The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-15
CITY N E VS..
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Maximum Temperature To-day 70
Degrees; a Year Ago 81 Degrees.

d New Elevator Company-Articles of In
corporation were filed this morning by the
international Grain and Elevator COM
pany The principal place Of business Is
Minneapolis. The capital is 100000 and
the trustees are: Alexander Mckinnon
and Angus =. McKinnon, both OF Folk
county; William Hunter, julius j. Helm
rich and John Lind all of Minneapolis.
Union Mission Event-The dedication of
she new Union City Mission auditorium
at the ST. James hotel will take place on
Sunday. May II, at $3.50 a. m. EVERYBODY
will. be welcome On Monday evening the
Anti Saloon League will banquet in the
hotel dining room. A general reception TO
the public is being arranged to occur
later in the week.
Not Killed by Tobacco-An autopsy
upon the remains of George p. Sofberg,
found dead in bed in his room at IA
Ninth street NJ revealed that death re-
suited from pneumonia. Solberg e COM
planned Of being ill from the effects OF
swallowing quid of tobacco, but the
physicians say that the tobacco had moth
ing to do with his death.
Chance to Benefit veterans-The chief
marshal of the Memorial Day parade
wishes to receive offers Of from twelve
to fifteen carriages, with drivers to con-
vey about forty comrades to the exposi-
ton building the afternoon OF Memorial
Day. Use Of the carriages must be free.
Those who can aid the veterans who can
not march in the parade should leave
word with A. A. Kelly, marshal, 800 Bank
of Commerce.
Stoned the Wrong Boy-Axel Johnson,
II years of age, was in police court this
morning charged with assault and bat
~ Ia TN@ean on
a small boy who appeared with his head
done up in bandages, the result OF being
hit in the eye with a stone. 1t appeared
i that the Foreman boy had thrown the
q first stone, and Judge Dickinson imposed
fine of 81 upon young Johnson and sus-
pended sentences.
& Cremator Threatened-Fire nearly
made away with the municipal garbage
crematory yesterday afternoon. While
1 the plant was reducing garbage and refuse
& Of all kinds to an inoffensive dark powder
1 some one discovered flames on the roof
There was no fire apparatus nearer thar
the G. A. Smith lumber mill, almost 6
mile away. Superintendent Joe McDer
mott and his assistants. discarding thei
shoes and stockings, mounted the roo
z and attacked the fire with a small hose
They were finally able to subdue tn.
i flames.
A School Flag Presentaton-The Won
ems Relief Corps of the James Bryan
post presented the Margaret Fuller schoo
yesterday with a handsome American
flag. The presentation speech was mad,
by Miss HARDWOOD, patriotic instructor o
the corps, who spoke of the origin Of tn
flag what it stood for and the many pat
riotic missions on which it had gone fortl
in behalf of justice and freedom. Ate
E the children had saluted the flag. Donalt
Mccarthy accepted the banner on behal
Of the school His response was followe,
by patriotic songs, recitations and story
telling. The flag will be hung in tn
main hall of the school building.
Exhibit by Art Students-An interest
ing affair of to-morrow evening will b
the annual exhibition of the work of tn
students of the Minneapolis School of Fin
Arts and the closing exercises of til
Is school will be given in the, evening in tn
fE schoolrooms and art gallery in the publ
library building. 1t will be public al
fair and the friends Of the institution wi
be the guests of the evening. The pre-
gram will include music, addresses b
Mayor Haynes, Governor Van SAINT an
r. B. Walker. Special interest center
around the announcement Of the aware
which are unusually numerous this year.