The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-01-12

| "eeN vi dSe are all QeducteQ the num-
Der Of deaths in 1906 was 2,413.
U. G. Purssell, who was recently
appointed section director at Minnc-
apolis for the weather bureau to fill
the place made vacant by the death
Of T. $. Outram, arrived Wednesday
from Eric, Pa, and took charge Of
the Office.
The state board of health has de-
cided that the life of a diphtheria pa
tlent must not in the future be jeop.
ardized because the patient is tinan
cially unable To buy antitoxin. The
board will, i'll the future, keep on
hand Il large supply Of the remedy
for free distribution among the poor
people of the state. Tho board re-.
!, Gently discussed the ACCESSIBILITY Of
appointing u special department on
tuberculosis in charge of IL specialist,
whose chief work would be to travel
from place to place giving lectures on
the prevention and cure Of the great
white plague.
Three prisoners were pardoned by
the state pardon board at its meeting
Monday. There were eight applica-
lions i'll all, four of them from convicts
now serving life sentence at saltwater.
None of these We're granted. Henry
Bolland, sentenced from Lac qui Parle
county in 1904 for assault, was one of
the men who were given their liberty.
His aged mother, 81 years old, APP
peared before the board to plea for
her son, and her request was granted.
Frank c. Young, sent from Hennepin
county, Oct. Il, 1906, was pardoned.
His offense was grand larceny. James
E. Gearin, sentenced from Washing
ton county, October, 1905, was the
other lucky man.
With a pronounced drop in flour
prices the past week, Minneapolis
millers have experienced little pickup
from the dull trade that has obtained
from the early fall. The holiday leth-
argy is expected to hold over until
the 18th Of the present month, when
q brisker trade is looked for. East
ern stocks are still reported extremely
low, with the prospect Of a good trade
in Minneapolis flour with the Begin
ing Of future order buying. Millers
are not complaining over the present
trade but expect a decided pickup
toward the middle Of the month. Mills
at the present time are running at
easy capacity and the trade is ex-
pected to keep mills running at a
higher figure until a late period when
the effects Of holiday dulness wears
off.
William J. Sullivan, charged with
firing the bullet which killed 16-year-
old Ida Durford a few minutes after
the new year was ushered in, will not
be prosecuted for his act. At noon
Wednesday the grand jury, which has
been considering Sullivan's case and
eighteen others, returned mo bill'
against Sullivan, and the charge of
granddaughter in the third degree,
placed against him by the county at
torney, will be dropped. 1t is said
that evidence was placed before the
jury showing that there was indis-
criminate shooting in the neighbour
hood of the Durford house on that
night and, although Sullivan admitted
that he had fired revolver at the
time the accident occurred, the evil
dence was not sufficient to warrant
the returning of an indictment against
him ON a. nnanslaughter charge.
Carpenters Union No. { Of the Twin
Cities has decided to ask for an in
crease of S cents an hour in their
wage scale for the coming year. They
expect the increase to be granted
without trouble. They argue that the
raise asked is reasonable, since most
other large western cities has higher
scale than the Twin Cities.
c. j. Bintliff was unanimously elect
ed president Of tho board of education,
and w. K Hicks was unanimously re-
elected secretary at Il reorganization
meeting held Monday. DR.. Thomas +.
Quinby, who has been Il member of
the board for the past twelve years,
gave up his seat to his successor, J.
H. Steele The new Columbus school
will be erected by r. J. Cheney, who
was ont of the five contractors to en-
ter bids. His price was $19,363 and
the other bids We're as follows: f. j.
Davis, $19.465; J. Il. Pilgran1, $20,495;
T. H. Raidt, $19,494; Trainor Bros,
$19,S0o.
WITH THE DEAD.