Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-12


PoRT HURON Mich,s sept. Ito the
American people: We have tonight returned
from the burnt district of Huron, Salinac
county. We have seen the burned, disfgured
and writhiug bodies. Of men, women and chill
dren. Rough board cofins containing tbs
dead were followed 10 the grave by few
blinded and despairing relatives, ana crowds
Of half starved , people at
some OF the stations asking for bread
for their family and neighbofs. We heard of
more than 200, victims already buried and
more charred and bloated bodies are daily dis
covered. Already more than 5000 families
are found to be utterly destitute and house
less. They huddle in barns. in school houses,
in their neighbors houses, secreted, blinded.
hopeless. Bome still wander half
crazed around the q ruins Aof their
habitati0ns vaiply q seeking their
| dead and some in speechless agony wringing
their hands and refusing to be comfofted.
More than 5000 people who only one
week ago occupied comfortable homes are TO-
They are hungry and almoss naked when
found and ipl such ygreat plumbers
and 50 widely scattered that our
best efforts and greatest resources fail to
supply their Immediate wants. Without
speedy aid many viii perish. and many more
win suffer and become exiles. Our people will
do their utmost for their relief, but all our re
sources would fail TO meet their
necessities. We appeal to the char
people TO se1d help without delay.
Signed: y. @. Carleton, mayor Of Port HUI
ron, and chairman of the relief committee,
VIM Hartruff, J. P. Sanborn, G, A. Ward, o.
YnaE RELIEF. ui3agF
= coLuMBus, o. Sept 11.-Mayof Peters to-
night issued can for q citizens meeting to be
held yto-inorrow night, toitake united action
for the relief Of the Michigansuffersrs. Sub
scriptloDs are now being circulated By various
parties.
i9cs 3Ns WIND STORM. sn *
DANvILLE, Va, Sept. 11.-A very heavy
storm this evening. Trees and fences were
blown down; alsos the confederate and mill
tary hospital, injurlng several colored people.
ttssst - ya,, RAIDED. f3~s9.ls
sEDALIA, Mo-, Sept la report is re-
ceived here that two heavily armed and masked
men entered the little town Of Bates City, on
the Chicago & Alton railroad, about seven
miles east of Blue Cut, the scene of the late
train robbery, and drawing revolvers and
firing, began an indiscriminate ptllage of the
town. The people offered no resistance, and
the robbers seem to have taken what they
wanted. The amount of booty obtained il not
stated, and the report il indefinite anyhow.
asssaf ~ IA COLLISION. 81 IT,
CINCINNATI, Sept. 1l.-At Ii O'Clock last
night freight train on the Little Miami col
lided with another freight within the city
limits. JAS. Simon, fireman, was killed, and
the locomotive badly wrecked. freight was
standing on the track with no lights, and the
incoming freight had no warning.
NO DEVELOPMENTS.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Sept. 1l.-Nothing new
has been ascertained in the case of the Blue
Cut train robbery, and the general belief is
that no more arrests will be made now. The
prisoners stoutly maintain their innocence
Previous reports of the train robbery are con-
tradicted. A report prevails that some of the
missing property had been discovered in q
cave near the scene of the robbery.