The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-12-21
IN PASSING


! from his eastern trip Wednesday. To
show how generously his constituents
Z can remember him the position of the
J lid" was quietly mentioned to his
5 honor following his arrival.
I State Senator Julius A. Collier Of
5 Shakopee, Mimi. and Miss Cora Dem
mis- of Cedar Rapids, Ia, were married
Z Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, in the Inn
} maculate Conception church of the
5 latter named city.
I Augustus Ringing, head Of the CTR
) Gus combination which controls the
( shows of Ringing Bros, Barnum &
Z Bailey and Forepaugl- Sells. died at
) New Orleans last Wednesday. He was
s IS years of age. His remains were
I taken to his old home at Baraboo,
I Wis, for interment.
I The Belle PLANE Herald, one Of our
! most excellent state exchanges, is big
ger and brighter than ever this week.
3 The Christmas number glistens with
: many good things, brief but Interest,"
5 ing historical sketch of the town ap.
( pearing first in order. Many choice
engravings appear of the principal
{ streets and buildings and altogether
/ it is neat and tasty number.
There is said to be a movement on
s foot in New Jersey to send Grover
{ Cleveland as a delegate to the next
Z national Democratic convention. This
, seems to cause surprise in some quar-
) tiers, particularly, no doubt, because
Z of his supposed antipathy to Mr..
I Bryan. 1t would be rather queer to see
s him supporting the popular Nebras-
4 kan. But stranger things have hap.
pened.
At secret consistory held in the
Vatican early i'll the week four new
Cardinals were created by Pope Plus
\. and several bishops We're precon-
( lied. The new cardinals are Mgr.
Z Fietro Gasparri, secretary of the con-
) gregation of extraordinary ecclesias-
s tical affairs; Mgr. De Lai. secretary
I of the congregation of the council;
! Mgr Ludovic Henry Lucon, archbishop
) of Rheims, and Mgr. Paul Pierre An
drieu, archbishop Of Marseilles.
o Dan O'Leary the pedestrian who re-
Gently walked a mile at the beginning
of every hour for 1000 hours has is
sued a challenge for a six-day contest
to his old antagonists, Edward Payson
Weston, Henry Schmel and Charles
Rowell. the latter of England. They
are all old men now. Dan defeated
y them over a quarter of a century ago
and he thinks he is capable of doing it
again. At 10 he has lost none of his
, grit.
There seems to be serious differ
. ence between Governor johnson and
DR.. Mayo as to just what the Gov.
ernor said about his presidential can
didacy. If the Governor is not care.
full he will soon be in the same class
, with Roosevelt and he will have to
start an Ananias Club of his own.
. Roosevelt has had a great deal of
trouble with. his friends. Governor
johnson is fast getting into the samo
position.
, Archbishop Ireland was in Glencoe,
this state, on Sunday last. where he
confirmed 1873 persons. He was as.
sisted by the local pastors, Rev. Faith
ers Leopold Haas and P. A. Quesnel
of SITS. Peter and Paul and st. George
, churches. and by Fathers ITCHY OF
Silver Lake, Mead of Hutchinson and
Goelert of st. Paul. In the evening
His Grace lectured on "The Divinity
of Christ" before large number Of
: people.
Benjamin Hadley, an eccentric mill
lionaire of Somerville, Mass, died at
his home in that city last Monday. He
was 80 years of age and was never
married. 1t is further related of Ben
, Jamin that he never Joined any kind
Of organization, never had his life in
sured, never purchased a ticket for any
sort of entertainment, never ate a. meal
in a hotel or restaurant and did not
spend more than 81 in his entire life
for Car fare. He wore a collar and
necktie only on special occasions and
managed. among further eccentricities,
to accumulate real estate to the value
of $1,500,o00. He was said to have
been Republican in politics. This
will hardly be questioned.