The Irish standard., 1906-06-30
Che Irish STANDARD
CITY IN BRIEF.


row afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in st.
Anthony hall.
Division No. 2, Ladies Auxiliary, A.
o. H., will elect delegates to the state
convention at Winona, at its meeting
Monday evening next at A. o. U. w.
hall, 80 Central avenue.
John F. Hanily of the Minneapolis
Gas Light company's Office, spent his
annual vacation visiting old friends at
Oconomowoc Wis, Milwaukee, Chica-
go and other points.
At a meeting of the Democratic
county committee held last We'd
nesday night, Alderman John Ryan
was elected chairman to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
George P. Douglas.
The Democratic state convention has
been called to meet in Minneapolis on
September 4. The county convention
for Hennepin county, to elect delegates
on Saturday, August rs.
The regular meeting Of Division No.
3, A. o. H., will be held In the new
A. O. U. w. hall, 80 Central avenue,
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All
members are urgently requested to be
present and make returns for tickets
at that time. Settlement can also be
!. made with D. O'Connell, Eighth avenue
and University northeast.
4 st. Anthony Aerie No. 1247, Frater-
nal Order of Eagles, which was re-
] Gently installed on the East Side, has
organized. a uniform drill corps, which
will be taken to the grand aerie ses-
sion in Milwaukee soon, the purpose
being to arouse a sentiment in favor OF
a. uniform rank of Eagles. st. An
thonv Aerie has announced a steam
boat excursion for Sunday, July 8,
down the river on the steamer Pur-
chase and barge. The boat will leave
the Soldiers Home, Minneapolis, at
10 a. m. and st. Paul at - o'clock, re-
turning in the evening.
Roy O'Dea, who was taken to the
City hospital over a week previous In
critical condition from injuries al
legged to have been inflicted by COM
panion, died at the City hospital early
Monday morning. O'Dea was found
unconscious in an empty box car near
Newport and was brought to st. Paul.
He said he had been beaten by a
travelling companion who had then
robbed him of s14. Since his arrival
at the hospital O'Dea slowly grew
worse until Monday morning when he
died. He was 90 years old, lived at
Monroe, Wis, and was plumbers
assistant He was beating his way
on freight train when he fell in with
the man who is charged with causing
his death. O'Dea furnished the de-
tectives with description of his as
sailant.
Richard Stack, 9 yeas old, was
drowned in. the Mississippi river near
Twenty ninth avenue north Monday
afternoon while fishing with a couple
of other boys. Young Stack stepped
off the false embankment built along
the shore and despite the fact that
he could swim was drowned in twelve
feet of water. The body was recovered
several hours later within a few feet
from where the accident occurred. Cor
oner Kistler was notified, and upon
learning the circumstances of the case
he ordered the body removed to an
undertaking establishment. Young
Stack lived at 1920 Sixth street north,
where the news of his death was
broken to his mother within short
time of the accident The boys father
who was in Canada, was notified Mon
day night by telegraph.
German Quinn, president of Mime
apolis Local No. 10, International AL
lance of Theatrical Stage Employees
has been selected to represent his local
in the international convention at Bos-
ton, Mass, in July. The convention
will have about 500 delegates and will
last a week, beginning July 9. Mr.
Quinn will work hard to have Min
] neapolis selected for the 1907 conven-
I ton and at the conclusion of the Bos-
| ton convention will visit New York
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Washington and also the leading man.
/. ufacturing cities of Massachusetts, and
Connecticut for the purpose of per-
sonally studying the social and econo-
mic conditions of the working classes
in these places. Mr.. Quinn has work.
ed in theaters since 1879 and is Min
neapolis boy, having resided here since
1870. He enjoyed the. acquaintance
of such notable actors as Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett, John Mccullough
Thomas w. Keene, Fanny Davenport
and others of the old school.
People who remember the Christian
son twins at the incubator institute
at Wonderland last summer, will be
interested in the announcement that
: they are to be the guests of the man.
agement there next week. The twins