Daily globe., 1879-05-12


waukee In Trouble-Information Filed
Against Charging Them With Appro-
priating Fines and Fees to Their Own
Used troit, Mich, "POst and Tribune
Office Cremated-Fires at st. Louis and
Other Points.
DISHONEST MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
MILWAUKEE, May 11.-Yesterday afternoon
District Attorney McKenny filed information
in the criminal court against cx-clerk of mu-
lnicipal court Charles Casper, and his deputies
Peter Billinghausen and Henry G. Phillips, one
of MiIwaukee's prominent citizens. The in
formation charges Casper, Billinghausen and
Phillips with conspiracy to defraud the city out
of witness fees during the last six months of
1876, and all of the year 1877, and with de-
frauding the county out of fines paid in the
municipal court. District Attorney McKenny
is of opinion that the ex-clerk and his deputies
succeeded in getting several thousand dollars in
the way charged above.
FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 1l.-At 6:2O last night, fire
broke out in the wholesale hat and cap store of
Cores g. Henecke, 407 North Fifth street. and in
a uery short time extended to the large notion
and gentleman's furnishing goods house of
Trankenthal Bros, on the north, and the
clothing store Of Rand & Goldstein on the
south. All three stores were completely gut
ted and the stocks are complete loss. The
buildings owned by Messrs. Ogness Minnett and
Glasgow & Bros. were damaged about $45 600;
insured. Trankenthal Bros stock, valued at
100000; insured. Goldstein's stock, valued ut
$4,000; insured 1926, 500. Goress, Henecke &
This was another one of those mysterious af-
fairs which battles the ingenuity of every one to
ascertain their origin.
RAILROAD COLLISION
TORONTO, May 10.-This morning an excur-
sion party of the directors and friends who had
been inspecting new work on the Credit Valley
railway, while switching car on siding at
Carleton Junction, waiting an engine to take
them to Toronto, were, owing to misplaced
switch: run into by a Grand Trunk engine
Both engines ard the car were wrecked.
Among the seriously injured are Jos. Gooder-
BAN, merchant and miller of this city, one leg
doubtful; express messenger Morrison, spine
badly injured; F. d. Conger, coal merchant,
ribs smashed; Jno. McNabb, retired hardware
merchant spine hurt; Saml. Beatty, railway
agent, leg broken. Others in the car were more
or less injured. Several escaped by jumping
through the windows.
ACCIDENT TO ROPE WALKERS.
IND1ANApo11s, May. 1O.-At Columbus, Ind,
| to-day, Baldwin and Victor, two rope artists,
were giving an exhibition. The rope, which was
stretched from the court house to the hotel op-
posite, broke loose from the hotel precipltatinp
both men to the ground, distance of fifty
feet. Victor was seriously injured, arm and
leg broken, aud head badly bruised. Baldwin's
injuries are not fatal. Victor lives in Indian.
apolis.
RTR
DETROIT, May 1l.-At 8 o'clock this morning
Tribune block occupied by the Post and Tri.
bu,ac newspaper. 1t destroyed the news room
of the paper and badly damaged it's editorial
chiefly by the Post and Tribune job office, was
damaged by water. The Covert Lithograph
company and Michigan Farmer were also
slight sufferers. There will be no suspension
| of the paper. The loss cannot yet be accurate
ly estimated, but is fully covered by insurance
spontaneous combustion of oiled rags in the
press rooms.
DROWNED.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, May l1.-This afternoon
Robert Harris and Dell SPAN while attempting
| to cross Black river in row boat, short dis
| tance above Big Falls, were carried over anC
drowned
! STOPPED BY A SHOT.
| WHEELING, w. Va, May n.-At IL O'CLOCK
tonight Sissy Ross, notorious gambler, robbed
| an inmate of a house Of ill-fame, of a golC
watch valued at 5000. Officer Maloney at
tempted to arrest Ross, when the latter fed
| Maloney fired three Shots one taking effect, in
ficting dangerous wound.
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES.
SCRANTON. Pa, May n.-Extensive fores
fires arc causing great destruction to timbe
around the city. The village of Tabyhiania
twenty-nine miles from here, was entirely sur
rounded by fire this afternoon. The citizen!
turned out and fought the flames, finally get
ting them under control. Unless rain come
soon the destruction of property will be i'm
mensc.