Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-09
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
DIXON, Ills, April ga disastrous fire oc-
CURED here last night, breaking out in Thomp-
| son & Co.'S mill about A. NJ, and before ar
rested burned Becker & Underwood's mill, s.
G. Eells & Co.'s fax mill and some minor
buildings Loss $780, 000; one-third insured; ;
$1,000 in Etna; $4,000 each in the Franklin
and Phoenix and North British Mercantile; $4,-
500 each in the German-American, Hartford,
Liverpool, London, and Globe and Under
writers; $5, 500 in the Home; 80, 800 in London
and Lancashire and Laconfrara; $4,000 each in
the Manhattan and Springfield Fire d Marine;
$1,000 in the North America; 1900 each in
Royal and Rhode Island association; $3 500 in
the Traders and 81, 800 in the National Millers.
The saddest part of the story is the loss of life.
Ezra Becker, son of H. Becker and William
Schum, clerk in the drug store, were killed.
William Runk had doth arms broken, and O..
P. Lint, Patrick Duffy, Orville Anderson, W.
w. Vann and Frank Gulzenberger were all
badly injured.
DIXON, Ill. April S.-The loss of life in this
mornings fire was occasioned by terrific ex-
plosion, which occurred at o'clock. and threw
down the east wall. scattering the fire in every
direction and hurling several 6remen, who
were upon the roof of Becker's mill, into the
mill race. OF these all but Ezra Becker and
VIM. Shum escaped as by miracle. Others
bruised and terribly mutilated by the falling
walls at the same time. The loss will reach
fully 100000.
CADET WHITAKER.
WASHINGTON, April 8. The adjutant general
has the following dispatch from Ger. Schofeld:
All the cadets disclaim any knowledge what
ever of an attack on Cadet Whitaker The
examination has shown he received no injury
except slight cuts from which he bled some
what freely. A court of inquiry will be ap-
pointed to ascertain the whole truth, if pos
sible.
WEST POINT, N. Y, April s.-Gen. Schofield
has appointed a board of inquiry in the
Whitaker case, which assemblies tomorrow, of
Maj. Mordecai, Capt. Raymond and Lieut..
Knight. Lieut.. Sears will be recorder.
OVER TIE EMBANKMENT.
WHEELING, W. Va, April 8.-Conductor
Burkhards train No. 3, on the Bellaire & South
western railroad which left Bellaire at 80 P.
NJ, when about eighteen miles from that place
the hind truck of the hind car jumped the
trestle and the car went over distance of fif-
teen feet. The car contained fifteen or twenty
passengers, of whom five or six are injured
more or less seriously. The following are in
ju-ed: l.. NJ. Armorer, Pittsburgh, injured
about the side and back and internally; VIM.
Sweet, Woodsville, one leg broken and other
serious injuries; Capt. Armstrong and daugh-
ter, of Bellaire, slightly injured.
SUICIDE.
New YORK, April S.-A man giving the name
of George NJ. Jones, and claiming to be q Bos-
ton merchant but supposed to have been
lieutenant in the navy named Smith, shot him
self fatally to-day in st. Vincent hospital.
ABANDONED AT SEA.
Nzw YORK, April S.-The steamer Gillert,
Capt. Kuhlervein, from Hamburg, reports
speaking the steamer Syria, Capt. johnson,
from New Orleans for Liverpool, with the rud-
der gone, stern post and main discharge pipe
broken, and the ship ungovernable. Took her
in tow, but she rolled to such degree that she
parted both steel and eleven inch hawsers and
was abandoned.
KIMBLE's METHOD.
HARRIsBURa, April 8.-KimbIe positively re-
fuses to appear either to enter new bail or to
receive sentence. This he informs his coun-
sci is the method of taking the bull by the
horns.
GAS EXPLOSION.
PoTTsvILLE, April 8.-This afternoon an ex-
plosion of gas occurred at Preston No. 2,
colliery, near Girardville by which VIM. Grin
age and Girls. Conrad were fatally and VIM.
Finn Patrick Jefferson and Thos. Myers Sc
riously injured.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
CHICAGO, April S.-A Ere at Alta, Ia, yes-
terdays forenoon des royed half the business
portion of the town. Fifteen buildings were
burned. Loss $25.OO0; insurance $4,000. In
cendiary origin.
KEARNEY's CASE.
San FRANCISCO, April 8.-When Kearneys
IIod oPf HAfo
Freelon, Plitus Barbour, Kearney's attorney,
read an affidavit that the transcript from the
police court was not copy of the proceeding.
After argument the Judge said the affidavit was
sufficient, and continued the case until Satur-
day to enable correct transcript to be OBJ
tanned.
OVER THR BANK AND KILLED.
DENVER April S.-Last night two engines
attached to the east bound freight train on the
Denver & South Park railway, while on very
steep grade became detached from the cars.
which becoming unmanageable, ran into the
engines, throwing them down a steep en-
bankment with five cars piled on top. Jo
Hogan, engineer, was killed, Monihan, another
engineer, had one Lee broken and the other dis
located.
LADIES GYMNASIUM BURNED.
CLEVELAND. April S.-The ladies' gymnasium
at Oberlin college was destroyed by fire to-day.
The fire was caused by defective fue. All
the costumes and the piano burned, but no
body injured.
DROWNED.
HALIFAX, April S.-Three fishermen, of Gan
cook island, were drowned Yesterday by the
capsizing of their boat. Their names were
George Mason, who leaves wife and seven
children; John Wilson, wife and seven chill
dren; David Lang, wife and five children.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.