St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13
receive Shao, one of the Chinese plenl-
potentiarles, because of the latter's
offering rewards for Japanese heads, is
incorrect.
Railroad Notes.

General Passenger Agent Teasdale. of
the Omaha. returned yesterday morn
ing from Chicago.
w. B. McNider, general passenger
and freight agent Of the Sioux City q
Northern, was in the city yesterday.
The steamship Tacoma, of the North
ern Pacific Steamship company, arrived
at Tacoma yesterday with merchandise
from Hong Kong.
Alex Stewart, representative of the
Northern Pacific Steamship company,
was in st. Paul yesterday on his way
home to Tacoma from the East.
w. S. Clarkson has been appointed
master mechanic eff the Rocky Mount
ain division of the Northern Pacific,
vice A. Harrity, resigned. and F. n.
Risteen master mechanic Of the Dab ota
and Missouri divisions, vice j. E. Phe-
Ian, resigned.
Ronald Stewart, city agent of the
Great Northern Express company, yes
terday assumed the local Superinteud-
ency of the Western Express company.
the new branch of the Dominion EX-
press company. MIR. Ford, who had
charge here, temporarily returns 10
Winnipeg.
General Managers Finley and Hanna
W.
ern Pacific, and General Passenger
Agent TeasdaIe. of the Omaha, will
leave this evening for Chicago to attend
tomorrow's meeting of the traffic Off
Gals of the Western and transconti-
mental lines.
George Mead. assistant to General
Manager Sam Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Western. will soon leave OIL a trip
OCuba. Mr.. Mead has of late had poor
health, and it is his intention to take
short vacation in warmer cline.
The Winnipeg, Duluth and st. Paul
curriers', who will participate in the
national bonspiel at Milwaukee, will
leave this evening for Milwaukee over
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. There Will be about two car loads
of the curriers'.
General Freight Agent Moore, Of the
Northern Pacific, had word yesterday
from the management of the fruit con-
vention to be opened in Portland, Or,
Jan. 90. The prospects are that this
will be the greatest fruit convention
ever held in the Sound district, and
will be the best attended. The com
pany has made special rates for the oc-
casiOn.
The ST. Paul & Duluth has announced
special rate Of fare and one-third
for the return trip, on the certificate
plan,O account Of the following events:
State conference of corrections and
charities, st. Paul, Jan. 14-16; good
roads convention. st. Paul, Jan. Is; an
nual meeting Of the Northwestern Lum-.
bermen's association. Minneapolis, Jan.
so to Feb. l, and the Milwaukee bon
spiel, Jan. 14-19
With one exception all the incoming
trains yesterday morning were little
late, some of them thirty minutes, an
hour and more. The exception was the
east-bound Northern Pacific, which
came in on time. at 2:3O yesterday
afternoon the officers Of the Northern
Pacific reported that ON their entire
system there was but one train late, and
that was freight train twenty minutes
behind. Considering the day this was
a remarkable record.
The passenger department of the
Great Northern railway is sending out
the largest and finest views of Muir
glacier ever gotten out. They are
photographs made by La Roche, of
Seattle. who spent several weeks at
Glacier bay making views of what has
been termed cyclopean piece of brio
a-brac n the national museum of Won
ders. Glacier bay is 1886 miles from
Seattle. The Muir glacier is the largest