Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24
MYSTERIOUS MIDNIGHT MURDERS.

| store, but whether he visited the place for
| himself or was called up by some one ap.
| plying for medicine, is not known. He
was quiet unobtrusive young man. BE
had but few acquaintances as he had been
| in the city less than year. He was not
| known to have single enemy. The whole
affair is enveloped in the deepest mystery.
His parents live in Waterloo, Ont, his
father, Rev. Peter Allies, being pastor of a
German church there. He has two brothers
in this city, also engaged as clerks.
TEXAS AG1TAToR SUPPRESSED.
NEW MARSHALL, Texas, Sept. 23.-Late
last night the dead body of Silas johnson,
colored, pierced with three balls, was found
on the road side half mile from town,
with rope around his neck. His wife
testifes that sixteen persons came to the
door and asked for johnson, and upon his
going cut the party carried him off. John
son was known to be connected with race
troubles recently.
TWO BOYS TO HANG.
MT. VERNON, Ind, Sept. 23.-Yesterday
Schneider, the boy-murderer of Van Wye,
was centenced to be hanged. Anderson,
his accomplice, then plead guilty, and was
also sentenced to be hanged. Both will be
executed January 5th, 1874.
ANOTHER LOST YACHT.
NEWPORT, Sept. 23.-A man nam ed Rus
sell telegraphed from New York to New
port asking to be put into communication
with o. S. Bowdoin, and stating that with
the exception of himself and the chief en-
gineer, all on board the steam yacht Cor
sair, have been lost. It was answered
that Bowdoin was not there and asking
particulars. The Corsair was to have
gone up the Hudson Saturday.
BOY AND RACE HORSES BURNED.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 23.-An explosion of
fire works in an oat building of the ex-
position to night, resulted in the death of
one boy, the cremation of three valuable
race horses, and the destruction of nine
hundred feet of stabling. The fire works
were intended for a display tomorrow
night and were secreted in large frame
building adjoining the stables. About
o'clock tonight several explosions were
heard and Immediately after flames shot
up from the building. An alarm was
quickly sounded but the shed, together
with the adjoining stables, being frame,
partmeut could do was to devote their en-
ergies to saving the surrounding property.
In the stables were many valuable horses
entered for races which COM
meuce Tuesday. Three Of these,
Polka Dot, Maud R. and green horse
were cremsted. The others were fortu-
nately rescued. In the stable occupied by
Polka Dot vas boy named Thos. Rogers,
of Kalamazoo, Mich. The flames spread SO
rapidly he was unable to get out, and was
burned to death. Polka Dot was owned by
". j. Small, of Kalamazoo, and was valued
at $1,000. Maud r. was owned by J. S..
Duston, of Boston, and was valued at
$1,000. The green horse was also the
property of DustoD, who purchased him
last week for $1,000. The exposition loss
is about $4,000, on which there is $4,000
insurance.
FATAL RAILROAD COLLISION.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23.-Passergers who ar
rived in on the delayed Ohio & Mississippi
train this evening, report a serious acei-
dent having occurred near Seymour, ILL.,,
at o'clock this morning, by which two
persons were killed and quite number
wounded. 1t appears trains Nos. 8 and 5,
which left Cincinnati at 7:15 and GAO re-
spectively last night, were under orders to
run slow near Seymour in consequence of
the track being in bad condition. No.
picked up sleeper and ono car from
Louisville at North Vernon, the intersecting
point with theLouisville line, and passed on.
When four miles west of Seymour and
| while running about three miles an hour,
as per order, it wss run into from the rear
by No. 5. which was Bowling along at high
speed. The passengers coach which was
in rear of the sleepers was driven nearly
half way through and partly on top of
| the sleeper. The cars we're badly dam
aged. The engineer of No. and little
child belonging to Mrs. Taylor were killed
and dozen or more passengers were in
jured, some having bones broken, others
being badly bruised. The porter of the
sleeper was badly hurt. The uniniured
cars Of No. were brought on here while
those of No. 5 had been sent back to
Cincinnati. Most of the wounded
we're local passengers and left at their
homes on the way west, three or four only
came here and they could give no inform
alton as to names. It is ascertained the
accident was caused by train No. 5 dis
obeying orders about running slow. Among
the wounded are Mira. Taylor, mother of the
child killed, badly injured on the head;
Mr.. Psrdue, Green Ridge, Mo-, had his leg
broktn, Mrs. Perdue, arm broken; Jas. s..
Wanson, leg and rib broken; Albert Ridge,
head and shoulders hurt. The porter of
the sleeper, name unknown, had several
ribs broken. The name of the dead en-
gineer is not known. It is said No. 5 left
Seymour Immediately behind No. 3, and
was running at rate of thirty miles an
hour, when she struck No. 3.
BABY MURDERED.
RUTLAND, vt, Sept. pa child, eleven
months old, daughter of Theorn Goodwin,
of Castleton, was shot dead in bed with
her mother last night. The mother claims
that an hour before shot was fired at her
through window, and later some one en-
tered and killed the baby.
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 23.-Early yes
tsrdsy morning fire destroyed the princi-
pal business portion of Brownwood, con-
sisting of nine substantial buildings and