The Irish standard., 1908-04-11
CITY IN BRIEF.

Years Ola, OF INOrtn M11ledpOllS, WHICH
occurred few days ago, marked the
passing Of the Ellstrum family, and
the tenth death in seven years from
consumption. Father. mother, eight
sons and daughters succumbed to the
white plague"
Tomorrow evening in st. Charles
church Father Cleary will give his an
nual production Of the Passion play
with beautifully illustrated lecture. The
occasion being Palm Sunday night
those who attend this event will be
the better prepared for the exercises
of Holy Week.
The April term Of the Hennepin
county district court began Monday
Judge F. c. Brooks and Judge Andrew
Holt called the civil, and Judge David
+. Simpson the criminal calendar
There are lis civil cases on the call
cndar for the April term. This is an
unusual number. OF the civil cases, 81
arc tax cases, 9S are default divorce
cases, 13S are court cases and 399 are
jury cases..
Samuel A. Kirknan, for II years
known on the Minneapolis police de-
partment as The Stepladder Ser
gcant,' died Sunday afternoon at the
Soldiers Home, following a stroke of
paralysis. Sergeant Kirkman at the
time of his death wa. 70 years of age
and had been actively engaged in the
work of the department up to 1900. O.
S. Kirkman, a son, and Mrs. c. A.
White, daughter, survive.
Thomas o'Leary. formerly member
of the fire department. extinguished
fire last Sunday which threatened to
destroy the barn in the rear of the
Murray Institute. go Tenth street S.
He was passing the place when he saw
fire on the roof. After turning in an
alarm, he took the garden hose, went
to the roof of the building and extin-
guished the fire alone. When his for
mer comrades arrived there was moth
ing to do.
The Clementines will give their first
dancing party on Easter Monday even
ing at the East Side Auditorium, corner
Gath and Central aves. Kelsey's or
chestra will furnish music and the
following committee is working to
make it success: The Misses Anna
Mullisan. Nellie Roche. Margaret MUIR
ray, Laura Lienau, Agnes Lavelle, Ag-
nes MCGUIRE, Clara Bredemus, Helen
Lienau, May Murray, Rose schwiezer
and Jessie Moran.
In order that the Sim F'eir meetings
may not conflict with the Lenten SER
vices held in the various Catholic
churches throughout the city on Sun
day evenings, the next regular meet
ing. which was scheduled for Sunday
evening, April 18th, has been post
poned until Friday evening, April 24th
The Shamrock Social club will give
It's next dancing party at Eastha gen
hall on Bloomington avenue Wednes-
day evening, April %. Cafarelli's Or
chestra will furnish the music.
Bids We're opened Monday by the
Park boards committee on improve
ments for constructing the pavilion at
Powderhorn park, and the proposed
workshop and storage barn at Lyndale
farmstead. Satisfactory proposals
were made and contracts were let sub
ject to the approval Of the board. The
pavilion at Powderhorn park will be
located on the lake shore at the south
cast end and will serve the double
purpose of a shelter in summer and
warming house for skaters and hockey
players in winter. The buildings at
the Lyndale farmstead will replace the
big barn destroyed by fire several
weeks ago.
Pneumonia continues to be the dead
liest disease with which people in Min
neapolis are afflicted. In March the
deaths from this cause reached fifty,
or one-fifth of the entire death list, and
greater than the number Of deaths
from any other two causes. OF infec-
tious diseases, there was only one
death each from scarlet fever. small
pox and measles, three from typhoid
fever and seven from diphtheria. The
total number of deaths reported is
254, of which 14s victims were males
and los females. There was one suicide;
nine deaths were from accidental
causes, twenty-one from consumption,
sixteen from cancer and twenty one
from heart disease
Mrs. Adolph Hirschfield. wife of DR..
Adolph Hirschfield, 1919 Lyndale ave-
nue. north, Minneapolis. had narrow
escape from asphyxiation Monday.
She was saved by the arrival Of her