The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-01
AFTERNOON NEWS CoNDENsED

Santiago de ChiIe-Count Grepp. the
Italian minister, is dead
New Orleans-A dispatch from Walsh.
near Jennings, said the oil well there
Sustieo zyO feet, Wrecking the derrick and
partly Wreck1ng the machinery
Youngstown, Ohio-Three men were
badly burned by an explosion of molten
metal at the upper furnace of the Briar
Hill iron 81 Coal company at O'Clock
a. m.
New lew York,Kazao Hatoyama, speaker
OF the lower house of the Japanese par
lament is in the city. He has come to
America to secure the degree of doctor
OF laws from Yale university.
Bridgeport, Conn.-Three men were
kli1ed and two seriously injured in a
the Berside division of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railway at Long
Hill. --e
Chicago-Arthur J. Eddy, prominent in
legal and social circles in this city. re-
| turned to Chicago Sunday, after HAVING.
completed what is probably the longest
automobile trip ever made in this coln-
try. For sixty days he has been travel
ing throughout the East and in that time
mas covered more than $500 miles.
me, New York-The indictments against
Elre Commissioner j. ]. ScanneIl and
william l.. Markham for alleged irreg-
u1arit1eS in the purchase of department
supplies We're dismissed by Judge Gil
0cASlScVS III the superior court. Per-
mission was given the district attorney
TO resubmit the case to the grand jury
Fresno, CaI.-The directors of the Cal
norma Ra1S1n Growers association have
cut prices and have entered into contract
with new packing company to handle
the crop. The prices announced are on
a basis somewhat lower than 8 cents in
the sweat box, but are made without any
guarantee that these prices would be
maintained.
Colombo, Ceylon-Sir joseph West
Rldgeway, the governor of the island has
announced that 200 of the Boer prisoners
IN Ceylon have expressed their willingness
70 lake the oath of allegiance to King
EdWard. The prisoners not only desire
q; 70 Tax lake the oath, but also wish to enlist
serve anywhere but in South Africa.
Chicago-Memorial exercises in honor
OF President Mckinley were held in the
United States district court here Prom
ln s members of the bar. many of
whom knew the late president per-
sonally, were present Judge Kohlsaat
referred briefly to anarchy, and said the
country was to be congratulated that
the followers of the doctrine We're so
few in the United States.
Seattle, Wash.-1ne trans-Alaska COM
pany, which is to establish horse stage
between point on Cook inlet and the
Nome district, expects to have the line
in operation about the time of the close
L passengers,
mail and express matter are to be ham
died. Ultimately the company purposes
constructing railroad along the same
route.
Pittsburg. Pa.-Andrew Fulton, di-
rector OF the department of public safe
ty OF this city, announced the removal
OF tWenty-three officers and employees of
that department. The persons removed
were nearly all prominent in political
AFFAIRS, and some of them have been
years and upwards. Among the officers
removed was A. H. Leslie, superinteAd-
ent of police.
Chicago = Charles Baker, seventeen
years of age, who has been missing from
his home several weeks, was discovered
male servant employed in a Hyde Park
boarding house. Bakers disguise had
been worn successfully for three weeks.
The reason given by him for it's adop-
ton was that he could not secure work
enough as a man to keep him from
starving.
Chfcago-Trains on the South Side Ele-
waited road ran on schedule time, and it
was stated that no trouble was expert
enced in handling rush hour" business.
Pickets representing the strikers appear
ed at many of the stations and on some
of the trains, but it is said they were
unsuccessful in securing recruits. The
strikers today isued statement to the
public officially denying responsibility for
the attempt to derail a train at Thirty
fifth street last night.
London-This will rank as bad year
for the farmers throughout Great Bri-
tain. Alike in England and Scotland the
acreages sown to wheat and barley are
smaller than they were last year and
there is a decline in the number of cat
tie, sheep and pigs kept in England. Nor
is the decline an unimportant one In
many respects it leaves British agricul-
ture in more restricted plight than for
years. In Scotland the situation is not
so bad as in England.
Hobart, Ind.-Frederick w. Hartman,
an aged farmer living near here, fatally