The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-07-05
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
: !, CITY IN BRIEF

CITY IN BRIEF
Prosperity and confidence are once
more reflected, this time by the bank
clearlnss both for the month Of June
and fer the six months just coming to
. close Clearings for June were t9e.-
osl,es4.12 and for June of last year
$7s.244,505.7s. The first six months to-
tailed $sss. .sso.1s and the first six
months oflast year only s4s7,7s1.7so.e1
Allen -. Albert. ST., q. veteran in at
tendaneeizat the F1ftisth anniversary
Of the =hettletof Gettysburg, Gettys-
burg. Pay father. of Allen d. Albert,
Jr, and Edward F. Albert, Minneapo-
lis. was the first Of the old ,soldiers to
fall on tho battlefield during the cele-
bration. He was stricken Tuesday at
ternoon. Death was due to paralysis.
He was 6eeysars old and served with!
the 46th Pennsylvania infantry during
the war.
A taxicab, carrying pultnoter. made
a vain racedwith death from st. Paul
to Prescott, ,sMls., Monday afternoon.
The pulmotor was being rushed to|
Prescott In an effort to. save the lifS
Of Larue schaAer. 14-ysarrold son ct
Rev. ]. r. schafter. who was drowned
while swimming in the St. Croix river.
The boy was taken from the river
about a,halt hour after he sank. A call
was made for tho pulrnotor while ply
sicians ,workeds,to resuscitats the lad.
Larue was dead when the machine ar.
rived. a--'sns''
- Alderman Charles. !. johnson Of the
Tenth ward was one Of six persons ar
rested Friday night Of last weekly 50
uniformed and plain clothes policemen
who had bean directed to break up q
Socialist street meeting at Fourth
street ana Nieollst avenue. It was the
l,rst clash the police have had with the
Socialists since last August when they
refused to permit .them,;to hold meet
inss farther up. Nicolist avenue than
Second street. At that time several
were arrested and fned for abstruct-
ing trafrc. The charge made against
Alderman Johnson ana his companions
was obstructinS the sidewalk and
street. All we're released on bail.
Persons going into parks Or to other
places where they have previously
found drinking cups had host take
their own drinking cups with them.
The law prohibiting public drinking
cups, passed by the iasts slegtsleture,
'fwsnt INTO erect 1fonday.y Park. board
onnelGls Aa5t:that the dfiniins cups in
The parks will bs,put awatta at once, al
though no provisions haf been made
for individual cups. The, health COM
missioner said yesterday that he would
confer with the chief Of police - soon
as conference could be.arranged. with
a view to having polite ohlcers in
structed on the provisions Of the law.
The city attorney said. he construed
the law as Implying thst all cups where
the public eou1doreach them. In private
oflices or otherwise. came within its
reach. He expressed his belief that the
Legislators wanted people to have indi-
vidual cups. :'s {;
Ground for, the new, $4,000 sdlnce of
st. Clements Catholic church was
broken last week at jackson street and
Twenty first avenue northeast. Work
will be pushed al rapidly az possible
that it may be ready for use by Dec.
Is. The plans call FLOR building lib
feet long and 70 fsst high with a IS
foot front. It will VI built Of dark red
smooth faced brick with window
frames and othsrs Ornamental portions
Of stone, ana Will dave two towers. In
architecture ana :ikterior design it will
differ from any. schurch building in
Minneapolis. Tho paneled ceiling will
be 20 supported, q to occasion no OBJ
structlons to view to the sanctuary,
ana the altar antFpsrsons about It wifi
be visible from.lan parts Of the audi.
torium. There win be large base:
nnent and two ssAcristries, one OF them
lsxao feet id DIMENSIONS which is to
be used for aowAhtsr chapel. The seat
ing capacity of the auditorium i. 600.
id- =
u = For Iths Orphans.
Az the lrtshEsS standard goes to press
this morning I'll committees having in
charge the Arrangements for the pic
safe to be hslt by the Catholic soci-
cities today t1pseta.r with msmesss Of