The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
CITY NEWS
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Minimum Temperature To-day Is
Degrees; Year Ago 8 Degrees.

Real Estate Board Meets-The Mime
apohs Real Estate board is In session this
afternoon at the Commercial club. Sew
eral new members were elected, taking adj
vantage of the present low admission fee.
Flambeau Club Banquet-The Flambeau
club will have Lincoln day banquet at
the Nicollet hotel tonight. Among the
speakers will be Governor 8. r. Van
SAINT President Cyrus Northrop and Rev.
James S. Montgomery, ID.
City Offices Were CIosed-All the offices
at the city hall We're closed to-day In
honor OF Lincoln's birthday. Hundreds
forgetting that the day was a holiday at
act business, only to find that every office
was locked.
Took Cash Reglster-Early this morning
burglars broke into B. R. Bain's grocery,
601 Sixth avenue s. They took the cash
register and left it in the alley back Of
the city hospital after having extracted
three or four dollars in pennies. Nothing
else was disturbed in the store.
Courthouse Uniforms-Blue coats, brass
IS buttons and lettered caps will be in evil
dence at the courthouse after tomorrow.
All of the elevator men will be provided
with uniform coats and caps and the jan
itors for the county will all have blue caps
on which will appear the word County"
Real Estate Men Meet-The Minneap-
oils Real Estate board decided at it's
meeting yesterday to hold the annual
banquet within thirty days and the ar
rangements were left to the executive
committee. The entrance fee of the club
will be advanced April / from IS to $40
The membership is now eightytwo.
Dr.. kIementz' Examnation-Dr. Arthur
Klementz, Wright county physician, is
being examined this afternoon before
United States Commissioner Howard Alb
Zee bott, on the charge of violating pension
regulations in endeavoring to secure a
pension for Philip Blake. DR.. Klementz
says that the offense charged is technical
only.
Central East Side Debate-The debate
between the Central and East high
. schools will be held Saturday evening in
the East high school assembly hall The
Central team includes Waiter Badger,
Clarence Harter and Guy Gardiner, while
the East high school debaters. will be Miss
Laura G. Campbell. Miss Louise Schwartz
and Stanley Houck.
Asked for Dollars or ice-University
students who paid a dollar apiece for
season tickets to the Northrop field slzat-
Ing rink are now asking for colder wealth
err or their dollars. The field was banked
and flooded at considerable expense, and
"a few tickets We're sold to those inter
'ested in winter sports. A hockey team
was organized and put in about a weeks
practice when warm weather set in.
A Shoe and Leather Spread.-Fully 20t
guests sat down to the Twin City Shoe
and Leather clubs annual banquet at the
Commercial club last night and the dinner
was pronounced the most successful II
T, the history Of the organization. It was, il
{ no sense, a trade affair and the toast!
= were not trade topics. w. S. Shaft pre-
is sided as tCastmaster. Music was pro
vided by a mandolin orchestra. The men,
cards were in the form Of three-lea
clover, with leather covers. ..-
Hammond's Case Argued-Judge Holt
OF the municipal bench, has the case Of
George j. Hammond, president of the Coo
commission company, who is charged
with keeping a gambling house, under ad
Visement. The defense admitted that 6
bucket shop was. run at Hammond's place
and that the wheat sold there would never
be delivered but maintained that wagerinf
upon the rise and fall of the market does
not constitute gambling in the eyes of tn,
law. The decision will be rendered the
latter part of the week.