The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
ANNUAL SHIFT
At COURTHOUSE
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS REPLACE
OLD ONES.
Frank Cook and s. D. Hamilton Be-
come County CommissionersA J..
Smith and His Assistants Take
Charge of County Attorneys Offcs
Sheriff Dreger Announced Appoint
ments- Other Changes.

There was much activity at the court
house today, attendant upon the going
out of the old and the coming IN OF
the new county officers.
With due formality the old board of
county commissioners, after finishing
up their business and receiving the o.
K. Of the board of audit, made room
for the new board. Commissioners
Frank Cook and S. D. Hamilton are
the new members and they take the
places of F. E. Barney and M. w. Nash.
j. B. johnson was the unanimous
and he was installed after making a
few appropriate remarks. Andrew
Smith was reelected vice chairman. An
adjournment was then taken. The
standing committee will be appointed
this afternoon or tomorrow.
f. E. Barney, chairman Of the retir-
ing board, was presented with a gold
headed umbrella by his fellow workers.
Al Smith Makes Reform. e.
County Attorney Al J. Smith began
his administration this morning by an
innovation in the setting down for trial
of the criminal cases. Instead of fixing
the trials of all the, cases on one or
two dates, as has been Mr.. Boardman IS
custom, Mr.. Smith scattered the cases
over the term, not setting more than
one or, at the outside, two for any one
day. The cases will be tried on the
day set and in this way, Mr.. Smith be-
lieves, the lawyers and defendants will
be saved a great deal of time, trouble
and worry.
Mr.. Smiths assistants, Messrs. Dahl,
Leary, Gray and Bernhagen, were all
on hand and the routine of the office
has already settled down to a business
like condition. + aM
Sheriff Dreger's Helpers.
Sheriff J. W. Dreger made the follow
Ing appointments today: ,
Chief deputy, Arthur L. Jones; jailer
| Nels Clausen; outside deputies, John P
Wall and Alton r. Woodcock; outside
criminal deputy, George A. 10th; general
deputy Otto 8. Langum; deputy for in
sane cases, Frank G. Johnson; assistant
jaiier, Chesley Hamilton; night jailer
William A. Cole; bookkeeper, Benjamin
A. Eye; deputy for juries, Patrick Fox;
stenographer. Henry A.. Cousineau; ma
troQ. Mary Woodburn; cook, William
Bronner: courtroom deputies, John M
Allison, Christ Lindquist, Charles Budd
John Brown, Louis Malchow and Jacob
Ettel.
| For special work have been designated
Levi Lampson, Nathan Berkowitz, Ga
| briel CARRIER, w. G. Beardsley and Hiram
! Cohen.
New Chief Deputy Auditor.
County, Auditor Hugh R.. Scott has
appointed A. P. Erickson chief deputy
auditor. Mr.. Erickson's position a;
secretary of the board of county com
miissionerss will be filled by Hugh N
Allen and E. A. Force has been an
pointed as an extra deputy.
Brown Now Controller.
Dan G. Brown assumed charge of tn,
i office Of controller this morning, re
Elieving Joshua Rogers, who has had tn,
office six years. Mr.. Rogers will re
main here about twenty days to get on
the annual report and will then go t,
California to spend the winter, and h
may remain there permanently.
MI. Brown announced the appoint
ment of l.. A. Condit, formerly count,
auditor, as the first assistant. Messrs
Jones, Norris and Homgren will be re
tanned.
Police Force Changes
Superintendent of Police James Doyl
; took up the work Of the department a
2 O'Clock this afternoon, when tn
other changes also took effect.
The changes in the force are still mat
ters Of conjecture, but some Of then
have been practically announced.
1t is considered a certainty that De
tective Nick Smith will be captain o
the North station and Lieutenant job
Norman will probably remain. Patrol
men Phil Kisner and James Dugan will
be promoted to sergeants.
Lieutenant Patrick Quealey of tn
,, East Side station will be promoted t
the captaincy and Patrolman JOHN Va
Rickley will succeed Quealey.
The South Side station will probabl
. be in charge of George Sinclair, nov
6a the detecs1ve noree no NO. other he chang
except the probable dismissal of Detet
tive Phil Sullivan.
Captain Henry Getchell will renal
at the fifth precinct and Capital
Michael Mealey at headquarters as al
sistant chief.