The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-04-08

Chief Strapp was unanimously chosen
for the position and highly lauded for
his services in the department during
the past. Henry Devlin, second assist
ant chief under Chief jackson, was
elected to the position of first assist.
ant. The election Of the second as.
sistant chief was somewhat of a sur.
prise. Capt. William A. Rodecker o.
engine company No. s was selected
as the man for the position, and his
past record shows that the trust i'm.
posed in him by the commissioners is
warranted. Owing to the rapid growth
OF the city and the necessity of install.
ing new engine companies, the board
deemed it necessary that a third as.
sistant chief be appointed On account
of his extended service in the depart
ment and his unquestioned ability as
fire fighter, Capt. Miles McNally O:
engine company No. 3 was appointed
to the position. The salary of the
third assistant chief was fixed al
$1,000 year, Daniel Neary, present
superintendent of the fire alarm signal
system, was unanimously reelected
and highly complimented by President
! Warner, on behalf of the fire COM
missioners, for his excellent work dur
ing the past. John w. Wheeler was
reelected to the position of master
| mechanic, and Forest d. Varnam was
reappointed assistant electrical in
spector. Robert White was again
elected veterinary surgeon of the de-
partment.
Gov Johnson will be invited to adj
dress the German-American Veterans
| association at their next meeting, May
z, in the supreme court room at the
old capital. On that date musical
and literary entertainment for the
benefit of the association fund will be
given.
At a meeting Sunday afternoon i'll
the old capital c. G. Hausdorf, who
was member of the committee COM
II osed of representatives of all patriotic
organizations of the city entrusted
with the duty of securing suitable
quarters in the old capitol building,
spoke highly of Gov. Johnson on be-
4, o1f If al
of the committee. II telephoned to
the governor" he said, after we had
picked out the rooms and prepared the
necessary papers incident to the trans
fer, and asked him if he would re
ceiye us that afternoon, and he replied
that he would be pleased to do so.
The weather is bad he said, and 7
am younger than you old veterans.
] think is would be better, if l came
to you, instead of you to me- And
he came down to us in the old capitol.
After inspecting the quarters we asked
for, he signed the papers without n
word. Gov. Johnson is gentleman and
a friend of the oil soldiers"
L. A. Rosing took position on the
board of control Tuesday, after Atty.
Gen. Young had given legal opinion
that his term was ready to begin. He
succeeded !. F. Jacobson, who will
retire to build up his politica! fences,
it is said. 1t is rumored he has his eye
on the governorship.
In the governors room at the
capitol building hangs a canvas feet
inches by 10 feet inches, depicting
the scene of Father Hennepin discov-
ering st. Anthony falls. 1t was hung
Monday morning by Douglas Volk, the
New York artist who painted it. The
price Of the canvas was $4,000. The
scene shows the priest, surrounded by
Indians, blessing the waters and
christening the falls. Father Henne-
pin stands with uplifted cross in bene-
diction. Around him are five 1nnans
/ and one white man. One figure seat:
ed in a canoe is that of a young In
dian. On his face is an expression OF
devotion. The older Indians show an
expression more of wonder and amaze
ment. One stalwart figure in the cen
ter is that of a shaver head Indian.
This was posed for by a Carlisle STU
dent. The white man hecides Fa.hel'
Hennepin is Ricard Du Gay. An In
| dian maiden is approaching the group,
kcal in;: burden on her head. The
canoe and the pack of the maiden is
symbOlical of a trip down the river.
Father Hennepin did not discover the
falls on his way up the river, says
the artist. The party came to where
ST. Paul now is in 1850 and made a
| detour. They were captured by In
dians. 1t was about July 4 that Father
Hennepin was allowed to come down.
the river to meet La Sale. They
left the party at the mouth of Run
river. Michael Aku, another companion
of Father Hennepin, is said to have
deserted the party and gone back to
the Indian camp. The Indians are of
the Sioux tribe. Father Hennepin is
supposed to have found favor with
them from the fact that his head was
shaver, after the manner of priest0
William ]. Boland, foreman for the
Barber Asphalt company, died sudden
| " Tuesday morning at his home, 175