Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

Bad Fire at Janesville--Voluntarys urren-
| der and Confession Of Murder Miscslla-
neous Misdeeds and Mishaps.
| FIRE AT EVANSVILLE, MINI.
| Especial Telegram to the Globe.
| WAsEcA, Jan. 22.-Janesville was at 3:45
this morning visited by a disastrous fire,
which originated in the brick store of w. d.
McGrew. Stock and building a total loss;
insurance $4,000. Rogers Bros store, in
brick building owned by F. A. Newall, of
Waseca, was next burned; loss on building
and contents, $4,000; insurance SO, 500. A
little of Rogers & Bros stock was saved,
though somewhat damaged. John Bradish's
frame confectionery was burned; insurance
$500. Curtiss & Merrill succeeded in saving
their stock of groceries and feed. but their
wooden building was total loss. The origin
| of the fire is not known.
THE FARGO FIRE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
FARGO, Jan. 22.-Mitchel's loss by the
fire last night, $4,000; no insurance. Hersh-
fields loss tc ial; amount in doubt. Insur-
ance on stock, $1,000 each in the Etna of
Hartford, the Hartford Fire and Traders of
Chicago; on building, $500 in the German
of Freeport and $1,000 in the Traders Of
Chicago. The Republican building was
owned by j. w. Morrow. Loss probably
ST. 200; insured for $500 in the Hartford
Fire; Republican, outfit insured for f$1 900
in the Home of New York and 81 900 in the
Hartford Fire. Fire subsidized and no further
danger anticipated.
AN OLD MURDER CONTESTED.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22.-This afternoon q
man who has been employed at Ascherman
& Co.'s cigar factory under the name of
Parker, whose real name is w. W. Noting
ham, appeared at the Central police station
asking to be taken into custody for the muir
der of man six years ago in Norfolk, Va.
He stated that he shot and killed John Gay
lor IN q street fight, though the shot was in
tended for another man. During his six
years of wandering in all parts Of the coun-
try the face of his victim has been constant
ly before him, and he now wants to be taken
back to Norfolk and punished for the deed.
He worked under different names through
the South and West, and says he is we'll
known through Kansas and Texas. he was
in the rebel army throughout the war. his
statement was telegraphed to Norfolk, and
the answer received from that city was to
hold him until a requisition could be &C.
cured for his removal.
MURDER EXCITEMENT IN IOWA.
DUBUQUE, Jan. 22.-Great excitement
prevails at New Hampton, Iowa, over the
supposed horrible murder of an Adventist
preacher, named Elder Buck, who resides
near there and makes living by revealing
secrets confded to him by spirits. One day,
last fall, neighbor hearing screams from
the house of Buck and seeing his wife wiring
ing her hands in agony, looked through the
door and saw Buck whipping his young son,
who was tied to the bed. Since that time
the boy has been missing, and as Buck be-
longs to the same class of religious fanatics
as Freeman, of Massachusetts, it is believed
he sacrificed the boy. Mrs. Buck declares
the boy ran away. Buck has fled the neigh
| borhood and the citizens are making inves-
| legations.
RAILROAD FIRE.
| CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 22.-The car
shed of the South Carolina railroad, with
twelve passenger coaches and twenty-seven
baggage and freight cars, was burned. Loes
| 100000; insured $4,000.
| RUN DOWN.
BOSTON, jan. 22.-The steamer Bavarisn
from Liverpool reports the running down
off Queenstown, Ireland, of an English
schooner. Her captain and two men were
drowned.
ARSENIC DIT IT.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Jules Metzler, a young
German, committed suicide this morning at
his room on Randolph street, by taking ar
senic. Motive unknown.
THREsHING MACHINE BOILER EXPLOSION.
CLINTON, Ont, Jan. 22.-Two men were
killed and several injured by the explosion
of boiler of threshing machine.