The Irish standard., 1912-08-10
proximate cost was estimated at s1e,.

At the first annual meeting of the
M. F. D. Veterans association, held
at the court house last Monday night,
the following officers for the ensuing
year were elected: President, John
F. Horan; vice president, Fred c.
Britain; secretary, Daniel Harring-
ton; treasurer, Robert Ehrenberg. The
last two were reelected. William
Dunn. Hosea Tuttle, William Kelley,
James Ryan and Charles Lent were
elected trustees for the next year, and
the entertainment committee will con-
sist of John Mcbride. ]. w. Horton.
Leonard -Sharf, James Ryan and Frank
Grant. The annual report of the
treasurer showed that the organiza-
ton is in a flourishing condition
financially.
The state board of health has ex-
pressed its satisfaction with the ar
rangement in use at present in regard
to the leper who is being cared for
in Ramsey county. The case is not
isolated as the practice is in some
places. but DR.. Bracken of the board
claims that leprosy is contagious only
by touch. Vagrant germs are not
present in that diseases as they are in
some and lepers can be cared for in
their homes, if proper precautions are
taken, without any danger, according
to DR.. Bracken. Some of the states
provide separate colonies for lepers,
but Minnesota has never done this.
There is no federal colony for this pur-
pose and Minnesota patients cannot be
sent to the care Of some other state.
The Great Northern railroad rev.
enue and earnings for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1912, shows an increase
in the operating income over 1911 OF
! $4,641, 46709. The operating income
for the year is $25,179,34O.43. This
increase is found almost entirely III
the increase of the freight revenue
! over 1911 which amounted to s4,4S2,-
313.67. The total freight revenue fol
the year was s47,s77, 369O6, which was
about four-fifths of the entire rev.
enue. The passenger returns brought
$13,623,008.91 as the next largest item
showing an increase of $19S,075.3|
| over 1911. The other items come un
der the heads of transportation rev
enue, $4,3s1,71o.57, and the mont trans
portation revenue of $278,533.9S bein.
a trif1e less than last year. The roa,
spent $47O,S09.65 less in 1912 than il
1911 for maintenance of way and 20
structures.
]. E. Bowen of the United State
department of justice in st. Pau
spoke before meeting of the Knigh:
of Columbus of that city last Tuesda
night on the subject of the "whit
slave" traffic. He said that the par
ents Of the girls were largely I:
blame for their downfall and that i
large cities parents needed to L
doubly careful. Girls want goo
; times and they want good clothc.
and unless they have proper atten
ton from their mothers there is
good chance for them to go wrong,
, he said. parents in large cities hav
, to be on the watch all the time.
is my experience that a great deal c
the wrong-doings of girls lies wit
, the parents" Immediately after fl,
) fishing his speech. Mr.. Bowen left tn
: meeting and ordered the arrest c
Harry and Dorothy Scott, aged % an
: % respectively, and had them charge
: with violating the white slave laws.
The decomposed body of an I'm
identified man was found among III
, logs in the river near the 500 lin
bridge in North Minneapolis la.
Wednesday night by William Berr
5000 Bryant avenue north. 1t is be
lieved the body is that of the ma
' who is supposed to have been struc
by train on the night of Aug. l, g
3, he was crossing the bridge. On thu
f night, suitcase filed with clothin
4 and straw hat were found on tt
J. footbridge below the 500 bridge. Pa
0 of the railing on the lower bridge ha
been carried away as though heay
e body had struck it. The man WE
= dressed as laborer in overalls an
t jumper. The suitcase contained no1f
i ing by which the owner might k
e identified. He was a man about
Y years old, with white hair, smoot
' face and all the marks of being
: hard working man. No one answer
: ing his description has been reporte
to the police as missing.
r The building of the church of Il
d Immaculate Conception, one of Il
r Oldest church edifices in Minneapoll
n soon will pass as place for holdir
Z services and will be used, instead.