The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
HIS NEN POSTAL TREATY
CONVENTION WITH VENEZUELA
HAS RECEIVED PRESIDENT
CAsTRO'S SIGNATURE
THE NEW GUN Is A WONDER
Ordnance Departments Latest
TvveIve-Inch Rifle Could Pierce
the Best Steel ArmOr on
Any Ship.

WASHINGTON. D c., Nov. T.-Post-
master General Emory Smith has con-
Guided q parcels post convention with
Venezuela, the documents in the case
having been brought to Washington
with the signature Of President Castro
of Venezuela, by United States Minister
LOomis Mr. LOOMS holds that this
arrangement will be Of great advantage
TO the trade interests Of the United
States, enabling merchants to transmit
sample and small articles of merchandise
speedily and safely. great volume Of
trade with Venezuela has been under
such an arrangement by French mer-
chants, and Mr.. Loomis believes that as
New York is much nearer than Paris By
mail to Venezuela, our merchants should
secure a considerable part Of this trade
The convention has been an object of
diplomatic exchange for several years
past. Once it received the signature OF
President Mckinley, bat was suspended
hy one Of the periodical Venezuelan
revolutions
THE NEW GUNS.
The test of the new twelve inch gun
within the last few days has resulted in
some remarkable performances, entlt1-
ing the gun to rank ahead of any twelve
inch guns thus far made in this country
or abroad The detailed report of the
tests shows that with a charge of 1850
hounds of smokeless powder, giving pres
sure Of sixteen and one-haR tons per
square inch, the gun gave a muzzle
velocity of 2S54 feet With All eighry-hva
Dound steel tipped projectile, the big gun
would pierce any armor ever made.
BRITISH MILITARY ATTACHE.
Lieut. Col Kitson has been appointed
military attache for the British embassy
here He belongs 10 the artillery ARA
OF the British service and for some time
has been attached to the staff depart
lnent stationed in Canada, acting as COM
mandant of the Royal Military college
Of Canada He succeeds Lieut. Col Ar
thur Lee, well and favorably known here
through his observations during the
Spanish-American war, who recently was
elected to a seat in parliament
PORTO RICAN TROOPS.
The troops which will return from
Porto Rico as a result of the abandon
ment of the island as a military sta
ton have been assigned to stations in
this country follows:
Two companies of Eleventh infantry
viii go to the Washington barracks,
while two other companies of the same
regiment will be sent to Fort McPher-
son, Ga.
Two troops Of the Fifth cavalry will be
assigned to Jefferson Barracks, Mo, and
two ether troops OF the same regiment will
go to Fort Ethan Allen, VT.
SMITH NOT TO RESIGN.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith today gave an unqualified denial
to a published report that nc intended
TO resign next month.
TRANS-ISTHMIAN CANAL
The isthmian canal commission Is pre-
pairing the preliminary statement of the
results OF it's summers inquiries into the
canal possibilities of the isthmus and il
was said today that the report would
be ready for submission to congress on
the first day OF the session. The report
will dismiss all but the Nicaragua and
Panama routes from further consider
alton and it is understood Will recon-
mend the former route.
MINISTER'S ABROAD
The resignation OF Addison c. Harris
as minister to AustrO-H Hungary has not
yet been received at the state depart
qnent. but 1T been known for some
months past that it shortly Will be forth
coming. Mr.. Harris desired to return
is now current which it is not possible
at the present to confirm in Washington,
20 the effect that John G.. Leishnann,
the present United States minister to
Switzerland, is also about TO resign his
Office, having exhausted its possibilities
It's a field for his activities.
DOWIE'S T.ACEATAKERS.
There was hearing at the treasury
department today before Assistant Sec
rotary Taylor on the action of the i'm
migration officials at Philadelphia, in
refusing entry to a party of Birmingham
lacemakers, who came to this country