The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-04
CITY News NEWS | T:
EiEht-Hour Police shifts-The eight
hour or platoon system was inaugurated in
all branches of the police department yes
terday.

Eight-Hour Police shifts-Ths eight
hour platoon system was inaugurated IN
terday.
Holt Reports for Duty = Beecher
Holt the fireman that has been In the nos
pital for nearly three months with tnlooo-
poisoning, returned to duty to-day.
G. e. French Returns-George q.
French was back on change this mornlns
after an absence of six weeks IN the east
and at his old home in North Carolina.
Rev. MIR. Dewart Very Ill-The con-
dition of Rev. J. H. Dewart of the Foss NJ r.
church, as the result of the formation OF az ~
abscess, is dangerous He Is at 1916 Carroil
street. Merriam Park.
stamp Sales Increase-Tae phenom-
email gain in the sale Of stamps at the post
Office continued during January fostmasteIl
Lovejoy reports an increase for the montl
OF q l-5 per cent. The sales amounted 10
S1,i74.21; last year to S67,2lo.
NJ. Sweeney Arrives-M. Sweeney, the
new general superintendent Of the Minneapo,
lis & st. Louis and Iowa Central. arri S
Saturday from St. Louis. He has engaged q, =
transportation and mechanical DEPARTMENTS
will report to Mr.. Sweeney hereafter
Alleged phone Robbers - George
respectively, who were arrested at oclock
last night In Temple Court. charged with
breaking into tho telephone booth boo ana mo- pay pa
court, charged with burglary in the thlro
degree Both waived examination and We're
bound over to the grand jury.
A Hospital Inventory-The experts
appointed to take an inventory of the stock
Of drugs at the city hospital have tnlshed
their task and turned in the inventory 10 the
1&ol vpfff oNPt hn hNQ M
and charities. They make no recommends
tons and draw no conclusions In their re-
port. but merely submit the result or the IN
ventory. r.
Has Walked $4,000 Miles N. S.
Doubay, a Russian Cossack, reached Mime
miles, according to documents and af1davits
which he carried. Doubay Is not only walk
ing around the world, but is visiting every
nook and corner Of consequence In every
country on the globe He is gathering IN
formation for q book OF observations and i'm
pressions.
Additions to Westminster Church
At Westminster church communion service
yesterday, twenty-one members were received
Zine on profession ana tWeiye oy ieoter iloai
that 3900.41 had been pledged for 1orelsn
missions for the current year. For the year yea,
ending March 81, 1901, the amount was S4S4.
The Congregation was urged to raise the
amount for this board to $1,000.
stolen From the Curb-The daring
theft OF horse occurred yesterday At
o'clock. w. G. J. Hermann had just hitched
his horse, bay mare, worth at least $loo,
in front OF the Tribune building and had gone
into the building. Looking out, on getting
upstairs, he noticed that his horse and cutter
were gone. An employe in the office said q
be had noticed man drive the nc, horse sor on
without removing the blanket. The morse
was attached to a jump-seat cutter.
An Alleged Hold-up Artist-Patrick
Lydon, arrested yesterday at Hennepin ave
nue. and Washington, charged with highway
robbery, In court this morning pleaded not
guilty and will be tried next Wednesday,: Ii
is charged that Lydon attempted to pass MIN
self off as detective. He stopped two lodg-
ers OF the Flour City Hotel several weeks
ago and announced that he was PLAIN
clothes man and that he wished to make d
search for concealed weapons. He only Sc
cured - GEMS. "
Carried Of the Money A colored
man secured bag Of money at the West
Huebner, proprietor OF the West Hotel DarDer
shop, left the receipts OF the day with the
hotel clerk for deposit in the safe over nign ,
ored man, dressed in black alpaca suit,
walked up to the desk and told the clerk that
Mr. Huebner had left a package there and
that he wanted it returned The clerk rather
absent mindedly handed over the cloth sack
containing the money and the coiored man
walked off toward the barber shop door, He
has not been since.
Not as a Labor Mana delegation o
labor representatives called the county
attorney Saturday to secure assistance in tht
movement to pardon Fred Briggs on the
ground that he was identified with organized
labor interests. John o Donnell state labor
commissioner, introduced the delegation tt
AL ]. Smith. who asked for some proof o
Briggs connection with the horny handed
Mr.. O'Donnell explains that he did not head
the delegation, did he wish to have II
understood that he was representing labor
interests In working for Briggs In fact. hi
says he simply happened to be at the court
house and, knowing the labor delegates, in
troduced them to Mr.. Smith.