The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-16
THE CITY
TALK

DR.. George G. Eitel will be in his Office
Friday, Jan. H.
Shirts, Collars, Cuffs. Last two days Of
sale at The Plymouth Clothing House.
DR.. Staples will reside at the West Hotel
while Mrs. Staples is at Pass Christian.
Choice farm loans for sale. with titles
guaranteed. Title Insurance and Trust Co.
Great bargains in tailoring. One third of
on all suits and overcoats at Brown & Co. 8,
$40 Hennepin avenue.
The rev Memorial Day committee will meet
at G. A. R. headquarters, lit Lumber Ex-
change, Saturday, at D.. NJ. TO-.
A Christian Science meeting will be held
this evening at the home OF Mrs. Della Whit
ney Norton, 1912 Nicollet avenue. The
Sermon on the Mount will be the topic.
An old-fashoned Methodist Glove feast"
will be held, at the Lake Street Methodist
church, Lake street and Fremont avenue, this
evening. Admission tickets have been dis
trlbuted as in old times. -
Detectives Norbeck and De Lattre yester-
day arrested Nelson Markell, who is charged
with deserving his wife and three little chill
dren at Oshkosh, Wis. He is held for the
Oshkosh authorities.
Joe Downey was arraigned in the police
court this morning on a charge of grand lar
eeny. He is accused of stealing So in cash
and a pair Of opera & lasses from Mrs. w. D.
Gordon, with whom he Is boarding, at 216a
Third avenue S. He will have preliminary
examination tomorrow morning
A course Of four talks on Dante" will be
given by Mrs. 7. G; Winter for the benefit OF
the Kindergarten Association, at Gethsemane
da5es Jams g. he Life and 1nS meS oi
Dante; Jan. p, The Inferno; Feb. 8, The
Purgatorio''; Feb. 10, The Paradise"
Electric lighting and power plant for sale.
Descrption-Two American Ball engines.
14x12, each 100-horse power direct belted to
four-pole 50-kilowatt 110-volt lighting genera
tors. Possession given Jan. 10 and Feb 10.
1902 These equipments are in full opera
ton and may be inspected at The Minneapolis
Journal plant
The Market Gardeners Association will hold
| Jan. %, at the fourth ward wigwam, Ninth
street and Western avenue Every one is to
bring well-hlled lunch basket. Coffee will
be served free. A literary and musical pro-
gram has been arranged for the afternoon and
dancing for the evening.
| A peculiar accident occurred yesterday at
| the home Of Fred W. Ames, superintendent
| OF police, 1715 Fourth avenue S. A cartridge
which had in some unknown way gotten into
| the kitchen stove, exploded and the bullet
lodged in the arm. of Mrs. Johnson, laun-
! dress. The injury Is not serious, though quite
painful. Mrs Ames had been. in the kitchen
but a few moments before the cartridge ex-
ploded, and it is considered that both she and
| Mrs Johnson had a remarkable escape.
| Superintendent Jordan is making every eff
fort to secure large enrollmen of teachers
| in the National Educational Association. He
| has agreed to get 1000 names for the organ
zation within a radius Of seventy-fiye miles
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list to the desired number OF names within
| the city limits alone. With this end in view
/ he Is sending out circulars to al the Mime
apols private schools and business colleges
| An effort will also be made to secure names
| of instructors in the various Catholic insttu-
! tons in town.
A supposed horsethief gave Detectives Gal.
| lagher and Wirtensohn a lively chase TO,
| several blocks yesterday afternoon, and finally
escaped He tried to sell horse at barr
| at Ala Third street s.. The person asked tt
make the purchase was suspicious and phonej
the police while decomposition argued the sale
When the officers arrived the alleged. THE
mounted the steed and made Off The detec
tives drove after him on the. run, but tn,
fugitive escaped. The horse was left, sew
eral hours later, at Fifth avenue N ant
Eighth street. T.. .......... ....-.. ...-.
i The Whitehead Hoag company, which fur
nished the bicycle tags in 1900, has been give1
| the contract for this year at the price Of $4
per thousand. Some of the leading lights o
the wheelmens association do not approve
Of the city clerks action in this regard ant
resolutions condemning his course wer
passed at meeting held Tuesday evening
They allege that the tags be Furnished
for $50 per thousand. Mr.. Lydiard declare
that he is not going to accept the judgment o
the wheemen this time. Last years tag
were bought from a firm recommended by al
official of the association, he says, and the,
were not satisfactory. This year he is goin,
to use his own Judgment .--.