The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-10-16
CITY IN BRIEF.

B. F. Nelson has already received
about $4,000 for the johnson fund.
DR.. Cyrus Northrop, president of tho
university, has returned from CAM
bridge, Mass, where he attended the
ceremony Of installation of DR.. Abbott
L. Lowell president of Harvard uni
versity. -D
The attendance at country schools
in Hennepin county has increased so
per cent since the enforcement Of the
compulsory education law was begun,
according to H. I. Harter, superin.
tendent of county schools.
Forty babies between the ages of .
and 3 years. in charge Of sisters and
nurses from the New York Founding
and Orphan asylum. will leave New
York Oct. 10 for Minneapolis, and will
be sent to Catholic homes throughout
Minnesota for adoption.
Minneapolis council, knights Of CO.
lumbus, Tuesday evening gave short
entertainment in celebration Of the
discovery Of America by Columbus,
Oct IL. 1892. Two addresses were
delivered and several musical numbers
given.
Chief Of Police Corriston caused the
arrest Of a man named William Pear
son on Saturday for personatins an
officer. He was displaying star ana
stopping people on the streets. threat
ening to arrest them. He was EVIL
IDENTIFY under the influence of John
Barleycorn when placed in the lookup.
The former owners of the Journal
are in litigation against one another.
Swift and McLain, manager and edi-
tor, are sued for an accounting by six
OF the heads of departments, and minor
stockholders prior to the sale. The
case 10 before Judge John Day Smith.
The amount involved is about $4,000.
DR.. Washington GLADDEN., of Column
bus, O., author of the phrase, faint
ed money" was in the city during the
week and delivered an address at the
convention of the American Board OF
Foreign Missions. DR.. GLADDEN. is a
famous sociologist and reformer, and
broad minded man in his religious
views.
At a meeting Of the committee on
eas last Wednesday, Mayor aHynes
private life after. his present term
expires. The gas committee thought.
he was "gassing." When he added
that he would never be a candidate
for any other office, the gas committee
smiled and preserved an eloquent ST.
lcnce.
"Demosthenes would no longer have
first claim on oratory If I could ex-
press my feelings" said Commander
S. R. Van SAINT, at the reception AMI
campfire given by the G. A. R. IN
honor of his election as commander
in-chief Of the Grand Army. For an
ex-captain of Mississippi steamboat,
Van SAINT Is an orator of remarkable
volubility.
P. J. McGlone, one of the pioneer
coopers Of Minneapolis, but for many
years past resident Of Tacoma, Wash,
where he Is engaged in business, was
in the city during the early part of the
week. He left Tuesday evening for
New York state, where his boyhood
Gays were spent, and will be absent for
some time before returning to his
Washington home.
Frank Healy, city attorney, has re-
ceived word from Washington that the
Minneapolis six for quarter" fare
case will probably be reached by thu
supreme court of the United States
on Tuesday, Oct. rs. If not then, it
will almost certainly. come up that
week, and Mr.. Healy and Judge W. A.
Lancaster, special counsel for the city,
are preparing to leave on SATURDAY.,
Oct. %, for the national capital.
Burr Mcintosh, the leading player
of "A Gentleman From Mississippi"
will give talk on the manufactures
agriculture, markets and possibilities
of the United States, at the Metropol-
itan opera house, Minneapolis, next
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Mcintosh was
the official photographer of President
Taft's party when the latter visited
the Philippines, and will illustrate his
lecture with over 400 views taken on