Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-26

place near here in few days.
WANT AN Ex-AGENT TO PAY $4,000.
CHICAGO. Jan. 25.-Albert G.. Wheeler, of
Syracuse, N. Y, was arrested here on ca
pias sued out by the commission firm Of
David Dows & Co. The firm alleges that in
1879 it employed Wheeler as its agent at
Syracuse; that by various devious practices,
such as sending orders in fictitious names,
pocketing the receipts when the order made
money, and leaving the firm to pocket the
loss when otherwise; procuring duplicates
of firms bill-heads and doctoring its state
ments of acceutn. He became indebted to
them, with interest, III the sum of $34, 900,
which they ask the court to compel him to
pay.
BRICK WORKS BURNED.
BUFFALO, Jan. 25.-Hall & Sons fire
brick works were burned this morning,
and a storehouse considerably damaged.
The green brick in the building were all
stroyed. Loss $4,000; insured.
ARRESTED FOB EMBEzzLEMENT.
BosToN, Jan. 25.-Clifford Smith, col
lector for w. p. Brooks, has been arrested
on a charge of embezzlement.
STOLEN PROPERTY IN CANADA.
LONDON, Can, Jan. 25.-On complaint
of George Archibald, of Chicago, Herbert
Newman has been arrested on charge of
bringing stolen property into Canada.
DEFAULTED WITH PRINTERS sHEKELs.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-Joseph Whit
man, for ten years head clerk of the firm
of Craig, Finley g. Co., printers, is a de-
faulter to the amount of $4,000.
TACK FACTORY BURNED.
SANDWICH, Mass, Jan. 25.-The Sand
wich Tack factory, owned by Healde &
Jones, lately entirely reftted with new
machinery, burned to-day. Loss heavy;
building insured.
HELD FOR CONSPIRACY TO OBTAIN MONEY.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-Drs. B. McDow-
ell and DR.. Henry Beats we're held for
trial to-day on charge that they entered
into conspiracy to obtain from Miss
Catharine Potts, an invalid, conveyance
or assignment of all her possessions with
out any other consideration than the claim
Of Mcdowell for medical services.
O1OAOI1SOOO COAL IAAlN MhEChs
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 15.-This after
noon a coal train was wrecked on the
Knoxville & Ohio railroad twenty miles
north of this city. Wiley Wright, the en-
gineer, had both legs cut off. man
named Bonham had an arm severely in
jured.
SEQUEL TO PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-Lawyer Thos.
Maker, Jr, Isaac L. Street and Jos. Myers,
the first named a Democrat, the other two
Republicans, and all election officers, have
been convicted of making false returns.
AN OHIO OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
TOLEDO, o., Jan. 25.-The opera house
at Defiance, o., was discovered on fire at 8
o'clock tonight. The fire department re-
sponded promptly, but the fire was on the
stage among the combustible material land
could not check the flames, and turned
their attention towards saving the adjoin-
ing buildings. Weller g. Waterman, dry
goods, in lower floor of the opera house,
saved a good portion of their property.
The opera house was completely Quilted.
Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance about
$4,000.
A NORMAL SCHOOL BURNED.
LEBANON, o., Jan. 25.---University hall
a large three story brick, completed last
September by Prof A. Holbrook for his
normal school, at cost of $4,000, was
completely destroyed by fire tonight. The
insurance is not stated. The fire originated
from hot air furnace.
ARRESTED FOB EMBEzzLEMENT.
MONTREAL, Jan. 25.- Eneas McMasters
late manager of the Glasgow Canadian
Land and Trust company, at Scottstown
was arrested as he was about to start fo1
Australia, on charge of the embezzle-
ment of $4,000. He was lately candi
date for parliament.
THE STONE BREAKER BURNED.
EAsToN, Pa, Jan. 25.-The sheds an6
machinery of the stone breaking establish
ment at Glen Gardner, belonging to the New
Jersey Central Railroad company, burned
to-day, turning fifty men out of employ.
ment.
PARDON REVOKED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 25-In 1877 Isaac
Knapp, young man living near Frem ont
killed his brother John in a quarrel, was
found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree, and sentenced to the Ohio peniten-
tiary for life. He went there, but in the
spring of 1882 his health failed, and
through the efforts of his friends and q
certificate of the warden that he was al
deaths door from abscess of the stomach
Gov. Foster pardoned him. From the day
of his discharge he grew better, and has
lately become the terror of the surround
ing country. He boasted of how he had
beat the pen by eating soap, and was g
general pest. On Monday Gov. Foster re-
voked his pardon, and declared him an es
capped convict. He was arrested to-day by
detective John Morris, of Springfield, anG
lies in jan at Clyde, Ohio, preparatory te
his return to the pen which he so loudly
(, boasted he beat.
Mercendry LittteneSs'' Should Call OF
Windom at Once.
Pioneer Bress-Windom organ-Jan. 18.
The results of Senatorial elections are
largely determined by the success of the
| artists on either side in playing upon the
weaknesses, the foibles, the prejudices, the