The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-08-27
CITY IN BRIEF.

issued the call for the state conven-
ton, which will be held at Saltwater
September 13, II and Is.
Stella Mcguire, aged fifteen years,
died of typhoid fever Tuesday even
ing at st. Mary's hospital. The re-
mains We're sent to Claremont Ia, for
interment.
The directors of the Hennepin Say
ings 4 Loan association have ordered
the payment of the regular semi-an-
nual dividend of per cent, making
& per cent per annum. The associa-
ton is enjoying a steady and healthy
growth.
Division No. Z. A. o. H., will con-
fer the four degrees on all the new
members received during the recent
contest, on next Thursday evening at
Kistler's hall, Lyndale and Sixth ave.
nue. N. The degree team of Division
No. 3 will do the work.
James P. Murphy, cousin of DIR.
w. B. Murphy, died at the latter's
residence, OF Fourteenth avenue s.,
last Saturday evening. The young
man had been i'll about year. He
was % years old. The remains were
taken to Chicago Monday evening for
burial.
The Ninth Ward Democratic Wig
wan will be formally dedicated Tues
day evening, September 6, when adj
dresses will be delivered by the mayor
and other candidates. A cordial in
vitation is extended to Democratic
candidates generally, and Ninth ward
voters to attend. The building is sit
uated at the corner of Central and
Eighteenth avenues NE.
At the earnest solicitation Of Ninth
ward friends who sent a good sized
delegation to wait upon him, G. C..
Belanger, the East Side clothing mer-
chant at 19OO-19O2 Central avenue,
has consented to make the race for
the legislature in the Thirty-ninth dis
trict on the Democratic ticket. Mr..
Belanger is good business man, has
hosts of friends and deserves to suc-
coed.
j. ]. Fitzgerald, county president of
the A. o. H., was the victim of one
of the odd freaks of the tornado last
Saturday night at his home, 2512 AL
drich avenue S. The chimney of a
neighbours house was blown over and
the mass Of brick and mortar crashed
through a couple of plate glass win
dows and landed in the parlor of his
residence. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
During the storm last Saturday
evening some of the small windows in
Holy Rosary church were broken and
chimney blown off the parish house.
The people, numbering about twenty,
who We're in the church, were very
much frightened. The steeple of st.
Stephens church was badly damaged
and one stained glass window broken.
Carpenters have been working all
week repairing the wreck.
The retreat for the secular priests
of the archdiocese of st. Paul, which
commenced last Monday evening and
was conducted by Rev. Father Fee
ney. closed this morning. Devotions
during the week were held in the
beautiful new chapel, which is now al
most completed. 1t is building by
itself situated near the seminary and
will cost sixty thousand dollars or
more when finished.
The Democratic county convention
for the election of 1O2 delegates to
the state convention was held last
Monday at Normanna hall. J. R. Cor
rigan was placed. in nomination for
chairman by Ed. A. Stevens, and was
elected by big majority. The work
Of the convention was finished within
two hours amid the utmost harmony.
The delegation elected will caucus to-
night at the city hall. John A. John
son is said to be the choice for gov.
ernOr.
M. H. Danaher and wife, 800 Broad
way, will leave for Boston about Sep.
TENDER 3, where Mr.. Danaher will be
in attendance at the national conven-
ton of Railway Postal Clerks. Mr..
Danaher was one of two delegates
elected from the district comprising
the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, and Mon.
tana, and received the highest vote in
a field Of six candidates. The other
delegate elected is August l.. Collier
of st. Paul, brother of Senator Julius
A. Collier, Of Shakopee.
George McDeavitt, the colored man
who was shot in the left side by
James Seigers last Saturday, was tax.
en- from the City hospital to the Cen.
trail police station Wednesday even.
ing. McDavitt still carries in his left
lung the bullet from Seigers' gun. AL
though he still suffers some from the
wound received, in all other respects
he appears as we'll man as before
the shooting, which threatened to cost
him his life. The physicians who
have been attending McDavitt express