St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Timothy Hunter, tWenty-nine years
old, of st. Louis Park, was yesterday
reported missing to the police. He left
his home Thursday and has not been
heard of since. His friends are wor-
ried about him, as he was thought
to be slightly dernged.
Aid. Eiiiott's wide-tire ordinance is
not regarded favorably by his col
leagues, and after listening to 4 num-
Der of protests from lumber and fuel
companies, the committee on ordi-
nances yesterday decided to report it
adversely to the council
EX-Mayor Eustis called at the county
Jail yesterday to see Claus BiiXt, but
was refused admission for the reason
that he had no permit from Sheriff
Holmberg. His eX-honor was vastly
astonished and drove off without MAX
ing any further attempt to see the
prisoner.
City Clerk will begin registering dogs
and issuing licenses today. Dog Catch
er Farnham will take official cog
niZance of dogs on May l, but regis
tration will begin at once, in order to
avoid the rush during the last days of
the month. The pound viii be located
at the West side flats and will have a
telephone.
Gilmore's famous band gave two con-
certs at the Lyceum theater yesterday.
The matinee audience was small, but
a large and fashionable crowd was out
to hear the evening performance The
programmes at 10th performances
We're faultlessly rendered End created
great enthusiasm.
The silverites in Minneapolis are APP
parently in high feather these days, and
are talking about organizing a club
and starting active and energetic work
in the way of PROSECUTING. The lectures
of Mr.. Harvey seem to have a very
marked effect, and a good many con-
Verts are said to have been made
through his rather unique course in
Minneapolis.
City Comptroller Nye will present to
she council tonight a communication
IN regard to the present system of or
aering public improvements and as
sessinS the estimated cost against
abutting property. Mr.. Nye's idea is
that the special assessment work
should only be done as fast as there is
money in the permanent Improvement
revolving fund to pay for it.
President Bull, General Manager
Mohler, Chief Engineer Crooks, and
Treasurer Hartshorn, of the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis railway, accompanied
by Senator w. d. Washburn, will make
an inspection of the road today. Mr..
Mohler says the company, with its
rolling stock and all, is in excellent
shape.
Commissioner Ryan, whose son Jo-
seph recently figured unpleasantly in
an East side black mailing scheme
threatens all sorts of damning discIo-
sures if his son is sdischarged from the
park police force. The matter is still
in the hands of the boards committee
on police and Mayor Pratt, and it is
thought Ryan's dismissal will be rec
commended at the next meeting.
Each lady attending the matinee per-
Torrance of the Giffin & Neiu Stock
company at the Bijou today will be pre-
scented with handsome souvenir pho
tograph of Henrietta Crossman, the
talented leading lady of the company.
After a week in st. Paul the stock com
pany will return to the Bijou, present.
ing Nancy & Co." and Little Lord
Fauntleroy."
l. ii. q. Densmore, whose family
resides at 2S28 Chicago avenue, died
yesterday morning at Hastings, Mimi,
of heart disease. Mr.. Densmore was
not resident of this city. He leaves
wife and two children, a son and
slaughter Grant Densmore is en-
t9loyed as cashier by the Great North
r'rn Express company. Miss Lydia
H'ensmore is a teacher in the public
;.hools.
Mayor Pratt yesterday afternoon
signed the ordinance prohibiting the
hitching of teams on Nicollet and Hen
nepin avenues. He did intend to veto
1t on the ground that twas an in
justice to other streets, and even went
so far as to prepare a veto message to
the council, but subsequently the al
dermen brought such strong argu-
ments in favor of the ordinance to
bear upon him that he reluctantly
signed it.
Ida Strait, a seventeen-year-ofd girl
was sent to the reform school by
Judge Holt in the police court vester-
day afternoon after being found guilty
of the larceny of 50 in money. a gold
watch and a small quantity of cloth
ing from Lena Olson, who boards at
an East Side lodging house. Ida en-
phatically denied TIE theft of the arti-
cles, and stated that she had but ar
rived in Minneapolis Thursday night
and expected to return to Montrose.
Mimi, last night.
The st. Paul & Duluth has now made
definite arrangements for a transfer
OF its trains between st. Paul and Min
neapolis from the tracks of the Great
Northern to those of the Northern
Pacific and the Minneapolis & st. Louis.
Beginning May l, their trains will come