The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-11-14

local division and furnished a large
class of candidates upon whom the
four degrees of the order were con-
ferred by the degree team of Division
No. 3. The team consists of John
Sheehy. patrician; John Spence, bard;
Pat Mccarthy, oracle; Daniel Hanlon,
grand guide: w. n. Kennedy. scribe.
After the meeting Il social session
was held. attended by the members
of the order and their lady friends.
Short addresses were made by IL num-
Der of the gentlemen present. includ-
ing State President Clarke of the i'll
surance fund, the state president of
the order; State Treasurer Sheehy,
Pesident O'Connell Of st. Thomas
President Sweeney of Montgomery.
Mrs. Dan lIanlon, upon behalf of the
ladies present. gracefully responded
in Il neat and polished speech thank
ing the members of the division for
their kindness and hospitality. Mrs.
Hanlon dwelt particularly upon the
advantages of the Ladies' Auxiliary,
showing the good work that society
has done in other places and urging
upon the ladies present to at once
arrange for the organization of Il
branch in Montgomery. The state
officers were entertained by Mrs. Dan
IlanlOn and Mrs. ]. Il. Sweeney, an
informal reception being rendered
them ut the latters elegant home on
Highland avenue.
Wascca, Minn.-NIrs John Gibson
died at the Rochester hospital Thurs
day evening, Oct. %. at the age of 63
/; years. Her maiden name was Cath
crime Cunningham and she was born
in Waterford, Ireland, August Is,
1887. She came to America at the
age of 49, landing in New York, and
from there she moved to Galena, ILL.,,
then to Goodhue county of this state.
She was married to John Gibson ut
Hastings, MIMI. Oct. %, 1861; came
to Waseca county in 1868. She would
have been married forty-two years to-
day if she had lived. The remains
were taken here for burial. The
funeral was conducted from st. AIMS
Catholic church the following Sunday
morning. Father Ryan officiating. A
large concourse Of friends followed
the remains to the Catholic cemetery,
where the interment took place. A
husband and one daughter. Mrs. John
Morgan. are left to mourn her de-
rarture.
Denver. Col.-Almost every priest of
this city who could be spared from
his pulpit on Sunday. Oct. %. went
down to Manitou to participate in the
dedication of the beautiful new church
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. which
was just completed. About dozen
of the city clergy. including Rt. Rev.
Bishop NIatZ, went down Saturday
afternoon and remained as guests of
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ing. The services We're unusually i'm
pressivc. In the morning at 1890
o'clock there was celebrated solemn
high mass by Rt. Rev. Monsignor
Henry Robinson. AS chaplains, Rev.
J. ]. Meyers of st. Joseph. Mo-, and
Rev. Father Campbell of Prince Ed
ward Island. officiated. Rev. Father
Raber of Colorado Springs was chos-
en- deacon. and Rev. Father Clarke,
chaplain of the Glocknor santarilim,
sub-(eacon. Rev. Cornelius O'Farrell
of the cathedral. Denver was master
of ceremonies. Rt. Rev. Bishop Matz
was present in the sanctuary and
preached the sermon of the day.
| Hastings. Naturalization No. 3.
| Ancient Order of IIibernians of Da-
kota county. was organized at South
st. Paul Sunday afternoon. Oct "a
by Il. j. Clark. of st. Paul. II. r.
Moran of this city, state vice-presi-
dent, Thomas Connolly of Minneapolis,
state secretary, r. f. Dewitt of Rose
mount and T. w. Mccoy of st. Paul,
county presidents. J. D. Higgins Of
st. Paul. grand guide. was also pres
| cnt. The initiation and comforting of
degrees was in charge of the state
degree team. The exercises were very
interesting and were carried out with
out any deviation from the usual Gus
toms. After the initiation an elab-
crate banquet was furnished at
Coate's restaurant. The officers elect
ed were as follows: President. ]. j.
O'Brien; vice-president. ]. F. Melon
aid: recording secretary, J. I. Swee-
nry: financial secretary. John O'Don-
nell; treasurer. NJ. J. Tulley. The new
division starts with about thirty -five
members. Among those from the
city We're r. E. McShane, Maurice
O'Brien and James Mccain.
Seattle. Wasl.-The fair recently
held under the auspices of the Church
of Our Lady of Good Help netted in
the neighborhood Of $4,000. Rev.
Father Casey. at one time Il NIinne-
sotian. did well his part in assisting
to bring about such Il splendid result
The people of Seattle never do any
thing by halves, as evidenced by the