The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
CITY AND VICINITY.
The telephone call of The Irish Standard
d 273, Mississippi Valley Co.
rHRSELY TOLD.
A mass meeting in behalf OF the
Beers will be soon held in this CITY


A mass meeting in behalf OF the
+ Beers will be soon held in this city.
The mems society OF the Holy Name,
4 Ascension church, will meet at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Joseph T. Mannix has been elected
-vice-president OF the Minneapolis Press
Club to succeed L. E. Clark, who has
moved to La Crosse, Wis
The Holy Name society OF the I'm
|, lnaculate Conception church will meet
at 3 O'Clock Sunday afternoon. There
will be reception of members.
President Cyrus Norttrop, OF the
University, is suffering from the effects
y OF poison ivy. During the holidays,
President Northrop came in contact
with the ivy, which was part OF Christ
mas decoration.
James McConville, 1414 Fourth ave-
nue. NJ, was thrown violently from a
wagon, Monday, and injured about the
head and face. Mr. McConville is re-
covering and hopes to be able to return
:. to work in few days.
n The Minneapolis Single Tax League
1 at its annual meeting last Monday even
2 ing adopted memorial resolutions on
the death of Rev. DR.. Edward Nc
Glynn, the famous New York priest,
who departed this life last week.
While its mother was not watching,
the infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Mclaughlin, II Main street northeast,
last Wednesday drank the greater por-
ton of the contents OF bottle of medi-
cine, and then died from the effects.
Mayor Gray suspended three police
men last week for conduct unbecoming
an officer. After ten days they will be
allowed to resume their duties as before.
Their offences were of trivial char
= acter, but discipline has to be main
tanned on the force.
James Dugan, OF this city. who was
employed i'll one OF loves logging
camps, near Barnum, Mimi, wandered
away from camp Sunday night. Dec. 81,
and since that time no trace OF him has
been found. Dugan was somnambu-
s3aist, and his friends are fearful lest he
= has lost his life in the woods.
The Northwestern Miller OF this city
says that the South African war SER
iously affects export trade. Since the
beginning OF the war the British gov
eminent has chartered 1888 vessels with
gross register of 875,552 tons for
transport service. OF this number 50.
with tonnage OF 372,481, were taken
p from the American trade.
Judge Thomas Canty has gone to the
Orient. He will spend some time in
|. Japan. and the Philippines. Before leav-
ing he declared himself strongly against
the Mckinley policy of imperialism and
said:. T'The course pursued by the adj
,ninistration in regard to the Philippines
is stealing from the American constitu-
ton its most sacred principles
1t is understood that C. McC Reeve,
| warden Of the state prison. has decided
Z to retain ex-Alderman Durham as his
coachman. The facts of Durnams i'm
& prisonment are we'll known. After his
incarceration he was made ''trusty,"
: 'and soon made coacllman OF Warden
Wolier. He is allowed to wear citizens
clothes and to go about the prison with
the greatest liberty.
The debate on the Anglo-Boer war
at the rooms of the Ben Franklin De-
batting Club last Saturday night waxed
hot for several hours The Boer SYM
pathizers were in an overwhelming ma
iority. One Of the features of the even
ing was the pro-Boer speech made by
w. S. Smit OF St. Paul. He is a Hol-
lander by birth and his pronunciation
ssf some Of the Boer words was perfect.
His arguments were good and lie was
heartily applauded. He laid at the door
of one Cecil Rhodes the blame for all
the strife in the Transvaal.
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