The Irish standard., 1900-01-06
rERsELY TOLD.

jury for the January term OF court.
The Rosary Society of the Ascension
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected.
Rev. w. B. Riley will remain pastor
of the First Baptist church in spite OF
the Mckinley imperialists. A resolution
requesting his resignation was voted
; down by the deacons.
Archbishop Ireland preached to a
large congregation at Immaculate Con-
ception church on New Years Day.
Quite a number OF on-Catholics en-
joyed his pulpit oratory
Hennepin Council No. 435, knights
OF Columbus, initiated large class last
Wednesday evening. Several members
OF the order from the St. Paul council
were present at the imposing ceremo-
MES.
The Anti-Imperialist League has is
sued in pamphlet form 10000 copies OF
Rev. H. NJ Simmons recent address on
the Philippines at the Lyceum Theater
I 1t is an able document, which will be
extensively read.
Rev. William Wilkinson, the political
parson, is now in England. He is a
blatant British lingo, who says in let
ter that the Beers will be ultimately
whipped Unnecessary to say that he is
an Englishman, first, last and all the
time.
An action has been commenced
against the city by May Kelly for $500
damages for injuries alleged to have
been caused by detective sidewalk on
Third street S. near Fourth avenue.
The Franklin Stone Sidewalk company
is also made party to the suit.
The date OF the open meeting under
the auspices OF Div. No. q, A. O. H.,
has been changed to Feb. 6. The COM
mittee is preparing choice program
for the occasion. Members of Divisions
Nos. 3 and S OF the Ladies' Auxiliary
are especially invited to attend. The
+ meeting will be held in the hall OF Div.
No. a. A. o. H., Washington and Tenth
avenues N.
DR.. James H. Dunn is still suffering
from the effects OF blood poisoning and
is confined to his home, 337 Oak
Grove street. It resulted from a sur
gical operation performed at one Of the
hospitals. The trouble began in finger
OF the left hand and was at first regard
ed as trihing. 1t is sincerely hoped by
his many friends that he will soon re-
cover from the accident.
Frank Egan. who was member OF
Company H, Thirteenth regiment, is
y missing. and his brother, J. V. Egan,
Madison, S. D., has written Superinten-
dent of Police Doyle in regard to his dis
appearance He was least heard from
by his relatives when the regiment was
in camp at San Francisco. A peculiar
feature is that the soldiers name does
not appear OH the lists OF Company H
in the office of the adjutant general
Supervisor of Census J. S. Cairns will
need several interpreters when the work
of enumeratng this district begins next
June, as everybody. no matter whether
he or she can speak the English Ian
guage, will be obliged to answer certain
questions In view OF this fact it will be
necessary to have corps of men ia
miliar with any language spoken in the
city, The remuneration will not be less
than So day.
The board of county commissioners
held meeting on Tuesday and APP
pointed all the old officers who hold
office by appointment of the board, ex-
~seepting Andrew Johnson, an alleged
Populist, and Hans Elstrup, who want
ed change Following are the names
of the principals selected to succeed
themselves: County physician, DR..
Golden; superintendent of the poor
farm, G. w. Coburn; chief engineer OF
the courthouse, William Robertson;
head janitor, Frank Lane; electrician,
G. R. Scott; morgue-keeper, John F.
Walsh
Eugene w. Paige, OF the New York
firm of E. w. Paige & Co., who also
represents the PilisDury-Washbur1
company in that city, is in Minneapo-
lis to confer with Manager Little of the
latter company. Referring to the recent
= seizures of flour cargoes by the British
fleet at Delagoa bay, Mr.. Paige says
that Mr.. Twomey, general manager OF
the Pennsylvania Milling company, the
consignor of the flour, has taken the
matter up with that government in
vigorous manner, but no definite state
ment can be obtained from the British
side until the naval officers who made
the seizure can be heard from.
Letters, evidently delayed in the mails,
have been received from Captain Mel
vile J. Shaw, United States marine
corps, including the dates OF Nov. 70
and Nov 20. By these it is learned
that he was on the cruiser Charleston
when it was wrecked, and lost all his
personal effects, as did the other Off
GERS. Letters OF earlier date, to which
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