The Irish standard., 1907-05-11
Qbe Irish STANDARD
Office: 6o5 Second Ave. So.
TELEPHONE: TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.
TELEPHONE: TWIN CITY 27s

HduHen nave D6cu dpE1SiASSNA A'AS'i'''S1
of the police force by Mayor Haynes,
The appointments became effective
Monday, May 6.
Wedding invitations. commencement
folders and announcement cards of all
kinds printed neatly and reasonably
at The Irish Standard office, sos End
Ave, S. Call and see samples.
Division No. 4, Ladies' Auxiliary to
the A. o. H.. will give a card party
and dance next Thursday evening at
Maccabee hall, Franklin and Bloom
ington. Choice prizes will be given
to winners. Tickets 15c.
All applications by prospective car
riers who wish to take the civil serV-
ice examination for carriers must be in
at the postofice by May is. The ex-
animation will be held May p, and it
is expected that between so and 10 ap-
plications will be made as already
there has been much inquiry about the
examination. This one is for carriers
only and not for both clerks and car
riers as the examinations usually are.
Michael Garvey, of Eden Prairie Is
the second victim of a sleek exponent
of the famous baggage" swindle game
who has operated in Minneapolis dur
ing the past week. Garvey struck up
a chance acquaintance with an affable
stranger and ended up by advancing
the stranger $32 to help pay bill on
some baggage that did not exist. The
fact that the stranger had in his pos
session a check for several hundred
dollars led to the Eden Prairie man
to believe that his new-found friend
was all right. The fact that William
Anderson was bucoed out of $72 in
precisely the same way leads the police
to conclude that the same swindler is
Of the baggage game"
Maintaining that the Minneapolis
street railway company has no vested
rights beyond those enjoyed by any
user Of the city streets: that its life
as corporate institution has ceased
with the expiration of the tl1irty-year
franchise, and that in abiding by the
ordinance of 1900 the street railway
company admitted the right of the city
to make future amendments and pro-
visions governing the regulation of
the street car company, including the
reduction Of fares, the answer Of the
city to the bill Of complaint Of the
street railway company was filed in
afternoon by City Attorney Healy.
Mayor Haynes, Judges Lancaster and
MCGEE, as counsel for the city and City
Attorney Healy, as solicitor and coun-
sci for the city, signed the answer as
citys legal representatives. Through
voluminous mass of answers, to ev-
Of the street railway company, the an
swer specifically holds that the life
Of the company ceased to exist July 1,
1903, and denies that the company has
secured the extension of it's franchise
to July, 1887, as alleged in the bill of
complaint.
Over 1000 Polish residents of this
city Joined hands Sunday afternoon at
the Holy Cross hall, Seventeenth ave-
nue. northeast and Fourth street, in
celebrating the anniversary of the
drafting Of the Polish constitution. The
event among the Poles corresponds
to the celebration of July in this
country. The day means as much to
the people from across the ocean as
Independence day does to Americans.
The exercises Of yesterday were ar
ranged and carried out under the di-
rection of Rev. Henry Jajeski of the
Holy Cross Polish church. He worked
for weeks making arrangements and
in drilling the various participants in
their parts. Promptly at $3.50 in the
afternoon the program was started in
the presence of over 1000 people.
Among the numbers given were selec-
tions by the Holy Cross church band
and songs by chorus Of over 200
children. Both the band and the
chorus responded to encores. National
airs proved to be the most popular.
Every time one was sung or played
the people rose to their feet and
cheered. Besides these selections lead
ers among the Poles delivered adj
dresses. They spoke of the struggles
of the common people and of their
triumph on May 5. 1891, when they
secured the same rights and privileges
enjoyed by the nobility Present con-
ditions in Poland were spoken of and
some time was given by the speakers
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