The Irish standard., 1905-04-01

the delegation, where it can be dis
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William M. Regan was unanimously
elected exalted ruler of the large Min
neapolis lodge, No. A, of the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks, at the
annual election held Wednesday night
at their hall at Sixth street and Hen
nepin avenue. Perhaps never in the
history of the order in this city has an
exalted ruler been SO unanimously the
choice of the members, numbering
about $50, and including a large pro-
portion of the leading and best known
men of the city. For, with so much
excellent timber from which to choose,
there has nearly always been a great
deal Of friendly rivalry and a strong
contest. MIR. Regan's strong and &C
tive interest in the Elks, together with
his personal popularity and his high
standing among the business men of
the city,. are factors that weighed
strongly in leading to his so enthus-
lastic choice as head of the order in
Minneapolis. The other officers,
nearly all of whom were elected with
comparatively little opposition, are as
follows: George H. Rentz, esteemed
leading knight; William c. Leary, es-
teemed loyal knight; George B. Leon.
ard, esteemed lecturing knight; Alex
j. Mullen, secretary; E. w. Goddard,
treasurer; George R. Seaton, tiler;
George Cooke, trustee for three years.
w. H. Rendell, the retiring exalted
ruler, was chosen as representative to
the grand lodge, which meets at Buff
talo, N. Y, in June. o. M. Batcheller
was elected as alternate
The old tight OF saloonkeepers
against wholesale liquor dealers who
sell original packages" of intoxicants
in less than five gallon lots has been
revived and Wednesday M. R. Ma
roney, a clerk employed by c. S.
Bracket, the grocer, pleaded guilty to
selling liquor without license. Henry
Munsey, employed by George Benz &
Sons, will be arraigned on a similar
charge. The saloonkeepers protest
against the practice of some of the
wholesalers and say that on Jan. 21,
when there was special election to
I'LL a vacancy in the city council
caused by the elevation of Aid. D. P.
Jones to the mayoralty, all the saloons
were closed, but the wholesale houses
and Bracket did thriving business
in small original packages. License
Inspector Longfellow asserts that the
administration had given the whole
salers until April in which to secure
licenses as retailers or else cease to
supply the retail trade in quantities
OF less than five gallons. A similar
matter came up during the administra-
ton of the present mayor, when he
took charge after the flight OF Mayor
Ames. Then he held that brewing
companies could not sell beer by the
case to individual consumers without
a $1,000 retail license unless there
were over five gallons OF beer in each
case. The brewing companies circum-
vented this where only one case was
sold by placing an extra quart bottle
in each case and therefore making a
full five gallons-twenty-five quarts
beer measure.
Miss Lillian Mcmillan OF Minneapo-
lis and Miss Constance Day of Fair
mont will assist Miss Rose Marie
Schaller OF Hastings at the launching
OF the battleship Minnesota at New
port News, Va, April 8. Miss Schaller
last week named Miss Mcmillan as
her choice for maid OF honor to act
with Miss Day. Frank Day, the gov
ernors private secretary, will repre-
sent Gov. Johnson at the launching.
The governor will be unable to attend
on account OF pressure OF state bust
ness. Miss Mcmillan is the daughter
of F. G. Mcmillan, ZOO Tenth avenue
southeast, Minneapolis, for many
years a member OF the Minneapolis
school board. Miss Mcmillan is
close friend OF Miss Schaller's, both
attending the state university, where
the former is member OF the fresh
men class. Both are members of the
Alpha Phi fraternity. The christening
party will leave st. Paul for Newport
News on the afternoon OF April and
will arrive there on the morning of the
9th. Mr. and Mrs. Schaller and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmillan and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Day
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Poehler of
Minneapolis will constitute the party,
together with the legislative COM
mittee, which will consist of Senators
l.. E. Jepson OF Minneapolis and w. A.
Smith of Window, Capt. R. T. Lewis
of Duluth, DR.. ]. H. Dorsey OF Glencoe
and A. M. Hays of Hastings. Capt
Lewis was chosen, Speaker Clague
said, because of the fact that he is the
only former sea captain in the legisla-
ture. DR.. Dorsey was chosen to repre-
sent the Democratic minority and Mr..
Hayes, who comes from the same
town that furnishes the young woman
who is to christen the battleship, be-
cause he is one of the younger men