The Irish standard., 1907-03-09
Gbe Irish STANDARD
Office (o5 Second Ave. So.
TELEPHONE: TWIN CITY 273
CITY IN BRIEF.

Miss Mary McGrath. 2445 Portland
avenue, recently entertained the Off,
GERS and auditing committee Of Di-
vision No. Auxiliary A. o. H. at
her pleasant South Side home.
DR.. e. II. Beckrnan, city physician,
has resigned and has accepted posi-
ton with the Mayo hospital at Roch-
ester. His resignation will take effect
about April /. DR.. Beckrnan has been
city physician for nearly two years,
having been appointed in July of 1905.
DIR. schacht has passed away. The
great tackle Of the Minnesota football
team Of 1902 and 1908, after suffering
from Brights disease for several
months, finally succun1bed to its ner
ciless attacks and died at Seattle, in
the state Of Washington, last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Andrew McGlynn Of 1901 Fifth
street north, left on a brief visit to
her old home in New Bedford, Mass,
4 short time since and will be absent
two weeks or more. Chicago and
Providence are also objective points
where Mrs. McGlynn will stop before
returning.
The sale was announced late last
week of Regan Brothers big restau-
rant at % Fourth street south, to J. J..
Haley Of Duluth and c. A. McGlone
Of this city, now proprietor Of the
Twenty-sixth avenue hotel, who will
hereafter operate the restaurant under
the firm name Of McGlone & Haley.
q. Injured in a. collision between log
xi1s team and a street car at Fourth
street southeast and Eighth avenue,
Martin H. Sheridan is suing the Min
neapolis Street Railway company for
$4,000. The case is being tried before
Judge F. G. Brooks. Mr.. Sheridan as
serts that he was accompanying load
of logs on Oct. 26, 1906, and that a
car ran into the team and tackle. One
OF the logs was knocked from the car
and he was crushed beneath it. He
asserts that he was permanently in
jured.
P. J. Breen and his family narrowly
escaped death in a fire that damaged
their home, 1880 Third street north
east, early Tuesday, and were rescued
by iremen who helped them out
through the window. The fire started
in the basement and spread to the
first floor, destroying the stairs that
q. led to the second floor. When the fire.
men arrived the family had been awak-
cned by the smoke and were ready to
descend the ladders. The fire was
easily extinguished and the loss will
not exceed 5000.
The council committee OH health and
hospitals held a. meeting Monday aft
ernon at which number of fuel deal
ers and representatives OF smoke
abatement devices We're present. The
object Of the meeting was to consider
the matter Of smoke abatement in
Minneapolis. The general opinion ex-
pressed by those present was that the
proposition of smoke abatement is en-
tirely practical. The committee took
no action as to the adoption or recon-
mendation of any particular device.
The committee OH fire department met
Monday afternoon and awarded the
contract for chemical hose to the Plant
Rubber company. The bid Of the above
company was 23A cents per foot for
three-quarter-inch hose and 35 cents
per foot for one-inch hose; 2,100 feet
Of each dimension was ordered.
At the regular meeting of the Junior
Pioneers association, which was held
in Memorial hall last Monday evening
the board Of directors was completed
About $50 members We're present when
President Frank HaycoclS called the
meeting to order. After preliminary
business the following men We're
chosen directors from the various
wards in the city: First ward, w. Il
Schultz; Second, w. L. Wiggin; Third
John w. Corey; Fourth, Ed Goff;
Fifth, John P. Nash; Sixth, H. T. Ker-
stem: Seventh, w. L. Fitzpatrick:
Eighth, Earl H. Connor; Ninth, L. G
Buck; Tenth, w. A. Rollins; Eleventh
James Williams; Twelfth, Martin Nc
Hale; Thirteenth, A. NJ Goodrich. Al
the next meeting, which will be held
the first Monday in April, the following
named men will speak: Congressman
Nye, w. H. Eustis, Loren F1etche,
and Albert Hall.
J. G. O'Keeffe of this city, past higl
chief ranger Of the Independent Order
of Foresters Of this state, received q
telegram from Toronto Monday after.
Aoon, announcing the death of the ia.