The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-12
FROM THE CAPITAL

The y. O. II. of st. Paul are consid-
erin% the ACCESSIBILITY of building a
great hall sometime in the near flu
tlir. the project having been secretly
aSltated for some time. and has finally
been introduced in the Ramsey county
y. O. III. board AT IL recent meeting.
The matter is in the hands of IL most
competent committee now, who will
never tire till the realization OF the
hopes of years Will he accomplished.
II has been said that stock will bc is
sued and every IIibcrnian in st. Paul.
rich and poor alike and according to-
his means. will he share holders. Tho
plan of building will he most modern
in every detail, from swimming pool
i'll the basement to gymnasium Oh
the top floor. Barber shop. several
large and small society meeting halls
and an auditorium. the largest in the
state. which will seat from five to ton
thousand, will be located in the heart
of the city
John &. Mccarthy is dead. de-
ceased was the son of the late MIR. and
Mrs. jeremiah Mccarthy. and one
OF the very best liked and hest known
families in st. Paul and the west
side for the past almost half Il cen
fury. Johnny" Mccarthy was born,
reared and we'll educated in st. Paul
He was assistant clerk of the NUM-
cipal court for many years and
great and influential Democrat. He
belonged to the Junior Pioneers. and
was buried by that society from st.
Miclael's church on last Thursday.
The trades and labor unions at their
last regular meeting passed stringent
resolutions requesting the people to
see to it that the city would own ana
control the gas plant. for the good of
all and especially the poor. in the near
future.
Division No. 1. \. @. H.. met in
their lmlatal rooms. known as Elks'
hall. on last Tuesday evening and
planned for still another one of those
immense initiation meetings of theirs,
to b" held some time in January. 1904.
Speeches. songs and rccitations were
among the attractions of the meeting.
lroncS.
The Crusaders Total Abstinence so.
ciety held Il meeting at Crctin hall,
Fort and Sixth streets. Sunday after.
noon. and elected officers as. follows:
President. j. \. Waters: vice prcSi-
dent. Y. +. Young: financial secretary,
j. i. llarrngton: recording secretary,
J. Barrett: treasurer l.. j. McAIanus:
librarian. j. y. McIIugh: executive
committee. $. \. Hill. j. Il. Corcoran,
X. y. Mcdonnell. T.. J. Ryan ana ID.
c. Connolly. The installation of Of
IicerS will be held next Sunday, and
an attractive musical and literary
program will he given. The society is
also making arrangements to hold n
progressive eurlnc party at the
knights Of Columbus hall on Robert
street Oh December 10Th.
st. Paul Lodge No. 1.2. Brother
hood of Railway rr:lllmen. held Il
meeting Sunday afternoon and elect
ed the following officers: Master. w.
j. Sullivan: vice master. q. \. NOrd-
mann: secretary. w. J. Quinn: tinnn-
cier. Il. l.. Garvin. There are 24O
members in the lodge. ana the past
year has been q very successful one
At present the members have no
grievances against the railways. AZ
ter the meeting the members adjourn
cd to Il supper served at Central hall
by the ladies' auxiliary. Arrange
mentS were made for the eighteenth
annual ball to be given at the Ryan
hotel December DIST.
Mrs. George Tr,tlcnu. who until
last Wednesday was Miss Daisy
Licnau. will start this week on !, we'd
ding trip to southern California;
George Trndeau. her husband of four
days. will follow her in the spring,
when he too intends to 80 to Cali
fornia to reside. Mrs Truilrnu has
not been i'm the best of health. ana de-
cided that the climate of southern Cal
ifOrnia would restore her. She
planned to go to California with her
brother, GuStave Licnlu. who was
formerly a member of the Thirteenth
Minnesota and saw service i'm the
Philippines. Mr.. Trlldr:lu is an en-
ginecr on the Northern Pacific, ana
did not wish to give up his position
until spring. They decided that he
should remain in st. Paul until spring.
and then join his bride in Los An
@rlrS. Thry W"i'" married last We'd
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