Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-10
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SeL S0Inclout Oh MS cOnSIlIuIlOnal doNlSorS
together to have cabinet meeting Tues
day. Judge Gresham and Secretary
Folger are the only cabinet officers here.
NEWS NEW DEPARTURE.
John G. New is unable to fix the date of
his departure for Indiana. Mr.. New has
not yet had his interview with the pres
ident. Gresham has been trying to fix up
matters so that New will remain in the
treasury department.
IRON RODS.
Secretary Folger returned to the city
last night and will be on duty next Mon
day. One of the first things that will be
brought to his official notice will be the
disputed question of duty on iron rods,
about which the iron rod manufacturers
and iron fence manufacturers are wran-
Cling. 1t Is thought the final decision will
be given in favor OF the iron rod manufac-
turerS.
DEsERTIONs FROM THE ARMY.
General Drum, in his annual report, will
devote considerable attention to the sub
iect of desertions from the army. He
directed some time ago that officers Of the
army in actual command send him their
experience and views on this subject. He
has received their reports from which it
appears that while compared with other
years there have been an unequally large
number of desertions, yet the desertions
which he will report this year will not ex-
ces1 those of last.
THE STAR ROUTE JURY.
Three of the jurors in the last star route
trial, all who are now in town Indignantly
deny that their verdict was the result of
bribery as charged by the Philadelphia
Times. One of them, horse sheer nam
ed Horrigan, says he was the last one to
come over for verdict ofacquittal. An
Irishman came to him during the closing
days of the trial and said: mike, now is
your chance to make $25,OOO." 81 asked him
'how?" said Mr. Horrigan, and he replied
fBY.'giving thel right kind of verdict"
'I told him I could not talk on that sub
ject, and that he was a fool to talk as he
did; that he was not able to pay anybody
25 cents, let alone $25,OOO. That was the
only time anything was said to me on the
subject. Foreman Crane is in Virginia.
His friends assert he will begin libel suit
aginst the Times on his return.
THE CoLORED CONVENTION.
The colored citizens of this city who is
sued d call for the national convention Of
colored people on the 24th inst, feel con-
fident the convention will be well attend
ed. Fred Douglas, in an interview to
day, says he favors the meeting for many
reasons. First, because many are more
than few-because the united word of a
whole people IS more influential than the
isolated word of an Individual; because
mutual counsels and deliberations of a
representative body coming together from
all sections of the country will naturally
lead to action, wider experience, broader
knowledge than that of any individual
or local organization; because
conventions, in this free country, are the
usual instrumentalities through which
great bodies OF men make known their
wants, their wishes and their purposes.
He says he was not aware until after the
convention was determined upon of any
intention to hold such a convention. When
the matter was submitted to him a con-
clusion had already been reached, and he
was compelled either to put himself in
opposition to it or go along with it, SO
now as at all other times during the last
forty or fifty years he has favored pro-
gressive movements and could not do
otherwise than give it his support.
GET YOUR PASSPORTS.
Tho nenaccif1 hot froualara abroad
particularly in the east, should be provided
with passports declaring their American
citizenship is repeatedly made manifest tt
the department of state by complaints
from various quarters of detention ant
embarrassment which might have beer
avoided had the nationality and identity
of the parties been shown by proper
papers. The consul general at CONSTANT
nople has recently informed the depart
ment of an instance of this character il
the case of two Americans who had de
parted from that port witout having OBJ
tanned the necessary papers from ou
consulate. At Varna, Bulgaria, they wer'
detained and rather than await the effort
in their behalf by the consul general a
Constantinople they abandoned the jour
ney and returned to the place of departure
DEATH OF NOTED INDIANIAN.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 9.-Col. DaviC
P. Holloway died in this city this morn
ing. Holloway was born in Waynesville
Ohio, in 1909, but removed with his par
ents tn Cincinnati in 1913. In 1923 h,
went to Richmond, Ind, and learned th'
printing business, and subsequently served
four years in the Office of the Cincinnati
Gazette. He began the publication of thu
Richmond Palladium in 1882 and eaitet
it for many years. In 1S43 he was elected
to the lower branch of the state Legislature
of Indiana, and in 1874 to the state senate
serving nine years. In 1855 he was elect
ed representative to congress from 1ndi
ana and was chairman of the committee
on agriculture during that term. In 1876.
he was appointed by President Lincoln a
commissioner of patents. For some time
prior to his death he had been engaged il
business in this city as patent attorney
The remains were taken to Richmond, In
diana.
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