Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-22
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

WASHINGTON, March 21.-There is talk
that Secretary Folger may accompany the
president to Fortress Monroe, and then
run across to the Bahamas for a months
rest. The Bahamas are delightful resort
just now, and quite a number of distin-
guished people, fatigued with the duties
of the winter, have gone thither for rest
and recreation. Should Mr.. Folger go
there he would probably remain as long as
he could persuade himself to be absent |
from his duties, for his condition is quite
serious. Whether he could remain where |
he could not get the daily papers and keep |
his hand on the public pulse is a question,
however, for he is conscientious old man |
and is determined to do his duty as secre-
tary of the treasury as long as he holds the
place.
THE LIFE SAVING STATIONS
along the coast will close. in few weeks
and make up their reports for the year.
These stations are open from September
| through the winter and the stormy season
of the spring, but close during the
summer. The indications are that
this year will be as successful
as last. The work of the past few years in
reducing life-saving to an art has been
wonderfully successful The drill of the
men at the stations shows that they are
capable of doing almost miraculous work.
They are put through regular course,
each man having his duty to perform, and
they become very expert in it. In the
drill man is stationed at a station, a
certain distance from the shore, to repre-
sent wreck. The wagon and apparatus
are rushed to the shore, unloaded, and
placed in position, the mortar loaded,
aimed and fired, the line which its projec-
tile carries out pulled back with the heavy
rope, the rope put in position and made
fast to the brooches buoy, and its lines run
out, and the man on the wreck pulled
ashore, all in less than three minutes time.
No other station succeeds in doing this in
less than eighteen minutes. The result is
that, where thousands of lives were lost
few years ago, only tens are yielded up
: now. When the establishment of the
life-saving service was first talked
} the coast stated in debate that
: thousand lives a year were lost on the
coast of New Jersey alone. Last year the
, number of lives lost by the wrecks on the
: whole Atlantic coast was but twelve and it
3 is not probable the number will run much
if any higher this year.
MEXICAN NICKELs.
The Mexicans are coming nickels in
close imitation of ours, evidently with the
idea that there will be an interchange of
Mexican and United States money, after
the new treaty and the completion of the
new railroads into that country.
PERSONAL.
: Messrs. Pulsifer, Andrews and Haskell,
owners of the Boston Herald passed
through the city recently to Florida.
GETTING TOO OLD TO WORK.
/. Secretary Folger is now at Fortress
Monroe where he will remain several days.
The report is that Folger is actually in
competent to be secretary of the treasury.
The current business of the Office is said
new secretary three months to
catch up" said one friendly to
. the administration. As to the
postmaster general, he is a mere figure
head. He is now in Wisconsin being
!. nursed. Old age has the best of him, and
so far as his individual services are con-
cerned there might as well be no post
master. Old Mr.. Frelinghxysen in the
state department manages to keep on his
a pins, but one hours work day is all he
n can stand. The robustitude of Chandler
% and Lincoln hardly compensate for the
infrmities of the old grandmothers in the
n cabinet.
/ TELEPHONE STOCK.
l. Considerable talk has been created ere
k by new scheme credited to the Western
/ Union Telegraph and Bell Telephone com
L panies for getting control of telephone
is stock. 1t is based OF the expectation that
Q between places not too remote the tels-
9 phone will take the place of the telegraph.
j. The companies named are understood tC
: be urging the various telephone exchanges
% to water their stock one third and give the
1t new stock to the Western Union company
o in return for which that company would
= grant to the exchanges the use of its wires,
: and the Bell Telephone company would
= sell its instruments to the exchanges in
0 stead of renting them as at present. In
, this way the Western Union and its
0 ally would come into the control of a vast
u amount of telephone stock on very easy
terms.
= THE REV DESKS FOR THE HOUSE.
@ Clerk Mcpherson, of the house, has ad
n vertised for bids for furnishing the thirty
It two additional desks, made necessary by
the increased membership under the new
apportionment, and believes they can be
,, placed in position without materially alter
, ing the appearance of the hall or decreas
l. ing the accommodations now afforded tc
e members.
, TREASURY STATEMENT.
10 WASHINGTON, March 21.-The statement
:; of the United States treasurer, shows gold
"a silver and United States notes in the treas
It ury to-day as follows: Gold coin and bull
10 lion, $18O,396, 637; silver dollars and bull.
. lion, $1O7, 1874; fractional silver coin
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