The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-03
DAYS NEWS SUMMARIZED

Weather for ST. Paul and vicinity:
Snow and colder today; fair tomorrow.
| LEGISLATIVE
House bill puts six offices now filed by
st. Paul mayor and council on elective
! list
Senator Wilson proposes unique plan for
computation of states interest in rail-
roads gross earnings.
House bill seeks bipartisan railroad
and warehouse commission nominated
under primary system.
Representative Armstrong would legis-
late voting machines into general use.
Railroad and warehouse commission
reports Minnesota passenger rates are
reasonable.
House committee takes up prison labor
| investigation.
Attorney General Douglas sustains Rep
resentative Dorsey in fight against judi
ciary committee report.
WASHINGToN-
Both houses hold late night sessions.
| President Roosevelt calls special ses-
sion of senate for March 8.
European powers are dipping in in
matter of Cuban-American treaty They
| are expected to retaliate.
| LOCAL
First owl cars on st. Paul lines are
! well patronized.
Poisoning mystery of the West side un-
solved, but detectives have a clue
Gov. Van SAINT returns from trip to
| Washington and other Eastern points
! County commissioners instruct county
treasurer to withhold payment on war
rant drawn in favor of Contractor Nc
Carthy for Wildwood well
General Manager Scott. of the Omaha.
| survives operation but cannot recover.
Aged woman vagrant, giving name as
Mrs. Sedlar defes officers to learn her
| identity.
| State central relief committee reports
collection of $4,000 for famine sufferers.
Of which $4,000 has been sent abroad.
Minnesota celebrates today the fifty
! fourth anniversary of its creation as a
| territory.
Henry Norman. former st. Paul mer-
chant, dies in Chicago.
Corporation Attorney Michael still de-
| clares he has selected no assistants. and
says he will retain temporarily two of
Mr.. Markham's staff.
DOMESTIC
Governor of North Dakota appoints
trustees for state institutions.
Ex-Gov. Merriam resigns as director oe
| census and becomesefirst vice president
| OF Information Mercantile company, New
York "<
Bids for pine timber on ceded portion
of White Earth reservation are opened.
| They average So per acre.
Prisoner in Olympia (Wash.) Jail kills
sheriff and escapes.
Delaware's long senatorial deadlock ends
in election of ]. Frank Alice and L. Heis-
| Ter Ball.
RAILROADS.
Interstate commerce commission reports
on import and local traffic.
Transcontinental lines may put in home
| seekers rates during summer.
I Freight congestion at Pittsburg is re-
| lieved.
Western roads give notice they will
grant shippers no privileges, but obey Ell
kins law.
Trainmen of Wabash say they will
| strike if their demands are not granted by
noon today.
BUSINESS
Corn continues to lead grain markets,
| imparting strength to wheat. Corn and
wheat advance, but oats decline.
Stocks have downward tendency with
duliness and neglect.
SPORTING
Terry McGovern reported seriously i'll
| at his home In Brooklyn.
Edward Delehanty is dissatisfied with
decision of big leagues and may refuse to
play ball this summer
Caxton is the only winning favorite at
| New Orleans.
MINNEAPOLIS
Great scarcity of freight cars causes
| H5ur Minneapolis flour mills to shut down
Jury that tried Joseph Cohen, the al
| legged ''go-b between of the Ames regime
fails to agree and is discharged.