The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-17
elected Frank T. Reid, of Springfield,
AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED.

London-Ardrew Carnegie has given
3lOo;0OO to establish district libraries in
GlasIxw.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-Edwln F. Uhl has
suffered another sinking spell and his CON
Glt1on is more critical.
San Francisco-The big salmon combine
is off Sd far as the Alaska Packers as
soclatlon is concerned.
Akron .O.-E. ]. Pinney, of Cleveland,
was nominated for governor by the PRO-
mbltion state convention.
London--A manuscript Bible, richly ~
Eliminated, of about the wear 1410 was
sold at auction here for 200 edineas.
San Francisco-Judge Trout has con-
tinued until June the contest of L. Fair
TO the will of his father the late James
Denver, Col.-Judge John Gibbons, Of
Chlcago, of the Cook county circuit
court, is lying at the point of death at
81. 'losephs hospital, from an attack of
apopleWy.
Des Moines, Io.-John Monteith shot
and Instantly killed his uncle. Fillmore
gladstone, seven miles west of LoWville.
Inc trouble arose over a farm roller
Mohteith gave himself up.
Wa9hington-President Gompers, of the
Amer 1ean Federation OF Labor, will leave
Saturday fer Cincinnati. to be there on
May 20, the date on which the order for
strike of the mcchinists takes effect.
Dubuque, Io.-At DyersvilIe John Sher-
mer, aged twelve, was thrown from a
wagon by runaway and instantly kill
ed. His mother witnessed the accident,
and on finding the son lifeless, dropped
dead.
New York-The American Congress of
tuberculosis and the Medico Legal So
ciety opened the second day of their ses-
sion with reading Of a number Of topics
connected with the general subject of
tuberculosis.
San Francisco-Gov. Murphy of Ari-
iona, accompanied by his wife. has ar
Ing of the battleship Ohio on Saturday
He was with the presidential party dur
ing it's trip through Arizona.
Louisville-The Western Gas associa-
ton elected Thomas D. Miller, Dallas,
Tex, president. indianapolis was Sc
lected as the next meeting place George
Mclean Of Dubuque To-, read a paper
On taxation of gas companies.
Sault Ste Marie-The schooner Frank
c. Perew up-bound, in tow of the steam
The vessel was 80 seriously damaged that
1t was necessary to let her settle to tho
bottom in shallow water in Hay lake.
London The failure Of the spring crops
in India is already severely felt. Lord
George Hamilton. the Indian secretary
In the house of commons. said that th6
number of persons now receiving relief
was 3Sl 900, and it was expected to in>
crease rapidly.
Tampa, Fla.-Cigarmakers to the num-
Der of 6,O0O who struck Wednesday be-
cause bridge over which many OF them
passed to work was out of service re-
turned to work. The city authorities
threw pontoon across the river as a
temporary passage.
7 Victoria, &. C.-News has been received
here by the STEAMER Moana Of the wreck
of the American schooner Helene Mich
olson of Tacoma, bound from Apia for
Sydney, on an upcharted reef about
sixty two miles from NOumena, New CAL
edcpia. All hands were saved
Observation-Disclosures the congress of
Italian agriculturists Signor Luzzati, the
former minister of the treasury said in.
formation in his possession justified the
belief that the German government VIII
not introduce maximum and minimum
tariff measure in the reichsteg.
Detroit-A dispatch was received at the
Office of the Star Line company, report
ing the sinking Of the fast freight
steamer s. D; Ewing, in the 500 river,
sci belongs to the Corrigan fleet, and is
said to be lying in fifteen feet of water.
pekin-The British military authorities
are extending the railroad to Tung Chow
along the Pei-Ho. This will greatly fa-
cilitate the withdrawal of tho foreign
troops, and commercially, will cause inn
portant developments in the north after
the work of pacifcation is completed.
Newton, Mass.-The Rev. DIR. Ezra
Hoyt Byington, one of the foremost Con-
gregational clergyn1en in New England,
died suddenly at his home here. Dr.
Ryington presided at the meetings Of the
Congregational Home Missionary society
at fremont temple, Boston, Wednesday.
Shamokin.-Miners of the United Min
ers district. are incensed at the action
of the state senate in returning to CONF
mittee for amendment the inspection ana
screening of coal bills Secretary Heit
leir says the bills must pass the senate
IL, their original form, or otherwise the
march to Harrisburg will be ordered.
Fairmont, w. Va.-Carl Hunter who
vas injured by the Pennington mine ex-
plosion, died, making seven dead in all.
Two others, Joe Blaney and Hershell
Mine Inspector D. II. Thomas Is making
an extra examination today with a view
to settling the responsibility for the
disaster.
London-King Edward (Who was born
Nov. 9, 1S41) has decided that his BIRTH
day shall be celebrated May "a each year
thus perpetrating the holiday hitherto
observed by all the public departments =
Queen Victorias birthday-and giving an
impetus t. the colonial movement to OBJ
serve the date as empire day.
Ellis, Kan.-Union Pacific west bound
freight train No. IL was wrecked by a
Sharon Spring. Engineer Hartman and
Brakeman Osborn were killed instantly
Two track walkers who were at the
bridge have disappeared, and it is be-
lieved that they lost their lives.
Detroit. Robert D. Wagstafr. marine
editor of the Detroit Free Press for the
past ten or twelve years. died here from