The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-23
CITY IN BRIEF

The police are trying to find q Miss
Barrett, believed to live in st. Paul,
to notify her of the death of her
father, Edmond Thomas Barrett who
was struck by lightning at Miles City.
Mont, according to a telegram re-
ceived from the coroner of that city.
Rev. Father Ryan Of st. Paul pre-
scented his views on Thursday before
the minimum wage commission. Faith
err Ryan helped draw the bill for the
appointment of this body, which is
gathering data on the number of Min
nesota employees and their wages.
State Treasurer Smith is receiving
daily from 10 to Is inquiries regarding
the time when the next popular sale
Of state certificates will be held. Mr..
Smith said Tuesday he believed he
could put 100000 worth Of state Sc
curities on the counter and dispose Of
them to individuals without trouble.
D. j. Meade, q cook in a construc-
ton camp on the Northern Pacific
railroad at Northtown Junction, was
found dead on the track at the juno
ton Tuesday. His body was terribly
mangled. No one has been found who
knows what train ran over him OF
when the accident happened. Meade
lived in North st. Paul.
Informal suffrage conferences will
be held daily by the Minnesota Equal
Franchise league at the state fail
grounds during fair week. Thursday
Sept. 4. has been set aside by the COM
mittee of which Mrs. William David.
son is chairman for all out-of-towr
friends of suffrage to assemble for in
formal talks and social hour.
Oyer thousand Twin City Greeks
will hold their 18th annual outing
Thursday, Aug. %. at Tonka Bay, IL
celebration of Greek victories ovel
Turkey and Bulgaria. Rev. A. Dem
akopoulos will lead religious exercis
es and prayers for the 200 local Creek
fighting in the Balkans. All Greel
stores will close for the day.
William O'Connell, Twin City hotel
LOG Washington ave. g., fell from
fourth story window, so feet. to tn
alley pavement, early Tuesday. I'm
conscious and bleeding, he was take'
to the City hospital; where his condi
ton is serious. He may have broker
back. o'Conne1i told the night clerl
he would sit in the window a Will
to get cool. He is believed to hav
fallen asleep. But for an overhangin
sign, which he struck In his descent
he probably would have been killed.
The civil service commission ask
$4,000 for efficiency investigation
and for the creation Of an efficienc
department., in its estimate of 1914 ex
penses, just filed with the city comp
"troller The estimate aggregates $27,
2s4 The commission contemplate
the organization Of q branch to carr
on investigation Of various city de
partments. The purchasing agent ask
$4,000 for 1914. Both Of these are ad
, ditions to the regular allowance to b
made by the board Of tax levy.
The work Of recovering Bassett'
creek will be begun early next sprint
according to Alderman Hill Of tn
Third Ward. The delay, he said, ha
been decided upon by the council me
owing to the fact that there were nc
sufficient funds to continue the wor
+. If it was begun this gear. The coun
Gil has authority to issue $4,000
worth of bonds to cover the creek. TIL
total estimated expense is about $500
900. No new bond issue can be au
thorized until the 1915 legislature. A
the amount available by bond issue
is not sufficient to continue the wor
until that time, it was decided not
begin work until next year.
Driving his wife and two sma
children from home, Joseph F. King
ston, 4130 Twenty-eighth avenu
south, early Tuesday, set fire to HI
house and resisted all efforts to say
the building from destruction, accord
ing to Patrolmen George Jensen an
o. G. Ostby, who arrested him on
charge of drunkenness. The polio
were summoned by Mrs. Kingsto
from a neighbours home. When tt
two patrolmen arrived they found
fire blazing in the kitchen and King
ston trying to bar the doors and win
dows. The policemen kicked open tt
door and, Selling bucket, dashe
water on the flames and had extir
guished the fire by the time engir
company No. "a arrived. Kingston we
locked up at the Minnehaha police sta
ton.
Controversy over the fixing Of II