The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-12-23
CITY IN BKlEF.

Hotfman's.
The Standard Catholic book store,
81, 4th street south, over Hoffman's
will be open until a late hour this
evening for the accommodation of holi-
day purchasers. Between Nicollet and
First avenue south, next to Journal
building.
New and choice stock OF prayer
books, fancy rosaries, pictures anu
great many other useful and appro-
pirate articles for Christmas gifts at
Standard Book Store. Best books by
worlds greatest authors. Irish Stand
ard office, 81 4th st. S., over Hoft-
mans.
Charles w. johnson, treasurer of
Hennepin county. was on Tuesday
taken to the Asbury hospital, suffer-
ing from stroke of apoplexy. His
condition is considered very serious.
Mr.. johnson was elected to the treas
urer's office at the last election. He
was one of the early publishers of The
Tribune, and for many years held a po-
sition as clerk in congress. He Is also
a veteran Of the Civil War.
The Minneapolis Stree .ailway
Company has won in the -ie $40,-
600 damage suit brough' ..1rs. Ella
c. Musgrave and carr III by the
executors of her estate. e case was
tried before Judge F. v. Brown of the
district court and jury, and occu-
pied over week. The claim was that
the street cars on First avenue, be-
cause of the roughness Of the track,
had Jared and shaken a row of flats
on First avenue and Seventeenth street
damaging them in the sum asked for
Not a single arrest for drunkenness
was made in the entire city of Mime
apolis all day last Sunday, and up to
1 o'clock Monday morning, nor were
any drunken men seen on the street.
One drunk man was arrested at the
North Side Station Saturday night
four were locked up on the South Side
and eleven were taken in at the Cen
trail Station after the police court
closed Saturday. The patrol wagons
of the North and South Stations were
idle all day and the Central district
wagon made but three runs. or these
runs one was made on an accident ana
two for the purpose Of bringing vag-
rants to the Central Station.
The articles contributed for the poor
at the Elks' bundle social Thursday
night, numbering 3,2s7 in the aggre-
rate. have been divided among the fol-
lowing charitable organizations for
distribution at Christmas: Volunteers
of America, Deutscher Fraun society,
Catholic Orphans Association, Little
Sisters of the Poor, Bethel Settle
ment, sheltering Arms. Hebrew La
dies Benevolent Society. Mission Cot
tage. Home for Aged Women ana
Children, Associated Charities, Bethany
Home. Maternity Hospital. Tuesday
the Elks entertain 1000 poor children
at the Biiou opera house. the street
railway company furnishing round trip
transportation. Each child will be CIV
en- a bag Of candy.
Minneapolis is surely the center OF
the building boom that has swept over
tho country during the past year Win
the. same impetuosity that character
ICED the real estate boom Of the early
nineties. Minneapolis in 1889 and 1887
was riding on the crest OF the real
estate trading boom. Values were
puffed up abnormally and when the
sharn needle of financial depression
pricked the bubble, Minneapolis be-
came as panicky as any city IN the
Union. But the present boom is liter
ally builded upon a rock. The RECORDS
of the building inspectors office snow
that more than s1o,ooo,ooo will have
been expended by the close Of the year
in permanent improvements. The city
has something more than a mere paper
title to show for the enormous ex-
penditures of money thus made.
The unknown man who was founo
unconscious at Sixth and Jackson
streets, st. Paul, Monday evening, re-
covered consciousness sufficiently TO
tell who he was. As he was. at lucio
intervals during the confinement CIV
en- two names. the police are still IN
doubt as to WHO the man really H.
When he came to for the second time
wednesday he said that his name was
James Finnegan and that he resided IN
minneapolis. A short time before ne
stated that his name was James Bren-
nan, While the mans condition is very
serious, it is thought that he will re-
cover. The hospital officials say that
he is undoubtedly the victim OF
Knockout" drops. He raves most OF
tue time. The man is IS years OF
age.
The annual winter reunion OF the
Territorial Pioneers Of Hennepin coun-
~ will he held on Tuesday evening"
Jan. 2. 1906. at McElroy's halls. cor
ner of Nicollet avenue and Eighth
street, opposite Plymouth church. The
reception committee consists OF Mmes'