The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-18
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Joplin. Mo.-A blizzard has been rag
t ing here all day and practically all OUT
SIDE business has been suspended
Denver, Cola new manganese iron
ere field has been discovered seventeen
miles south Of Little Grande, Utah,
way.
Mackinaw City. Alich;-The straits are
east wind during the night drove the
DFoken fields into Lake Michigan and
there Is no likelihood Of their returning
Chicago-R Representatives Of the Ma
tional Association Of C1othiers, who have
been in the city the last few days left
Tor the East with the assurance that the
Chicago market would join the organize
ton.
ashington-Alexander Agassiz. Of
Cambridge. Mass, was elected president
OF the National Academy of Science. He
succeeds DR.. Wolcott Gibbs Of New
YORK, resigned The term of the presi-
dent is six years,
Nashville, Ill-Marttn Ritter. charged
with killing Clara Cheek with hammer
Saturday night, because she refused to
marry him, was captured. He has been
| placed in jail in an adjoining county for
| fear OF mob violence.
New York-In police court the charges
against William A. Brady. Dan DAILY and
De Wolf Hopper of a violation of the
sunday law, in connection with the ac-
tors 1und benefit at the Academy CT
Music, were dismissed.
: GAINESVILLE, O.-J. X Lamsley. of Low
! ell, drowned himself IN the Muskingum
! river 1t is alleged that he was short in
MS accounts as township treasurer and
that his bondsmen notified him they
would no longer be responsible.
New York-surrogate Fitzgerald, on
motion of William Cantwell, of the law
firm of CantWel & Moore, counsel for
Albert + Patrick, granted an adjourn
| ment In the William Marsh Rice will
! contest until the first Monday in June
San Francisco-The transport Lawton
arrived from Manila and went into quar-
antine. Three cases o. smallpox deYel-
oped On the vessel during the voyage
The LaWton brings tWa.ity-seyen officers
: try.
Birmingham, A1a--Ffre destroyed the
car barn OF the Birmingham Electric
Light and Power company, together with
I'VE trolley cars. The Third Presbyte-
rian. church and parsonage and half
burned.
Chica go5CoIlege men from various
parts OF. the country gathered here TODAY
TO attend the stxtieth annual convention
or the Chi Psi society. Eighteen col
legeS and universities were represented
by delegates who voted on questions of
interest to the order.
Topeka. Kans-Judge Hazen in the dis
trict court decided the preb minary motion
in the Parker-Hughes contest for mayor
in favor of Parker, Democrat, by over
ruling the motion to quGsh the writ OF
maRdamus. The case viii be heard on
it's merits next Saturday.
Alomogordo, n. M-Dr. Cobb. Of the
| United States marine hospital and sani-
tarium at Fort Stanton, near here, has
been ordered by Surgeon General Wy
man to proceed to San Francisco and
make an exhaustive study and report on
| the bubonic plague situation.
Jefferson City. Mo.-Gov. Dockery sign
ed the bill passed by the legislature ap-
propriating $1,000.O00 for the Louisiana
purchase centennial celebration IT St.
Louis in 1909. The governor also signed
the bill which taxes all whisky sold in
! the state 10 cents per barrel 1t is a rev.
! enue measure.
San Juan de Porto Rico-G. w. Fish
back and Jose Gomez BrioSo, the COM
nissionerS of Porto Rico to the Buffalo
| exposition, sailed for New York on board
| the steamer San Juan, with the exhib-
| its from here. Brioso is the first native
| member of the council to visit the United
States officially.
Terre Haute Ind.-A match factory
| Independent of the trust, having a ca
| pacity of $50, coo matches a day. win
/ be put in operation here June l. In adj
6ftion to matches. toothpicks and butch
| CT skewers Will be turned out. The COM
| pany will be known as the Standard
| Match company.
Milwaukee. Wis-The Metal Folishers
Buffers, Piaters and Brass Workers
union of North America, in convention,
adopted a resolution providing for the
| raising of 100000 to enforce 4 nine-hour
| day. There are e, 900 members of the or
| ganization. The strike of the DAYTON
| o., union was Endorsed.
Wapakoneta, O-Baron D. Bates. a well
known farmer aged f1fty-five years de-
| liberately committed suicide by shooting
| himself through with a rife Ten minutes
later, the sheriff arrived to place him
under arrest on a peace warrant HE
had threatened his wife, who had brought
suit for divirco last Saturday.
Des Moines Io-The Republican state
| central committee convened here this aft
ernoon to select date and place for
the holding OF the state convention The
candidates for the location were Cedar
Rapids and Des Moines, but the fact that
Des Moines has a candidate for the
nomination for governor formed a ma
jority sentiment for Cedar Rapids.
San Francisco-Gen- Warfield who will
have charge of the military escort on thu
day Of President McKinley's arrival in
this city, estimates that thers Will be
from 10000 to 1900 men in lire. There
will be no civic bodies IN line The reg
ular army viii be led by either Nal.
Gen. Shaftar or Maj. Gen. Young.
Vancouver, B. C.-Ancther gold rush IS