The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-28
CITY NEWS F. 4. PEAVEY ESfA1E1

Burgiarized the Phone Burglars
broke into the office of the Great Western
Cycle company, Sixth street and First avenue
s, last nlgnt and stole about 500 from the
till in the prepayment telephone.
General fowler Going East - Silas
H. fowler, adjutant general of the Grand
Army OF the Republic, will leave for wash
ington, D. c., Monday. lie goes east 10 az
tend to business in connection with the na-i
tional encampmenr, which meets In the capt.
tai city next fall.
Seventh ward Republican Dinner
The Seventh Ward Republican club will hold
its first annual banquet at the wlgwam, Lake
street ana Bloomington avenue, Wednesday
evening" May IA, at p. N. A preliminary
meeting to perfect arrangements will be neld
next Monday evening, when tickets for tae
banquet viii be issued.
S. of V. Flag Day - Commanders in
Chief Camabel OF the Sons OF Veterans has
issued an order calling upon members OF the
organization throughout The Unltec States TO
been -gnated as Flag Day. Approprlai.e
ana a request is made that the nag be DIS
played Wherever practlcabie,
VIII Have an Office Here-The state
dairy and food department Will MAINTAIN an
office in room 20l, 10 Fourth street n Mn
neapolis, all through the month OF May, Tor
the purpose OF ISSUING milk licenses lnere
Is rine OF SIS imposed by the state law for
selling milk without license AFTER June l.
New Atlns Promised--Ans excellent
proposition has been made to N:he elias com
mittee of the real estate board Whlcn
VIII prooably result in -ehNeI.' VI d coy
atlas to subscribers by jan /. 1903. The atlas
will represent all lots accurately as to I'M
e ane hsr N lite Las
lieving that they would fail TO obtain the sup
port necessary to make 1t pay
A Colored Fire COmpany-William
r. Morris. the colored attorney, and twenty
four others OF his race Detitloned the city
council Friday night to form fire company
made w exclusively OF coiored men, InI
same proposition has been put forward on enc
or two other occasions The matter was re-
ferred to the fire department committee. There
is now but one colcred man III the depart
ment, John w. Cheatham OF hose company
No. l3.
The Big r.. A. Picnic-The Roya l
Arcanum Entertainment Association held an
enthusiastic meeting Friday evening and prog
in preparing for the annual picnic June
q was reported as very satisfactory. IT mas
, not been decided where the picnic will De
held, owing to the absence of the new pro-
prielor of the Lake Park. Reports were re-
ceived from several outside councils: IN the
state who will come to Minneapolis on spe-
cial trains. Duluth will send down big
special. The matter of sports mas been turned
over entirely to the sports committee.
Using Union Men Only-An erroneous
report has been in circulation recently to the
erect that all union carpenters and machin-
lists employed on the new building of the Ma
/, rOnal Biscuit company, i'll this city, had re.
Gently been discharged. representative OF
the Steamftters' Union said this afternoon
that, as matter of fact, only union men
were being employed on the building at pres
ent and that there was no trouble between
the union and the employers. The report
was circulated, he explained, by disgruntled
carpenter, who was discharged for good cause
and who had tried to get even by stirring up
strife between the company and its employees.
DR.. Scovillc's Last Week-The evan
gelistic services at the Portland Avenue
Church Of Christ have continued month and
are now about to close. Without undue ex-
The evangelist DR. Charles Reign Scoville,
will return to Chicago to promote the inter
ests of the new building of the Metropolitan
Christian church, of which he is the pastor.
He will speak at the Portland Avenue Cnurch
of Christ Sunday morning ard evening. This
will be his last Sunday in Minneapolis. The
announcements for next week VIII be made
from the pulpit Tomorrow A part OF next
weeks program will be reception for the
new members, on Tuesday evening. On
Wednesday evening Dr. Scoville will lecture
on Mohammedanism." with stereoptlcan
views OF Arabia and Egypt