The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-06-10
CITY IN BRIEF
AS result of an attack of apoplexy,

Penn avenue. Mr.. Robinson was in
the grocery business for over 40 years.
He is survived by wife and seven
children. The funeral took place at 9
a. m. Thursday from st. Anne's
church. The interment was at St.
Mary's cemetery.
Roy Eddington. GIT Franklin Ter
race, IS years old and a student at the
South Side High school, was drowned
in the Mississippi river off the east
end of Meeker's island, last Tuesday
night and the body has not yet been
recovered. The report reached the
police by telephone through one of
several boys who had accompanied the
victim. He reported the drowning
fully, saying his companion was seized
with cramps and sank.
Roche Prenevost, 916 Seventeenth
avenue southeast, for many years con-
nected with Twin City newspapers,
died at o'clock Sunday morning after
an illness extending over more than a
year. Mr.. Prenevost was "a years old
He began his newspaper career on the
old Minneapolis Times, of which he
was sporting editor at the time when
it suspended publication. He was lat
er assistant sporting editor of The
Tribune, but had to resign his position
about a year ago owing to i'll health
He is survived by his widow and four
children.
An inventory of all the property
owned by the city is being taken by
City Statistician Stuart, at the request
of Alderman Hawley, chairman of the
council committee on public buildings
and grounds. The city has not checked
up it's realty holdings for several years,
and in fact there is no one connected
with either the city or county who can
name the various properties owned by
the city. The investigation was brought
about by the result of recent re-
search in New York, where it was
found that the city owned property
the authorities never heard of and that
much of it had passed out of the city's
control. 1t also was found that the
city was using property to which it
had no title.
While there were nearly 400 more
deaths by violence in Minnesota dur
ing the past year than in the previous
year, the cases of self destruction de-
creased slightly. Seventeen hundred
and forty-six deaths by violence were
reported for the year ending May I,
causes of death being drowning, of
which there were I'll cases. One hun-
dred and sixteen persons were crushed
by vehicles, 81 having been run down
by automobiles, and IL by street cars.
Seventy eight were killed by reckless
use of firearms and so died from pois-
lightning and an equal number by
electricity, the. latter resulting from
contact with live wires. Only two died
from poisoning. The total number of
violent deaths during the previous
year was 1872. The number of cases
of self destruction was 247. Sixty
murders were committed in Minnesota
during the fiscal year, an increase Of
-.
The Holy Name Catholic church
about three miles north of Wayzata
was struck by lightning during q
storm early last Sunday morning, and
was totally destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at about $4,000. There
was $4,000 insurance on the church.
The property on which the New
England building stands at First ave-
nue. south between Fifth and Sixth
streets was formally decided to the
New England Furniture and Carpet
company Monday. The property on
which the company had long time
lease, sold for 100000. 1t was owned
by the Levi M. Stewart estate. w. l.
Harris, president of the New England
company, has announced that new
building will be erected on the site
eventually and that the property own
ed by the w. L. Harris Realty COM
pany at Eighth street and Second ave-
nue. south will be improved soon with
a fine building.
In common with all the Catholic
churches of the world, the annual COL
lection for the Pope was taken up last
Sunday in the Catholic places of wor-
ship in Minneapolis, and little more
than $4,000 was contributed toward the
maintenance and work of the Vatican
Extension of Central avenue through
the entire city with the completion OF
the Third avenue bridge across the
Mississippi river will be asked of the
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