The Irish standard., 1903-06-13
CITY IN BRIEF.

Standard Catholic Book Store, 81 4th
street &c., second floor.
John j. Hannohan, grand master of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, spent Sunday in the city and
addressed a we'll attended meeting of
Lodge 81, B. Of l.. f., at 723 Nicollet
Avenue. He will he in the city in u
short time to organize another lodge.
A good sized audience attended the
testimonial concert to Harry NJ. Car
roll given in .Sntury hall last Wednes-
day evening, and enjoyed the program
presented. j. G. O'Ikeefe made a few
Introductory remarks. MI. Carroll,
who has a good natural voice, sang
several songs, and was generously ap-
plauded.
A preliminary meeting Of the men,
bers of the Immaculate Conception
parish was held last Monday at Asso-
citation Hall to arrange for 1 picnic to
be held ON the Fourth of July. Vari-
GUS committees We're appointed to en-
deavor to reach all who have been con-
nected with the parish and arrange the
details of the reunion. a general
meeting is called for Monday evening,
the 18th.
A nice line of white prayer books
for children who are to make their
First Communion, will be found at the
Catholic Book Store, 81 So. 18th street.
The state insurance department has
turned in to the auditor its statement
of receipts in fees and taxes for the
months of April and May. The April
receipts were fairly heavy, the fees
amounting to $976.GO and the taxes to
S1,4O4 SO, and total of $2,3S0.93. For
May the fees received We're SSH and
the taxes $12O.26, making the total OF
1891.
Ernest Hill and w. II. Turner, two
young men who acted as supers dur
ing the recent "Du Barry engage
ment, are serving workhouse senten-
ces for appropriating several Metro
politan music racks. The racks were
missed and the police department no.
tilted, and rs Il result Hill and Turner
will ponder over their misdeeds for
some little time.
Largest and best stock of prayer
books and rosaries to be found in the
city at the Standard Catholic Book
Store, 81 So. 4th street. Just the
place to get what is needed for the
boys and girls who are about to make
their First Communion.
George Randall, a brakeman on the
Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad, was
killed Tuesday in a railroad accident at
Eden Prairie, Hennepin county. His
body was brought to this city. Ran
dali was doing switching work when
he was thrown under the wheels in
some manner. Trainmen did not see
the accident when it happened, but
Randalls mangled body was found
soon afterwards.
John Olson, of 16G Jackson Street,
St. Paul, was drowned last Sunday at
8 o'clock, in Lake Vadenis, Center
Vile. Olson and a companion went
swimming, taking a boat with them.
For some time they kept close to the
boat, but while their attention was
diverted the boat drifted from them.
They started to swim for it, and o.
son called out that he had cramp,
and Immediately sank.
The water works committee accept
ed G. A. Smiths bid Tuesday after
noon to supply fuel for the pumping
stations for one year ending June 1,
1904, at a flat rate Of $G.40 per million
gallons pumped. This is 80 cents
cheaper than the rate offered by Mr..
Smith at former meeting, and is
less by greater amount than any
proposition from a coal company.
Sawdust, shavings, mill wood, ETC.,
will be the fuel used.
R. Mcmillan & Co. were awarded
the contract to erect the addition to
the Bryant school by the board of
education Monday afternoon. The
bids were as follows: r. Mcmillan &
Co., $2S,3S6; ]. w. A. Elliott, $4,000;
George w. Brown. $2S,S65; and E. ].
Davis, $29,323. The board decided to
reject all bids for coal and go into the
open market, as recommended by the
supply committee. The bids were
pra ctically all the same with substan-
tally no variation from the market
price.
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT Monday re-
ceived the official report from the CEN
trail relief committee of Minnesota,
appointed by him last winter to So
licit and distribute the Minnesota COIL
tributions to the famine relief fund
for the Scandinavian sufferers. The
report was submitted to N: o. Werner
of Minneapolis, and showed that the
committee had collected $92, 1884,
which had been distributed between
the sufferers of Sweden, Norway and
Finland OF the total amount $3S, 2OS.-
Go went to Sweden, $2O,690.39 to Nor
way. and S33,59O.53 to Finland The
total expenses of the committee