Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-13
THE THEATRE PANIC.

LIVERPOOL, Oct 12.-It is stated there were
1000 to 5000 persons in the Coliseum Theatre
last night at the time of the panic. It appears
one of the performers was singing a comic
song, when fight commenced In the pit, cry
OF IRE was raised, and there was a general
stampede for the box Office entrances, though
there are said to be five other doors open for
the egress of the audience. The police inside
ana outside the theatre vainly endeavored to
theatre at the point where the crush occurred is
intricate. The exits converge into a marrow
well, and it was in this well the suffocations
took place, and the dead were piled
SIX 3. OF seven bodies deep. An upright parti-
lion, IN the center OF the doorway, stopped the
passage, until one or the men attached to the
tneater cut II away, enabling some of the peo-
PIE 70 escape. scene of the greatest excite
ment prevailed outside the theater. The en-
glnes and ire escapes arrived, and the fremen
Joining the police entered the building to
rescue res the people. The manager of the
.e upon the first alarm, rushed into the
pit from the entrance and shouted to the peo
pie to remain quiet, but all his efforts were in
effectual until the theater had been cleared.
"hen the dead and in ured were carried to the
royal lnhrmary. Two of the dead were women,
three boys, and thirty-two strong able-bodied
men of the laboring class.
RUSSIA YIELDS.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 12-Taik Pasha, COM
mandant Of Bayazid, has been removed in dis
grace. Mohammed Pasha, commandant of
Alaia Dagh, has been placed under arrest. Sir
henry Drummond Wolff, acting on the orders
u Tue Engnsh government, insisted upon the
treaty of Berlin being carried out in Roumelia.
The other commissioners supported him. where
upon the Russian representative yielded. The
commissioners will start for Phillipopolis ten
days hence.
GAMBETTA.
PARIS Oct. 12.-The speech of Gambetta at
Greable, Thursday, greatly pleased the mod
crate Republicans. He declared his belief in
the necessity of a senate Minimized his
former utterances regarding clericalism and
made dexterous and effective appeal to
municipal delegates, who form majority of
the senatorial electors, to return Republican
candidates. Gambetta predicts the elections
VIII give the Republicans a majority of twenty
in the Senate
ANTI-SOCIALIsT BILL.
BERLIN, Oct. 12.-The Reichstag to-day read
the clause relative to the socialist bill the sec
ond time, after rejecting the amendment of
Herr Hanel that the law should not apply to
meeting connected with elections for the Reich
stag or Diet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PARIS, Oct. 12.-Bishop Dupanloup, of Or
leans, and a member of the French Senate,
died suddenly yesterday.
LONDON, Oct. 12-The Manchester Guardian
says the failure of Hugh Balfour & Co., that
city, was caused by losses on Manchester goods
shipped to India and China
LONDON, Oct. 12.-Seventeen persons have
been drowned at Cortemiegla and Millesems, in
northern Italy, by an overflow of the Bornaeda
river.
GLASGOW, Oct. 1.-THE Clyde ship-builders
have notified their workmen of a reduction of
"a per cent in their wages, to date from the
I'D of the present month. The reduction
affects 10000 employees.