Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-17
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.

Gus Crime and Casualty Record.
SWEPT By A TORNADO.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-The Republicans
Carthage, Mo-, special says: A tornado passed
over considerable part of Southwestern Mis-
souri,, last night, accompanied by rain and
hail. At Galena, KS, just across the Missouri
river, it demolished some fifteen buildings,
mortally wounded two persons, and severely
injured six others. The large tabernacle was
completely destroyed. Several buildings are
blown down at Joplin, but at Carthage the
damage was slight.
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-A Dallas special says
information is received of most sensational
tragedy on the north fork Of Red river last
Friday, In vengeance for crime committed
fifteen years ago. It appears a man named
Peter Cook, formerly from Mississippi, with
three drunken associates, visited the house of
Tony Pine, disguised as United States cavalry
sisoo raasSsd aSSS ana rGsssa sds h1 relative Hs
and fled. Pine saw neither Of the party again
until last Friday, when he and two herders
came upon Cook among some freighters.
Calling him by name and with terrible oaths,
Pine fired four balls into Cooks body, killing
him before he could draw his pistol. Parties
pIcSCut dIIcStcu IluUy put dS uc sdGlSuCu tuCm
that his statement regarding Cooks conduct
fifteen years ago, was true, and he being able
to produce newspaper account to verify 1t,
they released him.
AVENGED HER HONOR.
SAN Francisco, March 16-A Los Angeles
dispatch says: F. P. Forster was shot dead on
the street day by Lastania A. Fasta, a Span
ish girl, who states that Forster seduced her
under promise of marriage. Forster was COIL
nected with some of the Oldest families in
Southern California.
FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
CINCINNATI, March 16.-City Marshal CO.
burn, of Anderson, Ind, aided by Sheriff Bid
die and two deputies, last night arrested three
burglars after fight in which one
burglar was probably fatally wounded.
Marshal Coburn was wounded in the
hand. The men arrested are Fred.
Knight and David Kelly, of Anderson, and
Daniel Leehan, of Indianapolis. The burglars
had attempted to rob the house of Jonas Whet-
frightened off by dog. They were surround
ed by officers, when they returned to their
buggy. Cranning, one of the burglars, began
firing at the officers and ran, followed by two
deputies. He escaped. Leehan, being ordered
to halt, faced Coburn and raised his revolver,
when Coburn fired and Leehan fell. The ball
regarded impossible. The other two surrender
ed freely.
AT PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, March 17.---C. Burns, Of Eden.
burg, Clarion county, Ind, and H. R. McClel-
land, notary of this city, have been arrested
by United States Marshal Hall at the instance
of st. Louis, for the forging of land titles in
Missouri. Bail was entered for hearing the
25th inst.
DEATH FROM HYDRoPHoBIA.
MEMPHIS, March 16.-Albert Reck, years
old, died last night of fully developed symp-
toms of hydrophobia. He was bitten bya
rabid dog last Christmas Several other per-
sons were bitten at the same time by the dog.
coUNTERFEIrER ARRESTED.
CAIRO, Ills., March 16.-United States
Detectives w. H. Hall and Ben. Coleman have
arrested Dale Crockett of Mississippi county,
Mo-, who, it it is alleged, is at the head of a
gang of counterfeiters who have been ply.
ing their vocation in this vicinity.
EXPLOSION.
New YORK, March 16-An explosion in the
toy torpedo and small fire works factory, 3S6
structure and injured severely, but not fatally,
noise of the explosion caused panic in the
neighboring public schools, and the teachers
with difficulty prevented the children rushing
pellmell down stairs and jumping out the
windows.
CONVICT TRAGEDY.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16.-John Pfeiffer
and John B. Mcbride were found dead in
cell in the Eastern penitentiary this morning.
tits thought Pfeiffer killed Mcbride and then
hanged himself.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CINCINNATI, March 16.-Jacob Erenst, a
drunken man, after spree, having been re-
fused liquor, drank large quantity of turpen-
tine and died from the effects last Saturday
evening. This happened in remote corner
of Lafayette county, Ohio.
DETROIT, March 16.-A serious shooting
afray occurred yesterday at Vermontville,
Foote, his hired man, two shots taking effect
in Foote'S head He is still living.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-An old German,
named Auguste Forster, who has been In the
Alexandrian hospital at the lower part of the
city suffering from disease, cut his throat with
a penknife last night and bled to death.
CINCINNATI, March 16.-Kentucky regula-
tors on last Saturday night took VIM. Dhil, a
storekeeper at Princes Furnace, Boyd county,
KY, out of his bed, gave him fifteen lashes
and ordered him to leave within fifteen days,
and went away.
WILLIAMSON, March 16.-Mrs. j. R. Scott,
who lived five miles northeast of here, COM
mitted suicide by shooting, yesterday. She
had been having trouble over the estate left
by her father, and that was the supposed
cause. She leaves husband and two chill
dren.
ST. LOUIS, March 16.--A brakeman on the
st. Louis & Cairo narrow guage railroad
named Englehart, fell from the top of freight
train on the eastern approach of the bridge
here this evening and was run over by thfr.
teen cars, terribly mangled and killed.