.-Kentucky wheels
into the democratic column again by ma
jority Of over 25,oo0. Reports from all over
the state show that Sam ]. shackelford. the
silver democratic nominee for appellate
court clerk, will have fully 25 900 II not 3d.
600 majority. and that the silver democrats
will have majority Of over 20 in the two
houses of the general assembly.
Doubtful in Colorado.
Denver, Col. Nov. 4.-The result Of tho
election In this state Is still In doubt so
far as justice of the supreme court is con-
cerned. and it will take the official can
vass to decide who has won. The Times.
which supported Hayt. candidate of the
republicans and silver republicans. claims
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
For n Colony Of Veterans.

Galveston, Tex, Nov. 1.-Gcn. A. 8
Wissert, OF Milwaukee, Wis, and Gen.
Paul Nandcrvoort, of Omaha, Neb.. each
an ex-grand commander of the Grand
Army or the Republic, and Gen. II. N.
Adams, of Minneapolis, have just Sc
cured $1,000 acres of land in the coast
region OF Texas. This purchase IS made
for locating thercupon veterans of the
late war, 500 families of whom are said
to be en- route for settlement on the
lands. The location is an ideal one in
Matagordn county.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
PLEASED WITH RESULTS.

President Mckinley Expresse. snti..
faction with the Election.
Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. TT am we'll
pleased with the result CT the election, as IL
Indicates that fcalty to the republican party
and the principles 1t represents IL as
strong as ever"
So spoke William Mckinley, president Of
the United STAGES. In the private car May
flower at Canton to a representative Of the
press about one o'clock In the morning.
The president made no effort to disguise
the fact that his interest was conferred In
the Ohio fight and the welfare Of Senator
Hanna. In fact President Mckinley was In
constant communication with Mr. Hanna
by telephone up to one O'Clock In the morp-
ing when he was assured that all was well
by message telephoned by the senator
from the Union club at Cleveland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Ezeta Asked Mercy.

Oakland, CAL, Nov. 4.-Carlos Ezeta,
ex-president of Salvador, has sued for
mercy before an Oakland justice of the
peace. He was sued for $35 rent and
was ordered into court, but paid no at
tention to the summons. Ezeta was
then arrested on charge of contempt
of court and went to Jail for an hour.
Now the ex-president has paid his rent
ind the costs of the suit, and on plead
ing his ignorance Of English has been
purged Of contempt by Justice Cliff.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
COMMIT SUICIDE TOGETHER
Nv" st. Paul Ctgnrmn X RI Jump from
High Bridge. to River

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 1.-.Jacob Amos
married, aged A years, and Henry Ber-
genkreuger, single, aged 80 years, COM
United suicide together Saturday after
noon in sensational. manner. They
had been visiting numerous saloons to-
gether during the day, and were both
under the influence of liquor. They
went across the Smith bridge to point
where it is 200 feet above the Missis-
slppl and jumped over the railing The
second man lrapcd before the first
struck the water. One sank imme-
d'atcly, but the other came up and
loated down stream short distance
before sinking from sight. There were
number OF cyc-witnesscs to the double
suicide,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

September was the biggest month
for land sales the Great Northern has
had in the Crookston district for ten
years, and the first half of October
overtops all of September. Six thou
sand acres of land sold in fifteen days
in small tracts to actual settlers and
nearly two thousand acres of that
quantity in Polk county, shows that
the Red River valley leads in its at
fractions to new settlers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
REPORTED HoLD-UPoN WABASH
Two Men Said to Have Robbed Pass
sengers on Train.

Two Men Said to Have Robbed Pass
sengers on Train.
Litchfield, ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Tuesday night
as the Buffalo, New York & Boston
limited on the Wabash, due here at 9:4s
o'clock, pulled out, two men without
masks boarded the chair car and at
the point of cooked revolvers demanded
that the passengers give up their valu-
ables. After going through the car,
which was done at lively rate, the
robbers pulled the bell cord and the
train stopped, and the robbers got of
and ran east on Third street, where
they disappeared.
Decatur, ILL.,, Nov. A. The Litchfield
hold-up story probably started from
the robbery of passenger on the Wa
bash train Tuesday night. He went to
the door of sleeper when u stop was
made at the water tank near Litchfield.
Two men asked change for $50 and
when he produced the money they drew
guns and scared him back into the car.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06

Architect Friebus, of the Indian Of
flee, has returned from six weeks
tour Of inspection of the school build
ings on the western Indian reserva-
tons. He reports that the buildings
Mt the reservations in Minnesota and
North and South Dakota are in good
shape. He also reports that the gas
plant established at the Pipestone
school In Minnesota is success and is
an ideal light for small schools. 1t is
probable that he will recommend the
installment of such plants in all the
small schools.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Heavy Frost. ia rexn..

Denison, Tex, Oct. 30. - There is n
heavy frost in this section aud the In
dian territory, and it will help the cot
ton crop. 1t will kill the bolls and open
them and facilitate picking. The cot
ton crop in this section nnd the south
ern portion of the Indian territory is
not more than half harvested,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Logging IL. q largo Scale.

Red lake Logging operations are to
be conducted this winter upon very
large scale. especially for the first
year in which logging has been per-
mitted IN much of that portion of Min.
nesota's pine region. During the past
month constant stream of men and
teams has been pouring into the woods
and the preliminary work, such as
road building and the construction of
camps, is we'll under way.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Longest Tunnel I'm nur.,,,.

Edinburgh, Nov. 1.-Scotland will
soon have the longest tunnel in Europe.
The London T. Northwestern Railway
company has decided to bore through
the steep incline familiar to all travel
crs i'll Scotland as Shappcll. The tunnel
VIII be ten miles long, or half mile
longer than ST. Gothard's.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Confessed to Murder,

John Ives. tramp. who had served
out thirty days sentence in the Owa-
tonna jail, upon being released, told
the sheriff that one of the other pris-
oners had made a confident of him and
had confessed that he had fired the
shot which resulted in Policeman
Winkelmann's death at New Ulm two
years ago. The prisoner has gone UNI
der different names. Ives says he
knows him as Tom Hogan, but he is
now awaiting the action of the grand
jury on charge of larceny under the
name of Michael Enright.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Personal Property,

A compilation of the readjusted as
sessment of personal property, as fixed
by the state board of equalization at
its recent session, shows an increase
OF about 8 per cent in the total as re-
turned by the county boards. The
total is, however, still about 5000, 600
more than last year. The total valu-
alton returned by the county boards
was slO2,2ls, 627. S This was raised by
the state board to sos, ol2, TIC. an in
crease of So, 1894, eS9. ia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
JOHN r. N1'I.EAN.

One IS that John r. Mclean will be pressed
by the Ohio democracy for the democratic
nomination for president In 1900, and that
Senator Hanna will have opposition in his
own party for election to the senate. 1t Is
claimed by those advocating Mclean for
tho presidential nomination. that he de-
serves credit for the reduction Of the re-
publican plurality to less than half
of what 1t was last year. and Of
the republican majority In the leg
tslature from so on joint ballot to five And
the democrats cl tim that the majority on
joint ballot would be five the other way
II they had an equal chance on contests.
There are Sc members Of the state senate.
and only one or two OF those districts that
are 80 close or doubtful as to admit of con-
tests on which republican senator's could
be unsentcd.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
Heavy Deal In OIL.

Bradford, Pa, Nov. 1.-The South
Pennsylvania Oil company has closed
deal for the purchase of the oil prop
erty OF the Devonian, Emery and Mat
son oil companies in the Bradford field.
The deal included 10000 acres of land
and $50 producing wells. The consider
alton was ST 400, 900 in cash.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
RESULT IN MARYLAND.
Unofficial Returns Indicate Demo-
cratic Majority In Lexislature.

Baltimore. Md, Nov. 4.-With semi-ofa-
cial returns from all the counties In the
state except st. Mary's and Calvert and
fairly good estimates from there the DEM
ocrats appear to have elected enough NOM
bers to the next legislature to give them
n majority Of five on Joint ballot and to
insure them a United States senator to
succeed Senator German. Official returns
may be necessary to decide the position Of
come Of the counties and these may alter
the result, but from the best obtainable
figures at this time the democrats appear
to have total of 81 legislative votes, while
the republicans have S. The state senate
will be republican by probable majority
of six, while the democrats appear to have
captured the lower house by majority OF
nine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06
MASSACHUSETTS.
WOlcott's Plurality for Governor Es
About $4,000.

Boston. Mass. Nov .4.-Roger Wolcott,
the republican candidate has been elected
as governor of Massachusetts by plurality
of nearly $4,000. There are still few re-
mote precincts to be heard from, but the
total vote In these districts Is only few
h, ldred. Revised returns show a total
W e of l65,313 for Wolcott. 1885 for George
II ID Williams( regular democratic can
diIate). and A.129 for William Everett, the
nomine Of the national democrats. VOL
colts plurality last year was 154542, nearly
1900 less than his total vote this year.
This years political complexion of the
general assembly will be as follows: Sen.
ate Republicans, "a; democrats. g. House.
republicans. 1872: democrats. 12 independ-
ents, 6: prohibitionists !.
In New jersey.
Trenton. N. j., Nov. 4.-The New Jer-
sey assembly Will have majority Of p on
Joint ballot The latest figures for the dif-
ferent counties show that the democrats
: have elected senator's in Burlington, Hunt
erdon, Middlesex. Passaic and Sussex coun-
ties. and that Robert e. Hand (rep.) Ia
elected senator from Cape May by about
$50 majority. With the hold-over senators.
this will make tho senate stand Il republic
ms to 7 democrats