The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-09
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss B. Harmon, sol Second street
Me-, is spending her summer vacation
at the home Of Mrs. John Bohan,
Royalton, MINI.
The Misses Mate and Margaret Nc
Dermott, of Sixth street south, leave
Saturday evening for Dallas, Tex,
where they will visit relatives.
Deputy Sheriff John p. Wall, who
was badly injured in collision with
a party Of reckless automobiles a
few weeks ago, is recovering rapidly
and will be out soon.
The Minnesota delegates to the ma
tional convention of the Ladies' AUX
Hilary, n. o. H., will leave st. Paul
next Wednesday evening at eight
O'Clock on the steamboat Quincy"
The convention opens ut st. Louis
Tuesday, July 10Th.
DR.. James II. Dunn left no will. A
petition for letters of administration
filed in the probate court showed that
he died intestate, and that letters will
be necessary. The petition places the
value of the real estate at $4,000 and
the personal property of all kinds at
$4,000. No details are given and will
not be obtainable until after the in
ventory is filed.
-Four hundred orphan children,
chaperoned by attendants and ma
irons from the various charitable in
stitutions of the city, attended the
Gentry show Tuesdoy afternoon. They
saw the dogs, ponies and elephants
go through their regular performances
and We're kept to see the aftershow,
the monkey theatre. Before going
home they We're all treated to a ride
on the ponies and elephants. 1t PROV
ed the day of their lives.
Bright and early Tuesday morning
the Minneapolis school children came
trooping to the Palace Clothing house
free distribution of carnival tickets.
Smiling faces and the frank apprecia-
ton shown marked this as the great
est boost any local amusement enter
prise ever had; the offer was such as
had never been made by any local
concern. A 19-piece brass band added
to the enjoyment of the occasion.
During the past two years the Palace
Clothing house has supplied upward is
of 5000 Modern Woodman of Amer;-
co uniforms and to-day's liberal gift
is an evidence of the firms gratitude.
The assistance of the Minneapolis
police department has been enlisted
by the relatives of Cornelius Collins,
formerly resident of Worthington,
MIMI, who is known to have come
to Minneapolis a few days ago. Col
Inns left Worthington ten years ago,
and nothing had ever been heard from
him until last week, when he appeared
there and made an attempt to look
up some of his folks. For some rea-
son he was unable to locate them, and
he left there couple of days later
to come to Minneapolis. AS soon as
word came to his relatives that he
had been at Worthington they in turn
tried to locate him, and Wednesday a
brother Of his followed him to Mime
apolis in the hope of finding him here.
Edward Miller, who has been prom
inent in South Side business circles
for more than twenty years, died at
his residence, 1908 Eleventh avenue
S., at 1920 p. m. Monday, at the age
of fifty-six. The immediate cause of
death was peritonitis. Mr.. Miller had
not been in the best of health for over
two years, but has only been confined
to his bed since last Wednesday. Mr..
Miller was serving his first term as
county commissioner from the Sec
ond district. He was president of the
Scandal Ice company and a director
of the South Side bank. His principal
business was as grocer and feed
dealer in South Minneapolis, where
he had been for a number of years.
He leaves a wife and four children,
Mrs. F. G. Dustin, Grace, Pearl and
Edward Miller, Jr.
Run over by at least dozen trains
OH the Great Northern road, near
Long Lake, Monday night, the body
Of Orrin Benson was found strewn
along the tracks for fully 100 feet
Tuesday morning and taken to the
morgue in bushel basket. Just how
the man met his death is not known.
but it is supposed that he fell from
a train returning from Lake Mime
tonka Monday night and was run
over. From the appearance of the re-
mains number of trains must have
gone over the body, but why no re-
port Of such an occurrence was re-
ceived from the train crews is
mystery. The Identification was made
by means of ticket which was sold
the man ut Spring Park for Mime
apOlis. The ticket bore the number
765 and upon looking up this number
it was found that the ticket was sold
70 nps,sS,,