The Irish standard., 1907-05-04
ST. PAUL..

| April goth. At this meeting it was
decided to have the Hibernians turn
out in a body for the laying of the
corner stone of New Cathedral, June
End. The county president instructed
the committee to invite all divisions
throughout the state. Headquarters at
A. o. H. halls, Maloney hotel Northern
hotel. 1t is expected that there will
be about 1000 in line
AT the same meeting a committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for the visit of National President j.
J. Cummings of Boston. The commit
tee is j. NJ. Tierney of No. 1, J. f.
Maloney of No. 8, NJ. T. O'Connell of
| No. 4. f. j. McManus of No. 8, and
R. ]. Clarke of No. 9. A meeting will
be held soon in union with committee
from Hennepin county to make all ar
engagements.
Division No. 4, A. o. H +, held their
regular meeting on Wednesday, May
LIST, at Hibernian hail. The chief feat
ure of the evening was an address by
National Vice President Jas. j. Regain.
The meeting came to an early close OH
account of their grand May ball, which
was given after the meeting. The ball
was largely attended and everybody
| had an enjoyable time.
| Division No. 9 will confer the de-
grees on a large class of candidates
May 22nd. They will also give the
last ball of the season on May 10Th.
| Mrs. M. ]. Kelly, Pine street, an
nounces tile engagement of her daugh-
ter, Miss Emelyne J. Kelly. to George
L. Ryan. The wedding will take place
in May
| The congregation of ST. Mary's
church held a reception Sunday aft
ernoon. April %, in compliment to their
pastor, Rev. T. J. Gibbons. who re-
turned last week from a four months
visit in Europe and Asia. j. T. Nc
Nally, the chairman of the parish
committee, presented Father Gibbons
with a check for $1,000.
The knights of Columbus will give
the opera The NIikado" at the new
Auditorium May 20 and 81. A mem
Der of the K. of c. went to New York
for the special purpose of getting the
costumes, which will add immensely to
the brilliancy of the opera. The COM
pany is being trained by Leo G. Bruen-
ner and Miss Ethel Malcolm.
st. Paul saw it's real baseball OPEN
ing Thursday, April %, when the ST.
Thomas team beat the Iowa university
team i'll a brilliant and exciting game
at the down town park. 1t was nip
and tuck from start to finish and the
Saints We're clearly entitled to the
honors.
Mrs. Bridget O'Connell. "a years,
wife of jeremiah O'Connell, died Sat-
urday, April 81. at the home of her
daughter Mrs. ]. f.. Gehan, 81 Arch
street. The deceased was born in Co.
Glare, Ireland. She is survived by 10
children, seven daughters and three
sons, all living in ST. Paul. Funeral
was held from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. G. T.. Gehan. at $3.50
a. H., Tuesday, April 80. Service at
ST. Vincent's church at 3.
Mrs. Bridget Hartigan, IS years Of
age, died at the family residence, 204O
Carol street, Merriam Park, Wednes-
day, April "a, Of pneumonia. Mrs.
Hartigan had been i'll but short time
and her age was Il deciding factor
against her recovery. She had lived
at Merriam Park for the past thirteen
| years. Her son. John a. Hartigan, is
the actuary in the state insurance de-
partment. Funeral services were held
| at st. Marks Catholic church, after
which the body was sent to Shoreham,
VT. for burial
Mayor r. A. Smith today named DR..
G. A. REM, health commissioner; DIR.
a. w. Dunning of the Fairgrounds
perintendent of parks, as delegates to
the National Fairgrounds association,
which meets in Chicago in June, 1907.
The board of police commissioners,
at the regular monthly meeting Mon
day afternoon, raised the salary of
Chief of Police O'Connor from $4,000
to $4,000 per year. This was done in
accordance with a law that passed the
last legislature, raising the limit Of
the chiefs salary to $4,000. The city
charter limit was $2.50O The board
accepted the resignation of two patrol
men, Ben Morgan and Mic Lucius,
both of whom left the force to enter
private business. The monthly pay
roll was passed, amounting to s16,-
566.26. for the salaries of the whole
police department. The payroll for
April a year ago was s15,s2o5S. Bills