The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
News Condensed

columbus, O.-Charles A Mayors, pres
loett Oh the First National bank of Column
puS ana head of an American syndicate
which has been negotiating with President
castro OF Venezuela for the underwriting
on 800 600 900 loan. made a statement
regarding his relations with Francis r
Loomis. assistant secretary of state and
formerly minister to Venezuela in the
AFFAIR In the whole transaction MIR.
orably. MN
New YOrk-Hermann Wilhelm Troebner.
professional beSgarS is known. is locked
up here awaiting arraignment on several
complaints by the charity organization
society. Officers of the latter allege that
Iroebner has cleaned up tens of thou
sands OF dollars in the past four or five
years, and that the full list of persons
from whom his unique methods procured
money would read like a social register
of New York.
Rome-Cardiral Ajuti, who has been Sc
riouSly i'll with liver complaint and who
has been operated on for the withdrawal
of fluid from the pleuraI cavity. is sink
ing fast. He is delirious and it was
thought that he could not live through
the night. Pope Plus Y has sent his bene-
diction to the dying cardinal
Harrisburg. Pa.-The Republican state
convention nominated: State Treasurer
=; Lee Hummer; superior court judges,
Charles e. Rice. George b. Orlady, James
"A. Beaver. Secretary Andrews was elect
ed state chairman to succeed Senator
Penrose, who declined again to be a can
didate.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-.Ten miners were
crushed to death at the Conyngham mine
of the Delaware & Hudson company.
They were being lowered into the mine.
and when $50 feet from the surface the
rope broke and the cage fell to the bot
tom of the shaft, 400 feet.
Washington-President Castro has set
aside May % to be observed annually as
arbor daV of Venezueia This is the an
niverSary of the day on which President
Castro took up arms against the govern
ment OF which he subsequently made him
self the head
Paris-The worlds conference of the
Young Mems Christian associations. which
establishment of the international alliance
of the associations. was opened here in
the charity bazaar building.
NJ. POkotioff, managing director of the
Russia Chinese bank at Pekin, has been
appointed Russian minister to China i'll
succession to the late Paul LesSar is con-
firmed.
Westinghouse Representative BarthoId
of Missouri has arrived in Washington and
will sail next week for Brussels, where
he will preside over the meeting of the
executive council of the nterparliamen-
tary union.
Washington-The battleships Oregon
and Wisconsin are close rivals for the an
nual target practice prize, the former
showing record of 140.9 points per gun
and the latter 140.6 points.
Paris-Premier ROuvier's dining at the
German embassy is Interpreted as an evil
dence that another effort is being made
toward an amicable adjustment of the
Moroccan question.
Havana-The house of representatives
passed the senate bill apprOpriating
81, 500 900 to assist the municipalities in
the work of sanitation.
Dowingtown. Pa.-One man was killed
and eleven others We're injured. four ia
tally. by an explosion of dynamite on the
farm of ]. G.. McIlvine.
Dresden-King Frederic Auguste Of
Saxony received in audience Mr. Tower.
the American ambassador to Germany,
and Mrs. Tower.
Rome-Mgr. Ridolf. bishop of Todi. has
been appointed apostolic delegate to Mos
cow.
St Petersburg-The minister of war has
decided to open two additional schools for
infantry officers.
Atlanta. Ga.-Memorial day was cele-
brated here and in other parts Of the
south.