The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-27
News Condensed

Washington, D. C.-The report Of the
commissioner OF patents for 1904 shows
476, 600. There were 52,143 applications
for patents, an increase of nearly 1000
over 1903, and 20,429 patents expired
There were 30,S24 patents and designs is
sued.
New York-Nearly 700 Storage passen-
gers on the steamer Vaderland which
arrived from Antwerp, with report that
ten steeTage passengers had died during
the voyage of pneumonia were not per
mitted to land when the steamer reached
her dock here. The steamer was sent
back to quarantine
st. Louts-Zach Mulhall. general live
stock agent of the st. Louis e San Fran
cisco railroad and well known cattle
man, charged with assault with intent to
Kill Ernest Morgan, has been convicted
ana the jury assessed his punishment at
three years Imprisonment.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Three men said to be
members of the gang of safe robbers that
towns held up and robbed three trolley
cars here and several pedestrians and
shot and seriously wounded Robert Brace,
a motorman, who resisted them.
Richmond. va.-The supreme court of
appeals has denied the supplementary APP
Charlottesville, convicted of wife murder
He was sentenced to be hanged and was
resptted until Feb. 10.
Washington, D. c.-Among the impor-
. tant gifts recently made to the Smith
SOnian Institution is the library and
herbarium of Capt. Dennell Smith, of
Baltimore, which Is worth 0,00O
New Bremen, Ohio-The accumulation
of natural gas from leak in the meter
in the Dferker building resulted in ter
rife explosion, wrecking the building and
inJur1ng twelve people, two seriously.
Neutrality-suspicious. l. Chew, of In
diana, deputy auditor for the -postoffiee
department, has resigned to return to
private business. Charles Sihler, of
Evansville, Ind. will succeed him.
Berlin-The plenipotentiaries, of Austria
Hungary. and Germany have signed a
commercial treaty here and all seven COM
mercial treaties will be submitted TO the
relchStag Feb. j.
Paris--The international commission to
inquire into the North sea incident re-
surned its sfttings with diminished attend
Tol1yo-The japanese seized the Aus
TRAN steamer Burma, off Hokkaido
Islands She had cargo of 1000 tons
of Cardiff coal and was bound for Vladi-
yostok,
Batoun1, Black sea-A snow storm.
damage. Many residences and stores fill
ed with naphtha products have collapsed.
Jacksonville, Fiat is believed that
the freeze In Florida destroyed al CIT
rous fruits on trees excepting in the ex-
treme southern part of the state.
Battle Greek, Mich-Harry A. Knick-
erbocker, a painter, shot and instantly
killed his wife and then killed himself.
They had had domestic troubles.
Toronto, Ont.-Revised returns show
that the Conservatives elected sexenty-one
members of the provincial legislature and
the Liberals twenty-seyeu.
Washington. D. C-Prssident and Mrs.
Roosevelt gave a reception in honor OF
the Judiciary.
Mount Sterling. Ky-Fire destroyed
s10o 900 worth Of property in the business
section.
Cincinnati, ohio-William Schroeder,
aged forty years. died from excessive hic-
coughing.
New Yorh-Four wooden buildings in
South street were burned Loss, $l09, CO.
Doyiestown. Pa-Four men were killed
by an accident at Durham furnace.