The Irish standard., 1907-09-07
l Gbe Irish STANDARD
Office: 695 Second Ave. So.
TELEPHONE. TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

OF the American Association Will meet
in the second game of the present SER
les Of four at Nico!let park this after
noon. Tomorrow the Sunday game will
be played as usual at Minnehaha ball
park. Following Kansas City there will
be four games with Milwaukee here
and four with st. Paul. The season
ends Sept. 18th. Minneapolis will prob
ably finish third.
John Kennedy died at his residence
1910 Third street northeast at the age
of 50, Wednesday morning. He is sur
vived by his wife and two children.
Mr.. Kennedy was born on the East
Side and had lived there all his life
He was at one time connected with the
police department. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the st. Anthony Of
Padua church at 9 o'clock Yesterday
morning. 1ntermcnt at st. Anthony
cemetery.
A meeting of the auditing committee
of the Police Benevolent association
was held Wednesday afternoon of last
week. and it was found that there was
a total of s6.os273 in the treasury. The
receipts at the ball game amounted to
$2,794.75, while the expenses connected
with it amounted to s23373 leaving a
net gain Of $2,561.02. The fund is
being used in assisting policemen who
are incapacitated from duty owing to
sickness. On the death of a noficer,
officers wife dies he is allowed 500 to
cover the funeral expenses.
Fire at an early hour Tuesday de-
stroyed the large screening shed Of
the w. P. Devereanx company, Twen-
ty-fifth avenue southeast and the Great
Northern tracks. The loss amounts to
about $4,000. partially covered by in
surance For time the entire elevator
district along the Great Northern tracks
was threatened with destruction.
Flames leaping from the screening shed
swept against the immense Union ele-
vator, only rs feet away, and had it
not been for the excellent work of the
fire department this structure would
have gone, togethe, with several other
elevators in the vicinity.
Mrs. Alice Courtney left this city last
evening on the Northern Pacific road
for Seattle her future home, where her
husband. John P. Courtney, has already
established a prosperous plumbing
business. Before leaving Mrs. Court
ney was rendered genuine surprise
by a large number of her Minneapolis
friends. The affair took place last Sat-
urday evening at the new residence of
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Mccarthy, 1907 Du-
pont avenue south. On behalf of those
present NJ. j. Gill made the presenta-
ton of a beautiful gold watch and
chain. Refreshments, music and cards
contributed to the evenings enjoyment.
Thomas H. Hineline, recently elected
Imperial Adool Of the Imperial Palace,
knights of Khorassan, at it's biennial
session at Colorado Springs, gave a
dinner at the Commercial club Tues
day evening to dozen friends, in cele-
bration Of the event The function was
made additionally interesting to those
present by reason of the fact that It
also took the form of a farewell to Col
E. H. Milham Of ST. Paul, who leaves
tonight accompanied by his wife. on a
years visit to China. Each guest at
the dinner was presented with a SOU
venir miniature loving cup. with his
initials engraved thereon. At the close
of an informal session of speech maxi
ing, Gen. F. E. Wheaton, on behalf of
the guests. presented a silver loving
cup to Mr.. Hineline. This was en-
graved with the words ITO Tiger Tom,
From the Bunch" with the date
Minneapolis may be one Of the few
cities in the United States to have an
automobile mail delivery system, ac-
cording to ]. T. McCeary, second as
sistant postmaster general, who was
seen at the Frederick hotel in st. Paul
Tuesday evening Former Congress
man McCleary is visiting the Twin
Cities and took part in the second an
hual convention of the Minnesota State
Leauge Of Fourth Class Postmasters
He left Minneapolis in the evening and
visited some Of his friends in st. Paul
The second assistant postmaster gen.
eral stated that within short time the
City of Brooklyn will be equipped with
automobiles for the delivery of mail
If this method is found successful in
Brooklyn it will be shortly followed by
the installation Of an automobile sys-
tenn in the cities of the class where
Minneapolis ranks.
The marriage Of Miss Gertrude