The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-04-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A. H. Weir, ex-mayor Of Lincoln,
Neh.. died suddenly
Commander Peary will start on an
other attempt to reach the pole in
June.
The Memphis Jockey club was in
dicted for permitting betting at its
track.
George G. Benedict, editor-in-chief
Of the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press,
died of old age.
The car of Russia made NJ. Pichno.
a notorious anti-semite, a member OF
the council of empire.
The plant of the Columbus Dispatch
and an adjoining building were al
most destroyed by fire.
Thomas II. Clay. grandson of Hen
ry Clay and we'll known Kentuckian.
died at his home in Lexington.
D. II. Kochcrsperger. formerly
treasurer of Cook count, Illinois, and
prominent in Chicago politics, is dead.
company's yielding to all the demands
of the men except recognition OF the
union.
The Oil Paper company Of Toxic
ordered $1.0o0,0oO worth of machinery
from the General Electric company of
New York
A Southern Pacific passenger train
was ditched at Browns, New, the en-
gineer being killed and several pas
sengers hurt.
A gasoline launch containing two
men and two boys capsized in the
Illinois river at Ottawa, Ill. All four
We're drowned.
Three men were instantly killed at
Ilillsville. Pa, by tho explosion Of a
ton of powder at the plant of the Bur
ton Powder company.
President Roosevelt ended q long
contest by appointing Oscar P. Humid
ley United States Judge for the North
ern district of Alabama.
Col. Francis r. Lacey. retired Off
Ger of the United States army. died
at Columbus, O. He served in the
civil and Spanish-American wars.
Tho Union of Russian People
planned an attack on the Jews at Rus.
sian Easter time. April %, and thou
sands of Jewish families left the
country.
The Union Pacific officially an
nonnced the building of 100 miles Of
new double tracking in Wyoming, to
be finished during this year at cost
of $3.OOO.ooo.
The jury in the Smathers case de.
cided that Smathers had not con
spired to drug Lou Dillon and should
retain the gold cup won by his horse
Major Delmar.
DIR. Simon Flexner, head Of the
Rockefeller institute. New York, has
discovered a meningitis serum, but he
declines to discuss it till he has ex
pcrimented on human beings.
The freight steamer Sycamore. ply
ing between Oyster Bay, l.. l., ant
Port Chester, N. Y, went ashore or
the rocks near the entrance of Por
Chester hnrbor. The crew of ten was
saved.
Mrs r. H. lsmay. widow Of the
founder of the White Star STEAMSHIP
line and mother of Joseph Bruce Is
may, president of the international
Mercantile Marine company, died In
London.
Willie Sell. who has served 20 years
for the murder Of his father mother
brother and sister in Kansas, was
pardoned by Gov. Hoch on condition
that he should not exhibit himself foI
the purpose Of making money.
The discovery of Il new counterfeit
SO (Buffalo) United States note is
announced by the United States Sc
cret service. new counterfeit Sc
national bank note has also been dis
covered. on the First National bank
Of Hereford. Texas.
The plant of the Amsterdam IN
y Broom company. the largest indie
pendent brush and broom concern ir
the country was completely des
troyed by fire, causing a loss of 500,
900. William Sullivan. fireman, was
killed by a falling wall.
One of the large buildings in the
League Island navy yard, Philadel
phia, containing the saw mill, joiner
shop and pattern shop. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire. Officers a,
the yard estimated the loss at be
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