The Irish standard., 1913-03-08
CITY IN BRIEF

letic club. 1t is expected that other
women will soon follow her example.
4 testimonial TO Rev. James NJ.
Cleary, of the Church of the Incarna-
ton, is to take the form OF celebra-
ton in honor of the fortieth anniver-
sary of his ordination to the priest
hood and twenty years of his citizen
ship in Minneapolis Tuesday evening,
March IS, at the Auditorium.
Despite the fact that the number of
sanitary and health inspectors was re-
duced by the board of health on rec
ommendation of the council commit
tee on economy, there is now a new
inspector of health in addition to
those previously employed. He is DR..
G. D. Haggard, appointed Saturday.
w: D. Marks, municipal gas expert,
who has been engaged to make an in
neapolis Gas Light company with q
view to recommending lower gas rates,
will begin his Investigations here this
week. He will be aided by five as
sistants.
DR.. John w. Macdonald, declared by
the medical profession to be one of the
foremost physicians and surgeons of
the Northwest, died at his home, 1928
Bryant avenue south, last Tuesday
night, at the age of 50 years. Death
came from heart failure. Drs. ]. w.
Bell and X. Hoegh, friends Of his boy
hood, and the family We're at the home
when death came.
There will be 1900 more men en-
ployed on city construction this year
than in 1912. City Engineer Cappelen
opened his registration bureau for jobs
Monday, the applications being made
to Nels Munson, chief timekeeper. The
work to be done includes that on wa
ter mains, sewers. paving and general
construction. The city pays $2.4o for
an eight day.
The Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pany owns more personal property in
Hennepin county than any other COR
poration or individual, according to
County Treasurer Henry c. Hanke.
The company's property is valued at
$s,S19,639, upon which the personal
tax is $264,14S.54. A check for that
amount was received Feb. % by Mr.
Hanke. The hourly mails brought in
many thousands Of dollars in checks
from other corporations. The total tax
appraisement on personal property in
the county is s1,6o0,o0o.
Women and children first should be
the law Of the land as we'll as the i'm
written law Of the sea-" With these
words, John Mitchell, national labor
leader, called. the men Of Minnesota
to the support of woman suffrage in his
speech at the Shubert theater. last
Sunday. Mitchelrs subject was ideals
Of Trades Unionism." He told what
had been accomplished by the move
ment and then launched out into what
it was proposed to accomplish. Ie
made brief reference to the right of
free speech and his own citation for
contempt OF court on account of his
speeches.
A brother and sister obtained di-
vorces from Judge Leary in district
court Tuesday. The cases were Maude
Cronin, who sued Edward Cronin. and
Mayme Adeline McGlynn, who was di-
vorced from William David McGlynn
Crontn is a brother Of Mrs. McGlynn
Both actions were based on charges of
cruel and inhuman treatment. The
defendants in each case did not oppose
the granting of the decree and default
Judgments were rendered. The Nc
Glynns We're married in 1902, and Mr..
and Mrs. Cronin last year. Cronin was
not in court when his wife's case
against him was called. but was pres
ent when the case Of his sister against
Mr.. McGlynn was heard.
The Cathedral apartments, $3.50
Seventeenth street north, figured in 4
real estate deal closed Tuesday. The
property was sold by the Twin City
Improvement company to Agnes M,
Higgins, Wife Of DIR. c. W. Higgins
1913 Sixteenth street east, and Neils
Nielsen, commission dealer, for $685.
600. The transfer also included the
Bitter Root fruit farm, Nssoula,
Mont, which was accepted as a small
portion of the purchasing price. Sui
How & Mas handled the transfer. The
Twin City Improvement company is
building similar apartment house ut
Seventeenth street and Laurel avenue
which will be ready for OCCUPANCY
April l..
Preparations for extending specia!
delivery privileges to tie parcel post
are being made at the Minneapolis
postofftce, VIII re official orders from
ho orfr