The Irish standard., 1912-08-10
CITY IN BRIEF

Wednesday night and had to be taken
to the City hospital. He was later
removed to his home.
Patrick Murphy, 973 Rondo street.
st. Paul, was run over by a Northern
Pacific switch engine at Northern
Junction in Northeast Minneapolis
last Monday night. The police am
bulance was called. but the man died
on the way to St. Mary's hospital.
Murphy was employed as switchman
by the road.
The police last Monday night
searched for burglar who attempted
to enter the home of Mrs. E. Barrette,
2O19 Oakland avenue. The man raised
the screen and was in the act If
crawling through the window when
Mrs. Barrette was awakened. She
screamed and the burglar fled after
having seized the woman's hat which
lay on table near the window.
The board of county commissioners
has increased the wages of the work.
men in it's road repair crews from So
to 1925. A threatened strike by the
workmen unless they were given what
they declared to be the prevailing
wage led to this action. Commission
er Waddell in Offering his resolution,
declared that the county workmen
had received offers to go into the
grain fields and that unless they were
raised all would quit.
Miss Helen Gleason, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. NJ. Gleason. 2617 Six
teenth avenue south, is engaged to
Mr.. Lee circuit Miles of Emmett,
Idaho. The wedding will take place
this month. Miss Gleason is a grad
uate of st. Clara college, Sinsinawa
Wis.,, and was until recently a stu
dent at the University of Minnesota
where she studied domestic science
Mr.. Miles is former university stu
dent. They will make their home in
Idaho
John M. Gleason, the undertaken, at
Ill Ninth street south, arrived home
from Portland, Ore, on Tuesday, after
an absence of several weeks. During
his stay in Portland, Seattle and other
western cities he met quite a number
of former residents of Minneapolis
In his entire travels he did not see 8
city he prefers to the metropolis Of
the North Star State, and is glad tt
be back again. His many friends are
also glad to see him so hale anG
hearty after his weary journey from
the West.
The railroad and warehouse com
mission has issued a set of rules tina
!, " will enable shippers to send one car
load of goods over one or more rail
roads to it's destination without be
coming involved in a network of con
Trajectory freight rate charges. Join
rates, that is, freight rates on eacl
of the two roads used are made ex
plicit and standard. 1t is shown jus
what should be paid to each of Tn
common carriers or to the party wv,
agrees to handle the goods over al
the roads used.
The Minneapolis General Electri
company is to spend several million
of dollars developing 100000 horse
powers OF electricity. George H. Har
ries is to take A. w. Leonard's plac
as manager. Mr.. Leonard is to re
main with Stone &; Webster. He LEI
: Minneapolis Tuesday for Boston IN
will have his offices in the Bosto
headquarters. The Minneapolis Gen
eral Electric company will be the cen
trail Twin City organization, the Con
sumers' Power company of st. Pal
y. coming within the general Byllesb
jurisdiction.
A celebration to commemorate tn
fiftieth anniversary of the battles {
Fort Ridgely and New Ulm, has bee
planned by the people of New Uln
to he held Aug. 10 to 25. 1t was S
years ago that the Sioux Indians too
the war path, and before they wei
checked massacred more than 500 SET
tiers. The white mans stand was :
Fort Ridgely. and New Ulm. an
proved successful thus checking til
advance of the Indians, who had the
not been checked, would undoubtedl
have swept down the valley to dc
fenseless settlements below and mas
sacred many hundreds more.
The entertainment committee Il
the Labor day celebration has decide
to use the Armory and Parade T:
their annual festivities. This decisic
was reached after q meeting held :
Federation hall, in which some men
bers of the committee contended Fl
less central location. 1t was e,
nlainod +hat tho mark authorities ar