The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-01-11
CITY IN BRIEF.

There will be a meeting of the Sim
Fein society tomorrow (Sunday) eve
ming at o'clock. All who are inter-
csted in Ireland's cause are asked to
be present. The ladies, too, arc es-
pecially invited. DO not forget to be
present at knights of Columbus hall
tomorrow evening.
The Young Mems Club of Ascension
parish has a basket ball team and ono
to be proud of at that. The boys have
won such string of victories that
they have earned a place in the City
League. The Ascensions and the
Drummonds will meet at Ascension
gymnasium next Friday evening and
lively contest is predicted.
The legal battle between the factions
of the local order of Eagles, which
brings the grand aerie into the case,
will be tried in the district court, Feb.
z, with w. A. Kelly the plaintiff. The
case will decide whether it is posi-
BILE for the grand aerie to take away
a charter and allow new local aerie
to be established in any city without
the consent of a portion of the men,
bership.
st. Cloud council of the knights of
Columbus will confer the degrees Of
the order on a large class tomorrow
(Sunday) afternoon. The st. Cloud
council will be assisted by Grand
knight j. H. Nightingale and District
Deputy Baldwin of Minneapolis. 4
large delegation of Minneapolis
knights will leave on the $3.50 train
tomorrow morning to participate in
the ceremonies.
No more refunds are to be made on
saloon license moneys, if the recon-
,nendation Of the city comptroller is
adopted by the council. A communi-
cation was sent the city clerk Thurs
day by that official asking that the
council cancel outstanding warrants
for such payments. The action is the
result Of a recent opinion by the city
attorney that the refunding is illegal
If the recommendation is approved.
about $4,000 will be turned over to the
current expense fund.
Mr.. de P. Vontom, musical director
of Holy Rosary church, has projected
q plan for the formation of an i'm
nense chorus, exclusively of Catholics
Of the Twin Cities, and to number
1000 voices-or 500 in each city. This
chorus would be called upon on the
occasion of any great ecclesiastical
function or public festival, and would
also present each year one or two
great Catholic oratorios or other
works. The plan is at present only in
it's incipient stages, but the idea is
meeting with general approval.
Mayor Haynes appointed James E..
Edwards probation officer for the mu-
nicipal court. He will hold the rank
OF a sergeant of police. The office is
a. new one, corresponding to the pro-
baton officer Of the district court. The
officer will look after the men who are
given suspended sentences. They will
report to him occasionally and he will
follow up the cases and see that the
men under such sentences live up to
the rules laid down for their conduct
by the court.
Holy Rosary Choral Union, at its
annual meeting this week. elected the
following officers for 1908: President,
Mr.. Fassbinder; vice president, Ed.
Green; recording secretary Ernest
Carr; financial secretary, Walter To-
bin; librarian, r. J. Hughes; assistant
librarian, Miss Antonio Marquis. G. r.
de P. Vontom is the musical director
and NINE. Rosa dErina is the organ
ist Of Holy Rosary church. After the
meeting pleasing social program
by the ladies. The organization now
numbers 1875 voices.
A little leather covered prayer book
found near the body of Patrick O'Reil-
~, who was killed in a railroad wreck
at Glyndon, MIMI. Aug. "a. 1907. has
furnished clue to the Hennepin coun-
ty probate court for finding relatives
in Ireland. In a letter received
Wednesday from a. sister, Katherine
in Dinmore. she told of giving Patrick
the prayer book when he took leave
of the country, thus clearing the mys-
terry of the unidentified Irish boy. w.
E. Hewitt. who has been acting as his
attorney for the estate, will send a
neat sum to Ireland as the boys leg
ncy to his family.
Two men were painfully burned, and
the lives of half dozen others were
endangered in a fire that burned the
Hartman Furniture & Carpet compa-
-. t.