The Irish standard., 1911-02-18
CITY IN BRIEF


lar organizations of the city in a. So
cial way, will give dance next Mon
day evening at the Ark Auditorium,
31st street and First avenue south. In
the hands of an excellent committee
q large party will no doubt be the
outcome. No pains will be spared
by the management in making it
pleasant for all who may attend
Loren w. Collins, pioneer Mime
apolitan and one Of the states most
distinguished and highly honored resi-
dents, suffered slight shock of paraly-
sis at his home last Sunday. For an
hour he lost his power Of speech. Ar
rangcments have been made to have a
member Of the family accompany him
on trip to Cuba for an indefinite
stay.
The state auditor has announced
that the state will take up $250,o0O of
the capitol debt by means of two
tenth Of a mill tax. There is also a
bill in the legislature providing that
$S5O,OOo Of the remaining debt be
taken up by means of another tax to
be imposed for collection during 1912.
If this bill is passed, the remaining
debt of the capitol will be reduced to
a million dollars.
Henry Russell of Belle PLANE,
Mimi, died in this city last Saturday.
He was 40 years of age. His re-
mains were conveyed to his former
home for interment Deceased was
a son of the late Patrick Russell, and
grew up to manhood in Belle PLANE.
After leaving there the family re-
sided at Kilkenny for time. He is
survived by one brother John Rus
sell, of this city, and two sisters, Mrs.
Molly Schulz, of Minneapolis, and
Mrs. Edw. Norton, of Faribault.
Resolutions censuring James Rob-
ertson, county attorney, for his hand
ling of the case of J. P. Kennedy, for
mer editor of the Labor Review, who
was given a one-year sentence and
released on probation after pleading
guilty of grand larceny in the second
degree Saturday, were adopted by the
Minneapolis Trades and Labor AS
sembly Wednesday night. The as
se1nbly, which lost money through Mr..
Kennedy's conduct, complained that
he had been brought into court and
allowed to plead guilty without any
notice to the prosecuting witnesses.
There is less diphtheria in Mime
apolis at this time than ever before at
this season of the year, according to
Health Commissioner Hall. School
disease and DR.. Hall attributes their
healthful condition, in a large meas
ure, to the individual drinking cups
which were introduced in the schools
about two months ago. In each school
room at this time the drinking water
is furnished in crooks and each child
has his own cup. Medical inspection
in the public schools also has been a
factor in keeping down diphtheria. DR..
Hall believes.
According to specifications being
prepared by A. D. Needs, gas inspec-
tor. the Minneapolis General Electric
company will be required to install
ia 1or in, d ofoir mo
the city's street lights. Besides fur
nishing more light, the lamps can be
maintained at less cost than ordinary
arc lamps now in use. The company
has already ordered many new lamps
and will install them as rapidly as
received. Mr.. Needs will also ask for
bids on maintaining a series of Tung-
stem lights to take the places of gaso-
line lamps in districts where there are
no gas mains.
Samuel E. Neiler, banker and pion-
Ger citizen Of Minneapolis, died at 4:3O
a. IN. Monday at the residence of his
son, William E. Neiler 463 East
Eighteenth street, He was 50 years
old last March. Mr.. Neiler was the
founder of the Northwestern National
bank and the Union National bank OF
this city. Born in Pennsylvania, he
was engaged for some years in a
private banking business in Erie,
where he married in 1857 Miss Lavinia
Jackson, who died in 1882. Leaving
Erie, he went to Philadelphia, where
he also was banker. He came to
Minneapolis in 1869.
To extend the Monroe-Bryant car
line along the south shore of Lake
Harriet, or in that vicinity, is the OBJ
ject of movement supported by the
Lake Harriet Commercial club, which
was started by the Harriet Heights
Improvement association, composed of
owners of property along the south
shore. The cars now run to Forty