The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-25
AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED.

Observation-Disclosures shocks were felt
in the island Of Guernsey.
New York-The battleships Kearsarge.
Alabama and Massachusetts, from
kingston, Jamaica, passed in Sandy
Hook.
Springfield, IIl.-The house passed q bill
appropriating S250,000 for an Illinois ex-
hibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton at st. Louis.
Beaver Falls, Pa.-One man was killed
ana two fatally injured at the Penn
BrIoge WORKS by the falling Of thirty
fve-ton steel gfrder.
Plainview, Neb.-Half the business sec
ton Of Plainview, including eleven build
ings, was destroyed by fire Several resi-
dences were damaged. Loss. $S5 900.
Albany, n: Y.-Gov. OdelI signed the
bill authorizing women taxpayers In viii
lagos and towns to vote on proposition
TO expend money for public purposes.
Caracas, Venezuela-The coffee, cotton
and cattle export duties have been sup
pressed. The import duties have been IN
creased IL per cent, to take effect May 1.
Paris-A dispatch to the RappeI from
Rome says that Bresci, the assassin of
King Humbert, has become mad in con-
sequence of the i'll treatment by his Jail
ers
\ Queenstown-The British steamer On
tar1o. Capt. Brenton. from Hull, April 1B
AOI DOStOLI Is BACK with her
cargo on fire. tug has gone to her as
sistance.
st. Louis, Mo.-Former Senator Thomas
n. Carter, Of Montana. was elected pres
1dent of the Louisiana Purchase Worlds
Fair national commission Joseph FIorv
OF Missouri, was chosen secretary
Ptttsburg-The threatened strike of the
brakemen and conductors on the Nc
KeeSport connecting railroad has been
abandoned on account of the refusal of
Grand Secretary Welch to sanction the
strike.
Lordon-News has reached here of a
severe battle in the vicinity of Fort Oar
win, MashOnaland, between a force of
Charterland police and natives from
Chhntsi under the outlaw Mapondara.
Sixty Of the outlaws were killed.
Paris-A dispatch to the Figaro from
Rome says Mgr Falconio. the papal dele
gate in Canada. will succeed Cardinal
Martlnelh as papal delegate in the United
states, and that Mgr. Zaleski, the papal
delegate in the West Indies will succeed
Mgr. FalcOnio.
London-A big meeting of Welsh min
ers, held at Cardiff, after adopting a res
olution against the export tax on coal.
mas decided to arrange a general holiday
for the miners of the United Kingdom
next Monday as demonstration against
the impost.
Indianapolis, Ind.-May Wright SewaII.
representing the United States on the
International peace convention of wom-
en-, has issued a call urging the women
throughout the country to arrange for
meetings in behalf of International peace
and arbitration to be held May Is.
New York-A conference between Of
f1cials and employees of the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey, which has been in
session for several days. has resulted In
the signing of agreements between. the
company's representatives and the repre@
sentatlveS OF the Workmen tisfactory to
both sides.
San Antonio, Tex-A south-bound In.
te1national & Great Northern passenger
train was wrecked today at Davenport,
sixteen miles north of here, by running
into an open switch, misplaced, it is sup
posed by train robbers. Fireman F. w
Hicks was killed. Engineer Monahan
was fatally hurt.
Lansing, Mich:-By a vote of ninetys
two to nothing the house refused to con-
cur in the Chandler railroad tax bill,
which the senate passed Tuesday night,
after amending it so as to tax railroads
only instead of including telegraph tele-
phone and express companies as the orig
inal proposed by the house.
Pittsburg--In conducting the scale nego-
tiations this years the officials of the
Anna gamated Association of Iron, Tin
and Steel Plate Workers expect to make
the adjustments with the separate I'M
DERIVING companies Of the United States
steel corporation as heretofore. and not
with the officials of the great combine
Pensacola. Fla.-Fire was discovered
in the cargo of the Spanish steamship
Alycia, loading here with cotton and gen
era cargo for Liverpool There are
about 1,SC0 bales of cotton in the cargo
The cotton has been flooded and the
matches closed to smother the flames
The extent of the damage is not yet
known.
Buffalo. N. Y.-About two hundred men
and boys, who are known as press as
sistants and are employed in local lob
printing office and preSsfeeders and help
ers. struck for an advance from IS to 50
non-union offices, although inaugurated
under the direction of the Press Assis-
tants' union.
London-In consequence of the COM
plant Of the transatlantic steamship
companies the Board of Trade has order
ed a wireless signaling station to be
erected at Fastnet rock. Vessels fitted
with the necessary apparatus will thus
be enabled to save the time now consunl-
ed in communicating with the station on
the MAIN land.
San ITrancisco-Irving NJ Scott, of the
Union Iron works, said that he knew
nothing of the reported consolidation of
the Union Iron works Bath Iron works.
Newport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock company and Crescent ship yards
Mr.. Scott said he should be glad to sell
out his shfpbuilding plant at any time
at the right figures.
N.IIcStSO-- representatives of q score OF
plow manufacturing concerns, who have
been in session here TO effect a conbi-
1ation Of their interests. departed after
formally agreeing to form one big COM
pany to control the market in the United
states. Twenty plants, chiefly In Illi-
nois. will be in the combine and the cap
Haltzation will probably be $50 100000
Chioago-H. P. Mann, an employee of
the Northwestern railroad, was killed
by an express train at the Pine avenue
crossing. He passed under the gates to
board a local train when he was struck
by the express. Mann had been in the
employment of the North Western three
months and was working as q civil en-
g1neer on the Wisconsin division. His
home was in Minnesota.
Portland. Mel. H. Farnum, OF Bos-
ton. chief electrician of the New England
Telephone company. was instantly killed
by George H. Brainerd, of Boston in the
company's building here Brainerd who
is believed to have acted on insane i'm
pulse, shot James Wadsworth. an cleo
trician. and Elmer Lane, severely wound
ed Earle Buston and slightly wounded
Deputy Marshal Firth.
Parkersburg w. Va.-Sidney Cole, Of
this city, shot and killed VIM. II Terry,
a carpenter on the steamer keystone
State. Coles house on the river bank
had seven feet of water in it. The Key
stone State was about to land nearby
1t IS supposed Cole feared the swell
would float his house away He warned
hn off ~ SOD To-,