Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-01
A FATAL MISTAKE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

FATAL MISTAKE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
CHICAGO. March 31.-Last night Lille
Young, who resides with her parents at II
North Curtis street. took dose of carbolic
acid with fatal effect. The sad affair hap
pened about $50 o'clock, at which time
the young lady was sitting in the parlor
in company with her intended and two or
three members of the family. Feeling
i'll, she went to cupboard for the pur-
pose of taking brandy to ailay shooting
pain in her side, the bottle containing the
liquor being on shelf with several bot
ties of medicine. Tho room being dark,
she took down bottle containing carbolic
acid by mistake, and before realizing the
blunder she drank about two spoonfuls of
the poison. On discovering the dreadful
mistake, she cried, "Oh, Walt, come here"
referring tc gentleman visitor, and fell
to the floor. DIR. Van Buren, was called,
but she expired almost instantly. She was
only sixteen years of age, and her family
relations are said to have been most happy.
She was sister of Mrs. Peter Stevens, who
was shot by her husband in 1879.
A COAL RUNAWAY ON The OHIO RIVER.
PITrsBURG, Pa, March 31.-This after
noon, while the boats were making up
their tows OF coal for shipment south,
thirty-seven barges, belonging to Joseph
WALTON & Co., and containing 100000 bush
els of coal, broke it's moorings at the pier at
Smithfield street bridge, and was swept
down the river. On the way down the
river the fleet first encountered the steamer
Abe Hayes, with tow of six barges, of ~, :
600 bushels. The Hayes was sunk and the
barges cut loose. The steamer Dick Full
ton was next struck, and
It's tow of seven boats with 5000 bushels
of coal were sunk. The Fulton was dam
aged but managed to get to shore without
sinking. Another boat of $4,000 bushels
cOllided with the steamer st. Lawrence
and sunk. The st. Lawrence guards were
carried off, but otherwise it was uniniured.
Two more boats of $4,000 bushels were
sunk at Manchester. A number of tow
boats started in pursuit of the runaways,
but at last accounts, the portion of the
fleet which escaped sinking were pretty
well down the Ohio river. Loss, $4,000.
SEVERE HAIL STORM.
OIAhhNlLLE', MlSS.s MhrCu OLA severe
hail storm occurred last night, blowing
down gin honses, fences, ETC., and doing
great damage in the surrounding country.
BURST HER BOILERS.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March 31.-The tow boat,
Polar Star, en- route to ST. Louis, exploded
her boilers while opposite Belmont, No.,
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. She had three
barges of lumber in tow. The upper works
were blown to atoms aRd the hull drifted
down the river. The barges were uMin
jured. The steamer Florence left this
afternoon to bring up the barges and crew.
Capt. Adkins was blown abou! 300 yards
and was picked up by skiff. Two fire
men, two coal passers and a watcAmaE
are reported missing. The rest of the
crew escaped with slight injuries.
The cause of the explosion
is unknown. The engineer says
ne tested the boilers few minutes previ-
Gus to the explosion. The boat belonged
TO Capt. Peter Conrad, of st. Louis.
The steamer Polar Star exploded her
boilers this evening opposite Columbus,
KY, four men being drowned and two
! killed by the explosion. The pilot, Joe
Jaynes, was at the wheel, and is badly
| scalded on the body, and bruised about
the head. The cook, j. w. Cullen, had
an arm badly hurt, and Captain Jack At
kinson was thrown into the river and sus-
tained serious injuries. He was so shocked
he could not talk. The boat was owned by
| Captain Conrad, of st. Louis. The hull
sunk in five minutes after the explosion
but was firmly lashed to the barges of
lumber in tow, which were towed to the
Missouri shore by the steamer st. Louis.
Mate Simpkins stated that six men were
known to be lost whose names are not fur
nished. The boilers were carrying but q
small pressure of steam.
A sHIPwREcK.
ST.. JOINS, N. F., March 31.-The light
house keeper, at Cape Pine, reports seeing
the barkentine Aurora GO down on Wed.
| nesday afternoon. The harbor freed from
| ice.
THR KENTUCKY ACCIDENT.
CINCINNATI, March 31.-All the wounded
of yesterdays accident taken to the Good
Samaritan hospital, are doing well, except
Thos. Allen, of Augusta, KY, whose injur-
les are regarded fatal. Mrs. Allen is i'm
proving. j. II. Mellett, of Newcastle, Ind
left for home this morning. Mrs. Mellett
| was not hurt, and her husbands injuries
| though serious, did not prevent his depart
ure.
DR.. VIM. H. Evans, wife and two
| daughters, of Boston, are still at
the Grand hotel. One daughter is
seriously hurt. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G.
| Haskins and two children left for home
| this morning. One of the children was
hurt slightly and the others escaped. J.
G. McGinn, of Chicago, slightly hurt, also
left for home this morning. No deaths as
yet are reported.
RECOVERING FROM THE SHOCK.
CINCINNATI, O., March 31.-Mrs. G. W
Seaven, of Boston, who was reported seri.
ously hurt in yesterdays accident, at Ma
| son, KY, ha. recovered from the shock
and is doing well. Her husband and son
were not hurt.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
BRAZIL, Ind, March 31.-In the collision