The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
CITY AND VICINITY; ,
: The telephone call Of the Irish Standard
10 278 Mississippi Valley Co. ~
TERsElY TOLD.

TERSELY TOLD. ;'f ~
Remember the Catholic Book Store,
.I2A Fourth street NJ, near Hennepin.
The wheelmen of the city will vote
for Mayor Gray at the primary elec-
ton next week.
Secretary Randall, of the Minnesota
State Fair, which closed last Saturday
night, announces that the net profits
during the week were $4,000.
The attendance at the public schools
of the city this week has been in the
neighborhood of $1,000 pupils. Some
of the schools are in q crowded condi-
tion.
Bishop Grant, of the African Metho-
dist church, in an interview in this
city, denied most emphatically that he
is going to support Bryan in the presi-
Dental campaign. He says he is not
following the lead of Bishop Vincent Of
his church but will use all his influence
for Mckinley.
A bronze statue of Ex-Gov. John S.
Pillsbury was unveiled on the Univer-
sity campus last Wednesday. 1t has
been erected by the alumni as a trib-
ute of respect to the generous benefac-
tor of the institution. 1t was modelled
by Daniel F. French, famous Amer
lean sculptor, and is fine work of art.
Louis f. Menage, who was in Calves
ton during the recent storm, sent q
message to Houston which was tele-
graphed from there to Mrs. Menage in
Minneapolis to the effect that he
escaped without injury and would re-
turn in few days.
Allen Stewart. who won the log roll
ling contest at Ashland, Wis, has ar
rived home. He brings back a $1O0
gold medal, the Northwest champion
ship and $1OO in cash as result of his
victory. His final contest was with
John Murray, who went down in 45
minutes. One of the contests lasted
eight hours, neither man being able to
get the other off the log.
While Judge r. c. Brooks has as yet
reached no decision regarding his ac-
ceptance Of the Democratic nomina-
tion for chief justice, he emphatically
disagrees with. the St. Paul Pioneer
Press which said Saturday that he
would refuse the nomination. The
paper also declared that he was inelig-
ible, from the fact that he spent $4,000
to secure his present position and
thereby violated the corrupt practices
act. 1t said moreover that Judge
Brooks had stated that he had serious
doubts of Governor Lind's reelection.
Judge Brooks declares that he spent
less than $1,000 to secure his election
to the district bench and that he has
every reason to believe that Governor
Lind is a second-time winner. AS for
,1his nj kmination to the supreme~ court,
he has the matter under advisement
and is likely to accept it.
Congressman John J. Lentz, Of CO.
lumbus. o.. practically opened the
Democratic campaign in the state last
Monday when he addressed a large
crowd at Harmonic hall on imperial
ism and the trust question. Mr.. Lentz
produced governmental documentary
evidence to show that the Philippines
were held for gain at the instance Of
the trusts, and that President McKin-
ley had been a hypocrite at all times
and on all subjects. He had also been
a mere politician until he had been
made president, after which he became
a statesman and eventually attained
to the. divine right Of kings. AS the
representative of the trusts he had
presented the Mckinley tariff bill.
written by the trusts interested; as a
soldier he had been caught running
away from the Confederates at Win
chester, and as president he had flop.
ped more. times in four years than
during the twenty years of his previ-
GUS political life. ...