The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-04-27
S Gbe Irish STANDARD
Office (o5 Second Ave. So.
TELEPHONE, TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

CITY IN BRIEF.
Division No. 3, A. O. H, will hold a
special meeting tomorrow evening in
st. Anthony hall, at which the attend
ance Of all members is desired.
Two cents per mile will be the pas
senger rate charged by railroads in
Minnesota after May list. The Great
Northern and Milwaukee, lines have
already announced that they will abide
acted.
The Frawleys will present "Uncle
TOMS Cabin next week at the Ly-
ceum theater. This is an event looked
forward to with pleasure by many,
young and old, at this time of the year.
The presentation of the play by this
excellent stock company will draw
large houses during the week.
The scarcity of logs is verified by
the big prices being paid for logs that
have escaped the Minneapolis booms
and foated down the river. Strays last
year sold for $3.50 a thousand feet.
and this year the price jumped to $22.So
which price was bid by the Central
Lumber company of Hudson, Wis, for
strays delivered at Prescott, Wis.
Mayor Haynes Friday of last week
appointed James Hardin, E. P. Gordon,
Jas. Riley and Christopher Purcell as
patrolmen. The first named is a col
ored gentleman who has been active in
local Democratic politics. The resigna-
lions of Charles Larson and G. Milton,
patrolmen, have been accepted by the
mayor.
George Griggs, William Morgan and
Richard Golden, the three men arrest
ed on the charge of rohbing H. L.
Ward Of $1,000, have secured the serv-
ices Of prominent Omaha attorney,
in addition to Attorney Brady Of this
city. They are determined to make
q vigorous fight against the charge
that has been preferred. That the
men have money back of them is
proved by the fact that they are able
to engage costly counsel.
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union
will hold general mass meeting Sun
day afternoon at $3.50 p. IN. in Rich
aond hall, corner Third avenue south
and Fifth street. The order has prac>
tically doubled its membership in the
last three months. National organizer,
w. j. Meyers Of Chicago, will be pres
ent. and a number Of prominent labor
mon are booked for speeches. A SINH
lar meeting will be held at st. Paul
Sunday, May S. Minneapolis teleg-
raphers will attend, making the trip
in chartered cars.
The women teachers Of the Mime
apolis high schools have thrown a
bomb into school circles by demand
ing salaries as high as those paid the
men, in petition signed by every
woman teacher in the high schools.
The petition was handed in at spe-
cial meeting of the board of education
Monday afternoon, and in the absence
Of the chairman of the committee on
salaries, no official of the committee
on salaries, no official notice has been
taken of the document and no state
n,ent could be obtained as to what will
be done in the matter.
Relief Of the starving people Of China
has been made the occasion of organ
lied efforts on the part Of the Chinese
in the Twin Cities. An organization
has been perfected for handling funds.
This organization has been sending
money and supplies to all parts of
China for several months. There are
about 100 Cinnamon in Minneapolis and
60 in st. Paul. Between the two cities
an average of about $3.50 a month has
been forwarded. All Cinnamon in this
country are a part of great family.
This fact facilitates the handling of
1uHOS lOI any Pul POoC' = hS AAoA'SJ OAu
supplies contributed by local men is
forwarded, in a lump sum to San Fran
cisco, and from that city is distributed
where needed. The work is far better
organized than is generally supposed.
w. L. Harris explained to the great
audience at the Morrill, services at the
Auditorium Sunday evening that the
well-known Minneapolis preacher was
making only Sc week from his Audi
forum services. This statement came
as surprise to many persons who
have attended the Auditorium services.
Mr.. Harris explained that the 33,S00
persons who had sat under Rev. Nor
rill's preaching have put in the coliec-
ton box an average Of between and
cents a Sunday. The average weekly
collection has been $s0.6s: the rent of