The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-10
MINNEAPOLIS.
,FFIcE 81 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
MINNEAPOLIS GLoBuLEs.

The funeral of R. c. Leavitt will occur this
afternoon at o'clock from the residence. 425
Fourth street southeast.
1t is understood that the present grand
jury will take up the case Of A. c. Haugan,
and possibly draw another Indictment on
which TO try him during. the present term OF
court.
The Cedar Lake Ice company, Of Mime
apolis, has filed with the secretary of state
copies of a resolution extending the term OF
the corporation twenty years from 1898.
The latest newspapers from Hong Kong give
an account OF banquet by the American
colony. Consul General GoCdnOw is re-
ferred to as having made a happy response
to the toast Our Country"
There was some more scampering among
waterwCrks authorities Wednesday. The "a
inch main on Twenty-fifth avenue northeast
sprung a leak near Fourth, near the place
where the other disastrous break occurred.
No damage was done this time.
The funeral services over o. S. Bjornstad,
who died so suddenly last Tuesday at his
home, GIG Nineteenth avenue south, will be
held this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock at the
Norwegian NJ. z. church, Ninth street and
Thirteenth avenue south.
The committee on ways and means yester-
day afternoon voted to return to the park
board all fines collected for violations of
park ordinances since 1889. The amount is
about 81, 800 and will come out of the general
fund.
1t has at last been settled that Judge Smith
will try the case against the Minneapolis
Times, and that the case will be moved next
Monday. This has been decided through an
arrangement by which Judge Johnson takes
the criminal calendar.
L. E. Kelley appeared before Judge Smith
yesterday morning to open default in the case
of the state against himself, bail having been
forfeited Tuesday by his failure to appear
IN response to the call before the grand jury.
The case was set for Jan. II.
The casket containing the body of Willie
Black Cooper the 9-year-old son Of l. D.
Cooper, Of the Security bank, was carried
TO the cemetery Yesterday afternoon under a
mass of flowers. The funeral occurred from
the home, 1705 Nicol,et avenue, at o'clock
yesterday afternoon the interment being at
Lakewood Employees of the bank sent two
large floral pieces and other friends con-
tributed mass of beautiful flowers.
Superintendent of Schools Jordan says
that while the matter of having the school
children contribute 70 the soldiers monu-
ment fund should be referrd to the board
of education rather than to himself, he is in
favor of the movement to erect monument
He suggests. however, that the association
shog,d not undertake the work at present if
It cannot afford to spend more than $4,000.
Alumni Interested.
The board of directors of the recently or
gained University Alumni Athletic associa-
ton met at the Commercial club and took
steps to have representatives at the meeting
Of the university association in the university
assembly hall Saturday night The direc-
as expressed themselves as being more
tntSn satisfied with the hearty response that
the students have given to their suggestions.
Base ball at the university was discussed ard
Prof. Hinton appeared before the board and
made some suggestions regarding his pitching
machine The proposition to have dinner
or a smoker at the next meeting Of the as
sOciatiOn Jan. Is, was taken under ad-
to draft bylaws to be submitted to the as
ISOLATION at that meeting.