St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-17
Cable Brevities.

The Scottish chamber of agriculture at its
annual meeting has unanimously demanded
that the government take action on Part ll!.
OF The currency commissions report, which
fayorS an International conference on the
subject of bimetallism. This demand is in
tended TO assist MIR. Chaplns motion OH the
same subject in the house OF commons.
MIR. Parnell is preparing an elaborate
speech to he delivered III support of Mr..
Gladstone'S substitute for the governments
land purchase extension measure. 1t is
stated on good authority that Lord Harting-
ton has promised Lord Salisbury to oppose
Mr.. Gladstone motion and to throw the en-
tire Unionist vote against it.
EX-EmpresS Victoria and her daughters
will start from Berlin for England Sunday.
Letters have been found in Baron Roggen-
bach's house which show that Prof. GeHeken
submitted to him an abstract OF Emperor
Fredericks diary, but that neither Roggen-
bach nor Geffcken intended 10 do more than
execute the task allotted to them in giving to
the German people for their common good
precious legacy from Frederick.
The new Russian loan of SOC, 900. 900
francs has been concluded. 1t is intended
version of the loan of 1877. the balance of
20O.O00,00O remaining at the disposal of the
government.
1t is stated that the English cabinet has
approved the proposed expenditures for new
war vessels. The scheme is to build eight
first-class men-of-War, a score Of swift
cruisers and many torpedo vessels.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, will
attend the funeral of Duke Macmillan of
Bavaria. The Austrian court will go into
mourning for month.
Nine. Nevada sang in 'sLakme'' in Madrid
last night. Among the audience were the
queen Of Spain and the queen of Portugal
and their children. members of all the his
toric Spanish families and many other dis
tinguished PERSONS
The Catholic anti Slavery society recently
formed at Cologne appeals for the support of
Protestants. Prince Bismarck is showing
great interest i'll the movement, and has
asked for full particulars
The Italian committee on coast defenses
recommends that the armaments of the
maritime fortresse be augmented, that Ma
pies and Palermo be made lnrregnable to
ans hostile fleet, and that torpedo stations lie
established at some of the narbors of Sar
dlnia and Sicily.
Sir John Pope Hennessy while governor of
Nautilus instituted action against the Lon
don Times for libel. Since then the Times
has apolosiZed for its offensive language.
The case came up in court to-day, and The
judge disposed of it by giving formal YER
dict for the plaintiff.
Parliament will be questioned Monday
with reference to the appointment of sue
cessor to Lord Sackville as British minister
at Washington. Thursday the fisheries dis
pute will pe brought up.
Indian papers assert that 1000 British
Indian traders have been ruined in the Ger
man East African settlements. The govern
ment will be asked whether claim will be
made for compensation from Germany.
The coasting steamer Vaitarna, which left
Clutch. India, for Bombay. with 8 % natives
on board, is q week overdue. 1t is supposed
she foundered in u recent cyclone and that
all hands were lost.
All the steamers have left the port of Cron-
stadt, Russia, fearing that they will be caught
by an ice blockade. The sailing vessels
now there will remain for the winter
Col Francis Duncan, c. b., Conservative
member of parliament for the Holborn di-
vision of Finsbury, is dead. He was fifty
two years old.
Edward Harrington, member of parlia
ment for West Kerry, has been summoned
for melting to boycotting. He will be tried
the 18th inst.
The bankruptcy case Of the firm of Feador
Owswannikoff came before the commerce l
tribunal of st. Petersburg yesterday. The
debts of the firm are estimated at 100000
roubles.
Portugal, on invitation of Great Britain
and Germany, viii send vessels to take part
in the blockade of East African ports.
Rains have fallen in Western and Eastern
India, and the crop prospects are conse-
quently improved.
The czarowitz will spend day in Berlin
on his waf back to st. Petersburg from
Berlin