The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-09-23
CITY AND VICINITY.
TERSEIY TOLD.

row at 4 o'clock
Rev. J. J. Keane, pastor of the Church
OF the Immaculate Conception, con-
Quoted retreat at St. Paul's Theolog-
ical seminary for the benefit of the
students OF that institution.
A we'll at the Soldiers Home has Just
been sunk to depth of I,o27 feet, with
III feet of water as result Eighteen
hours continuous pumping only low
cred the water one foot at the trial test.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Newman was di-
vorced in this city last week and got
married again within half an hour to
one Hugh Jepson. She and her second
husband left the city for tour of En-
rope.
Mrs. ]. o. Johnson, of 2752 Ninth
avenue S., was drowned in Minnetonka
last Saturday. She was in boat with
her husband and fell into the lake. He
rescued her Immediately and found that
life had fled.
Miss Anna Kriedt, the stenographer
in the mayors office, leads in the ladies'
contest for the Times $500 Kimball
piano. The Misses Robertson, Poucher
and Dewey follow closely in the order
OF their names.
"Tony" Conroy has resigned his posi-
ton as guard at the Saltwater prison.
After Conroy left the police force last
April he was appointed on the peniten-
tiary list. A number OF the convicts are
said to have assaulted him, and as re-
suit his head is at present swathed in
bandages.
Senator w. D. Washburn is strong
antitrust Republican. He is also op-
posed to high protective tariff on tin
plate and gives forcible reasons for his
views. The trust papers OF the country,
including the Tribune OF this city, do
not agree with him, but he is right
nevertheless.
The state railway and warehouse COM
mission has confirmed the appointment
OF A. Hoidale, Dawson, to be assistant
supervising inspector OF country eleva-
tors, with headquarters at St. Paul. Mr..
Hoidale is appointed to succeed J. w.
Barton, brother-in-law OF former Gov
ernor Clough, who is relieved.
Nicolas Idof, a Russian political
refugee and man OF education, called
at the state university last Wednesday,
hoping to secure employment as an in
structor. Idof is linguist and can
speak six languages. He fell under the
suspicion of the Russian government
detectives and came to the United States
four months ago.
Mrs. Elizie Anger, of 2511 Monroe
street northeast, Minneapolis, is suffer-
ing from peculiar affection. A lizard,
she is thoroughly convinced, is lodged
in her stomach having been imbibed
with drinking water. At times she says
she feels the reptile crawling up in her
throat, and the only way she is able to
secure peace is by drinking large
quantity of water.
Rev. George F. Barsoom OF Constan-
tinople, an Armenian citizen, addressed
the Methodist ministers at their regular
weekly meeting Monday morning He
spoke Interestingly Of the uphill work Of
Christians in Turkey, and related excit-
ing episodes of assaults upon their lives
by the followers of Mohammed. On
one occasion he was stabbed and left
for dead on the street, but was res
cued and afterward escaped with his
father to America.
NJ. A. O'Hair, OF Delevan, Mimi, and
P. O'Hair OF Waverly, Mimi, are in the
city consulting an attorney with the idea
of proceedings against the absorption of
the telephone line built by the Mime
sofa Central company from Minneapolis
to Willmar by the Northwestern Tele-
; phone Exchange company. The O'Hairs
are stockholders in the Central COM
pany. They claim $4,000 was paid for
the line and they want their share.
Superintendent Wainman, of the North
western company, admits the purchase,
but says the O'Hairs had no interest in
the Minneapolis illmar line.
William ]. Cole, of Birmingham, Ala,
who was formerly engaged in detective
work in Minneapolis and the northwest,
is in the city en- route north on profess
sional business. Mr.. Cole was interested
not great while ago, in chasing down
the outrages in connection with the no.
torious Hatfeld-McCoy feud in Ken
lucky, which has resulted in so many
deaths. In this work he was associated
with William Baldwin, the famous de-
tective and crack. shot of Roanoke, Va.
Mr.. Cole paid brief visit to this office
= before departing on his northwestern
journey.
After all absence of two months in
Europe, Senator w. D. Washburn is
again in Minneapolis. The senator went
abroad for the benefit of his health, and
he returns with all the health he can
use. "Never felt better in his life," as
he puts it. The senator believes the
trust conference in Chicago a big hum