If You Want Anything
ADVERTISE IN THE
SL PAUL GLOBE.
Circulates Everywhere.
VOL, XII.
IS STILL MYSTERIOUS.
No More Light Shed Upon the
Spearman Murder at
Shakopee.
The Supreme Court of South
Dakota on Original
Packages.
ft Holds That Such Bundles
Do Not Signify a
Growler.
Fargo Citizens Say There Is
Nc Destitution in Dick
ey County.
Brecial to the Globe.
Shakopee, Minn., Dec. IS.— When
our report of the Spearman murder
was sent yesterday the bodies had not
been moved or examined, except by
looking upon them as they lay where
they felL As do sign of violence was
visible upon the body of Mr. Spearman,
and lie sat peacefully in his chair, with
his feet crossed upon the stove hearth,
one hand lying in an easy position
across his lap, the other hanging by his
side, and his head thrown back, with
his eyes closed, it looked as though he
had gone to sleep in that position, and
quietly slept his life away without a
motion or tremor. Judging from these
first appearances, many thought that he
had killed his wife and grandson and
then taken his own lite with an opiate;
b.it in so judging, a terrible iniustice
was done to the memory of John Spear
man. Further examination has shown
beyond doubt that iustead of being a
murderer he was the lirst one of the
family to be murdered. Coroner Heis
cher was in Minneapolis when the crime
was discovered, and was immediately
telegraphed. Sheriff Weiland lv the
meantime placing :i
Guard Over the House
and permitting nothing to be touched
until the coroner arrived. As soon as
the coroner returned late last evening a
jury was empaneled and the inquest
commenced. The bodies were then
carefully examined, and on raising Mr.
Spearman's heau, much to the surprise
of all, it was discovered that he was
shot in the back of the neck, the ball
passing through and shattering the ver
tebra?, severing the spinal cord and
lodging in the trachea. The character
of the wound at once explained his
peaceful attitude. He was sitting by
the kitchen stove with his coat and vest
off. and his bare feet on the stove
hearth, leaning back in his chair, with
his right hand resting upon his lap in
such a position that the slightest mo
tion, or even tremor, as he died would
have shaken it off. No other method of
destroying his life than the sadden sev
ering of the spinal cord, producing in
stant paralysis of the whole body, could
have left him in this position, Mrs.
Spearman lay in the adjoining room,
Shot Tin on ;;li the Head.
The ball entered back of her head on
the ! .it side, passing out over the right
temple. She evidently, upon hearing
the shot which killed her husband,
started toward the kitchen and met the
assassin as he entered the sitting room.
There he placed the mu?zle of his pistol
close to her head and fired, tlie ball just
touching the top of her light ear, and
sped out through the door leading to
the parlor, throu-rh a picture on the op
posite side of the room and lodged in
the plastering. She then turned to flee,
and was shot in tiie back of the head.
She was fully dressed. The grandson,
George Russell, was lying in a bed
made up on the floor up stairs, with a
bullet in his head. He was shot also in
the back of his head, the ball passing
through and lodging just under the skin
above the right eye. lie was also fully
dressed, even having his boots on. lie
probably, when
Tiie Shooting Commenced,
ran up stairs and jumped into the bed
to hide, but was followed by the assas
sin and murdered in cold blood to pre
vent his being a witness againsUJhe
murderer. No other reason can be con
ceived for his murder, Nothing definite
is known as to when the murders were
committed. The house stands alone in
a field, several hundred feet from the
street, and the old couple, while hav
ing no enemies, rarely visited any of
their neighbors or received visitors. " So
far as known, no one had been to the
house for more than a week. The last
time Mr. Spearman was noticed on the
stivet was Thursday, the 12th. The
( ause of the crime is known as yet only
to the murderer, or murderers, if there
were more than one. It does not look as
though robbery was the object, as they
never kept much money by them, ali
their money, about £2,(500, being
Deposited in Banks,
and the house had not been ransacked
in search for money or valuables. En
mity could not have been the cause, as
they had nc enemies so far as known,
and it is difficult to conceive o.f a de
gree of enmity which could lead to such
wholesale murder, and the peaceful at
titude of the old man showed there
could have been no alarm or quarrel.
They left six children, five of theni
daughters, of whom four are married,
and one son, who is married. Three ot
the daughters and the son reside in Min
neapolis, but none had visited their
parents for several weeks or months.
The coroner's jury are still in session!
If the officers have any clue to the per
petrators of the crime they keep it to
themselves, and to the general public
all is mystery. All we know positively
is that one of the most horrible crimes
ever committed has been perpetrated in
our midst, and that no effort will be
6pa ? -ed to detect the assassins. The
city council have to-day offered a reward
of £1,000 for the arrest and conviction of
the criminals.
BOXES, NOT BOTTL.ES.
South Dakota's Supreme Court
on Orignal Packages.
Special to the Globe.
, PiERitE, S. D., Dec, 18.— in the case
f 'i'i.f! State vs. George Chapman and
Wiliiam Koelier, writ of error to the
supreme court of South Dakota, this
afternoou was hand- d down a decision
of which the following is a synopsis:
This > was an action wherein the de
DAILY ST. PAUL GLOBE
fondants were informed against in the
county court of Lincoln county for
keeping a common nuisance by selling
Intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and
willfully and unlawfully permitting
persons 1 " to resort to the rooms and
building wnere such liquors were sold.
The fact of the sale of intoxicating
liquors by the defendant was clearly es
tablished by the evidence, but the ef
fect of our state constitution and laws
regulating ; the sale of intoxicating
liquors was alleged by defendants to
have no force or effect on them because
they were selling in original packages.
After
A Full Review
of all the evidence in the case,the court,
in a well-considered and elaborate opin
ion, holds that in order for defendants
to receive immunity under decision of
the supreme court of the United States
in the case of Lucy vs. llardin, com
monly known as the original package
case, they must show first that they are
foreign importers or the agents of for
eign importers of beer or liquors. Sec
ond, that as such agents they received
an importation of beer or liquors from
another state or foreign country. Third,
that they are as such importers or
agents selling their importation by the
original, unbroken package in which it
was imported. Fourth, that they are
not making their house of business a
tippling concern for rendezvous of per
sons bringing it within the police power
of the state to declare it a nuisance. All
the facts must be fully established by
defendants in order to make
TJte Transaction Legitimate
under the decision. The failure to
establish any of these propositions
make a seller of intoxicating liquors
amenable to the state. The court
further holds that when bottles of
whisky or beer, each sealed up in a
paper wrapper and closely packed to
gether in uncovered, wooden boxes
furnished by the importer, and these
wooden boxes marked to the address of
the agent, and shipped from one state
to another, the wooden boxes and not
the bottles constitute the original pack
age within the meaning of the decision
of the supreme court of the United
States. The court finds that the
defendants have failed to establish such
facts as will entitle them to any immu
nity from the penalties ot the state Jaw
and order that the judgment of the
court below be enforced.
DON'T NEED HELP.
Dickey County, N. D., Is Not
Yearning for Aid.
Special to the Globe.
Fargo, N. D., Dec. 18.— stories
of suffering in Dickey county are.
strongly denied by officials of that
county in a letter to the Argus. After
a most thorough investigation, it is
found that, although crops were excep
tionally poor, still enough was raised to
pay running expenses and carry farm
ers over until next year so far as food
and clothing were concerned, but seed
wheat will undoubtedly be needed next
spring. So far as actual suffenugs
for necessaries of life, not a single
case could bo found. The county
commissioners were perfectly willing
to render the- poor, if any there are, as
sistance, and that they are in condition
to do so is evident by the fact that the
floating indebtuess of the county is
$40,500, including $20,000 seed bonds
issued last spring, while the consti
tutional debt limit of Dickey county is
placed at ?145,000, which shows the
county fully able to take care of itself,
and the county board has so signified.
All that is necessary is to make applica
tion to the board of commissioners, in
stead of to sensational correspondents of
Eastern papers, and all wants will be
supplied, whether fuel, clothing, food
or seed wheat.
Chicago, Dec. 18.— "A man cannot
kill a hen in Spink county, Da
kota, for his sick wife without violating
the law," is the way William Broakans,
a lawyer of Kedfield, S. D., now in this
city, expressed himself concerning the
deplorable condition of the farmers in
the county mentioned. He explained
that this state of affairs grows out of
the fact that 90 per cent of the real es
tate and nearly all of the chattels in
Spink county are mortgaged. The kill
ing of any mortgaged animal is a viola
tion ot law. The situation is serious:
many families are leaving, and others
would go, but they lack the necessary
means. He says hundreds of families
have not provisions enough to last a
week; they have no money and no i
credit. There is little fuel ou hand and
scarcely any hay or straw to burn.
Should a severe winter set in the result
would be awful. With roads blocked,
and with a scarcity of supplies, the
towns would contain nothing but freez
ing, starving people. Mr. Broakans de
clared that these facts were carefully
concealed by real estate brokers, who
had even gone so far as to falsify statis
tics.
WATER RESERVE LANDS.
Men Sleeping in Blankets Waiting
for the Sale.
Wausau, Wis., Dec. 18.— The sale of
the so-called water reserve lands in
Northern Wisconsin does not begin un
til Saturday morning, but at 7 o'clock
to-night about 150 men with papers all
made out, and equipped with provisions
and blankets, made a rush for positions
in the court house square, so as to be
first in line when the office opens at 9
o'clock Saturday morning. Louis Far
mer and Mark Bellis, of this county, are
first in line, and will have the first
choice of lands. There is great excite
ment here already, and special police
have been sworn in to preserve order.
Many men have already gone up the
river in the neighborhood of the. lands,
proposing to enter upon and hold them
after 0 o'clock Saturday at all hazards.
Every train is bringing crowds of land
hunters, and there is much fear of
rouble on Saturday.
Secretary Heath Resigns.
Fort Dodge, Dec. 18.— H. K. Heath,
proprietor of the big Dcs Moiues oat
meal mill, has telegraphed his resigna
tion to the secretary of the national
oatmeal trust. Mr. Heath has been a
member of the trust for ten years. He
is now erecting a large oatmeal mill
here. It will have a capacity of 830
barrels a day, and will be operated in
dependent of the combine.
Huron's Bank to Resume.
Special to the Globe.
Huron, S. D., Dec. 18.— The Huron
National bank, which closed Tuesday,
opened to-day to make collections. John
E. Diamond, bank examiner, has
charge. The directors met to arrange
for the bank to resume business, which
it is understood it will do in a very few
days. \v. ; . . , .
Change Hands. -
Special to the Globe. BfiSH
Black Kivep. Fall??, Wis., Dec. 18.
—The Jackson County Journal, pub
lished in this city, is about to undergo a
change in its management. ' C. W.
Dickens will be succeeded by W. N.
Wells. The, Journal in the future, as
.in the past, will continue to advocate
the rights of Democracy.
BANKERKEAN'SBREAK
Himself and His Cashier Ar
rested by Indignant De
positors.
They Claim He Received
Money Knowing He Was
Insolvent.
Two Murderers Out of a Trio
Executed at Columbus,
Ohio.
Arthur Hoyt Day Hanged at
Welland, Ontario, for.Wife
Murder.
CmcAGO, Dec. 18.— S. A. Kean, doing
a banking business under the name of
S. A. Kean <fc Co., made an assignment
in the county court this morning to Ben
jamin P. Jacobs, as arranged for last
night. The assets and liabilities were
not stated. The assignment, in addition
to the banking interests, is of Mr. Kean's
personal estate, and in the language of
his attorney the banker came down
town this morning with but $10 in his
pocket, all he possessed in the world.
His home in Evanston and all real estate
here and elsewhere is now iv the as
signee's hands to be converted into
cash for the benefit of creditors. As
signee Jacobs now has a force of clerks
at work figuring up the assets and li
abilities. Mr. Fenneil, attorney for
the banker, says that the failure is
the result of a steady drain on
the fiuances of the institution for
the past two weeks. Reports detri
mental to the bank got into circulation
about the first of the month, and while
no run resulted, a steady withdrawal of
funds followed and has continued ever
since, finally exhausting
The Bank's Resources.
Over 8200,000 has been withdrawn
during that time. While there were
plenty of securities in the bank, they
were not marketable under the present
monetary conditions without sacrificing
them, a course which Mr. Kean, in the
interest of his depositors, refused to do.
Mr. Fenneil says that the assets are
ample to pay the liabilities in full. He
declared that the bank had lost nothing
through bad investments. It is ex
pected that a statement of assets and
liabilities will be made to-morrow. W.
W. Royer, who deposited money in the
bank on the sth and 17th instants, this
afternoon took out warrants for the
anest of Mr. Kean and his cashier.
George B. Warne, for receiving money
when the bank was known to be insolv
ent. All sorts of rumors were prevalent
in the crowd of depositors and creditors
who thronged the corridor. One story
was to the effect that at 7:30 o'clock
last night the bank officials had shipped
to New York §44,000 worth of securities.
Cashier Warne was told of this rumor
by a reporter.
The Cashier's Story.
"That story," said he. "must have
grown out of the fact that yesterday we
sent to New York $44,009 of bonds of
the city of Superior, Wis., for the ac
count of Louis Larson, the comptroller
of that town. Mr. Larson brought U5
the bonds yesterday. We refused to
take them, and at his request sent them
to the American Exchange National
Bank of New Y"ork to be sold for the
city of Superior. This bank had not
one cent's worth of interest in the
bonds."
The Methodist m misters of the city
seem to have generally escaped loss,
though two or three of them are under
stood to have been caught for small
sums. Formerly almost every one of
them kept his account with Kean, but
on rumors of the impending disaster
almost all had withdrawn their bal
ances.The Methodist Book Concern also
kept its account with the house, but
when Mr. Preston left the bank with
drew its money. W. J. McDonald, man
ager of the bond department of the
bank, said that department is not re
sponsible tor the failure. He says that
on a capital of $30,000 it made last year
between $.50,000 and $00,000.
"What was the cause of the embar
rassment, then?"
Speculation Caused It.
Cashier George B. Warne, W. J. Mc-
Donald and Herbert Hammond, the as
sistant cashier, were present when this
question was put. Fn;m the joint state
ments made by them the failure is due
to a tendency of the management to
deal in speculative securities and to
make loans by favor, rather than on
gcud financial piinciples. The liabili
ties consist of several small amounts
well secured, due to city bankers, and
the deposits. There are about 800 or
900 depositors, with sums varying from
$10,001) to $300 or less to their credit
Mr. Kean is president and chief stock
holder in the Home Safe Deposit Vault
company, and this stock he has turned
over to the assignee. The company,the
manager says, will continue in business.
On complaint of A. S. Leckie.a re
porter who deposited $2;>5 in the
bank at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Judge Scales to-day entered an order
for the examination of Mr. Kean and
Assignee Jacobs, touching the affairs of
the bank. Assignee Jacobs responded
to the citation, but Kean himself failed
to respond, it b;;ing said that be was ill
at his home in Evanston. The hearing
came up this afternoon, when Atfornev
Levy Mayer, for Leckie, addressing the
court, said that he wanted an order di
recting the assignee to hold as a trust
fund moneys deposited in the bai.k
thirty days prior to the failure. Mr.
Mayer said he would also ask for an
order for the immediate presence of Mr.
Kean in court. The court entered the
order and also granted an order for the
examination of the assignee. The lat
ter cheerfully consented, and the exam
ination was begun in one of the jury
rooms.
According to copies made by Assignee
Jacobs during the investigation, the
assets, exclusive of Mr. Kean's personal
estate, would aggregate approximately
$1,353,000 and the liabilities $1,400,000.
The assets consist of land scrip and
notes, $37,000; stock of the Uoir.e Se
curity Vault company (par value), $31,
--500; other stocks, $10,000; municipal
warrants, S2.000; bank furniture and
fixtures, 810,000; cash on hand. *. r )Y,000;
bills receivable (actual value), £200,000;
bonds deposited as security for loans
from banks, $1,000,000. The liabilities
are $500,000 due depositors and $003,000
due banks on bonds deposited
for loans. Mr. Jacobs Is a close
friend of Mr. Kean and as indi
cating his friendship, he said he de
posited $3,000 Wednesday, although he
knew the bank was iv a shaky condi
ST. PAUL, MINN., FRIDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1890.
tion. Ho said that he was appointed as
signee at 11 o'clock last night, he hav
ing sent for iiis attorney at that hour,
and drawn up the deed of assignment at
his office.
Assignee Jacobs.
"When did you first learn that the
firm was hard pressed?" was asked.
"Last Saturday. At that time Mr.
Kean came to me and said the deposits
were going very fast, and he would like
to have me and some other gentlemen
look over the affairs of the bank and
tell him what was best to do. He said
that on Dec. 1 there were deposits of
5500.000 in the bank, and ten days
later *2ti0.000 had been drawn
out. Mr. Kean thought that some one,
he did not know who, had circulated re
ports to the effect that the bank was un
sound, and the result was that deposit
ors were taking out their funds as fast
as possible. I suggested that we see
President Charles L. Hutchinson, of the
Corn Exchange bank, as Kean cleared
at that bank. I saw Hutchinson and he
said he thought the other banks would
be willing to extend help. Through
Mr. Hutchinson's offices there was a
meeting of bankers convened yesterday,
at which were present Mr. Hutchinson,
J. J. Mitchell, Orson Smith, J. B.
Hobbs, Mr. Keau and myself. The
bankers had been investigating a state
ment that Mr. Keau had submitted of
bills receivable, and
After the Investigation, - :
repeated their offer of a loan of $70,000. .
we to put up ?30,000.. They wanted us;
to guarantee the §70,T)00, however. Mr.
llobbs said if the bank were reorgan
ized, he was prepared to take 530,000 of
stock in it, or even $100,000.- The meet- ;
ing broke up at 4:30 p. in., and it was
understood the banks were to advance
the money. To carry out our part of
the deal, we called on Mr. Fowler, tne ;
packer, and William Deering. the har
vester ;manufacturer, and succeeded in .
getting them to promise us help, but we
could get no one else. At this juncture
we met a reporter, who told us of an at
tachment suit just filed against the
bank.' Mr. Keau sent for his head man'
in the bond department and his cashier"'
from the safe depositary, and after a
long talk it was decided to assign. At
torney Fennel! was sent for, and the
papers were drawn up before mid
night."
The warrants for the arrest of Banker
Kean and Cashier Warne; were served
before sundown this evening. Each
was released without difficulty, on ball,
the banker's bond being but $3,000, and
the cashier's even a less amount. The'
hearing: in both cases was set for Dec.
27. Considerable interest was aroused
by the report that the building commit
tee of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has been a deposi
tor at Kean's bank. The W. C. T. U. ,
is erecting a magnificent temple in Chi-/
cago, work on which has been under
way but a short time. • --
Investigation disclosed that not only
the W. C. T. U. Building association,
but nearly all the numerous organiza
tions that cluster around the big tem
perance union • were : depositors in the
bank. The "gift fund" of the Tem
perance Temple association kept its ac
count there, and withdrew a month ago,
fearing the trouble, but afterwards re
turned. A deposit of _ several thousand
dollars was made just before the bank j
closed' the last time. The exact 5
amount on deposit for the temple.'
fund is upward of ■, $20,000. The
treasurer of the National W. •: C.
T. U, itself also kept an account
with Kean & Co., and made deposits up
to the last hour of the bank's existence.
The Woman's Temperance Publication
company, too. deposited $1,700 in the
bank within a short time of the suspen
sion. The accounts of the two central
W. C. T. U. restaurants in this city
helped to swell the deposits. Mrs. Em
mons, treasurerof the Woman's Lecture
bureau of the W. C. T. U. was a depos
itor, and so was Miss Helen Hood, of '■
the Illinois state union. Altogether the :
temperance organizations have, it is es
timated, from 130,000 upward; which
they would like to have well out of the
wreckage.
OUT OP A QUANDARY. })
West Superior's Connection With
Keened Bank.
Special to the Globe.
West Superior, Wis., Dec. 18.— The.'
failure of Kean & Co., of Chicago, re
lieves this city from a quandary which
. was likely to cause some financial loss;
and a great deal of trouble. The his
tory of the transaction between the cir.y;
of Superior and the tailed firm and the
publicity given it probably had much to
do with causing the suspension. Dur
.ing the past summer street improve
ment bonds were issued to the extent of
§421,000, and Kean, acting conjointly
with Hayes & yon, of Cleveland,
became purchasers. Kean was an '
active agent, and the first batch x
of bonds were taken and the money
paid in in September. Oct. 1 a sec
ond payment came due. and the city of
ficials notified Kean, who asked an ex
tension, owing t:>. the tightness of
money. The accommodation was ex
tended, but when the city required
money on Nov. 1, it was not forthcom
ing, and further delay was asked. Tne;
necessity for realization on the bonds;
became pressing, and Mayor Puttison
and the city finance committee went to
Chicago, saw K«:an and demanded pay
ment. It then transpired that Hayes &*■
Son would not or could not make good*
their part of the contract, and Kean of
fered to provide for the bonds as fast as
possible. The conference between the f
mayor and Kean has not transpired;
but it resulted in Kean & Co. -.tak
ing and paying for $41 000 of
the bonds and the rest were
to.be sold to other parties. This ar
rangement was . made and the money
paid last week, leaving $202,030 still in
the hands of the eity.vThe publications
of some portions of this peculiar affair
got into the papers and Kean's credit
undoubtedly suffered by it and caused"
some ; withdrawals. . Mayor Pattison
told your correspondent, on his return
from Chicago,' that after he had talked
to Kean, he concluded that Hayes &
Son were to blame - for the failure to
meet l the indebtedness. There is no
truth in the report that the credit of the.
house was affected by this city drawing,
on the bank. The failure has effectually,
set aside the contract and Comptroller
Larson will sell the bonds in Madisoa ?
and Chicago. - .
■■; 9 DAY~IS HAiNUEI). — ~"r
He Pushed His Wife Over Into
Niagara River.
Weivlaxd, Ont., Dec. 18.— Arthur
Hovt Day.the Rochester wife murderer,
was hanged at 8 o'clock this morning.
The condemned man spent his last night
on earth in writing letters to his rela
tives and singing gospel hymns, his
favorite selections being: "Scatter
Seeds of Kindness," and "On the Way
from Earth to Heaven I Will Guide
Thee With I Mine Eye." There was a
tremor in his voice as he sang, and so
far as his stunted moral nature would
allow, he was deeply affected. He did
not sleep more than half an hour all
night. ■ ; . "
i«i
Gnlveston Launched. •
Baltimore, Dec. 18.— The new reve
nue cutter Galveston was successfully^
launched this afternoon. The vessel
will cost $140,000. She was built for use
in the harbor of Galveston, Tex.
DOWN EAST WEATHER
Old Boreas Has a Rude Grip
Upon Our Eastern
Sisters.
Snow, Sleet and Rain Prevail
Largely Over Pennsyl
vania.
The Storm One of the Heavi
est in Years, and Most
Destructive.
Even the Southern States
Come in for a Share of
the Wreck.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 18.— It
has been snowing here for the past
twenty-four hours, accompanied by
sleet and rain. The storm is the heav
iest seen in the Wyoming valley for
some years past, and at noon it con
tinues unabated. Trains on the va
rious railroads running into this city
are said to be snowbound in several
places. The midnight express on the
Lehigh Valley road, due here at 2
o'clock this morning from ElmiraTN.Y.,
has not arrived yet. The damage done
by the storm in the country districts is
large, though no particulars can be ob
tained owing to serious wire trouble
which extends in all directions.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 18.— The
five-mile beach railroad which runs
from Cape May Court House to Angle
sea, N. J., has been washed away for a
distance of three and a half miles, the
track being piled up against the tele
graph poles. Communication with
Anglesea can only be had by means of
boats. At Sea Isle City considerable
damage was done. The railroad from
that point to Ocean City, which runs
along the beach, is badly damaged, as is
also the road to Avalon. Washouts are
numerous, and it will be several weeks
before communication with these points
is fully restored. The bridge across
the Townsend inlets is badly damaged.
A t Reading, Pa., a chimney was blown
over, and Miss Ella Grath was struck
by the fragments and probably fatally
injured.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec.lß.— The great
snow storm is over. Business has again
resumed, ana no more trouble is appre
hended as long as the snow lies on the
ground. A sudden thaw or heavy rain,
however, would cause a disastrous flood,
as there are from eighteen inches to
•~ three feet of snow in the mountains
• and throughout Western Pennsylvania.
The railroad blockade has been raised,
and all trains east and west were
nearly on time this, morning. The tele
graphic service is still somewhat crip
pled,but thecompanies are getting their
wires in shape very rapidly, and before
night will be in a position
to handle all business offered with
out delay. The street cars are
again running, and the electric light,
telephoue, fire alarm and police tele
graph are in operation as usual, so that
if it were not for the mantle of white
ness that envelops everything, the city
would present its wonted appearance.
The storm was one of the heaviest in
years, and was the most destructive
ever experienced in this city. The act
ual fail of snow was eighteen inches.
This has ueen exceeded many times, but
never before has the mass of feathery
flakes caused so much wide-spread dam
aee and inconvenience to the opera
tions of railroad, telegraph and street
car companies. So far no lives have
been lost, but a number of persons have
been injured and there have been nu
merous narrow escapes. The monetary
loss is very great, and will reach away
up into the thousands. Actual figures
cannot be given.
Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 18.— The snow
is twenty-four inches deep on tne level
this morning. It is not known when a
train can be gotten through on the
Bethlehem and Suowshoa branch of the
Pennsylvania railroad. The Tyrone
and Cleartield branch is also snowed up,
no trains having been sent out this
morning. The situation is tlie same on
the Lewisbnrg and Tyrone branch, be
tween here and Lewisbure. In many
places in tiie county the public roads
are impassable, it has ceased snowing,
but tlie weather is very cold.
SCBANTOK, Pa., Dec. 18.— A snow,
sleet, rain and wind storm of consider
able severity prevailed in this city all
day yesterday. The siusli was about
four inches deep, making it difficult for
pedestrians to get about. Traffic of all
kinds was partially suspended.
Lock Haven, Pa., Dec. 18.— The
snow storm which raged thirty-six
hours, ceased this morning leaving near
ly two feet of snow on the ground.
Great damage has been done to fruit
anl other trees by breaking of limbs
under the weight of the snow. The
roofs of several barns also fell in. It
is tiie heaviest snow storm seen here
for many years.
SOUTHERN STORMS.
Heavy Snowfall in the Mountain
Districts.
Kxoxvili.e, Term., Dec. 18.— Reports
received here last night show a very
heavy snowfall over the mountains
lyinz north of this city, and in the
mountains lying south, along the North
Carolina border, snow there is six inches
to three feet deep, and has been falling
since Tuesday noon, or even longer. In
Southwest Virginia snow is very heavy.
At Bristol yesterday no trains on
the Norfolk & Western railroad
were able to got through on time to
connect with the East Tennessee; in
fact tlie schedule on that road has been
abandoned, as the road is buried in
snow. Upper East Tennessee has from
six to twelve inches of snow and it has
been falling more or less all yesterday.
The ground is very wet and it has not
frozen so far. There is no snow west
of here, though much has fallen to-day
which melted. Reports continue to
come in of the heavy snow storm in
upper East Tennessc. At 9 o'clock
this morning it was eisht inches on a
level at Johnson City, and twelve
inches at Bristol and still falling at
both places.
Wheeling. W. Va., Dec. 18.- The
•piost terrific ctorm for six years ha 3
been raging for twenty-four hours, and
a large amount of damage has resulted.
All telegraphic communication was cut
olfall day. The city Mephone, tele
graph and lire alarm service is a com
plete wreck, and railroad traffic is ter
ribly delayed. The loss is laree. No
street cars are running, and hack lines
are taking their place. Little business
has been done. There are lively appre
hensions of a flood iv the Ohio, ns there
is a vast amount of snow about head
waters.
llAitiusoNßUitG. Va., Dec. 18.— Tlie
heaviest snow storm since the year 1857
prevailed here Tuesday and Wednes
day. The weather was very cold and
the wind blew a perfect hurricane.
Buildings in course of erection were
blown down while roofs and sheds were
mashed in by the weight of the snow,
is very wet and heavy and about
twenty-two inches deep on a. level, and
drifted in some places from eight to
ten feet deep. In the mountains west
of here the snow is said to be drifted
to a depth of twenty to thirty feet.
Cincinnati, Dec. 18 — .Trains on the
Chesapeake & Ohio, due from Washing
ion and New York, were delayed yes
terday and to-day by the heavy snow
storms in the Virginian mountains. The
lluntington division was entirely
snowed under. At 3 o'clock this after
noon, however, all the trains are mov
iug.
IN NEW YORK.
A Blizzard Raging in the Vicinity
of Elmfra.
Elmira, Dec. 18.— The heavy snow
storm which struck Elraira yesterday
morning continued unabated until
nightfall last night, when it broke into
a blizzard, which coutinued until this
morning:. Eight inches of snow had
fallen by 9 o'clock last night,and plenty
more came along before day break.
With eighteen inches of snow, and the
wind blowing a gale, the snow drifted
badly, and.no train arrived at or left
this city on any road before 9 o'clock
this morning. The Erie train from New
York managed to get in at 11 o'clock,
when it should have been here at 5
o'clock. No street cars had been run
until noon, and but few from that time.
The Tioga railroad is still completely
blockaded, and there are three miles of
Lackawanna & Western freight cars
stalled at Addison. The Northern Cen
tral road is not running regularly, no
trains having gone south since yester
day, and none having come in from that
direction. A big livery stable in the
city collapsed under the weight of the
snow at 3 o'clock this morning, and a
number of valuable carriages were de
stroyed. Two men narrowly escaped
death.
New York, Dec. 18.— Dispatches from
Ithaca, Troy, Albany, Utica and Bing
hamton show that from six inches to a
foot and a half of snow fell last nieht,
and that railroad traffic is delayed from
three to six hours.
DOWN IN MAINE.
Three Horses Killed by Running
Against Live Wires.
Portland, Me., Dec. 18.— The storm
has covered the trees and wires with
ice, doing considerable damage. The
wires are down all over the city, and a
large force of men is at work putting
them up. A team of six horses at
tached to a street railway plow ran
afoul of a live electric wire and three
horses were killed. Down the harbor
the vessels had a hard time of it during
the night. Fishing schooner Glad Tid
ings is ashore at Fort Beach. A
schooner is ashore at Ferry Slip;
schooner City Poiut is ashore on Long
Island and schooner Eva Ilace is ashore
at Harpswell. This morning: several
rockets were fired by a vessel in dis
tress off the cape. Nothing can yet be
learned of the identity of the vessel.
All over the city the driving rain beat
in under the exposed French roofs, do
ing great damage to interiors.
LAND GRANT CASE.
Important Decision of Judge
Shiras, in lowa.
Dubxtque. 10., Dec.lß.— Judge Shiras,
of the United States court, decided an
important land grant case to-day of
United States vs. Sioux City and St.
Paul Railroad Company. This company,
together with the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul, is a land grant road, and
when they crossed at Sheldon their
grants of land every alternate section
conflicted. The two roads made equita
ble divisions in this area, giving both
short of tlie amount set by the govern
ment. The case was against the Sioux
City <fc St. Paul company to for
feit grant which it is claimed
was not earned and Judge Shiras de
cided against the company, thus restor
ing 800 acres in Dickinson county a r ul
212 acres in O'Brien county to the
United States. The Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul company now comes in
and claims enough of this land to make
its shortage good, the said shortage ex
isting by reason of the conflict with the
grant to the Sioux City & St. Paul com
pany. This case comes up for hearing
before Judge Shiras in February. Hun
dreds of settlers have squatted on these
lands in controversy, thinking that
eventually they will *be restored to the
public domain, and their squatters'
claims will be valid unless a portion of
these lands should be surrendered to
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
company.
LAYS OUT LYMPH.
Alleged Sensational Consumptive
Cure Discovered in 3liehigan.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 18.— Two of the
foremost physicians of Michigan an
nounced yesterday that they have dis
covered a consumption cure whose effi
cacy is beyond question. The medical
men who have .thus distinguished
themselves are Dr. E. L. Shurley, prin
cipal physician of the Harper hospital,
and Dr. Henage Gibbs, of the Michigan
university at Ann Arbor. For one year
these two doctors have bent all their
energies to the discovery of a cure, and
nofruntll yesterday, when the success of
labors were beyond a doubt, did they
announce it. Their theory upon which
this work has been carried on does not
harmonize with that advanced by Dr.
Koch. The hospital has spent §12,000 in
perfecting arrangements for the cure,
and success at last seems to have been
leached. A dozen cases attest the effi
cacy of the treatment. The most mar
velous feature is the cure of Miss Jack
son, of Windsor, who was taken to the
hospital in a dying condition in an am
bulance seven weeks ago. and yesterday
on being discharged as cured, walked
two miles to her home, apparently re
stored in health.
ONE "JOHN" LESS.
A Smuggled Chinaman Killed
While Resisting Arrest,
Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 18.—
Twelve Chinamen, who were captured
near Dungeness, yesterday, while at
tempting to smuggle their way into the
United States, have been brought to
this city. The pVrty consisted of thir
teen Chinamen. They resisted arrest
and one of them was killed by Inspector
Fenn. Chinamen here say they will
call the attention of their government to
the killing. The inspector's superior
officers hold him blameless.
But Two More Days.
New York, Dec. 18.— To-day is the
forty-third day of the long fast of Signor
Succi, and the little Italian has but two
more days to complete his fast. His
temperature is normal, pulse 84, |and
respiration 24.
THEY BIT THE DUST.
Many Indians Believed to
Have Been Killed by
Ranchers.
Col. Day Returns From a Per
ilous Trip to Phinney's
Ranch.
Friendly Indians Go Out to
Indues the Return of
Hostiles.
Scouts Report a Large Num
ber of Redskins Near
Smithville,
Special to the Globe.
Rapid City, S. D., Dec. 18.— The
Indian situation along the Cheyenne is
practically unchanged. Troop F, Sixth
cavalry, joined Gen. Carr to-day, and
to-morrow morning two companies of
the Seventeenth infantry will leave for
his camp at the mouth of Rapid creek.
Col. M. 11. Day, of this city, who has
scouted during the past week in the
vicinity of Battle and Spring creeks,
came in at noon. His command of cow
boys and ranchers numbering sixty-two
had four skirmishes with Indians on
Monday. Eighteen of the force crossed
the Cheyenne and advanced fourteen
miles up Battle creek draw to the Mesa,
on which one hostile camp is located.
The Indians came out in force and
drove them back across the river. Col.
Day gives the details of the night at
tack on Phinney's ranch, where, with
ten men, he stood off the Indians for
four hours. The savages burned the
corral and poured in
A Bri«k Fire
while Col. Day and a ranchman were
putting it out. They fired the prairie in
ail directions, but a change in the wind
saved the ranch buildings. Col. Day
says there are from 800 to 1,000 righting
forces in the Bad Lands. The largest
camp is six miles north of the table
where the principal camp was supposed
to be located.
"The Indians want to fight," said he,
"and came out to meet us, well armed
and mounted, when we approached
their camps."
Gen. Miles has been extremely busy
daring the day. When askei A>y a cor
respondent what the situation was to
night, he said it was more favorable
than earlier in the day. The thousand
Indians seen by a scout crossing from
Standing Rock to the Bad Lands dwin
dled to seventy, according to official dis
patches, fifteen of Sitting Bull's baud
having returned to the agency. Gen.
Brook wires that 500 friendly Indians
will start Friday morning for
Tlie Brnle Camp
to attempt to bring in the 120 lodges, the
estimated force of the hostiles now in
the Bad Lauds. The infantry stationed
at Pierre is ordered to cross the reserva
tion to fill the gap on the northeast.
Gen. Carr and the commands at Oel
rich's and French creeks have received
instructions to keep a sham lookout
for bands moving northward. The ad
vance reported from Pine Ridge
will probably be postponed until the re
sult of the pacific errand of the friendly
Indians is known, which will not be be
fore the first of the week. Opinion is
freely expressed here among ranchmen
that many Indians have bitten the dust
during the past week, as many of the
settlers encaged in the skirmishes at
Dailey's, Phinneys and near the hostile
camps are crack rifle shots.
STILL ANXIOUS.
More Ammunition Demanded by
Reservation Settlers.
Special to the Globe.
Masdan, N. D., Dec. 18.— There is
renewed anxiety among the settlers be
tween Mandan and the Sioux reserva
tion. A messenger came into town to
day and brought word that the hostiles
were taking cattle and horses and com
mitting depredations north of the Can
non Ball river; but so far there is no
confirmation of this news. A special to
the Mandan Pio.ieer from Fort Berthold
states that the Mandans and Gros Ven
tres began a ghost dance to-day. The
demand for a further supply of ammuni
tion comes from settlements west of
Mandan.
SPRING CREEK SKIRMISH.
Forty Indians Attack a Govern
ment "Wagon Train.
Rapid City, S. D., Dec. IS.— Maj.
Perry's command joined us early this
morning, and the scout Gus Craven
reported tftat near Smithville a large
number of indians were seen in a small
creek in the brakes; a number of
shots were exchanged. While some
of the government wagons were
crossing Spring Street creek
they and escort were attacked by about
forty Indians and over 100 shots were
exchanged. One soldier was wounded
and another shot through the hat. A
troop of Capt. Wells' cavalry came to
their rescue, but the Indians, seeing
them, ran away. Mr. Craven reports
having seen sixty-three tepees, which
contained about '200 Indians. They were
camped near the mouth of Spring creek
early this morning and troops were sent
out, but the hostiles had again returned
to the Bad Lands. Gen. Carr sent last
night and to-night armed parties to
guard the ranch where the Indian was
killed yesterday to protect it. The dead
Indian is laid out in front of the ranch,
with his rifle beside him, to act as bait
to attract other Indians to capture the
body.
BULL'S DISCIPLES.
They Appear to Be Out for
Vengeance.
Pierre, S. D m Dec. 18.— An Indian
scout arrived at Fort Bennett last
night, bringing word that Sitting Bull's
followers, who escaped when their
chief was killed, had camped the night
before at the mouth of Tli under creek,
on the Moreau river, being on their
way to the Bad Lands. This point was
sixty miles from Fort Bennett and on a
direct lino to Big Foot's and Low Dog's
hostile camps on Cherry creek. A re
port was received by the quartermaster
in Pierre that Col. Merriam's command
of the Seventh regiment had left for
Fort Snlly to-day, and crossed the Mis
souri at Fort'Bennctt to intercept the
hostiles at Cherry creek ford, on the
Cheyenne liver, fchould Sitting Bull's
Classified Advertisements
INSERTED IX THE
ST. PAUL GLOBE
—ARE—
Read by Tens of Thousands.
hO. 353.
followers combine with Big Foot's and
Low Dog's braves, as they no doubt
will, they will greatly outnumber the
troops, and it is thought may make an
attack on them for Bull's death. Friend- "
ly Indians continued flocking; into this
city, the Cheyenne agency and the forts
for protection.
RED CLOUD'S HEART. 4
The Old Warrior Says It la
Broken. „
Pine Ridge Agency, Dec. 18.— The
military to-day counted the returned
recalcitrauts,and issued rations to them.
There were 1,034. A grand council was
held last night. Red Cloud told them that
his heart was broken. They had caused
a deal of trouble and now their stock
was here eating grass (a very serious
thing at present, there being so much
stock here) and they were eating his
rations, but he was willing to give the
grass and rations, and he grunted. He
would count it all nothing if the trouble
could be settled. If those wno were out
would not come m the soldiers were
forced to" kill them, he should feel
sorry, for they, were his relatives,
but he must say that it was just
A fight seems imminent. The hostiles
are in the Bad Lands, about sixty miles
to the northwest. There are not more
than 500 fighting men. Gen. Carr is
close in their rear, and their case is
hopeless. Gen. Brooke has exercised
the greatest patience, and seems de
termined to exhaust every peaceful
means of settlement before an advance
is made. One company ot Indian scouts
under Lieut. Preston left camp to-day
for Rapid City. It is also rumored that
the hostiles have moved their camp.
SKIRMISH REPORTED. ] ;
Col. Day Engages a Party of Indi
; ' ans Near Hermosa, S. D. ,'
wood, S. D., Dec. 18.— The fol
lowing telegram has been received
here: *
Hermosn, S. D.— Col. Day's squad of militia
had an engagement with Indians Tuesday
night at Pninney's ranch. No one was hurt,
unless it was the Indians. Col. Day and his .
men are all safe. A courier just came in from
the scene of the fight. «
No trouble or worry is caused in this
section. Many rumors are in circula
tion, all of which prove false on invests
gation.
♦'Smoke Dance."
Austin, Tex., Dec. 18.— The governor
has information from the border that
theKiowas and Commanches are en
gaged in the "smoke" dance, and set
tlers in Texas are very much alarmed
and fear the bucks may raid into the
state. The governor to-day ordered
arms and 10,000 rounds of ammunition
to be sent to settlers in Greer county.
He has also ordered all the rangers in
the Pan Handle to the scene of antici
pated trouble.
A FATAL. CRASH. ! k
Five People Killed in a Canadian
Railway "Wreck, .
Quebec, Dec. IS.— express train '
from Halifax on the Intercolonial road
due at Levis at 11:40 met with a fright
ful accident about three miles from its
destination. The scene of the wreck is
an embankment at St. Joseph's. The
dead are five in number. Their names
are Dionne, Gauvin, Blais, Leclair and
Winner. The latter was the newsagent '
on board ot the train. Conductor Walk
;er was badly hurt, and very few of the
passengers escaped without more ' or
less injury. One has both legs brokenr
another a fracture of the skull, and
all are cut and bruised, but it is impos
sible at this moment -to get a reliable'
list of names. Mr. Gauvin was a resi
dent of St. Charles, and had boarded! 1
the train a few minutes before the,'
crash came which deprived him of his
life. Leclair was a young resident of
Levis. who had met the incoming train 1
at Norlake, the last stopping place. As
the accident happened in the center of.
St. Joseph's village, aid was immediate
ly given by residents, and their houses
were thrown open for the reception of.
the wounded. ,
The excitement around the scene of
the disaster has not subsided. A le
vised list of the injured places the num
ber at about 100. Incoming trains from
the lower parishes bring to the scene of
the disaster hundreds of relatives and
friends of the killed and wounded, and
the excitement and sorrow are intense.
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SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
Twenty-Fifth Year of the G. A. R.
to Be Celebrated.
Decatuh, 111., Dec. Great inter
est will center in this city April 6, 1891.
when the department of Illinois and
members from every state in the Union
will celebrate the silver anniver
sary of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Commander-in-chief
Veasey and staff and all the past
commanders and at least 20,000 of the
members of the order will attend. It
has been decided by t!«e national coun
cil of administration and the command
er-tn-chief, Gen. W. G. Veasey, to issue
a general order, calling on all'the Grand
Army posts in the United States s to as
semble at their halls on the evening of
April 6, 1891, and hold commemorative
services in honor of the organization ot
the order. • /
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FOUR KILLED. . ' ;
A Wheeling & Lake Erie Train
Goes Through a Trestle.
Norwalk, 0., Dec. IS.— Passenger
Train No. 5, on the Wheeling & Lake
Erie road, broke through a trestle near
Bolivar this afternoon at 2 o'clock and
killed Mrs. Ada Hall, of Sharodsville,
O.; Henry Hill, Mrs. Carrie Hill, Illi
nois; one unknown woman. Wounded:
Leonard Whitman, Marietta, O. : Mrs.,"
Louisa Pepper, Stark county. O. : Ira
Cowan, engineer W. & L. E., Norwalk;
William Gratzengcr. Ada, O. ; Charles
Conrad, Masstllon; William Hall, Sha
rodsville; William Graham, Norwalk,
O. : Ed Landis. conductor W. & L. E.,
Norwalk. Mrs. Pepper cannot recover,,
Mr. Conrad's chances are doubtful.
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WORTHEX WILL DIG IT. '•
Chicago's Big Drain Committee Se
lects an Engineer.
Chicago, Dec. 18.— Upon the recom
mendation of Gen. John Newton, con
sulting engineer, . the trustees of the
Sanitary district, who have charge of
the work of digging a canal to connect
Lake Michigan with the Mississippi
river for drainage purposes, have chosen
.William E.Worthen, of New York,
chief engineer. Mr. Worthen is a man
of large experience in his line, and was
at one time president of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
" ■*»- — - .■ c
. Steamer Burned. w
New Oiu.eans, Dec. 18.— steam,
boat Lake Washington, plying between
Monroe and points on Bayou rbonn c,
; burned this morning together "with her
cargo, consisting of about 500 bales of
cotton. The cargo was valued at $25,
--000; insurance not known. ; The boat
was valued at 110,000; insurance $7,500.
There were r.o lives lost."