The Irish standard., 1907-05-25
! Gbe Irish STANDARD
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CITY IN BRIEF.


sell sanatoriun, aged 80 years. He
leaves a wife and two sons.
Plants for Memorial Day decorations
can be had from the Sisters at the
Catholic Orphanage. Ferty sixth street
and Chicago avenue.
w. W. Kennedy, a senior chemistry
student at the university. has been
awarded the s5ee prize scholarship Of
fered by the Boston Polytechnical col
lege.
Lars Rand. Jr., son Of Alderman
Lars Rand of the Sixth ward, won the
Palace medal in the competitive drill
Monday afternoon on the campus. The
medal must be won three times in sue
cession before it becomes the perma-
nent property Of any contestant.
The municipal building commission
Thursday boosted the pay Of the chief
electrician for the city hall and court
house SIS month, and all other en-
ployes in the building, janitors, fire.
men, elevator men and others, IS a
month. The raises will take effect at
once.
Division No. Z, A. o. H.. has de-
cided to meet hereafter in Columbus
hol Rrct
meeting in June VIII be held at the
new location. Before moving the d.
vision gave a card party and social
dance at Morgan Post hall Thursday
evening. The event was we'll attended
and a very good time was had. The
prizes were won by the following la
dies and gentlemen: Miss Feeley,
Mrs. M. Ryan. Mrs Lynch. Miss scharf,
Messrs. Patrick Mccormick, N. Reilly.
Mrs. Kate E. Sullivan, who has been
making her home with her sister, Mrs.
E. O'Brien. 1907 Adams street north
east, for some time past. left the city
early in the week for Milwaukee. She
visits the Wisconsin city at this time
which has become somewhat impaired
and will be absent month or more.
Judge Brooks decided Friday Of last
week that Paul Fontaine could not re-
cover the sum of 1925 claimed by him
to be due for services rendered Mayor
James Haynes in the recent political
campaign. The suit was dismissed on
the grounds that the services rendered
were not among those that could be
counted legal expenses in a political
campaign.
Work on the new freight depot Of
the Wisconsin Central railroad was
started Monday on the site Of the old
depot burned last month. The depot
is to be built with a frontage on
Hennepin ave. and will be three stor-
les high above the street. In the
basement will be room for four tracks
and the loading platforms. Butler
Brothers, st. Paul, are the contractors
Miss Margaret E. Neary Of this city
and Robert Ansell Scranton of Phila-
delphia were married at st. Anthony
of Padua church Friday, May H. Rev.
Father Lee officiating. A reception fol-
lowed at the home Of the brides moth
er, Mrs. Margaret Neary, 4o4 Broad
way northeast. About seventy-five
relatives and friends were present.
Mr.. Scranton and his bride left later
on train for the East. They will
make their home in Philadelphia.
Representatives Of ten parishes of
the city met last Sunday afternoon
at the knights of Columbus hall. 1922
Nicollet avenue, and, after deciding
to hold the Fourth Of July picnic at
the orphanage grounds, appointed an
executive committee to arrange the
details Of the affair. ]. M. Schultz,
who presided at the meeting, was
made chairman Of the committee, and
another meeting to be attended by ten
representatives Of each Of the ten
parishes was decided upon for tomor-
row evening at Columbus hall. f..
Morris Rothschild, of the Palace
Clothing company, is about to give
Minneapolis real Eastern skyscraper
in the shape Of a new building, II
stories high to be occupied in part by
the Palace Clothing company. Two
floors may be used by the Minneapolis
Commercial club. and the remaining
floors will be for Office purposes. The
building inspector, the chief of the fire
department and special council COM
niittee met Monday and unanimously
favored the plans for the building,
which have been prepared by Architect
F. B. Long.
The first and second degrees will be