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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
Minor NIishapS.

Yesterday morning the building No 257
First street, New York, was burned. The
first and second floors we're occupied by c. d.
Demerest as a mandatory for opera chairs
whose loss is about $4,000. The third and
fourth floors we're occupied by Stephen
SymOnds as a nickle-plating works. His loss
is about $4,000. The building, which was de-
stroyed, was valued at $4,000.
The story that boat-load of men had
drifted from the Idlewild. which went ashore
with them. was in everybOdy's mouth in STAN
ford. At WescOtts, a settlement of factory
people, it was reported that a tug from New
York had gone in search of the missing boat
load of men, which were believed 10 have
been carried out 70 sea.
A street car on the Metropolitan railroad
Washington, was run into yesterday morning
at the corner of Virginia avenue and Four
and-a-half street by train on the Baltimore
* Potomac railroad. The street car was
badly wrecked and three persons injured, but
none seriously.
Freight trains on the Northern Central
railway collided az Watkins, n. Y, yesterday
morning, wrecking one engine aud about
thirty cars. Engineer Joseph Boyer Of FL
mira was severely hurt. Fireman Nike
Burke of Elmira had his hip broken and re-
ceived serious internal injuries.
The accident on the Northern railroad at
Thorn Hill, Ont, was more serious than at
first reported. One man was killed aud
twenty injured. The baggage and mail cars
were destroyed by fire. Flames broke out in
the passenger coach, but were extinguished.
Charles Mckinley of Easton. Penn, an
engineer of Lehigh & SUsquehanna Passenger
Train No. L, was instantly killed Friday
evening, near Treichler's station The storm
blew down a tree, which fell on the cab,
smashing il and crushing Mckinley.
The heaviest snow storm for years visited
Maine Friday and Saturday. The wind blew
almost a hurricane and the snow drifted
badly. The roads are blockaded and travel is
greatly impeded.
Reeder Davis was instantly killed by the
fast express on the New York, Pennsylvania
& Ohio railroad at New Portage, o., yester-
day. He attempted 10 cross the track ahead
OF the train.
A dwelling house at West Nyack. N Y,
occupied by family named Gayneor, was
blown down yesterday. The occupants
barely escaped. The house is in ruins.
The FIRST snow OF the season N Augusta
Ca, fell last night. Dispatches from Gov
ington, and other places in Georgia, report q
heavy fall OF snow.
The one story frame building occupied as a
pottery of Louis Purge, in MOrrisania, n. Y,
was burned ~ l:30 o'clock this morning
Loss $4,000.
The Fort Pitt, Pa, tannery and stock were
burned last night. Lass> S50-0O0.
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a Greenhouse RIoyvn TO Pieces.

JERSEY CITY, Feb 27.-The blizzard
caused great destruction of property In the
northern part of Hudson county. Early
this morning the gale scattered the glass
easements of Rupert's greenhouse in every
direction, and the buildings, which are
nearly new, are nearly a total loss.
Many of the plants were frozen.
The loss is placed at $4,000. In Union
Hill a number of trees were uprooted and
the streets made impossible. Numerous
chimneys were blown down. The tin roof
ing OF an entire row of brown stone build
ings on Summit avenue was blown off.
The water supply Of Bergen and Greenville,
which was cut off this morning by the
screen pipes becoming choked with ice, was
opened this afternoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
Observation-Disclosures.

DIR. Gale was very cool last night after he
recovered from the first shock of the dis
covery. lie talked readily and was par
ticularly anxious TO give the reporters 4
clear story. In an hour. however. he be-
came much excited. He seemed averSe 10
giving much of his own personal history.
Ii was stated that he had been married and
divorced, and that his former wife and some
children were living. This he would
neither affirm nor deny. lie was
seen by a GLOBE reporter in has
room TO which he had been assigned after
the shooting. Don't say anything about
me. said he. ''Say that | didn't want to
talk about myself
Are you married. asked the reporter.
''Oh. that don't make any difference Ii
is hard enough any way. Make it ~ easy
for me as YOU can. 1 meant TO be square
about this thing. ! introduced her as my
wife. Oh. how she loved me. She
wouldn't let me 20 out of her sight since
we have been in 81. Paul"
DR.. Gale said he believed Rich was in
sane. He was physician. and while he
had not made this a specially he had knOwl-
edge enough on the subject % know that
he was insane. He had wild look. and
was violent i'm his actions. said Dir. Gale
''If they had only taken my advice.
have often said he would hurt somebody.
told them i'm CobleSkill that he rs insane. 3"
Gale said that Rich was not legally the hus-
band OF the murdered woman. Owing TO
the flaw in the divorce and that the woman
had tainted him i'm the evening when they
came into the room. with the fact that he
had no rights over her, as the divorce from
Trimble was not legal Trimble, so DR..
Gale said, is the manager of an opera house
of the same name in Cobleskill. As he
talked he frequently made passionate and
despairing explanations, such as: "Oh. il L
could only undo it, If l could be
set back one day?" ''Why did he come
here?" and the like. He was very much
excited in All hour after the occurrence. He
said that since he had been in 81. Paul he
had been studying with one or two local
physicians and proposed to make speciality
of throat diseases. Mr.. Baugh, proprietor of
the hotel, said that he had not known much
about the couple. There had been such a
crowd during the carnival that he had paid
them little attention; he had seen them oc-
casionally in the dining-room ana that
x,.oS al
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
WORK OF THE WINDS.
BOreas Continues to Make It Intersztir.
Tor the People on the Atlantic
Coast.
Considerable Damage to Shipping Re-.
ported Along the Connecticut and
Long Island Shores.
y Jersey City Greenhouse Worth
S1S,OOO Rufned--Maine and
Canadian Roads Blocked.
1olInes City, Minn., Scorched and a
SAhzen Perishes in the Flames
--Other Casualties.
New England n GAea, su,,.r-

BOSTON, FEB. Gin Boston vesterdav
the lowest point indicated bv the mercnrv
was , above zero, and the greatest vaIoc-
lty reached by the wind was fftv-ona miles
an hour. The gale has generally pre-, allied
NI'h even greater feTceneSs throughout
New ENGLAND and along the Canadian
coast Ieiegraphic communication in
some directions has been uspended-
IL has been next 10 impossible TO
get messages through from this CITY 10 New
AoFk. Signs, show cases, chimnuys and
awnings have suffered considerably. Many
vessels dragged their anchors in the harbor
last ilghI anu others at the wharyes vera
oauy listed by the wind and the accumuIa-
ions OF Ice. Local longShoremen unite in
aInruh n this gale 10 be the worst in their
experience experience This morning Cornelius
Gousnilh' orakeman on the Boston 81
Ao"eA railroad, was blown from the
TOP OF A CAR
INTO the Charles river and drowned At
Lawrence, Mass, Edward Luscomb died
TINS morning from injuries received by be-
ing blown from milk wagon. At Cape
Ann the gale has been the worst known for
years ana Is still blowing at the rate of a
mile minute. The vessels anchored
IN Gloucester harbOr have so far
outrldden the storm, but at Lanes
Vuie TWO fishing boats Were sunk.
without however, any loss of life. At
Ne"ouTyport many chimneys have been
blown down, skylights and roofs blown off
ana windows blown in. At Nashua, n. H.,
tills morning large number of female en-
ployeS IN Moody, EStabrOok IL Anderson's
shoe SHOP lett their work because the
OuIdIng, large four story one. rocked SO
iearfully. At st. bloomsbury, Springfield
and other points in Vermont nearly two
feet Of snow has fallen and has drifted
badly, blocking highways and railroads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28

Rich followed and reached St. Paul
yesterday morning. He had not seen his
wife until an hour before the shooting.
The story is long one. On Jan. 20 last
DR.. Gale and Mrs. Rich left Cobleskill at ,
O'Clock in the afternoon for New York and
thence they came direct TO Chicago. She
was pretty woman of IS years. with a
petite form and pleasant face. Her hair
was brown, thickly silvered with grew,
which had been 50 since she was - years
Old when she ran away from school for a
clandestine marriage with Frank Trimble,
who now lives in the town from which the
pair fed last month. She was unusually
bright, fine scholar and of good par
entege, being daughter Of
Hon. Henry Smith OF Albany, a
prominent attorney and well-known
all Over New York state. Her marriage
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
RevivIng the Dixie Affair.

LONDON, Feb. 27.-The statement hav-
ing been made recently by a friend of Sir
Charles Dixie that the latter had been dis
suaded by Chamberlain from entering as a
witness in the Crawford divorce case,
Stead. in the Pail Mall Gazette. demanded
of Chamberlain whether the statement was
true. Chamberlain in reply referred to the
violent attacks upon himself in the Pail
Mall Gazette and the attempt of Stead. as
he alleged, to blacken the character OF Sir
Charles Dixie, and declined TO add to the
sensation already created by that paper.
Stead retoTts that he attacked Chamberlain
because the latter subOrdnated public TO
personal interests and sacrificed Sir Charles
Dixie 10 personal feeling, adding: Cham
berlain has viewed his (Steads) motives
through the distOrting medium of inOrdinate
egOtism.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
Scene at the IIOrgue.

Two hours after the repOr. OF the pistol
That had sent the souls OF the man and
woman into eternity was heard their bodies
lay stretched ont in the rear room OF the
undertaking establishment of Mccarthy &
DOnnelly. They were lad side by side. but
few Ieet separating them. The features
of the woman looked As though nodded in
wax and there was nothing 10 indicate that
she was not buried in peaceful and
dreamless siumber, excepting the little
stream of blood that still tTickled from her
left ear and dropped 10 the floor. She was
handsome in lie. but beautiful in death.
Above her marble brow clustered the wavv
hair thickly threaded with silver, dressed
i'm a style that indicated il had been her
pride while living. Tie winding sheet that
was thrown back revealed two shoulders OF
alabaster wilderness and faultless mold 10
the morbid gaze OF the curious crowd IN at
gathered around the bier. The man looked
like giant As he lay beside the petite body
Of the victim OF his raShneSS. lie was up
wards of SIX feet in height and fully de-
yelOped. His face. covered with a beard of
but few days growth, wore look OF deter
minatiOn that had not been dissi-
pated by the bullet that crashed through
his brain. 4 low-burning lamp
niled the room with black shadows that
seemed 10 spring from among the long
lows OF ominouS looking collins standing
along the walls like grim sentinels ZealOusly
guarding their treasures. Awed into
silence. the visitors looked down upon the
silent faces and sadly shaking their heads
Withdrew.
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DIR. II. :. GALE.

that he was an embeZZler. Going back to
police headquarters he waited for Rich
to return. He came in little
before o'clock and O'Connor told
him that he would send a telegram To the
district attorney at Cobbleskill for authority
to arrest Gale. As he started to write the
message. Rich said he didn't believe il
would do any good, as the district attorney
might be in New York on business, and
assured the detective that what he had told
him was true and he could prove it. He
then left the station, promising 70 return
later with the proof. Subsequent develop
ments indicate that during the afternoon
Rich found out where Gale and the woman
were stopping, as the next the detectives
heard of him was that he was dead.
THEY MEET.
The first that the runaway couple saw of
Mr.. Rich was at supper in the dining-room
of the Astoria. 1t was somewhere near s
o'clock. DR.. Gale and Fannie Rich. or
Smith, as the doctor called her, had lust
begun their meal, when Rich came in and
walked directly to the table and said to his
wife: Il want TO speak to you. 1 have
found you" The woman made
no reply, and turned her head away,
refusing even to look at him. Or. Gale
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
POSTPONED INITIALS.
Strange Proceedings OF n Young
Man on MaIrimOny-s Brink.

Special to the Globe
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. ga great
deal of gossip has been caused in down
town circles by the strange conduct of
Matte Butler. pretty girl of Is, who dis
appeared with William Ray of Sixth and
Broadway. Miss Rutler was waif, who
was adopted dozen years ago by Mrs.
Margaret Sewell. a venerable and benevO-
lent lady living at 735 Fifth street. The
girl was educated and treated in a kind and
motherly way, and when she concluded to
marry Ray. Mrs. Sewell gave her trousSeau
and $500 in money. The wedding was set for
Wednesday afternoon and the church was
crowded with friends but Ray did not
come for his bride. At last the girl went
to seek him and met him a short distance
away. They had an earnest conference,
fearful on her side, and she went TO Mrs.
Sewell, telling her that Ray had lost the
marriage license and they could not get
married. but that she loved him so well she
intended 10 90 with him. Mrs. SewelPs
entreaties could not move her, and Miss
Butler went out and got into q carriage
with Ray, since which time they have not
haan seen Mrs. Sewen thinks RAY wanted
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
Burned TO Death.

Special TO the Globe
ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 27.-At l o'clock
this morning flames broke out in the frame
factory of WagniuS * SOde~gTen at Holmes
City. containing stock of general mer-
chandise valued nj -, 600; the pOstOffice,
with 4 registered letter containg S115;
the town clerks Office. records, mortgages,
etc, were totally destroyed. In less than
two hours the flames had licked up the en-
tire contents To the very foundation and
roasted to a charred cinder the body of ole
o. SOdergTeH. partner of the firm. prom
Using Young man. - years of age. The
corpse was raked from the ashes in the
cellar Immediately under the writing desk.
He stood where his partner had left him at
10 o'clock writing 10 friends in Sweden.
whom he had left three Years ago. De
ceased was supposed to have been stunned
by the explosion of a lamp and stifled in
the flames before regaining consciousness.
He was a great fayOrite. and the calamity
appalls the town. The insurance on the
merchandise in the store was $1,000.
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a TERRIBLE END.
The Daughter of EN-COngressman
Small Dies of Neglect.

cpeCldl 10 tue OlOOe.
CHARLESTON. 5. c., Feb. 27.-The Pal
mettO Post, published at Beaufort, s. c..
contains the following: Charlotte Williams
u Step-daughter Of Congressman Small, wa
found dead in her bed on Monday mornin :
in Beaufort, under circumstances Of the
greatest poverty and neglect. When her
two little children woke up they found thei I
mother stiff and cold beside them. The
damp apartment in which she was foun u
was in the basement of an old, neglecteu
house with no window paues Il
the sasheS, and the fireplace withou
a spark of fire or cinder, and her only
covering was thin quilt upon a rickety
bedstead and some meager furniture and
tinware about the dirty floor. A bottle of
gin with light wood chips stepped in it, was
at the bedside. The spectacle of poverty
and squalOr as presented TO the jury of in
quest was sickenng. The colOred men
composing the jury were loud in their con-
demnatiOn of Small for his neglect Of her
A verdict was rendered that she came to
her death from want OF attention.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
The Mystery Cleared.

PITTsBUEG, Pa, Feb. 27.-Mrs. Ma
lOney. the midwife, arrested with Mrs.
Meyers on a charge of perjury, in the
Meyers-Bauers baby case, in which both
women claimed the same child as their off
spring, made confession tonight in Jail
acknowledging that Mrs. Bauers was the
mother of the child. The baby was given
to Mrs. Meyers on the testimony OF the
midwife, Mrs. MalOney, VINO says she got
500 as her reward. \ writ of habeas cor
pus will be issued on Monday. and the little
one will be returned TO Mrs. Bauers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
The Clue.

The circumstance that gave Rich the
clue 10 where Gale and his wife were was
rather peculiar. About two weeks ago
Gale and Mrs. Rich went 10 Swems photo
graph gallery for the purpose OF getting
photographs 10 be placed i'm small lOciet
worn by the woman. While there they saw
a young woman by the name of Blanch
Sharer Of COblesbnl. who was here
attending The carnival. Gale and the
woman refused 10 recognize Miss Sharcr al
first, but she would not have 1t 20 this way
and brought herself face 10 face with the
pair and compelled them to speak to her
During the conversation Gale introduced
Mrs. Rich as his wife and they 1mvitcd
Miss SiiaIer 10 take supper with them at
the Astoria. She refused the invitation on tile
plea that She had secured tickets Tor home
anu was 10 leave on the early afternoon
train that day. When she reached COble-
skill, she told the circumstances of her haY-
ing met DR. Call and Mrs. L. ca and a local
paper published a paragraph 10 that effect.
This came 10 the notice ot Rich and a few
days later he started tor ~. Paul.
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He Is POintedIy Referred TO by
outer Tail Farmers.

Special TO the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS, Feb. 27.-At a meeting
of the BuSe Alliance here to-day the follow
NJ resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That certain resolution OF the
Famers' State Alliance of Minnesota, to-wit:
THAT we set forth the declaration OF princi-
piles, not as supplicants at the feet OF power.
but "a free men demanding their rights. we
ask justice not charity. Ii Is adding insult
TO injury 10 plumber a community of millions
of dollars annually and then seek 10 balance
the account with a few beggarly pigs and
hornleSs bulls" is undignified, uncalled for.
and beneath the spirit of any intelli-
gent body of representative farmers
of this state; that. while we are
subjected To grieviOus burdens and unjust
ois -riminItions. and have wrongs that should
and must lie rlghted, yet we are OF the Opin-
ion that no good can be accomplished by pan
derng TO the prejudices OF others or by max
ing our resolutions a vehicle 10 convey the
political spleen OF "A disappointed politician
and demugogue, and We further add that il i
the sense OF this alliance that }. j. Hin. in
distributing superior grades of stock through
cut the state At his own expense. performed
the greatest OF bencvClcnce and kindness ever
done the farmers of this locality, for which
generosity we heartily thank him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28

suggested that if an interview was 10 be had
it had better be up stairs. and the three
went to room No. 20. Here Rich became
very much excited. He said: Il have got
detectives after you all over the country. /
have passes on every road in the country
and would have followed you all over the
earth but would have run you down"
At the request of Rich. DR.. Gale
left the room and man and wife
were left alone for a time. Shortly after
ward DR.. Gale returned, and was again re-
quested 10 leave. Again, and the third
time, he visited the room, and at the third
time the woman said: 1t is all settled.
have agreed 10 give him s.. 900 10 90 away
and not modest us any more
80 that settles it?' said DIR. Gale.
ut does" said the woman.
Then / will see if / can get a room for
YOU for tonight, and will learn when the
train leaves tomorrow" said DIR. Gale.
and he left the room. He went
10 the Office and was told that
the man could have room, and No. was
checked of for him. Dr. Gale was then
looking at a time table, 10 find when the
trains east left, and had not finished when
the boy came into the office and made the
remark quoted at the beginning of this
article. The last words known to have
been spoken by the dead woman were 10
the effect that everything was fixed and
it would be all right.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
She Had Money.

Mrs. Rich possessed considerable prop
erty, owning two large farms near Coble-
skill. According 10 the statement of DIR.
Gale she had practically supported Rich
on one of her farms. and had given him
considerable money, which he had squan-
dered. Some time ago she made a will,
giving all her property to her uncle, J. 5.
Smith, living at Cobleskill, in event of her
death. She has a brother. II. j. Smith,
living at jamestown, y. Y, and a sister,
Mrs. PierSOn. CobIeSkill. with whom she
was very intimate
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
StncI, intI,e Snnrr.

QUEBEC, Feb. 27.-The wind blew q
gale all night, drifting the light snow
which fell yesterday into piles from six to
ten inches in depth. The railways
are all more or less blocked. The
Halifax express, due here last night, is
stuck in eight feet OF snow, with no imme-
date prospects of getting clear. All trains
on the IntercOlonial and tho Quebec Cen
tral railways have been withdrawn. The
Canadian Pacific train, due here at $50 q.
IN, is stuck near the river.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
In Imminent Peril.

STAMFORD, Conn, Feb. 81. - The
steamer Idlewild lies about quarter Of y
mile from Lester Wallack's reside nce
towards the shore on Ferris island. There
is no immediate danger of her breaking up,
but should the wind shift she will be
lost The passengers could not be
taken off until late yesterday afternoon. a
life boat containing six men was blown to
sea before her crew could use their oars,
but a tug boat went 10 their rescue. 1t was
a difficult and perilous task to take t1e
passengers ashore.
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Congressman,s Brother.

DENVER. Col. Feb. 27.-The mangled
body of man was found on the railroad
track near Albuquerque, y. NJ, this morn
ing. His watch was stopped at $50
a. NJ, indicating that he had been run
over by the morning freight train
At the inquest the man proved to be a
brother OF Congressman Baird of Ne
braska. who has been visiting friends near
Albuquerque for some time past. Last
night, il is said. he was intoxicated. and it
Is supposed wandered OFF and went TO sleep
on the track
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
A Foul Deed.

''There is something going on wrong up
stairs, for l just heard a scream and two
pistol shots" said bell boy as he rushed
into the Office Of the Hotel Astoria at few
minutes after o'clock last night. ''My
God! there is trouble in my room" said a
thck-set man with sandy gray mustache,
who heard the remark and at once rushed
out of the Office and up the stairs. This
man was DR.. II. S. Gale, who has been
stopping at the hotel for four weeks. Fol
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
Before the Murder.

The story of the affairs of the three of
which the tragedy of last night was the
outcome is of interest. Theodore Rich had
been married to Fannie Rich some ten
years. and they lived in Cobleskill, N. Y,
q place of about three thousand inhabitants
some fifty miles from Albany. DIR. Gale
was resident. he says. of the same place.
Mrs. Rich had left her husband and her
home and come west with DR.. Gale.