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The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
CITY AND VICINITY.
TERSELY TOLD.

The Temperance Insurance Board will
meet in St. Anthony's hall Sunday, July
9, at 2 o'clock. All insured members
are requested to be present.
Miss Lucy Seaman was elected presi-
dent of the Rosary Society OF the I'm
maculate Conception Church at the reg
ular meeting last Sunday.
The Catholics of Excelsior have rent
ed the church formerly used by the Uni
versalists and services will be held there
every Sunday morning during the sum-
mer.
At the meeting OF the St. Anthony T.
A. and M. B. society held in their hall
last Sunday the following officers were
chosen for the coming year: President,
T. M. Bohan; vice president. Andrew
Breen; recording secretary, E. c. De-
tuncq; financial secretary, John Farrell;
treasurer, VIM. Leonard; marshal, D..
Harrington.
The Holy Name Society OF the I'm
maculate Conception Church will to-
morrow place on the altar of St. Joseph
two beautiful statues, one of St. An
thony of Padua, the other of St. Vim
cent de Paul. The society will receive
communion in body at o'clock mass
tomorrow morning. In the evening the
regular monthly meeting will be held
at the church.
For the coming week and commen-
cling Monday evening, July 10, at Lake
Harriet, the Merrie Bell Opera COM
pany will present Planquette's beautiful
. nautical opera "Paul Jones'" made ia
nous in America by Miss Agnes Hunt
ington. Almost everyone knows the
story OF Paul Jones, the daring bucca-
1eer, but as it is told in Planquette's
beautiful opera it is most romantic:
The opera is theme for most beautiful
music, brilliant costumes, good sing
ing and exceedingly funny situations:
The opera is promised to be we'll cast
and will present the full strength of the
Merrie Bell Company.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
Deaths of the Week.

Last Tuesday evening Mrs. Bridget
Flynn, resident of this city for the
past seventeen years, passed away at her
late residence, 3o8 Fifth avenue N. E.,
after two weeks illness. She was sew
enty years of age, and her birthplace
was county Cavan, ireland. She leaves a
family consisting of five children, name
1y, Terrence, Rose and Bridget Flynn
OF this city, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Phil
brook, Mont, and Peter Flynn Of Platts-
burgh, N. Y, where the family resided
before coming to Minneapolis. Her
husband, Terrence Flynn, ST., died many
years ago. The funeral was held yes
terday morning from the Church of St.
Anthony of Padua, where requiem mass
was celebrated. Members of the Rosary
society, of which deceased was men,
Der, attended the obsequies in large
numbers. In the death of Mrs. Flynn a
good woman has gone whose place in
the home and church, both of which she
loved so well, will be missed. The in
torment was at ST. Anthony cemetery.
Mrs. Bridget Healy died at her home,
90 Western avenue, Sunday, July 2,
after an illness of some montt s. The
deceased was one of Minneapolis pio-
neer residents, having lived here for
thirty years. Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at the Immaculate
Conception church, Father Mcintyre
reading a solemn high mass. The in
torment was at St. Mary's cemetery
During her long residence in Mime
apolis, Mrs. Healy won for herself hosts
of friends. She was a devout Catholic,
a devoted mother and wife and an ex-
.emplary woman A husband and five
sons survive her.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08

vantage in weight to the extent of about
$50 pounds. When time was called by
Referee Whelan at the expiration of SO
minutes the Hibernian lads had secured
two feet and five inches OF the coveted
three feet of rope. The contest was de-
clared draw owing to the interference
of the large crowd, and all bets were
declared off. The lineup of the teams
was as follows: Hibernians-J. J. Lane,
captain; Ed Fahey, Chris Helm, John
Feehan, Thos. Fahey, Ed Helm, James
Fogarty, Michael Gleason, Phil Gleason.
Foresters-Andrew Helm, captain;
Messrs. Bierbohlm, McGrath, Egan,
Meagher, Larscheid, Moonan, Funk
and Mcmillan.
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Personal Mention.

Miss Nellie Brannon left Wednesday
evening for Anaconda, Mont.
Walter Walsh and family, of Grand
street N. E., have taken a cottage at
Excelsior for the summer.
The Misses Jessie and Loretta Nc
Carthy are spending their vacation in
Duluth as the guests Of their uncle.
Miss Elizabeth Quinlan has gone to
Denver.
Miss Elizabeth Mullen of Eleventh
street has gone to California
Mrs. D. w. Ahern and daughter, Ha-
eel, OF Chicago avenue, who are visiting
friends in the East, are expected home
in September.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
Annual Hibernian Picnic.

The annual picnic under the auspices
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians OF
Ramsey county will be held this year
at Lake Shore, White Bear Lake, on
Saturday, July 22. Trains from St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Saltwater on the Du
luth road at all hours of the day. Fare
for the round trip from any of these
cities rs cents, children IS cents. A
general invitation is extended to all de-
string to take part in the festivities.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08

Naughton, St. Paul; first vice president,
P. L. Collins, Minneapolis; second vice
president, Edward German, Saltwater;
third vice president, Mrs. ]. F. Kelly,
St. Paul; treasurer, F. A. Barth, Water
town; secretary, w. P. Kenncy, Min
neapolis; distributing secretary, Father
Mahoney, Mendoza.
The attendance was unusually large,
and the good people OF Buffalo saw that
none went hungry or sleepless, during
their stay.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
Death of a Pioneer.

Maurice Lyons, one of St. Paul's
earliest settlers, died at his home, 72o
Cedar street, after a brief illness, on
June 20, from disease of the kidneys.
The funeral services were held in the
Cathedral last Saturday morning; the
interment was at Calvary.
Mr.. Lyons was born in Tipperary
county, ireland, in 1897. He arrived in
New York when he was 20 years old.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
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Declared a Draw.

An exciting event on the Fourth of
July was the tug of war at the Ascension
parish picnic between the team of Div.
No. q, A. o. H., and that OF Ascension
Court, c. o. F. The teams proved to
be pretty evenly matched, although the
Foresters were said to have had the ad-
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entertainment and all who witnessed it
report spending most enjoyable even
ing.
The Irish standard., 1899-07-08
For Sale.

16o-acre farm with buildings, wood
and water, situate in Pierce county,
Wisconsin, less than 40 miles from Min
neapolis. For terms inquire at EOS E.
Seventeenth street, Minneapolis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
SENATOR BAKERS WORD
Will Be Seen Whether He Is
Representative of Kansas
or LeaVenWOrth.

The Commercial club will meet Wed
nesday night to commence the arrange
ments for the reception of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment
II IS time for us to form committees, -
said Maj. Anderson, land commence
the work We must take time and make
1t the grandest event ever chronicled in
the annals of the state
THE Twentieth Kansas regiment is
going to be mustered out in Topeka
There is no question about that and no
need of any discussion. Senator Baker
gave w. E. Sterne and myself his prom
Use. He will keep his word, and that is
enough. When the Twenty-third regf-
ment was camped in the fair grounds
and no one thought it would ever leave
and when the Twentieth was camped in
San Francisco the Twenty-first was
mustered out at LeaVenworth The
Commercial club took action to get a
regiment mustered out here. Senator
Baker was here and promised that if
the Twenty-second was mustered out
in LeaVenworth the Twentieth would be
mustered out here and that if the
IWentleth was mustered out in LeaVen-
worth the Twenty-second would be
mustered out here. The Twenty-frst
Twenty-second and Twenty-third regi-
ments have been mustered out in Leav-
enwOrth, and now the Twentieth will
be mustered out here
During the meeting the club will dis
cuss and take some action upon the
trusts that are gobbling up Kansas in
duStrieS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
BITTEN BY A FAKIR.
Citizens of Stafford and st. John Prove
Easy For a sVoodoo" Doctor.
rFrom the STAFFORD Republican.

[From the Stafford Republican,
Last Saturday afternoon a longhair-
ed Indian-looing individual drove into
town, and after driving up and down
the street time two finally brought
UP in the center of the square, and soon
had a crowd of men around him.
He introduced himself by saying he
was the biggest half-breed Indian in
the world, and narrating some of his
exploits among the Indians and on the
frontier. and giving exhibition of how
he could handle a big revolver The Sc
quel plainly showed the object of all
this bravadO.
He then offered to sell some corn
salVe at Csc a box. In order to make it
interesting he would give back the 25c
and another Csc with it. He did the
same thing with dollar bottle or two
of medicine. Now, he says, who will
give me dollar? Immediately several
silver dollars were handed him by some
of the crowd, who evidently thought
that they would get their dollar back
and another one with it. When he had
gotten all he could in this way he
deity slipped the cartridges into his
big revolver and the dollars into big
sack, gracefully bade the crowd good
bye, and drove off towards Sylvia,
laughing at the fellows who had so lib
orally contributed to the Indian doc
tor"
This was a little the rankest fake
that has ever come under our observa-
ton. The estimates of what he took
from Stafford were all the way from $50
to 500. We understand he got about
the same in St John
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
The Wolf Was Game.

The news came in town Sunday that
there was a farmer living out west of
town who had captured wolf and that
he wanted some one to come out with
some good dogs to have a chase and
kill the wolf. Accordingly quite a crowd
of local sports got together and went
out with six stag hounds to do the job.
The man was cautioned to give the
wolf a good start so that it would have
a fighting show before the fierce dogs
tore it limb from limb. Everything
went well and the dogs started after
ly whipped them clear off of the field.
The wolf had a chain on and was cap
tured and brought to town to meet
death in the huge jaws of a fighting
bulldog, but death did not ensue. The
wolf when turned loose made rush for
the creek and when the bulldog caught
up he got chewed up and nearly drown
ed.-Winfield Free Press,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
BOAT BOMBARDS FARMS.
Residents of Hilton Head Island, s. G.
Dislike Playing Target.

Hilton Head island, near Port Royal,
S. c.. say that the double turreted mon
itor Amplitude. now practicing in that
vicinity, is pointing guns too much in
their direction to be either pleasant or
healthy
The Amphitrite is practicing with
shells from her rapid-fire guns One
of these screeching projectiles dropped
in field where Benjamin Green was
blowing and exploded. The darky was
frightened into a state of paralysis and
could not hold the mule Another shell
landed in the yard of Henry Willis
house, right by two of his children. 1t
fortunately was buried deep in the sand
before exploding and did little damage
A third that did not explode struck
at the headquarters of the United States
hospital corps detachment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08

but it is believed to be about the same.
The rate for taxation is as follows:
Poles in cities 81 each, including cross
bars, glass and cable.
Wires, per mile, 50.
Phones, S. each.
Switchboards, 81 per drop or number.
Poles outside of cities, 70 cents each.
This valuation is also fixed for the Atch-
ison and Leavenworth Independent tele-
phone companies The above are copper
wire systems. Other systems, using as a
rule iron wire. are valued follows:
Poles in cities. 70 cents each, Including
cross-bars. glass and cable.
Wires, 81 per mile.
Phones 81 each.
Switchboards, 81 per drop or number.
Poles outside of cities, 35 cents each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
The Smallpox Situation at EN-
pOria Slightly Worse.
Several of the Hotels Are I'm
der Strict Quarantine
WHERE PATIENTS ARE.
Will Be Removed to Tents in
Charge of City.
Every Precaution Being Taken
to Check Disease.

Emporia, May S.-The Gazette says:
The smallpox situation today is slightly
worse. When the Clinton hotel was
quarantined, one of the men, Mr. FL
lott. who was stopping at the place and
working in town, was not in the house.
He went to the Fifth Avenue hotel and
was stopping there, when he took sick.
This morning he broke out" and at an
early hour left the house and went di-
rectly to the Clinton hotel. The house
was closed and a policeman was called
to look after the case. He notified the
board of health, who Immediately
placed the man in the hotel and had
the Fifth Avenue hotel Quarantined-
Policemen are standing guard over the
places quarantined and no one is al
lowed to go in or out, or anything to be
removed. The board of health went to
the city property this morning and
found suitable site for the tents
which have arrived. The patients will
be removed to them. Everything is be-
ing done to stop the disease.
The law requires ten days after expo
sure before a person under quarantine
can be let out. The board of health
are quarantining every place where
there is a suspicion of anyone having
been who has been exposed. There is
case of chicken pox at Sixth and
Chestnut. This place will be quaran-
tined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08

st. Paul Pioneer Press: 1t is now said
that Quay is making his support of
President Mckinley for a denomination
in 1900 conditional on administration
support of his claim to a seat in the
senate under Governor Stones appoint
ment. In other words, unless the ad-
ministration senators shall be con-
strained to vote, in violation of all
precedent since 1925. for the seating of
the Pennsylvania boss, then the vote
of Pennsylvania in the Republican ma
tionaI convention will be cast against
Mckinley. But it is yet to be seen
whether, in the face of a steadily in
creasing opposition. Quay will be able
to retain his control of the Republican
organization in Pennsylvania next
year. And whether he does or not, the
sooner Mr.. Mckinley cuts loose from
Quay and everything savoring of Quay
ism, the better it will be for his political
prospects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
z. 8. U. AFFAIRS.
Three Places in the Faculty Vacant
Appointments Made.

Lawrence, May s.-The Kansas uni
versity board of regents has compile
ted it's work. leaving three places on
the faculty untitled. those of assistant
professorships in sociology and political
economy. French, and forge and foun-
dry work.
Miss Edith Clark resigned her place
as assistant librarian, and Miss Dora
Rem, of Wellington, was chosen for
the place. H. P. Cady, a graduate of
Kansas university, was made assistant
professor of chemistry. Prof. E.
C. Murphy. assistant professor of civil
engineering, was granted years leave
of absence, without pay, and Charles
l.. Searcy, of the college of Montana.
a graduate of Purdue. was elected to
fill his place. Five thousand dollars
was appropriated for the erection of
fire protection system. An appropria-
ton was made for the continuation of
the field work in entomology done last
year in western Kansas by Prof. S. ].
Hunter. Prof. L. l. Blake notified the
board that he had declined the offer Of
the University of Illinois to the posi-
ton of dean of the school of electrical
engineering of that school at an ad-
vance of $1,000 in salary and with in
ducements, but that he would stay
with Kansas university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
WILL BE A PARADE.
knights Templar COnclave
Opens Tuesday.

The thirtieth annual conclave of the
knights Templars of Kansas convenes
here Tuesday. Today the grand officers
are arriving and making preparations
for the session.
The parade of the knights Templar in
uniform, headed by Marshans band
will start Tuesday morning at 10: 80
O'Clock, and march as follows: South
on Kansas avenue to Ninth street west
on Ninth to Jackson south on Jackson
to Tenth. west on Tenth to Harrison,
north on Harrison to Ninth, west on
Ninth to Topeka avenue, north on To-
peka avenue to Fourth, countermarch
south on Topeka avenue to Sixth. east
on Sixth to Harrison, south on Harri-
son to Eighth, east on Eighth to Jack
son, north on Jackson to Masonic tenn
pie, where the opening of the grand
commandery will immediate follow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08

of yourself than your father made of
himself.
An honest man is one who admits
that his badness is due to old age, ana
not to sickness.
Commencement orations to the con-
trary, there comes a time when a man
is a fool if he goes on hoping.
Every bridegroom finds an excuse to
return from his wedding journey sooner
than originally planned.
If you think you need more outdoor
exercise, remember that a 40 cent SPADE
will do the work as well as 500 oi-
cycle.
much longer the week should be, In
order that the men may find their Sun
day underwear ready without fussing.
The discovery by the neighbors that
a girl had a promising voice, costs her
father a thousand dollars before she
settles down and forgets her amp1tlon
in marrying.
An Atchison man is going to plant
grapes in his yard for the boys to steal.
Boys must steal something, and he
wants to provide a place where they
will not get hurt.
If a girl has brothers old enough to
be out of skirts, she says of every girl
she dislikes who calls on her that she
didn't come to see her; that she came
to see her brother.
=
When a woman attends club
meeting, she is loafing. and that is all
there is to 1T. Suppose men should
neglect their work to attend club
meeting; how long before the women
would protest? Where is there any war
rant for men working, and women at
tending club meetings?
That people get along as well as they
do, knowing as little as they do, is one
of the marvellous things. We some
times doubt that people are as ignorant
as they pretend to be. And what
excuse is there for people of intelli-
gence pretending to be ignorant, and
accepting notions that they know to
be ridiculous?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
POOR ATCHISON.
Will Be Cold Day When City Helps
Another Corporation.

The Atchison bridge litigation has
again broken into the federal court.
This time suit is brought by Major H.
galloway, a creditor of the old bridge
company. directly against the city OF
Atchison as a stockhoIder in the COM
pany. There are 916 causes of action
alleged each oneof them representing an
interest coupon of the bridge bonds.
The sum of SHOP is claimed on each
coupon, aggregating SIG, 611. 50.
The petition goes back to the time
when the company was first formed to
build the bridge, and it recites the or
dinances by which the people were al
lowed to vote 100000 bonds for invest
ing in the stock of the bridge company.
which amount of stock the city has
owned ever since. The old bridge COM
pany is now insolvent, and the city is
sued as a stockholder in the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
PRoGRAMME FOR 1900.

The National Waterman, the official
organ of the Bryan movement, now
boasts that the nomination of its favor
lite next year is assured. The Croker
faction. it declares, has given up all hope
of anything like successful opposition
and will keep up a weak resistance,
merely as a matter of form. with the in
tention of ultimately supporting any can
didate who may be nominated and any
platform that may be adopted.
The same paper declares that in
states where the delegates are chosen in
opposition to Mr. Bryan there will be
opposing delegations of his supporters.
1t is expected these will be seated by
the representatives of the south and
west who will be in the majority.
Carter Harrison is expected to head a
solid delegation of Bryan men from
Illinois in the national convention. The
mayor himself. it is predicted, will be
unanimously nominated for governor of
his state, and great hopes of his cleo
ton are entertained.
Among Republicans there appears to
be no thought of any other candidate
than President Mckinley, and unless
something unforeseen should happen
the heads of the two tickets appear to
be as good named, and the real work
of the national conventions will consist
of choosing candidates for the vice
presidency and making platforms
Mr.. Hobart, who is now regaining his
health, will of course be renominate d
If it be his desire. AS a running mate
for Mr.. Bryan the indications point
strongly to o. H. P Belmont, who
possesses the financial qualifications to
high degree, though George Fred
ms Of "a oo17r1 ;r 10
the silver leaders personal choice
The earnestness with which leading
Democratic papers are fighting trusts
and territorial expansion indicates that
those subjects will be made prominent
features of the party platform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-08
OF FIGHTING ANCESTRY.
George B. Payne's Great Grandfather
Knocked Down George Washington.

The following from the May number
of the Ladies' Home Journal possesses
a flavor of more than local interest as
the Mr.. Payne mentioned was the great
grandfather of Mr.. George B. Payne
of Topeka avenue and also of the late
B. T. Payne of North Topeka, who was
Familiarity known to the people of
Northern Shawnee and Jackson coun-
ties as Uncle Ben"
In 1854, while a colonel, Washington
was stationed at Alexandria when
there was an election for members of
the assembly in which Mr.. w. Payne
opposed the candidate supported by
Washington. In the course of the con-
test Washington grew warm and said
something offensive to Mr.. Payne, who
at one blow, extended him on the
ground. The members of Washington's
regiment heard that their colonel had
been murdered by the mob, and they
were soon under arms and in rapid mo-
ton to the town to inf1ict punishment
on the supposed assassin. To their
great joy the colonel came out to meet
them, thanking them for such proof of
attachment, but conjuring them by
their love for him and their duty to re-
turn peaceably to their barracks. Feel
ing himself to be the aggressor, Wash
ington resolved to make honorable rep
aratiOn Early next morning he wrote
a polite note to Mr.. Payne requesting
to see him at the tavern. Payne re-
paired to the place appointed in expec-
tation of a duel. On his approach
Washington arose to meet him, and,
smiling as he offered his hand, began:
Mr.. Payne, to err is nature; to rectify
error is glory. 1 believe 1 was wrong
yesterday; you have already had some
satisfaction and if you deem that suf-
ficient here is my hand-let US be
friends Mr.. Payne was from that mo-
ment an enthusiastic admirer of Wash
ington."
This incident is mentioned in Weems
history of Virginia and also in Collins
history of Kentucky.