Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-18

safe which would show who were in the
house on the night of the fire, has caused
considerable surprise, and many theories
are put forward as to what became of the
books. 1t had been reported and expected
that the register and transfer book had
been put into the safe when the fire was
discovered; and hundreds of persons all
over the country were
WAITING FOR THE REGISTER
to be recovered, so that it might be known
who were guests of the hotel on the fatal
night. When the safe was opened no books
or papers to show who were
employed at the hotel or guests
were found-only blank books and lot of
unimportant papers. Mr.. Antisdel, who was
present when the safe was opened, quickly
threw the contents into box and carried
them off.
A number Of workmen are at the ruins
! to-day, and work is expected to be COM
pleted Saturday. Five bodies were recov-
cred to-day, making a total of forty three,
all beyond recognition. There are twenty
three identified dead, and it is supposed
there are from fifteen to twenty still miss
ing.
The chief of police states tonight that
he learned that one of the clerks ran out
of the burning building with the register,
but stumbled down stairs and lost the
book. The transfer book has not been
heard from yet.
The SentinepS special from Madison.
Wis, says that the rumor that Scheller
was taken there for protection is denied
positively by the sheriff's officials. Sheriff
Bentley, of Milwaukee, however, was seen
here and spoken to this afternoon. 1t is
believed that Bedtleys presence is sug-
gestive of Scheller's presence in the Dane
county jail.
RAILWAY SMASH.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 17.-Ohio and Mississip-
pi train No. from Cincinnati met an ac-
cident about mile from Lebanon at $50
this moring. The train struck broken rail.
The engine, two cars, the baggage and pos
tai cars, passed over safely, but three pas
senger coaches ran off the track, the first
being upset completely, the others only
derailed. One passenger, Charles Hoff-
man, of Maryland, was killed. The in
jured are R. S. Collier, Bee Lake, KY,
serious fracture of nose; Mrs. Collier,
slightly confused; Emmet Collier their son.
scalp wound; Chas. Evans, Harrison county,
Ky.,s cut in the forearm; J. NJ.
Pence, Woodstock, KY, cut on
the eye and bruised; Michael Allen.
Indiana, slightly cut; Jno. Irwin, Utica.
New York, scalp wound; VIM. Deming,
Ohio, contusions. The track was repaired
and the train arrived here about noon.
~ t.
the Midland branch of the, Chicago 81 North
western railroad, caused serious accident
twelve miles north of this city last night.
The last car Of stock train, one loaded
with merchandise and way car, went
down a twentyfoot embankment, killing
a brakemake,E. E. S. Clarke, injuring the con-
ductor, D. W. Richardson, and injuring
nineteen passengers, none seriously.
Three ladies in the rear car were among
the wounded. All were taken to Clinton or
Lyons.
THE CHINESE MURDER TRIAL.
Special Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE trial of Ling All
Dive and Ling All You, for the murder of
Ling Quon, in Judge Williamson's court,
promises to be novel affair. The ques-
ton of who should oficiate as interpreter
from the Chinese into English, and from
the English language into the Chinese, was
first raised. 1t was agreed that Saumsing
Bo, Chinese student at the Chicago uni
versity, would act as interpreter. Mr.. Gus
Van Buren made the opening speech for
the prosecution. The examination of wit
nesses was then begun, and at once a dis
pute arose as to the kind of oath that
should be administered. The defense in
sisted that the Chinese should be given,
and another dispute arose at once as to
what the Chinese oath was. The defense
contended that it consisted of the cutting
off of chickens head and swearing
the witness on the decapitated
body with a certain form of words. The
prosecution claimed that the oath should
be written out on paper, all the witnesses
sign their name to it and the whole manu-
script be burned. Judge Williamson said
he understood the breaking of a saucer
was necessary. It was finally determined
to write out the oath and burn it, which
was finally done. The witnesses were ar
ranged in semi-circle before the clerk,
and each in his turn scratched a hieroglyph-
ic on sheet of legal cap. The list was
then handed to the interpreters match then
being applied to the paper and burned.
There is in attendance on the trial China
man named Long Sing, from Los Angeles,
Cal.,who is supposed to be the agent for the
Six companies, which are paying the ex-
penses of the prosecution. He is very in
telligent and richly dressed.
BURST HER BOILER.
SEATTLE, W. T., Jan. 1S.-The steamer
Josephine, which left this city this
morning for Skagit river, having aboard
full freight and twenty passengers, blew
up this afternoon in Port Susan bay, fifty
miles north of this point. The acting
master, purser, steward, fireman and sever
al passengers were reported lost, there is
yet no definite information as to the cause
ofIthe disaster.
INITIATING POLK.
SAN Francisco, IAN. I'D B. Chisholm,
the secretary of the Albion and member of
other mining companies, has absconded.
The directors to-day received letter from
him stating that he was defaulter to the
amount of $500, stating how he had
covered his crime An examination of the