St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

The funeral of Mrs. Leila A. Greaves
will take place at the family residence,
bly, Pillsbury avenue, at IL o'clock this
morning. The interment will be at
Lakewood
City Attorney Simpsons advice to
the city in the hospital matter is to
redeem the property for $4,000 and
bring suit against George A. Bracket
for So, 900.
Nine. Thill, accompanied by daugh-
ter, left for New York last evening to
take charge of the remains of her
daughter, Aimee who was shot by a
lunatic Wednesday night.
The Beloit College Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin clubs will arrive in this city
next Saturday for their concert at the
Lyceum theater After the concert the
boys will be banqueted at the Holmes
hotel.
The friends of the late Capt. Michael
Hoy are considering the advisability
of erecting a monument to his mem
DRY. Capt. Hoy was a brave soldier
and good officer, and his admirers
think his deeds should be commemor-
ated in this manner.
union will hold a mass meeting to-
night at Wesley NJ. E. church. The
speakers will be three of the new min
listers, Rev. Carey E. Morgan, Rev.
Frank W. Sneed and Rev. George D.
Black.
Grant Van SAINT, football manager
at the university, and A. T. Larson,
captain of the varsity team, will rep
resent the University Athletic associa-
ton at the intercollegiate football con-
ference to be held next Saturday at
Evanston.
The Penny Press company is again
in trouble, the Rock Island National
bank having brought suit against it to
secure a judgment of $791.11 which
had been secured against the Star
Printing company. The complaint al
leges that the two companies are one
to all intents and purposes.
City Engineer Cappelen has prepared
the plans and specifications for the
new water reservoir, and will present
them to the council tonight. The res
ervoir bonds have not yet been dis
posed of, but there need be no delay
on that account as there is upwards
of $4,000 in the water works fund.
The city unemployed auxiliary COM
mission, the new organization which
is chiefly concerned with the Detroit
plan for farming vacant city lots, is
meeting with much encouragement
from the various organizations in the
city. Application for land will be re-
ceived by Prof. Hove at the city hall
from l to o'clock.
Mrs. Merkle, wife of DIR. c. F. Mer-
kle, the morphine victim, who died at
the West hotel Tuesday night, arrived
In the city yesterday to take charge of
her husbands remains. Mrs Merkle
was formerly superintendent of the
nurses at the city hospital here, and
has large circle of friends in this city.
Those lively entertainers, the Broth
ers Byrne, began a three nights en-
gagement at the Grand last evening,
appearing in their excellent skit en-
titled Eight Bells The show, which
was always entertaining, has been
considerably strengthened, and in
cludes many new tricks and handsome
pieces of scenery
The McKeen twins, the little toy
babies in Southeast Minneapolis, who
We're kept alive for several weeks by
means of an incubator, have broken
their shell, and are reported as strong
and healthy as ordinary babies. The
babies are both boys, and the family
physician says he has no doubt their
growth and development will be nor
NAL from now on.
a grand reception has been prepared
for Gen. Gordon, who will deliver his
famous lecture on 1.-The Last Days of
the Confederacy'' at the First Baptist
church tonight. Col. Mason and other
officers from Fort Smelling, a brasa
band and a boys brigade in uniform
and a handsomely decorated platform
will greet the distinguished visitor,
who will be introduced by President
Cyrus Northrop.
Chief Stetson, of the fire department,
has refused to sign the warrants for
ex-Chief Runges pension. A pension
was voted to Runge, the bylaws being
altered for that purpose, but when the
first warrant for 1888 was drawn
Chief Stetson and two other directors
refused to sign it. The chief claims
that the amendment to the bylaws is
illegal, as the required thirty days no.
tice was not given.
Local lumbermen are greatly agi-
tated over the alleged excessive charges
made by S. S. Brown, state inspector
of. logs. The principal charge made
against the inspector is that he has
been making double charges in certain
cases. Where logs have been improp-
erly sorted, the boom company is
charged for scaling, also the owner of
the logs. The lumbermen think Mr.
Browns rake off altogether too plump
and favor making the office salaried
one.