St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-31
BREvITIES BY TELEGRAPH.

number of British Jewish bodies have
presented jubilee address TO Cardinal Man
ming.
An epidemic Of fever prevails in Killarney.
The disease is attributed to the use OF bad
potatoes.
Townsend Bros paint establishment at
Fort Worth, Tex, was destroyed Dy fire this
morning. Loss, $4,000; insurance. S O,O0O.
Lieut.. johnson, of the Seventh infantry,
stationed at Fort Logan, was yesterday sent
to Routt county, Colorado. to Investigate the
threatened Ute Indian outbreak. lie is ac-
companied by detachment of troops.
The German steamer Russia. Capt. Schmidt.
from Hamburg for New York, returned to
Falmouth yesterday, having in tow the Ger
man steamer Albingia, from Hamburg for
West India ports. The latter's shaft is
broken.
John P. Chetwynd, dealer in fish and
oysters at Halifax, N. s., has made all as
signment. The failure is attributed to the
small catch of Holsters on the Newfoundland
coast IN consequence of storms. He had
been running lobster factories Oh that coast.
meeting of stockholders of the Atchison
Topeka q Santa Fe railway was held at To-
peka, Kan, yesterday TO consider the recent
purchase of the Colorado Midland. Bnt two
stockholders were present, and they held the
proxies of a majority of the absentees. The
purchase was ratified.
Herbert Ward. who was q member of the
Stanley expedition, says he knows nothing
about The alleged facts upon which Stanley
based his insinuations. He lived with BarIte-
lot many months, and is unaware of anything
that would detract from his character as an
officer and gentleman.
The father of Norris Watts, the young
Englishman who was shot in Tennessee yes
terday. is partner i'll the firm of Watts.
Ward & Co., ship owners, of Cardiff, New
port and London. out OF which. grew the
Watt steel and iron syndicate the founders
of the town of Middlesborough. KY.
John NJ. Burke and the Indians connected
with Buffalo Bills show sailed from Antwerp
yesterday for Philadelphia, on the Red Star
line steamer Belgenland From Philadel-
phia the Indians will go to New York. Prior
to their departure for the Westihey will
visit Washington and call upon President
Harrison.
DR.. William n. Hubbard young physician
of Hyde Park, Ill.,, died yesterday at his home
from most. peculiar case of poisoning. A
week ago Dr. Hubbard partook of some
oysters at a restaurant. The oysters had
been kept SO long that they developed
poison known as ptomain, from the effects
of which the doctor died.
The dead body of George A. B. Hit aged
sixty years, was found IN his room at Myers
hotel, No. Is Broadway, Brooklyn, yeser-
day afternoon. Hit committed suicide by
lnhallng gas through q ri bier tube attached
to the gas jet. He left a letter requesting
that his remains be cremated, and stated that
he came from the Pacific coast.
At Painted Cave. on the Southern Pacific,
200 miles west of San Antonio, Tex.
freight train last night cullided with a con-
struction train while rounding a curve. Both
engines were crippled. several cars smashed
to pieces, ana one or two people are reported
killed. The track was cleared of distractions
in a few hours Foreman Simon Shaw was
crushed to death in the wreck.