The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31

parliamentary party not hein.,
signed by the Healyites. they will be
considered as expelled from the party.
me substance of Mr.. Blake's resol!1-
ton was that every member Of the
party should sign declaration that he
dld not undertake before election to
maintain himself in parliament with
out indemnity from the party fund:
that he will not accept indemnity from
any other fund than that Of the Irish
national party, and that he is unable
10 attend to his parliamentary duties
without indemnity.
Inc Dillonites. who had previously
caused the adoption of a resolution on
Monday, providing for the exDlIlsior
from the party of any one publicly OBJ
posing the decisions reached by a ma
Joflty OF the party in meeting, or the
parliamentary action of the chairman
IN behalf Of the party, or in supporting
a fund to maintain a portion Of the
party in rivalry to the Irish national
federation, are determined to drive the
issue to a logical conclusion. as they
state that healing the breach is an alb
soiute impossibility. Timothy N. Healy
welcomes the result as tending to clari-
fy the position which he believes will
ultimately lead to replacing John Dill
lon by Thomas Sexton at the head OF
the whole party, with John Redmond
as second choice.
But more serious things threaten tba
government in the revolt Of the Irish
landlords. At the annual convention
of the landlords in Dublin on Wednes-
day last, a letter was read from the
Duke of Abercorn which stated that
the landlords are suffering the most
from the present unjust administration
of the law" And the Marquis Of Lon
donberry stated that the government
bill of 1896 aggravated the hardships
and meant only ruin to Ireland as
tending too forcefully to the "extir-
patton of the land owning classes.
leaving a pauper proprietary absolute
ly without capital" The Duke of Aber-
corn and ether speakers demanded the
appointment of a royal commission TO
inquire into the matter.
PLAGUE INCREASING.
The plague is still increasing in Bonn
bay. There were 125 cases announced
on Thursday, the highest since the be-
ginning of the outbreak. Doctors are
being sent to Bombay from England
and several European countries are
sending experts to study the epidemic.
1t is reported that Germany will re-
call Prof. Koch from the Cape III order
to head a commission to Bombay The
International conference at Venice on
the 10th will be the occasion for a
gathering of the most eminent sanitary
experts of Europe, each country send
ing its leading authorities. The man
sion house famine fund has now reach
ed FIT. 900 pounds ($885, 000) irrespective
of the large subscriptions which are
being raised in the big provincial
towns. Glasgow and Manchester have
each sent f25, 600 (s125, 000) to India
direct. The lord mayor of London,
George Faudel Philips, in an interview
u -
fi 100000 and hoped he would
get it. He added that it was
rather singular that the champion
donation, e, 00e (S10, 009) came from an
American. William Waldorf Aston
The selection of Lyman j. Gage
president of the First National Bank
of Chicago, as secretary Of the treas
ury in the Mckinley cabinet, is very
we'll received by the press here. The
St James Gazette regards 1t as fairly
satisfactory and speaks of him as
skilled and experienced financier of
high standing and good repute."
The visit of Count Muravieff. the
Russian minister for foreign affairs, to
Paris, has attracted much attention and
is generally accepted as intended by
the czar to be another demonstration
of the alliance.
1t was remarked, however, In some
quarters that the terms Used by M.
Hanotaux. the French minister for
foreign affairs, in tOasting Count AiU-
1avieff, yesterday, were more ceremC-
NOUS than those adopted by the Rus
sian minister in his reply, and it is
limited that Nj. Hanotaux is still a
little ruffied over Russia's attitude re
garding the Ottoman debt commission.
The French cabinet had narrow
escape from defeat yesterday. when it
secured only a majority of eleven in
the amendment of NJ. Jaures,
Socialist, to the bill granting export
bounties on sugar. The first clause OF
which was adopted on Thursday. The
amendment of NJ. Jaures was that
the bounties should be fixed on sugar
produced in 1897, instead of 1896, and
thereafter If the amendment had
been adopted. Germany and Austria
would have been left in possession OF
the English market, and, as Meline is
pledged to put French growers and re-
finers on the same footing as the Aus
TRAN and German growers and re-
finers, he would probably have been
to resign.
Fatal Hotel Fire.