The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-11-07
CITY IN BRIEF,

The marriage of Miss Teresa Curtin
to Thomas Finn took place at the
church of st. Anthony of Padua
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.
Miss Julia Newman and James
Finn were married Wednesday morn.
ing at nine o'clock at the church of
the Immaculate Conception. Miss
Catherine Roddy and John McNulty
attended the bride and groom.
The Cathedral project of the I'm
maculate Conception parish is said to
have been postponed for a time prin-
cipally on account of the present cost
of building material and the unset
tied condition of labor.
John Whipple, so years old, was in
stantly killed in the box department
Of Swift & Co.'s plant, at South St.
Paul, about o'clock Monday morn
ing. His clothes caught in the shaft
ing, where he was at work and he
was whirled to instant death. He had
one daughter, whose husband was al
SO employed by Swift & Co.
Edward R. Nehring, proprietor Of II
saloon at 800 Cedar avenue, who was
convicted a short time since of selling
liquor to minors, was called before the
mayor before going to the workhouse
to show cause why his license to sell
liquor should not be revoked. He
could not make satisfactory explain
alton and the place has been closed.
The state treasurer received about
$4,000 from the stumpage sale which
the state auditor conducted October
q. Practically all the money has
been paid into the treasury. 1t
amounts to about $150,OO0. The bal
ance of the 100000 is to be paid in
regular payments.
The dense fog which hung over the
Twin Cities Tuesday morning was re-
sponsible for freight wreck near
Merriam Park in which three engines
were badly smashed. No one was
hurt with the exception of the en-
gineer of the Rock Island engine, who
was painfully bruised when he jump
ed from his cab.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ada Bryant, for
merly nurse at the Bethany Home,
was the woman whose body was tax
EN- from Keegan's lake Sunday after
noon. Indications all point to the
theory that she committed suicide.
The death certificate will be made out
to that effect. Dependency caused
by ill-health and reverses in ife's
struggle is assigned as the reason for
Mrs. Bryant's deed.
General Nelson A. Miles, former
commander-in-chief Of the United
States army, was in Minneapolis lit
tie while Sunday afternoon calling on
his friend, Colonel Clague, at the
West hotel. Colonel Clague's temper
ary absence caused General Miles to
return to his private car at st. Paul,
and he continued his journey to the
East that night. General Miles was
on his way home after visit to the
coast.
Miss Alice Hollenback, 700 Cedar
avenue, was held up by footpads and
robbed of gold watch and chain on
the Tenth avenue bridge Tuesday
night but was so excited over the
matter that she did not report it to
the police. The young woman was
crossing the bridge, when suddenly
two men appeared and. ordered her to
throw up her hands, following it up
by roughly Selling her and taking the
watch and chain, valued at about $50.
The spot where the robbery occurred
was especially dark and the woman
was unable to give any description of
her assailants.
County Attorney Boardman Tues
day gave notice that he would move
the trial of the case against Joseph
Cohen in which the latter is charged
with receiving bride from Addie
Mills during the Ames administration.
The case is set for November 18th.
Cohen was in court Tuesday morning
to plead if his attorney did not enter
a demurrer, but was given until Thurs.
day in order to allow additional time
to prepare for argument on the de-
murrer. This course is taken by the
county attorney because he believes
that the case is stronger than any of
the old cases, two of which have been
tried with the result of a disagree,
ment Of the jury.
Wild enthusiasm over the outcome
of the football game with Michigan
last Saturday is said to have caused
the death of Louis Hart, sheet metal
. worker. Hart, it is said, became over
excited because Of the result of the
game and dropped dead in front OF
Aliens drug store, Nicollet avenue
and Seventeenth street. He had been
standing in front of the store for
some time and about 8 o'clock was
seen to stagger across the street
When he reached the curbing he fell
on his face, and before the bystanders