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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
NOT IDENTIFIED.
'SamI O. Posen's" Trial Very
UnSenSatiOnaI.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.-The trial Of
NJ. B. Gusts, the actor, for the murder
of Police Officer Grant, was resumed to-
day. A number of witnesses testified
to being in the vicinity at the time of
the killing and hearing shots fired, and
James Creighton, barkeeper: Joseph
Denny, extra man III the fire depart
ment, and George HentZ, compositor,
testified to seeing man run away from
the spot where Grant was killed. The
night was dark, however, and while
they obtained general description of
the fugitive they stated on the witness
stand to day that they could not posi-
lively identify Curtis as the man.
One OF the most important witnesses
today was Mamie Holden. aged seven
teen. who resides just across the street
from where Grant was killed. She tes-
titled that she had been sitting up with
her sister entertaining company. Il
heard two men talking loudly and then
scuffiing." she said. Il then heard
shots and saw flashes. One seemed to
be on a level; the second flash was
pointed downward and the last flash
was upward in the air. At the time of
the shooting L saw something bright in
the hand Of the man who ran away
The body of the dead man lay in the
street until the patrol wagon took it
away. L saw man brought back to the
station. but could not describe him."
On croSS-eXaminatiOn she stated that
she witnessed the men seuffiing through
a closed window, but that she raised
the sash after the shots were fired. The
noise outside was the first thing that
attracted her attention.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
The Rain-Making in India.

According to the Times, of India, Mr..
Woite-M urray's rain-making expert
ments in Madras have been attended by
a success so remarkable as to suggest
the occurrence of singularly fortuitous
coincidence rather than a triumph of
science over nature. The center chosen
for the experiment was Cuddapah. where
the rainfall is always scanty, and neither
kites nor balloons being available, the
dynamite was put on ridge of fiat rocks
2,400 feet above sea-level and couple of
hundred feet above the plain. A hun
dred pounds Of dynamite were used in
all, ten packages of ten pounds each be-
ing ranged on the rocks at intervals of
sixty yards, and fired by time fuses at
intervals of one minute. Nine of the
packages were successfully exploded,
and six hours later, white the sun was
still shining, there came a magnificent
shower of rain, such. it is stated, as has
hardly been experienced in the district
during the present year. The shower
lasted half an hour, and was confined
to the region affected by the explosions,
which Mr.. Wolfe-Murray deems a con-
elusive proof of the success of the ex-
pertinent. As the total cost was only
200 rupees, it will not be difficult mat
ter to verify these conditions in other
diStricts.s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
MIsFIT CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
An Agency Needed Where The,
Can Be EXCHANGED SamcI,

An Agency Needed Where They
Can Be Exchanged = SAMPLE
Ads.
What this country needs more than
anything else, just once year, is a
misft Christmas present exchange, says
Vick's Monthly Magazine.
An enterprising gentleman has al
ready started an establishment where
he can dispose of duplicate wedd ing
presents, but a person gets mar ried
only once in mis- life, while he or she, as
the case may be, endGres many Chri St
masses.
How sweet and pleasant would it be.
for instance, if young and pretty cler-
gyman who has been remembered by
seventeen or two dozen of the eve
lambs of his congregation with pair of
slippers from each, could trade off most
of them for, say, mearschaum pipe or
some perpendicular linen collars.
Until such an exchange begins to fill
lOng-telt want, the daily papers could
help on the good work by permit ting
their patrons to insert free such adver-
tisements as the following at holiday
time:
"A boy of twelve wishes to exchange
a new copy of 'JoSephuS,' handsomely
bound, for secondhand copy of 'Beel-
zebub Dick. the Terror of Cory Gulph;;
or, 'Deadhead Dan, the Young Detec-
tive of Mulberry Avenue"
Young lady would part with
seven @ Christmas cards -four of them
hand-painted) in return for a diamond
engagement ring"
Married man desires to exchange
pair of iee-cream coiored wristers for a
glass of beer"
young clergyman will dispose of an
assortment of slippers, some of which
are embroidered with blue dogs with
scarlet eyes. for servlceable pair OF
winter gloves, fur-lined preferred.
Must be mates"
Boston young ladies, temporarily
residing in New York, would like to ex-
change eight copies of Browning's CON-
plete works. all new and unused. for
pair OF gold-rlmmed spectacles, No. 5,
near-sIghted."
Young married man will trade box
OF cigars handsome work of art on in
side of lid for Decent plug of chewing
tobacco"
Gentleman desires to part with a
pair OF large red mittens. Will accept
two-ply ham sandwich or three Frank
furter sausages in exchange"
Youth will give a copy of Lambs
Poems of Childhood Qeaves uneut for
base ball bat or Il cheap pistol with a
box of cartridges"
"a musicaIiy inclined girl will ex-
change her brothers irresponsible cor
net for an upright piano."
"A young gentleman Of eleven, in
long pantaloons, will give a fancy CUP,
labeled For Good Boy for ticket to
any accessible dime museum
Young lady Of fourteen wishes to
exchange wax doll, with real hair, for
copy of The Quick or the Dead:' also
rubber cry doll for % cents worth of
chewing gum, vanilla or strawberry"
The father of a seven-year-old boy
wishes to dispose of new brass drum,
warranted sound too sound, in fact.
No reasonable offer refused.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
MONEY, NOT FOOD,
Is What Suffering Russia Wants,
According to Consul.
Special to the Globe.

GptCldl 10 int NlODe-
ST. CLOUD, Feb. 2s. - George A.
Frendenreich, the Swiss consul at
ODESSA, Russia, under date of Jan. 4.
replies thus to the inquiries of his wife,
who is here, concerning the famine in
that country: Yours of Dec. % came
duly to hand couple of days ago. AS
far as the starving Russians in the
northern provinces are concerned, thew
are starving merely for the want OF
proper organization OH the part OF the
authorities. Plenty of grain was raised
in the south of Russia to feed the whole
country, and if they had provided cars
in time things would have been differ
ent. All along the northern Caucasus
thousands of bushels of wheat
are rotting (or were few
weeks ago. in sacks, waiting for
transportation, while in the north
hundreds Of cars were sidetracked doing
nothing. Such is Russia and ever has
been. L say, on the contrary, don't send
any provisions, but send money. and
that to the committee of which the
hereditary prince imperial, Nicolas,
Oldest son of the car. is the head. Pro-
visions will not be taken care of, and
will be wasted after reaching Russia.
There is plenty of wheat in the country
to keep all the mills going if the wheat
was only properly distributed around
to the places where it is needed"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
MILLIoN-DoLLAR FIRE.
Memphis, Tenn, Has a Disastrous
CONFEDERATION.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. Sat 800 to-
night building on Main street, occu-
pied By Bruce Il Balm. dealers in hats.
caps and straw goods, was discovered
to be on fire, and by 10 O'Clock
the fremen were forced back
from the roaring furnace of hats
and straw goods and directed their eff
forts to saving adjoining buildings. At
1913 the building occupied by the hat
company collapsed. and into the space
formerly occupied by il crashed the
building of the Langstaff Hardware COM
pany which adjoined at the south. The
firemen were utterly unable to cope with
the flames. and at 10:30 Leuhrman's
hotel, probably the finest south of the
Ohio river, was in flames, and in
half an hour was total loss.
The block destroyed is bound
ed by Main. Union, Second and
Monroe streets, and is in the heart of
the business district of the city. The
loss will reach $1,000. 900. The fire, at
| a. m.. is still burning fercely, but it
is under control. AS far as known at
this hour no lives wsre lost.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
A WITNESS HIT HARD.
Mai. Overman's Counsel Uncoyers
an Old Misdeed.


CLEVELAND, O., Feb. SIN the
Overman trial today the examination of
Henry Rossiter. the clerk in Maj.
Overman's Office, brought forth a SEN
sation. He said that Worthington
and Lamson vouchers were partly made
out by him according to orders and
partly by Overman. The receipts were
III Overman's handwriting.
The bill of Lamson Brothers. sent to
the Office. was for only $3.50. Upon
cross-eXamination he said he had
ignored Maj. Oyerman's order, after the
charges and suspensions, to report to
him at Washington with his dupli-
cate vouchers. Then the defense,
on the ground of attacking the
credibility of the witness testimony,
launched thunderbolt at him. Judge
Sanders. by series of questions, COM
PEELED RoSSiter TO admit that he left the
employ of the Domestic Sewing CON-
pany III Chicago in 1886 heavy de-
fauiter. He was the cashier and book
keeper Of the compauy'S Chicago Office,
and sunk S20, 900 of its money in wheat
speculation.
1t is stated that the matter was kept
out of the newspapers that not even his
most intimate friends or his relatives
knew OF IL untll the unwilling aQmlS-
sion Of Rossiter today, and that the loss
has long since been made good. Ros-
sitter told Maj. Oyerman in confidence
the story of his defalcation and settle
ment when he obtained employment in
the engineers office. Rossiter is almost
Frustrated by the revelation of his
guilt at this late day. After a few ques-
tions concerning the investigation at
Oyerman's Office by an army officer.
after the charges had been made, Ros-
sitter was allowed to leave the witness
stand. The judge advocate announced
that the prosecution was ended. Col.
Gardiner again moved to quash some of
the specifications on the ground that the
money alleged to have been misappro-
prlated was intended for river and har-
Dor purposes and not for the use of the
military service. The court overruIed
the motion, and adjourned for the day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
FINDING THE DEAD.
Progress of the Search at the Roy
al Hotel. RS

NEW YORK, Feb. Sat o'clock this
morning, when the CHASTITY search for
victims of the Royal hotel fire was re-
sumed, the crowd of the night was
sweiled to five times its size. The fire.
men at 9 O'Clock this morning found the
body of woman, anu few minutes
later the body Of man was found be-
meath pile of debris under the site of
the dining room.
From a careful examination of the
hotel register and the journal which
was furnished by the night clerk, the
number of persons in the building when
the fire broke out was 152. OF these 8
are known to be dead. Eighty-One were
rescued by the fremen, assisted by citi-
zens before the walls collapsed, and 81
are still missing. Among those who
were rescued from the flaming building
are twenty-four who are more or less
seriously burned and bruised.
At IL o'clock the eighth body was
found about ten feet from the spot
where the seventh body had been dis
covered. 1t was that of woman with
out clothing.
At noon, the ninth body was found, in
the immediate vicinity of the spot where
the eighth body was discovered. 1t was
also that Of a woman, about thirty-fye
years old 1t Is thought she was an EN-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
STORY OF THE BARONESS.
She Relates the Hardships and
Indignities She Underwent.

IL
Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, 5. D., Feb. S.-The in
cident Of the day. and the only matter
of interest for the opening of the trial,
was the testimony OF the fair plaintiff.
The Baroness de Stuers, accompanied
by William Zeborowski, her lawyer,
and her maid, reached the court room
at 9 O'Clock. She was at once nut on
the stand, and told her long, sad story
In clear and impressive way. Her
answers were often very brilliant and
witty. and she had not been on the
stand ten minutes before she had won
the partiality of the large audience. She
is magnificent looking woman, nearly
six feet III height, but not at all out of
proportion. She was dressed in a suit
of dark brown. wearing Persian lamb
cloak OF three-quarterS length. while
her hat was of the English make of soft
felt, and possessed feather OF dark
color. She was pale. very quiet, and
took the events of the trial as it pro-
crossed with GOODNESS of disposition.
indicating quietnesS in the matter of
nerves, over which the baron has be-
come so much exercised. She began
her testimony, after giving her name
and Sioux Falls as her residence, by
saving she married the baron in 1873 IN
New York, where she had resideded.
She proceeded:
After our marriage we went to Madrid
In 1880, the baron being minister there
until 1888. Then we returned to Paris.
where we remained until 1890. Al
Madrid and Paris he was minister for
the Netherlands. My husband was
most unkInd TO me. While in London
he scoldtd me, insulted. me and humil
lated me before strangers. He said |
was savage and an American without
manners. On every occasion. when
able, lie would separate a friend from
me, particularly Americans. He had
an utter hatred for them. At Madrid
we lived in the hotel. | did not remain
there very long, being called to Amerj-
Ca by the death of my father.
Here the baroness told a little incl
dent which occurred at Madrid. at which
her eyes flushed and her face paIed AT
the very remembrance. She said:
In Madrid, on the day of the assas-
sInation of the emperor OF Russia, / had
three friends of the diplomatic service
in my room. receiving them in the most
informal manner. While we were there
the baron came rushing into the room
out of breath, red in the face, and said:
cancel these engagements. 1t is in
decent to receive friends on the day
OF the death of the emperor of Russia. -
told him that | guessed I would enter
saln Imy friends as l saw fit. Then he
shdeaYored to humiliate me, calling me
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09

ploye of the hotel. The young woman
who was taken to the New York hos
pital, suffering from fracture of the
base or the skull, internal injuries
and burns, is said to be Eta Green, for
meriy cashier at the Sturtevant house.
Mrs. W. s. Lockard, of this city, who is
suffering from internal injuries, is In
critical condition at the Gedney house.
Late in the afternoon the workmen
found a foot and part of leg in the
ruins: At O'Clock part OF a body was
found, but 1t was so badly burned as to
be unacceptable, and was sent directly
to the morgue. About AS the eleventh
body was brought to view. The legs
were almost gone, the arms had been
burned off and the had was crushed
almost to jelly. In the upper jaw
set of false teeth were found which
looked like those OF woman.
One hundred men are at work on the
debris. and will be kept going night and
day until they have completed the work
or clearing away the ruins, which will
In all probability take about three days.
! Three of the bodies recovered from the
ruins during the morning were taken to
the morgue. A deputy coroner came
with them for the purpose of assisting
+ In Identification and to ascertain the
cause OF death, orders having gone out
that all bodies should be brought to the
morgue and identified there, so that no
confusion would result.
Body No. Z. that of man with arms
folded across his breast and bowed
head, as if to protect his face, was the
first examined. He had evidently made
desperate effort to escape, as he had
hurrledly dressed himself in trousers
and vest, not stopping to remove his
night robe, which he still wore. The
body was soon identified as that of A.
A. Townsend, retired coal dealer of
New Haven, Conn.,, who came here
from Washington last Saturday.
That some of those unaccounted for
escaped is certain, and it is equally Ger
tain that good portion of those escap-
ing. perhaps all, will forever keep their
Identity secret for obvious reasons.
Only when the last piece of debris has
been removed from the ruins will the
number OF the dead he definitely
known. The work of identifying
IS very slow. This is due partly
to the horrible condition of
the bodies recovered But stronger
reason, it is believed that MANY persons
do not wish to make public through
identification the names of relatives
and friends possibly among the dead, in
order to avoid scandal.
At 8 O'Clock body No. Il was found.
1t was the trunk of woman and was
found near the Fortieth street entrance
to the hotel. The legs and arms were
gone and nothing was found near the
body by which it might be recognized.
Twenty minutes later the laborers found
the foot of human being under piano.
Mrs. Hattie Van NUrden, wife of
Harry j. Van Norden, manager of the
Royal Worcester Corset company, was
undoubtedly among those who persisted.
The wolnan, her husband says, mad jew
els worth between $50, 900 and $40, 900 in
chamois skin belt strapped around her
waist at the time OF the fire, and the
gems, together with valuable papers, are
i'll the ruins with her. Van Norden
says the papers were worth $4,000, as
they could prove claim in case now
pending in court.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
CAPTURED AT wINoNA.
One of Two Wisconsin Fugitives
Retaken by Officers.

Special to the Globe
WINONA. Mimi, Feb. S.-Chet Bell,
young man who escaped from the
Eau Claire Jail Friday evening. was ar
rested here at the Milwaukee IL st. Paul
railway depot late Saturday evening.
Bell is one of the three men who broke
jail at Eau Claire by saving off win
dow bar with case knife. George Will
son, one of the three, was captured be-
fore he had reached the city limits,
while Bell and James Dono-
van walked nearly all the way
to Independence. Wisconsin. and
there boarded the Green Bay train, and
reached Winona about O'Clock in the
afternoon. They got Off at the east end
of the city, purchased shoes and hats,
and came up town and loafed about the
streets and saloons until Bell was cap
tured while waiting for the train. Don
oyan mysteriously disappeared, and
cannot be found. Sheriff Flemming and
Detective Galloway, of Eau Claire, are
i'll the city assisting in the search for
Donovan. Bell is about eighteen years
cid, and was under arrest for implica-
ton in a flour robbery.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
A MEAN BRUTE'S DEED.
After Fatally Shooting His Wife
He Attempts Suicide.

CHICAGO, Feb. S.-Andrew Anderson
shot his wife this afternoon, and then to
escape arrest jumped off the roof of his
house, a distance Of fifty feet, to the
ground, only to be cornered Immediately
by policeman. Anderson refused to
surrender, and after shooting himself
in the breast, fired twice at Capt. Koch.
Both shots missed, and the captain
quickly knocked down and disarmed
his Infatuated antagonist.
Anderson, as prelude to the extraor-
binary episode, had smashed all the
furniture in his home. and thrown his
wife's dishes and flower pots out of the
windows. He is drinking man, and
his wife had taken steps to have di-
yorce. Last night she, through fear of
him, remained away from the house,
and was returning under the unavailing
protection of two constables when the
shooting took place. Anderson will re-
cover, but tue wife's wounds are fatal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
Diseraceful Church Row.

READING. Pa, Feb. Sin St. Mary's
Polish Catholic church yesterday Father
Mark Januskiewcz took exception from
the altar to letter written him by Simon
Baronewsky, and called the latter
chicken thief. BaronowSky replied to
the priest and the latter ordered his re-
moval from the church. A fight took
place between nearly 200 members, in
which Baronowsky was severely han
died. Thirty Polanders were arrested
for participating in the disgraceful af-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
RUSSIAN ROBBERS.
Siberian Treasury Vault Cleaned
of Cash.

DENVER, Feb. S.-The russian gov
eminent has officially notified Chief of
Police Farley, through its consular
agent at San Francisco, that one of its
treasury vaults in Siberia has been de-
spoiled by robbers. Gold roubles to
the amount OF S396.O0O have been taken,
and the car requests that the chief ar
rest the robbers if they arrive in Den
yer. The robbery was committed Dec.
/. the perpetrators escaping at once
across Siberia, and the agents of the
Russian police are of the opinion that
some one of the Chinese seaports is the
point where they will take ship for
America.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
JAMEsTowN MoURNs HIM.
Capt. McCIelland a FavOrite in
the Dakota Community.

Special to the Globe
JAMESTOWN, n. D.. Feb. S.-News of
the sudden death of Capt. William Nc
Clelland, adjutant general of Pennsyt-
vania, and we'll known in North Da-
kOta. was received here this afternoon.
His death will cause many genuine re-
grets here, where his worth of character
and sterling qualities had become
known. He has annually visited North
Dakota as agent for large landed eS-
tate in PittSburg; was warm friend of
the state, and did much TO favorably adj
yertise its resources. Three years ago,
while shooting prairie chickens i'll the
state. the captain was accidentally shot
in the eyes by a friend, and eventually
lost the sight of one eye and barely re-
tanned that of the other. In 1888 he was
secretary of the national executive COM
mttee and was worlds fair commits
siOner. Much of the work of the settle
ment of the mining riots without blood
shed was due to McClelland as ddjutant
general and commander of the state
militia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
CARLYLE Harris to Die.

New YORK, Feb. s.-CarIyie ". Har-
ris, the medical student who was con-
victed last Tuesday of numbering his
young wife by morphine poisoning. was
sentenced to death by Recorder Smyth
in the court of general sessions this
morning after a motion for new trial
had been denied. Harris is to die
within the week beginning March 81.
His counsel gave notice of an appeal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
MAIL ORDER
=" DEPARTMENT.,

Our illustrated Special
Catalogue for February
and March is now ready
for mailing and will be
sent FREE to any ad-
dress outside of the Twin
Cities. If your name is
not on our list send it to
US and you will receive
the Catalogues promptly
as soon as issued. Men
ton this paper when you
write.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
South Dakota Feels Honored.

Special 70 the Globe.
HURON, S. d., Feb. 8.-Mrs. Helen NJ.
Barker. the queen of South Dakota
orators, departed for Chicago today to
assume her duties as assistant to Mrs
Palmer, president of the board of lady
managers of the worlds fair, and to
take the position as superintendent of
press news OF that body. Mrs. Barker
delivered a farewell address to an inn
mense audience last night. Her APP
polntmenI is regarded as great honor
to South Dakota
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
BANK GONE UNDER.
The Merchants of Moorhead May
Pay Sixty Cents.

Special to the Globe.
MooRHEAD, Mimi, Feb. 8. - The
Merchants bank of this city closed its
doors today: liabilities. including de-
posts and obligations to other banks,
$4,000; assets, 100000. A large part
OF the assets is thought to be worthless
paper. A petition for a receiver has
been made. 1t is thought that after a
liquidation has been made the bank will
be able to pay 60 cents on the dollar.
At present il looks as though the bank
could not be reopened. Much sympathy
is felt for I. c. KurtZ, one of the part
ners. 1t was private institution.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
Swift Retribution.

MONTICELLO, Ark, Feb. s.-This morn
ing as Chloe Wright, aged fifteen, was go
ing to school she was oYertaken by ne
gro named Henry Beavers, checked to in
sensibility and foully assaulted. The
whole neighborhood started in pursuit
and the villain was found, swung up to
a limb and his body riddled with bullets.