The Irish standard., 1904-04-09

Housekeeper corporation and the Rock
Island road over the old county Jail
building will also come up at this term.
Mayor Haynes received letter Mon
day from the Immigrant Restriction
League, asking for statement of the
immigrants considered desirable and
undesirable in Minnesota, especially
near Minneapolis. The organization,
which has it's headquarters in Boston,
is endeavoring to get an expression of
opinion on this subject from all parts
OF the United States. Congress at it's
| next session is expected to go into the
matter at length and the society wished
to be able to furnish the law makers
with reliable data. In the opinion of
the league most of the immigrants re-
main in the eastern cities, when there
are often better opportunities in the
west. 1t is DESTROYS of learning what
class of immigrants each section pre-
fers: whether Scandinavian. British,
German, Irish or some other nation
ality.
Whatever it may have been, Mime
apolis reservoir water is no longer safe.
! Health Commissioner Hall is the first
to make the announcement. Before the
water board Tuesday afternoon he re-
ported the results of the latest
daily examinations by Dr. J. Frank
Corbett, city bacteriologist. These
showed that in samples taken
Monday from the Northeast
Monday from the Northeast pump
ing station there were $50 bacilli
in a cubic centilneter. In cubic cent?
meter of water from the reservoir there
were 90 bacilli. OF these germs some
in each sample We're colon bacilli-the
germ whose presence indicates the dan
ger of typhoid fever. They We're not
numerous. but they We're there, and
their presence indicates pollution of a
sufficiently dangerous character to call
for the vigorous boiling of all city water
used for domestic purposes.
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| The flour mill situation remains prac.
tically unchanged. Running arrange.
ments are apparently made from day
to day, with the millers hoping to con.
tinue operations. while at the same
time feeling that shut downs are still
probable. Not only is the export bust
ness a dead letter, but some of the
millers freely admit that the domestic
trade is below that of previous years
and far from what it should be. OF the
Washburn-C Crosby mills A, B, d and
part of G are reported as grinding floul
this week, with q shut down. Three
OF the Northwestern Consolidated mills
are in operation, also A and Palisade OF
the Pillsbury-Washburn company The
latter concern states that they do moi
expect to run any heavier this month
Poverty apparently is increasing in
Minneapolis. Last month the number
OF families applying for relief to the
Associated Charities was almost double
that of March last year, while applica
tons We're almost as numerous as dur
ing the preceding month. This, how
ever, may be accounted for, at least il,
part, by the cold weather, which has
greatly delayed outside work. The
managers report shows that 231 fami
lies were dealt with by the society
in March as against 124 in
March, 1908. OF these 70 were con
tinued, 40 We're personal applications
~ We're by persons charitably inter
ested and the remainder by churches
schools and charitable organizations
The employment bureau gave 2OS jobs
to 65 men and 562 days work to 12s
women, total of TO jobs, as agains1
OIL last year.