The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-17
AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED

London-A copy of the first folio edI-
ton OF Shakespeare, printed in 1923, was
sold at auction for G1,720, which Is the
record price for copies Of this edition.
Constantinople-G frauds have been
discovered in the Turkish customs The
embezZlements are said to exceed G12G,-
600 sterling. Several OF the higher Gus
toms officials have been arrested
Cleveland, Miss.-Lucius Reed. manager
of the Pearmana plantation, near here,
was killed by Charles Phillips, colored,
whom he had ordered to clean out his
cabin. Phillips took to the woods, with a
posse in pursuit.
Manila-The United States army trans
port Hancock has arrived here with Adjt.
Gen. II. c.. Corbin and Surgeon Gen.
George NJ. Sternberg on board. The
Hancock made the record trip from San
Francisco IN twenty-one days.
Indianapols-In attempting to start a
fire with coal oil, Roy Jones, aged twelve.
and Bryan, his four-year-old brOth"I
were fatally burned. Their mother was
frightfully burned in attempting to res
cue the children from their burning home.
Wichita, Kan.-Fire destroyed the pack
ing plant of Jacob DOld & Sons, in this
city. Four large buildings We're destroy
ed, together with about 100000 pounds Of
meat in process of preparation The loss is
estimated at sl,00J,0U0 Four men were in
jured by falling wall.
New York-Mayor Van Wyck received
Gently drawn by the board Of estimate
covering Mr.. Carnegie's gift of S5,200,000
to the city for public Libraries. The
agreement now bears Mr.. Carnegle's sig
nature.
Little Rock, Ark-A Texas detective
has placed under arrest a supposed young
woman, who has been teaching a private
school near Kings River. 1t turns out
that the school teacher was man man,
ed Sears. He is alleged to be wanted in
Texas on the charge of killing a man
Mackinaw City, Mich.-The Northwest
ern, the first OF the Northwestern COM
panys fleet to leave Chicago for Europe,
passed through the Straits OF Mackinaw
at p. m. yesterday and probably will ar
rive in Chicago this afternoon. Ihe
Northwestern left Chicago, April "A, on
her first voyage.
Richmond, Va.-The constitutional
convention sat only twenty minutes.
Moore, of Montgomery county. intro
duced an employers liability ordinance,
the effect OF which Is to abrogate tho
doctrine Of the courts on this subject,
which is now supposed to be unfrlendly
to the working class.
Cody, Wyo-The body Of Samuel Cart
son, a ranchman, residing at the National
Corral twenty miles from here, has been
found some distance from his cabin. with
q bullet wound in the shoulder and the
face crushed and beaten. In his cabin
evidences were found of a struggle. n
large sum of money which Carlson was
known to possess Is missing.
LONDON-Large numbers of letters
have been received regarding the propos-
ed extension of the king title. Addition
which seems to find most favor is, Sow
ereign Lord OF Canada, Australasia and
South Africa" Several correspondents
suggest that the two sons of the Duke
of Cornwall and York be created Prince
of AustI ALA and Prince Of Canada.
Helena, Mont.-A posse organized at
Big Sandy to capture three alleged horse
thieves, 'Bucking Bill" Fred CONNIE
and Peter Walter, has received word
that the three men were hanged by an
other posse Saturday night on the Mis-
souri, river near Judith The hanging
was reported by John Tingley, a ranch
man. who lives at Big Sandy.
Chicago-Forty colored ministers from
Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa, Wis
consin, Michigan and Minnesota, gather
ed at Quinn Chapel, Wabash avenue ana
Twenty-fourth street, today to attend
the opening session Of the literary and
historical congress Of the Fourth Episco-
pal district of the African NJ. r. church.
Bishop Abraham Grant presided and de-
lieyered his annual address.
New York-Oficial announcement Of
the organization of the Standard Table
OIL Cloth company was made here. The
company is capitalized at 100000, and
VIII take over large plants in Buchanan,
New York; Passaic, N. j.; Newark, N.
j.; Akron, Ohio; Youngstown Ohio, and
NorIfsbOwn. Pa. The officers of the COM
pany are: Henry M. Garlic, president
G. M. McKelvie, first vice president
George IL Hughes. second vice president;