The Irish standard., 1906-05-19
Che Irish STANDARD
Telephone Tw.n G.,y 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

Social club Sunday May -. The trip
will be down the Mississippi to Lake
St CroiX on the steamer Purchase
which will leave ST. Paul AT $3.50 Il. III.
c. Roy Hill left Minneapolis We'd
nesday for Tucson, Ariz.. his future
home, where he has accepted good
position as bookkeeper for a mining
company Mr.. Hill has been me of
the active young men in fraternal So
ciety work, being q member Of Di :'si"n
No. 3 a. o. H. and Sheridan Cnur:
q. o. +. and has u great many
friends 10 wish him much success III
his Southern venture.
At the Auditorium tomorrow evening
Rev. G. L. Morrill, will entertain his
audience with panoramic views Of
ireland. gathered from his recent visit
to that country. Scotland and Wales
will also be seen on the screen and the
speaker will in his usual interesting
manner describe each scene throughout
the journey.
Capt c. w. Osborn Of engine COM
pany No. .. who was struck by light
ming while returning from {; fire ate
Saturday night, is reported TO be great
ly improved, although there is Il pos
sbility that he may be partially par
alyzed as the result OF the accident
For several hours after he was struck,
Capt Osborn's life was dispaired of,
but late Sunday afternoon he took Il
turn for the better, and at midnight for
the first time, DIR. John a. Crosby. the
physician in attendance, was able to
hold out hopes Of the firemans ulti-
mate recovery.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the newly organized First Ward
Roosevelt club was held last Monday
evening. They considered the local
political situation in Il general way, and
appointed the following as precinct
chair,nen:
First precinct, Alfred Johnson; Sec
ond Charles Ehelers; Third, NJ. NORM;
Fourth, j. w. Shadewald; Fifth, j. p.
O'Reilley; Sixth, Oscar Webber:
Seventh, Albert Graber; Eight, George
r. Smith; Ninth, William H. Donahue;
Tenth, Adam Kuharsky.
The members of the executive COM
mittee are Louis Schultz, William H.
Donahuc. J. b.. Murphy, George r.
Smith and ]. W. Shadewald.
A train of Is freight cars standing in
Minneapolis was threatened with de-
struction Sunday afternoon in fire
which is believed to have been started
in one of the cars by boys. At the
time Of the fire the train was standing
on sidetrlck at the extreme end of
the yard where it was almost impos-
sible for the tiremen to lay a line Of
nose. An alarm from box 12S brought
several companies and after consider
able unavoidable delay the firenlen
succeeded in laying a line of hose near
ly 1000 feet long, which gave Them all
the water needed to cope with the
flames. With the line once laid, there
was no difficulty in putting out the
fire in time to save all the train except
the end car which first caught fire.
Howard Williams, whose home $ at
1925 Oakland avenue, was the victim OF
serious runaway &c .i'lenr, while de-
i,ve.ing Journals Tuesday evening with
his brother Lester The boys employ
horse and wagon in serving their
route, and when on Franklin avenue
near Stevens, the horse ran away. Les
ter held to the reins and Howard at
tempted to leap to the ground to catch
the horse by the bride. He fell In
such q manner as to dislocate his ankle
and break several of the small bones.
The lad was unconscious for several
minutes after the accident. He was
! carried to the home OF Hugh. ]. Sewall,
2201 Stevens avenue, where Drs. Thom-
as and Weston attended him. He was
later taken to his home. Lester, who
remained in the wagon managed to
keep the frenzied horse in the street,
and it was stopped near Columbus
avenue.
The state free employment bureau in
the Minneapolis city hall will keep on
running, although the appropriation
made by the state has been exhausted.
Another years appropriation vii! be-
come available Aug. 1. and next winter
the legislature will be asked to make
up the deficit and provide more liber-
ally in the future. In all probability
agencies will be provided also for st.
Paul and Duluth. If the state aucitcr
will permit. the Minneapolis bureau
will be maintained during the next two
months out of the regular department
funds. If this is not allowed. an APP
peal will be made TO the Commercial
club to raise funds to keep the bureau
gniEs. she money will be secured with
the understanding that it is to be re-,
paid by the legislature. The bureau
expects to make record for the year
of 1000 places found for working oeo-
pie. at an average cost to the safe OF
Griy about 20 cents ea,:a.
considering the crop outlook as a
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