The Irish standard., 1911-02-04
CITY IN BRIEF

day at the home of his brother, Peter
Coleman, 1921 Eighth street south.
The funeral of Michael Carney, aged
70 years, who died last week, took
place from the residence Of his daugh-
ter, 1916 Thirty-ninth avenue south,
Saturday morning, Jan %, at s:15
o'clock and from Holy Rosary church
at 9 o'clock. Interment in ST. Mary's
cemetery.
Reductions in the price of sleeping
car berths became effective at mid
night last Tuesday night. Rates on
upper berths have been reduced
throughout the country. In gen.
eral way the reductions do not affect
the prices of lower berths. The rates
on lower berths from the Twin Cities
to Seattle and other points in Wash
ington have been reduced slightly. and
in line with those reductions, the Pull
man company has made reductions on
long journeys in the west and north
west. The decrease in the price of
upper berths is arranged upon a
definite scale, amounting approximate
ly to 20 per cent.
Merchants of Minneapolis believe
they are entitled to the room under
the public sidewalk which they have
dug out and improved, and resent the
apparent attempt on the part of the
city council to make the use Of that
space a source of revenue either by
charging rent for it or levying a perm
anent tax on it. It was suggested
that the city could demand back rental
OH this space, which would amount to
many millions, but City Attorney Fish
said this never would stand in the
courts. On the other hand, he does
not believe the merchants could sus-
tain a counter claim for the value of
the improvements Of the space they
have created. But he does think the
city can legally collect a reasonable
amount for miles of underground space
which the public rarely gets a glimpse
of.
The announcement comes from Chi
cago Of the marriage of Charles e.
Wales, formerly Of Minneapolis, who
now makes his headquarters as presi-
dent of one Of the large fuel COM
panies in Duluth, and Miss Sarah
Smyth Of Chicago, daughter Of the
late John M. Smyth. The ceremony
was performed recently by Rt. Rev.
James McGolrick, bishop of Duluth.
Mr.. Wales for: many years lived in
Minneapolis, and being member of
the Minneapolis club, he made it his
home. He is a brother Of Miss Flor
ence Wales. Mrs. Wales does not come
as. a stranger to Minneapolis as she,
her brother, William P. Smyth, and her
sister. Miss Jane smyth, have been
guests, on several occasions Of Mr..
Wales relatives in this city, and they
have also been entertained in Du-
luth.
What 10 said to be the largest sin
gle deal in hardwood lumber ever made
in the west, If not in the entire coun-
try, was completed Wednesday when
Ackland & Son, a Winnipeg firm, pur-
chased from Nolan Bros, the former
Memphis firm recently established in
this city, 100 carloads of oak wagon
stock and assorted oak lumber. The
consignment is to be delivered at the
rate Of 20 carloads per month and
will be shipped direct to winnireg
from the company's mills in the
south. Nolan brothers formerly ope-
rated exclusively from Memphis, but
recently formed partnership with
John Burmeister Of this city brought
the headquarters of the company to
Minneapolis. A yard has been estab-
lished at the Minnesota Transfer and
this will be made one of the largest
and best equipped in the country.
DR.. Fl. M. Bracken, head of the state
board Of health, has received a spe-
cial report OH tuberculosis in Mime
sofa. The report shows the death
record for 1909 to be 1906, or at the
rate per million 1,129 In 1890 the rate
per million was the same, but figures
in past years have not been altogeth-
er authentic, says the report A large
number of infantile tuberculosis SUD-
posed to be from tubercular milk is
blamed on unsanita.y conditions. Sta
tistics show Norwegians have suffered
the most heavily from the disease,
with 4SS deaths. The Swedes are next
with $50.
Decorations For Civic Celebration.
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