The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-23
FROM Hi CAPITAL

John Haley. $ West Acller street,
employed as Il blacksmith i'll The Great
Northern shops. was killed Wct!Mes-
day morning by Il Great Northern pas
Sel%er engine While on his WAY to
work at t;:i5 o'clock. Haley was struck
by the engine as he WAS crossing the
tracks under the Rice street bridge,
and dealt! was almost Instantaneous
Haley did not notice the approach of
the train behind him, and when he dis
covered it, was unable to clear the
track. He was thrown 80 feet and
struck 4 pile of cinders, where he lay
lifeless Both legs were broken and
internal injuries We're inflicted. Coro-
ner Miller investigated the circ,llnstan-
ces and ordered the body removed to
the county morgue, from where it was
taken to O'Halloran & Murphy's I'M
dertaking rooms. The funeral was
held Friday morning from the family
residence at $50 o'clock, with services
at st. Patrick's church. Haley WAS 46
years Old, and is survived by his wife
and three children. He was born in
Ireland and had resided in St. Paul
% years. He was member of the
Modern Woodmen and the HibernanS.
The greatest attraction in the capt.
tai city this week is the great conven-
ton of the Ladies' Catholic Benevo-
lent society of the United States.
which is being held at the Peoples
church. Pontitical mass was celebrat-
ed at the cathedral on Tuesday last
as fitting reception to the good Cath
Ole mothers and ladies of our land,
representing as they do, millions of
the best people in America. Bishop
McQuaid, of Buffalo, who is their
spiritual adviser, is along to watch
over the destinies of the big conven-
ton, which alone is composed Of
about 1900 lady delegates, and the ST.
Paul papers say that all the hotels are
fairly confiscated this week by the
fair sex.
The Emmett Social club will hold
their first annual outing at Swartz s
grove near Como Park tomorrow; it
will be great day of out door ath-
letic sports, just like we used to have
in Ireland many years ago.
The A. o. H. picnic will again be
held at Tonka Bay this year on July
Goth, next Saturday.
Dan Keefe is in st. Louis.
Father O'Neill, pastor of st. Mich
ael's church. St Paul, is now men-
toned as possible near future bish-
op.
Mark McEllistrom, the former we'll
known st. Paul politician and one of
the best statesmen in the West, is Wis.
iting old scenes and old friends once
more, and looks immense.
st. Lukes parochial school will be
finished and ready for occupancy by
the middle of next September. This
is quick work when one stops to
think that the ground is only just
broken for the same and that it will
be the largest Catholic school Of the
kind in the state. Archbishop Ireland
blessed and preached on it last Sun
day, and, like the coming cathedral,
the project is here to stay.
There is no auditorium in st. Paul
capable of holding, let alone enter
tanning, even a state convention, not
to speak of national convention.
| Shame!
Owen Mulgrew, one of the best
known men in st. Paul, met with a
sudden death on last Sunday night by
falling from the Rice street bridge,
which fall instantly broke his neck.
Owen Mulgrew was good citizen, an
honest man, a good Catholic, an Irish