Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,
Explosion of a Tag Boiler on Lake Mich
isan-Fsta1 Railroad Accidents-Acci-
dentally POisoned-Train Wreckers at
WOrk-Fatal ARRAYS

this city while racing with the tug Sill for
q tow. The vessel was completely denol-
ished. F. F. Lowell, captain and owner,
VIM. Kelly of Chicago, engineer, and Pat
white, of Racine, were killed. The expio-
sion was SO, powerful, that none OF the
bodies have been found
POISONED PANCAKES.
BUFFALO, Oct 2S.-Mrs. Regar. one the
family poisoned by eatirg pancakes yes
tersay. has died. since The father and
another child are very sick.
SPLIT HIS HEAD OPEN.
AKRON, O., Oct. 28:-Last night seven.
miles north of here, Thos. Brock and one
netFo,- colored, had 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. 28s-The: coroner's jury
that sat in inquest onathe body of the, lit
tie Italian boy vevenade Aubno, who was
shot night before last, returned a verdict
that the child was killed by Antonio De
Rltta. 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 S:20slast night, was thrown from
the, track at Boston station, Crawford coun--
ty, Ind, forty eight miles west OF New
Albany. The fireman, John AaSwain. of
Louisville, KY, was killed and the pas
sengers, shaken ups. The accident occurred
about Il O'Clock. and. was causad 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 a little.
utonly 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 a Minneapolis agricultural
implement house, was arrested here for ap-
propEiating checks and drafts belonging
to his employers. He has been secretly
kept since then. It is now claimed that;
he gained access to- MOI ey 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. 28.-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. 2S.-Yesterday the
bodies of Homer Stewart and Jas. Sullivan
were found terribly mangled in the tnn-
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 FOR CARELEssNEss.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Sharpenburg
and Keever, who superintended the dis
play of fireworks Tuesday night when the
explosion occurred by which eight persons
were killed, have been held to await the
action of the district attorney.
GOT USED TO IT.
PALESTINE, Ind, Oct. 28.-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. .8.-Eight colored peo-
pie were poisoned to-day on Wallace plan
tation, Cossier Parish, by installing
arsenic for yeast powder and using it in
their bread.
BOLD BURGLARY.
WEST BRooKFIELD, Mass, Oct. 2S.-
Clarks 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-
bars were surprised by clerk John McEwer,
but got outside tie door. In the pursuit
pistols were used and McEwer received a
wound IL the abdomen. The burglars
took the early outbound train, and when
1t redched Charlton compelled the train
hands to stop the train and they escaped. |
ATTEMPT At aIDNApprNc.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 22s.--A bold attempt at
kidnapping was made to-day on Superior
street during the busiest part OF the day |
lady, accompanied By a 1ive-year-old |
child, was looking at the display CT goods |
in store window when niddle-aged wo- !
man, unobserved by the mother, threw the /
skirt of g waterproof she wore around the /
child, picked it up, sitting the cries, ana !
hurried into g 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 il. but was too excited to
take measures for the arrest of the kilnap-
yer. who escaped.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
ATLANTA, Ga. Oct. 26.-A. w. Bishop.
conductor on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railway, fell between tie cars
near Chattahoocheer river today and was
killed. The remains were Thought to
Cleveland, Tenn, his home.