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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
WATER EVERYWHERE,
Business on Cincinnati's River
Front Paralyzed by
the Flood.
At Louisville the Raging Ohio
Is Away Above the DAN
ger Line.
If the Skies Do Not Weep the
Streams will Quickly
Subside,
Embezzier Walton Effects q
Compromise With the Pa
cific Express.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 2s.-At 10
O'clock tonight the river at this point
was Sc feet 615 inches and rising at the
rate of half an inch per hour. 1t is
falling from the source as far down as
Portsmouth, Ohio, tonight, where
1t is stationary. Below Ports
mouth to the mouth of the
Kentucky river, it is either rising very
slowly or stationary. The rain last
night affected only the tributaries of
the lett watershed. Cool weather, which
is here. and seems likely to be here for
two days, will offset all increment to
the flood from these rivers. Under eX-
listing conditions the river at this point
is not likely to reach tifty-seven
feet, and by tomorrow midnighu
it will probably be stationary:
by Sunday will be falling slowly,
and on Monday and Tuesday will go
down very rapidly. All this is condi-
toned upon exemption from heavy
rain in the Ohio valley during the next
two or three days. The interruption of
business by the present food is COM
plete in so far as the river trade is con-
cerned. The steamers cannot pass
under the suspension bridge, nor can
they receive or deliver freight. There
is little or no interruption of railroad
traffic with the single exceptions that
TRANSFERS CANNOT BE MADE
by the Front street connection track
between the east and the west end.
This is trifling, however, as a belt rail-
way around the northern and eastern
part of the city answers the same pur-
pose, though the route is longer. The
most exposed railways have since the
great floods of 1858 and 1884 raised the
grade OF their roadbeds so as to be able
to stand a much greater rise than
formerly without Inconvenience.
All the great foods in the Ohio
except that Of December, 1917, have
been in February or very early in
March. A stage OF fifty-four feet yirtu-
ally stops river navigation. LII the last
twenty years it has been fifty-fye feet
high in 1870, in 1875 and in 1882; it
reached IS feet inches in 1886; SIS feet
inches, aud in 1887 SO feet 3 inches.
The great rise of February, 1888, was sc
feet inches. and that OF 1854 was II
feet and q inch. These two great
floods damaged property very great
ly. ALI the smaller floods only
wash out property that expects to be
flooded at rise of f0rty-five feet and
upwards. The higher the rise above
this figure the more extensive the wash
out. The present stage Of water creates
no sensation here. More than half the
men in business within two squares of
the river never 90 to see it. There is
nothing il any way out of the ordinary
about it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
OUININE DID 1T.

The dispatches few days ago re-
lated that Rev. DR.. LoRING, of Chicago,
one of the most distinguished theolo-
gians of the country, in lecture in
Massachusetts had startled and shocked
his audience by very Incorporate and
vituperative denunciationS of another
religious school. The explanation fol
lowed q little later that the gentleman
claimed to have acted under the in
fluence of quinine. 1t was insisted that
it was not strongly mixed with alcoholic
inspiration, as might be presumed in
the case of less religious classes. 1T
Bob INGERsoLL should indulge in such
an episode. the quinine would not suffer
in popular estimation as now. No
other instance is recalled where this
anti-grip tonic has perpetrated such a
trick on the consumer. Int0XicantS
have the reputation Of inducing flow
of speech from the heart. Could the
Quinine have done this sort of work, or
was the un-ChriStian mallgnity absorbed
with the drug? AS a matter of ethical
security, as well as in the interest of
science, the case should be investigated
and the fact determined whether the
badness is III the quinine, or does that
merely bring out what exists in the
clerical and moral anatomy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

lucky. He has "a wide acquaint-
and has spent considerable of his
time In attending receptions. parties
and other society events. There had
been long-standing i'll feeling between
Kincaid and Taulbee, without any def
mite cause being generally known.
This was aggravated two years ago by
Kincaid sending the Louisville Times,
for which be was correspondent, an &C.
count of unbecoming conduct between
Taulbee and female clerk In the pat
ent office.
81 HAS HOSTS OF FRIENDS.
Mr.. Kineaid was seen by reporter
about o'clock this evening at the New
Jersey avenue police station. He had
Gus excitement which he had exhibited
at the time of the shooting. He re-
ceived the sympathies and offers of as
siStance which his many callers eX-
tended with perfect compOsure and
evident thankfulness. A friend who
called early in the evening assured
Mr.. Kincaid that he would be
pleased to qualify as one of
his b0ndsmen In case he was
needed. This friend also stated that he
brought message from Senator Voor-
bees to the effect that in case his serv-
ices as counsel were needed at the trial
he could count upon them. In obedi-
ence to instructions from Judge G. Nor
ris Smith, wellknown lawyer Of this
city who was immediately retained to
conduct his defense, Mr.. Kincaid de-
cIined to make any statement for pub
LEGATION further than to say that the
statement which has gained some cur
rency that he approached Mr.. Taulbee
from behind and fired without giving
him any warning was absolutely false,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
THE rAR1EE ON SUGAR.

The sugar question is one that prom
Uses much trouble for the refOrmerS
who proposed to revise the tariff on pro-
tective principles. The assumption
that sugar was an alien product only,
or so nearly SO as not to be in the pro-
tective range, made it easy to assign it
a position near the free list. The fact
that some sugar was grown in the
Democratic state of Louisiana was a
trivial consideration. But now Re
pubicanS are claiming that they have a
promising infant industry in beet sugar
in Kansas, Nebraska and other sections.
They insist that no slashing cut or APP
prOach to free trade shall be had with
this production. From the protective
standpoint their claims are very strong.
1t is true the infant has not ap-
preached the weaving stage in the
twenty-five years that more or less of
experiment has been had, but revival
of effort is had now. The result will be
that there will probably be very little
reduction on sugar proposed in the Re-
publican tariff bill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
HALVES, NECK BROKEN.
The Birmingham Murderer Con-
fesses on the SCaffOId.

The Birmingham Murderer Con-
fesses on the Scaffold.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Feb. 2S.-Dick
Halves was hanged to-day for the muir
der of his wife and children. The drop
fell at three minutes TO l O'clock. His
neck was broken and death was easy.
The little jailyard was packed to suffo-
cation, and many vino had tickets failed
to get in. On the streets outside, thou
sands of people stood in the rain wait
ing, though they could see nothing.
Before the black cap was adjusted,
Halves spoke briefly. He called a news
paper man, shook hands with him and
forgave him for all his statements
against him. He then handed an Age
Herald man written confession and
asked that it be published. He stated
that he was guilty and suffered justly :;
that whisky add bad woman had
brought him to this, and he warned
young men against following in his foot
steps. His written confession would
tell the rest. DR.. Purser offered a
prayer. The drop fell and all was over.
Up stairs, in the court house. just seven
minutes after HAYES fell, while he was
swinging in the air, jury brought IN a
verdict of guilty against Ben Ely, for
the murder of j. w. Meadows, and
fixed tue punishment at death.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
SUMMARY JUSTICE.
A Negro Ravisher Hanged and
Riddled With Bullets.

ATHENS. Ga, Feb. 2S.-Brown Wash
ington, the negro who was arrested for
criminalIy assaulting and numbering the
little nine year-old niece of Alfred Hor-
ton, near Madison, confessed his crime
when taken before the corOner's jury
Yesterday. In his confession he told
how he had accomplished his design,
and when the little one pleaded for her
life he cut her throat with his dull
pocket knife. So intense was the feel
ing that the jurors could hardly refrain
from violence. There was soon formed
a band of cool but determined men. and
the sheriff knew it would be hard to
keep them at bay. AT 8 o'clock last
night the mob succeeded in forcing the
jail and dragged the prisoner ost. The
crowd carried the doomed negro down
the railroad track one and half miles
towards Augusta, and told him to pre-
pare for death. They placed rope
around his neck and swung him up to a
telegraph pole. The revolvers in the
crowd were discharged rapidly and the
negro's body riddled with bullets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
ASSAULTED BY A TRAMP.
n Connecticut School Marin Way
laid by q HObOe.

AaIu Dy hODOes
WATERBURY, Conn.,, Feb. 29.-Miss
Lizzie COwan, OF Middlebury, aged
twenty, handsome and popular school
teacher, was brutally assaulted while
on her way from school, just after dark
last night, and her injuries are believed
to be serious. She was first struck with
a large stone Oh the side OF the head and
then grabbed from behind and thrown
to the ground She made bold fight
for over thirty minutes before she was
overcome. She lay by the roadside I'M
conscious for about two hours, then
dragged herself to the home of Henry
Atwood, where DR.. AXtell, Of this city,
and DR.. De Forrest were summoned.
Her throat was gaShed as if with knife :;
her skull badly bruised by the stone;
her body was covered with bruises and
her clothing torn to shreds. After regain
ing consciousness she could not identify
her asSailant, she said, but after one
Dan Webster, worthless fellow, who
had been idliug about town, was arrest
ed on suspicion, she positively identified
him by his voice. There is much eX-
element in Middiebury over the assault.
Webster has confessed to the terrible
deed. aud was tried to-day aud bound
over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
ADMIT THE TERRITORIES.

1t is predetermined that Idaho and
Wyoming shall be admitted to state
hood during the present congress. Why
not make a clean sweep of territorial
admission by admitting the three re-
naming territories? We have closed
the first century of our NATIONAL exist
ence. and surely 10y this time the repub-
lie ought to have attained the full stat
IRE of manhood. Arizona and New
Mexico are about as well qualified for
statehood as either Idaho or Wyoming,
and a good deal better qualified than
Nevada, and perhaps, some others that
have been admitted within recent years.
Mormonism in Utah is no longer the
bugbear that it formerly was, and posi-
bly, there's nothing more to fear from that
source in Utah than in Wyoming. 1t is
certain that congress can admit Utah
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
WALTON ESCAPES PRISON.
The Pacific Express EmbezzleI
COMPROMISES With the Company

The Pacific Express Embezzler
Compromises With the Company.
ST. JOSEPH. n. B., Feb. 2S.-The
greatest surprise in the Walton case
was given to-day. When the court
opened John Kerr, counsel for the
Montreal detectives. the Pinkert0n
detectives and the Pacific EX
press company, arose and Informed
the Judge that he had carefully examined
the information against Walton and the
authorities governing the same, and
was prepared to admit that the norma
ton was faulty, and consequently the
warrant was of no avail. The only
thing, Mr. Kerr said. for the Judge to do
was to issue an order for WatOn's dis
charge. Judge Palmer said he was
glad Mr.. Kerr was satisfied such was
the case, for his (the judges own mind
was not SO clear on the subject. The
Judge then directed DR.. Award to draw
up two copies of an order for the dis
charge of Walton and submit them to
him. The surprise was great when
the court was finally adjourned and
no mention was made of the serious
statement brought out at yesterdays
proceedings and strongly condemned
ton of bringing all persons concerned
before him. The order for the dis
charge of the prisoner was made, and
at 2:15, i'll the presence of all
the detectives and express officials
and the prisoners father and lawyer,
Walton was given his liberty 10y the
chief Of police. All the money and
other property taken from him when ar
rested was returned to him. When the
package of money was returned. f. w.
Walton, the father of the emOezzler,
stepped up and said: erred, in the
presence of these witnesses. you give
this to me-" and Fred replied: II
do" Walton, the express men
and the detectives then returned
to the Dutferin hotel. and all the par
ties, including young Walton, left the
city this afternoon. The collapse of the
proceedings was due to a compromise.
Although the terms are kept secret it
Is alleged that guarantee has been
given that all further prosecution will
be stopped, and the express company
only lose about $4,000, the rest being re-
turned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

IT IS found that the clowns and pro-
fessional humorists are specially liable
to insanity. 1t is matter of discussion
whether this is due to cosmetics and in
ternal irrigrants, or the natural result
of constant strain in one direction.
1t snot, however, believed that news
paper wits need feel much alarm, what
ever the case with their readers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
F'lJR}S !!

Now is the time to
buy if you want a bar
gain. We have a pref
ty good assortment
yet, which you can
buy from us at prices
that will make it well
worth your while, in
stead Of waiting till
next fall. We have
some ten or a dozen
Seal Sacques that, if
any Of them will fit
you, you can buy at
$l25 to $3.50, that are
worth $3.50 to $3.50.
1t might pay you to
come and see what
you CAN do now in
Furs.
Out-Of-tOwn orders and in
quiries receive our prompt
and careful attention, and
tickets will be sent on every
purchase just the same as if
customers were in our store.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
WOMEN ARE SO FOOLISH.
A Deserted " lie Claims a Pris-
oner as Her Hubby.

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. ga woman
aged forty-fve years, giving her name
as Elizabeth Bassett. residing at 2l4
Elm street. this city, presented herself
to Justice Stephens in the police court
this afternoon claiming to be the wife
OF John Melville Bassett, who is now
charge of betraying the young girl.
Tesse Covert. of that village, who is
dying from the effects of criminal
operation. She said she was mar
ried to BasSest fifteen years ago. He
lived with her but three years, their
home being in Poughkeepsie, when he
deserted her and her little babe. She
has not seen nor heard from him since.
She was left pennileSs, but by much
hard labor has since managed to sup
herself and child.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
HALFAN INCH AN HOUR.
That Is the Rate of tue Rise in
Water at louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 2S.-The river
is still rising here about half an inch an
hour. 1t has forced number of manu-
featuring establishments on the river
front to shut down. The total rise
since morning is about seven inches.
1t has stopped raining and turned quite
cold. and fall of the water is expected
soon. Early this morning big raft
broke loose in the upper part of the city
and drifted down upon the caiSsons of
the new bridge. The upper parts of
two of these were borne away, and upon
one of them Foreman Williamson and
five men, who had gone out to anchor
the casSOn. For a short time they
were in great danger of going over
the falls, but the wreck ran aground
and was quickly reached by skitfs with
stout cables and fastened till it could be
lowed ashore. Railroad communication
is being re-established. The Ohio d
Mississippi is running trains as usual
between here and Cincinnati. Its Off
Gals report that they have not missed a
connection on account of flood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
ABOVE THE DANGER LINE.
Cairo's Levees, However, Supposed
to Be hmnregnabie,

CAIRO. H.. Feb. 2S.-The river here
rose one foot in the twenty-foIr hours
ending this evening, marking forty-oue
feet two-tenths OH the gauge, or one
foot two-tenths above the danger
line. 1t is now pouring over its
natural banks into the bottoms, but
Cairo's levees are still fifteen feet above
tO-night's flood line, and are impreg-
nabIe. There is one continued sheet of
water from Birds Point, Mo-, just
across the river from here, all the way
to the Arkansas state line, distance Of
seventy miles, along the st. Louis,
Arkansas 81 Texas RAILROAD. All the
small steamers and tugs in the harbor
are busy saving the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

CALIFORNIA has in twenty-four
years increased its wine product from
100000 to 15,4OO,OOO gallons. nearly all
of which is consumed in this country,
either as domestic or foreign wine. The
congressman from that state ask to
have the internal revenue tax on grape
brandy repealed. This would probably
result in nearly all the wine being
turned into brandy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
SUSPENDED for Marrying.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. ga. NJ.
Criner, of Pittsburg, theological
student of the Allegheny, Pa, SEM
mary, but now doing missionary work
in Dakota, has been suspended by
the Wooster, o.. presbytery, by which
he was licensed to preach. Criner. al
though engaged to be married to Miss
Cora Goodhart, of Wooster, welded
Dakota woman. hence his suspension.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
The Dam Will lie Built.

ptCIHI Cll6
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Feb. 26.-The
Great Falls Water Power and Townsite
company announces that owing to the
failure of the lowest bidder to file his
bond the company will build the dam
at Black Eagle Fails Itself, under the
direction of Engineer Tanning. OF st.
Paul. 1t will cost $3.50, 900 and will be
completed this year. A deal was closed
to-day that gives Preston King, OF Min
neapolis, over $4,000 worth of Great
Falls property.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

IT SEEMS that those South Dakota
Legislators got credit mark little too
soon. They did not pass the bill to ap-
propriate half their salaries for the ben
eft of the needy. They concluded that
they were the needy ones, and laughed
at the man who wanted to practice such
wholesale benevolence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

THE legislature of Virginia has passed
bill that operates to shut out Chicago
dressed beef, and it is proposed to retail
late by boycotting Virginia tobacco and
cigarettes. The subject is likely to
come up in congress, as a bill has been
introduced. But as against beef and
tobacco, the latter is likely to win.
People can get along without beef.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
THE STORY OF "A DAY,
Sioux Falls has a SI4, 900 fire.

Sioux Falls has 1000 hre.
London's scandals are revived.
Paulsen, the skater fails In the cigar bust
ness.
Silcott is said to have been captured in Or
egon.
Halves, the Birmingham murderer, Is
hanged.
Needham and Kerrigan fight 100 rounds
without result
The big flood blocks business on Cincin-
nati's water front,
A Georgia negro ravsher is hanged and
Tiddled with bullets.
Tax title cases involving $1,000 600 are
settled in Minneapolis.
The dfty-seven Minnesota national banks
have a capital.of $14, 500, 800.
Washington correspondent shoots ex-
Congressman Taulbee of Kentucky.
The Milwaukee makes a big cut in rate S
from Chicago TO Missouri river points.
n st. Paul husband wants a divorce be-
cause his wife chased him with Ratchet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
A Chilly Surprise

OUtCIHI 10 ING UIUUt.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 2S.--A singular
accident happened this afternoon as an
Omaha freight was pulling into the
yard. A fiat ear loaded with ice crossed
the switch and large cake of ice left
the car and went thirty feet In the air
and cut through the side of frame
boarding house, carrying the window
ana frame with it and smashing the
tablS, at which woman was sitting.
No Sne was injured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

RUSSIA has received the largest gun
in existence, and will mount it at Cron-
stadt. 1t is of cast steel. and weighs 255
tons. Its length is 10 feet, and the
greatest diameter 61z feet. 1t can be
fired twice minute, and carries II
miles, but each shot costs from Sl,25O to
$1,000. 1t is too expensive for any poor
man to have.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Died at a Ripe Age.

Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,. MIMI, Feb. 2S.-Rey. A.
FL. Kerr, of this city, former steward of
the second hospital for the insane, died
last night. His death resulted from
pIeuro-paralysis. He was about seventy
years of age.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Thousands for Charity.

New HAVEN, Conn.,, Feb. 2s. The
contest over the will of the late Ellen
NJ. Clifford, who left an estate valued at
100000, has been settled by compro-
mise, which allows $250.U0C to be devoted
to charitable purposes at the discretion
of the aYRcntOrS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Leyees Hard Pressed,

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 2S.-The levees
in the Lake Providence district are
hard pressed. but still holding, and as
the mercury fell to the freezing point
to-day at Lake Providence, it is hoped
that the rise in the Mississippi may be
checked. It is reported that two whites
and negro were killed last night just
over the Arkansas state line for at
tempting to cut levees.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Jury Fixer Grabam in MEXICO.

CHICAGO. FeD. 2S.-WilIiam A. Pink
erton, of the Plnkerton Detective
agency, says that while in Houston,
Tex, a few days ago, he met Dan
Sweeney, gambler, formerly Of Chi
cag0, who told him that he had seen
Johnny Graham, the alleged CrOnin
jury briber, in the mines in Chihuahua,
Mexico, recently.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
STOCK DYING BY HUNDREDS
Herds In Idaho Perish From the
Gold.

GENEsEE. Idaho, Feb. 2S.-Wednes-
day morning the thermometer fell to
~ deg. below zero. c. B. Moore, COM
mercial traveller from Chicago, had his
ears frozen; Samuel Bramhart, Of
San Francisco, another commerce.
traveller, had his nose and ears badly
frozen. Stock are dying by the hun
dreds.
AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 28.-A norther
prevailed last night, the mercury fall
ing to 20 deg. above zero. Vegetation was
greatly damaged and the loss to farmers
is heavy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Plantations Submerged.

V1cKsBURe, Miss. Feb. ga priv
ate levee in Oak Bend, fifteen miles be.
low Vicksburg, and on the Mississippi
side, was broken by the storm Thurs.
day afternoon. The 7. J. Williams and
Newton Landing plantations are totally
overlooked in consequence, and Oak
Beud. Diamond and Freeland's planta-
tions are partly inundated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Must Wait Till June.

Special to the Globe.
HASTINGS. Feb. 2S.-The prelim mary
examination in the case of Murderer
Sommers has been waived by h at
tOrney. E. G. Stringer. and the young
man will be bound over to await the
action of the grand jury next June.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

GERMANY is cited as protective
tariff country, and it does levy duties
upon vast number of articles. but ex-
cepts the raw materials used in the
manufactures. That is wherein it
differs from the monopoly protecting
tariff of this country.