The Irish standard., 1911-08-05
CITY IN BRIEF

ing to one of the members of the
board.
Mrs. j. P. Courtney of Seattle left
for her western home Thursday eve
ming after an extended visit among
relatives and friends in Minneapolis
Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Flemming gave a farewell party for
Mrs. Courtney at their home, 1915 JEFF
ferson street.
State Fire Marshal Charles E. KEEL
Ter recently sent out notices of the re.
ward of $500 to be paid by the depart
ment for the capture of "Curfey"
Davis, the yeggman wanted in con-
nection with the recent arson cases
at Bemidji. This reward is in adj
dition to rewards offered by the post
Office department.
George Woodbury., Lake Minnetonka,
arraigned before Judge Steele in dis
trict court Monday pleaded guilty to
the charge of selling liquor without
license and was fined $50 and 80 days
in Jail. The fine and Jail sentence
We're suspended, however, for one
year, during which Woodbury. will be
on probation. He will be required to
leave the lake district. Woodbury.
was the last to be brought to trial of
those recently arrested.
While st. Paul union carpenters and
the Master Builders association are
said to have come to an agreement in
the strike for q 50-cent per hour wage
which began last May and in which
about 1900 carpenters Of the Twin
Cities were affected, officials of the
Minneapolis union disclaim any
knowledge of an agreement in this
city. The st. Paul agreement will not
affect the situation in Minneapolis,
say officials here.
The schedule of holidays for the
school year. starting in September, has
been issued by the board of education
and provides for all the holiday periods
of the next school year. The school
year will consist of 1873 days divided
into two semesters, SO for the first
term and IS for the second. The holt
days will be Nov. 80, Thanksgiving
day; Dec, I, Friday following Thanks
giving; Dec: % to Jan. 2, Christmas
vacation; Feb. 10, Lincoln's birthday;
Feb. %, Washington's birthday; March
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80, Memorial day.
The Misses Lucy Harrington, Alice
Lydon and Blanche Bauman are en-
joying an eastern trip via the lakes,
Niagara Falls and Toronto were
points visited during the past week.
John P. Quirk, serving life SEN
tence at the state prison, Saltwater
for the murder of William Dowell.
Minneapolis newspaper man, will
probably be paroled next week at the
meeting of the state parole board.
The state board of pardons, which rec
commended Quirk's parole at the last
meeting, made arrangements Wednes-
day to send all their records relating
to Quirk to Saltwater for the use of
the parole board. The latter body took
no action last month, as the records OF
the pardon board were not available.
The principal matter of business to
come before the board of charities and
corrections late last week was Frank
B. McDonald's request that some mem
Der of the board accept the invitation
rendered him by the International
Municipal Congress and Exposition to
speak before it in Chicago on the
subject of "Charities and Correc-
tons" 1t is a singular honor which
has been paid the Minneapolis work
house superintendent and the board
insisted Mr.. Mcdonald was just as
high up in the charities and correc.
tons work as anybody and decided he
would have to serve. He will attend
the congress which convenes Sept. 18
and lasts until Sept. 30.
Owen Glenn and his family had q
narrow escape early last Sunday morn
ing, when their house at 4613 Twenty.
ninth avenue south, caught fire and
was destroyed. The fire started in
the kitchen, but no one seems to know
how it originated, as there had not
been fire in the stove for severa
hours. The firemen were practically
helpless, as there was no water tc
be had in the immediate neghborhood
1t was necessary to lay 1900 feet Of
hose and by the tine it was laid the
house was doomed. Nothing is left
but the foundation. The house, a two
story frame structure, was valued
at $500 and the contents at $3.50. The
insurance was $1,000.
General c. McC. Reeve will sevel
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