The Irish standard., 1904-03-26


were initiated into the order, the de-
gree team comforting the first and Sec
ond degrees. After the regular bust
ness had been disposed of short social
session was held. Cigars We're passed
around, number of the members
made few short remarks for the good
Or the order and music was furnished
by number of the members 1t was
most enjoyable meeting and one that
will long be remembered by all who
We're present.
The many friends of Mrs Nj. ]. Reil-
ly, state vice president of the l.. A. Of
\. o. H., of this state. who is sick at
st. Joseph's hospital, Brainerd, will be
very much pleased to hear that she is
getting along nicely and will soon be
fully recovered.
The Duluth Evening Herald made
its appearance in green on st. Patrick S
day. 1t looked very neat.
Work on the interior of the new
school house is progressing rapidly.
1t will not be ready, however, for some
months yet.
The visiting circle of the G.. o. f. of
this city will be entertained on the
evening of Tuesday, April 5, by the
Cathedral court. A good time is looked
forward to by all.
The funeral of William Mcclure,
the 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Mcclure, of 55O1 Grand avenue,
was held Thursday morning OF last
weeg at o'clock, from st. James
Catholic church. Interment was at
Calvary.
st. Patrick's day, the feast day of
the patron saint of Ireland and the day
that all 1rishmen observe the world
over, was observed at the Cathedral
with solemn high mass at 8 O'clock in
the morning, and the sermon was de-
livered by Rev. III. A. Floyd. 1t was
an eloquent sermon on the life of st.
Patrick. The cathedral was crowded.
a large delegation from Duluth at
tended the Irish-.American banquet at
the Great Northern hotel in SUI
perior last week. The banquet is
an annual affair always held on
the evening of st. Patrick's day
and is a social affair that is look
ed forward to with a great deal of
anticipation by the Irish-Americans OH
both sides of the bay. Among the
visitors who took part in the toasts
were Robert Fitzgerald. of this city,
and Hon G. d. O'Brien. of st. Paul.
Covers We're laid for more than 200
guests. Music was furnished by a full
orchestra and by local talent, Patrick
Doran of Duluth rendering several ap-
propriate vocal selections.
ST Patricll's day was appropriate
ly observed last week at the Lyceum
theater. An entertainment was given
under the auspices of the cathedral
parish for the benefit of the new school
now being erected. 1t consisted of an
Grafton by Rev. James O'AIahoney, of
Grand Rapids, and three-act play by
local talent. Every seat in the theater
was occupied. The opening number OH
the program was Il Salute to Ameri-
ca by Flaaten's orchestra, which was
enthusiastically received and heartily
applauded. The Grafton of the even
ing was delivered by Rev. James J..
y Mahoney, and will be found in an
other part of this issue. At the close
of the address a selection of Irish
melodies was given by the orchestra,
after which ''Faugh-a-B allagh," an
--.sh play in three acts, was given. T..
Il. O'Keefe, as Captain Faugh-a-Bal-
lagh, was line; ]. J. Fitzgerald was a
typical English officer known as
Squire Gilmore; j. Il. McKinnon played
the part of an Irish informer in good
style; r. E. Pember, as Myles Griffin,
always full Of fun, did splendidly; J..
F. Dacey, as Mark Quinlan, was a
patriotic young priest always true to
Ireland, and D. Evans, as Barney Du-
gan, captain of the army, was good.
The last named also favored the au-
dience with 1.-THE Dear Little Sham
rock" and had to respond to two en-
cores; G. Maginnis, H. Gowan and G.
Farrell were good as followers of
Capt. Faugh-a-B allagh. Miss Ella
Stringer gave good Interpretation of
the part of Alice Quinlan, and Miss
Sarah McNulty, as Kitty Callahan,
was comical Irish girl and brought
forth roars of laughter at her cOmical
actions.
Miss Rose A. Sullivan, who has been
teaching school at Sandstone, is visit
ing her parents in West Duluth for q
month.
John Cashin, Of West Duluth, re-
sponded to the toast "Our Irish Men,
bers" at meeting of the Dynamite
club last week.
Archibald Nelson, one of the pioneer
residents of Duluth, died at his home
last Monday of Bright's disease, after
an illness of two weeks. Mr.. Nelson
came to Duluth in 1870, and was for
many years an employee of the North
ern Pacific Railway company, and at
the time of his death was employed by
the Duluth Union Depot company, hav-
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