The Irish standard., 1907-01-05

has recently been elected secretary of
the Stone Masons' union of ST. Paul.
Miss Ella Heating and Miss NJ. \.
Towey are spending the winter on the
Pacific coast, and are at present in
Seattle.
John A. A1cDermott. state oil inspcc-
tor, was rendered a complimentary din
her last Saturday afternoon at the
California cafe, by the deputies in his
department. A. j.. Lennon presided,
and at the conclusion of the dinner,
OH behalf Of the deputies, presented
Mr.. McDcrmott With IL chest of silver
as token Of the regard in which he
is held. Mr.. McDermo,t expressed his
appreciation of the remembrance. Thos.
McDermott, Of St. Paul, broher of the
state oil inspector; John f. King, state
librarian, and Harvey Grimmer, ex-
ecutivc clerk, were the guests of the
occasion. and practically the full force
of Mr.. McDermott's. some 80 in num-
Der. was present.
w. j. Horrigan, assistant freight
claim agent of the Northern Pacific,
has been promoted to freight claim
agent, succeeding r. l.. Hughes, who
has resigned. Mr.. Horrigan has been
with the Northern Pacific four years.
Assistant County Attorney o. II.
O'Neil, who has acted as legal adviser
10 the board Of county commissioners,
was given a vote OF thanks by that
body on motion Of Commissioner Matt
Jensen at Mondays meeting. The
vote was made ar expression of thanks
to Mr.. O'Neill for the fidelity, ability
and uniform patience which he has
shown as the boards counsellor.
Edward G. Mccarthy has sued
Griggs, Cooper &; Co.. in the district
court to recover $4,000 for personal i'll
jurics alleged to have been received
while operating candy cutter in the
defendants factory. The plaintiff al
leges that he lost two fingers from
the right hand while attempting to re-
move matter that had caused the ma
chine to be clogged.
Mayor Smith Monday announced two
! appointments to be effective Jan. LIST.
Daniel l.. Bell, 917 Lincoln avenue, was
appointed to succeed ]. ]. Dwyer on
the water board, and George w. Free
man was named TO succeed himself on
the fire board. Tho appointment OF
Mr.. Bell was made at the solicitation
Of mutual friends of Mr.. Bell and the
mayor, and it will no doubt occasion
some surprise to the old-timers who
have followed political battles i'll ST.
Paul. Mr.. Bell was head and front
of the old Bell-Scannell crowd which
in former days made such a fight for
control of the city democracy. He
is an old reside1t of st. Paul and a
prominent BUSINESS man. Mr.. Free
man has been in the fire board for sew
eral years. He is also IL prominent
business man of the city.
Patrolman Johr. j. Young, 500 Jack
died at the city hospital at 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning. He was taken to
the hospital Monday evening. Mr..
Young had been i'll a couple of weeks,
and it is said that his death was pri-
marily caused ly pneumonia. He was
born in st. Paul twenty-ninc years
ago and he had been a member of the
police department less than a year. A
widow and two children survive him.
dral Thursday morning. Lieut.. T..
Boerner had charge Of the funeral ar
rangements. At a meeting Of the Po-
| lice Benevolent Society Wednesday
morning the widow Of tho deceased
was voted the regular allowance of
$500.
The police board meeting Wednesday
was attended b. delegation of colorcd
men who waned member Of their
race appointed as bailiff in the police
court to succeed Ed Parish, resigned.
The commissioners listened to speech
by the spokesman and then unani-
mously appointed H. Nicnstedt to the
position. Patrick Murnane, an acting
sergeant for fire years, was promoted
to a ranking sergeant, and John Lin
dou was PROMPTED from the ranks to
sergeant at the Margaret street sta
ton Charles 7. Ryan was appointed to
the force, and he will serve as a de-
tcctive. Detective Sam Shedorsky, who
intends to go into business with his
brother, was srontcd leave of abb
sence for three months. The monthly
payroll, amounting to 1924, was
passed, and new bills aggregating ST.
900 were allowed A series Of trans
fers and the reorganization Of the sta
lions was referred to Chief ]. J. O'Con-