The Irish standard., 1912-12-21
CITY IN BRIEF

ers of this column and also a Happy
New Year.
arvlces will be held in the Catholic
churches of the city on Christmas Day
at the same hours as on Sunday.
Grand music by the choirs will be of
superior excellence in all of them on
that great religious festival.
The friends of DIR. c. M. Jordan,
of city schools, are
glad of his Improvement in health and
hope to see him around after the holt
days in his pristine vigor of mind and
body to attend to his official duties.
They wish him the merry compliments
of the season.
During Christmas week at the Met
ropolitan, Fiske ,O'Hara will appear in
the Rose of Kildare" The manage
ment will give % per cent of the gross
receipts of Monday nights perform
ance, Dec. 23. to the Seton Guild.
Many prominent society folk have al
ready secured boxes for the occasion
and a full house is assured.
Mr.. Myles J. Murphy the advance
man for the Fiske O'Hara company,
first visited this city in a similar
capacity in 1889 and finds a big diff
ference i'll the appearance Of things
then and now. He thinks Minneapolis
is one Of the most beautiful cities in
the world and he has been in Europe
and all parts Of America.
Members OF the Minneapolis bar
have unanimously adopted resolution
recommending that the next legisla-
ture enact IL law allowing juries to
decide civil cases by a five-sixths vote
where they are unable to reach a
unanimous verdict within six hours.
Similar laws have been passed in
many states during the past four
years. 1t has been attempted in the
Minnesota legislature twice before and
failed.
listened to an address Saturday after
noon by T. D. O'Brien. former justice
of the Minnesota supreme court. Judge
O'Brien, discussed the relation of the
state and federal governments. He
reviewed the history of the govern
ment in this country and pointed out
the defects Of the articles of the con-
federation. Mr.. O'Brien said that to
have a successful government there
must be cooperation between the diff
ferent states as well as between man
and man, and this could be brought
about only through the constitution.
1.-The city is not liable to the con-
sulting engineers for fee Of 3 per
cent at this stage of the proceedings"
declared City Attorney Daniel Fish the
other day, correcting an apparently
widespread impression in connection
With the Third avenue bridge project,
that the city had already obligated it
self to pay a fee Of per cent on the
cost of the bridge and that detailed
plans could be ordered without addi-
tional expense. '"The consulting engi-
neers have no contract with the city
now. The accepted proposal provides
for fee of per cent on completion
of the detailed plans yet to be drawn"
The new grand jury panel was
drawn Tuesday by Clerk of Courts
Peter S. Nelson and the members are
to report for duty at 10 a. m. Jan. 6.
The list follows: Aaron Carlson, 1909
Hayes street; John N. Johnson, 1900
Fremont avenue s.: Herbert j. Glenn
ents, 2S15 Fremont avenue s.; Harry
N. Owen, 1876 Knox avenue s.; Eu-
gene II. Day, 1923 Portland avenue;
Theodore L. Hays, 1923 Irving avenue
s.; Roy G.. Marshall, 400S Aldrich ave-
hue s.; James Leck, 1856 West Forty
eighth street; Charles w. A1eneilly,
Git University avenue S. e.; T. w.
Stout, SAG Newton avenue H.; Phillip
B. Hunt, 302 East Twenty sixth
street; Allyn K. Lord, 242s Nicollet
avenue; f. M. Tousley, 423 East Six
ateenth street; Harry E. Pence, 1920
Colfax avenue S.; Edward G. Falk, 10
West Thirty third street; Beloit N.
Lewis, 4349 Scott terrace; Morris Luby,
Golden Valley; Charles H. Nero, 1886
First avenue s.; Eugene J. Carpenter,
800 Clifton avenue; Henry L. Moore,
POL Blaisdell avenue; w. B. McCor-
mack, 1925 Nicollet avenue; C. A.
Barton, 1904 Seventh street S. e.;
Thomas r. Danaher, Lake Of the Isles
boulevard.