The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-20
CITY IN BRIEF

Ollet avenue.
M. j. Gilrs automobile, which was
stolen from his garage, 1917 Twentieth
avenue north, last Sunday morning.
was found in the shop of the Burney
Bird Auto Co. in st. Paul. The ma
chine was in good condition.
Minneapolis turned over the KEYS of
the city to over $50 hotel men who
came from all points in the Northwest
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing to attend the annual convention of
the Northwestern Hotel Mems associa-
ton, which opened for three days
session at the Hotel Radisson Wednes-
day morning.
Better street car service on the EN-
erson avenue north line was demand
ed Tuesday night at a meeting of res
idents in the Colfax avenue Presby-
terrain church, who urged construction
of cutoff line from Twentieth ave-
nue. north and thence to the center of
the city. The matter will be taken up
at the next meeting of the city council
railroads committee.
Joseph l.. Murphy of the law firm of
Baldwin & Murphy and chancellor Of
Hennepin council Knights of Column
bus, has filed for the Republican NOM
ination for representative in the 41st
district. Mr.. Murphy, though blind
is a talented attorney and very pop
ular with his fellow men. His NOM
ination and election would be cred
liable to the voters of the 41st dis
trict.
Minneapolis new traffic squad, clad
in new uniforms, with white gloves
and living definition of authority,
appeared at the principal downtown
crossings Wednesday. The squad will
carry into effect the rules of the traffic
ordinance recently passed. Its whole
duty will be to expedite traffic of all
kinds, striving to move things with a
maximum of speed and a minimum Of
danger.
Miss Irene McNulty and Hugh M.
Halstead were married Monday eve
ming at o'clock by Rev. Patrick
Kenny of st. Anthony of Padua
church. Miss Della Danaher was
bridesmaid and DR.. Harry Rawson
groomsman. After dinner at the home
Of the brides mother, Mrs. Anna Nc
Nulty, 1870 University avenue north
east, the newly welded couple left for
Milwaukee, Wis, where they will be
at home to friends after Sept. 10 at
240S Wells street.
A system of medical inspection more
thorough than has ever been attempt
ed in Minneapolis will be instituted by
the health department this fall. To
guard against fever or diphtheria when
the schools open, thus removing all
danger Of an epidemic, is the purpose
At present Minneapolis is in an ex-
cellent condition from the standpoint
of health, but epidemics of contagious
diseases come and go as the schools
open and close. Diseases are spread
by children, who are allowed to at
tend their classes before they have
fully recovered.
The Trades and Labor Assembly of
Minneapolis on Wednesday last for
mally installed N. c. O'Connor as
president after an exciting session.
Mr.. O'Connor was elected few weeks
ago, but the result was so close that a
contest was threatened. In few min
utes after being indicted into office,
mick" who is some diplomat him.
self, had established complete har-
mony, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that his administration will be
prolific of good results to organized
labor in this city.
Fort Smelling has the worst record
of assertions of any Unired States
army post says Bailey Willard in the
September Cosmopolitan. Taking up
the 5000 assertions from the army in
the last year, he points thus to Fort
Smelling: BLACKLIST of all the records
among individual troops and COM
panies was that of Company K of the
Twenty eighth infantry, located at
Fort Smelling, MINI. OF the men in
this company nearly one-t third became
Disguised with the service and Jared
forth to seek other fields of useful
ness"
Albert H. Hall, progressive" Re-
publican candidate for congress in the
Fifth district (Hennepin county, COM
menced his campaign the other night
with a vigorous attack on Frank H.
Nye's record in the 61st congress-
Bert Hall, who is an able lawyer