The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-04-08
CITY IN BRIEF.


day evening and fourth Sunday after
noon of the month.
Flowers for Easter for the various
churches can be secured reasonably at
the new store of Patthey & Thompson,
IL Seventh street south. All kinds
and large stock. Orders by mail re-
ceive prompt attention.
At the meeting of the council Fri
day night of last week, Aid. WestphaI
introduced a motion, providing that
the minimum wage for all men en-
ployed on public work be fixed at 50
for an eight-hour day. The present
wage is $1.S5 for au eight-hour day
The building permits for the month
of March broke all records. The $50
permits taken out amounted to $751;
$50. Three hundred and thirty-eight
March, amounting to $445,47O. The
largest building done in any previous
March was in 1890, when the permits
amounted to S746,755.
On Palm Sunday evening, April 1G,
Father Cleary will again give his
splendid Passion Play lecture at St,
Charles church. There will be good
music and fine stereopticon views.
The lecture is always interesting and
&c o{f
than ever. To witness it improves
the mind for the proper observance O;
Holy week. Admission will be CSC
M. R. Maroney, of the c. S. Bracket
firm, who was arrested some time age
on the charge of selling liquor with
out license at the wholesale house of
the Bracket company, appeared in
police court Monday. He changed his
plea OF guilty to that of not guilty.
Judge Waite continued the case until
May 2, to give Mayor Jones and the
rest of his employees time in which
to shape matters. The case against
Maroney was brought by private de-
tectives.
The duchess OF Sutherland and Lady
Algeron Gordon-Lennox refuse to re.
ceive their new sister-ln-law, formerly
Anna Robinson of Minneapolis, and
the latter is destined to find herself
vigorously boycotted, The Earl Of
Rosslyn and his bride have gone
abroad and the wedding is still the
subject of speculative discussion. The
dowager countess of Rosslyn, who is
in the bankruptcy court, looks very
favorably on her new daughter-in-law.
who is said to have a large amount
of ready money and quarter of Z
million dollars worth of diamonds.
Judge Smith of the municipal court
Monday put the ban on the scorching
of autoists, saying in no uncertain
terms that he would stop the offense
which was becoming SO general or
send every offender to the workhouse
without the option of a fine. H. B.
Josslyn was arranged on the charge
of driving his auto on Park avenue
faster than eight miles an hour, and
it was then that Judge Smith ex-
pressed himself. For time," said
he, Il shall give the defendants the
options of fines, but after everyone
has been given a fair warning I shall
impose straight workhouse sentences"
Mr.. Josslyn was given the opportunity
of paying fine of $25.
The fight is on again between the
various Sixth street saloon men. 1t
was through their desire to reduce
competition in their business that they
secured the passage of bill reducing
the number of saloon Essences in a
single block on the edge of the patrol
limits to five, and now new applicant
comes along, even though it be a
restaurant, they want to see that their
law is held good. So as a result of
the council voting license to Schrap's
restaurant on Sixth street Israel Klein;
Gabriel Pauntz and others have ap-
peared as champions of the existing
saloons to defend their interest, with
John H. Steele as attorney, and have
secured a temporary restraining order
to compel the mayor to hold back on
the indorsing of the license issue. A. B.
Jackson will appear for the other side
and stern test case will result. Judge
John Day Smith granted the prelimi.
nary order.
Mayor David P. Jones, of Mime
apolis, has written the following letter
to Chairman w. w. Bardwell, of the
Hennepin county house delegation, re-
garding the bill now before the legisla-
ture, to put certain Minneapolis Offices
on an elective basis: Il want to re-
peat and reaffirm my belief in the
Value of the bill providing for the cleo
ton of certain city officials by direct
vote of the people. The fixed re;
sponsibility of the executive or non:
clerical Offices is very important. Ger
tainly the city assess, city attorney and
city engineer should be elected by
the people. ] am not all sure of the
city clerk or clerk of the munkcipal
court, who are clerical officers main
ly for the council and municipal court
respectively. Our present officials in
%hoco nositfons arc excellent and I do