The Irish standard., 1906-10-20
DULUTH NEWS.

st. James Court No. 614, c. o. F.,
will hold its regular meeting next
Tuesday evening. This will be an Inn
portant one, as preparations will be
made for the reception of the state
officers of the order who will visit here
soon.
st. Louis county Hiberptans are en-
thusiastic over the coming state con-
vention of the order, which will be
held here. They will certainly do
themselves and order proud if they
carry out their present program.
A regular meeting of st. James
Court No. Ga, c. o. f., was held Tues
day evening of last week in Gilley's
hall, and the preparation for the re-
ception Of the state officers who will
soon visit the city were discussed. A
number of representative members
from other courts of the order in the
city were present and engaged in the
discussion. 1t is the intention Of the
members to give the state officers of
the order a worthy reception, as this
will be the first visit of number Of
them and the local members are
anxious that they shall go away well
pleased with the standing of the order
in this city. Owing to pressure of
MI ~; ,;o:k
the Duluth courts sooner but it is ex-
pected that they will come here the
latter part of October or the first Of
next month. The order is in excellent
condition in this part Of the state, and
the five courts i'll Duluth are very
anxious to give the state officers a
hearty reception. No definite action
On the plans for the reception of the
officers will be decided upon until the
return Of P. Fl. Martin, chief ranger
of the state order, who is attending
the state court meeting in st. Paul.
j. M. Murray, assistant cashier in the
water and light department, was called
to Minneapolis last week o@attend the
funeral of his father, Thomas J. MUIR
ray, who died there suddenly. The
twenty-five years ago from Kentucky,
and was 60 years Of age at the time Of
his death.
Duluth's population, according to the
new city directory estimate, is now
s0,305. as copared with 1922 year
ago at this time, gain of, 5,O41 in
twelve months. According to the same
authority the gain from 1904 to 1906
was 1897, and the increase from. 1905
to 1906 was therefore more than two
and q half times that from 1904 to
1905. 1t has been manifest to every
body that Duluth has been growing
rapidly during the last year, and the
figures given will not occasion surprise
here. The directory figures have been
assembled and completed under the
supervision Of c. S. Stanley, superin-
tendent Of Duluth directory company.
Mr.. Stanley has, after several years of
study Of the community, come to the
conclusion that by applying the null
tiple of 238 to the total number of
names. to make up for the names Of
women and children who do. not APP
pear, that a very accurate estimate of
the number Of people, residing here is
obtained. In ascertaining the popula-
tion Mr.. Stanley eliminates all names
of firms and of people who have died
or removed from the city. The city
directory contains d total of 34,253
names, which is an increase of 2,121
names over the total last year.
Mrs. Ellen Lyons, widow of Michael
+. Lyons, a local real estate agent who
died last week. has made application
to the probate court for letters of adj
ninistration for the estate of her de-
petition will be had Nov. 5. According
to the petition the estate comprises
personal property. in the value Of about
$500 and realty in the value of about
$1,000. The latter consists of the
homestead at 272S West Third street
and a vacant lot in the city.
Mrs. Holland of Two Harb6rs was
the guest the first of the week Of
Mrs. j. H. Sullivan of Fourth avenue
west ~.
Tho first regular meeting Of the
Bishops club was held Tuesday even
ing of last week at Cathedral hail. The
study of Spain was begun, with Miss
O'Brien leader. The Bible study win
be conducted by Bishop McGolrick, ana
the book of Ecclesiastes will be the
study.
The, bazaar given last week by ST.
Marys parish netted a very fine sum
for the church fund. 1t was a success
in every particular.