Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
The steamship Celtic brought $25o,O00 in
silver bars.
A resolution removing the customs duty
on malt has passed the Ontario House of
Commons.
Rev. DR.. Burgess of Springfield, Mass,
announces his acceptance of the bishopric of
the Quincy, ILL.,, diocese.
The Caledonia Coal and Railway company.
which has large coal mine at Cape Breton, |
is embarrassed. Liabilities reported at 49, |
100000; nominal assets in excess of these
figures
Hester, the Mollie Mcguire, sentenced to
be hanged, says his defense cost him ten
thousand dollars, and that he is now poor
man. He asserts his innocence and IS conf
dent of reprieve.
Washington dispatch saps the resigna-
ton of Ellis Spear, commissioner of patents,
to take effect April LIST, is announced and
causes a sensation. It is stated the resigna-
ton was requested by the President.
Philadelphia advices say the funding
scheme proposed in the last annual report of
the Pennsylvania railroad company has
grown in favor with the stockholders, and
at the adjourned meeting Monday the plan
will probably be adopted
The exports of domestic products this
week are the largest in value of the season.
From the New York and the cotton ports
alone they amount to $15,OOO,OOO, and from
San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston, not
less than $l5,OOO,OOO additional.
The Pennsylvania coal company has fixed
as follows the prices of their coal for April.
delivered at the comp lny's dock at New
burgh, with fifty cents per ton additional for
delivery at New York: Lump, steamer, and
crate, 1886 to 1916; stove 1875 and chest
nut $3.50.
A row occurred Friday evening between
the Freshmen and the Sophomore classes of
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, growing out
Of the Freshmen carrying canes. The police
| arrested several studentsbut they were sub
sequently released. The faculty of Bates
suspended the students engaged in the affair.
A man about Is years Of age, name unknown,
was over and killed by a passenger train
on the Lake Shore railroad near Toledo, Ohio,
! yesterday. Among the articles found on his
| person was the card of L. G. & w. L. Coon &
Co.. furniture dealers, Piqua, Ohio, which
was written the words: "A Home Forest, Har-
den county, by Nh. Wagner
jacob AW1narG, SpeC1al O1l1Cef OF the treasury
department, who arrested the Kupperschmidt
brothers, of Memphis, Friday, for counterfeit
ing, left Memphis for Cincinnati yesterday.
Emil Kupperschmidt is in jail awaiting an ex-
tradition order from Judge Trigg while his
brother Richard is held in default Of $4,000
bail.
The remains of Senator David S. Nagle were
deposited in the family vault in st. Mary Is
Catholic church, Philadelphia. Gov. Hartranft
Lieut.. Governor Lolita, and some 60 members
; of the Legislature were among the mourners.
The cashier of the Planet mills, South Brook
Ign, returning to the mills from the bank yes
tersay afternoon, was attacked by four men, and
ro'Ded Of $5, 900. The thieves had horse and
w>sson convenient. and made good their escape
although pursued by policemen and some citi
Zens.
The police commissioners of New York city
have dissolved the policemen athletic club, il
2 consequence of a disgraceful fight yesterday il
5 front of the club rooms. Detectives Muldoo1
. and Adams and Professor Miller, being partici
pants.
) Officers of the treasury department met thi
: afternoon and adopted BETTING resolutions
+ The pail bearers selected are, Henry f. French
assistant secretary; s. J. w. Tabor, 4th auditor
+. Ezra French, I'd AUDITOR John Jay Knox
comptroller: Edward Young, chief of bureau o
statistics; J. NJ. McGraw, sixth auditor; w. P
Htcomb, register; Jacob N. Ella, 5th auditor.
I
: with the consideration of the ''pro rata contro
versy" between the Pacific railroads made re
port to the full committee to-day. recommendin
the appointment of Pacific railway commits
: sioner to establish rules and regulations for tn
several Pacific roads and branches for the sc
. curity of the interests of the public and GOV
: eminent.
/ The freight depot of the Mobile & Montgon
: cry railway, at Mobile, Ala, was burned We,
:, terday; also ten cars and considerable freigh
u Loss $4,000, of which the railway company
u is 1926, 900.
e A Paris dispatch says the widow of Rossin
q the celebrated musical composer. is dead.
Il is understood she bequeathed the fortune i,
- herited from Rossini to the asylum for age
~ and disabled singers
The game of billiards lats night at ST. Loui
between Slosson and Schaffer, is claimed to
the most remarkable ever played. It was VIC
by SlOsson by score of 600 to 522. Slosson
. average 371122; Schaffers, 34-4-5.
The extensive tin and Japan ware manufa
:. tory of Fleming, Agnew & Co, on Third avenu
le Plttsburg, burned last night. Loss probab
$75, 900; insured for 100000,
n The schooner d. W. Smith, from St. Johl
Y. for Weymouth the Esd, was wrecked. and Ca
tain Savory and two seamen drowned.
- The ten mile trotting match at Bay distri
track, San Francisco, yesterday. between Co
troller and Jack Stewart, for one Thousand dc
Is lars side, was won by Controller in 1880.
y. The Yale University boat club last mig
- voted not to send four-oared crew to Sene
re- Lake to compete for the American college
presentation at Henley, England. Kenne
will, therefore, be Yale's only representative.
The Quebec Legislature is dissolved, and
new election ordered.
!, VIM. Henderson, lumber merchant,
IN failed; liabilities 1875, 900.
f Strange A cei1onf nj tho oofr
PHILADELPHIA, March 23.-While Mrs. w
nm colt and Mr. Schewel were engaged in thesce1
of IN tne hxlles, at Walnut Street Theat
en- schewel tripped and fell against the lady, "
% was seriously stabbed by q poignard she b,
in her hand. The doctors fear inter-
ny hemorrhage.
sc By the fall of scaffold to-day Frank Pet