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VOL. XIII. TWENTY LIVES LOST. A Train in North Carolina F :shes Over a High Bridge. Score of People Taken Out Dead and Others in the Wreck. tilany Drowned in a Creek Into Which the Train Tumbled. list of the Unfortunates Crushed and Mangled by the Fall. Charlotte, N. C, Ane. 27.— One of the most disastrous railroad wrecks known in the annals of this state oc curred this morning about 2 o'clock at Boston's Bridge, two miles west of Statesviile, on the Western North Caro lina road. Passenger Train No. 9, known as the last mail, which made up at Salisbury, pulled,out at I a. m. load ed with passengers. It was composed of a baggage and mail car, second and first-class coaches, Pullman sleeper and Superintendent Bridge's private car. This sleeper, which was from (;olds boro, usually contains a good number of passengers from Northern points, and last night was no exception. Tne run to statesviile, a distance of twenty-five miles, was made on time, but just after leaving Statesviile there is a high stone briiliri- spanning Third creek and down into this creek plunged the entire train, a distance of at least sixty-five feet, wrecking the whole train and carrying death and destruction wuh it. Twenty passengers were killed out right, nine seriously injured and about twenty badly bruised and shaken up. The scene at the wreck beggars descrip tion. The night was dismal and, to add to the horror of the situation, the water in the creek was up. It was only through the most heroic efforts of those who had hurried to the scene of the wreck that the injured were not drowned. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails. The bridge was not Injured, and trains are running Son schedule time. Twenty dead bodies are now lying in a warehouse at Statis ville. The injured are having the best of care at private residences and hotels. The following is The List of Killed. William West, ensiner, Salisbury. IT. C. Wabbex Fbbt, fireman, Hickory, X. C. H. K. Llnsteb, baggagemnster, t-tatesville, ST. C. W. If. Houston-. Greensboro, K. C. P. Baknktt. Acheville. N. C. (.oioian. Asheville. N. C. W . E. \\ iNMniv. Abbeville, N. C. Chabi.es Bennett, Hendersonville, X. C. W". J. Fishek, Campbell, S. c. J. B. A i -s-tix. Hickory. N C. J. M. mke-. ClartsviUe, Term. >lrs. Pool, Williainstou. N. C. Doc Wells, colored Pullman porter. T. Bbodie, drummer. New York. Jcbe Thefeb. traveling salesman. John Davis. Statesviile, K. C !Mr. JldJuiMiiii, Alexandria, Va. Dr. George W. Sanderiin, state aud itor, was on the wrecked train. He was painfully injured. Among others who escaped with injuries more or less se rious are Col. E. B. Cameron, of the governor's stall; Patrick E. Ransom, of Northampton county, N. C. ; Otto Ransom, of .Norfolk, Va. : Worth Elliott, of Hickory, N.C.; George Bowles, of Atlanta: ' Col. O. W. Law son. of Louisville, Ky. ; Miss Lewllyn Pool, of Williamston, ST. C; Mrs. EL C mid Miss Ophelia Moore, of Helena, Ark.: A. S. Link and wife, of Lexing ton. Ky. : 13. N. Estes Jr., of Memphis, Term. ; John Gage, of Asheville; K. E. Johnston, of Newberry, S. C. ; Con ductor Suaueh, Sleeping Car Conductor 11. C. Cleeper and Flagman Shoaf. T'l he train fell on the north side of the track; the engine lies partly up the em bankment on the west side. The lirst class coach lies on top of the second-' Ela-s coach, and Supt. Bridget's car partly covers the sleeper. It is sup posed that, as the engine was making about from twenty-live to thirty miles a boor on a down erade, struck the bridge, the track under his cab, within arm's reach of him, were the bodies of two female passengers. How their bodies got from the first-class coach to the eneine, will never be known. Miss Luellen Pool held the head of her mother out of the water until her strength was exhausted, when the head dropped and tlie mother was drowned. Parts of the sleeper and of the h'r^t-class coach are in the water. Supt. Bridgers was not aboard: his car was beins hauled empty to Asheville. A car load of convicts arrived from Newton early in ths morning, and the wreck is being cleared. The bridge is not damaged in the least, and trains will soon be running over it. Memphis, Term., Aus. 27.— The lady mentioned in the Associated Press ac count of the Statesyille wreck as un identified and wearing: a ring engraved "F. H. W. to M. B. K." is beyond a doubt the wife of F. H. White, of this city. Mrs. White had been spending the summer ?t liillsborough, >". N., aiul was on her way to Memphis. Mr. White received a telegram from Statesville this evening and has left lor that place. CROWDS STILL LINGER Around the Collapsed New York Death Trap. New York, Aug. 27.— A number of men and about twenty-five carts are at •work to-day removing the debris from the scene of the Park Place disaster. There seems to be little diminution in the crowd of persons who are<stnxious to look at the ruins, although there is little to be seen, and the police lines have still to be maintained in order to enable the men to continue their work. During the -lit and tin:- morning, a number of persons whose friends are missing called at the Second precinct in the hope of getting: some clue by which they might be able to identify some of the seventeen unknown dead at the morgue. Coroner Uanley gathered his jury shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon and escorted them to the scene of the calamity, where a cursory examination of the ruins was made. The jurors as cended the dismantled building adjoin ing the ruins, and through the openings on the second floor viewed the remnants of the wrecked building. They found that the beams had been held by an chors, which still remained imbedded in the walls, and that the mortar clinging to the bricks was of good quality. Of course, they would express no opinion regarding the wrecked building. The jury then dispersed to meet again at 10 o'clock next Tuesday morniug. The relief committee appointed by Mayor Grant to raise funds for the fam ilies who lost relatives in the Park place albiistcr met to-day. The secretary re ported over 86,000 on hand, and it was decided to allow each family ss0 at once. The lithographers' union has already Daily ST. PAUL Globe. raised a EOOd sum for the families of those lithographers who lost their lives. More in the Wreck. Mrs. Pool was drowned before aid could roach her. Three I cfdies have not been identified; one ot these is an oM lad} ; another is a lady with a ticket in her pocket which reads '-Mrs. George ■McConiiick and mother. Elm wood, N. C , to Alexander, N. C; the third is also a lady. I'pon her finger is a ring en grave.l T. 11. VV. to M. K. R. It is thought that all tbe bo.iies have not been taken out of the debris, which is l>iled v]) so hiirii that it is impossible to make a thorough examination. Crowds have flocked to the scene all day, and tbe aeekfent has cast a doom over the entire community. Not a soul came out of the sleeper alive. Miss Ophelia Moore, of Helena, Ark., died after be ins: taken out of the wreck. Nasiivili.k, Term.. Aug. 27.— Among the killed in the accident on the West ern North Carolina road this morning was Bey. J. M. Sykes, a graduate of the Southwestern Presbyterian university, Clarksville, Ten a. Dr. Sikes hail just been assigned to missionary work in China, and was to have left for that country Sept 20 next. He was mar ried. Hi.i.exa, Ark., Auk. 27.— H. C. Moore, ot tiiis city, received a telegram to-day stating that Miss Ophelia' Moore La 1 been killed and her mother, Mrs. W. K. Moore, seriously Injured in the wreck on the Western Nortn Carolina rail road near Statesviile. The Sioores are prominent in literary and social circles, and are weli known throughout the South. They were returning from a summering in the Blue mountains. MARTINIQUE LAID WASTE. Whole Villages liazetl— Appeal for Assistance. Paris, Aug. 27.— The governor of the island of Martinique, recently visited by a fearful hurricane, which resulted in the loss of over :>JO lives, the injury of over 1,000 people, and which caused immense damage throughout the col ony, has sent by telegraph an appeal asking help for the suffering peaple of Martinique. The governor appeals for assistance on the ground that large numbers of people are without food or shelter, in spite of the efforts made by the colonial authorities to succor them. Whole villages, lie adds, have entirely vanished, and the crops from one end of the island 10 the other liave been almost totally destroyed. BRULES IN UNIFORM i The Indian Soldiers Are Making Fine Progress. Washdtgtok, Aug. 27.— The war de partment has received a report from Capt. J. 11. Lee, of the Ninth United States Infantry, of an inspection he recently made of Troop L, Sixth cavalry. This troop consists of fifty-five Sioux Indians and is now stationed at Fort Niobrara, Neb. The troop was recruited at Rosebud, S. D.. largely from the Brule Sioux tribe, the least progressive of the bands located there. The officer who recruited the troop and who is now in command ot it is Lieut. Edward E. Drave, of the Sixth cavalry. In iiis re port. Capt. Lee says lie visited the quarters, mess room's and stables of the garrison and talked with the men free ly. They are, he says, "sell contented and cheerful, and there was not a single complaint from them. They are clean, neat and soldierly. Their quarters and the grounds contiguous to them are well policed. The furniture and utensils of the camp were scrupulously clean and the loud was well cooked and properly served. All the cooking was done by Indians and there was none better done in the garrison. The stable and grounds were mouels of neatness and completeness, and were made so by the labor of the Indians. They attend to their duties with the regularity of the best soldiers. They are proud of being soldiers, tiie captain says, are becoming rapidly civilized in their demeanor and habits, and are bavine a salutary influence over the reservation Indians. Twenty pel cent of the company have deposited money with the paymaster. They send considerable amounts each pay day to their needy relatives at the agency! and purchase many necessary and useful articles. Lieut.Drave, the captain says, has caused those at the post witii fami lies to be lawfully married. Mounted drill had just be-run at the tims of the inspection, and the intelligent progress of the Indians was sur prising. Their memory and applica tion of every foot drill seemed almost perfect. The dismounting drill was ex cellent, and the military wheels and other movements were executed with surprising promptness and regularity. Lieut. Drave says Capt. Lee has taken fifty-live Brule Indians from the midst of barbarous surroundings an.i has done more for their progress and civilization in the brief period of three and a half months than has ever been accomplished in as many years, under other methods. GLAZIER'S "FIND." A I/umlier Surveyor Discredits Mr. Brower's Reports. Grand Ratios, Au^. 27.—Informa tion sent across irom the ltasca sources of the Mississippi to this, the first town below them, indicates somewhat of the line of work Glazier is beginning there, and, to some extent, the tendency to worry those who have been locking horns with the persistent captain. His party was completed at Brainerd and Tark Rapids by the addition of a sur veyor's force and some local explorers, in the latter the captain made a discov ery. Among the local explorers that the captain picked up, was some of the force of woodsmen who have been ex aming the Northern Pacific lands which that company have been selling under a recent large timber deal with the Weyerhauser syndicate. This force of cruisers was organized and managed by Capt. W. 1# Seelye, of Brainerd, and their duty was to examine, estimate and fully map out every acre of land the company was selling, which was one-half of ail the land in each town ship, beins: the odd numbered sections, acquired by the company's land giant. Moreover, the purchasing syndicate had a crew to work with Seeiye's. of equal size and as fully experienced and equipped as his, ami more than this, the reports, estimates and maps of both crews had to agree as to the whole land. Also, as the sale was by forty acre tracts— -tint is, the timber was so sold, all that ran over was a certain quantity to the forty acres, going into the deal — there was surely a careiul ex amination of the smallest subdivision of the sections known to public surveys. The work required the mapping of "all sections, swamps and lakes. Nothing could be more thorough than the re quirements of this work. Here comes in Glazier's "fiu-l." Fie chanced at Brainerd to find this out. and that the very township, in the center of which the disputed Itascau sources are located, had just been completed. Fur ther, he found that detached duplicates Of those maps and reports were to be had; and further, he found Capt. Seelye willing to put them together into a map of the township. When this was done he found that the map showed In the most explicit manner, and looked upon this as a confirmation of his clai'n?, that Elk lake is the only considerable con tributor to Lake ltasca, CLAIMING A VICTORY. The Chilian Minister at Wash ington Seems Unduly Elated. Report That the Insurgent Army Has Surrenderei to Balmaceda. Envoys of the Constitutional Party Do Not Despair of Success. Telegrams of Conflicting 1 Im port Flying- All Over Europe. Washington, Aug. 27.— Senor La i cano, the Chilian minister at Washing ton, to-day received a cablegram, dated Valparaiso, the 26th, from M. M. Aldun ate, the minister of foreign affairs, say ing that on the 25th, the insurgent army was completely defeated in Vino del Mar. A division of the Chilian gov ernment army cutoff their retreat to the ships and obliged them to surrender unconditionally. All the country, the dispatch adds, applauds the valor and skill of the government army. During the afternoon, Mr. Foster, the secretary of the congressional envoys, had three or four dispatches dated to day from Minister Errazurizat Iquique, which he thinks throws considerable doubt on the accuracy of the report of the surrender. These dispatches are addressed to Mr. Montt, the principal Chilian envo. ,and say that the news is favorable; that the Constitutional army forces are still advancing; and that the Congressional party is still con fident ot the defeat of Balmaceda's army. Mr. Errazuriz asks that the re ports given out by the agents of the "Dictator" be denied. The news Im parted by Balmaceda's agent at Buenos Ayres, he also says, is as incorrect as that given to the public by Mr, Vicuna, who has been elected to succeed Bal maceda as president. The news referred to as being given out at Buenos Ayres |is supposed to be simllar|to that received hereby the aarent of the government. The discrepancy in the dates and of the nature of the con tents of the dispatch received oy the Chilian minister and those received by Mr. Foster, coupled with the fact that the United States government has re ceived no official news of the reported surrender, although it has Us represent atives in the vicinity, Mr. Foster thinks is ominous, and tends to yet make the issue one of uncertainty. A JUBILANT MINISTER. Senor Lazcano Tells How It May Have Been. Washington*, Aug. 27.— "The war is over," said Senor Lazcano. the Chilian minister, to a reporter, commenting on the cable dispatch received from the Chilian minister of foreiern affairs. Senor Lazcano wore a contented ex pression upon his determined face, while his handsome wife, who acts as his interpreter, beamed with enthu siasm and joy over the happy result. The war began more than s ; x months ago, Senor Lazcano explained, and the insurgents were led by Col. Canto, who had been dismissed from the Chilian army. He had succeeded in securing the Chilian navy, and ou this account hail been able, until now, to maintain his army. The Chilian government had no navy, and because of this disadvan tage had been unable to hem in the in surgents. 'Had we had ships," said Senor Laz cano. tracing the positions of the gov ernment and insurgent forces on a rough map he had drawn, so as to explain him self, "we would have succeeded long ago." He then traced the positions of the army of the Chilian government, under command of lien. Velasquez, the pres ent minister of war. and who distin guished himself in the war between Cliili and Peru, ten years aso. At Co quimbo. on the northern coast of Chili, 10.000 government troops were stationed. At Santiasjo. 12,000 troops were in gar rison, while below.at Concepciou, 10,000 men were under arms. To the left of Concepcion, an army of '.i.OOO men was rendezvoused. Between Santiago and Pulntero, just above the Aconcagua river, the insurgents under Col. Canto landed 10,000 men. Under protection from their shins, the insurgents moved down the coast toward Valparaiso. At the Aconcagua river, the insurg ents were met by a force of 5,000 from the government army, which had moved up from the left of Concepcion. This force held the insurgents at bay for thirty hours. In the meantime the gov ernment forces at Santiago, Concepcion and Coquimbo moved down, hemmed in the insurgents and compelled their un conditional surrender. As Senor Lazcano in an off-hanrl man ner described how the war was brought to a close he naturally became exuber ant with joy, and as he hesitated for words to express, in broken English, his ideas, his wife, who was enraptured with his warlike description, would till in the interstices. The minister sent a number of telegrams this morning:, spreading far and wide the clad tidings of the victory of the Chilian govern ment. BLISSFUL. UNCERTAINTY. No News From Admiral Brown — Outside Reports. WA.snixr.TOX, Aug. 27.— The state and navy departments are both ignorant of recent events in Chili, no telegrams bavins been received by either from Chill for more than a week. Acting Secretary of State Wharton was in formed by the United Press representa tive of the receipt or the dispatch of Senor Lozcano, the Chilian minister, announcing the defeat of the insurg ents, but he remarked that he had no information on the subject. Admiral Brown, the commander of the Pacific station, who now represents the United States in Chilian waters, was on the 15th inst. at Valparaiso. It is presumed he is still at that place. This being the case,. he is In the im mediate vicinity of the place where the fighting of the past few days has been going on. It is. of course, suposed that had the surrender? actually occurred he would hasteu to report it to the depart ment. New York, Aug. 27.— The following cablegram was to-day received by Charles B. Flint from Valparaiso, show ing the conditions before the battle ••The Insurgents have h^ n cut off from their vessels jtjiu ate between two divisions of t[ie government army, which is being rapidly augmented by fresh ar rivals of troops by railroads from the In terior. It Is expected that the defeat of the insurgent army will result la bring* SAINT PAUL MINN., FEIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1891. ing the revolution to a close, although the fleet could retire to the north and continue the rebellion, as they couldnot reach them by land across the desret, and until the new cruisers arrive from Europe the government would not be in a position to attack the rebel fleet." - Paris, Aug. 27.— A dispatch has been received at the Chilian legation in this cky from Buenos Ayres, stating that the troops of the Chilian government have had another engagement with the insurgent forces near Valparaiso, and were completely victorious. The insur gents, the dispatch say?, were caught between two fires of the Balmaceda troops and were unable to carry out an attempt to retreat to their ships, which were lying off the coast and assisting them as far as lay in their power. The dispatch also says that it is reported in Buenos Ayres that the insurgent forces, had surrendered to the victorious Bal maceda army. The Paris confidential agent of the provisional government in Chili denies that Bal'naceda has been victorious. The agent says that he has received a dispatch from Iquique and another from Buenos Ayres statins that Balmaceda has been defeated. Bkislin. Aug. 27.— The Chilian lega tion heie confirms the news given out by the Chilian legation in Paris to-day, and asserts that the insurgents have surrendered. London. Aug. 2S.— A private tele gram received in London from a Con gregationalist source in Chili says that Gen. Canto occupies positions on the heights of Quilpue and Pena Blanca, and that Balinaceda's army is in Quil lola, whither it has gone in the hope of being reinforced from Santiago. FOSTER IS NOT SURE. The Insurgent Envoy Has Doubts of a Surrender. Washington, Aug. 27.— The dispatch received here by the Chilian minister, announcing the defeat of the insurgents at Vina del Mar, was shown to Mr. Fos ter, one of the insurgent representa tives, this morning, and that gentleman was a3ked if he had heard anything from his party. He replied that he had received the following cablegram from there late last night: lo.no.ri, Aug. 2o.— Notices Inspired by the dictator's agents in Lima absolutely without truth. Errazckiz. This, Mr. Foster said, probably re ferred to the reported defeat of his party. "I do not say that the dispatch received by the Chilian minister is not correct," he continued, "tut I think that in case the battle had been touirhi on the 25th, and won by Balmaceda, he would not have delayed so long in spreading the news." Mr. Foster also took in to" consideration that the forces of Balmaceda outnumbered those of the insurgents, but said that in case the insurgent party was defeated it only meant a prolongation of the war. and that the insurgent forces would be in creased in every possible way, and the dictator fought to the end. Speaking further of the matter, Mr. Foster said that the attempts of the Congressional party to obtain a foothold in the country occupied by Balinaeeda's troops were very desperate and rash, but that such a course had been repeat edly urged upon the leaders ot the army by many persons of wealth living in Valparaiso who sympathized with the revolutionary cause and by many others who had been furnishing money to aid the Congressional army. The following cablegram was received to-night by the Chilian representatives of the Constitutional or insurgent party: IQUIQUK, Aug. 27.— The Constitu tional forces continue advancing. We have confidence in the defeat of Balma ceda. Contradict the news given by the dictator's agents. EutAZUBIZ. BRAGG'S SUCCESSOR. Thomas Wilson, of Winona, Is Mentioned for the Honor. Washington*, Aug. 27.— Gossip is rife in Washington to-day relative to the ap pointment of a successor to Commission er Bragg, the deceased member of the interstate commerce commission, who was a resident of Alabama. Poli ticians of that state want to name Bragg's successor, of course, but there is a general belief that they will not be able to do so. A strango thing in connection with the personnel of the commission is the fact that the vast oountry west of the Mississippi river has no representative on the com mission. There is a feeling now that the president will be compelled to recognize this section. It is certain that a Democrat will be appointed. From inner circles it is learned to-day that several Western Democrats of prominence are discussed as available timber. Tom Patterson, Colorado's brilliant lawyer and orator, is looked upon as a likely candidate. In the Northwest Thomas Wilson, of Winona, is regarded as one of the strongest men yet discussed as Bragg's successor. Gen. U. S. Brags, of Fond dv Lac, Wis., may also be singled out for this place by "President Harrison. FAST TRAVELING. A Pennsylvania Train Goes Like the Wind. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.— A mile in 39 4-5 seconds, or at the rate of over ninety miles per hour, is the fastest run ever made by a railroad train. This unparalleled feat was accomplished to day on the Bound Brook railroad, between Neshaminy Falls and Lang horne by an engine drawing two ordin ary coaches and President McLeod's private car, which is equal to two coaches in weight. The fastest five miles were made in three minutes twenty-six and four-fifth seconds. The fastest tea miles in seven minutes twelve seconds, averaging forty-three seconds per mile. Delayed by 3liller. Washixgtox, Aug. 27.— 1t is Becom ing painfully evident to government of ficials that the delay in the payment of appropriations to the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians in South Dakota is due to the failure of Attorney Gen eral Miller to render a decision as to the validity of the fee claim of Gen. Sanborn of St. Paul. The whole matter DOW hinges on this decision. Senator Davis is working in Sanborn's interest and may succeed in securing a decision in his favor. The interior de partment officials who know the situa tion thoroughly, however, do not con sider Sanborn'a big claim a just one by aiiy means. Strike for Fresh Air. New Haves, Conn., Aug. 27.— Two hundred bootmakers struck work to-day iv the big rubber factory of L. Candea & Co. because the superintendent order ed the window! closed, claiming that the air damaged the material. The at mosphere in the shop was suffocating. The strike is virtually one tor fresh air Steamship Arrivals. Baltimore— Arrived: Michigan, London. London — Sighted : Egyptian Monarch, Elbe, Augusta Victoria, New Yore New Arrived: California, Ham burg; Persian Monarch, London. New York— Arrived: Steamer '^Britannic, Liverpool, IT WAS VERY CHILLY. The Frost Gets in Its Deadly Work Again in North Dakota. Great Danger Is Also Report ed in the Province of Manitoba. A North Dakota Woman Is Cut to Pieces by a Wheat Binder. A St. Paul Man In Trouble at Eau Claire—The North west. Specials to the Globe. Mr Canna, N. !>., Aug. 27.—Observa tions here last night on a thousand-acre field showed 27 deg outside and 32 deg inside the smoked region, when coldest. Twelve men and four teams kept up fires in this field, thnr fuel being straw. Giiatton. N. D., Aug. 27.— Fanners In this vicinity are putting in fourteen hours a day cutting grain, four horses being required on the binders. Grain weighs heavy. There is no frost. GHUftCH's FkbbY, N. D., Aug. 27.— A very heavy fiost, last night, did damage to green, uncut grain. The thermometer registerd 28 deg. Ice was found on the heads of wheat in many fields. Farmers tried smudge fires to a very large extent, but some think they did not commence soon enough, some of them waiting till almost freezing point before starting the flies. About 50 per cent of the grain is cut and half of the balance is very ripe. There was no frost at Cando or St. John, but it was heavy at Rollo. St. Vincent, Aug. 27.— 1t was 82 degrees last night, the same as Satarday night, but there was apparently a much heavier frost. About 70 per cent of the crop is harvested. Pkmbina, N. D., Aug. 27.— 1t was 4 below freezing last night. Frost injured the wheat considerably. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 27.— The much feared frost came last night In rather formidable shape. The thermometer was from 2 to 5 degrees below all over the province, and there can be no doubt that much damage was done, as a great quantity of the wheat is still green. . Sauk Rapids. Minn., Aug. 27.— A light' frost visited this locality last night, doing some damage to corn and other late crops. Elk Point, S. D., Aug. 27.— Heavy rains have prevailed here for a week past and much damage ts being done to grain in stack. Some stacks arc being torn down and dried out. CUT TO PIECES. A Woman's Awful Death Before a Binder. Special to the GloDe. Gkaftox. N. D., Aug. 27.— The train going north to Cavalier freightened a yoke of oxen near Canton and they ran away. They were attached to a "binder and were led by a woman, the man who operated the machine being perched on the seat. The woman was literally cut to pieces. Her legs were cut off, also her arms and head. The man escaped uninjured, BLEW OUT HIS BRAIN'S. A Northfield Man Hustles Himself Out of Existence. Special to tlie Globe. Nokthfikli), Minn., Aug. 27.— The suicide of Charles Gebhart this morning caused considerable of a sensation. He was a well known and universally re spected young man, and always con sidered steady and reliable. He was well connected with some of the best families in this place, and was about the last man in town wiio would be suspect ed of yielding to momentary disappoint ment, and committing suicide. It seems that he has for some time contemplated the step which led to his death this morning at 6 o'clock on a farm a few miles south of Northfield. Sunday morning last be was seen by his wife to go into the barn with a rope under his arm, and she, having become suspicions by his recent morbidness, stealthily fol lowed him, and as she came to the door, she saw him putting the rope over a beam, and about his neck. t?he rushed into the barn and pursuaded him not to commit the dreadful deed. But appar ently the purpose was too deep rooted to be put off for any length of time; and this morning just a few minutes before 6 he went into the yard north of the house, and pullinir a pistol out of his pocket, put it to his right temple, and fired the shot which dashed him into eteruity. He was a German by birth, and about thirty.seven years old. He had been married some twelve years, and had five children, none of whom are old euough to work for a living. DROPPED DEAD. flattie T Dies on the Track at Winona. Special to the Globe. . Wisoka, Minn., Aug. 27.— Thursday ■was Old Settlers' and La Crosse day at the fair, and it was the biggest day of the week. About 1,000 people came up from La Crosse and large numbers came in on other roads. A balloon as cension was made. In the 2:20 pace Prince Mac took first money, Tempest -N second. Little Jo third and OWL fourth. The 2:45 trot was won by Wilu Idle, Robert L took second money, Bes sie L third and Galatea fourth. Hattie ■T, owned by C. L. Hood, of La Crosse, and valued at $1,000, dropped dead from heart failure in the third heat. • Keeping It Up. Special to the Globe. ; PIPKSTOK, Minn., Aug. 27.— Wheat in this county will average about 25 bushels per acre, a good of which will be NoVl'hard. Several pieces have 3>een threslSd where the average has been 30 and' 32 bushels per acre. The yield of oats will be very large. One field of 1 1-15 acres gave 90 bushels, ma chine measure, or 130 bushels and 6 pounds by weight. The yield of other grains will be proportionately large. ".Charged With Embezzlement. Special to the Globe. Eau Clause, Wis., Aug. 27.— J. A. Wagner, bookkeeper and butcher, em ployed by F. Meude, a prominent butch er, is wanted on the charge of embezzle ment. He came to this city from St. Paul early in Jnly, and about the middle of. August claimed bis sister was dying, and while on a visit to St. Paul waited upon his employers' customers and ob tained payments from them for consign ments of lard and pork. At least that is claimed by Mr. Mende. it is said that he personated Mende at the banks in cashing checks. He never returned, and Mende went to St. Paul this week and placed the matter in the hands ot a dptective agency. Wagner is charged with appropriating several hundreds of dollars, lie had a wife and family in St. Paul. A DEFAULTER CONFESSES. Hammond Will Make Restitution to His Employer, Water-town*, S. D., Auk. 27.— 1n 1883 Lee Hammond, a bookkeeper for 11. A. Park, at Red Wing, Minn., disappeared, some ?700 of Mr. Park's money going with him. Nothing was learned of him until yesterday, when Mr. Park, who is now a wholesale merchant here, received a letter from Hammond, dated at Salt Lake City, saying he made a full confession of his euilt and agreed to make restitution, leaving it optional with Mr. Park to prosecute him. Mr. Park wrote him to come back and take care of his mother, who re sides at Ellsworth, Wis., and that an ar rangement could be made in regard to the money. He says that Hammond was a capable man in whom he had the utmost confidence. The mouey was lost iv a game of poker. The Engine Passed Over Him. Special to the Globe. Eati Claire, Wis., Aug. 27.— Fred Kuischke, a boy three years old, had a miraculous escape from death yester day. He was walking along the North western tracks near his home, and just as an engine, going thirty miles an hour, rounded the curve he stepped upon the track, his mother, not twenty yards away, screaming and crying. The en gineer saw the child and endeavored to reverse his engine, but it was impossi ble to bring it to a halt. Just as the en gine came upon the child the little fel low stubbed his toe and fell headlong on the track, the engine passing over him safely. He was unharmed. A arge crowd saw the miraculous escape. St. Paul Man Married. Special to the Globe. Hastings, Minn., Aug. 27.— A quiet but happy event took place last even ing at the residence of Mrs. Susanna Herbst, her daughter. Miss Bertha llerbst, being uuited in marriage to Kichard Bastian, by Rev. Edward Moyses, rector of St. Luke's (Episcopal) church. Miss Emma C. Herbst, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and Dr. B. A. Pomeroy, of St. Paul, oesi man. Denied by Hill. Special to the GloDe. Gkan-d Fokks, N. D.. Aug. 27.— The statement telegraphed from West Supe rior yesterday to the effect that Presi dent Hill had indorsed the scheme for West Superior elevators to take North Dakota wheat on North Dakota inspec tion is denied by Mr. Hill, who arrived here this morning. He says the Great Northern will positively not stop trains at the state line for inspection, ou ac count of the delay it would cause. She Enjoys It. Special to the Globe. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 27.— Mrs. Car ruthers has been committed for trial on thb charge of murdering her husband at Rainy river last winter. She ac cepted the magistrate's decision with indifference, and chaffed her jailer about it. She is a woman of remark able temperament, evidently lacking that sensitiveness and delicacy peculiar to woman. She appears to enjoy the notoriety which she is receiving. His Wounds Not Fatal. Special to the Globe. Eau Claike, Wis., Aug. 27.— M. Ser eeaut, of Jump River, a Grand Army man, while visiting friends in this city, attempted to-day to jump on a street car while it was passing over Kelsey bridge. He was badly ground between the bridge timbers and the side of the car. His clothing was torn oft and a bolt on tlie bridge tore into his back. His wounds, however, are not fatal. To Convene in September. Special to the Globe. HfKOX, ."5. D., Aug. 27.— Tiie Hnron ite this evening received a telegram from W. C. Allen, chairman of the Re publican state central committee, say ing the committee would meet in Huron Sept. 8, to name a place and date tor the state convention to nominate a candi date for congress. On the same day the Republican editors of the state Hold a convention here. Thfy Had to Swim. Special to the Globe. Little Falls, Aug. 27.— The rear of the big log drive of the Mississippi and Rum River Booom company passed this city this evening in charge of Manager Barber and 125 men. Two bateaux, containing six men. were swamped in the rapids below the dam, throwing the drivers into the river, from which they escaped by swimming. To Race ia October. Special to the Globe. Grand Fokks, N. D., Aug. 27.— A trottine meeting an 1 stock exhibit will be held here Oct. 7, 8, 9 and 10. Tliirty tive hundred dollars in purses will be given. It is a continuation of tlie cir cuit at Ilamline, Fergus Falls, St. Cloud and Fargo. The Driving association decided ou this to-night. Boy Badly Pounded. Special to the Globe. Pipkstone. Minn., Aug. 27.— A num ber of small boys got into a wrangle on the court hous? square yesterday, and before the marshal arrived a ten-year old boy named Roy Hyslop was so badly beaten that hopes of his recovery are very slim. No arrests have yet been made. Charged With Stealing. Specials to the Globe. Eai* Clause, Wis., Auk. 27.— Miss Edna French, a highly respected young lady of Fall Creek, was arraigned to day, charged with stealing $100 in Fall Creek, this county. The arrest causes considerable excitement among the folks of Fall Creek. Her trial was post poned. Hans Mattson's Mother. Special to the Globe. Red Wine, Aug. 27. — Mrs. Elna Mattson, mother of ex-Secretary of State Hans Mattson, died yesterday at her home in Vasa, this county, aged eighty-eight years. She had lived here since the pioneer days. It Is Ready to Grind. Special to the Globe. . Waseca, Minn., Aug. 27.— new mill owned by Everett Aughenbaugh & Co., and which, together with the ele vator and flour room thereto attached, cost no less than $75,000, is now in read iness for business. A SCUFFLE FOB LIFE. Farmer Stack Attacked by a Drunken Indian Police man. Two Shots Fired by the Red, but the Farmer Conquers His Enemy. A Prominent Couple Under Arrest for the Denver Deviltry. Romance and Mystery Sur round a Strange Case in Michigan. Sperlnl to the Globe. Cloquet, Minn., Aug. 27.— An at tempt was made this evenine: by a thiee quarter breed Indian named Louis La Prairie, belonging on the Fond dv Lac reservation, to kill Indian Farmer J. S. Stack. La Prairie is one of the Indian police, and tiie fanner recommended his removal for incompetency and drunk enness. He went to the farmer to-night about 7 o'clock, near the C. X. Nelson company's store, and proceeded to abuse him. Mr. Stack stood the abuse for a long time, but at last was forced to knock the half-breed down. Mr. Stack then proceeded into the store in company with Attorney Mitten, and a few minutes later was followed by La Prairie, who apparently tried to smooth matters over. The Indian farmer told him to go about his business, but Instead of complying La Prairie drew a revolver and fired, the bullet coining within an inch of its in tended victim. Mr. Stack rushed at La Prairie and threw him down and at tempted to wrest the revolver from him, and in the scuffle La Prairie pressed the trigger, but again missed, the powder burning Mr. Stack's whiskers. Stack took the revolver away and had the des perate man lodged in jail. La Prairie was a little under the influence of liquor, and if the Indian farmer had killed him he would have been held justified for tlw a<;t by those who wit nessed the scuffle. Mr. Stack was not harmed in the least. A HEARTLESS WOMAN. Mrs. Maynes, of Denver, Evidently Fills the Bill. Denver, Coi., Aii£. 27.— T0-day the sheriff of tliis comity arrested Albert B. Haynea and his wife Minnie on a ranch about forty miles from this place and to-niglit they were brought to Denver and lodged in jail. The charge placed opposite their names is murder. Mayues is a lumber mer chant of this city, and was married to his wife Jan. 1 last. In March Mrs. Mayues, being in a delicate condition, went to Mine. Astle, the abortionist who is now under arrest, and was deliv ered of twins, which were placed in a stove and roasted before the husband's eyes while they wore still alive. The police say that this preyed upon the mind of Mayues that lie made a full confession to them of the awful crime. Mrs. Haynes, who is a very pretty young woman, does not seem wor ried about the matter, however, but will not tain" to reporters concerning it. The police aie after other married people on the same charge and say that arrests will follow thick and fast, and, that before the matter is through with, there will be such a stir ring up of Denver society as was never dreamed of. 'Mine. Astle says that, it some one don't come to her aid and eet her out of this trouble, she will tell all she knows, which, she says, is a great deal. Complaints have been made against prominent officials in some of Colorado's smaller cities*and they will probably be brought into the case. Mayues in his confession says that he paid 1230 to have the operation perform ed. The police are now sec urine evi dence to warrant more arrests, and have the names ot at least thirty, some of them wealthy and prominent citizens, who have patronized Madame Aslle during tne past few months. One girl, Clara Levy, who is now under arrest, says that Madame Astle has performed two abortions on hersince last January. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. '.!7.— Mrs. Frank Austin, a sister of Gertie Harris, the girl victim »f the Denver abortionist, was seen by a reporter of the United Press today and said that Gertie left Lincoln about two months since for Denver for the purpose of hiding her shame. Mrs. Austin says that Win. Turner, an employe of the Burling ton land department, was responsible tor Gertie's condition. When her father discovered her situation he vainly endeavcfred to induce Turner to make her his wife. The latter declined but promised to send her to Denver and supply her financial needs while she was oeing treated for an abortion. The sister says that after Gertie reached Denver Turner failed to keep his promise and it is supposed that she received some financial aid from a young mini named Frankel, a former clothing store clerk in this city, with whom she was intimate, but who is now employed in a Denver shoe store. Gertie Harris' father now lives in this city. He is poor, but respectable, and when she wrote him for money he was un able to send it. Her sister says that she received a letter from Gertie Wednesday in which the latter wrote that she was out of her trouble and was working in a glove factory at *30 a month; that she had paid a woman 625 to procure an abortion and that the woman was demadingan additional 125 She wrote that a young woman with whom she had become acquainted had supplied her with the necessary funds. RO3IANCE AND MYSTERY. A Strange Couple Found Dead iv Michigan. Red Oak, Mich., Aug. 27. -James Burns and a woman who was known as his daughter Alice were found dead in their house about nine miles from here last night. A neighbor, struck by the silence that prevailed about the place, forced an entrance and lound the body of Burns upd"n the bed and across it that of the woman. About the neck of the latter was a string, and death had resulted from strangulation. Both corpses were in an advanced state of decomposition. The man who brought the news to this place believes that Burns died from natural causes, while the woman killed herself for grief. They were a strange couple. Burns came to this region four years ago with a very pretty woman he introduced as his daughter. They seemed to have plenty of money and fitted up a tasty home. They seldom went out, and their great fondness for each other led people to believe that they were uot father and NO. 240. daughter. \o one knows whence they came or anything of their history. LiYOX VS. STEWART. The Senator Says He Has Paid $200,000 Blackmail. New York, Ane.27.— E. Lyon has ought an action in the supreme court against Senator William M. Stew art, of Nevada, for 000,000 damages. The suit prows out of complications over mines, among them being the Emma mine of Utah. Linn claims that Stewart, while acting as his attorney, conspired with Trevor W. Park and others to deprive him of his mining rights. Stewart, he alleges, madestate ments to him regarding the property which led him to dispose of his holdings for 8200.000. Stewart, he claims, real ized $2,000,000 by the deal. Senator Stewart says the mining claim of Lyon was considered "pure blackmail." Ha went to Linn and told him he thought it was a case of blackmail and asked him his price. This Lyon named, got the money and gave a release. A mo tion was made to-day to strike out the allegations of blackmail, and other al leged irrelevant matter in the answer, and decision was reserved. In his complaint against Senator Stewart, Lyon alleges' that Stewart. while acting as bis attorney in 1870 and 1871, conspired with Trenof W. Park, of Vermont, and others to deprive him of his mining rights. He says that Stew art realized about §2,000,000 and he re ceived only §200,000 for his claim. Lyon. states that lie owned the Moulter and St. Louis mines in 1870. People claim ing to own the Emma mine adjoining had encroached on his property. Trenor W. Park and 11. Henry Baxter were the equal owners of one-half of the Emma mine. Lyon brought suit against the Emma Mining company, which was then incorporated in New York, for damages, and opposed the application ' of the Emma mining company for a mining grant. The case was referred to Benjamin R. Curtis, of Boston. It is at this point that Lyon claims Stewart's services were not such as an attorney should be guilty of in his deal ings with a client. 'Stewart led him to believe, he says, that Curtis was en gaged on the Alabama claims at Gene va, and would not be able to give his attention to the case for a long while. .Because of such representations Lyon agreed to sell his rights in his mines for $500,000, and withdrew his protest against the mining grant asked for by the Emma Mining company. Subse quently Lyon heard that Curtiss had nothing to do with the Alabama claims. Payment of the 8500,000 was deferred, and Lyon was finally induced to join Park and others in a scheme to form an English company and dispose of the mines on the London market. Stewart was employed by Lyon to go to London in connection with the matter. Lyon alleges that he found that Stewart and Park conspired with Baxter in London to defraud him of His interests, and that by false representations Stewart in duced him (Lyon) to sell out to Park for $200,060, of which amount he paid 850,000 to Stewart and C. J. Hiliyer, a3 hia counsel. The mines were sold in Lon don for $6,500,000. It is alleged by Lyon that Stewart and Park had entered into a privaie agreement, while Stewart was his counsel, and that Mrs. Stewart re ceived §125.000 from the Emma . Mining company, while Stewart received 51, 000,* 000 out of the London sale. IN KENTUCKY STYLE. Three Men Shot Dead ia a Feudal Fight. Geohgetoavn-, Ky., Aug. 20— Milton Kennell and his four sons today en gaged iv a street fight with the Jarvis boys, and in the affair A. J. Mont gomery and two Jarvises were killed. The peace officers of Georgetown are all in Lexington attending the fair, and the Kennells, father and sons, have ter rorized the town. A feud has existed for some time between Squire Kennell's boys and the Jarvis boys. The Ken nells came to town armed with guns. A Kennell saw John Jarvis, the only Jarvis who had a gun. and shot him. Burrell Jarvis ran into the store room of A. J. Montgomery and the elder Kennell fired at him. but missed him, shooting Montgomery, a prominent citi zen of this place. Be then found Jarvis and shot him in the yard back of the store. Tiie men Have all died. The Kennells are in jail and excite ment is intense. THE SCHEME FAILED. Mr. Higfjins, of Chicago, 3iade a Miscalculation. CfIICAGO, Aug. 27. — William Dalton, colored, arrested a week ago charged with blackmail, yesterday made a con fession to a Morning News reporter. He alleges that Thomas Iliggins. a wiiite man arrested at the same time and for the same offense, has made some start ling assertions in connection with the burning of Siegel, Cooper & Co.'s build ing Aug. 3. In them Higgins is alleged to have set lire to the building himself. In his own words, as quoted by Dalton, he said: "1 fired the building for the money there is in it." More than that,, llisrsrins is quoted as saying: "I made $3,000 once for hash money and I will get 120,000 from the insurance compa nies for thi:*. If you will be smart and stick to me you will get money, too." DRIVEX TO DEATH. A Betrayed Woman Murders Her Babe and Herself. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.— Lizzie Wil son, aged, thirty-two years, poisoned herself and her illegitimate child to-day. The babe was dead when the couple were found, but the mother lingered several hoars before death ensued. The woman before dying made a statement In which sho snid a man named Kantz was the father ot the child, and his per sistent refusal to marry her caused her to commit the terrible deed. The wrongs of the woman had so preyed on her mind as to cause her to become in sane. While in this condition she gave her babe arsenic and then took a dose herself. ■> Kantz has been at rested. POISONED BY WOMEN. A Nebraska Farmer Killed by His Wife and Cousin. FuubBRTON, Neb., Aug. 27.— A week ago Frank Veasey, a prosperous farmer, died suddenly at his home. Suspicion was directed toward his wife and her cousin, who was living with them. The coroners jury sent the stomach of the dead man to the Omaha medical college for analysis, where arsenic was found in the organ. The cousin had, it is al leged, purchased arsenic at a drug store on two different occasions. Both women have been arrested. The supposition is that they poisoned Veasey to get pos session of his property. Express Robbers Captured. Atlanta, Aug. 27.— Thornton, Uor ton and BraswelJ, the three men who entered the Southern express car be tween Atlanta and Macon on the night ot Aug. 20 and rilled the safe of 323,000, were captured last night and the money recovered. It was the first case of the kiiid iv the history of Georgia.