The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-03
CITY AND VICINITY.
TERSELY TOLD.

CO., Quincy street.
The University of Minnesota turned
out $40 graduates last Thursday. The
commencement address was delivered
by President Cyrus Northrop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Harrington are
rejoicing over the birth OF healthy
boy. The interesting event occurred on
Memorial day at their home, 612 Mar
!. shall street.
The name of DR.. J. H. Dunn is men,
toned for professor of practical surgery
in the State University to fill the vacan-
cy occasioned by the resignation of DR..
c. A. Wheaton.
The Ladies' T. A. Society of St. An
thony parish will meet at 8 p. m. tomor-
row at St. Anthony hall. Every men,
Der is urged to attend, as business of
importance is to be transacted.
Charles Rooney, brakeman en-
ployed by the Omaha company, was
very seriously injured last Tuesday eve
ming. Rooney was going from one car
to another when he fell. His right arm
and shoulder were badly injured.
County Auditor C. ]. Minor, who
went to Chicago to view the remains
of a young man who had committed
suicide, reports that it was not Harry
Huntington, as was supposed. Mr.. Mi
nor learned that Huntington is in Mex
leo.
Mrs. Mary Walsh died at her late
home, 1924 Fifth street N. E., last
Wednesday, aged 22 years. Before her
marriage she was Miss Mary Dugan
The funeral was held yesterday morn
ing from St. Anthony of Padua church.
Requiem mass was celebrated at nine
o'clock.
Three Minneapolis men-David Hal
10, w. A. Mclaughlin and E. L. Arnold
were killed last Saturday night in the
wreck on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
& Northern near Waterloo, Iowa. They
were three highly respected citizens
whose sad fate shocked the entire COM
munity.
In all address at the Soldiers home
last Sunday Mayor Gray said to the vet
Grams: "You fought in the sixties that
human souls should not continue in
bondage. You should do your part in
the battle of the people to-day, and see
to it that the common people are not
enslavcd"
The first prizes in the Minneapolis
, Journal teachers contest were carried
Ivy Miss May Rogers, Groton, S. D.,
who received 4o5,oo3 votes, and by Miss
Il. Louise King, Grand Forks, N. D.,
who got 368,o77 votes. The winning
i. scholars were F. Paul Smith and Pearl
Nomings OF the same cities, respectively.
The two Dakotas carried the day.
Memorial Sunday was fttingly OBJ
served in Minneapolis by the attendance
of members Of the G. A. R. posts in
the various churches. Nearly all the
circles of the ladies of the G A. r.
and the Naval Veterans Association
were represented at St. Charles Church,
where Fir. Cleary preached patriotic
sermon. On Memorial Day the eloquent
priest delivered an address in Iowa to
"a large and enthusiastic assemblage.
John T. McTeague, telegraph oper-
ator, go years old, was drowned last Sat-
urday night in the Mississippi at its
confluence with the Minnesota. He was
in a rowboat which was capsized, and
though good swimmer he met watery
grave. Three young men were with
him at the time. They were also in the
water but succeeded in getting ashore.
The body of young McTeague was not
recovered up to the time of going to
press.
Mayor Gray has appointed Lieuten-
ant Swan Walton successor of Captain
Ness at the South Side station.
y County Attorney Reed has dispensed
with the services of Geo. K. Shaw, Jr.,
as fourth assistant. Mr. Shaw per-
formed his duties faithfully and we'll,
and his many friends maintain that as
he had discharged the duties OF the Of
flee satisfactorily he should have been
retained in preference to one who had
shown himself incompetent for the third
assistantship.
Luth Jaeger, ex-member of the school
board, came out in the Evening Journal
.xhe other day in defense Of the Filipinos
He must have the blood of the Vikings
coursing in his veins or he would not
have the courage to say that they are
defending their own hearthstones and
fighting for their own country against
foreign foe He also declared that
they compare favorably with any bel
ligerents in the treatment of prisoners,
and that they have nothing to be
ashamed of.
The celebration of Moore's anniver-
sary, under the auspices of Div. No. 8,
HSO. H., at Association hall last Mon
day evening, proved to be grand sue
cess from an oratorical and musical
standpoint. Hon. John Brennan deliv-
cred an interesting address and the
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