The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-06
CITY NEWS

Policemen May Dance-The police
picnic committee will hold a meeting at the
that time a subcommittee will be appointed
to confer with the mayor and superintendent
OF police about a policemans ball the eve
ming of Washington's birthday.
Two Misses Thompson-Recent COM
ment upon the conduct OF the quarantine sta
the nurse in charge. As there are two Miss
Thompson, each smallpox nurse, 1t Is In
order to state that Miss Flora NJ Thompson,
a graduate of St. Barnabas training school,
is not the one connected with the quarantine
hospital.
Galoshes Are Rising-Rubber foot
wear has advanced about s per cent since the
first Of the year. This is said to be due to
increasing value of raw material. The report
that an agreement had been reached between
the United States Rubber company and the
Independent companies after year Of fighting
is said to be wrong.
More Work at Less Expense-Dur-
ing the past month the register OF deeds office
took i'll 1856 papers, or 1873 more than IN De-
ssmber 1900 The fees to a %ncb
more work done. the salary list OF Sl64 was
SIP less than the same month of 1870. Regis
ter Merrill turned s574 into the county treas
ury as the surplus in his Office for the last
month of the year. rs
Anthracite Prices steady-Although
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anthracite coal is reported from chicago,
Minneapolis dealers have yet received no
notification to lit the price of hard coal IN
this city. The advance in Chicago Is due TO
the increased demand incident to return or
cold weather and shortage in supply Inc
Indications are that the price in Chicago Will
60 considerably higher than S7.2o per ton, the
price. now quoted.
Ruling Not General One-The post
office department has not made ruling that
puh1ipariOnS
matter must be discontinued to SUBSCRIBERS
when the time for which subscriptions have
been paid in advance has expired. A Iaise
statement to the country, issued by en-
cago Arm, has caused much trouble; Ad-
vices to Postmaster Lovejoy from washington
state that the erroneous report arose from
- Individual ruling in the case of New
15v,n periodical which was carrying large
list Of expired subscribers after due notice
Of discontinuance had been given. s
A Strange Authorization Affected
with an hallucination that horse was pull
ing telegraph poles with its teeth, and having
desire to see how it was done, Timothy
Garvey, who is i'll with typhoid, wandered
from his home at 42o Sixth avenue yester-
shoulders The delirium was brought on by
sickness, and when Mrs. Mary Garvey left
the house for a few minutes the patient
lsaped from his fed and ran out onto the ice
and snow-covered sidewalk. Otto Langum,
OF the sheriff's office, caught him at Fifth
street and Fourth avenue and took MIN
back home. The sick man suffered from the
exposure.
Prizes for Maccabees - Minneapolis
Maccabees are jubilant over the fact that
.wo of their tents-St. Anthony. No 81, and
Crescent, No. 39-have captured SIo and 500
prizes. respectively, the reward offered by the
supreme tent to tents securing required
number of members during the last three
months of the past year. ST.. Anthony tent
deserves special credit, having been organized
only three months. The membership or
Crescent tent has doubled itself during the
past four months Deputy Mcnamara, who
has charge of the work here, is confident that
at least four of the tents in this city will
win prizes this quarter. st. Anthony and
Shoreham tents are contestlng for SlOo
prize.