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

Madrid-The cabinet has received the
! report of the committee appointed to
| study the reorganization of the public
| services. 1t is proposed to combine the
war and marine departments under one
| ministry.
Youngstown Ohio-Satphen Clark, nom
! mated at Columbus for attorney zen
! eral by the "ProSressice Democsacy, de-
! clared that he IS not in sympathy with
! the movement and VIII not accept the
nomination.
Berlin-Dr curing Breson, a member
! OF the meteorological institute, has Just
completed a balloon at Aandior, with
which he reached a height of SO, 500 feet
| The lowest recorded temperature was 40
| degrees below zero Fahrenheit
Chicago-The formal sale of the Union
! elevated loop, sirdlng the downtown
| district, ana connecting with the four
! elevated roads to the Northwestern
elevated railway, has taken place. The
! purchase price is 1886 900, or $40 a share.
New York-George ii. Holt, well known
! in banking circles n this city as a mem
! Der of the firm of George H. Holt d Co.,
| is dead at his home at Fort Neckley, l..
| 1. He was nfty-seVen years of age, and
was born at Worcester, Mass. He grad
uated at Amherst college.
| Montreai-As result of the decrease in
! the ocean freights from Montreal to
! vessels are leaving the ST Law renee
! light. The duliness is attributed to the
! effect of the drought in the West and
| the advance III the price of corn.
New York-W nile the decision of the
! navy department as to what disposition
! snail he made of the receiving ship Yer
/ mont, now stationed at the Brooklyn
navy yard, has no5 been announces, 1t IS
considered probably that the hulk will
! be tOWed out to sea and urned.
New York-The contest committee of
the Automobile Gu OF America est1-
mates that 100 motor vehiclse viii start
on the endurance tour of the CLUB, from
! New oYrk to Buffalo, on Sept. g. Several
changes in the route first proposed Will
be made in order to avoid bad stretches
Of road.
saudusky, Ohio-AIrs. Justinia Dash
ault, wife of Capt. ID. a. Dashault, one
Of the most prominent men in this city,
saw her husband coming out of a saloon,
and, armed with bricks and stones, she
attacked the place and quickly smashed
the glass front and the glassware about
the bar.
New Yorl1-Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of
Cleveland is in the city Il am here to
see my mother attend to some personal
business and look after some affairs of
my brother, who died recently he eX-
planned. Il 90 not expect to see or talk
with any politicians, and have nothing
to say, politically"
New York-What is believed to have
been an attempt TO set fire to the new
docks OF the North German Lloyd line
Ill I1ODOkSn, was IGDO4 Tea TO the ponce.
A night Waterman found pile OF papers
burning beside an oil house of the line
in time to save d cOntiagraLion. A strike
Of the dock men has ben going on fer
the last ten days.
New York-There was another advance
of 10 cents a ton in price of coal sold
to the retail dealers. The ADVANCE has
been made each month, in April, May,
June and July, and the fifth advance W41
now be made for August This means 4
total advance a the
price Of coal up to Sept. /.
New Yorl1-phe Tribune says that one
quarter part Of the digging on the Rapid
! Transit tunnel is COMPETED Mr.. Fischer,
chief engineer of the Degnon- Mclean
. Contracting company, which is building
three sections of the tunnel, says uhaJ
SUbcOntTactorS probably Will be through
with their work by the early spring of
1868.
Colorado Springs, Col.-Mr. and Mrs.
Burr Ferguson, of New York, were rob-
bed eOf over $3, coo worth OF diamonds at
their hotel the jewels being in Mrs. Fer
guson's trunk, while they were absent
from the room. Among the articles taken
were a diamond horseshoe, a jeWeled
cross, six rings and some trinkets of
lesser value.
New York-According to the Havana
correspondent of the Herald, members OF
the Merchants union will start an active
campaign, with a view of convincing the
Washington authorities of the industrial
needs of Cuba, and that there need be
no alarm on the part of American sugar
and tobacco growers because of the pro-
! posed concessions on the Cuban products
Cornwall, Ont.-Four lock gates were
carried away in Cornwall canal, and nav
igatiOn will be suspended until they are
replaced. This win likely take two
days, but If the bottom of the lock is
much damaged or filed with gravel more
| time may be required. The water in
| the level, which IS a mile long, flooded
the surrounding land to q depth of seven
! feet
Cadiz-The authorities, including Port
! Commandment Fulate, gave q luncheon to
! Prince Henry, of Prussia, and after
wards assisted in the evolutions of the
| German cruisers. Prince Henry, speak
ing to the Spanish officers, recalled his
| visit to CadiZ, after the defeat of the
| Standards. at the time when he adj
! dressed sympathetic words to Capt. Eu-
I late, who commanded the Viscaya at the
! battle of Santiago.
Berne-The public prosecutors office
! is authority for the statement that
| GailiOtti, the anarchist, was really ar
! rested on the charge Of disseminating
! anarchistic writing throughout Swift
! erland. Galliottl Is known as one of
! the most fanatic of anarchists. He has
| served several terms of imprisonment in
| Italy, but so far as known he has never
made any attempt at assassination.
Atlanta, Ga.-Two United States SOL
| diers, who are stationed at Fort Nc
| PhersOn barracks Wednesday night went
| to the home of Julia Whitfield a re-
! spectacle woman, living near the fort,
and after driving her from the house,
set fire to it. The house and vacant
! building adjoining it We're burned. Prl-
Vate e. e. Everton, Company d, TWEEN
ty-seventh regiment, has been arrested.
New York-The steamship Deutsch-
! land, of the Hamburg American line,
raised the average for hourly runs to
23.07 knots. The best previous average
same vessel Her best days run was
! COL knots. which Is also a new record.
| The Deutschland, when passing Nam
tucket lightship signaled by the Mar
! conf system, and obtained a reply.
Tangier-There is no foundation for the
! report contained in dispatch from
! Tangier in the Morning Post of IIondon)
that Kaid ell Mehedi ell Menebbi (the
minister OF war of Morocco head of the
| special mission of the sultan of Morocco
! to London and Berlin, had been ar
rested at Mazagan because the sultan
disapproved Of the concessions he grant
ed while in England, and of his expendi-
ture of 100000 in London and Berlin.
Faris-A small tin can, containing sew
| eral cartridges, and with an unlighted
I fuse attached to it, was found at the
! door of the apartment house in which
. Emile lola, the novelist, resides when in
( Paris. The police who examined the can
say that even If the fuse had been light
! ca 1t would only have produced a detona-
ton, resulting in no damage The ofIi,
Gals regard the matter as a practical
joke.
New York-Giovannia Batista Scala
! pllna, bishop of Piencenza, Italy is ex-
pected TO aTriye III New York today from
! Genoa The founder OF immigrant MIS-
IA ip1 h. T,1.