The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-14
CITY IN BRIEF.

Sheriff ]. w. Dreger has announced
that he will again be q candidate for
his present position. He pledges him
self to maintain honesty. economy
and efficiency in the Office of sheriff,
if reelected"
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The contract for the plumbing, heat
ing and ventilating system OF the new
meteorological building at the uni
versity has been let by the board of
control TO H. Kelly & Co., Minneapolis,
for $l4,eS1. The contract for the wiz
ing OF the building has not yet been
awarded.
possible for the Minneapolis millers to
run their plants exclusively with water
power. 1t is peculiarly gratifying for
the millers at this time when the fuel
situation is so strained. 1t is expected
that the mills will be able to operate
for several weeks without using a
pound Of coal.
Z. S. Cary, attorney for Mrs. Stella
Brennan, who murdered the three
Brennan children last fall. is trying
to secure n new trial for the woman.
He will make his motion for a new
trial May 1, and bases it on alleged
errors committed by the trial Judge.
Mrs. Brennan is now serving a life
sentence for the murder.
School teachers of this state can
not have q holiday Good FRIDAY and
count the week for full week. Neither
can they have Il holiday Thanksgiving
Day, under the new code. State Su-
perintendent Olson has received sew
eral dozen letters asking whether Good
Friday was a legal holiday, but he has
been obliged to disappojnt the teach
ers by replying that it is not.
The people who have spent the best
part of their lives OH the silent prairies
of western Canada can scarcely believe
their eyes when they perceive hordes
Of homeseekers pouring over their do
main and swarlning by the tens Of
thousands on lands which were prac-
tically valueless a few years ago, ac-
cording to DR.. J. H. c. Willoughby, Of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, who is a
guest at Che West hotel
The Sheffield Mill and Elevator Com
pany, Minneapolis, filed articles of in
corporation in the Office of the secre-
tary of state, giving their capital stock
as 100000. The new company will
devote its attention entirely to mill
ing operations. The incorporators are
D. F. Sheffield and E. w. Erickson of
Minneapolis; P. a. Blodgett, Jr., and
Donald w Grant, Faribault; j. A.
and w. B. Powers, Morristown, MINI.
Preparations are under way for q
new hotel in Minneapolis, in the down
town district. And the man who is to
take the matter in hand is from ST.
Paul, where he has been studying the
hotel situation for some time, with the
result that he has made up his mind
to locate in Minneapolis if possible.
The venture is not to bring a new
building to Minneapolis. but it will
vastly improve an old one, and will add
much needed hotel accommodation to
the city. The building selected is the
one known as 40, AZ and "A Third
street, one Of the Oldest buildings in
the down town district 1t has sub
stantial walls and 'front.' but the in
terror is all old style, and will require
remodeling in any event whether used
as hotel or not. The idea is to tear
out the entire interior, and rebuild,
making everything modern.
The Minneapolis delegates to the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
rections, which will be held in Phila-
de]phia, commencing May 9, are pre-
pared to make strenuous effort to Sc
cure the next conference for Minnie
apolis. The delegation will leave Min
neapolis in a special car, and is COM
posed Of the following members:
Caroline Crosby, of Unity Settlement;
Miss Elizabeth Taylor, Of Bethel
Settlement; Frank Mcdonald. of the
Uplift Society; DIR. w. D. Lawrence,
w. P. Barton. of the city poor depart
ment; Miss Marie Jamme, Of the
Visiting Nurses: S. L. Van Etten, agent
of the Humane Society; Miss Vera
Bean, secretary Of the Humane So
ciety; H. b. Chamberlain, Juvenile
court attorney; Miss Susan H. King
man, Mrs. F. A. Chamberlain, Prof.
Frank l.. McVey, Of the state uni
versity, and Edwin D. Solenberger, Of
the Associated Charities.
An interesting lecture throwing
many sideights upon the production
Of the Passion Play at the Oberam-
mergau was delivered by Rev. J. NJ.
Cleary at st. Charles church last Sun