The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-01-28
FROM THE CAPITAL.

l
plaintiff was awarded by the jury in
the case of Eward Il. Egan against the
Winnipeg baseball club on trial in the
district court of st. Paul Tuesday.
Egan sued to recover .;92G.5O Which he
claimed was due him as salary and for
expenses under his contract with the
club to act us it's manager during the
last baseball season.
/; Governor johnson has been invited
10 attend the fifth annual dinner of
, the amen Corner" ut the Fifth Ave-
: nH" hotel, New York, Feb. 49, The
Minnesota governor and Governors
FOLK. OF Missouri: Douglas. Of Massa-
ctusctts, and Latollette, Of Wisconsin,
are the only state executives invited
from outside New York The guest of
F. honor is to be Governor Hi9gings, Of
! New York. Among those who will be
f; present arc Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Thomas c. Platt, Alton Brooks Parker,
Mayor Mcclellan, Of New York; Elihu
Root, Joseph Cannon, Postmaster Gen
eral Wynne, John Sharp Williams, Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, Chentung LANG Chen,
and others.
Peter NJ. Kcrst deputy public exam
liner, was Monday agreed upon as the
successor Of Samuel Z. Johnson, public
examiner and superintendent of state
banks. Frank N. Stacy, of NIinneapo-
lis, was at the same time announced
by GOV. johnson as Mr. Kerst's sue
cessor as deputy public examiner. The
announcement of the two appoint
ments yesterday ended a spirited,
though good natured rivalry, for the
most important position in the state
departments left in the gift of the gov
ernor. The office of public examiner
pays S+,10O and that of the deputy,
$1.SM. Mr.. Kersts appointment is a
recognition of the German Democracy
of the state. which was especially loyal
to the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor in the las: campaign.
Before Judge Lewis. sitting in the
district court last Saturday, appeared
Rev. George Meyer, seeking the ap-
pointment of. a receiver for the Ernst
and Exchange buildings. In support of
his application was submitted the fact
that the present owner of the equity,
Watson T.. Davidson. has not paid tax
es. insurance or interest upon the prior
mortgage held by the applicant, and
further that a net earning of $500 is
the high waternlark for the building
MIR. Davidson opposed the motion and
commended that the building had a pro
sent value of from $4,000 to $4,000
over and above all encunbrances. 1t
was shown that the building cost S2O3.-
Sit. that Ernst paid $125,OOO for it
and expended $4,000 on improvements.
Many Attid;lvitS We're read by both
parties. in which it developed that the
estimates of the value of the building
varied from 100000 to $25O.OOO. There
is outstanding against the property
$1G2.0G0. OF this sum. 81 10000 is a
prior mortgage, $4,000 the Meyer
claim and the balance taxes and i'll
terest. Judgment was reversed.
j. y. McDermott, state oil inspector.
Monday announced the names of tlir-
ty-three of his deputies. In each of
the larger counties, one county is as
signed to each deputy, but there are
instances in which two or three of the
counties are grouped together in one
oil Inspection district that the fees of
the office may be worth. while. The
new deputies take their offices Feb
ruary ]. succeeding Republicans. 1t
is said that the inspector was in
fluenced in naming his deputies by
the action Of the various county
committees in indorsing candidates
for their respective counties. The fol-
lowing is the list of appointments an
nounced, and athere are ten deputies
who have not vet been agreed upon:
4. l.. Lennon and Alexander Larson,
Minneapolis, Hennepin county; Oscar
Tankenoff and X. O. Hobe, st. Paul,
Ramsey county; d. D. Murphy, Blue
Earth City. Faribault county; Charles
IIinsinger Wadena, Wadena; Robert
Reed. Worthington, Mobiles: John N.
Wiesner, Tracy, Lyon and Yellow Med
icne: John J. Pontius, st. Cloud,
Stearns and Benton; G. G. Coffey, Cey-
Ion. Martin; Peter Johnson. Austin.
Mower; John L. King. jackson, Jack
son and Cottonwood; G r. Donaldson,
Stewart, Mcleod: ]. II. I.andy, Buffalo
Lake. Renville and Chippewa; Jay La
Due, Luverne, Rock; G. G. Stone, Pipe
stone, Murray and Pipestone; George
Glotsbach, Sleepy Eye, Brown; w. w.
Dunning, Winthrop, sibley; o. w.
Hennings, Alexandria, Douglas, Grant
and Pope; Michael Lynch, Duluth, st.
Louis: George II. Parker, Dodge Cen
ter. Dodge; Peter Thompson. Red
Wing. Goodhue: Granville w. Smith,
saltwater Washington; 7. NJ. Reilly,
Brainard, Grow Wing: J. NJ. Downs,
Willmnr. Kandiyolli; Charles P. Spill
lane. New Richland. Waseca: Julius
Reter. Rochester, Olmstead: J. G. Col