The Irish standard., 1909-10-09
CITY IN BRIEF.

Inc tallest man to apply to the coun-
" auditor for hunters license this
season is Edward Davies, of Lake of
the Isles boulevard. He is 6 feet 1-2
inches in height.
Vim. F. O'Neil, Of Graceville, Mimi,
one Of the prominent citizens of that
section of the state, is in the city,
having been chosen a member OF the
federal grand jury. The court will be
in session for several days.
Miss Jennie Lind, of Colfax avenue,
daughter Of Ex-Governor Lind, has
Teen entertaining a house party this
week at the Lind summer home at
Minnewashta, Lake Minnetonka. There
were ten guests.
The old-time spelling bee will con-
tlnue to be q feature of the Mime
apolis public schools. DR.. c. M. Jor-
dan, who recently solicited opinions
from the principals of schools finds
the spelling bee is believed to stimu-
late interest to marked degree.
Among the principal speakers at the
Minnesota Educational association,
which holds its annual convention in
Minneapolis Oct. 20 to 80, will be Sem
ator Thomas P. Gore, the famous blind
senator from Oklahoma, who will lee.
ture on ABE Lincoln and jeff Davis"
Senator w. D. Washburn has re-
turned from visit to his native state
OF Maine and says he expects a wave
OF prosperity to be felt all over the
country. Let it come. There is not a
zephyr felt yet in this locality as a re-
suit of the Payne ldrich bill.
The Maria L. Sanford scholarship
at the State University is for women
only. 1t admits to Oxford, Cambridge
or London university in England. What
American woman would care about at
tending such Institutions? Only the
daughters of Anglomaniacs.
Last Sunday was the feast Of the
Holy Rosary, and sermons on it's sig
nificance were preached in all the
Catholic churches in the city. The
Dominican church celebrated the day
in special manner A procession of
400 little girls dressed in white was a
spectacular feature in the afternoon.
Father Cleary announced last Sunday
at the services held in the hall on the
corner of, Thirty first. street south and
First avenue, that the territory of the
new parish of the Incarna ton, Of which
he Is now pastor, is included between
Lake street and the city limits to the
south, the lakes on the west and Tenth
avenue on the east.
A masked woman, armed with a
large revolver, held up Albert Turk, a
transient, at Washington and 9Th ave-
nues north, late Wednesday and re-
lieved him Of $125. Turk gave the po-
lice q fair description of the woman
and the police are looking for her. Per-
haps it was a man in female habili-
ments who held him up.
Hugh O'Donnell, for the last year
advertising manager Ct the Minneapo-
lis Journal, will leave today for Phila-
uclphia, where he will become business
manager of the Philadelphia Press, one
cf he
in the east. Mr.. O'Dcnnell was guest
Ct honor at a farewell dinner at the
Minneapolis club Thursday night
Ralph w. Wheelock, who acted as
Mayor Jones' secretary, has been chos.
en- private secretary to Gov. Eberhart.
MIR. Wheelock is competent in every
way to serve in that capacity. He is
quite popular in this city, where he
has resided for several years and is
widely known as a clever newspaper
man. He formerly published a paper
in Mitchell, S. d.
The Decent fine imposed On Helen
Magnuson, ~, 1907 Twelfth avenue
south, for alleged misuse of a school
look, non-payment of which fine had
kept her out of school for a month, has
been paid. Or. c. M. Jordan, superin-
tendent of schools, has given his per.
sonal check on the Northwestern Ma
tional bank to pay the fine A bad
precedent. Magnuson should be made
to pay.
Nov. % is the date set for the hear
ing of the appeal of Miss Mae Snow.
former principal of the Columbus
school of Minneapolis, who was dis
missed by the board Of education. On
:nat day the legal authorities for Miss
Snow and the school board will make
their arguments before the state su-
premc court and the question as to
whether the school directors had au-
tnority to dismiss the instructor will