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The Irish standard., 1897-07-31
A WOLF IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.

since that organized deception called
the American Protective Association
collapsed from the corruption of it's
leaders. the delectable individual known
as the "eX-priest" has lost his vocation.
While the odious order had a boom, the
"ex-priests" had an occupation; but
since it fell into disrepute he has had a
precarious existence and a hard road to
travel. The prominent men OF the A. P.
A. who obtained Official positions, be-
cause OF the political influence :hey
welded, betrayed their trust and were
sent to the penitentiary, the latest of
them being d. A. Hubbard, the state
president OF the organization in Kansas,
who was sentenced the other day to
three years in the state prison for en-
bezzling $4,000.
The 'eX-priests" are hardly heard Of
any more, having turned their talents to
other avocations in which their names
have sunk into oblivion. One of them,
however, manages to keep his notorious
name before the public, but he has come
to grief. His name is Michael Ruthven,
who for several years has been mas
querading as an "eX-priest," though like
the late monk Edmund Walsh, of
malodorous memory he was never or
dained to the priesthood fIe recently
made a tour of California, and DESPITE
the fact that he had been repudiatcd
and disowned by the Presbyterans, the
Methodists and Baptists, and branded
by them as a hypocrite, liar and a Jail
bird, he was received with open arms by
the Y. M. G. A. of Santa Cruz, who
rendered him the use of their hall to
pour out his invectives upon their Cath
Ollie fellow-citizens
The fellow went next to British Co
lumbia and opened mis- crusade of SLAM
der and vituperatlon by distributing
obscene literature. For this he was ar
rested by the Catholic citizens of Vie
toria. He was remanded and allo NC .
out on bail. He then lectured on Sunday
In public hall and was again arrested
for criminally libelling FIR. Nicolaye, an
esteemed clergyman of the city. The
wretch was committed for trial and
bound over to keep the peace. The
clerk OF the court in Buffalo, N. Y, for
Warded to Victoria a transcript of the
official record, showing that Ruthven
had served term in prison for mis-
Ssmeanor. The fellow is coming to The
end of his tether, and like the rest of
his disreDutable brethren he must soon
find something else to do for a living
besides sandering and disappearing
the Catholic priesthood, to which he
never belonged.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

"ferkes" and "Allen bill" were hurled
at his ears, and he felt anything but
comfortable under the disapprobation
expressed by the populace on such an
occasion. The cause of 1t all was his
signing Of the Allen street railway bill,
passed in the Illinois legis! IRE by lot
OF bcodlers who ought to be behind pris-
on bars atJoliet. They were corrupted by
ferkes, the street railway magnatc, and.
the rascals passed bill for his benefit,
giving him control Of the streets of
Chicago for fifty years and fixing he
faro at five cents. Gov. Altgelds sue
cessor signed the bill with alacrity and
affixed the great seal of the state of Hill
nois thereto An honest executive
would have vetoed it, but Tanner is not
that kind Of a man. 1t was by the
corrupt use of money he defeated Alt
geld, and Yerkes contributed part of it.
Tanner paid him back by making him
monarch of all he surveyed in the
Windy City, and hence the kissing on
Logan day.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

John Mccarthy, the mayor of Jeffer-
son. Iowa. has a salary of only SIS a
year. Being asked his idea of the duty
OF mayor and the manner in which ne
should govern city, Mr.. Mccarthy
said: Simply live up to the oath of
office. When 1 became mayor of JEFF
ferson promised to support the consti-
tuition of the United States and the State
of Iowa and enforce the ordinances Of
the city. have never tried to do more.
and Will do no less as long as live.
II mayors generally would try to do this
l think there would be less lawlessness
and fewer inmates of jails." Mr.. Nc
Carthy is no respecter Of persons. To
him lawbreakers are on one common
level without regard to position, wealth
OF social standing Not long ago The
son OF one of the richest rSn in the
county, who prefixes his name with
honorable" got on big spree, and
applied uncomfortable epithets to the
mayor. The latter promptly had the
young man arrested and brought before
him, where a $25 and costs fine was
assessed.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

President Andrews, of Brown uniyer-
sity, the noted bimetallist, has rendered
his resignation to the trustees of that
institution. lie was given to under
stand that his utterances on the silver
question were not agreeable to the
trustees, and that the PRONUNCIATION of
his views had tended to deprive the uni
versity of several gifts, including ST.
100000 from John D. Rockefeller. the
Standard Oil magnate. Prof. Andrews.
In replying to the letter of the trustees.
said In substance that he could not
surrender the liberty of utterance which
had been enjoyed by his predecessors.
his faculty colleagues and himself up to
this time, and therefore he resigned his
professorshp and the presidency of the
university. and would leave on the first
day of September. 1t is freely expressed
mat ne has been forced to resign to
please Rockefeller, and some newspa-
pers condemn the action of the univer-
sity corporation In forcing him out.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

A Tacoma dispatch says that Mrs.
Willis of that city. who is a Klondyke
pioneer, has risen from the washtub TO
wealth. Only a few weeks ago she was
taking in washing from the miners, and
now she is worth quarter of a million
dollars. She was one of the first to Sc
cure claim in the gold region, and it
has PANIED out we'll.
Mrs. Harry Pearson Brocklesby, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, recently gave a fete
and bazaar on her lawn for the benefit of
the Fortnightly club. Among the dec
orations were an American flag and
Union Jack floating side by side. Some
body cut and mutilated the British en-
sign, and now reward is offered by the
neighbors Of the aristocratic Mrs. Pear
son-Brocklesby for the capture of the
vandal.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The gold Democrats Of Iowa who
polled only $500 votes in the Hawkeye
state last year out of total of $4,000.
are Of sanguine disposition. At re-
cent convention in Des Moines there
were more gold Democrats in atten-
dance than there were voters of tho
party i'll any Of the counties CT the
state last year. The first letter of en-
couragement read was from CONGRESS-
man Frost. a Jealous man with a cold
storage name; the second letter was
from Grover Cleveland Of Princeton,
N. j., and the third was from German
American voter in Illinois who encorr-
aged them to stand firm. The seces.
slonlsts cannot expect to accomplish
very much in the next campaign, but
they are patted on the back by the
willy Republicans to keep the Dem
ocracy divided.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31
OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN MONTANA,

j. II. O'Brien. travelling representa-
tive of this journal. is at present I'M
Butte and Anaconda, Mont, where he
is meeting with success in extending
its circulation among the Inhabitants OF
these entcrprising cities. The IRISH
STANDARD is favorably known
throughout the West and Northwest as
the fearless and uncomprOmising cnam-
pion of Irish American ideas. il is also
recognized as Il true exponent of DEM
ocracy, pure and indebted Since its
first issue it has followed Il consistent.
undertaking course as an advocate of
Irish nationality and genuine Americana
ism, and has never bartercd its prlnri-
pies for filthy lucre" in the advocacy
of the peoples cause. 1t w;ls the frs.
journal in the Twin Cities to preach
bimetallism in its columns, and il viii
continue to do SO until silver is re-
stored to its former position with pol,l
with free and unlimited coinage at The
present legal ratio Of lG to /. II
AS pecduSe Tue people or MOnlan.t
appreciate the labors of the IRISH
STANDARD in the cause of country
and humanity, that Mr.. O'Brien is re-
ceived so cordially in that state. AS
he is going to remain there for several
months longer we bespcak for him a
continuance Of generous patronage from.
all with when ho rnunu in ,,,,.,.
during his stay.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31
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The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

R. Sandon. a Minneapolis taxpayer.
wrote to the city assessor the other
day. apprising that official of the fact
that he had been omitted in the assess-
ment this year. The assessor was aston
1shed at the mans honesty and de-
clared this to be the first case he had
met with where man was anxious
to pay taxes for the support of the city
government. Wealthy men could take
a lesson from Mr.. Sandon, but they
won't.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

There is well-grounded rumor 10
the effect that John Sherman will give
up his portfolio Of secretary OF state in
October. 1t is reported that he has al
ready on two occasions rendered his
resignation, but that Mckinley declined.
to accept it. Whitelaw Reid, the snob-
Dish New Yorker, is mentioned as Shcr-
mans successor. presumably because
OF his incompetency to fill such a re-
sponsible position. Senator Davis, of
Minnesota, ought to get the important
appointment in the event of Sherma1,'s
retirement.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Rev. James Trobcc. of st. Agnes
church. st. Paul. has been appointed
bishop of st. Cloud. He is a native Of
Austria, where he was born in 1888,
and came to America in 1864, tinishin..
his ecclesiastical studies at st. Vincent
College. Pa. He has been thirty-:wo
years In Minnesota. and for the past ton
years has been pastor of st. Agnes
church. The appointment is Il satisfac-
tory one to all concerned.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The full name of the eighteen-year-
old collegian Of Worcester, Mass, who
brought from England as trophy the
diamond SOULS won by him at the Hen
ley regatta, is Edward Hanlon Ten
Eyck. The name would indicate that
he is of Irish an-Knickerbocker
extraction, and perhaps that is why the
British treated him with so much dis
courtesy after he had defeated their
champion.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

A national congress of mayors and
aldermen will be held early in Septen-
Der, probably in Cleveland, Ohio, (the
home Of Mark Hanna) for the purpose
OF discussing municipal affairs from a.
practical point Of view. The program
ownership. franchises. street improve
ments and lighting. water supply and
police protection.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The acquisition of Alaska for a few
million dollars from the Russian gov
eminent by Secretary Seward will prove
veritable bonanza for Uncle Sam. It
was a mistake that when purchasing the
sist that the boundary line should run
few miles further east.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Another importer Of jewelry was ar
rested the other day by Custom House
Inspector Timothy ]. Donovan as lie
was landing from the American liner
Paris at her dock in New York. lie
had on his person between $4,000 and
$4,000 worth of gems which he did not
want to pay duty on Commissioner
Shields held him to the grand jury I'M
der $4,000 bail. He was initiating Rug
giles, the millionaire Sunday school
teacher Of St. Louis, but got caught.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The Japanese government is ordering
the construction OF battleships, cruisers
and torpedo boats from English ship
builders. Perhaps the Mikado is pre-
pairing to fight Uncle Sam over the tIa-
waiian affair.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

man must travel by night to escape
pci'aturc being 30 degrees Fahrenheit
Others say that in white: the thermorn-
eter drops to 80 degrees below zero
If these reports be true man can
easily get frozen and thawed out in The
klondyke sold district.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Look out for prosperity. The Repub-
lican party passed the Dingley bill in
the senate last Saturday, and it was
signed at once by the president, so as
to go into effect Immediately. The next
thing in order is currency reform, which
assemblies in December. After the pas
sage of that bill in the spring of 1898
the country will be prosperous and hap
py, according to the optimistic organs
OF the Hanna-McKinley party. Let us'
hope their predictions will be fulfilled.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

ing governor of Montana. Thousands
of citizens paraded the principal streets,
and large mourning banner was car
ried, bearing the following inscription:
I'm memory Of our own illustrious
Thomas F. Meagher, victim of English
tyranny and a distinguished soldier Of
the American republic"
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Tom Watson, Of Georgia, is well
known as statesman and thelogjan.
but few know that he is historian also.
He is now engaged in writing history
Of France, the first volume of which
has been published. The New York
Sun devctes column to a review of 1t
and says: He brings new intelligence
and new phraseology to an old task.
II flam lacked the imagination, Free
man lacked the vocabulary, and Guizot
lacked the personal cheerfulness which.
all three combined enable the Hon.
Tom Watson to depict medieval condi-
lions as they have never been depicted
by any of the other historians of France
from the earliest times.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Won Humboldt, the great scientist,
when on a visit to Dutch Hazber, near
Bristol Bay, predicted that the mother
vein of gold would show itself in Alas
ka in a parallel line. Recent discover
les indicate that this prophecy has been
fulfilled.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Archbishop NJ. A. Corrigan, of New
York. arrived in Minneapolis Thursday
morning. accompanied by his secretary,
J. N. Connoly, and w. S. Mclaughlin,
both of New York. He remained in
the city during the day and proceeded
westward in the evening
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

special correspondent of the New
York Sun. writing to that paper about
the celebration OF the Queens jubilee
in famine-stricken India, says that the
close Of the sixticth year of her majcs-
tvs reign will be long remembered in
that country 'cr it's long death roll,
its wees, and it's disasters.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The present leader of the Liberals in
the Spanish Cortes is statesman bear
ing the Norman-Irish name of Senior
Prendergast. He is evidently the de-
scendant Of some exile of Erin who
sought refuge in Spain during the penal
days in Ireland. {"
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Father Ducey, Of New York, male
two speeches to the London strikers in
the eight-honr movement and coun-
se!ed them against rioting. The priest
was cheered to the echo by the London
laborers, who appear to have no church.
man to arbitrate their claims since the
death Of Cardinal Manning.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Secretary of State John Sherman says
that the English government has made
no response to the letter he sent to
Minister Hay in regard to the Boring
Sea matter. and that its foreign Office
has said nothing Of a beligerent nature.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

John Riley Tanner the Republican
governor of Illinois. has received I'M
::.istakaDle proof Of his unpopularity in
Chicago. On Logan day in that
city, while leading the parade
and in command OF the state
militia. he was vigorously Kissed al
along the line of procession. The words
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

A second cousin of Bob Ingersoll at
tempted to shuttle off the mortal coil in
New York the other day by taking an
ounce of laudanum in fit of despond-
ency. Perhaps he believed with his
distinguished relative that suicide is no
crime. A cruel doctor thought other
wise, and restored him to consciousness
after three hours hard work.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

i great demonstration took place in
the city OF Waterford on July II in
honor Of the Goth anniversary of The
death OF Gen. Thomas Francis Meag CHER,
on July II, 1867, while serving, as act
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The Maryland Democrats in state
convention stand by bimetallism and
declare 1t will surely come. THE pros-
pc rity and happiness that follows in is
train will be due to the courage, tho
undaunted fidelity and the intelligrns
patriotism of the Democracy" say they
IN their PLATFORM
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31
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The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Mark Twain. the American humorist,
is now in Switzerland revising his new
book, "'Ihe Surviving Innocent" being
sequel to "1nnocents Abroad"
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

An argonaut of Winnipeg, who is now
In Dawson City On the Yukon, says
that the heat is so intense in Alaska
during the brief summer season that
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Queen Victoria has sent her thanks
to the loyal British subjects in this
country who celebrated her diamond
jubilee last June.
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

The above rates include cost OF post
age to any part of the United States Or
Canada. To any other part OF the world
the postage will be soc per year addl-
tional
The Irish standard., 1897-07-31

Ev-Mayor Edward Cooper. son of Pc
ter Cooper. the pnlanthropist. is spoken
of by the Tamnlany leader as candidate
for the mayoralty of Greater New York
The times., 1897-04-17
CITIZENS WIN THEIR FIGHT.
indianapolis Railroads Compelled
to Accept Three-Cent Fares.

Indianapolis. Ind, April 1G.-There has
been intense excitement here today over
the action of the street railroad company
in defying the law providing for thee
cent fare.
Early this morning companies of ten or
twenty citizens stood at the street corners
and boarded the cars for the express pur-
pose OF forcing the company TO accept the
legal fare. When the conductors asked
anyone for the iiye-cent fare and on his e.
fusal tried TO eject him, he found ten or Il
dozen determined men ready TO assist the
passenger. In one case II aan was kicked
in the stomach by u notoinan, and riot
was avCIted only by running the car rapidly
away from the excited crowd.
Gentlemen who saw ladies board the
cars also boarded them for the purpose
of affording protection, and before noon
the conductors found the people were or
ganized against them, and many OF them
quietly acquesCed in the conditions and
accepted the legal fare.
The many contentious produced so much
feeling that Mayor Taggert called on Presi-
dent Mason, of the company, and it was
agreed that ) cents should he accepted rs
the fare while the case is pending.
Tonight the grand jury returned indict-
ments against President Mason, of the COM
pany, and Supt Elliott for violating the
law Other indictments will he returned
against them.
The times., 1897-04-17

their COWS and make butter than send
it to Denmark, when they are obliged to
20 Without butter themselves, because they
cannot get fair price for their grain.
1t is his notion that the farm houldsupply
all the wants of its inhabitants so far as
possible The surplus products may be
sold in exchange for manufactured products
which cannot be raised on the farm That
was the way it was with the yeomanryof
the olden times, and if they did not raise
immense crops of grain and fruit, they
raised healthy crops of boys and girls and
lived well themselves. They were far
removed from the one-idea mechanic into
which the mere laborer is developed, be
cause, if necess AIRY, they could turn their
hands to a dozen different trades. The
farmer % two generations ago was
gardener, chicken-fancer, florist Cor his
wife wasD, mechanic, carpenter, and as
often as not blacksmith and shoemaker.
His calling developed him into an all
round man; and that is why so many
great men We're farmers boys, In some
farming communities the same conditions
exist today Secretary Wilson wishes to
promote these conditions.
The times., 1897-04-17
A New Man at the PIoy.

1t looks very much as if the new Secrc-
tary Of Agriculture had determined to
make his department what it ought to be
In the eyes of the nation Up to this time
it has been avowedly one OF the least i'm
portant of the Cabinet portfolios. In max
Ing up the slate. the man who got thatplace
has more often than not been a 'left-oy err
who did not get some other place, or has
been put into the position for geographical
reasons Sometimes he has been farmer
and sometimes q business man, and some
times neither, but he has heretofore not
been a com mbination of the two.
Mr.. Wilson was known when he was in
Congress as a most active advocate of the
interests of the farmers in his district.
This was not because he lived in forming
community and wanted to be reelected,
but because he really knew what they
needed. and took the shortest way to get
1t. That is what he is doing now. He
is practical farmer. having owned and
conducted large farm of his own; and 2e
has been professor in au agricultural col
lege long enough TO get broader view of
the subject or farming than most practical
farmers possess. Add 10 that his po-
littcal experience, which has not been
small and it i S evident that he has rare
qualifications for the duties of the Ag-
ricultural Department. Besides all that,
he has a shrewd Scotch head and great
idea of finding some way or other for the
farmer 10 make money.
The other day, at wedding, he hap
pened to sit beside a Baltimore man who
is in the grain business. Through this
Baltimore man he discovered that much
of our grain goes to Denmark, where tits
fed TO COWS, and that Denmark has u
great market for butter in London. Now,
the only American butter which has gone
to England is of the oleomargarine variety,
which doesn't recommend American butter
TO the Prince OF Wales set Secretary
Wilson went down to the Treasury De-
partment the next day, found that he
could use the funds of the Agricultural
Department 60 set Uncle Sam up in the
sutter business; and straightway ordered
200 mounds OF the best butter to be sent
10 London and put on the market. 1t is
his purpose, through the agent OF the
United states in London, to find out how
snis superior article of butter is received,
what are the qualities desired by the
English people in that commodity, and
what, If anything, the Danish article
nossesses in the way of color, flavor or
cheapness that makes it preferable to
ours. 1t is his idea that American farmers
would much better feed their grain to