The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
CITY IN BRIEF

lyphotd pneumonia for some weeks
past at st. Marys hospital, was able
to return to his home Wednesday.
John Daica, "a years old, an en-.
ploye of the Merchants Elevator COM
pany, Twenty third avenue and Mar
shall street northeast, was crushed to
death Wednesday when his clothing
became entangled in the elevator
shaft. He lived at 500 Main street
northeast
Among the visitors to the city re-
Gently from the outside was A. j.
Williams of Fargo. Mr. Williams was
born in this country, but it would be
a pretty hard matter to find a more
ardent champion of the Home Rule
cause in Ireland than he is. He is
a great adn1irer Of John Redmond, is
a cousin of his and naturally proud
of the fact.
The board of county commission
ers has approved the engineers plans
for the construction of ditch No. "a,
which will drain all surplus water
from Rice lake and help to straighten
Film creek. Farmers living nearby,
but not in the same township, have
protested against the construction of
the ditch. The. matter will be set
tied In three weeks.
The moderate drinker who takes his
mornings morning regularly, is a
more dangerous drinker than the man
who occasionally becomes intoxicated
and attempts to kick the chandelier,
according to DR.. f. l.. Tuohy, Duluth,
who spoke Tuesday night at the Uni
versity Of Minnesota chapel. Mr..
Tuohy declared continued whisky
drinking was the cause Of 40 per cent
of all insanity.
Erland Lind, assistant county at
torney, today laid at the door OF
George Fl. Hayes, comptroller of the
University Of Minnesota, the failure
of the prosecution against Joseph D.
Bren. All four indictments against
Bren were dismissed late Monday
''Mr. Hayes failure to make formal
demand upon Bren for the university
funds knocked our case into cooked
hat after Mr.. Bren had been placed
in jeopardy" said Lind.
Major Edwin S. Bean. one of the
best known National guardsmen in the
Northwest as former commandanA of
Company d of st. Paul, was found
dead i'll his room in the Windsor no
. tel. 447 st. Peter street, st. Paul, last
Wednesday night. Apoplexy- - said to
have caused his death. He, was s5
years Of age and was twice elected
sheriff of Ramsey county, Deceased
was captain Of Co. D, Thirteenth Min
nesota infantry, and served iii the
Philippines. ...-....s,.
Giant Valley, a lawyer with offices
in the Palace building, was arrested
late last week by Sergeant Kelley on
the order of the county attorney,
charging him with gross misde-
meanor in advertising that he could
, procure a divorces, quickly and easily,
for persons who we're anxious to
sever their marital ties. This, &C.
cordfng to the county attorney, is
against the statutes and entails a
punishment of six months in the
county Jail, Or a fine. Valley ran for
county judge in his home town, Ros-
coe. 8. D., at the last election, but
was defeated. Valley was released
upon furnishing $4,000 bonds.
The Minneapolis Retail Grocers
association has passed a resolution
approving T. s. Walkers plans for
improving Market court and declar.
ing that bond issue for municipal
market would be a useless expendi.
. ture Of the Taxpayers money, as the
market proposed by Mr.. Walker
would be sufficient for all reasonable
purposes. The association expressed
the belief that ample facilities will be
afforded the public through the addi.
tioral so stalls which Mr. Walker
proposes to build. The association
condemned bill now before the leg.
islature regulating the manufacture
and sale Of oleomargarine as tending
to increase the cost of living and as
Increasing facilities for food adultera.
ton. 's 4'~'
Action on the resolution from the
ment, the fire department committee
of the council Tuesday voted to rec
ommend the changing of the maxi
nun, age limit at which man may
enter the fire department from 81
years to 80 years. Fire Chief Ringer
argued in favor Of the change. when
a man goes into the department at 8;
years." said Mr.. Ringer, che is toe
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