The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-09-21
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mence its next dancing series with a
social hop at Easthagen hall. 2413
Bloomington avenue Wednesday even
ing, Oct. 2.
The Hibernian baseball team has
record Of IA victories and defeats for
the season just ended. OF the games
lost but one was played at home. This
10 a creditable showing for the first
year.
A pretty wedding was solemnized at
Hopkins Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock when Miss Adele Maloney be-
came the bride of. Herbert A. Pallen
of Battle Creek, Mich. The marriage
took place at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Maloney,
and was witnessed by a large gather
ing Of friends and relatives. Father
Mahoney oficiated.
A post-season Sunday State League
game will be played tomorrow at the
Minnehaha ball park. Manager Hent-
chell claims his team to be better than
the club bossed by king" Newgard,
and the unsatisfactory ending of the
last game between these two teams
has only increased the strong rivalry
that existed between the two clubs
The Faribault and Tooze teams stand
as the two strongest aggregations in
the State League and as the players
OF the two teams are determined to
win it should be great contest.
Conductor George p Mullen, aged q,
was crushed to death near Second ave-
nue. and Main street northeast Friday
night Of last week by Great North
ern stock train, of which he had
charge. The unfortunate conductor
went in between the cars to replace a
drawbar. While in this position the
slack of the long train came back,
crushing his body. Death was not in
Simultaneous, the young man still being
conscious when picked up by his fell
low trainmen He was hurried to st.
Mary's hospital. dying few minutes
after his arrival there. The home Of
the youthful conductor was Campbell,
Mimi. where his parents reside.
For the second time in six months
the plant of the Andrews Heating COM
pany at Fifth avenue south and First
street was visited by fire Tuesday even
ing. The loss was small, but for a
time 1t appeared as though the An
drews Heating plant as we'll as sur.
rounding flour mills would go. Only
the good work of the fire department
saved millions Of dollars worth Of prop
erty. The fire started from unknown
causes on the first floor Of the An
drews company machine shop and
spread rapidly. When discovered it
had gained good headway When the
department arrived flames were break
ing through the roof and it looked as
though surrounding buildings would
go.
A basis of settlement has been de-
cided on by the officials of the firm
Of Watson & Co., who made an assign
ment short time ago. They have
made proposition to their creditors
to settle on a basis Of so cents on the
dollar and for the balance to give in
terest-bearing notes, to be paid from
time to time. covering long period.
Nearly all the creditors of the COM
pany in New York, Chicago and Min
neapolis have signed up an agreement
to this effect. H. p. Watson was at
Winnipeg Wednesday, and it is be-
lieved that the creditors there will
also fall in line. 1t is understood that
one Of the stipulations in the agree:
ment is to close the New York stock
market and concentrate all energies
in the Minneapolis grain office, which
has always been paying venture
Raymer's Old Book Store, for many
years a rendezvous for Minneapolis
knowledge seekers, is now a Seattle
enterprise. A recent issue of the Seat
tie Tribune has the following: The
old Book trust has arrived and now,
even our old books are not sacred or
free from the trustifier, and has reached
out one of its feelers and taken in
Seattle, and liable to feel Teddy's Big
Stick very soon. Chas. D. Raymer
80 we'll known as the originator Of
Raymer's Old Book Store. established
in 1885 at Minneapolis. MINI, is the
promoter. having bought out Chas. E.
Randalrs Seattle Book Exchange, 1922
First avenue, and at once changed the
name to the familiar old timer Ray
ner's Old Book Store Mr. Raymer is
also interested in an establishment
bearing the same name at Spokane,
Wash, and is publishing Raymer's Die
tionarv Of Greater Seattle"