St. Paul daily globe., 1890-10-21
BREVITIES BY TELEGRAPH.

Prof Gaibrath. prominent member of
the National league, is dead at Dublin.
Baron Wissmann had farewell audience
with Emperor William yesterday prior to his
departure + East Africa
The German government has decided to
erect German hospital at Dar-es Salaam,
East Africa, near Zanzibar.
Dr.. Wales, Admiral Porters physician.
said last evening that the admiral was better
and continues to improve.
King Leopold of Belgium will visit Pots
dam. Oct 2S, remaining four days as the
guest OF Emperor William.
The Sultan of Turkey will will give ban
quet to the veterans of the battle of Nislb in
honor of the nlnetieth birthday of Count Won
Mol.ke.
The states general of Wartemburg is about
to meet and decide whether or not. in view of
the condition of the king S health. to appoint
regency.
the Argentine congress closed yesterday
after adopting the government bill to convert
the provincial foreign loans into 4t2 per
cent national loan.
The report of the registrar OF statistics for
1889 shows maj ked increase in baStardy,
the figures being q in I.oJ3 for scotland,
and % i'll 1.UuO for Ireland.
l. S. Emory, of Rochester N. Y. candidate
for congress Gu the workingmen $ ticket,
suicided by c.Itting the ra liai artery in his
William Nye and his son Harry Nye, prom.
inent business men of Ada. o., were arrested
yesterday Tor passing counterfeit $50 pills
They were taken to Toledo for hearing.
She Berlin Post declares that the honor
VIII ch the mperor intends to confer upon
Fisld Marshal Won Noltke on the occasion of
the generals nineteen Birthday is unique in
PrusSian military history.
a considerable increase in the number of
fe2er cases is noted in the county iayo,
Ireland, on account of eating diseased pota-
toes The authorities are appealing 10 the
government for assistance.
The popular excitement in Lisbon has been
revived by the report that the British are in
vading regions OF Africa claimed by PortuI-
gaf and the G )vernm ant is preparing u put
down any outbreak that may occur.
The cZar has privately minated to the
Servian government that he has no desire
fora change in the 'eryian dvnfstv. TINS IS
intended as warning TO intri5uerS in be-
half of Prince Il .cholas of Montenegro and
Prince karageorgevitch.
Vice Admiral Fremantle, on board the flag
ship Boadicea has sailed from Zanzibar for
Vitu, where he will Cooperate with the Ger
man forces in infiieting punishment upon
the natives who recently massacred a numDer
of Germans at that place.
II is announced that the eldest daughter of
W. w. Phelps United states minister to Ger
many, is engaged to be married to Lieut. Won
Reuter-, and the youngest daughter is en-
= II.
are officers of the imperial guard of Germany.
The Congo State government proposes that
the tariff of 10 per cent approved by the
conference of the powers, be only maintained
in the case of firearms. On numerous arti
ces the tariff will be reduced from 8 to {;
per cent. Textile fabrics will be especially
favored.
registered mail pouch was stolen on
Friday morning from the fast mail while ell
route from st. Paul to Milwaukee. Later on
q - n Rrnn y ftnId IYt,o
rified of its contents. There is no clue to the
robber. and it is not yet ascertaIued how
much money was in the pouch.
Count Won Waldersee, chief of staff of the
army, has been charged by Emperor William
to proceed to Koesau and accompany Gen.
Won Moltke on his trip to Berlin to attend
the celebration in honor of the ninetieth an
niversary of his birthday. Co1nt Won Wal
dersee has already started on his mission.
Solicitor Dillon has sent a telegram to Mr.
Balfour indignantly protesting against his
prejudging the Tipperary ease in his speech
Saturday for the guidance of his magiste-
rial tools and demanding that the tarcical
proceedings be discontinued, and that q trial
be ordered before judge and jury in Eng
land If possible.
A member of the Canadian ministry is
credited with stating that the government
will study the imperial statements relating to
the subject, with the view of ascertaining
whether Messrs. Dillon and O'Brlen would
be liable 10 arrest as fugitives from justice in
the event of their coming to Canada before
their return to Ireland
An elaborate dinner was given to the
COmte de Paris in the Hotel Plaza New York
last night by his comrades in the armyof the
Potomac. Over lub guests were present,
among them being Gems. Butterfeid, Shcr-
man; franklin, Howard. Porter, Hammond,
Sickles and Barnlim. and Coils. Nicholson,
De Paneval and Mcclellan.
The boiler of the shifting furnace of Jones
d Laughlin, at PittSbnrg. exploded yester-
day. killing Engineer John Ffatlay and a
fireman. Thomas AcGutf. Pieces of the fly
ing boiler struck and injured Joseph Ferrin
and John CLARK, employees st the furnace.
Both will recover. FlaIlev's body was blown
into the Monongahela river, a distance of
fifty yards.
One of the guard, named Dietrich. and his
sister have been arrested at Belfort barracks,
Paris, charged with being German spies.
Plans of the Notifications were found in
Dietrich's house Dietrich and his sister, it
is believed, were in collusion with Han
overian spy, named Stahl in diyulgipg
French army secrets to the German govern
ment.
Boulanger denies that in his interview with
the Comte de Paris he promised anything eX-
eept to permit the return of the 0rleanist ex-
lies. He declares that nothing was said of
theform Of government. The Royai1sts paid
his, candidates, and he himself had nothing
to do with financial matters. He promises TO
explain hereafter how his personal expenses
were met
The American Stephen Smith, alias
Holmes said to have formerly been aChicago
barber, who was arrested in London in July
for stealing the Duke OF EdinburghS jewels
last May, while his royal highness was con-
dueting the opening ceremonies of the Edin-
huFsh electrical exhibition, was tried yester-
days and a verdict of guilt not proven was
rendered.
IA great sensation has been caused at War
saw by the trial of three merchants named
Holtzberyer, Rittenberger and Kahan on the
charge of long-continued smuggling of silks
from Germany into Russia. 1t is under
stood that they smuggled in these goods to
the amount of 10000 pounds yearly. Two
hundred and fourteen persons have been
summoned to testify in the case. Bail has
been fixed at 100000 roubles.
A number of manufacturers in Belfast,
whose American trade has been threatened
by the increased duties of the Mckinley
tariff are accused OF resorting tc Illegal prac-
tees in their anxiety to reduce the cost of
their goods, and avoid loss of business.
being prosecuted on charges of resorting to
the system of sweating" The labor unions
are active in pushing the legal proceedings.
A few nights before Thanksgiving, 1862,
Abel Hawkins, a cabinetmaker of Dorchester,
Mass, was found in his shop with his skull
crushed, and he died soon after Gearge
Hall, fellow workman. was suspected of
being his murderer, but at the coroner's in
quest he proved an alibi. report has
reached Dorchester that man Who had re-
Gently died IN Canada confessed that he had
slid to have been in Dorchester at the time
of the murder, and was supposed to have en-
listed. since which time nothing has been
heard OF him usltH now,