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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
A Husky Coloradoan Fills Two
WOuld-Be Robbers With
Cold Lead.
Thief and Forger Mallery
Run Down by Empire
State Fly Bobs.
Massachusetts Churehmen
Succeed in Unmasking a
Pious Fraud.

WOODSTOCK, Ont, March 17.-The
excitement over the murder of BenwelI
and the arrest of Birchall is, to large
extent, dying out, and the people are
beginning to turn their attention to the
evil system of pupil farming. There
are many here who believe Birchall to
be innocent, and base their belief upon
the fact that some mistakes have been
made as regards his Identification. In
the first place. Conductor Poole and
the train hands are positive that
Birchall and Benwell got off the train
at Eastwood the morning of Monday,
Feb. II, while Station Agent Dunn and
his assistant, Jones, are equally positive
that neither of them got Off there, and
that the gun-caSe referred 10 in Poole's
evidence was not put off there. Jones
Identifies the prisoner as man who
took train for Hamilton during the
lief that Jones is correct when he
states that Birchall did not ap-
pear there during the morning. An
other singular thing is that
on Wednesday, Feb. 10, Pelley
is positive that Birchall was with him
at Niagara Falls. but Fred Millman,
who knows Birchall well. is also posi-
tive that upon the same day he saw
Burchell here. Mrs. Edward Nesbitt is
also positive that she saw Birchall bere
on the same day. The only conclusion
to be arrived at is that Birchall has
double. and that the prisoner will prob
ably have no difficulty in proving an
alibi. Birchall's friends here received
word to-day that Nicholas Murphy. @.
c.. OF Toronto, had been retained by
friends of the prisoner in England to
defend him. Birchall, however, had
not heard of it.
The Chain of Evidence Complete.
WOODSTOCK, Ont, March 17.-De-
tective Murray and Miss Lockhart left
to-day for Princeton. where the body of
Benwell was exhumed for Identification
by Miss Lockhart. 1t will be remem-
bered that Miss Lockhart was on the
train which conveyed Birchall and Ben
we'll to Eastwood on Monday, Feb. II.
She sat two seats behind them and no.
ticed them particularly. Her descrip-
ton of the two men cOincided exactly
with that of the deceased and Birchall.
On arriving at the cemetery in Prince
ton Miss Lockhart viewed the remains
of Benwell and positively identified
them as one of the men whom she saw
on the train. Benwell's body was we'll
preserved. Detective Murray regards
this Identification as very important,
and considers the chain of evidence
against the prisoner as about complete.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
BOODLERS In THE TOLLS.
New York City Officials in Hoe,
Charged With Bribery.

New YORK, March 7.-Deputy Com
missioner of Public Works Bernard L.
Martin was arrested to-day in his Of
fee IN Chambers street, on an indict-
ment found against him by the grand
jury. He is charged with receiving
brbes while in the sheritf's office. when
he was order of arrest clerk, under
Sheriff Grant. He was taken to the
district attorneys Office. Other arrests
will follow. Martin was arraigned be-
fore Judge MARITIME in his private room
of general sessions, and gave bail FOR
$4,000 to appear before Judge FltZ-
gerald on Monday next. The indlct-
ment on which he was arrested was
found by the grand jury on the
testimony of Charles q. FrancK-
lyn and John Notman, of the law firm
OF Butler, SJillmaD u Hubbard. Franck-
lyn was arrested on Oct. 20, 1887. in
suit brought against him by Sir Bache
Cunard, of the Cunard Steamship COM
pany. for So, 900, and locked up III
Ludlow street jail. He claims that
while there, Martin, who was then order
or arrest clerk, received brlbh of s70O
from him for privilege of leaving the
jail every day and consulting with his
lawyers. lulS privilege, He say was
accorded him for eight days. At 80
O'clock Deputy Sheriff Patrick Fitzger-
aid was arrested. The charge against
Deputy FITZGERALD is petit larceny aid
ext0rtion. Fitzgerald belongs to the
First assembly district, Tammany. He
has been three years deputy sheri itf.
Philip Walsh, who was deputy under
Sheriff Grant, was arrested late this
afternoon and held in $4,000 bail. He
is under indictment for bribery.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
VERY FAIR PROMISES.
The New Ministry of France Out
lines Its Programme.

PARIS. March 17.-The- new ministry
has announced the programme which it
intends to pursue. The policy will be
one of active work and political cOncili-
alton. The Republican majority in the
chamber of deputies will be made the
pivot upon which the action of the gov
ernment will turn in the constant effort
to protect the moral, industrial, COM
mercial and economic interests of the
country. Special attention will be de-
voted to the amelioration of the condi-
tion of the labOring classes. In this
connection bill will be brought for
ward empowering pawnbroking. estab-
lishments to make small advances
on easier terms than at present,
and another bill providing for the
better organization of public funds de-
voted to charitable purposes in the
country districts. The endeavOr will
be made to enforce the school laws in
such a manner as not to wound the re-
ligious sentiments of the people. The
budget submitted by M. Rouvier will be
adhered to in its integrity, and no steps
will be taken to impair the cOuntry'S
perfect liberty of action when the pres
ent commercial treaty with Turkey
shall expire In 1892. In enforcing the
military law, pains will be taken to
obviate the interruption of professional
and scientific studies and the pursuit
Ct ecclesiastical careers. Certain stu
dents will be permitted to begin their
military service at the age OF eig ghteen.
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CabletteS.

BERLIN, March 17.-An explosion of
gas to-day caused the collapse of por-
ton of the Kaiser Wilhelm bridge. Sew
eral persons were injured.
The miners regard the socialist agitation
with increased distrust and aversion. Sixty
nine of the 2O9 branches of the Rhenish
Westphalian union have seeded as a pro-
test against the Socialist leaders of that body.
Advices from Dahomey are that reinforce
ments have reached the French garrison at
Kotonon, on the Blight of Benin, which place
is being besieged by the king Of Dahomey's
troops.
The estimates for 1890 were presented in
the lower house of the austrian diet yester-
day. According to these the revenue will be
547, 1868, 7O4 fiorins. and the expenditures
545, 700 florins.
The Cartellers have decided not to present
a candidate for the vacant Berlin seat in the
reichstag. Herren Hinzpeter aud Helldorf
both declined to contest the seat.
Thirteen thousand miners have sent to
Emperor William telegraphic message
thanking him for the good will he has shown
toward workingmen.
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HE WRECKED TWO BANKS.
A Notorious Financier Returns to
Chicago From Abroad.

CHICAGO, March I'D. D. Spencer,
to whose bad management was attrib-
uten the ruin and misery which fol-
lowed the collapse of the Cook County
National bank, and the State Savings
institution, in 1877, arrived in Chicago
yesterday, after an absence Of over
thirteen years. AS banker, Spencer
career is withouta a parallel in the his
tory of Chicago, and almost of the en-
tire country. In the ruin of the inStitu-
tions which collapsed under his man
agement, the savings of many hundreds
of poor people were swallowed up, and
widespread misery and destItutIon
were entailed. AS president of the
State Savings institution, he loaned
immense sums to himself, on prOmis-
sorry notes and worthless paper, with
the result that the institution soon
went down. The Cook County National
bank had failed in the panic of 1878.
Just before the crash OF the State Say
ings' institution, Spencer absconded
and located in Stuttgart, Germany,
where he has lived since that time,
until recently. when he returned to this
country. The indi ctments which were
found against him at the time of the
failure have long been stricken from
the docket.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18

in the American navy" Officers ofthe
ship, the witness said. had frequently
lnterfered with him in the discharge poS
his duty. He also described many acA
of cruelty on the part of the officers
Otto Sundblad. Jack o'the Dust''on the
Enterprise, stated that Christmas time
he was in irons for five days. Once he
broke his irons and jumped overheard,
but was recaptured. Gustavus Zustar-
vinson, water tender, told how at st.
Petersburg he saw Lieut.. Ingersoll at
tempt to knock down two men with
Delaying pin. The men threatened
with a Delaying pin after wards deserted
the ship. He had never in his eighteen
years. previous experience in the navy
seen such INSTRUMENTATION as on the En-
terprise. :.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
ALLOWED TO LEAVE TOWN.
The Mask Torn From Pious
Fraud.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, March IA
pious fraud calling himself George E.
Somer, and claiming to have received
degrees from Yale and Harvard, has
just been exposed by Secretary LotZe,
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. He came here five weeks ago and
introduced himself at the Y. M. G. A.
as a young man who wanted to reform.
He claimed to have received the degree
of NJ. ID. at Yale and the degree of LII.
d. at Harvard, and stated that his med
ical duties had exhausted him, and that
he had given them up to accept posi-
tion as a reporter for the Associated
Press. He was charged With being a
fraud, and this morning confessed. He
gave up some of his personal property
to paw his debts and was allowed to
leave town.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18

mass of brick, iron and mortar are try
ing to eXtricate man whose face,
bloody and bruised. appears just above
the debris. He is supposed to be Walter
Jones. a pipman. His feet are caught
literally piled with StimulantS to keep
him alive. Underneath him is another
man who is supposed to be dead. The
scenes at the fire headquarters this
evening have only been exceeded in
pathetic interest by those at the homes
cf the dead fremen. Old men, fathers
of the young men who lost their lives;
wives, mothers and children of the dead
and living have crowded into the room
seeking information of their loved ones
and, getting none, have rushed to the
scene of fire, and by
Their Frantic Appeals
have made doubly arduous the work of
those endeavoring to get at those inn
prisoned beneath the ruins. The first
ambuIances to leave the scene of the
fire carried the remains of the first four
men taken from beneath the fallen
floors. They were followed by an i'm
promptu procession of carriages. wagons
and pedestrians, and proceeded first to
the undertaking establishments and
then to the homes of the deceased, where
in two instances their coming gave
the first intimation of the SOr-
row that had fallen on the home.
The cause of the loss of life is as yet
not quite apparent. During the two
hours and half during which the fire
was burning there had been scarcely
flame visible to the spectators in the
ctrppfc ann 1llnUS thnnuh tho UnInmn nf
smoke had been 50 deuse as to utterly
obStruct the vision. About 5 O'Clock
the first entrance to the building was
made by the tiremen, who had previ-
ously been held back by the dense
smoke issuing from within. Then
ladders were raised from the front
and rear of the building, and
the building literally swarmed
with firemen. The crowds in the street
began to disperse, and everybody con-
Sidered the fire practically eXtinguiShtd,
when there was a sudden crash, and the
whole building except the Washington
street front fell in with crash. Fire
men were on each of the three floors and
the roof, and they were. of cOulse. car
ried down in the collapse. 1t would
seem that the building had been insutfi-
GENTLY tied to those on either side of it.
and that the flames ate a hole in the
center, letting the whole cave in. A
fund has already been started for the
Relief of the Injured
firemen and the families of those who
are dead which has already reached the
total of $1,000. Mayor Sullivan issued
a proclamation calling for subscriptions.
The coroner has been investigating and
mil hnI TO a
Bowen Merrill company carried a stock
valued at S125, 900. on which there was
an insurance of S7O,OO0. The building
was owned by Silas Il. Bowen, and the
loss on that will be $4,000. FL. ?.
Wasson, dry koods, suffered a loss of
$4,000 by smoke and water, and Byran
q Sullivan, dry goods, half that amount.
Several smaller stocks are badly dam
aged Bowen & Merrill have secured a
new location, and will reopen for bnsi-
ness in few days. Col. Sam Merrill,
of the firm, is the newly appointed con-
sui general at Calcutta, and was to have
left for his post tomorrow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
CAREERS CUT SHORT.
Two Yale Students Meet Death
by Drowning.

Two Yale Students Meet Death
by Drowning.
New HAVEN, Conn, March 1.-THE
bodies of two Yale students, Edwin
Rowe Jr., member of the senior sci
entific class, and Jarius Kennan,
member of the freshman scientific class,
were washed ashore at West Haven
to-day. Yesterday morning they hired
a small sail boat and went to Milford,
about eight miles down the sound.
They started for home about O'Clock
in the afternoon, against strong wind
and heavy sea. They managed to
work up to the entrance to this harbor,
where their boat was dashed againstthe
breakwater and the young men were
thrown out and drowned. Rowe is
son of Broker Edwin Rowe, of this city,
and Kennau, who resided with Supt.
Shepard, of the New York & New
Haven road, is the son of Western
railroad superintendent residing at Pine
Bluff, Ark,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
saowERED WITH BRINE.

Commander McCalla's Brutal
Method of Treating a Wounded
Seaman.
NEW YORK. March 17.-The McCalla
court of inquiry was again in session
to-day. Sergeant Calkins toldof the cut
ting down of Walker, as has been al
ready detailed, with the change that
salt water was thrown over Walker after
he had been struck down instead of
before that. At Stettin several men
Jumped the ship" One of the men in
attempting to return to the ship was
drowned. The men who returned to the
ship were put in irons in the forecastle.
In one instance the witness stated that
seaman was put in straight jacket
and when he (witness) went his rounds
again the jacket was all cut to
shreds. The man said, when asked
how it was done. mo American
seaman can be put in straight jacket
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
THEY THWARTED NATURE.

Social Leaders Convicted of NAL
practice and Sent Up.
LONDON. March ia tremendous
sensation has been created in Berlin by
the sentence of professional midwife
to seven years. Imprisonment and the
imposition of sentences of various de-
grees of severity upon several ladies of
high families who were proven to have
employed her to aid them in thwarting
nature by malpractice. When the
woman was arrested some time ago,
strong efforts were made on behalf of
her patrons to prevent her case from
coming to trial, but they were unavail-
ing, chiefly because of the indignant
protests of agitatOrS against discrmina-
ton in administration of the laws in
favor of the rich.
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A Badger Medic in Trouble.

Special to the Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, March H.
DR.. E. Z. Nussle, physician of long
residence in this city. was arrested to-
night charged with having committed
AN abortion on young Norwegian girl
named Simpson, of this city. The abor-
ton. it is alleged, was performed some
two weeks ago, the young girl conceal
ing the child in trunk until last Fri
day, when she slowed it away in gut
ter on one of tine principal streets,
where it was discovered the following
day. 1t is not known who her betrayer
is. The girl claims that he lives in this
stOry is doubted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
STEADILY WIDENING.
The Crevasse at Raleigh Will
Flood Northern Louisiana.

VICKsBURG. March 1.-THE river
here fell four inches in the past forty
eight hours. The river is falling for
distance of twenty miles above and fifty
miles below Raleigh crevasse, which is
steadily widening, and was 1000 feet
vide this morning. The flood will sub
merge the fairest portion of North
Louisiana. Steamers are now removing
stock from Tensas parish, and in locali-
ties reached by rail removal is the older
of the day. The Queen & Crescent au-
thorities expect their Shreveport divis-
ion to be flooded at Delta in few days.
Water is also showing up at Lake One.
The damage by the crevasse will be inn
mense, though stock will undoubtedly
be saved for the most part. The tug
Parker left for the crevasse this morn
ing. Rumors of a crevasse at Bolivar
Landing, Miss, and one at Milliken's
Bend. La, were current this morning,
but are authoritatively denied, and un-
dOubtedly were false. The Raleigh
crevasse has relieved all anxiety for the
time being.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
SOLID WITH THE GOVERNOR.
North DakOta's Executive APP
points His Friends to Office.

Special to the Globe
BISMARCK, N. D., March 17.-Gov.
Miller sent the following nominations
to the senate to-day: Board of regents
state university, W. I'll. Roach. Lari-
more; S. w. Mclaughlin, Grand Forks;
A. l.. Hanson, Hlllsboro, to 1898; G. E.
Heiss, Vallev City, to 1891. Insane hos
pital, II. Il. Porter, Bismarck; N. K.
Hubbard. Fargo; Knute Thompson,
CooperstoWn, to 1898; Frederick Clark.
Jamestown; James Buchanan. Rio,
to 1891. Penitentiary, j. r. Smith.
Mapleton: w. A. Johnson, Oriska;
George W. Newton, Bismarck, to 1898;
Ii. A. Schday, Carrington, A. M. Pack
ard, MandaD, to 1891. Agricultural col
lege, o. W. Tramis. Fargo; b. M. Up
son, Buxton; j. B. Power, Glendale;
Nj. J. SandersOn, Edgely; j. d. Wal
lace, Drayton. Normal school at May
Vile. E. NJ. Paulson, Mayville;
Charles McKirsick, Mayville; J. A.
kesberg, Caledonia: j. M. Coch-
rane, Grand Forks; w. e. Higbee,
Valley City: o. P. Emerson, Waller
CITY; j. H. Whitsher, Valley City; N.
G. Gushing, Valley City; ii. J. Mallery.
Ludden; L. o. Lundeby, Academy of
Science; W. P. Adams. Wahpeton;
Juthern V. Babcock, Farlnan. Soldiers
home, G. B. Winship. provisional COM
mander; j. III. Miller, WahpetOn; r. NJ.
Davis, Lisbon; w. A, Bently, Bismarck;
r. Nageant, Grofton. State board
of equalization, Charles Freeman,
Thompson; w. L. Steel, ROlla; }. j.
Wam6erg. Hope; K. q. Hagen. Wal
colt: E. o. Elleson. La MOure; H. l..
Dickinson, Dickinson; oil inspector. w.
J. Anderson, Grand Forks; superin-
tendent board of health, DR.. j. Il. Mills
paugh, Park River; state board of agri-
culture, E. NJ. Prouty, Grand Forks; f.
III. Thursby. Tower; Thomas Elliott,
Elliott; |. C. Wade, jamestown; X. ID.
Glasgow, CasseltOn; Oscar Ward, Bis
marck. The appointments make sweep
ing changes i'm the boards. The senate
will consider them tomorrow.
All Will Be Rejected.
Special to the GLOBE.
BISMARCK, n. D.. March 17-At this
hour, 1l:45 p. m, it can be positively
stated that none of the appointments
made by Gov. Miller will be confirmed.
and that all matters pertaining thereto
will be considered In open session with
out secrecy Seven of the appointments
were made by Winship from his district.
Barrett's report of Hamlin's attempt
to shoot Mckenzie is generally accepted
as true, but Hamlin is regarded by
some as would-be assassin, ,and may be
brought back on a requistion.
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Only a Family Quarrel.

LIMA, March I7.-El Comerico pub
fishes an article expressing the great
indignation felt by the public at the ex-
aggerated reports published abroad re-
garding the political disturbance at
Huanta, which is village of no i'm
portance near the savage regions in the
interior, and where no foreign inter-
ests exist. The quarrel was limited to
two families. who took the occasion of
the electoral contest to give vent 10
their long-standing personal animosity.
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Wheat Thief sherman on Trial

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 17.-The trial
of Stephen F. Sherman for grand lar
ceny in the first degree in connection
with the elevator frauds was begun iri
the criminal term of the supreme court
officially charged with stealing $3.50
bushels of grain, the property of the
Buffalo Elevator company. The work
of obtaining a jury occupied the morn
ing session, and when completed the
court took recess.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
THE STRIKERs MUST WIN.
They Have Plenty of Funds and
Determined Leaders.

LONDON, March 1.-THE concessions
granted to their employees by the smaller
mine owners have had the effect to
greatly weaken the position of those re-
manning out by reducing the aggregate
number of strikers, and consequently
detracting from the enor nous impOr-
tance of the movement. Nevertheless
the estimates made by the employers
themselves show that upwards of 150.-
900 men constitute the fighting force
confronting them, and the fact that
this formidable body is we'll supplied
with funds and determined and able
leaders is also taken into consideration
as evidence that the struggle must end
in a compromise or victory for the men
after bitter fight and, perhaps, blood
shed. That this view is taken by the
masters is abundantly shown by their
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
Murdered by Three Tramps.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, March IA. S.
Henry, proprietor of general store and
agent and operator for the Nickel Plate
railroad at Harrisburg, was shot and ln-
stantly killed tonight by three un-
known tramps. They entered the store,
evidently with the purpose of robbery,
but the shooting alarmed the neighbors,
and the tramps fled without taking any
thing. Armed men are searching the
country, but no trace Of the murderers
has yet been found.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
THIEF AND FOnGER TOO.
A Shrewd Syracusan Run Down
by Detectives.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 17.-Louis
P. Mallory, a college graduate and
formerly secretary OF Pennsylvania
mining company, is under arrest
here for being connected with a
band of thieves who have been
operating in railroad stations.
Their scheme was to exchange the
checks on trunks and then claim and
carry off the baggage. Mallory is also
wanted at Elmira for forgery. Friday
night the band broke into several cloth
ing stores at Auburn, and Edward Will
son, one of the thieves, is under arrest
there Mallory's father is largely in
terested in coal mines, and lives at
WilkeSbarre Pa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
HUNGARY's ATTITUDE.
The New Ministry Will Adhere to
Ex-Premier TisZa's Plans.

PEsTH, March l7.--In the lower house
of the Hungarian diet to-day Count Won
Szapary, the new prime minister, stated
that the new Hungarian cabinet. taking
Its stand upon the compromise effected
between Austria and Hungary in 1867.
would adhere to the foreign policy
which had been pursued by the govern
ment since 1878. including the triple al
lance. The cabinet. he said, would
pursue rational economic policy. and
would seek to develop the existing pro-
gramme of the Liberal party. No mod
ization law. Count Apponyi, the leader
of the opposition, announced that he
and his party would, as far as possible,
support the cabinet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-18
A Wolverine Nabbed.

HILLsDALE, Mich, March IFS. W.
Yeagley, the defaulting clerk of this
county. who left here February s, has
been captured by Sheriff Baker and is
now lodged in Jail here. The sheriff re-
ceived word that Yeagley was in Chi
cago and left for that city, On arriving
there he discovered that his man had
Just gone to Canada, where he caught
him. Yeagley stole 5000. s