The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-20

Tuesday morning from St. Patrick's
church, New Albin, Iowa. Rev. Father
Mahoney celebrated requiem mass and
preached the funeral sermon, in which
he eloquently referred to the great
faith which the aged lady brought from
her native land, that faith which
brought her comfort and peace through
all the trials Of long life. She was
born in the county Tipperary, Ireland,
ninety-four years ago and came to
America in the early forties. She set
tied in Wisconsin fifty-eight years ago
and has resided in the neighborhood
OF her late home ever since. Her hus-
band died at the age of o2, about 10
years ago. Both OF them took the
total abstinence pledge from Father
Mathew and remained faithful to it till
death. Mrs. Cavanagh has two grand
children residing in Minneapolis, Mrs.
Charles H. Rice, and Mrs. ]. ]. Lane.
recording secretary of Division No. I,
L. A. A. o. H.
On account Of the prevalence of dis
ease on the East Side, President
Norhtrop last week warned the uni
versty students against drinking river
water, and again on Monday he adj
monished them to be careful in regard
to exposure to epidemic diseases. Be-
sides the typhoid fever in the district,
most OF which is believed to be due to
the drinking of river water, there is
some diphtheria. A dozen studens at
one rooming house were treated Mon
day to anti-toxin on account of having
been exposed to a malignant form OF
the disease. To the many typhoid
fever patients one lodging house near
the university added four to the list.
The cause of the illness there is
| thought to have been the drinking
water. At the university spring water
is kept in the water tanks and no cups
are provided at the faucets from which
the river water flows. All the larger
boarding and eating houses about the
campus also provide spring water.
John Coins Sterrett, who died of
blood poisoning at the city hospital
Sunday night, was one of the best
known colored men in Minnesota and
at one time was the chief of Wis
consin Indian tribe. He leaves one
son, John G. Sterrett, Jr., of this city.
He was deputy sheriff under Alonzo
Phillips and was turnkey at the county
Jail when Moslik was hanged. Un-
der Mayor Eustis he was member
Of the police force and resigned when
Mayor Winston was elected, while at
the time OF his death he was guard
at the workhouse. He was born in
Louisville, KY, in 1847, going to Chi
cago when quite young. Later he
went into the wilds of Wisconsin and
lived with the Indians for several
years, finally being chosen chief of one
of the tribes. When he came to Min
neapolis thirty years ago, Mr.. Sterrett
began teaching boxing and training
athletes. When Senator Washburn
made tour of the country he was in
charge of his private car. The funeral
took place from his late residence, $40
Third street NJ, Wednesday, and was
largely attended. A detail of guards
from the workhouse was present and
many floral ernblems were i'll evidence
from the various societies of which de-
ceased was a member.
Men of the Baxter detective agency
of this city have returned from Black
duck, Mimi, where they have been
working on the strange disappearance
OF ]. c. Sullivan, formerly of this city,
and it is their belief that the Mime
apolis man was murdered in cold
blood for his money and rights to his
claim. AS yet they have no positive
evidence against anyone, but from all
appearances it seems that Sullivan
was murdered while asleep in his
room. 1t is known that he had 5000
deposited in safe. No trace of that
money can now be found. 1t is also
known that Sullivan had had trouble
over the title to claim for some time
prior to his disappearance, and it is
believed that this trouble may have
had something to do with the case. It
was believed at first that Sullivan was
devoured by wolves at point about
IS miles from Blackjack, but that
theory has been disproved, because
Mrs. Catherine Sullivan, of this city,
the missing mans mother, cannot
identify the shoes that were found.
Detectives are working on every phase
of the case and hope before long to
have some definite clues. Sullivan
formerly lived at 1886 Twenty-fve-and-
a-half street south, this city. His
mother still resides there. She is de-
termined that the truth about her sons
disappearance shall be known
A rear end collision between 4
Como-Harriet and Monroe and Lyn-
do1a ctreat cor occurred at the CORNER