Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
FATAL EVENTS.

A Poor House at Halifax in Flames and
some of the Inmates Supposed to be
Burned--Railway Casualties--Death Of
Observation-Disclosures and Mishaps.
POOR HOUSE FIRE.
HAL1FAY. Nov. 6.-Fire broke out ct
/ midnight in the Eastern and Provincial
asylum, an immense six STORY brick struc-
ture in the southeastern suburbs of the
city, containing 40Opeople. At 1:3O a. m.
half of the building was in mass of
flames. The fire originated in the bakery,
where twenty-one cords of wood we're
stored. The flames catching this
spread with lightning rapidity, soon
enclosing the building used as a
hospital. The inmates rushed through the
building In great confusion, seeming al
most out of their senses. The work of
getting them out was very difficult It is
thought most of those confined in the hos
pltal have been saved, but feared that
number OF lives were lost. The whole city
fire brigade is now at the scene, but can
90 little, hardly any water being attain
able.
CHECK MANIPULATORS ARRESTED
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Postof1ice 6. Inspector
Henshaw received a telegram from Gin
clnnati to-day announcing the arrest in
that city of j. H. Beach, who was wanted
for alleged completely with W. II. Bennett.
OF Minneapolis, in robbing the mails.
Bennett was employed by Kerrick & Co.,
dealers in steam power machinery. and
when arrested in this city had fifteen
checks for small amounts on his person.
He said that Beach, who was employed bv
Fox d Co., in this city, and another youn-l
man named Anthony Cook, bad
helped to dispose of the
checks which he lpilfered. Beach
fed when heard of Benefits arrest. De-
tectives Thorpe and Tierney have also un-
der arrest at the Central, Anthony Cook.
the party who, with John W. Beach. is
charged with manipulating checks alleged
to have been stolen by H. w. Bennett.
Cook was clerk in the employ of Lea &
Go. The detectives say the firm of Culver,
Page d Hoyne viii: prosecute these
prisoners.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.1
NoRTHF1ELD, Mimi, Nov. 6.-Despite
the vociferous brawl of the Mortified
Journal tn regard to Chief of Police In
gals, the man who shot and
killed his victim, Freeland, simply
because he resisted arrest, and the
branding of your correspondent as a
crank because he advanced truthful ideas,
which would occur in the event of his
(Freeland's) death, the honorable ingalls,
was arrested by Mccain, brother-in-law of
Freeland, this morning, and taken to Fari-
bault by the marshal of that city, on the
charge of murder.I
MURDERED.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. 6.---Nesr Shelby,
Sunday, James Queen, white, was killed by
Ann Barrett, q dlssolute oman.
EXPLOSION.
JACKSON, Miss, Nov. GA large cylin-
der of the Jackson compress exploded to-
day, injuring severely a white boy and two
negroes. The compress was but recently
He
KILLED By THE CARS.
WHEELING, w. Va, Nov. edward
Pratt, yard brakeman at Kirkwood, O., on
the Cleveland Tuscarawas Valley &lWheel-
ing railway, attempted to get on the box
car while the train was in motion this
evening, lost his hold and fell OH the track,
five cars passing over his body. killing him
Instantly. He was about fifty years old; has
been rallroading thirty years, ana was as
one time conductor of the Cleveland &
Hillsburg railroad. He resided in Kirk
wood, and leaves wife and five daugh-
ters.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. 6.-News was
received tonight of dreadful accident to
two young ladies near Yellville, Marion
county, Thursday. While Misses Minnie