The Irish standard., 1904-12-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.

at his home Monday morning at
O'clock as result of injuries sustained
last Saturday evening, when he was
struck by Milwaukee train as he was
driving across the tracks in wagon.
Mr.. Donaldson, who is fifty years old,
was employed os a commercial trav-
eler by book firm. He is survived by
a wife and son, Bert Donaldson, who
is employed by Swift & Co., at South
st. Paul.
David r. Hennessy, for ten years a
member Of the fire department and for
ten years member Of the police de-
partment, has been appointed desk SER
giant at the Ducas street station to take
the place of Sergeant James Lauder
dale, who died two months ago. Hen
messy has been OH sick leave for near
ly two years, his health having been
poor. While connected with the fire
department he was captain of Engine
Company No. 8.
Gov. Van SAINT Monday named dele
gates from Minnesota to the national
forestry congress, to be held at Wash
ington, D. c., January 2-6. The dele
gates appointed were: G. G. Andrews,
William Ely Bramhall, Frank NJ. Muir
ray, Frederick Weyerhaeuser and
Christ Christadora, st. Paul; G. M.
Loring, Samuel R. Thayer and S. M.
Owens, Minneapolis; John Cooper, st.
Cloud; NJ. NJ. Williams, Little Falls
and A. G. Wedge, Albert Lea.
Frank Donnelly, son of J. G. Don
nelly, residing at $50 Robert street,
was the victim of painful accident
Monday afternoon. In company with
a number of boys he was playing on
the Robert street side of the down.
town baseball park, when he slipped
and fell, sustaining a severe cash on
the back Of his skull and splitting the
bone of the little finger on the right
hand. It was found necessary to am
putate the finger just below the upper
joint. Frank Donnelly is fourteen
years Of age and attends the Cretin
high school.
The state investment board has re-
jected applications for state loans
amounting to $4,000. Chief among
the number was an application for
loan of $4,000 for st. Louis county
high school building. Loans We're
made amounting to $2s,35O, the princi-
pal item being loan of $4,000 to an
independent school district in Lyon
county, to refund bonds now held by
the state. Other loans made by the
board were: District No. Z, Kittson
county, $500; District No. GO, Kittson,
$3.50; District No. 81, Hennepin, $1,1OO;
District No. Is, Yellow Medicine,
$1,000; District No. 80, Beltrami, 5000;
District No. Il, Carlton, $1,SOO; Dis
trict No. 126, Rice, $500; District No.
96, Pope, $3.50; District No. SO, Martin,
$1,000; District No. III, Morrison,
$500; District No. 4G, Isanti, $500; Dis
trict No. ~, Douglas, $500; District
No. II, Cottonwood, $500; District No.
II, Aitlkin, $500; District No. p, Ait
kin, $3.50; District No. II, Aitkin,
5000. The board had $59,119.GO in the
school loan fund, and its rejection of
| the large amounts asked for was be-
cause Of the shortage in the fund. The
board consists of the governor, state
| auditor and state treasurer.
Pontifical high mass was celebrated
| in the st. Paul cathedral last Sunday
by Mgr. Ambrose Agius, assisted by
the cathedral clergy, and in the pres
ence of large concourse of Worship
ers. Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls,
preached the sermon, and in the sane
tuary besides the notables mentioned
were: Bishop Cotter, of Winona !;
Bishop McGolrick, of Duluth, and a
large number Of the clergy Of St. Paul
and other cities. Mgr. Agius is on his
way to the Philippine islands, where
he will act as apostolic delegate, sue
ceeding Mgr. Guidi, recently deceased.
Coming direct from Rome, Mgr. Agius
has spent some two months with
American church dignitaries. He ex-
poets to sail for his new charge on
December 25, in the meantime visiting
Washington and becoming more famil-
lar with the conditions he will find ex-
listing in the Philippines. During his
short stay in st. Paul Mgr. Agius was
the guest Of Archbishop Ireland.
i, The calendar was read and jury
was impaneled Tuesday morning, at
the federal building, at the opening Of
the December term of the United
States circuit court. Judge Lochren
presided. Hearings were set for twen-
ty-two cases, including several that
had been continued over from the
June term. The first case of the pres
ent term went to trial Wednesday
morning. 1t is the second trial of the
action brought by Forrest E. Wood
ward and the st. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance company against the Mil
waukee railway company. Mr.. Wood
ward, prosperous farmer at Cottage
Grove, Mimi, began suit to recover
$8,321.28 as damages for the loss Of
buildings burned on his farm. He al
leges that the fire was set by sparks
| from q Milwaukee locomotive Tho