The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-02

in speech, the Australian government
has refused the use of public buildings
to John Alexander Dowie. The pro-
phet realizes more fully now what a
great and glorious country this Re-
public is, where everyone, from the
president to the most humble official in
the land, can be insulted with im-
punity.
Manuel Garcia, the celebrated teach
er of singing, is alive in London and
entered upon his one hundredth wear
last week. He retired from the oper-
attic stage in 1929 because his physique
was not equal to the strain. MI.
Garcia's excellent health is attributed
to his wonderful powers of digestion,
hot buttered rolls, strong tea and dill
icacies of that nature being favorites.
Joseph Ralph Burton, senior United
States senator from Kansas, was con-
victed last Monday at ST. Louis on the
charge Of having accepted compensa-
ton to protect the interests Of the
Rialto Grain and Securities company
Of that city. Mr.. Burton will therefore
be unable to attend the national Repub.
lican convention in Chicago next June
as a previous engagement in the Kan.
sas state prison will prevent.
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London newspapers have lately got
INFO a heated discussion over the cues
ton, us Love a Disease?' There arc
so many different varieties of it tina,
it will naturally take the Englishmal
a long time, in his obtuse way, of ar
irving at a definite conclusion. Ii
reality it is Il rather difficult problem
to answer off-handed, when you come
to think OF =. Love your neghbor.
40, that isn't disease.
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couple of runaway boys from this
city fell into the hands of the marsha
at Morton, this state, recently an6
Chief Conroy telegraphed to have then
placed in the hands of a railroad con
ductor and returned to Minneapolis
not forgetting to thank, in advance. the
Morton official for his services. Mr.
Murphy's nerves are evidently in excel
lent order. Fees, not thanks, is what
l want was the answer that flashed
over the wire to our genial chief
Diplomacy was resorted to and tho
boys returned.
Faribault is destined to have an cleo.
trio street-car line in the no distant fu-
ture. Donald Grant, who has for years
been one of it's foremost citizens as
well as most popular and energetic
business man, has the matter in hand
and the enterprise is already an as.
sured fact. One of the prettiest cities
in the state, progressive and prosper
Gus, with population of 10000, the
investment will be paying one from
the start. 1t won't be long, either,
when Mr.. Grant will extend his line
to the twin cities.
Adelina Patti has returned home to
her Welsh castle, richer by 100000.
though huffed with the American peo-
pie upon what she asserts is their
want Of due appreciation Adelina is
growing old, her voice is failing and
she fOrgets that she is not the singer
that she was twenty years ago. She
has humbugged the American people
just Il little and i'll no other land. it
is safe to say. could "a farewell trip
have been made with such degree Of
profit as in America.
EN-Congressman Fletcher has To-
turned from Washington. He has
given it out cold that Mr.. Roosevelt
will be reelected. However. it is Just
barely possible that Mr.. Fletcher NAV
he mistaken. Most people are willing
to wait until the votes are counted be
fore arriving ut Il too definite conclu-
sion in advance. The same gentleman
was perfectly satisfied that lie was 60
ing to be reelected to congress against
John Lind, but somehow he lacked
over 1000 votes in tile calculation,
He wants to try his luck again. Why.
certainly Mr.. Lind or his friends will
nave no objections.
Henry Vignaud, attached to the
American legation in Paris, has written
a two-column letter to Whitelaw Reid
of the New York Tribune in which he
; endeavors to show that Christopher
Columbus was something of liar.
This is very important piece of news
that only one man in five hundred
years has been able to bring to light.
Having sent on his two-column asser-
ton to Whitelaw Reid, however, will
weaken Mr.. Vignaud before the gen
eral public very much. AS rne former
is no ordinary liar himself, the latter s
words will be looked upon with sus-
picion.
All our exchanges, daily and weekly,
throughout the Northwest have CON-