The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-13
CITY. NEWS.
TOWN TALK

Watch Dayton's Friday nights ad for
announcement of big, sale Of sample skirts.
{ e. A. Conrad has just returned from a
ten days business trip to Chicago, and
Washington, D. C.
Hear the lecture by Frank H. Cooper
tonight at the First Baptist church on
John Bunyan." Public invited.
For Rent-Second floor, SO Fourth street
S, over Hoffmans Call on o. M. Lara
way & Son, Bank Commerce building.
The University Glee and Mandolin clubs
will give a concert at the Fifth Avenue
Congregational church Friday evening.
Try an lad under The j ourn al 8
new classification, Garter and Ex-
change Only 1 cent a word. No. ad taken
for less than 20 cents. Cheap enough.
Hennepin county prohibitionists will
meet this evening at Richmond hall, Mic
ollet avenue and Eighth street., to select
delegates to the state nominating conyen-
ton and name county committee.
Three contracts for 100 tons Of coal
each We're awarded by the county commits
sioners yesterday to the ST. Paul Western
Coal company, Holmes & McGaughey and
Jones & Adams. The prices were $3.50
and $3.50 per ton.
The annual banquet Of the Minneapolis
Carleton Alumni association will be held
at the Nicollet house, Friday evening,
April Is, at $50 o'clock. David Percy
Jones, President w. H. Salmon and 9TH.
ers, will speak.
At the First Baptist church tonight
Frank H. Cooper will deliver the fourth,
lecture in his series on '.Noted Men Of the
Past his subject being John Bunyan."
The lecture begins at 8 o'clock, and the
public Is invited. -,s -. .... ~
Patrick Jordan was reelected business
a Of ha O. 1pin of q
meeting held last night at Alexander's
hall. Mr.. Jordan has been member Of
the union since its organization and had
held nearly every office. His reelection
was unanimous. .......
l.. F. Menage Of Chicago who is in Min
neapolis,. expresses surprise at the low
values of Minneapolis real estate. Some
property here is appraised at higher prices
than it will sell for. Mr.. Menage was or
galIizer Of the Guaranty Loan company
and founder of the Philippine collection
at the library. ~ - -sf..' ~. ..
!. A small filter similar to the one which
has been in use in the waterworks de-
partment for the past twenty years will
be installed in the health department.
Health Commissioner P. NJ Hall in
dorses the system highly and hopes that
every household depending on city water
will be supplied with this filter or one
equally good. '....
Rev. w. A. Snow, pastor Of the Oak
Park Congregational church four years
next June, has been induced by his parish
toner's to remain. He has declined the call
to the Plymouth church Of st. Paul. A
petition was circulated asking the pastor
to remain and this Mr.. Snow prizes high
ly. It was the direct cause Of his declina-
ton of the flattermg st. Paul call. go.
Bert HOLSTER, a lumber jack, was ar
rested last night by Detectives HELM and
Hanson on suspicion of having passed a
raised bill in a Second avenue saloon.
HOLSTER entered the place and rendered
a $40 bill in payment for drinks. Later
the saloon keeper learned that the bill had
been raised from S.. The man was turned
over to the government authorities to-
day. --- 90.
Members of the Flat Janitors union in
stalled officers for the following year at
AleXander's hall last night. They are:
President, Victor Carlson; vice president
j. K. @Nargar; recording secretary, John
Thompson; secretary, W. Gustaveson;
treasurer, P. J. Swanson; guard, G. w
EGelette;. conductor, A. A.. Abrahamson
trustees, s. Hanson, A. Johnson and f.
| Stowe. - ..s ~ ~
ba4 South high school < pupils: are greatly
icoIcerned over the official &an11ounc ernen1
dtilnt the nJunior class dramatic entertain
5Efnent at which Captain Racket was tC
Tho presented is a violation Of the rules
of the board Of education. There was
some rebellion. but the juniors abandoned
their enter tainment as a class affair an(
are planning to continue the work as in.
dividuals.
Several technical papers were read ant
| discussed by the members of the North
west Railway club at, it's monthly meeting
at the West hotel last evening, among
them the following: metallic Packing,
by II. Vessering; Systematic Office
Methods in the Mechanical Department,
by l.. A. Larson, and How Can the Roat
Foreman of Engines obtain the Best Re
suits for the Road by Which He Is EN-
ptoyed?" by P. II. Stack. ~ =,