Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-09

bed with themselves. Louis, the eleven
year-old son, was the only witness of the
tragedy. noise aroused him and he saw
his father cutting his mother with razor.
Then he saw his father spring in the air
and fall down near the stove. He then
got up and took the baby, Nina, lying in
bed with her mothers corpse, her night
clothes soaked with her mothers blood,
into his bed. He changed the baby's
clothes and both went to sleep again.
This morning when the children
awoke the floor end bed were
covered with blood. Louis tried
to find the key with which his father had
locked the door last night, but could not,
and it was not until nearly 9 o'clock when
Otto Farnharst, boy of ten, came up and
called for Louis to go to school with him,
that the condition of affairs was discovered
Otto's mother, who lived in the lower part
of the house, then opened the door and a
most ghastly and bloody scene was re-
vealed. Deces had cut his wife's throat
while she was asleep and there was no
struggle. The heads of both corpses were
nearly severed.
BEATING THE GOVERNMENT ON COIN TRANS
PoRTATIoN.
| WASHINGTON. Feb, s. The treasury reg
ulations governing the distribution of
standard silver dollars, and the law author
izing the issue of silver certificates which
are being used by New York and Boston
banks, to obtain the transfer of large
amounts of money from one city to anoth-
er without expense to themselves, but with
considerable cost to the government for
transportation charges. The manner of
doing this, is to deposit currency in the
sub-treasury in ono city and OBJ
tain an order for standard silver
dollars to be sent, correspondent in
enother city from the mint, andt he CORES
pondent, Immediately upon receipt of the
coin presents it to the sub-treasury in his
city and asks for silver certificates. Seve-
raj million dollars have been transferred
in this way recently, costing the govern
ment several thousand dollars without less
ening the number of silver dollars in the
treasury, but with the effect of completely
glutting the vaults of the New York sub
treasury with them.
SIOUX CITY & ST. PAUL RAILROAD LANDS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.--A letter has been
addressed by the secretary of the interior
to the governor of Iowa in relation TO the
excess of 83, ,043 acres of land patented to
the state account of the Sioux City & st.
Paul railroad! The governor is requested
to call the attention of the legislature to
the fact that unless some early action is
taken looking to return of this land to
the government, it will become the duty Of
the department to recommend a resort to
legal proceedings to secure that result.
The lands so patented have not been
decided to the railroad company, and the
title still remains in the state.
THREE CHINAAIEN MURDERED.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Feb. 8-Three Chi
namen living on a ranch near Fort Bay
ard were found murdered last Wednes-
day. The sheriff, with posse, captured
one of the murderers who was Mexican.
He, with several other Mexicans, under
took to rob the Cinnamon. Upon resisting
all three were killed and their bodies man
gled in a horrible manner.
WOMAN sCANDALIzER.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 6.-Jones, charged
with scandalizing Vesta L. Stiles, turns
up here. He admits substantially being
responsible for the circular: but denies he
sent them personally, he intimates that the
statement in the circular are true. He
don't seek to make money off the affair,
but wishes to get even on the girls friends
for writing letters out here, intending to
make trouble in his family.
GONE WITH THE CASH.
CAMDEN, N. j., Feb. S.-Thaddeus p
Butler, chief clerk of the city water depart
ment, has been missing since the 25th of
January. A partial examination of the
accounts shows shortage of $4,000 since
the 1st of January, when his accounts were
correct.
THE DAKOTA LAND SCRIP FRACAs.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-The cases of the
government against John D. Cameron,
Edwin E. Carpenter and VIM. D. Russell
for completely in what is known as the
Dakota land scrip frauds, came before
Judge Treat in the United States court to-
day. A motion of the defense for a con-
tinuance was overruled and the court rer-
emptorily set next Wednesday for the day
of trial.
YOUTHFUL MAIL THIEF.
LYNoHBURG, Va, Feb. 8.-Emery E.
Hawks, aged fifteen, a mail carrier in
Wythe county, has been arrested fer steal
ing letters.
SURPRISING POLICY IN BOSTON.
BOSTON, Feb 8.-An attempt is being
made by the police to suppress the game
of policy at the instance of the Law and
Order league. Many shops are closed or
are working surrepetitiously.
Two different companies have applied
for charters to build a ship canal across
Cape Cod and are ready to deposit
100000 or 100000 guarantee before COM
mencing operations.
PEORIA BLAZES.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Feb. 8.-The residence of
Jas. W. johnson was burned to-day with
its contents. Loss, $4,000; uninsured.
QUINCY BOOK STORE BURNED.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Feb. 8.-The book and music
store of V. D. Woodruff, was burned this
morning. Loss on the building, $1,000;
stock, $4,000; total insurance, $4,000.
S. E. Rogers & Sons, grocers, and S. H
Smith, pictures and Photographic goods,
adjoining, were damaged $4,000 and
$4,000 respectively; both fully insured.
A Very Little Sparring Match.
NRw YORK, Feb, 8.-Mace and Slade gave
THAR cnarrinO avbibition in Madison