The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

San Francisco-The transport Hancock
arrived here with the Thirtieth Volun-
teer infantry, AMI has been sent to quar-
antine.
New York-Col. James N Wheelan,
military attache of the United States le-
cation at The Hague, arrived here en-
board the Statendam from Rotterdam.
St Louis, NFo.-Gaylord Blessing & Co,
one of the oldest brokerage firms In this
city, have filed a deed of ass1gnmt Mt
Liabilities are admitted TO exceed the
assets by $4,000
Pittburg Pa.-Two men were killed
and the building wrecked by the eXplo-
sion of the cooker at the McKeeSp0rt
brewery, McKeesport. Pa. The cause Of
the explosion is not known.
Chicago-A rear-end collision between
a time freight ana stock train on the
Chicago & North Western road at Ar
lington Heights killed one man, fatally
hurt an other and injured five more.
Philadelphia-At the annual meeting Of
the stockholders of the Pennsylvania
railroad a resolution was adopted atl-
thoriZing an increase of 500, 200, eco in the
capital stock of the company, making
the total issue S251, Geo. 0Ce.
Chicago-Delegates to the annual con-
VentiOn of the American Railway En-
cheering and Maintenance of Way as
ISOLATION. which represents 140 railways,
with a total trackage of 176,0G0 miles III
Canada. the United States and Mexico,
met here.
Washington, Ind-During the absence
of the parents, the residence of Guy
Williams, seven miles north of this place,
was destroyed and their three chill
dren, aged one, three and five years,
were burned to death.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The remains of the late
State Senator CHRISTOPHER Lyman Ma
gee. who died at Harrisburg last Friday
night, were inferred in the Allegheny
cemetery. The services which were COM
paratively simple, We're held at Trinity
Episcopal church.
Denver, Colo.-It is announced here
that the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
is importing Japanese miners to fill the
places of strikers in their New Mexico
mines. Forty have arrived at Gallup,
it is said, and 21G more are expected
within few days 1t is stated that the
company will employ Japanese to work
in Colorado. They are brought from the
| Pacific coast.
]. r. Hussey in Woodruff place. Alfred
Stead, of London, son of William T.
| Stead, and Miss Mary E. Lane Hussey,
niece of DR.. Hussey, were married The
couple will take a wedding journey
around the world.
Albany n. Y.-The senate bill taxing
insurance companies passed the assers-
bly,. AS the bill was suggested by Gov.
Odell, it is sure of the executive sigma
ture. The senate bill, imposing a tax on
the surplus of savings banks, also pass
ed the assembly.
New Yorl1-The directors of the Mer-
genthaler Linotype company have deeiar-
ed the regular quarterly dividend of 2ia
per cent. No extra dividend was de-
clared. The company has heretofore
since October. 1888, paid an extra dlv-
dend Of 21a per cent in addition to the
regular dividend at each quarter.
New York-It is announced that An
drew Carnegie has promised to give
Yonkers n. Y, $4,000 for a public libra
ry building on condition that the city
| guarantee to raise s., coo annually for it's
| support and furnish a site for the build
ing. The gift has been accepted.
Chicago-Theodore Van Alien injured
| in Mondays boiler explosion at the Dore-
mus laundry. died yesterday, making the
total number of fatalities nine. The
! coroner'S inquest has been set for March
| -. A. NJ. Doremus, manager of the
destroyed laundry, is in nominal Gus
| tody Of the police and probably will be
| held until after the coroner's inquest.
Kankakee, IlI.-The Archer Starch com
| pany'S factory, just north of this city,
| burned Monday night, involving a loss
| of $525 Geo. Although ECO people are on
| the payroll, only twenty-five were at
| work at the time the fire started. All
| of them escaped EXCEPT Louis RueI. who
| vas badly burned. The fire was caused
| by an explosion Of the large grinders.
| from combustion, due to wet starch and
| iron nails.
| milwaukee. w tS.-Ihe milwaukee Brew
| ing company went into bankruptcy on
an involuntary petition signed by three
| creditors of the company and an admiS-
| sion of bankruptcy signed by William
| Gutknecht, it's president. The books of
| the company on March showed liabilities
| of S1O5,0 The assets are said to equal
| that amount and the company will, it is
| claimed, Pay it's debts in full.
Toledo, O.-The ice in the Maurne river
broke up during the night and started
for the lake, carrying with it two big
steam barges, the Gilchrist and Mar.
ouette. gorge formed at the city site
Of the Wheeling & Lake Erie railway
bridge and the two vessels are damned in
the ice not far from the bridge The
bridge. together with the boats and their
valuable cargoes, will be IN great dan
ger when the jam breaks up.
Des Moines, Io.--Former Congressman
| w. e. Fuller, of West Union. To-, who
I. was recently appointed by President Nc
! Kinley as United States assistant attor-
ney general, with a view of attending
the legal business of the Spanish claims
| commission. telegraphed to the president
| his deciination. owing to a pressure of
| private business interests.