St. Paul daily globe., 1890-10-15
BREVITIES BY TELEGRAPH.

s"<N va iISS ehN Ptsif dHa nNSfe1iC
speciaities.
Seven hundred plush-velvet weavers at
Listers mills ia Bradford England. have
I struck to assist the cutters who are out on
question of wages.
tH The striking Scotch ftsrnacemen have
issued an appeal TO the public and trade as
soclatlonS for assistance. They say they re-
| equlre 200 weekly.
/ Plans have been completed at the navy de-
partment tor the proposed twin screw armor-
plated, harbor defense ram upon the design
OF Rear Admiral Ammen, L. s. \.
Prime Minister Crispi has received congrat-
niatlohs from Chancellor Won Caprivi and
Count kalnoky upon his recent speech de-
Tending the dreibund and denouGcing the ir-
| redentistS
! r The Conservative government of the canton
| of Ticino. Switzerland. has been peaceably
'reinstated by the federal commissioner.
Col Kuentzli, and the federal cavalry have
| been Withdrawn.
AT a meeting of the London trades eoun-
ell yesterday, it was resolved to call dele
| gates meeting Oct %, representing l53,OU0
men, TO consider the raising OF e2o, 600
| for the Australian strikers
The governor of Mozambique, in dispatch
dated the llth instant confirms the report of
| the entry of British gunboats into the Zam
besi river. The Portuguese protested against
the advance of The British fleet
Gen. Reuben Ii. Davis, OF Aberdeen. Miss,
died suddenly Of apopieXy at Huntsville,
| Ala, yesterday. He was second cousin of
| OShClSOi OdNtS, diiQ SeTNco stS a Ui
| the thirty--ffth congress- and was reelected
to the thirty-siXih
Count de la Oranges chateau near Dom
| front, France. has been sacked and burned.
The entire building was destroyed. There
| were many valuable works of art in the chat
! eau, all OF which have been lost. The police
are seeking the cuiprits.
| Patrick German, foreman of the gas de-
! partment of the Uiis Iron ana Steel company,
| Cleveland. went into the drying department
| yesterday morning to take n nap. Soon after
| wards the heat was turned on, and Gorman
| vas literally roasted to death.
| Fire caused panic in the Elkhart county,
Indiana iail last night One of the prison
| ers pur rposely set fire to lot of bedding in
| ms room, and the smoke filed the whole
| building. One prisoner was nearly suffo-
| Gated before he was rescued.
| The treasury department has decided that
\ books imported for the use of colleges,
schools, etc.. are admitted TO this country
under the new tariff lsw substantially as
they were admitted under the old tariff law
and subject to the same restrictions.
The inquest on the body of Coroner Solon
| Boydston, who was run down by an engine
| at Orville, o.. while arreSting man last Fri
! DAY, shows that Boydston was pushed under
| the wheels by one os the prisoners friends,
at present unknown to the authorities.
l.. A. Grant acting secretary Of war, has is
| sued a general order i'll regard to the death
| of Gen. Belknap. The war department will
| be draped in mourning for period of thirty
/ the order, at each military post, seventeen
| guns Will be fired.
Rush F. Jones. clerk in the employ of
| the Chicago Evening journal. was arrested
| yesterday, charged with embeZZlement. 1t
| is alleged that his accounts are 500 short.
| He was formerly assistant to the cashier. and
| an examination of the books is said to have
| revealed the shortage.
The secretary of state has received cable
| gram from the United States minister to Par,
| aguay, announcing that John Stewart. con-
| sui general OF that republic to the United
| States, has been appointed to represent Para
| quay on the board of commissioners of the
| Inter-cOntinental railway.
! Senator Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, to
! the surprise of everybody, has announced
| his purpose of speaking a. the state fair in
I the 23d inst. 1t is intimated shat he will en-
| dorse the farmers fully and advise them to
! 70 select senator as successor tn himself
is~who is i'll complete accord with their policy
i, The village of Andale, Kan, was struck by
h hurricane yesterday, and suffered great
damage. A large Catholic church was lifted
from its foundation and thrown a distance
| OF many yards. Lighter buildings were tossed
| about like boxes. Trees were torn up and
went flying through the air. No lives lost.
A dastardy murder was committed Satur-
Jday night near Jackson, Tenn. John Gill,
an lnotfenSive negro, was called TO his door
and shot down by two unknown persous.
The weapon used was shot gun, ana his
breast was filled with shot one piercing his
heart. No cause is known for the tragedy.
King Christian of Denmark gave a dinner
at the palace Yesterday to the officers of the
| United States cruiser Baltimore. The United
| States minister and Mrs. Carr were also pres
ent. The king proposed the health of Presi-
dent Harrison. Mr.. Carr toasted the health
7of the royal family The king and queen
and thecrown prince will visit the Baltimore
| Tn ursday. s''5 ~ s-.ii' 80, .s'Sft-
A number of casks of tallow bearing vari-
ous marks have been rescued from the water
at Lands End. England. Some of them are
marked Armour, Chicago" A number of
carcasseS OF sheep have been washed ashore
at Harland. County of Devon. This wreck
age is probably from vessels that have been
lost in fog. The weather lately has been
quiet.
= crowd numbering many thousands was
at Peru, Ind, yesterday to hear Senator Dan
iel w. Voorhees, speak. He arrived at noon,
and an hour afterwards delivered stirring
address on the questions of the day. The
farmers were present in great numbers and
to them the speaker addressed many of his
remarks.
deputy sheriff is in Chicago from Kan
sas, ready to take Frank Woodruff, of Cronin
notoriety, back to that state, if possible, when
the fellow is discharged tomorrow from the
bridewell where he WAS sent year ago by
the criminal court. Woodruff is wanted in
Kansas for horse stealing, but owing to
technlcallty there is doubt whether he can
be extradited.
The Irish Times says that William Abra-
ham, member of the house of commons for
West Limerick. and Timothy Harrington,
member for the Harbor division of Dublin,
who were appointed members of the COM
mittee to visit the United States to solicit aid
for the Irish cause, have refused TO accept
the appointments.
The effects of the Athletic base ball club,
of Philadelphia, weee sold by the sheriff yes
terday for less than $500. This included
the grand stand. inside fence. seats, flagstaff.
ticket boxes safe and office furniture; in
fact everything on the ground except the
OutSid do fpnpp which claimed hy 81 hill
| poster. The sale was to satisfy claim of
| 81 200 for rent.
| An extra edition of the Canada Gazette has
! been issued containing proclamation re-
moving the export duty upon spruce and
| pine logs, and also export duties upon
| shingle bolts of pine or cedar and cedar logs
! capable of being made INTO shingle bolts. No
reasons for this action are assigned except
| that it has appeared to the government to be
| desirable in public interest to remove the ex-
port duties mentioned.
Gov. Fifer of Illinois, yesterday granted
! reprieve in the case of Calvin Holden and
! Albert Durham, postponing the day of their
! execution from Friday next to Friday, March
| 6, 1891. The men were convicted of the
June u. last Since the conviction of the
men, evidence has been discovered which
| raises a doubt rs to their guilt.
| The postoffice authorities notified the
| Cleveland Press yesterday that the paper
| could not go through the mails while a GER
| tain advertisement remained in its columns.
| The advertisement in question was from
prominent clothing house and offered a
| pony to the purchaser who could guess its
| weight. The authorities held that it came
under the provisions of the lottery law.
The last section of the metal lining of the
| st. Clair tunnel, constructed by the Grand
Trunk Railway company, has been put in
place, and the putting down of the railway
track in the tube is now going on. The stone
portals of the tunnel are in course of erec-
t-tion and the approaches are being rapidly
| completed. 1t is anticipated that the tunnel
will be ready for traffic in February next.
The English and German iron and steel
men have broken up into parties and under
| the guidance of local committees are visiting
points of in and about Chicago. One party is
inspecting the grain elevators. some the tall
office buildings and the Auditorium The
largest party is paying a visit of inspection to
| the Illinois Steel works at South Chicago,
| and to the car works and town of Pullman.
Il Secretary Window has issued regulations
governin attorneys and agents practicing
| before the treasury department One of the