Daily globe., 1879-01-31
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CHIMES AND CASUALTIES.
An Editor Kills His Man-Raflroad Pass
Forgers Captured at Chicago-Incendiary
Fire at Red Wing-Other Fires and Dis.
asters.
NcEND1ARY FIRE At RED WING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
HED WING, Jan. 30.--At $50 o'clock last
evening some miscreant fred the Central house
In corner of the building, on the inside. Its
extinguishment by the department wa. an easv
thlng, the hydrants from the mills materially
AIDING. Three hours later the building was
nred IN three places. also on the inside. Tbis
.ime u the house was deluged with water. as tho
ire was inside tho walls. and the building was
considerably damaged before the fire was mt
OUT Ihe furniture was considerably damaged
by water. The building is the property Of
:. ~. Greenwood, heavily mortgaged by Judce
Graham and insured for only $500. The fur.
nlture M belonged to MIR. knight. VINO CO id uct-
ed the house; insured for $1,000. Strong eus.
plcion is entertained as to who ia the gp;ltv
party. e'S
AbURN1NG CAR WE'LL MANAGED,
Especial Telegram to the dlobe.1
h1hhANNY' Mlnn., Jan. 29.-At about clock
thls morning Mr. John Kenny, of the Minneap-
OILS mouse, discovered car load of wood afire
within about two rods of the depot building.
which was well under way when discovarad
He at once gave the alarm, and a portion of tho
uenlzens or Kilkenny turned out to heipouench
tne nre. The wind was blowing from the south
at the tlme. and the depot building was in
great danger of being burned; but owing to the
Gool,headedness of Mr.. Kenny and Postmaster
Doyle, the burning car was run south beyond
any danger of firing the town. The station
agent refused to open the switch so that tho
burning car could be run out and all DANCER tn
tne town prevented; but Kenny Doyle and
some others ran the car off the switch. and m
tion. >o'''- o'e'' uo-
FoRGERs ARRESTED.
CHICAGO. Jan. 3O.-The police have captured
gang Of counterfeiters and forgers, who, dur
ing the past two years have by means of conr.
terfeiting letter heads and signatures obtained
great number Of passes from railroad cornora-
tions and sold them to scalpers The plan mr..
sued was to apply in due form and upon a let-
ter mead OF one of the railroad companies
unaer tne Signature OF the general snperin-
teDdent or the manager, to another roa, for ,
pass, which application being always readily
nonored. a hne business was worked I'M bv the
torgers. The fraud was first discovered Nv
Samuel u. Whlpple, secretary Of general man.
ager McMullen, Of the Chicago & Alton rail-
roao' VINO gave information that led to their
arrest. ~
MURDER By AN EDITOR.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 30.-The trial of Fe,tu.,
editor of the Courier at BLOOMINGTON. Ind for
the murder of County Attorney Rogers Christ
mas night ls now IN progress. Mrs. Parke,
coiored woman, testified that on the night the
CRIME was commltted she heard threats uf mur-
DER IN the Courier Office and shortly afterwards
saw man carried across the street where tina
Body OF Rogers was found in the morning, and
that Fetus passed by directly after in the di-
rectlon OF his home. The evidence for the
prosecution is stronger than was anticipated.
GEORGIA TRAGEDY.
MACON, Ga, Jan. S0.-Wittkine's atore at
Georgia was burned early yesterday The BODY
OF Wlttklne was found near the door burned
to crisp, pistol in his hand and his skull
crushed.
WAREHOUSE FRAUDS.
MONTREAL, Jan. 30.-Andrew Richie, broker.
has been committed for tria! for obtaining ad-
vances on fraudulent warehouse receipts.
FIRE AT CLEVELAND, O.
CLEVELAND. o., Jan. 3O-A fire tais morn
ing destroyed brick building owned by II. W,
Hempy, occupied by Fred Hempy. planning
mill, Cleveland manufacturing COMPANY and
paper box factory. The Hempy's loss on
building, stock and machinery is s20.OUO: no
insurance The loss on other contents of the
building make total loss Of about S25. .OUG:
very little Insurance. principally in mutual
companies. The Cabinet company lose So OoO
on on stock and machinery; insured for 5000.
The tollo"lng com panies are interested = i.y-
coming, $3.50; Buckeye Mutual, S5us; Dele
ware Mutual, $500; Cannon, $500; Allen Coun-
" MUTUAL FouO; Farmers. of New York 1850
Oh tne way TO the hre an engineer of one of
the engines was thrown from his seat and bad
ly injured. -Four hremen were injured more
or less by falling walls, none fatally.
wooLEN MILLS BURNED.
PROVIDENCE. Jan. 30.-Granite Woolen COM
pany's mill, at Burrellville burned, Loss
$l00,O00; insurance $6S, 900.
THE BARRON TRAGEDY.
DEXTER, Me-, Jan. 30.-The Barron tragedy
came to a sad conclusion. There is authority
from the bank officers for stating the detectives
who recently had charge of the matter came to
the conclusion Barron committed suicide and
IN such manner as to leave the impression the
pank had been robbed. It Ia not known
whether his accounts are correct.
FIRST DEGREE.
DEADwooD, D. T., Jan. 30.-The Jury to-day
rendered a verdict of guilty of manslaughter
| in the first degree, against n B. Ford, known
a. Baldy Ford, for killing John Russell. at
Sturgis City, last October.
TORNADO.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 30.-The Commercially
special gives particulars of tornado at Juks,
MISS, this afternoon. The storm came from
the southwest, striking portion Of the town
situated on the hill and occupied mostly nv
colored people. One colored woman and 1--WE
children were killed outright. Two of the lat.
Ter were found quarter of mile from home.
Eight other colored people were wounded, one
OF whom has since died. Four houses and one
church were blown down. The tornado lasted
but few moments and its track was not owe,
200 yards wide.
NEW YORK BLAZE.
New YORK, Jan. 30.-A fire on the ton floor
of Nos 4S3 and 4s5, Broadway, damaged the
building and stocks therein $4,000: insured,
The principal losers We're Marx, Heed & ca
dealers In French flowers and millinery: Hecht
Bros, notions and agents of the American Lead
Pencil company. and VIM. n. Lyon & Co,
fancy goods.
FALSE SHEPHERD.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 30.-A Methods,
preacher hating from the North named Kno,
was arrested at Columbia and tax. to Waynes
boro on the charge of having attempted az
outrage on the person of Mrs. Leetz.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. S0.-W. o. Wynn. q
brakeman on the Elizabethtown & Paducah,
railroad, was run over by freight tram to-ds,
and killed. ~
The Kansas Senatorship.
81. LOUIS, Jan. SO.-A Topeka, Kan, dis.