The Irish standard., 1908-02-01
IN PASSING

IN PASSING |!
Ellen NJ. Wall was on Tuesday last
appointed postmistless at De Graft,
this state, vice A. d. Beaudreau, re-
signed.
Policemen in Chicago, it is said, will
hereafter be retired in the order Of
the hardness Of their arteries. 1t might
be we'll to apply this rule to the pro-
fessional politician.
teemen from this state must the DEM
ocratic party confine itself to Frank
A. Day or T. T. Hudson?" is question
propounded by correspondent. Not
necessarily. There are others.
Don't begin to draw comparisons yet.
It's little early. Better wait Until
the March winds come and go, too, for
that matter, before summing up. Some
: more weather like we had this week
and our claims to the banana belt will
have gone glimmering.
Medical experts in the Thaw trial
have changed from brain storm 10
manic Oppressive" OF course no one
believes that they know what they are
talking about and the only reason we
can surmise for the change is that they
were afraid some Of the Jurors would
think they understood what was meant
by brain storm"
In Paris Tuesday Francois Marie
bishop of Paris, died of congestion Of
the lungs after short Illness. Cardj-
nal Richard was born at Nantes, March
1, 1919, and was made a cardinal in
1889. Mgr. Annette coadjutor ARCH
bishop Of Paris, will succeed the late
cardinal as Archbishop of Paris.
The names Of F. G. Winston. q. r.
Nelson, P. M. Ringdal, D. H. Evans
and Mayor j. c. Haynes have recently
been used i'll connection with the non-
ination of governor on the Democratic
ticket in the coming contest. When
the clouds clear away it will be found,
no doubt, that the present incumbent
has again been chosen as the party's
standard bearer for this position.
The North Dakota Democratic state
central committee, at meeting held in
Grand Forks on Tuesday last, unan:-
mously adopted resolution declaring
for William Jennings Bryan of Ne
braska for president, and Governor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota for vice
president. Now there's ticket! And
if the Governor should refuse to be-
come candidate? Why, there's Gov
ernor John Burke. Bryan and Burke
that sounds good.
Nine. Anna Gould has had all she
wants in the way Of royalty. Her ex-
perience with Count Castellane, with
whom she has just parted company,
has been of most huniliating ma
ture, but this will hardly prevent 9TH
ers of her class from falling into the
same abyss. The hunt after the titled
foreigner will continue unabated. The
unfortunate heiress Of the Gould mil
lions will soon return to America.
where she will hereafter make her
home.
The Duluth municipal election will
take place next Tuesday. Tessman,
Democrat, and Haven Republican, the
candidates for mayor, have engaged
the attention of the voters there for
the past few weeks in what has been
considered one Of the most exciting
campaigns that city has ever witnessed.
The spirit Of unity, so necessary for
success, does not seem to exist in the
DeilocFauc ranks IN the present cam
vass. If this is the case the chances
are that the next mayor will prove to
be a Republican.
Rev. Francis H. Dugan, who has been
prior Of Holy Rosary church for the
past six years, has been transferred to
the Newark, N. j., priory of the Domin-
lean fathers. Father Dugan, it is
needless to say, will carry with him
from Minneapolis the best wishes of all
who have had the pleasure of form.
ing his acquaintance. Rev. Father
Larpenteur, it is said, has been ap-
pointed in the place thus made vacant
by the change. He has been at the
Holy Rosary church for some timo