The Irish standard., 1904-04-16

tee and then collect certain percent
age of the first years salary as COM
pensation for services in securing en-
ployment. They have commended that
the ordinance applied only to such en-
ployment offices as deal with common
laborers. The present administration
is inclined to believe that if the claims
of the proprietors are true, the ordi-
nance is class legislation and invalid.
On the other hand, it is thought that
the ordinance is valid, but that the
claims of the proprietors e the en-
ployment offices are at fault
The Catholic Association of the Uni
versity of Minnesota met at a banquet,
for the first time in its history, at the
Nicollet hotel Saturday night. About
eighty of the male members were pres
ent. After partaling of sumptuous
menu, the toastmaster, John A. Layne,
called upon Rev. ]. NJ. Cleary, who
spoke on Religion and the Higher
Education" Father Cleary congrat,l-
lated the association upon it's gathering
for the first time about the festive
board. Religion and higher education,
he said, We're elements that went hand
and hand in building up the character
of man. And it was men with char
acters so formed that were needed in
this great ''bread and butter state'' of
Minnesota. The affair proved so sue
cessful in every way that before break
ing up it was determined that the BAN
quet should hereafter be an annual af-
fair
Fred Schiek, who conducted a res
taurant and retail liquor house on Third
street for many years past. died on Fri
day of last week after somewhat pro-
| tracted illness. He was born in Sins
helm, Baden, Germany, April 16, 1886,
came to New York city in 1852, where
| he resided until 1858. In 1857 he was
married to Miss Barbara Kehi of New
| York city, who survives him. He came
| west in 1859 and settled on farm -
| miles from Lansing, Iowa. In 1862 he
| moved to Lansing and was engaged in
! the mercantile business for % years.
He was a member of the Lansing school
board and deeply interested in educa-
tional matters. All of the surviving
/ children We're born in Lansing. They
are Louis Schiek, Mrs. J. H. Heiser,
\ Mrs. c. Ii. Bothman, Mrs. j. H. Gugler
and Miss Louisa Schiek. There were
II children in all. Mr.. Schiek moved
to Minneapolis in 1887 and opened his
present catering establishment in 1895.
Disbarment proceedings We're begun
in the supreme court of Minnesota
Tuesday against Colonel Willis E.
Dodge, formerly attorney of the Great
Northern railroad, and his son, Vernon
w. Dodge, who is his law partner.
Charges were filed by Eli Southworth,
of Shakopee, secretary Of the state
board of examiners in law. Chief JUS
tice Start Of the supreme court, fixed
May 2 as the date when the defendants
will appear and show cause why they
should not be disbarred. There are
two charges against Colonel Dodge,
both arising from the settlement of dam
age suits against the Great Northern.
Mrs. 1Iary Fitzgerald was injured in a
wreck near Cassell, Mimi, in Septem-
Der, 1903. Thomas D. O'Brien, a St.
Paul lawyer, recommended her case for
Colonel Dodge. He sued the company
for $4,000, agreeing to give Mr..
O'Brien 25 per cent of the fees he got.
1t is charged that November Colonel
Dodge made an agreement with the
railroad company to settle the case for
$1,000; that OH November he wrote
to Mr.. O'Brien and Mrs. Fitzgerald that
the company would settle for $500.
He was authorized to make this settle
ment. The next day he settled with
the railroad company for $4,000,
and of this sum he sent Mrs. Fitzgerald
$4,000, informing her that he had re-
tanned $500 for his fee. The other case
was damage suit brought by Hugh
Rankin, who was injured in the same
wreck.