Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-30

Explosion of a Tug Boiler on Lake Mich
igan-Fatal Railroad Acciients-Acci-
dentally .POisoned-Train Wreckers at
Work-Fatal ARRAYS.
TUG EXPLOSION.
RACINE. Wis, Oct. 2S.-The tug Wetzel
blew up this morning - miles north of
this city while racing with the tug Sill for
a tow. The vessel was completely demol
ished. F. F. Lowell, captain and owner,
VIM. Kelly of Chicago, engineer, and Pat
White, of Racine, we're killed. The explo-
sion was so powerful. that none of the
bodies have been found.
POISONED PANCAKES.
BUFFALO, Oct 2S.-Mrs. Regar, one the
family poisoned by eating pancakes yes
tersay. has died since. The father and
another child are very sick.
SPLIT HIS HEAD OPEN.
AKRON, O., Oct. 2S.-Last night seven
miles north of here, Thos. Brock and one
Detro, colored, had a quarrel at dance
and Brock split Detro's head open with an
axe, killing him instantly. Brock has sur
rendered.
HELD FOR MURDER.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2S.-The coroner's jury
that sat in inquest on the body of the lit
tie Italian boy Vevenade Aubno, who was
shot night before last, returned verdict
that the child was killed by Antonio De
Rita, the old Sicilian who was arrested for
the act. Rita will be held for murder.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
New ALBANY, Ind, Oct. 2s.-The st. Louis
air line last night, met with its first serious
accident since it has been running through
trains. The St. Louis express, which left
here at 500 last night, was thrown from
the track at Boston station, Crawford coun-
ty, Ind, fortyeight miles west of New
Albany. The fireman, John McSwain, of
Louisville, KY. was killed and the pas
sengers shaken up. The accident occurred
about II o'clock. and was caused by mis-
placed switch. The switch lock had been
tempered with, and was found broken,
evidently by outside parties. The train
was running slowly at the time; conse-
quently only the engine and combination
car left the track. The engine was ditched
and turned over. McSwain was caught
under the machine and instantly killed.
Several passengers were bruised little,
but only one was injured seriously. The
remains of the fireman were taken to
Evansville.
BENEFITS ARREST.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-Some days ago a
young man named Henry D. Bennett, COL
lection clerk for Minneapolis agricultural
implement house, was arrested here for ap-
propriating checks and drafts belonging
to his employers. He has been secretly
kept since then. It is now claimed that
he gained access to money letters of other
firms and that he had accomplices in Chi
cago who passed the checks for him here.
while he did the like for them in Minneap-
oils. Who these accomplices were has not
transpired.
ANOTHER DEATH.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Oct. 2e.-Wm. Nc
Donald, another victim of the recent rail-
road casualty, died this morning. This is
the seventh death since Saturday.
KILLED BY BLAST.
SILvERToN, Col, Oct. 28-Yesterday the
bodies of Homer Stewart and Jas. Sullivan
were found terribly mangled in the tun-
mel of the Lancaster mine. Two days ago
they went to the mine to do assessment
work. 1t is thought they were killed by
premature blast.
HELD FOB CARELEsSNEss.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2S.-Sharpenburg
and Keever, who superintended the dis
play of fireworks Tuesday night when the
explosion occurred by which eight persons
we're killed, have been held to await the
action of the district attorney.
GOT USED TO IT.
PALESTINE, Ind, Oct. 2s.-The saloon
occupied by Joe Rhinehart was blown up
last night for the fourth time by dynamite.
The explosion was terrific, and shattered
several buildings adjoining. No one hurt.
No clue to the perpetrators. No excite
ment, as the people have got used to it.
POISONED.
SHREVEPORT, Oct. 28.-Eight colored peo-
pie were poisoned to-day on Wallace plan
tation, Cossier Parish, by mistaking
arsenic for yeast powder. and using it in
their bread.
BOLD BURGLARY.
WEST BROoEF1ELD, Mass, Oct. o.
Clark's drug store, Blair's block, was brok-
en- into last night, the safe blown open and
$3.50 taken. While at their work the rob-
bers were surprised by clerk John McEwer,
but got outside the door. In the pursuit
pistols were used and McEwer received a
wound in the abdomen. The burglars
took the early outbound train, and when
it reached Charlton compelled the train
hands to stop the train and they escaped.
ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING.
CLEVELAND. Oct. 2S.-A bold attempt at
kidnapping was made to-day on Superior
street during the busiest part of the day.
A lady, accompanied by a fve-year-old
child, was looking at the display of goods
in store window when middle-aged wo-
man, unobserved by the mother, threw the
skirt of a waterproof she wore around the
child, picked it up, sitting the cries, and
hurried into passing street car. The
mother did not miss the little one for
some moments, and discovered her loss
just in time to look eagerly about, see the
strange woman enter the car with the child
and to rescue it. but was too excited to