Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-18

prison for life. The first day, and one
day of each year, corresponding to the
day of the month that they committed the
murder, is to be passed in solitary con-
fnement.
EXPRESS CAR ROBBED,
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 17.-Last Sunday
through Adams xpress car left Cincin-
natl for Nashville, via. the Short Line rail
way. The car was in good condition at
La Grange, ten miles from Louisville, but
on inspection after arrival at East Louis
vile, the locks were found broken, and
the contents of the car scat
tered about and broken. The amount
stolen in goods is not learned, owing to
the reticence of the express officials.
Some of the train men are under suspicion.
SHOT HIMSELF IN A FIT OF DEsPoNDENoY.
CLEVELAND, o., April 17.-John Murray,
formerly employed by the Cleveland gas
works, widower, aged ffty-four, went to
the lake shore this afternoon and fired two
bullets into his brain. The corpse was
found by boys at play. No work for three
months, in debt for board and respondent.
MINISTER JAILED FOR RAPE.
ToNGoNoxIE, Ks, April 17-Rev. ]. Com
stock, a Second Advent preacher, was ar
rested to-day, charged with rape on a thir-
teen-year-old daughter of Mr.. Anderson,
of Reno township. At hearing he was
committed for trial and sent to the county
Jail at Leavenworth.
$500 REWARD OFFERED.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 1.-THE board
of supervisors to-day offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of the
persons who murdered Thos. Walden dur
ing the rolling mill riot last Thursday
night. The affairs at the rolling mill CON
tinue quiet. Threats are made by the evil
disposed, but there have been no evil acts
since the riot. President Ridgely re-
ceived an anonymous letter yesterday
threatening him with assassination.
STRENGTHENING THE POLICE.
TORONTO, April 16.-Eight moro police
men leave tonight for Ottowa. The prob
able reason is to strengthen the force there
upon the arrival of the Princess Louise.
AN INDIANA FUGITIVE.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-Charles
Hughes, alias Western Charlie, arrested
charged with being concerned in robbery
was released, but rearrested on the infor-
nation that Hughes was fugitive from
Indiana.
EXTENSIVE RAID ON GAMBLERS.
New YORK, April 16.-InspectorB yrnes'
men tonight raided seven gambling houses
and captured great quantity of prop
erty but no arrests were made. The prop
erty is valued at fully $4,000. The gan
blers had evidently been warned of the
raid and remained away. The places
raided were IL West Twenty-fifth street,
Ii West Twenty eighth street, 25 Ann
street, 80 West Twenty ninth street, IS
West Thirty-frst street, and the famous
No. s Barclay street. This old house was
never raided before. 1t, too, was deserted
when the police arrived, but they found
large quantity of costly apparatus.
Warrants will be obtained in the morning
for the known proprietors of the houses
raided.
AN UNPRovOKED MURDER.
New York, April 1.-THE corner of
Vanderbilt and Park avenues, Brooklyn,
was the scene of horrible murder this
afternoon. The murderer, Diedrich
Mahuken, has grocery store at the corner
where the shooting occurred, and the vic
tim, Diedrich Steffins, was lager beer
dealer at 108 Myth street. Steffins, for q
long time, had been paying attention to
Anna Doscher, Mahuken's niece, and who
resided with him and family over
the store. Here Stefins visited
Miss Doscher, to whom he
was engaged to be married. Mahuken
was very suspicious of him, and believed
he was unduly intimate with his wife. His
wife, knowing his jealousy, got Miss Dos
cher to move to a friends house and re-
quested him to keep away. The murdered
man was delivering goods opposite Ma
huken's store this afternoon and crossed
the street in answer to call from
friend. He had hardly reached
the sidewalk when Matuken
approached, holding in his hand revolver.
Without a word he fired five shots at Stef
fins, four balls entering his head and the
fifth his left breast. Steffins dropped
dead. Mahuken was arrested and at the
station house he admitted his guilt. Mrs.
Mahuken maintains her husband had no
grounds for jealousy, and must have been
insane when he killed Steflins. The muir
derer is thirty nine years old, and the
victim thirty-fiYe.
BURGLARY IN PALESTINE.
PALESTINE, Texas, April 17.-Reynolds'
room in the Arlington hotel was entered
early this morning, Reynolds chloroformed
and robbed of $4,000 His wife was
silenced by leveled revolver. The bur
glar escaped.
FATAL OLD QUARREL.
New YORK, April 17.-Thomas Hart and
Frank Reilly, both known to the police,
met in Mulberry street tonight and re-
newed an old quarrel. Each drew q knife
and they fought until Hart fell to the
sidewalk. RECOVERING consciousness he
walked to the police station, and now lies
in the hospital, dying. Reilly is at large
MILITARY REPORT.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 17.-Telegrams
to military headquarters from the colonel
commanding at Fort Clark conveys the
following regarding the recent reports of
the Indians depredating on the borders:
Major Bernard has returned. He was at
Lozier six hours and made thorough in
vestigation. He also went to Merciers
springs and to Langtry. A Mexican cap
tain with five soldiers came across the
river Thursday evening and reported that