The Irish standard., 1903-09-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.

Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Wilcox and Will
linn L. Hayes, We're married Tuesday
at 10 O'Clock at ST. Nincents church.
Rev. Laurence CoSgrovc read the mar
rage service. Mrs. Wilcox was unat-
tended. Frank G. Roche served Mr..
Hayes as best man. Mrs. Wilcox wore
an imported gown of white silk gren-
adine over silk. y wedding breakfast
followed tho ceremony ut the home of
Mrs. John Summers, at Lake Como,
for the relatives and intimate friends
only. Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes will leave
this evening for an Eastern trip and
will be at home after November list, at
the Windsor hotel. With the manage
ment Of Which Mr.. Hayes has long
been connected.
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Deach, daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Beach, and William Il. Gal
uslla. of Davenport, Iowa, will take
place Wednesday, September 1Gth at
St Michael's Catholic church.
The Ancient Order of Hibcrnians of
St Paul will do honor to the memory
of Robert Emmett by holding a grand
memorial celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of his martyrdom.
Sunday afternoon, September Goth.
The program will he given next week.
Mistaking a bottle of carbolic acid
for bottle Of medicine, John J. Con-
nelly, proprietor of the Capitol rcst:,u-
rant, $40 st. Peter street, took a fatal
draught at his home, 12S East Cook
street, last Tuesday night at 1890
O'Clock, as he was about to retire. He
discovered his error too late and died
within half an hour Mr.. Connolly had
partly undressed and was about to
take his usual dose of medicine for
an ailment of the stomach, when in
the dim light of the bedroom he took
from shelf bottle containing car
bolic acid and, placing it to his lips
took large swallow. Turning to his
wife, who was lying on the bed, he
said: "What kind of medicine is this?
1t burns my mouth" ''Oh. my God!
John, you've taken the carbolic acid
BOTTLE" cried his wife as she leaped
from the bed and seized the bottle
from his hands. Mrs. Connolly
threw the bottle to the floor and
ran down stars to get some milk to
make her husband vomit, and lie,
overcome by the pain. fell upon the
bed. When Mrs. Connolly returned
with the milk her husband was in
the throcs of death. He cried repeat
edly that his insdes were burning.
Some of the elder children hurricdly
dressed and ran to summon physi-
clan, but were unable to get any to re-
spond. When they returned they
found their father dead, beside his
youngest child, who was asleep in the
bed. The carbolic acid bottle stood
on the shelf of the bedroom beside two
other bottles, one containing Mr.. Con-
nclIy's medicine and another contain
ing turpentinc The medicine bottle
and the acid bottle were almost of the
same size. Tho light in the room be-
ing dim, Mr.. Connolly took the acid
bottle by mistake. John J. Connolly
was 43 years old, and had resided in
st. Paul twcnty-four years. Before
acquiring the Capitol restaurant he
was head porter at the Merchants
hotel for six years, previous to which
he was an express messenger of the
Northern Pacific. He was born in
County Galway, Ireland. lie is sur
vived by his wife and six children,
the eldest twenty and the youngest
three years old. His children are
Katie, Marguerite, Bcrnicc, Fred,
William and John. Mr.. Connolly was
a member of the Ancient Order of
IIiberniHns No. Q, and Noble Frank
lin lodge, A. O. U. w.