St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBULEs.

K. Bach, of Aberdeen, s. D., presi-
dent of the grain palace exposition, was
in the city yesterday presenting the at
fractions of his biz show.
Officer York, OF the police force. has
been granted ten days leave of
absence. tie will go 10 Winnebago
City for visit and hunt.
The Eighth ward Republicans will
hold sort OF Notification meeting to-
night at Relief hall for the purpose OF
ratifying the nomination of Seth NJ.
Hewitt for alderman.
Nora Sexton was sent to the work.
house yesterday morning to serve out
ninety days. This Is the fifth time this
year That Nora has been guest at the
correctional institution.
II. de Rau, of st. Paul. who was ar
rested Saturday for stealing magazines
from the public library, was found
guilty In the police court yesterday
morning and fined $25.
The eighteenth annual convention of
the Minnesota w. q. 4. U. will be held
IN the temperance temple at Window,
beginning this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
A great many Minneapolis ladies will
attend.
Tomorrow afternoon occurs the first
cheap matinee of 1.-THE DEVILS Auc.
tion" at the Bijou. The management
has decided to make no advances in
the popular prices which were In
vogue all last season.
The benefit to the fire sufferers at
Lake Harriet occurs tonight. Prof.
Witte has guaranteed that the pyro.
technic display will be the finest ever
Witnessed in the Northwest. There
will be fifty numbers IN all.
Durkee Scofeid, one of the old set
tiers OF the city, died yesterday morning
from an attack of pneumonia at bis
home. 246 Third avenue south. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at 2
O'Clock from the family residence.
An entertainment for the benefit of
the fire sufferers was given last night at
the Lyceum theater. 1t melted a neat
sum. The entertainment consisted Of
a series OF stereopticon views showing
the scenes from the burned districts.
Dan'l SuIly opened his weeks en-
gagement last night at the Grand to a
large and enthusiastic audience. The
play represented was 1.-THE Million
aire." and from the manner of the ap-
plause 1t was evident that the old ia.
vorite has lost none of its prestige.
The People of Excelsior are being
terrorized by the gang of hoodluns who
infest that village. Saturday night an
attempt was made to fire large barn
belonging to j. E. Bell on GideOn's bay.
After a hard fight the fire was extin-
guished.
The September term of the distrlc
court will open this morning at 10
O'Clock. Judge Smith will look after
the criminal business, Judges Pond,
Hicks and Elliot. the civil jury cases.
and Judges Russell and JamisOn the
court cases.
The Presbyterian ministers at their
regular meeting yesterday morning
were made cOgniZant of the amount of
money donated by the various churches
of the denomination for the benefit of
the fire sufferers. The amount was a
large one and will be used in assisting
In tue work of caring for the destitute.
The files in the assignment of Louis
q. Demueles, which had mysteriously
disappeared from the clerks Office, have
been discovered. They had been mis-
placed, and when discovered Yesterday
were lhickly covered with dust, indicat-
Ing that they had not been used In
a long time. TheYswere last seen In
1892.
Some would-be burglar made vigor-
Gus attempt Sunday to get into the
large desk in the registrars Office at the
State university by prying it open. The
attempt was unsuccessful, however. 1t
is supposed that the thief was after the
money supposed to be in the desk which
had been paid in by the enrolling stu
dents during the past week. Entrance
to the room was effected by climbing
over the tranSOm