The Irish standard., 1905-04-15
dcGoey being the arch conspirator a,

/ seyAeo py one OF tne attorneys, was put
through severe course on the witness
stand, as was Owen McEneany, Char.
lie Kennedy, AL Mcdonald, Tom Carey
Tom Mcmahon and many others, in.
cluding VIM. Churchill, the vice presi.
dent The trial was conducted most
admirably from the bench and prose.
cuted and defended in such a way by
the able counsel that to an innocent
stranger it would seem the real thing,
McGoey and his learned counsel, p. D.
Scannell and Thos. Connolly, got ths
verdict Coleman Conroy was fore.
man of the jury.
4 d. w. Lawler spoke to the knights
| OF Columbus Tuesday night on Some
Oddities in the Law" at the club
rooms. The room was filled and the
speaker addressed himself to the cur
ious features of Jurisprudence, par
ticularly in the English law. The
subject of witchcraft was detailed. The
speaker told of the treatment of the
sbuject in France. Speaking of the
alleged crime in England, MIR. Lawler
said that it was believed in by the
| learned class of people Under James
| number of persons were punished
| for the crime. Mention was made
OF the fact that Sir William Black
stone, in his great law work, af1irms
his belief in the crime of witchcraft.
A history OF witchcraft in Salem,
Mass, was given. The speaker had
great praise for Cotton Mather, a
noted judge in those days. The address
was one of a series that is being de-
livered before the organization. -
Five hundred persons crowded the
Elks' hall, in the Lowry building,
Fourth and st. Peter streets, Wednes
day night, on the occasion of the re-
ception and celebration given in honor
OF Gov. Johnson, as the first governor
who was a native of the state, by the
Junior Pioneers association. T. D..
O'Brien, state insurance commission
er, presided and gave the address of
welcome to the governor. Fathers
of some of the members of this or
ganization," responded the governor
| in part, were responsible in securing
and retaining for this magnificent city
the state capitol, Had it not been
for Joe Roulette, who in the early
fifties stole the capital bill that sought
to transfer the capital to st. Peter,
l would today be Junior Pioneer of
st. Peter and st. Paul man would
be governor. AS st. Peter, however,
was cheated out of the capital, it is
no more than right that it should seek
to furnish majority Of the governors
| Of the state, of which am one Of the
four" Mayor Smith confined his re-
| sponse to an introduction of few
words: Il would indulge in remini-
scences," he said, were it not for the
fact that l see in the audience before
me many men older than l am and
who should have been chlorormed
long since" Judges Kelly, Brill and
Willis also made short addresses, fol-
lowing which stag social took place.
Robert Gehan sang topical song,
Van De Koor prestidigitated, Charles
Ellsworth did German comedy act,
Master Vivian wore the carpet with
buck and wing dance and Charles
Mead gave musical entertainment on
| various instruments. Messrs. Black
and Bush sang coon songs and told
stories, being warmly encored. A
three round exhibition bout with the
gloves between Barton and Banholzer
resulted in several narrow escapes
from injury by the referee, Ed Wal
lace, who declared the match draw.
Tired but happy, and with a con-
science OF a duty we'll performed, the
launching party that went to Newport
News to see the battleship Minnesota
glide into the waters, returned from
the East Wednesday night after an alb
sence of week. They were unanimous
in their praise Of the new ship as she
| appears at present and say that she
will reflect great credit on the North
star state. In the party we're Secre-
| tary and Mrs. Frank A. Day, Senator
and Mrs. Albert Schaller, Mrs. Gov.
j. A. johnson, Miss Rose Marie
Schaller, sponsor, Miss Lillian McMil-
Ian, Miss Constance Day, maids Of
honor, and Miss Margaret Sullivan,
Of Rochester, state treasurer Of the
Ladies' Auxiliary A., o. H., who at
! tended the launching as the guest Of