Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-02
HORROR.
EXPLOSION AT MAzAT-
Ian, MEXICO.
Destructionof of q Powder Magazine and
Number OF Adjoining Buildings-A
Large Number Of People Burned In the
Ruins-seventy Dead Bodies ALREADY
Recovered-Two Brothers In Indianap-
oils Murdered by . Street Car Driver
Miscellaneous Crime and Casualty Re
cord.
MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.

sion in the government magazine there, caused
by guard smoking. The building was situ-
ated in the center of the business portion OF
the town. The explosion completely razed
the magazine, and destroyed many
houses in the vicinity, besides
doing considerable damage to number
OF others and killing large number of peo-
pie. Immediately after the explosion the
soldiers and citizens went to work to recov-
er the bodies of those known to be buried IN
the ruins. Seventy bodies were recovered,
among them francisco Penn, district Judge:
The humber of killed and wounded is not yet
Known, as several bodies are said to be still
under the ruins.
FoRTY-sIX KILLED.
CITY OF MKxIco, Aug. LAT the Narrow
Gauge railway station to-day, forty-six per-
sons were killed and wounded.
DOUBLE MURDER.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 1.-Two men,
named John and Thos. Carney, were shot and
killed at the exposition grounds, by street
ear driver named W.H. Collier. The Carney
brothers are from Cincinnati, and were en-
ployed as hostlers at John Stewards livery
stable. They were intoxicated and quarrellng
with the driver, it is claimed.
FINALLY SELECTED THE RIGHT ONE.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug, 1.-Charles schliefer, Is
years old, son of Catherine Schliefer, who
runs soda water factory at 925 North Eighth
street, blew his brains out about 7:SO this
morning. He had been drinking hard for
several days, and while nearly crazy, this morn
ing attempted to shoot his mother, and made
4 murderous assault with a hatchet upon
Louis Giraffe, who works in the factory, but
did not succeed in hurting him. He then
went to an adjoining saloon, took two or
three drinks, drew revolver, placed it against
his right eye, and sent ball through his
brain.
MISSING DEFAULTER.
SAN Francisco, Aug. William A.
Stuart, deputy county clerk of San Fran
cisco, is said to have gone East on Friday
last. The amount of his shortage is uot
known. The public funds are untouched.
His mode Of procedure was to get power OF
attorney from his deputies, of which he had
over 100, with salaries ranging from 500 to
$50, draw their salaries or hypothecate the
warrants. If the deputy got importunate for
salary, Stuart would give duplicate War
rant, which, in most cases., was sold to
brokers. One broker loses $4,000 in this
Wy.
DAVENPORT, Aug. Miles distillery,
which has been closed for alleged crooked
ness for two years past, and was about to
start, was burned to-day. Loss, $25,000; in:
surance, 5000.
MoRR1TANA, Aug. 1.-McAfee's elevator
and Grant, Bowditch & Co.'s warehouse,
with 10000 bushels of grain, burned to-day.
Loss not filed. -
POYroN, Ill, Aug. Edwin Reiss' grain
warehouse and elevator burned this morning.
TOss &10 000 uninSured
NEW YORK, Aug. The storage and
weighing house Of W. c Tillingham, Is and
IA West street, was damaged by fre this
morning to the amount of $4,000. The loss
falls upon a number of merchants having
goods stored in the building.
SHOT TO KILL.
CHICAGO Aug. This being emancipation
day the colored people make a considerable
display; and as the event proved, stirred up
considerable bad blood. A disreputable col
ored man named Jerry Williams, took
q walk with colOred woman named
Ann Kennedy, of equally unsavory repute,
about 8 o'clock. When Dennis Mahoney, a
switchman, and 0'Mara, another employe,
and Frank Lyons boiler maker, who were on
a spree, fell in behind and indulged IN insolent
language, which the negro resented by
drawing pistol and firing two shots, one of
which killed Mahony, and the other sent
O'Mara to the hospital with dangerous hole
in the head. Both the negroes tell different
stories, but the facts seem to be about as
stated. sei
BLOODY ROW IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. IA row at Rebecca street
tonight was of considerable importance. 1t
originated in quarrel between
Cahill, sewer worker of about 20
years of age, who fired shot at a boy named
Chris Dixon, who had tormented him. Dix
on complained to Policeman Ray,
who was prevented by Toms
Cahill. Ray summoned the police wagon. Sew
eral officers attempted to enter the house,
which meantime had been barricaded. Finally
the door was forced open, and Tom
Cahill fred ball into Officer
O'Brien's breast just above the heart,
inficting probably a fatal wound. he also
shot officer Ray in the head, but not fatally;
a wound in the body which
is supposed to have passed through the liver
and will prove fatal. His mother was also
shot. The arrests were finally made and
bloody pistol reloaded found concealed In the
bed-ticking. ..lE9
Bosros, July Sic. Marion, age 40, was
stabbed By his trother-in-law, M. Cloherty,
IN quarrel about family affairs. Cloherty
was errested. -
BURNED BY LIGHTNING.
LUCAS, Ont, July 31.-A severe thunder
storm visited this section this afternoon, do
ing much damage to standing crops. Sew
eral barns were fired by lightning and burned.
Lightning considerably damaged the Episco-
pal church.
CAvING IN.
PIrTsrowN, Pa, Aug. 1.-The ground over
the old working Seneca mines, caved this
afternoon. The family Of Hugh Feery were
Obliged to make hasty escape from their
house, which was falling. Other dwellings
will be, e,deserted tonight. The road leading
through Hughstownborough has fallen in
considerably.
SHOT AT DOG FIGHT.
DETROIT Aug. lat a dog fight at Grand
Rapids, this State, yesterday, a qlarrel arose
between John McDermott. F. McDermott and
Rurgons, plumbers, and Ed. Moran, during
which McDermott shot Moran in the thigh,
sevefing the artery, SO that he bled to death
before medical aid could arrive.
-. RAIL. CASUALTY.
LANCASTER, Pa, August LA collision
between two freight trains on the Pennsylva.
MIA railroad, resulted in wrecking the two
locomotives, eight ears and caboose. Engi.
neer las Hinckley was fatally injured A