Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-28
THE OLD WORLD.
OF EVENTS TRaNSpyR.
ING ACROSS THE WATER.
Twelve New Romish Cardinals to be Named
at the Consistory of Easter-Great De-
Italian Coast by the Storm of Monday
Miscellaneous Political and General News.
ENGLAND AND MEXICO.

LONDON, Feb. 27.-The London correspond
ent of the Manchester Guardian says Mexico
| is negotiating for the completion of diplomatic
relations with England, in order to conciliate
English. bondholders. She will offer to pay \
slight interest on her internal debt.
IMPEACHMENT.
PARIS Feb. E.-The Rappl says: Gambetta
agrees with the ministry in opposing the i'm
parchment of the De Broglie ministry.
CARDINALS.
ROME, Feb. 27-Twelve cardinals will be
named at the consistory at Easter. DR.. New
man was not offered cardinalate. Cardinal
dlradl, bishop of Potestena, very i'll.
DISASTROUS STORMS.
The great storm Monday night was most dis
astrous. The whole coast is strewn with
wrecks and at many ports small crafts were
blown out to sea and lost. The new quay at
Posilipps is almost entirely destroyed. In the
| interior the storm was equally violent. At
Puagginolo. near Selma Campanile, church
was blown down while the people were at mass.
killing two priests at the altar and three other
persons. similar catastrophe occurred at
Anentauro, where the vault of the church
yielded to the force of the storm, killed the
priest celebrating mass and injured number
! OF the congregation. At Rome the force of the
wind was unparalleled. All the windows of
the monastery of Montealle Croci were de-
stroyed and portion of the base of Michael
Angeles statue of David was swept off.
MOTHER AND SON.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 27.-Ex-Empress Eugene
accompanied her son, Prince Louis Napoleon,
to this city, and witnessed his departure to-day
for the seat of war in south Africa
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS.
CHARKoFF, Feb. 27.-Prince Krapotkine, gov
ernor of Charkoff, Russia, who was shot by an
unknown assassin, has died of his wounds.
INDULGENT.
VERSAILLES, Feb. 27.-In the Senate, the
committee on the amnesty bill presented their
report. 1t states that the committee had rea-
son to be indulgent, but they would not have
accepted any proposal for complete amnesty
Debate on the bill is fixed for Friday.
ENeIAND's WAR EXPENSES.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-In the house of commons
Northcote, submitting the supplementary credit
for 81, 100000, which he proposes to obtain by
exchequer bonds said he anticipated an excess
of expenditures over revenue of 93, 600, 00O
two million of which are provided for. por-
ton of the credit is to be used for the Trasvaal
war and the balance for the Zulu war. The
credit was adopted by the house without
division.
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN.
MADRID, Feb. 27.-Work has been COM
menced on buildings for the international ex-
hibition of 1880.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Evans, Davis & Co., own
ers of the extensive Lilydale collieries, Hanley,
have suspended payment
SYDNEY, N. s. W., Feb. 27.-The statue of
Capt. Cook was unveiled yesterday in presence
Of 10000 people.
PARIS, Feb. 27.-Of forty-nine persons on
board the ship Adriatic, wrecked near Dun
kirk, seven only are known to have been
saved.
PARIS, Feb. 27.-At sitting of the budget
committee to-day. Leon Say declared that the
government does not contemplate conversion
of the 5 per cent. rentes.
CAIRO. Feb. 27.-The Khedive's son, Prince
Hsssan, commander of the army, has publicly
spologized to the English consul for insults to
Rivers Wilson, minister of tinarce, and Wilson
has expressed his satisfaction with the apology