The Irish standard., 1899-10-28
CITY AND VICINITY.
TERsELY TOLD.

begun last Monday
A Minneapolis branch OF the Anti
1mperialist League will soon be organ
lied. A mass meeting OF the opponents
OF Asiatic conquest will be held in the
near future.
Judge w. B. Fleming, OF Louisville,
KY, is in the city. He is opposed to
the election OF Goebel for governor OF
his state. but the Democratic nominee
is likely to win, Notwithstanding.
Rev. Mr.. Montgomery, OF the Metho-
dist church, spoke from his pulpit last
Sunday in condemnation OF England's
war on the Beers. He is also opposed
to McKinley's war on the Filipinos.
Wednesday-All Saints day-the
masses at the Immaculate Conception
will be at 6, 7, and high mass at 10. In
the evening Father Keane will preach
On Purgatory. On Thursday the solemn
service for all-souls will be at o'clock.
Safe crackers attempted to get into
the strong box of Francis P. Murphy,
925 Cedar avenue, Monday night, but
only succeeded in wrecking the comb
nation so the proprietor could not open
the safe when he came around in the
morning.
A banquet was rendered the members
OF Co. B, Thirteenth regiment, at the
Nico11et 1ast TUESDAY eyen;no Reenons
es to toasts were made by Colonel
Ames, General Reeve, Captain Rowley,
DR.. Fitzgerald, Quartermaster McKen-
ma and others.
Sunday, Oct. 2o at the solemn high
mass at 1890, Father Keane, of the
Church OF the Immaculate Conception,
will deliver the first of series OF SER
mons on "The Christian Priesthood"
"The Priesthood in Christ will be his
subject for tomorrow.
Despite the lateness OF the season,
Mrs. F. G.. O'Brien Tuesday cut large
bunch OF sweet peas from the lawn at
her home, o17 Seventh avenue S. 1t
is not to be wondered at in view OF the
fact that the thermometer on Sunday
registered 50 degrees in the shade
The appraisers appointed to fix the
value OF the estate OF the late John T.
West have reported the property worth
$457,ooo. The principal item is the equity
in the West Hotel-a property that rep
resents an original expenditure OF about
$1.35oooo. Colonel West had property
in Cincinnati and elsewhere.
Rev. ]. NJ Cleary delivered an in
structive address on the Bible at St.
Charles church last Sunday evening to
large audience He will continue the
interesting subject tomorrow evening.
A feature OF his Sunday evening dis
courses will be the exposition OF doc
trinal points in reply to inquiries
through the question box" at the vesti-
bule OF the church.
Ex-County Commissioner Dryer
had thrilling experience the other
night with two highwaymen on Frank
lin avenue who pcremptorily COM
,nandcd him to hold up his hands and
deliver the valuables in his possession.
Being a good sprinter Tom took to
his heels and left the dcsperadoes far
behind. They have not been yet ar
rested.
General c. Nice. Reeve returned last
Wednesday from the East He was in
the official Minnesota party at the Dew
ey celebration, saw the yacht races and
witnessed the installation of President
Hadley at Yale While in New York
he gave two-column interview on the
Luzon campaign, in which he spoke
highly OF the Filipinos and Of the Catho-
lie monks and friars. He expressed a
poor opinion of General Otis.
The fad OF the day is the collection
of Recreation stamps. Almost every
retail merchant carries them, and rarely
is purchase made, which is not fol-
lowed by an inquiry for the popular
stamps. They are as good as gold" at
the local theaters and many of the news
papers accept them in lieu of cash for
subscriptions. Two dollars worth Of
Recreation stamps will pay for years
subscription to The Irish Standard.
James Shaughnessy, one of the staff
men of the Chicago Tribune, spent last
Sunday in Minneapolis, the guest OF sew
eral of the local newspaper men, who
showed him the sights of the city, and
in the evening entertained him at the
Press club rooms. Some of the brightest
Journalists in the Windy City bear Irish
cognomens like Shaughnessy. The same
can be said of New York in a greater
degree.
J. J. Hogan, a prominent business
man OF La Crosse, once speaker OF
the lower branch OF the Wisconsin legis-
lature, and delegate Large to the Chi
cago convention OF 1896, was in Mime
apolis the other day visiting with Jerry
Coughlin and other friends here. He
says he is "a political orphan for being
gold Democrat he does not feel at
home in either OF the great parties.
Why not become Populist with 1g-
natius Donnelly and the mid-road patri-
OTIS?