St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-07
The Plymouth Dock Yard Ex-
pose Involves Prominent
People,
Who Condescended to Partic-
ipate in the Theft of
Cheap TinWare.
A General Belief That Ferdi-
nand Will Be Kicked Out
Of Bulgaria.
Old Fogy London Refuses to
Adopt the Electric Light
System.
Copyright Cable to the Globe.

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LONDON, March 6.-Investigation into
the Plymouth dock yard scandal shows
the connection direct and indirect of a
large number of persons with sySte-
matte swindling operations, OF charac-
ter usually held in contempt by pros
porous professional thieves. Many of
the persons implicated are of classes
far removed from those which pecu-
lators of tinware and junk are supposed
to descend from, the methods en-
ployed by the cOnSpiratorS are found to
have been Of the Sneak-thief order.
Through the cursory inquiry thus far
made it is learned that for some time
past enormous quantities of tea kettles,
tea pots and other utensils have been
Struggled into the government work.
shops, tin-plated and smuggled out
again to private parties. The snug
Cling has been done through one of the
residences of the implicated officials
or through one of the ships on the
docks, and to conduct business without
detection has required the collision of
large number of persons, both within
and without the yards. Several Biz
mingham firms are said to be implicated
in the SWindle and the number of az
rests that must necessarily follow a
thorough expose of the affair promises
to be appalling. Doubtless efforts will
be made in behalf of Some OF the crimi-
mated parties to suppress the matter,
but it is difficult to see how they are to
be successful.
THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.
The notification of the porte to Prince
Ferdinand that his position in Bulgaria
is illegal is generally regarded as tri
umph for Russia, since from the first the
ear has endeavored to incite the sultan
to such action. Unless it shall tram
spire that there is in existence an
agreement between England and Aus
tria that Turkey shall not be
held responsible for the reputation
of Prince Ferdinand'S pretensionS Aus
tria will certainly resent this new move,
and insist upon full disclosure of the
Russian programme before pasSively
permitting Ferdinand to be Ousted. 1t
is true that Austria has herself adj
mitted that Ferdinand's presence in
Bulgaria is illegal, but she has not gone
so far as to commit herself to his expul-
sion. All of the powers, however, are
now agreed that Ferdinand has no right
to the Bulgarian throne, and Austria's
acquiescence in his withdrawal from
the country seems inevitable, though it
will probably be accompanied by the
buster and bluff usual in such cases.
NOTES FROM ABROAD.
The London corporation has rejected
the proposals of the Brush Electric
Light company for contract to light
the city, not in the interest of any other
applicant, but solely through the pain
fully apparent circumstance that they
are not yet alive to the fact that any
improvement has been made upon the
old system of outdoor lighting.
The council of Cambridge university
has reported adversely the idea of con-
ferring degrees upon women.
The war office has begun prelimi-
nary examination into the case of Maj.
Templar, who is accused of selling the
secrets of the military balloon depart
ment to private parties. Templar, it
will be remembered. divIlged the Sc
cret of the mechanism of the war bal
looms to a Birmingham manufacturer,
who sold several balloons constructed
after the plans thus obtained to the
Italian government for use in the Abys-
sianian campaign.
Sir Charles Russell will shortly in
trOduce bill in the house of commons
placing Trafalgar square upon the same
footing as Hyde park in respect of pub
lie meetings.