The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-24
FROM THE c. PIrAL

The French fair at Sherman hall.
for the lrneli! OF st. Louis Catholic.
church. came to IL successful close
Saturday evening. With Il balance on
the credit side Of $4,000. The money
will he used to reduce the church debt
OF $4,000. An interesting feature was
the voting contest for the most popular
priest. Til" contestants being Father
RulGuln, of st. Louis church, and
Father Richards of Minneapolis. the
former winning by IL handsome plural
lty. st. Louis church raised $3.244lS.
and the Minneapolis people $1,000.
Saturday nights attendance WAS quite
large. An auction of goods left over
followed the fair.
News has been received in st. Paul
of the death in Seattle of Edward ID.
Cummings, who for many years was
resident of st. Paul. MIR. Cum
nlineS' death WAS sudden. and is sup
posed to have been caused by heart
failure. He leaves Il widow. Ten or
twelve years ago the deceased was Il
prominent figure i'll st. Paul. He was
Il very sllrcwd and fnr-SiYltcd bust
ness, man, and made Il fortune in rail
way contract work. and in other con
tracts. He was cmincnly successful
in business and personally had many
friends.
John llallcrty sues the Chicago
Great Western for 5000 lie lost
two fingers by an engine starting sud
denly while he was removing ashes.
Jane Sullivan has brought an action
against the city to recover $1,000 dam
ages. She complains that she was
walking OIL Wacouta street, when she
received IL bad fall on account of the
defective condition of the walk. The
point on Wacouta street was between
Tenth and Spruce streets
Judging by popular sentiment as
expressed on the streets Assembly,
man ii. G. Schumacher has got himself
into no little uncnviablc notoricty, to
say the least, by his rather untimely
and ill-adviSed discussion of the suit
brought by George Il. Lennon against
him. The result of Mr.. Schurmpir's
talk has been to put the matter up
to him." and to relieve Mr. Lennon
of any responsibility for doing any
explaining. There seems to he no
doubt that the grand jury will ask
Mr.. Schumacher to clucidatc and
amplify his condolences. Public opin-
him. The result of Mr.. Schurmeier's
as city official, acted with lack of
discretion, to say the least. Mr..
Schurmeicr undoubtedly spoke hastily,
without due consideration to his
words, and did not mean all that he
said. Mr. Lemons suit was brought
openly and in the regular course of
such procedure without any stir or any
reflection upon Mr.. Schumacher. Mr..
Lennon loaned $500 to Mr. Scllur
meier for use in business venture
and brought suit to collect on the
promissory note given him by Mr..
Schumacher. 1t was with Mr.. Len
non purely a. matter of business.
There was also 81 bill for S147 for
goods sold to Mr.. Schumacher. Mr..
Schumacher declared that Mr.. Len
non had agreed not to demand the re-
| payment of the money until some time
| hence and that the sudden action to
recover was dictated by Mr.. Lemons
SORENESS" over Mr.. Schurmeier's fail
ure to pledge himself to vote for the
repeal of the owl car ordinance. This
Mr.. Lennon denies absolutely and says
that the transaction was purely bust
ness matter
Div. No. 9. \. o. H.. will hold their
annual ball at Bowlby hall. corner
Sixth and Robert streets. on next
Tuesday evening. "