The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
CITY IN BRIEF.

Edward Lightfoot, who sued the
street railway company for $1,000 Tor
injuries sustained in leaving car it
9Th st. and 9Th ave. g., Jan. 8, failed
to recover anything by a verdict re-
turned late Saturday in district court
Mayor Haynes has received an invi-
tation to attend a mayors congress ut
st. Louis, in connection with the oity's
centennial celebration, from pot.
to Oct. .. It IL probable that he
will attend.
Andrew Rinker, city engineer. asked
the park board Monday for a small
tract of land on Kenwood boulevard,
upon which to build water tower fos
the Lowry Hill district. The request
was referred to q committee.
Frank N. Hall, civil war veteran
from Milwaukee, slipped on q side
walk at Second and Washington aves.
g., during the rain Tuesday night.
and fractured his right hip. He was
taken to the city hospital.
Mrs. Frank ]. Mackey, formerly OF
Minneapolis but now of London, Eng,
is the guest of Mrs. c. Nice. Reeve OF
Harriet boulevard. Mrs. Mackey WAS
one of the guests at the reception CIV
an by Mrs. Reeve in honor of the
wives of the Japanese ENJOYS.
A silver service costing $4,000, gift
of the state, and a stand OF colors'
bought by the school children of Min
neapolis, will be presented to the bat
tleship Minnesota in New York harbor
Oct. 4, by A. H. stem, J. Harry Lewis,
and O. c. Calhoun, the. commission
appointed by the late Gov. Johnson.
Congressman w. S. Hammond of st.
James, the only Democratic congress-
man in the Minnesota delegation,
spent few hours in Minneapolis last
week. He WIS on his way home from
the east, where he had been enjoy
ing a vacation since the adjournment
of congress.
The Japanese commercial commits.
sioners we're royalty entertained dur
ing their stay in the city and met
President Taft at the festive board
on Sundeay evening where interna-
tional courtesies were exchanged.
They were most favorably impressed
with the great metropolis of the
Northwest.
Miss Mary A. McFadden, recently Of
the editorial staff of the Duluth News
Tribune, wrote very interesting ar
ticle on Mrs. Governor Johnson for
one 81 the local papers. Miss Nc
Fadden is an expert in the writing Of
biographical sketches. and this latest
from her pen adds to her literary
fame.
The date for the marriage of Miss
Anne Ueland, daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Andreas Ueland, and Mr. KEN
meth Taylor of st. Paul, has been sat
for Thursday, Oct. Z. 1t will be q
quiet home wedding at the LELAND
residence, on Calhoun boulevard.
Judge Iceland has recently returned
from a trip to Europe which he en-
joyed very much. -,
wilhelm Wagner died at the home
Of his son-in-law, c. G. Hoffman,, OF
1878 Adams st. n. g., Sunday, Sept
10. Mr.. Wagner, who was born in
Germany sixty-eight years ago, came
from that country to this city but a
few months since. His funeral took
place from the above number oa
Tuesday last. Interment was in Hill
side cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Blethen, who
had been spending week in Mime
apolis and at the Ryan hotel, St
Paul, left Wednesday morning for
their home in Seattle. Mr.. Blethen
is the son Of Alden ]. Blethen, at ono
sAAAAS % VAAAAAAoaPO4AD newspaper 1IdO,
and his wife was formerly Miss Mae
Kingsley Of st. Paul. Their marri-
age took place in July in Seattle,
Wash.
In the personal injury case of JOS
eph Mcknight against Henry w.
Brown, which was the first civil case
to be given to a jury at the present
term, q verdict was returned for the
defendant. Mcknight claimed that as
he was cycling at Washington and
Fifth avenues north he was run over
by Mr.. Brown in his automobile. Tho
plaintiff alleged that his injuries were
due to negligence on the part of tho
driver of the machine and claimed *.
344.
A storm which travelled up ths
Hiasiaainnf valley -frorn tho o1,1P