Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-19

is not more than One-half. Several resi-
dences in various parts of the city were
fired while the department was working on
the hotel, but were extinguished by citi-
zens.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Special Telegram to the Globe
GRANVILLE STATION, Wis.Sept. l8--Duripo
the heavy thunder storm the barn of Chris.
Pheil, near the town of Granville Station.
was struck by lightning, and the building
with its valuable contents of grain and i'm
PIGMENTS destroyed. The barn of George
Evsrts, neigbbor, was likewise struck and
consumed. The barn of John NJ. Clefinp,
of the town of Wauwotosa and that of a
town of Milwaukee resident were burned
loss is heavy.
A man whose name could not be learned
was drawn into the cylinder of a thresh-
ing machine in the town of Milwaukee and
met horrible death. He was literally
threshed into mince meat.
PROBABLE MURDER.
CINCINNATI Sept. 1S.-Sam uel Voght. n
German laborer, was found yesterday in
the river at Hamilton, o., with q bullet
hole in his head. He had not been seen
since last Friday, when he had $1,000 in
his possession. and was about to return to
Germany. The mony and watch were
gone when he was found.
AN INsoLvENT THIEF.
Special Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Mathew H. Escott.
the $4,000 defaulter of the Canada In
vestment and Loan agency company, who
has laid two and half years in the county
jail as an insolvent debtor, aired his
troubles once more in the county court
this morning. The occasion of his appear
ance was to present to the agent a second
schedule of his property, and ask again for
release from Imprisonment. In his first
scedule he represented that he squandered
$4,000 in Canada before he came here, and
brought $4,000 with him. In addition to
squandering $4,000 he gave $4,000 to his
wife, and brought only $1,000 with him.
In addition to this change everything in it
almost is changed from what it was in the
entirely contradicts his first one. The case
was confined to next Friday.
WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ALBANY, Sept. 1S.-A. Cash, aged forty
eight, shot and mortally wounded his wife
Minnie,aged seventeen. near DormansviIle,
yesterday, and then killed himself.
LOST ON THE ASIA.
COLLINGwooD, Ont, Sept. 18.-Following
are the names Of the passengers lost on the
steamer Asia, booked here: VIM. Christie
and wife, just married, Collingwood; VIM.
Clinton. B. Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Wood. Cincinnati; A. F. Bowes, Mr.. Shipp,
Mr.Duncan and son of Hamilton; J.Martin,
Collingwood; Mr.. Kerr and family of
Limehouse, Ont; VIM. B. Gallagher, Man
itowanny; j. II. Finkiss, Manitowanny;
Mrs. Sproudt, Cookstown. AS the boats
books are lost it will be difficult to ascer-
tain all the names. There were twenty
nine or thirty shantymen on board.
TORONTO. Sept. 1S.-The government in
spector here states that the ill-fated steam
er Asia was running without license, hav-
ing been refused one. on account of carry
ing an insufficient number of lifeboats
and life-preservers.
A DISHONEST CLERK.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. I9.-The officers of
tho Insurance Company of North America
to-day ANNOUNCED they had discovered dis
crepanciss in their stock account of $685.
600, the result of frauds perpetrated by
the transfer clerk, Alfred Rogers.
Rogers was held in $4,000 bail for hear
ing tomorrow. He is married, and about
forty years old. It seems he defrauded
the company by raising certificates of
stock after they had been issued, and then
borrowing money on them. He said the
proceeds were absorbed by speculations.
An Indictment for forgery was found
against Ellis 2. Phipps, the fugitive aims
phouse superintendent.
TIE TUNNEL FIRE.
st. Louis, Sept. 1S.-The damage by
the collision and fire at the tunnel west of
Kirkwood on the Missouri Pacific railroad
yesterday is estimated at $4,000. Sixteen
or twenty cars, several of them loaded
with lumber and one large locomotive was
burned, and the walls of the tunnel badly
broken and damaged by heat. 1t will take
several days to get the break and tunnel in
OIucT. Mcdutlulc UEdluS Will Dc
run on the Wabash, and the businss of the
road will suffer no detention.
STEALING WHEAT.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 1s.-Chas. A.
Ketcham, clerk at the Alton elevator, has
been arrested for stealing wheat. He
employed an expressman for large
pay to bring wheat away from loaded cars.
The operations extend over several months.
The amount stolen will probably be several
thousand dollars.
JUMPED THE TRACK.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 18.-The west
ern express on the Boston & Albany rail
way was thrown from the track this morn.
ing, and the engineer, fireman, and
brakeman severely injured. The track is
badly blockaded. rail had been placed.
across the track.
TOO MUCH CHLORAL.
EAST SAGINAW. Mich, Sept. Isl. S.
Wilson, teller of the Fourth National bank
of Columbus n diod OF III. Po6croft