Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Trio Of Suicides, Including Son of an
English Baron-t-A Family Of Three
Poisoned by Tartar Eme,io In Coffee
Great Destruction by Wind In Ontario-
Numher OF Lixas Inst
DAMAGING WIND IN ONTARIO.

VI.
DAMAGING WIND IN ONTARIO.
WOODSTOCK, Aug. IA severe wind from
the northwest yesterday. Trees were up.
rooted, fields of wheat leveled to the ground
and corn fields severely injured.
BUoToUOHE, Aug. 7.-Slnce last report in.
formation has been received that the de.
struction was much more extensive than a,
first supposed. Besides that done to the
spire and loot of the Roman Catholic
chapel and buildings, the storehouses ano
barns of Rev. Mr.. Mchaud are mass
of ruins. Miss Julia M,chaud, niece of thu
President, was severely injured. The con
vent was somewhat racked but still standing
Several cords of bark awaiting shipmen,
with several RATS of deals were driven t.
sea. Ironig's warehouse was utterly destroy
ed. large school building with furnitur.
and library, a total loss. Timbers of a tor
weight we're raised and carried several hun.
dred feet with all the violence of the ten.
pest. The old molding shop and other
buildings and shop yards were swept away
fences levelled IN all directions
The ruins of farm houses and barns defy de
scription. In many cases they are strewn 70,
miles along the highway. Roads, crops and
stroyed. New deaths are continually report
ed. In one instance mother was crushed
to death, while her child in her. arms was
nsinjured. Several children in the Dollard
settlement are missing. They had been pick
ing berries, and are supposed to be killed.
Visitors are arriving from all parts and sub
scr'ptions to the starving country are freely
made.
A COUPLE OF SUICIDES.
DENVER, Col, Aug. Thomas E. Beeves,
son of Sir Thomas Beeves, baronet, Norfolk;
England, suicided here tonight by taking
morphine. The body was found in his room
this morning, He left letter saying the
cause was misspent life. He had Bright's
disease of the kidneys and was very despon-
dent. He was 26 and had heen away from
home about year.
Mrs. Mollie e. Baxter died this morning
from the effects of an overdose of anodyne
taken to allay pain.
A special to the E0enSng Times from
Boulder says: A. F. Ogden, of Iowa, shot
himself through the head, killing himself,
about o'clock this afternoon. He had been
very low with consumption for some time
and has not been able to lie down for
months. Dependency the cause of the
act.
CHICAGO SUICIDE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Luke McDermott, for
twenty five years employed in the packing
department of Field & Letters store, was
found dead in his room this morning, hay
ing committed suicide by hanging from a
bed post. Some time ago McDermott lost
son by railroad accident, and it is stated
that he has since become Respondent and
somewhat dissipated. he doubtless com
mitted the rash act while in a state of mem
tai alteration. He was very comfortably off
and had an interesting family of five chill
dfen.
Two of the workmen who fell from the
scaffold in Music Hall yesterday have died.
The other will recover.
b FILLED FOE WOMAN.
NEWPORT, Pa, Aug. w. X. Miller, of
Harrisburg, was shot dead to-day by Samuel
E. Albright, of Montgomery's Ferry. Both
were paying attention to the same young
woman and met at her house.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Aug. 7.-One of four boilers
OF the Newcomb paper mill on Front street
exploded this morning, demolishing the
stone boiler and engine house, scattering boil
ers and creating havoc generally. Loss about
$4,000. No one killed. The foreman,
Haines, was severely scalded. Two carpen-
tiers VINO were shingllng near by were
knocked off and badly hurt The cause ia a
mystery. The fireman claims the gauge
showed sufficient water.
FATAL QUARREL OF ooNv1oTs.
SAN RAFAEL, CAL, Aug. Last night
about, o'clock two convicts named Mcguire
and W. E. Andrus, occupying the same cell
in the State prison.. became involved in a
quarrel growing out of an old feud, when
Mcguire drew sharp knife across the throat
of Andrus. completely severing the wind
pipe and causing death instantly.
BATHING FATALITY.
MARTHA's VINEYARD, Aug. 7.-Henry
Rhinebeck, of Pittsburg, Owed from the
bathing landing and had his neck broken by
striking the bottom.
cHAPMAN's CASE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Tribune's Ottawa
special: Heman B. Chapman, who last su m.
mer was tried and acquitted of the charge of
embezzling $4,000 from the United States
express company while driving one of its de-
livery wagons, has been Swallowed since bis
acquittal, and to-day was arrested at La
Sale, where the robbery was committed, the
charge this time being perjury. Cnapman's
trunk was searched and found to contain q
considerable sum of money which bears evil
dence of having been buried SO long as to be
useless for circulating purposes. Chapman
has been to San Francisco, and, under the
name of Geo. A. White, has established a
news agency on the Southern Pacific, fac,
which is to be sworn to by citizens Of Cali
fornia, who will also show that he has han.
died large sums of money there. The case
was continued ten days.
POISONED.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. Geo. Zigler
wife and two daughters were poisoned here
to-day, by drinking coffee in which tarta,
emetic had been placed by some unknown