The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-21
CITY III BRIEF


Thursday, October IL, in Glendale, Cal.
He was 70 years old.
Thomas Powers, a transient. was
found dead in bed in his room i'm the
Denver hotel. al Washington avenue
south, Wednesday afternoon. Powers
applied for a room Tuesday night. At
p. IN. he had riot arisen and the clerk
broke in the dsoor and found the man
dead. A bottle of carbolic acid was
found in the room.
Mrs. M. E. Dwyer Of 40 Newton
avenue north gave a dinner Sunday
evening, October Is, at her home in
honor of her brother, Moses Dorcy and
his wife who have recently returned
from their wedding trip and are
guests Of Mrs. D. Walsh until they go
into their new home at Cahill, Edna.
The price of coffee in Minneapolis is
on a rampage. Tuesday it went up
two or three cents a pound in all gro
Gerry stores in the city. The best
grades, which only few months ago
sold at 40 cents a pound, have now
reached As to so cents. The increase
in this city follows that of the east,
where there have been reports that
the coffee market is being controlled
by a combination. Grocers of Mime
apolis dIscredit this but admit they do
,,,t l-,o1 no &c Io
to soar. It is said there is shortage
in Brazil.
On demand of the city street car
inspector the Minneapolis Street Rail-
way company Monday inaugurated
3-minute service on the Lake street
line during rush hours, morning and
the schedule. The inspector is con-
tinuing his investigation of conditions
in all the lines in the city. He said
that at the meeting of the city coun-
Gil railroad committee next week he
would have additional recommended
lions to make.
CAIS DIoWll, Ivy cal VOlu SOlA VI
Henry w. Brown, manager of the HUI
Der Manufacturing company, 500
Washington avenue SOUTH. accident
ally shot himself Sunday morning
while hunting ducks with his father
at Lake Chisago. He died in the
Swedish hospital. The father placed
~f
bile, in which they had gone ON the
hunting trip. Without medical atten-
ton the injured lad was Carried to the
city as fast as the father could drive
the car.
The st. Anthony Commercial club
has elected officers for the year as fol-
lows: W.. H. Lawrence, president;
George Rose, first vice president; c.
NJ. Way, second vice president; A. w.
Injenhutt, treasurer: Charles Copelin,
secretary, Fred R. Salisbury is chair
man of the public affairs committee
and P. H. Ware, chairman of the house
committee. A seriGss of dinners, BAN
uuets and entertainments has been
planned for the coming winter. An
effort will be made to increase the
membership from $50 to 500 within the
next so days.
Miss Rose Hughes, 3543 Humboldt
avenue south. was cut by broken glass
and several other passengers were
badly shaken Sunday afternoon when
two street cars collided on the curve
near Minnehaha Falls. The glass in
the vestibules and some of the side
windows was broken. but the cars
were not otherwise damaged. Both
cars were outbound and running close
together. The ONE ahead stopped sud-
denly in order to avoid striking man
who was crossing the track. The mot
orman on the car following threw on
his airbrakes, but wet leaves covered
the rails and caused the car to slide
into the rear end of the other with
considerable force.
Six property owners in the vicinity
of RobbinsdaLe have filed protests
with the park board against the valu-
ations of their property made by the
boards appraisers. The property lies
outside the city limits and is wanted
for the North Minneapolis parkway
extension. Those filing objections were
George w. Ffske, Sarah M. Merriman.
Thomas S. Rainbolt, George w. Clark,
/. Josephine G., Helen A. and Charlotte
H. Sanborn and R. D. Currier. Final
detailed plans for the new Calhoun
bathhouse were approved and it was
decided to let the contract for the
foundation in advance of that Of the
main building, to insure completion
by next June.
WITH THE DEAD.