The Irish standard., 1908-11-14

Northern railway ,or the fiscal year,
according to it's anru"l report filel
the other day wit, the state railroad
and warehouse commission No pas
sengers were killed or the o03s.14
miles of track ope' atad in Minnesota
A total of 45.923 persons voted IT.
Minneapolis at the general election ac-
cording to the figures compiled at the
city clerks Office from the rnso"ds
the judges of election. OF :.e tota,
44,s2S were men and 723 wonlcn. From.
the number of registered voters on the
hooks. 1t is shown that 5aoC men failed
to vote after having registered, and
that 1.4o1 women charged rhcir ,ninds
and did not vote despi't, their having
had their names listed.
A meeting of the newspaper men
of the city was held last Monday even-
ing to consider the advisaEility 1T re-
organizing the Press slab, which had
2 membership of about 100 Son,e years
ago, but had dwindled to >. who con-
tfnued to pay their dues and keep the
club alive. The pop >:ty of the club
is valued at $4,000. ana til. enthusiasm
shown by those who attcroci the
meeting indicated tl,as rcorganiza-
tion would soon be e~eeted
The Twin City Rap.i Transit COM
pany, in an endeavor t, maintain alb.
solute courtesy among its conductors
and other employees who c,.ne in
contact with the general prb'c, IS
following the system taken ty the
Lackawanna railroad c"mpany IT, Civ.
ing instructions to their men through
a series of circulars. The street car
company has reproduced the railroad
company's circulars and each man has
received the communication. Among
the rules laid down in the circular is
tho following: Courtesy is not the only
something the public has right to
expect Of you; but it pays
while the term cannot be found in
any English dictionary. Il is. \ gooi
word nevertheless. FRAGILE is de-
rived from the German, and while it is
not in common use in the United
States. any Southerner could scll You
the meaning Of it or at lcast think he
could, but after eXpountl:,,g at great.
length he would probably leave YOU as
much in the dark as ever I'll not at
tempt to explain it since :he President
has declined to do SO, but agree with
him that the best detiuit;on Of the
term is seen in the way Taft carried
the nation in the receet election
Rev. John Cavanaugl,, c. $. c.. rres
ident of Notre Dame university, spen
day in Minneapolis last week. being
on his way home from San Frarc .sco
where he attended the silver jubilee
celebration for Archbishop Riordan,
an alumnus of Notre Dalnc. He visit
ed several friends in the city, after
wards going to st. Thomas college at
Merriam Park. Father Cavanough la I.
ter visited President Northrop aid the
University Of Minnesota and exrressed
great pleasure after his in vestigatiop
Of the work and methods of the instj
tuition.
Action to forfeit the charters Of some
OF the brewing companies ,f Mmneap
oils is sought by the Minneapolis Civic
Federation. Attorney General Young
was appointed last Tuesday to lend the
use of his name to quo warra"to pro-
ceedtngs against the companies to
compel them to show cause WHY their
charters shall not be revoked. The
ground for this proposed action is that
the brewing companies are o"ly er
gagged in the retail liquor business
through the ownership OF licenses. It
Is a well-known fact that the great
majority of the saloors of Niinnesp polls
ere owned by the brewe.ies. and tho
men IN whose names Tire licenses Stand
are merely employees. Under this COZ.
dition the claim is mad, that the l.rew-
ing companies are exceeding their
charter powers and should lose ther
charters entirely.