Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-19

Breaks and Lets the Culprit Fall to the
Ground.-.A Citizen Of Valley Forge.
Pa, Killed by Observation-Disclosures
Fire at Newburyport, Mass.
FATAL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
MEMPHIS, March 1S.-The tow boat John
Means Of st. Louis, Of the New Orleans Trans
portation company, en- route to st. Louis, ex-
ploded her boilers last night at 6 o'clock, Just
above Osceola, Ark, ninety miles up the river.
and sunk out Of sight almost Immediately.
she carried crew of twenty-slx men, four OF
whom are missing and supposed to be
drowned Chas. Purcell, the pilot on watch
at the time of the accident, was blown into
the river and had leg broken. Tom Cannon,
deck hand, had his sknll fractured. VIM.
R. Woodbridge, second cook, was scalded on
the neck and legs. Capt. Mcclellan was also
slightly bruised on the head. When the boat
sank the five barges loaded with railroad iron
and blccktin, which she was towing Continued
floating on down the river: Capt. Nc
Clellan and the wounded men wer.
brought here this morning by the Belle of
Memphis. The captain returned to the scene
of the disaster with a tug to secure the
barges, from which he arrived back this
evening. The barges foated down five miles
and grounded on a bar, where they will re-
main until steamer goes to their relief.
The City of Helena will take the crew to st.
Louis. Nothing later has been heard from
the four missing. Capt. McCIellen was asleep
at the time of the disaster. BE was blown
into the river, but rescued by yawl.
Morris Fitzgerald is the name of the deck
hand missing. It is impossible to obtain the
names of the two firemen. The last seen of
John Seals, pilot, he was standing just over the
boilers when they exploded:
ST. LOUIS, March 18.-The tow-boat John
Means, which exploded her boilers and sunk
at Osceola last night, was valued at 10000;
insured at $4,000.
- DISASTROUS FIRE.
NEwBURYPoRT, Mass, March 1S.---Mari-
tett's mills caught fire at II o'clock tonight.
No. mill is destroyed, No. 2 mill is on fire,
and danger threatens the Herald of1cc and
Unitarian church. The corporation fully in
sured. Steamers are on the way by rail from
other towns. The loss will be very heavy.
Later-The fire is low under control. The
loss is confined to Corporation No.
8; insurance s300,000 Fire engines
were present from Salem, Lynn,
apparatus returned. Great alarm prevailed.
Many houses and stores are emptied of their
goods. 1t is the greatest fire know here In
seventy years.
MURDER IN TEXAS.
LEAvENwoRTH, March 1s.-.-A Times special
from Cawker City says Henry Kutchell,
German living alone in dug-out five miles
from Cawker City. was foully murdered,
the stovepipe, which shattered
the stove, demolished the interior of the house,
and when Kutchell rushed out he was fired on
and fell, and was then clubbed with gun over
the head. Two parties who had trouble with
the murdered man are in jail at Beloit for the
crime.
A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
DETROIT, March 18.-Gen. Hendric, a prom
irent business man of this city and lessee of
the principal city railways, was assaulted by
woman in his Office this morning. One shot
was fired from revolver, when she was seized
and taken to the police station. She claims it
q case of seduction. He claims 1t to be case
of blackmail. The woman turns out to be
notorious confidence character, with half a
dozen aliases, known in Boston, where she
jumped her bail some time ago IN blackmail-
ing case. She has been under arrest for black
mailing elsewhere, also for shop lifting In this
city. No doubt she is either monomaniac or
a criminal character.
FATAL QUARREL.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1s..-Jas. Adams, su
perintendent of the Silver Lyck mine at
Eureka, New, and member of the Nevada
Legislature, died in the city prison hospital
from pistol shot wound received last Mon
day night from Adolph Schander, mailing
clerk Of the Euening Bulletin. The parties
BUNeL1Na HANeMAN.
CHARLESTON, March 1s-James Black, col
ored, was hanged at Marion, to-day, for the
murder of Eli WI lcox, colored. he had been
reprieved twice. AS the trap fell, the rope
broke, and Black fell heavily to the ground,
splitting blood and calling for water.
Eighteen minutes later the trap was sprung
second time.
Richard and Ben James, colored, were con-
victed at Marion, to-day Of the murder Of D.
NJ. Harrell, August last, and sentenced to be
hanged June Sd.
KILLED By BURGLAR.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa, March 49, Samuel
Clugston, of this place, was murdered early
this morning by burglar. The latter entered
the house by prying open window, and went
directly to Clugston's room, who at once
seized him. In the ensuing scufHe Clugston
was shot twice, and died half an hour after
wards. A man with his shirt front covered
WITH DlOOQ was dTIcSItu Ou eusplClOu
THIEVES WHIPPED BY MASKED MEN.
ST.. LOUIS, March 1S.--The Republicans
Charleston, H., special says: A band of
masked men, last night, took out several sup
posed thieves and house burners, who have
infested the place and committed numerous
crimes lately, strung them up and whipped
them, as warning that more vigorous meas
ures will be used if they do not leave.
FATAL SHOOTING IN INDIANA.
PETERSBURG, Ind, March 1S.-Ed. Broil
Yesterday went to the house of VIM. Hayes
with the avowed purpose of whipping Hayes.
Mrs. Hayes interfered and was thrown out
doors, when Hayes seized gun and shot and
instantly killed Broil.
At Markland, Ind, James Bonnet, aged Is,
was shot and killed by Thomas Hostile, same
age. They had quarreled the day before and
Hostile threatened to settle, when Bonnet fired.
LITER.
CINCINNATI, March 49, 1.-The jury this fore
noon, in the second hearing of the case, found
Harry Hull guilty of violating the person of
a little girl year ago. The sentence is life
imprisonment. The law gives the court no
discretion for punishment for his crime.