The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-06-15
CITY IN BRIEF

Hennepin Home association, of the
Knights Of Columbus. has voted $1,000
for improvements in the Hennepin
councils club house, Eighth street and
Fifth avenue south. Additional rooms
will be put in on the third floor.
q. w. Harris of Spokane. Wash,
prominently engaged in the lumber
business in Washington state, re-
turned recently to his home after
visit to st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
% Prescott, Wis, where his parents
reside.
Owen Casey. formerly Of Superior,
WIS.,. but for some years past resi-
dent Of Seattle, was in the Twin Cities
during the closing days of last week.
He came to attend the ordination cere.
monies at St. Paul Seminary on the
morning Of June z, where his brother,
Rev. Edward F. Casey, was ordained
to the priesthood.
q. R. Van SAINT, former governor
and owner of the steamer Morning
Star, yesterday wired the secretary of
war that unless the construction of
the new wagon bridge over the st.
Croix river at Hudson is stopped, in
junction proceedings will be insti-
tuted in the federal court. The new
bridge, it is alleged, will obstruct
navigation.
Plans for the midsummer festival
to be given July 1-6 under the au-
spices of the Pro-Cathedral parish on
the church grounds were discussed at
a meeting of the general committee
In the Minneapolis Council club rooms
Tuesday afternoon. Thus far it has
been arranged to have band concerts
at the festival every night, and also
a moving picture show, and Columbus
pictures to be shown If possible. In
addition there will be booths and 9TH
er amusements. Another meeting of
the committee will be held next Tues.
day.
That labor war is pending in Min
neapolis was indicated Tuesday by the
statements of labor union heads and
employers who utilize the services OF
hundreds Of union and non-union men,
The trouble centers in the building
trades councils. Charles Beum, head
of the Minneapolis Building Trades
council, is planning to- send posters to
surrounding territory warning labor.
ing men to keep away from Minneap.
oils because of labor disputes Sew
eral contractors VINO employ union
men of practically every craft said
they hal known of a plan to send the
posters out for some time and that
they understood a concerted effort
was to be made by the unions to force
into liac those contractors and build.
ers who. had allowed non-union men
to take up tools in Minneapolis this
spring.
Within half a dozen PAGES of the
grave in which his daughter, Mary,
had lain for fifteen years, Maurice
Culhane, So years of age, 24l9 Four
teenth avenue south, took his own
life in st. Mary's cemetery late Tues
day. The suicide followed months OF
solitary pilgrimages to the little grave
made without the knowledge of other
members of the family, according to
cemetery attaches. The daughter died
when small child. At the time the
father was badly broken up. Time
months ago, Mr.. Culhane began max
ing his lonely trips to the grave, where
he sometimes sat grieving for an hour
or more. After spending several
hours beside the grave Tuesday, he
walked a few steps away and drank
two ounces Of carbolic acid. He is
survived by two sons, John and
Maurice, and wife. He had been il
i'll health for some time and, accord.
ing to the sons, frequently had threat
ened to end his life. That his lnin6
had become unbalanced is plainly evil
dent. The funeral took place from
Holy Rosary church Friday morning
where services were conducted. In.
terment in st. Mary's cemetery.
Old settlers, city officials and the
general public turned out Monday aft
ernoon TO attend the unwilling of the
statue of Col. John H. Stevens. pic
neer settler, who built the first house
in Minneapolis. "reminiscences of ole
days were recalled and tributes paid
to the memory of Colonel Stevens
When Miss Newell Chase of Rapi6
City, s. D., granddaughter. lowered
the flags which exposed the statue t.
view, old settlers stood with heads un
covered as the audience cheered. Mon
Aav u,.r ohoson for the event as II