The Irish standard., 1913-02-22
FROM THE CAPITAL

H., Ramsey county, will entertain the
Juvenile Girls of Ramsey county and
the Juvenile Girls of Hennepin coun-
ty Sunday, April S, at Hibernian hall.
A musical and literary program will
be rendered, after which refresh
nents will be served.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
will celebrate the one hundred and
thirty-fifth anniversary of the birth
of Robert Emmett Tuesday evening,
March 4, at Hibernian hall. A pro-
gram of vocal and instrumental mu-
, sic and readings has been prepared.
No admission will be charged. E. j.
McManus is chairman Of the COM
mittee In charge.
The Ramsey County Juvenile Divi-)
sions of A. o. H. and L. A. to a. Q. H.
I We're entertained last Saturday after
noon by the Hennepin County Juven-
/ lie Division ct A. o. U. w. hall. A
program Of Irish songs and dances
was creditably rendered, after which
refreshments were served. Mrs.
Mary McC;ocy. the organizer Of the
Juvenile Divisions, chaperoned the
! party.
Martin Z. Rowan, for twelve years
operator of the police alarm system
| at Central station and we'll known in
police circles, died Sunday morning at
the City hospital after two weeks
illness. He was SO years old and had
lived in ST. Paul since thirty years
j ago when his family moved here from
i Ireland. Death was due to erysipelas
and pneumonia. MIR. Rowan was talk
en- i'll two weeks ago with a peculiar
! infection OF the brain which puzzled
several specialists. He was at the
! hospital several days when complica-
tons set in. He was unmarried and
/; lived with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Rowan, at 206 Maria avenue. He
leaves three sisters and four BROTH
ers. The sisters are Mrs. Fl. T. Mar
vim, Mrs. w. S. Russell and Mrs. ]. r.
! Bruce, all of st. Paul. Two brothers,
I P. d. Rowan and l.. j Rowan, also
! live in this city, and he has two 9TH
er brothers in Montana He was edu-
Gated at st. Mary's parochial school
and went into the railroad business
but lost leg in wreck. lie was
appointed police operator in 1900.
That year he was an unsuccessful can
didate for sheriff of this county. Mr..
Rowan was Familiarity known in police
1 circles as Doc Rowan. When the ex-
/ plosion destroyed the, old Central po-
lice station he had remarkable es-
cape from injury. Seated with his
back to high switchboard, he was
! facing a wall several feet away when
the crash came. The wall was toppied
toward him but struck the SWITCH
board and was momentarily suspend
ed. giving him an opportunity to get
out safely. The funeral took place
from the above residence Wednesday
at $50 q. III. Requiem high mass was
celebrated at st. Marys church. In
torment was in Calvary cemetery.
i The pallbearers were p. n. Conoryea
Ray Flanagan, Ralph Parrish, Charles
i Coulter, Sergt. r. A. Wright and Jo-
seph Mounts. the first four OF whom
are employed in the police signal de-
pertinent.
I T. a. McGrath. traffic manager of
the Association Of Commerce. return
ed Saturday from Washington. where
4 he went to argue before the Inter-
state Commerce commission against
the proposed increase in freight rates
on furniture from Iowa and Wiscon-
sin points to st. Paul. The railroads
seek to increase the rates from 20 to
90 cents 100 pounds to IS and -
II cents. This, the Association of Com