The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-02-18
the aims and objects of the cause be-
fore the people of that commonwealth.


Irish Standard takes pleasure in not
ing this fact. Under the new manage
ment there is no danger of the Pilot
losing it's prestige in any manner. To
the contrary, there is every reason to
believe it will meet with greater sue
cess than ever. The Pilot is again in
excellent hands.
Editor Price of the Star and Times,
of Hudson, Wis, has been offered
position in the treasury department at
Washington and has concluded to &C.
cept it. So says the Hudson True Re
publican, which pays Mr.. Price a we'll
deserved compliment. The Star and
Times is certainly an excellent local
paper and Mr.. Cline, of the True Re-
publican, is but just in saying that
"the community is considerably in
debted to Mr.. Price for many services
he has rendered during a course Of
some twenty-seven years.
Richard Croker, the former Tam
many chief, who recently returned to-
New York to attend the funeral of his
son, Frank Croker, is great favorite
with the poor around Stillorgan, his
pretty place near Dublin. So it was
with him at Vantage, in Berkshire.
England, where Mr.. Croker formerly
lived. He was equally popular with
the poor there. No one in his neigh
borhood, it is said of him. need go
hungry. One Of the good points in the
old Tammany chieftain.
The public comfort committee of the
knights of Columbus, of Washington,
d. c., have made arrangements to
provide rooms, etc. for brother knights
and their friends who will visit the
; capital city on the occasion of the in
auguration of President Roosevelt on
March i, and extend a cordial invita-
ton to all visiting brothers to make
knights of Columbus hall their head
quarters while in the city. Members
can have their wants more fully at
tended to by writing to the secretary.
Geo. H. Ogle, X. Of c. hall, COG r
street northwest. Washington. u. C..
Sir Thomas says: NO one ever ac-
c,lsed Upton of quitting in the middle
Of a fight. and l have not taken my
coat off yet He is now planning to
have boats built from designs by AL
fred Mylnc, Linton Hope and George
Barnett These three are to he raced
together as soon as they are ready
and as much as possible. They will
he thoroughly tried out and the best Of
the trio will lie started against the
American defender Three challeng-
ers. and all to be built at once. This
is to he the effort of his life Every
good American will wish Upton an
abundance of luck, anyhow. His grit
is to be commended.
| The business men Of the erterpriS-
ing city of Rrainprd have organized
what promises to be Il very success
full commercial club. At a recent meet
ing. without much ado. bylaws We're
adopted and board Of directors elect
ed. consisting of the following gentle
men: Dr. w. II.mStead, Con O'Rrien,
6. u. In Bar. w. ID. Mckay. X. r..
Wise, r. a. Farrlr, j. NJ. Elder. j. f..
McEGinnis. j. +. San5orn. DR.. W.
Courtney, G. n Parker. H. |. Cohen.
II. r. Dunn. u. NJ. Clark. w. FL.
Cleary and G. u. Johnson. With this
array it is fair to presume that Brain
er,l will he found 10 laggartl during
1905.
Judge Austin III. Young died at his
home in this city last Monday night
after Il months illness. Judge Young
was born in Fredonia, N. u, Deem
Der 8. 1880, and moved to Prescott.
Wis, in 1855. where he filled various
positions of trust until 1866. when he
took up his home in Minneapolis. One
of his brothers. Charles A. Young
who published paper in Prescott in
the early days, died some years ago.
Dr. 4. Young. still another brother
passed away in the Wisconsin city
mentioned some months since. Judge
Young was Il member of Plymouth
church, and is survived by his wife
and two children, Edgar A. and Alice
NJ, both of Minneapolis.
less, right or wrong, with being the
home of intense cold and blizzards
Not long since, however while they
were having the finest Of weather
there, New York was swept by a biz
zard that completely stopped all traffic
for time. Here was splendid op-
portunity for North Dakota, where
upon the mayor of Bismarck tele-
g1aphed to Mayor Mcclellan Of New
York, as follows: '"The mayor of Bis
marck sends sympathy to the mayor
Of New York. can we do anything for
you?" When it comes to retort the
present mayor Of New York is evil