St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-17
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Fire at Baltimore yesterday morning de-
strOyed the rolling mill at the Baltimore
copper works at Canton. The damage is
estimated at S25, 900; partly insured.
At public meeting held in Toronto the
mayor presiding. resolutions were passed
that the further admission of Chinese into
Canada should be rigidlY restricted, if not
totally prohibited.
The steamer Alert has returned TO ST.
Johns, n. F., with the Hudson Bay eXpe-
dition, having put bark for repairs and for
coal. After three weeks i'm the in, the en-
trance to the straits was made, but no at
tempt put forth TO get through.
The council of the American union of
Hebrew congregations at st. Louis yester-
day nominated board of examiners for
the Hebrew Union college, expressed sym
pathy for Gen. Grant and adjourned sine
die. After the adjournment the rabbis
met and forming a literary union and the
executive board organized by electing the
old officers.
J. \. Lynch, farmer near Vincennes,
Ind, has disappeared, and is suspected of
having prepared poison for his wife. which
the children ate instead. One child is dead,
two are in precariouS condition and the
fourth may recover. Lynch and his wife
did not get along pleasantly.
-Four of the Springfield, ILL.,, Wabash road
strikers, who interfered with the new men,
were yesterday sent to Jail for thirty days
for contempt of court. Two were sent fol
ten days.
Reports from the cattle ranges of Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Idaho and Nevada are
Of most favorable character, showing a
better condition of both ranges and cattle
there for several years. No fever has as
yet developed.
The grand jury of Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon found three true bills against
Joseph Z. Cottringe, eX-treasurer of the
Central Transportation company, one
charging him with the embezzlement of
S147,500 and the others with the forging of
stock of the company and uttering the
same.
Bill Fouch was fatally stabbed by Green
Nichols at Moorhead, Ky.
The coasting steamer Perkiomen was
sunk off HallOck Rip by collision with the
schooner Stubbs.
Police raided a gambling house at 81
Clark ctreet, Chicago. last night.
-Four companies of troops passed through
Fort Worth yesterday, en- route to Parsons,
Kan.
John c. Shea was acquitted of libel in
suit brought by Rev. Henry Jardine at
Kansas City yesterday.
Parliament will probably be prorogued at
Ottawa, Can, Saturday.
The building of the Holy Order of st. JOS
eph, eight miles below Cincinnati O.. on
the Ohio river, was totally DESTROYED by
fire. Loss, $75, 600; insurance. $50, 600.
The building was the result of the savings
Of the sisters for many years.
The large mill Of Brighton Cotton Manu-
featuring company at Chicago was burned
last night. Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance,
SIS. 600.
Owing to the extreme dullnesS in freights
the Buffalo managers of the propeller lines
yesterday agreed to temporarily lay up a
number Of their boats. The Union line
will retire four. the Anchor line will take
off six, and the Western line four boats.
AS a passenger train was being made up
in the yards of the Rio Grande road at
Denver yesterday, an empty chair car ran
over package of dynamite. The car was
wrecked and a Waterman slightly injured
The railroad officials attribute it TO the
strikers.
Jefferys & Thomson, an old wholesale
millinery and fancy dress goods house of
Cincinnati, o., assigned yesterday. The
cause of the trouble is the purchase of the
inrerest of deceased member of the firm
and subsequent dullness of trade. The firm
rated at 500, 600.
The extensive works of the of the rubber
company at Philadelphia were destroyed
by fire yesterday. McBride's roofing works.
adjoing, were also destroyed. The loss is
estimated at S53, 400, mostly covered by in
surance. Five horses and mules stabbed in
the rear were burned.
Near Patchague, l.. l., Miss Agnes Roe,
William Tichener and John Hidden. three
persons composing rowing party. were
knocked from the boat and and drowned by
the swinging around of the mainSail as the
boat changed its cnurSe