Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

The Western Penitentiary of PennsylYa-
MIA on Fire-suicide OF Prominent
New York Mason--Another Split Train
Accidental New Thing In Insurance
SwiRdling.
A PENITENTIARY SAVED FROM FIRE.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25.-A fire broEb out
under the roof of the East block of the
Western penitentiary, Allegheny City, this
morning at IL o'clock, and for time fears
were entertained of serio1s confagration,
but by the prompt action of the authorities
this vas happily avoided, with small loss.
In order to gaurd against the escape of pris-
oners, large force of police were dispatched
to the scene. They were not needed, how
ever, as no attempts were made to escape.
SUICIDE IN NEW YORK.
New YoRL, Nov. 25.-Richard j.
Schrivuer, formerly agent for several cloth
Manufacturers of Manchester, England, COM
mitted suicide in the Office of the Bedford
manufacturing company to-day. Mr..
Schrivuer was prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity and his life was insured
for about $4,000.
THE oNCLE JosEPH DISASTER.
SPEzz1A, Nov. 25--The steamer Oncle Jo-
seph sank almost Immediately after the COL
lision. Two hundred persons are known to
be drowned and fifty saved. The fate of the
other fifty is at present uncertain. Heart
rending scenes followed the collision as tho
Oncle Joseph was wanting in means to save
the large number on board. Eye witnesses
of the collision say they cannot satisfactor-
lily explain the manner and cause of the oc-
currence. The passenger list of the Oncle
Joseph shows total of 264 passengers on
board and the sailors numbered thirty three.
Her cargo consisted of eighty tons of mer-
chandise. At the roll call of the survivors
thirty five passengers and thirty sailors only
answered to their names. The captain also
perished.
LONDON, Nov. 25.-A dispatch to Lloyd's
from Leghorn confirms the report of the
loss of 2o0 lives by the collision near Spezzia.
The Oncle Joseph was an iron screw steam
er of 823 tons gross, and the Ortigia was of
1853 tons burden.
SPLIT TRAIN.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 25.-WhiIe the first Sec
ton of freight train No. 19 was taking q
side track to- day, at Independence, on the
Louisville short line road, the second section
coming down steep grade ran into it, and
a bad wreck was the result. A number of
cars, loaded with molasses, cotton, and other
goods, were thrown from the train. Nobody
was hurt, and the track was cleared in time
for the evening train;
NEW INSURANCE sw1NDLE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 25.-Iuvestiga-
tion of csookedness among some agents and
others of the cooperative life insurance
companies in Pennsylvania is going on.
Thus far it is developed that fifteen risks
have been issued in the last six months on
people of upwards of eighty years old. Many
of them were in dying condition and have
died since the insurance was effected,
while others are now at deaths door.
The aggregated amount of these risks foot
up about 100000. In many cases men
have been found with Thousand dollars in
surance on their lives without having had
the slightest intimation of the fact. The
manner in which these insurances have been
effected is said to have been through the
treaehery of agents, assisted by unsorupu-
lous physicians, certifying to the health of
the persons whom they never examined.