The Irish standard., 1897-04-24


tho a. NJ =. nainetrsls With a two lenrss.
performance in minstrel selections, cOn-
/ tortions, tumblfng, etc, after which the.
! floor will be cleared, and dancing will be
in order for the balance Of the evening.
The music for the dancing will be fur
| nished by Pepin's celebrated string or.
chestra. The admission to the enter.
tainment including the hop, is so cents
per couple.
! Incorporation Attorney Darragh
some time ago filed a suit against the
| city to recover $722, the amount with
held from his salary of $4,000 a year as
corporation attorney. The sum repre-
sented the 10 per cent reduction In Mr..
! narragh's salary, which was put into e.
feet by the common council year ago
! last January. In it's answer filed.
Wednesday, the city contends that Mr..
! Darragh accepted the cut, inasmuch as
month as salary in full for all claims.
This allegation Mr.. Da1ragh emphati-
cally denies in his reply. ,... .-.:..s
The committee of the Ladies' AuxiIi-
| ary, A. o. H., having in charge the en-
! tertainment for the benefit of the G.. A.
r. monument fund, report that they are
making good progress. The entertain
ment will take place at Market Hall on
Wednesday evening. May s. The pro-
gram, while not yet complete, will be
very interesting, and we'll worth double
the Is cents which the ladies have dxed
as the price of admission. The object
! for which this entertainment is given
| should be an incentive for all patriotic
citizens regardless of creed OF national
! ity to give it their support, and make it
grand financial success The ladies of
the Auxiliary are doing some hard work,
and are deserving of much credit. The
only reward they ask is to, see the cif1-
zens turn out and fill Market Hall to it's
utmost capacity. The full program will
| be published in next weeks issue. ,...
The plan of action decided upon at
| the meeting of the Bank of Minnesota
depositors last Saturday was completed
Monday afternoon when two a:s.alnts
/ were filed in the municipal court against
William Dawson, ST., and William Daw-
son, Jr. The complafnants are A. H.
Roake and George r. Holmes. Mr..
Roake's complaint charges William
Dawson, ST., and William DAWSON Jr.,
with unlawfully and feloniously appro-
priating $3.50, ,223.O9 of the Bank of Min
nesota funds to the use Of the st. Paul
Plow company. The complaint of Mr..
Holmes charges the Dawsons with
wrongfully receiving from, the COM
plainant deposit of $529 on Dec. g,
1896, when, it is alleged, they knew the
Bank of Minnesota was ,insolvent. In
conformity with the continuance of pro-.
ceedings had in the case of William
Dawson, ST., and Robert L. Miller, who
gave bail on Saturday night, Mr.. Daw-
son and Mr.. Miller appeared before
Judge Twohy in the municipal court at
p. m. William Dawson, Jr:, was also
present to answer to the two complaints
against himself. c.. D. O'Brien repre-
sented the Dawsons, and A. 3. Macart-
ney looked. after Mr.. Miller's interests,
The defendants through their attorneys
all pleaded not guilty and waived exam
ination. The fixing of the bonds in
these cases being beyond the power Of
the municipal court, an adjournment
was taken to-. Judge Lewis chambers.
| Dawson at $1,000 on the charge of en-
bezzlement of $97, 900 sworn to by Jere-
miah O'Brien, and at $4,000 on the
charge preferred by A. H. Roake, of the
| embezzlement of $283,223.O9. On. the
charge of receiving deposit Of $529. on
Dec %, 1896, Mr.. Dawson's bail was
fixed at $2;500, making $12,500 bail in all.
| Thomas L. Blood and G. T. Schurmeier
were accepted as Mr.. Dawson's bonds
men. The bond of William Dawson, Jr.,
were fixed at $1,000 on the. charge of
misappropriating $685., ,223. 90, and $2,500
on that of receiving deposit ON Dec.
| %, 1896. Robert L. Miller was required
to furnish bond in the sum of ySS5;O00.s
Mr.. Miller's bondsmen were. John Ger,
agility, collector of customs, and Myron
| N. Cole, sugar broker.
| Rev. p. Danehy, of St. Paul seminary,
will lecture this Saturday. evening on.
Biblical subjects before the Fenelon.
reading circle at Crusaders Hall, Sixth
and Fort streets
| The fifteenth anniversary of the st.
Paul Crusaders will be celebrated in
Cretfn hall the evening Of April 26.: "A;
banquet will be given and there will be-
a program of toasts and music. The
committee in charge of the ami
versary has not confined the attendance
| to the present membership: All those
that were ever on the rolls are expected
to be present. The idea is to make this a
reunion of all former members. Aside
from the members of the society the fol-
lowing will respond to toasts: Rev. FIR.
Heffron, Rev. J. J. Lawlery Rev. j.. M.
i O1oorx, ToL- 0sD,Sor o~l vrr:I1:o-.