Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-30
HOTEL HORROR.
A TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE 1T HI.
GARSTOWN. ND.
A Crowded Hotel Burned Early Yesterday
Morning = Several Persons Burned to
Death and Many Badly Ipjured-Ter-
rifle Cyclone in Missouri-Other Fires
The Daily Catalogue of Crimes-Execu-
FEARFUL HOLOCAUST.

gained such Roadway that the flames rushed up
the staircay, completely cutting off all escape.
There were upwards of sixty persons on the
register, besides the regular boarders, nearly
climbing down the porch pillars.
Several of those who escaped in this way
sustained injuries by falling. One man
made rope of his bed clothing, and attempted
to escapc in that from the fourth floor The
rope broke as he reached the third floor, and
child of the agent of the Cumberland Valley
railroad, while climbing down the porch from
the fourth floor, fell and is supposed to have
been fatslly injured. Two bodies have been
found in the ruins burned to crisp. One of
them is 4. Troxeu and the other one unknown
There are Six persons missing, supposed to be
burnt and in the ruins. Fifteen persons are
injured seriously from falling, and about
twenty slightly injured.
One man had his leg broken. He is the gem
tleman who attempted to lower himself with
his bed clothes. and while going down tho rope
s. jenkins Hancock, M. D., had both ankles
broken and his back injured, G. Henneneer,
of Cumberland, had an ankle broken. Every
room in the hotel was occupied, principally BY
attorneys, witnesses and others attending court.
Loss on hotel and furniture $4,000; insured
boarders $1O, 900.
BALTIMORE, May 29.-A Sun special from
Hagerstswn gives the following list of casual
ties at the burning of the Washington house
this morning: Thomas Troxell, Cumberland,
burned to death. Wounded-Wm. F. Smelling,
Mrs. T. B. Ash, ankle sprined and foot cut;
Miss Geary, ankle sprained; J. Marshal Lindis,
lately of Fredericks, severely burned about
the face and hands, lacerated by climbing;
Christian Henicha, Cumberland, leg broken
and face injured; F. F. Burgess, Baltimore,
hIrh tp0lx in, + vo1oo Ill
Michael Shannon, Cumberland, both wrists
and back broken; James Exline, Hancock, NJ
D., hip injured. -
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
ST. Louis, May "a st. Joseph, No., dis
patch, says: At o'clock this evening sy-
clone swept part of Holt ard Nodaway coun-
ties, near Barnard and Bolckow, about twenty
five miles north of st. Joseph. It moved at q
velocity of sixty miles an hour, demolishinR
houses, uprooting and twisting off trees, and
destroying property of all descriptions. It
moved in northwesterly direction, and when
| several miles east OF Barnard suddenly disap-
peared. A tract of territory half mile wide
was devastated. A number of casualties oc-
CURED but the names cannot be given to-
night.
| t JUSTLY PUNISHED.
SAN FRANc1sc6, May 29.-Troy Dye, formerly
public administrator of Sacramento county,
were hanged at Sacramento to-day for the
! murder Of A. M. Tullis last August. Last
night Dye took leave of his wife, and this
morning babe farewell to his children, father
and brothers. For some time past he has be-
haved in q wild and violent manner, but-as the
end approached he Gained himself and pre-
served a rational demeanor except occasionally
| q nervous outburst. At an early hour this
morning a crowd gathered on the streets and
On tops of the buildings near the court house,
but only the officials. spiritual advisers and
admitted to the court yard Dur
ing the morning Dye made ar
rangemcnts for the disposal of his property
while Anderson, who has preserved throughout
unmoved tranquility, remained in conference
with a clergyman. At 80 the prisoners were
notified to prepare for the scaffold. and Ander-
son came from the cell smiling and self-pos-
sessed, while Dye was so overcome with emo
| ton as to require support At noon the pris-
oners assembled the scaffeld. While the shrouds
were drawn over them the clergyman read a
statement concerning Anderson's spiritual con-
dition; also statement written by Anderson
admitting the business of the penalty, and ex-
pressing the hope of redemption. Dye mean
while grew weak and pale, and vomited twice,
but remained quiet. The clergyman then be-
| gan prayer, the moose was adjusted, the black
caps drawn over their heads, and at 1913 the
drop fell. The necks of both the condemned
were broken by the fall, and in fourteen min
utes they were pronounced dead. A postmortem
on the remains Of Dye is now in progress, with
| view of ascertaining the condition of his
| brain.
| - TEN YEARS.
NEwiYoR May 29.-William E. Gray, well
known in Wall street ten years ago. and re-
Gently returned by England on tho charge of
raising bonds. has been sentenced to ten years
| in State Prison.
/ LIVERY STABLE BURNED.
COLUMBUS, O., May 29.-The livery stable OF
Christ Rudolph at Lancaster was destroyed by
fire to-day. Loss 81, 400, and no insurance,
| Other stables in the neighborhood were con.
siderably damaged. Loss 500 no insurance
1 The fire was supposed to be the work of an in.
cendiary.
i HAsEAs CONFUSED MURDERER.
LITTLE Rock, May 29.-Thc argument of the
/ habeas corpus of Sisson before United States
District Judge Parker at Fort Smith is CON
cluded, and the decision held under ad wise
ment till next term. Sisson was tried in a
| Cherokee Nation court for murder and sem
sued ont of the district court. The petition
/ claims that he is white man, not subject to
trial by an Indian court. IL not, he will be
i returned for execution to the nation; yes
! he will be held for new trial in Parker couri
at Fort Smith. Sisson is fourteen-sixteenths
i white. The court has to decide whether the
status of the father or mother determines that
i of the offspring.
James Howard, for wife-murder in Januar ,
last, was sentenced yesterday at Ozark to be
hanged.
THE CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE RINGsTERs.
CHICAGO, May 29.-In the custom house cases
to-day Ernst Prussing, one of the indicted ties
titled in his own behalf. John NJ. Mueller
/ owner of the Buena Vista quarry from which
j the stone used in the construction Of the GOV
j eminent building was TAKEN testified that b.
had Lost money on the building instead Of
i having made money. He declared that at
tempts had been made to levy blackmail upor
/ him in this connection. -
THE SAVINGS BANK ROBBERY
ST. LOUIS, May 29.-Sheriff Finn had the
safes of n. Goldsoll & Go. opened this after
noon. About $1,000 worth of iewelry wa,
found in one and a lot of old papers IA
another, but nothing throwing any light on
Goldsoll's connection with the Broadway Saw
ings bank was discovered. A petition was
filed in the circuit court this morning by rem
resentatives of depositors asking that John
Dierbern, assignee of the Broadway Sayings
be agreed upon by depositors and directors, an.
pointed in his place. It will be heard by Judge
Boyle tomorrow. =
SAW MIL BURNED.
DETROIT, May "a fire at Chase, Mich,
this evening destroyed the saw and single mill
owned by G. w. Joiner, together with over
million feet Of lumber and a large amount OF
shingles and logs. One store, two dwellings,.
AID the post Office also burned. Loss s20, 600 ;
insured $l5, 900.