The Irish standard., 1906-05-26

. MGaSIlerS ctOIe.
The new Lake street interurban line
was opened last Monday morning. Cars
will run from Broadway and Fourth
streets in ST. Paul to Hennepin and
Lake streets in Minneapolis, where
transfers will be issued.
The base bail team of Div. No. i A.
O. H.. will play the fast Anoka aggre-
cation tomorrow afternoon at .Anoka
The game with the Little Jake's" last
Sunday was easy for the Hi5ernians
the latter winning easily by is to 3.
The Minneapolis Retail Liquor Deal
ers Association will picnic today at
Young America. AS all saloons are
closed in this city on Sunday there
will no doubt be q large turn out of
the members and their families on this
occasion.
John l.. Sullivan's advertisement
blew off wagon in front of the State
Savings bank, Second avenue S and
Fourth street, Thursday afternoon of
last week breaking a large window in
the bank. The sign blew across the
sidewalk and broke one of the large
awning rods. The rod then began to
swing back and forth and shattered the
window.
Fred l.. Smith was elected president
of the Minneapolis Typothetae at the
annual meeting ON Saturday. L. KIM
ball was chosen vice president; George
r. Morrissey, secretary, and G. A.
Leighton, treasurer. Delegates to at
tend annual conventions: Fred L.
Smith, L. Kimball, T. H. Girling, G..
r. Morrissey, A. B. Farnham, Henry
Hahn, o. w. Miller and H. c. Travis
The state labor bureau is compil-
ing statistics as to the membership of
labor unions in the state, and most Of
the reports are in. If the present rate
of increase continues, the total will be
close to 10000, or about 1000 larger
than last year. The membership in
24.000 About twenty small locals have
dropped out of existence, but the rest
have generally increased their mem
tership.
James a. Brush died, Tuesday even
ing at 11:45. at his home in the Hol-
land flats ON Second avenue, Of hem
orrEage Of the bowels. Mr.. Brush is
the well-known photogra pher who has
been in business in Minneapolis for
the past thirty years. He is survived
by his wife and three sons Edmund
A. Brush, Bert Brush of Everett.
WASH, and Stanley l.. Brush. Mr..
Brush was born in Detroit. Mich. Aug.
q, 1876, and was. married to Miss
Alice Sprague of Detroit, June I, 1865.
MIR, Brush was a member of the Com
mercial club, the Shriners and the Ma
sonic order.
The new 'Selby Avenue Lake
Street. line of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company, which constitutes
the third interurban," which has been
awaited for months, was formally
10-minute schedule is understood to
be in effect, but some days must elapse
before the line can be considered in
perfect running order per schedule. At
present the cars from st. Paul will
stop at Lake street and Hennepin ave-
nue.. Arrangements for running them
through to the downtown district
have not yet been completed. In st.
Paul, all cars on the new third in
terurban will run to the foot of Broad
way and Fourth streets.
Eben S. Martin secured a verdict for
$4,000 against the Chicago Great
Western and the Minnea polls, st. Faul
& Sault Ste. Marie railroads in Judge
Smiths court. Martin was injured in
collision Oct. l, 1905, in the yards
at ST. Paul, which occurred between a
500 passenger train and Great West
ern stock train The passenger train
was derailed, and one Minnea polls
woman, Mrs. Judson Cross, was killed,
and a score of others injured. Mr..
Martin, VINO Is president OF tle Mill
neapolis Printing company, was hurled
down an embankment and severely in
jured. He brought suit against each
of the roads for $4,000, and the case
went to the jury Monday afternoon
after trial lasting five days.
The council committee that has SUI
,iein,, re he fSra Il a f.
fairs, Wednesday afternoon awarded
the contract for furnishing the iron
work for the new storehouse which is
to be erected on the lot adjoining en-
CINE house No. II, on the east side to
the American Bridge company for the
sum Of $1,000. A contract for fur
nishing brick for this building was
let to Vogt & Benson at $3.50 per
thousand. The committee also decided
to re-instate Peter Jansen, who was
recently dismissed from the service
because Of an attempt he had made to
bride one of the aldermen. Jansen
was formerly lieutenant. He has
been reduced to the ranks and will
again be put on the department pay
rolls.
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