The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08

Jefferson City, Mo..Tn the senate a bill
was. introduced, taxing telegraph com
panies of their gross earnings
Helena-senatorial ballot; Frank, IS;
Mantle, 81; MacGinnis, u; P f. Sulli-
van, Of Silver Bow, Z; Conrad, Z; Spriggs,
Z; Toole, 1.
Portland, Me.-Part of the Oriental
Powder mills at Newhall was demolished
by an explosion. Two employees were
blown to atoms.
Salem, Or.-The ballot for Utnite1 States
&c; Mcbride. 81 Hermann, Z; Fulton, 2:
Moore, l; Lowell, /; not voting, 1.
New Orleans, La.-Conduetor Todd, who
Killed his negro porter in Pullman pail
ace car at the Louisville & Nashville
depot Saturday night, was konorabIy ac-
quilted.
Kenton, O.-Nellfe Sutermeister, aged
twelve years, was found dead on the
floor with a bullet hole in her heart,
the revolver lying near Her. It is
thought to be casesof Suicide.
Augusta, Me.-Tile resignation of Con-
gresham Charles A BouteIie as repre-
sentative of the Fourth Maine district in
the national congress was received by
Gov. Hill. 1t is to take effect Feb. 49,
New York.-The directors of the St.
Louis and San Francisco railroad have
declared semi-annual dividend of ~
per cent on its second preferred stock,
IN increase of per cent on its last
Nashville, Tenn.-It is reported here
that F. R. Bosroughs, of Chicago. has
secured an option on athee5 plant of the
Nashville Packing company, controlled
by, John Cudahy. Tie consideration is
said to be $350,000. 1~s-.e
ginia has accepted from Tennessee one
half of Main street in this city as the
boundary line between the Two states
The matter of the boundary lin. has been
IN litigation many years.
Manila.-H. P. Whitmarsh. governor of
the province of Benquet, has returned
from a circuit of that specially organized
province. He telegrap that the entire
province is under the new laws and that
the elections have been eminently salts
factory.
Hopkinsville, Ky.-Whiie eating an
oyster stew, Green H. Champlin found
in his mouth pearl the size of a navy
bean; An expert pronounced the gem
from a local dealer, who received them
from New Orleans.
sacramento, Cal.-Mfchigan officers are
en- route here for Henry Green, who on
Christmas night walked into the police
station and confessed The murder of
owen Feeney In Michigan twenty-five
years ago. Green retracted his confes-
SIGN the next day, but was not released.
Lincoln, Neb.-The vote on United
states senator resulted: Allen (F.1, So;
Y; Ransom tF.), SO; Berge {F.), ii;
| Grouse, Z; Currie q; Hainer, 5; IIinshaw'
10; D. E. Thompson, 81; MeikIeiohn. 70:
kinkaid, 4; Martin, 8; Rosewater, Is;
scattering, a.
San Francisco-The steamer Australia
arrived here from Tahiti. with the cap
tain and twenty-eight sailors OF the Brit
ish ship Pyranees aboard. The Pyranees
took fire at sea on NoHs 10, while en-
route from Tacoma to- Leith, and was
beached Dec, 2 on one Of the Gambler
group of islands. IA
Huntington, w va-Seyen prisoners,
including Pearl Neurlan.. convicted of
numbering the Philadelphia actor, VII
liam j. McCauley, and tiBen Higgin-
botham. charged withfibeing an accom-
plice in the murder of Allen Dupriest.
mayor of Culloden, escaped from the Ca
belle county jail.