The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
CITY IN BRIEF.

~. Tdtllc>S udN Will DE observed
by the Irish students of the university
with a banquet in one of the principal
restaurants. John McGovern, pres-
dent of the Athletic association is
one Of the leaders of the movement
and promises that the function will be
worthy of the day and race.
Eight to 10 miles o. watermains will
be laid this season, according to pres
ent plans of the Natcrworks commit
tee and chances are that the total will
be materially greater before the sea-
son is we'll opened A partial list Of
the work to be done was prepared
Thursday and additional details will
be ready in time to present to the
committee little later. The work
so far ordered will cost about 5000, 900.
Julius Crosse, aged IS years, died
Monday at the home of his son, Paul
Crosse 107 Royalston avenue. Mr..
Crosse was born in 1921 in Germany.
He came to Minneapolis So years ago
and engaged in the real estate BUSH
ness, from which he retired five years
ago. He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Gerdes and Mrs. Elizabeth
Lynskey, and four SONS, Max, Paul,
Julius and George.
Plans for 30-track union station
were tentatively agreed to by the di-
rectors of the ST. Paul Union depot
Wednesday afternoon at a meeting in
the Office Of the president. Max To,;.,
consulting engineer, was directed to
prepare alterations in the former plan
accordingly. Before the plan can be
definitely adopted The chief executives
of the several roads will have to an
prove CT it, as mus+ the harbor COM
missions.
BY a traffic agreement with the
OmaEa road, the Dan Patch Air Line
makes its debut rs a recognized rail.
way among railways. NJ. w. Savage.
head OF the air line, has just per.
fected an agreement for an interchange
OF cars between the two lines. The
transfers will be mad5 at Savage ana
Will enabls the air line to ship it's con.
struetion material out from that poin+
to the end of its limo as fast as it is
built, without shift from one set of
cars to another. Rails for the Dan
Patch line are already ordered for
early delivery this spring. Grading is
done on the first Lewiston and ties are
already on the ground.
Three Of the four ball players Sc
cured from the Chicago White Sox by
the Minneapolis team are with the Sox
team in California. Catchers Fran,,
Owens and McMurray are doing the
receiving work for the first team and
are showing up in pleasing style, ac-
cordlng TO the dispatches of Chicago
newspaper correspondents with the
team. Catcher Ryan is doing the back
stopping on the second SQUAD of White
Sox. Owens was with Chicago last
season and McMurray and Ryan We're
purchased by Comiskey, only to be
turned over to Minneapolis along will,
Owens and Altizer The latter player
has not yet signed with Chicago and
is not with the touring White Sox, but
lie is in California and is expected Ia
join the travellers any day. All four
of tine players will join MINNEAPOLIS
after the White Sox finish their tour.
James D. Walsh, So, farmer, who
lived five miles southwest of Maple
Plain, this county, was found in a ho-
tel in Campbell, Friday of last week
His throat had been cut. A five-inch
jack knife, with which the cash was
inflicted, was found, closed on the bed
Henry Brewer, constable, says the huge
spring could only be closed with great
effort He could not conceive how IA
man lying on bed with his throat
cut could muster sufficient strength
TO close it. Frank Walsh. a brother
at Maple Plain, was notified and has
tened to Campbell. He found his
brother had been taken to a hospital
at Breckenridge. He found, too, that
$500 which his brother had taken to
Campbell to purchase a team Of horses
was gone. He believes James D. Walsl,
was murderously assaulted and rob
bed. His pockets were empty when he
appearance of his room indicated a
struggle.