The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-06-11

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Clarke, who sold his interests.
James Hanson waived examination
| in police court Wednesday,, and was
held to the grand jury. Bail, $500. He
| is alleged to have passed bogus check
for $10.75 on Frank Broderick, livery
man, May 2.
| Peter Williams, Republican, filed
Tuesday afternoon as candidate for
nomination for alderman from Sew
enth ward. Others who are expected
to enter the race are A. c. Vaughn ana
Harry McLaskey, former aldermen, and
]. E. Stiles.
Minnesota paid out total of $780,
962,599 for life insurance premiums in
the past year, according to the report
sioner. During the same period the
companies paid losses totallng $4,261,-
022.
George Welsh, state commissioner
of immigration, has received thousands
of letters since the announcement was
made that $4,000 acres of ceded Chip
peWa land in Minnesota would be
opened for entry June 20. 1t will be a
case Of first come, first served
The Minneapolis public library has
gained greatly in public favor during
the past year as is shown in the
twentieth annual report just submitted
by Miss Gratia A. Countryman, the
librarian, and which will be forwarded
at once to Mayor James c. Haynes
and the city council.
John McCourt, U. S. district attorney
at Portland, Ore, has arrived in Min
neapolis to assist in the taking of the
deposition of G. A. Smith in the civil
suit involving some 100000 worth of
timber land brought against Smith by
the government. The examination was
| held before George F. Hitchcock, Jr.,
special examiner, Thursday.
H. w. Fuller of Washington. D. c.,
general manager of the Washington
Railway and Electric company and the
Potomac Electric Power company, ls
in Minneapolis inspecting the street
car system. He was met at the Hotel
Radisson by G. c. Goodrich, president
Nf he T1x,iv, Do nj
pany, and taken on an automobile tour
Of the Twin Cities.
| Mrs. Edmund Pennington, wife of
President Pennington of the 800"
gave an outing to nearly ESQ pupils Of
the Pro-Cathedral parish school We'd
nesday taking them on a special train
| to Buffalo, MINI. The youngsters
were fully prepared for fishing and a
good time generally. Each carried a
we'll filled lunch basket and a good
supply of picnic delicacies was fur
nished by the generous hostess.
| What is said to have been the larg-
est class ever confirmed in the state
of Minnesota was confirmed at thu
Church of the Ascension last Sunday
| afternoon, Archbishop Ireland of st.
Paul officiating, assisted by Rev. J.
Harrington, pastor Of the church
There were 400 candidates, men, wo-
men, boys and girls. Right Rev. j. J.
LAWYER, auxiliary bishop of the do
cese, delivered the sermon in tho
morning.
Mrs. H. A. Wilcox, Mrs. ]. A. Brant
Mrs. Lulu C. Mosier and DR.. Mary S.
MILESTONE are Minneapolis women
who will leave this evening for ST
Louis to attend the first annual con-
vention of the American WOmans
league at which it is expected 10000
women will be present. A larger party
of ST. Paul women will attend and
two cars on a Minneapolis and St
Louis train have been reserved for the
Twin City delegation.
That he landed safely May IS, after
an exceptionally calm and pleasan,
voyage, is the latest news from Her.
mann Zoch, the Minneapolis pianist
who left May for Germany. Mr.
Zoch went to Hamburg, where he
visited relatives for few days, and
then proceeded to Berlin, where he will
remain a short time. He is planning
to visit several prominent cities and
attend the Passion Play at Oberam-
mergau before settling down as a con.
cert pianist in Munich.