St. Paul daily globe., 1889-11-01
TERSE TELEGRAMS.

Fire in Hull's hall. Lakeville, Ill, yeSter-
day, caused less of $4,000
The United States steamer Bear arrived at
San Francisco from the Arctic last night.
Fire in the coal sheds of the ". E. john
son Coal company at Chicago did damage
estimated at $4,000.
The tug W. c. Tillson burned to the waters
edge on Green Bay yesterday morning. The
crew escaped in their boats. Loss about ST.
600: insurance. $4,000.
William Henry Cressen, cashier Of the
Tradesman's National bank at Conshohock-
ell, Pa. has disappeared with $4,000 OF de-
posits, and the bank has closed its doors.
monument to the memory Of Gen.
Caesar Rodney. one OF DelaWares slgners OF
the Declaration of Independence, was un.
veiled at Dover yesterday in the presence OF
1000 people.
A Santa Fe vestibnle train was wrecked at
CGrrollton, Mo-. yesterday, by broken rail-
Two trainmen were killed and four passen-
gers slightly injured. The damage to the
road is 100000.
Mayor Grant of New York. yesterday
signed the ordinance passed by the board of
aldermen prohibiting the playing of street
bands, organs or other musical instruments
i'll the streets. This makes the act law.
The net result of the chase after Rube
burrows and his partner In Blount county,
Alabama is two dead deputies and one dead
Bloodhound The outlaws have escaped.
The chase has been abandoned ana all hands
have returned home.
The contract for one Of the new cruisers
has been secured by Harrison Loring. of
Sorth Boston, The Quintard Iron Company
Of New York, which bid about the same fig
uresas Loring (S674,U 800, has, 1t is under
stood, withdrawn in his favor.
Inthe criminal court at Scranton, Pa, yes
sterd&y. Patrick White was convicted of rob-
bing Thamas Carroll of a chew Of tobacco.
Conviction would have been impossible had
not White been hard character. who has
frequently figured in criminal trials.
A freight train on the Piltsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago railway ran into the Chi
cago limited express yesterday near Beaver
Falls, Pa. A brakeman named Reeters was
Instantly killed. and Engineer Dougherty and
Fireman Carr fatally injured. All the pas
seBgers escaped injury.
Ben Strawser and Frank Mons. well-known
young men, went coon hunting last night
at Lima, q. They got drink and fought.
Mons struck Strawser on the head, crushing
ii Ike an eggshell. killing him. Mons fled
after seeing the result of his drunken rage.
and has not been apprehended.
Col. william F. Switzler, ex-chfef OF the
national bureau of statistics. is dangerously
i'll at his home in Columbia, Mo. His mental
condiuon IS greatly impaired. He is Dhys-
ically broken down and Is suffering from q
lack OF blood on the brain, induced by over
application. stroke of paralysis is antici-
pated by his physicians.
The ST. Joseph Cannon-ball train, on the
Rock Island road, ran into the rear of the
Denver express at Seneca, ILL.,. last evening.
Wrecking the dining car on the Denver ex-
press and the engine. tender and baggage car
OF the st. Joseph train. Maj. T. G. Gibson.
an unknown lady and the engineer OF the st.
train were quite seriously injured.
Patrick Hughes, a-desperate character, was
fatally shot yesterday at Scranton, Pa. He
entered the house of Martin Schultz and de-
manded money from Sehuitz's twelve year
old daughter, She called to her father, who
attemnted to force the ruttian from the
house. He drew a knife and made muir
derous assault on schultz. who secured
gun and fired two charges into Hughes
body.
A freight train with two engines broke in
two at Port Jervis, N. Y, yesterday, aud
thirty-five cars ran down grade at speed OF
forty miles an hour and into westbound
freight, piling the engine and twenty-four
cars in chatic heap. Samuel j; Sloat flag
man, and Levi Briefly were killed, and j. d.
Fosdick, John c. Briefly and Lee Garrett
seriously injured,
Charles Woodward. the young man who
established himself in Providence, K. l., q
fortnight ago as the Rhode Island Publish
| ing company and advertised for partners,
was arrested yesterday on warrant sworn
out by Abraham Baker, charging him with
| fraud Baker is one of WOodwards part
| ners." and has put $500 into the concern. A
| Boston police inspector wants woodward for
| graver ofenses.
There were rumors Yesterday that the heavy
| drop in cotton oil certificates was due to the
| discovery of an over issue Of stock. and that
| defalcatiou amounting to about S3,OOU,OOO
| had occurred. Both these reports were OH
| ciaIly denied After the close of the market
| the decline was explained by the announce
| ment that Flagler aud Constable, two OF the
| directors, had refused to serve longer on the
| board, and had sold out their stock. The
| stockholders meet to-day for the annual elec-
| ton and some important changes other than
| the two named are expected.