The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-09-28
CITY IN BRIEF


Hennepin. Both phones
Joseph NJ. Folk, ex-governor Of
Missouri, is coming to this city in the
early part of October in the interest
of Woodrow Wilson and the entire
Democratic ticket,
According to announcement Mayor
]. G. Haynes will go to California
soon, after the expiration of his term
of Office. to spend the remainder Of
the winter. Fred T. Williams, Sec
rotary Of the mayor, will leave about
the same time for Washington, where
he will visit friends and relatives.
John De Laittre, former mayor or
the city, and for many years con-
nected with it's civic activities, passed
away last week at his residence. He
was 80 years old. The funeral was
held on Saturday and some of the
, leading citizens of1ciated as pail
bearers. Interment was at Lakewood
cemetery.
Loren w. Collins, former Judge OF
the state supreme court, G. A. R. vet
eran and one of the best known men
in Minneapolis, is critically i'll at his
home. zoos Girard avenue south. Mr..
Collins attended the recent national
encampment of the Grand Army at
Los Angeles and suffered an attack
of heart trouble. at San Francisco
while on his way home from which
he has not recovered.
Hennepin county Democrats met at
Democratic headquarters in the West
hotel Wednesday night and selected
the new Democratic county commit
tee for the coming campaign. The
men selected to act on the committee
had previously been Endorsed by The
various candidates on the Democratic
ticket Edward A. Purdy was named
chairman, o. A. Hedin, secretary, and
f. M. Henry, treasurer.
Div. No. 3, Ladies Auxiliary, A. O.
H., will give the first dancing party
of the season on Tuesday evening.
Oct. 1, at I. o. o. 4. hall, corner Ply
mouth and Third street north.
Breitner's orchestra will furnish the
music. The ladies and gentlemen in
charge extend a cordial invitation to
their friends of other divisions to at
tend and promise them an excellent
entertainment.
The total Democratic vote for Hen
nepin county, outside of Minneapolis,
has been compiled. Ringdal carried
the country district over Andrist, 2G6
to 1877. Harry S. Swenson, Demo-
cratic candidate for county attorney,
also ran strong, polling 10 votes to
81 for Musgrave, lis for Davenport
and 80 for Bowler. T. P. Dryers
vote for Congress was 22S against 1872
for Hoidale and SO for Bradley.
The many friends of Matt Walsh,
former treasurer Of Hennepin county
and president of the council when
alderman from the Sixth Ward, Will
be glad to know that he is sufficiently
recovered from his recent prolonged
illness to be able to attend to his
duties at the city hall once more. Mr.
Walsh, a veteran Democrat, is an ar.
dent admirer of Woodrow Wilson bu:
has no use for the Bull Moose candi-
date and his new-fangled principles,
Only 1861 women in Hennepin
portunity to vote for members of the
school and library boards, as COM
pared to 32,725 men who voted these
tickets, The number Of women who
registered was 2,244; the number Of
men, 46,S27. Seventy-four per cent of
the women who registered also voted;
70 per cent of the men who registered
voted. In the country districts of
Hennepin county only "a women voted
at the primary election. The other
1857 women voters were from The
city of Minneapolis.
Comet gazing is likely to be pop.
ular pastime in Minneapolis soon, and
in the whole Northwest, for that mat
ter Professor Leavenworth Of the
university astronomy department says
that the orbit of the new comet frs:
sighted in Sydney, N. s. W., had
been computed and the celestial or
phan probably would be visible to the
naked eye in this part of the earth
about Oct. S. "Were it not for the
moon these nights, it might be visible
here even now" he said. In to-,
days or so the moons rising will be
no deterrent to sighting the comet and
it looks as if we were to get look
at it,"
Thomas Van Lear inaugurated his
active campaign for the mayoralty
when he addressed two open-ail
meetings Sunday. one on picnic