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VOL. XII.
DISTRESS EN DIXIE.
Ihe Great Flood Doing: Tre
mendous Damage in Three
States.
Twelve Women and Children
Drowned From a Frail
Raft.
Terrible Suffering 1 Reported
Among* People in the Af
flicted District.
A Levee Is Cut at Red Fork,
Ark., to Get Temporary
Relief.
Yn ksburg, April 6.— Nineteen ne
groes, the survivors of a large party of
refugees which attempted to escape
from the overflow down Bogue Fahiya
on a raft, arrived here on the steamer
Hill City. They report that twelve
women and children were drowned
when tlu' current dashed their crazy
vessel against a tree, and they escaped
with extreme difficulty. This is the
most tragic event •of the flood.
The situation is growing daily
more serious in the Steel bayou
country. Earl Miller, a prominent
planter, and brother of Attorney Gen
eral Miller, arrived from there to-day
by steamer Evergreen with his family
and stock. The Miller plantation,
though very high, has gone under. The
Evergreen reports the water along the
bayou still rising. Cattle and hogs are
Offered lor sale by the people at a song.
Much more stock must yet be brought
out or allowed to drown. A steamer
leaves Tuesday for Sunflower, and that
planters will desire to remove their
stuck is certain. The steamer Osc.-ola
arrived this evening from the bends.
Her officers report that the overflow is
beginning to empty into the Mississippi
through Eagle lake, and predict a great
increase in pressure all aloiig the Louis
iana front from that point southward,
for (he next two weeks. The Osceola
begins an inspection of the
levees from Delta, La., northward
to-morrow, and will be joined by
President Maxwell and probably Assist
ant Engineer Thompson. There is the
most unmistakable distress along the
Steel bayou, and it would be cruelty to
deny it. The Evergreen returns there
to-morrow, and the Bousam, with Capt.
W. D. Pugh and M. M. Smith on board,
will follow Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tley will bring out all people who are
Buffering or in danger. Barges cannot
lie taken there, and only the smallest
boats are suitable for relief work.
Capt. Pugh will relieve the distressed,
whether they have money or not to pay
their fare. Telegrams from Sharkey,
Tallahatchie river, report a decline of
eighteen inches. Capt. John B. Mat
tlngly, who has just returned from
Austin break, says it cannot affect the
Yazoo and Tallahatchie country, as its
current is too feeble. Engineer Stubbs,
of the Vicksburg, Shreveport «fc Pacific
railway, reports the prospects more
cheering, and only twenty points rise in
twenty-four hours at the worst places
on the line. He is confident the road
Will hold its own.
A DESPERATE FIGHT
Being Made to Save the Bayou
Sara Levee.
Bayou Sara, La., April 6.— The
Steamer Pargouda, now under govern
ment charter, arrived to-day, having on
board Capt. Kingsman, United States
engineer in charge of this levee district.
He has been inspecting the levees
between New Orleans and this
place. He reports the Point Cour.ee
front in good condition, with
the exception of the levee at the Pres
ton Pla<:<\ almost opposite Bayou Sara.
At tliis point he had left a large num
ber of sacks and several thousand feet
of lumber, and thinks there is no im
mediate danger, if the people in the
neighborhood and on the False river
will rally at once and use the material
to the best advantage. His motto is
that the government is willing to help
those who are willing to help them
selves, lie is of the opinion
that the situation is a critical one and
warns people to lookout for at least
eighteen inches more water. The large
dykes or levees, such as Morgansea,
Scotts, Waterloo and Grand Bay, are
receiving his personal and untiring at
tention, and all that can be done in the
way of engineering skill is being done.
Morgansea levee is like a besieged
fort. A large number of men
are on constant duty. The earth
work is thoroughly braced with timbers
and a pile driver and piles are kept
ready for immediate use when needed.
This great bulwark that guards so many
of our alluvial parishes is being put to a
very severe test. May the prayers of
all Southwestern Louisiana for its
safety be favorably answered. Bayou
Sara still holds out, and is making a
desperate fight. A force will be out to
work to-morrow to raise the levee to
meet the coming rise. We are having
lovely weather. The river at this point
has risen two-tentiis In the last twenty
four hours, and is now only seven-tenths
below the high water mark of ISS2.
CUT THE LEVEE.
Curious Action of People at Red
Fork, Ark.
Arkansas City, Ark., April 6.— The
weather is clear and pleasant. The
water on the inside is rising slowly,
caused by a crevasse in Boggy bayou
levee. At 1 o'clock this morning Capt.
Tollinger, United States engineer, re
ceived a dispatch saying that Red
Fork ppople had cut the levee about
sixty feet wide and five feet deep. Capt.
Tolfineer left immediately for that
point, and will be followed as soon as
possible by men and material for clos
ing the cut. Boggy bayou is a very im
portant point to all the country below
here on this side of the river.
Burned Over a Mile.
New Bedford, Mass., April 6.— Some
one of a party of men in the woods at
Cummiogs 9 hill. Russell Mills, to-day
dropped a lighted cigar, setting the un
derbrusb on lire. Before it was stopped
over a mile of territory was burned.
Fell Through a Window.
Moncton, N. 8., April 6.— Judge
Botsford fainted and fell backwards
through the second story window in
the Moncton club last evening and sus
tained internal injuries which resulted
"^S^SS-S^S^S^^v^
in death to-day. He was seventy-seven
years of age and the pioneer member of
the Koyal Arch Masons, belonging to
the lodge bearing his name.
THE ADRIATIC'S OFFER,
Aid Proffered the Disabled City
of Paris.
New Yokk, April «.— The Adriatic
arrived here to-day. Capt. Roberts was
questioned about his action toward the
disabled City of Paris. He states that
the story published is not true, and is
vouched for by one of Ms saloon pas
sengers, George C. Steams. Capt. Rob
erts states that he laid by the Paris six
hours, and that on the boat from
the Paris coining alongside his
vessel he informed the offi
cer in charge that he would do all in liis
power to assist the disabled ship. He
signalled the steamer A ldersgate, and
with her proceeded to come up to the
Paris, and, on reaching her, informed
Capt Watkins that he had spoken to the
Aldersgate, who was willing to tow the
Paris to Queenstown. He also offered
to take off her passengers and leave
them at Queen stown, not Ne»v York, as
has been incorrectly reported, and even
stated to Cap. Watkins that if it was ab
solutely necessary to save life.he would
tow the Paris to Queenstown. Capt.
Watkins, on learning from Capt. Ro
berts that the steamer Aldersgate would
tow him, signalled: "Thanks; go
ahead," so he proceeded on his voyage.
CHOKED 1O DEATH.
A Tight Collar Chokes a Duluth
Celestial.
Special to the Globe.
gDui.unr, Minn., April 6.— Wung
bee, a Chinese laundryman, died in a
singular manner during the night. His
companion, another Celestial, was
awakened by Lee's heavy breathing
and gasping, but thinking it was owing
to a little heavy dose of hitting the pipe,
paid no further attention. Shortly
afterwards Wung Lee made a heavy,
gurgling sound, and the other China
man, recognizing the death rattle, fled
in terror, leaving the dying man alone.
In a few minutes he came back with
aid, but Wung Lee was dead. Examin
ation proved that he had strangled
slowly to death by the pressure of the
tight collar of his shirt on the neck un
der the chin.
EXTREMELY HEAVY STORM.
Rain Does Much Damage in New
York.
New Yokk, April 6.— Passengers
who arrived from the central part of
New York state to-day describe the
rain storm, which was reported from
Ithaca yesterday, as being the most
severe in their experience. One
man said he had never wit
nessed such a storm even in the
tropics, where he had traveled exten
sively. The train on which he was n
passenger was delayed over an hour by
a w.ashbut near Caroline, where the
track was destroyed for a space of about
150 feet and in some places it was
seventy feet deep. The passengers
were transfei red. The storm was ac
companied by a gale of wind which
threatened to blow the train from the
track.
A Steamer's Peril.
London, April C— A fog signal pre
maturely exploded last night at the
famous Bell Rock lighthouse, off tlie
east coast of Scotland. The dome was
shattered by the explosion, and the
li^ht wii? extinguished for the first time
since the lighthouse was built in 1811.
After the explosion a passing steamer
had a narrow escape from being wrecked
on the reef, owing to the absence of the
light. She was warned just in time by
fog signals, and a disaster was averted.
Into a Landslide.
Troy, N. V., April 6.— A big land
slide occurred on the West Shore road,
east of St. Johnsville, at Diefendorf
hill. Both tracks 'are blocked. An
east-bound freight train. Engineer Pot
ter, ran into it. Engineer Potter and
three other trainmen were buried in the
slide. The four victims were exhumed
from the debris. None were killed.
Engineer Potter and Fireman Gorman
were seriously injured: two other train
men were badly hurt. Gorman may
die.
Down an Embankment.
Omaha, April 6.— An axle on the ten
der of the engine on the fast freight
on the Burlington road broke at South
Omaha this morning. The train was
running at a high rate of speed. Twelve
cars and the engine went down a twen
ty-foot embankment. Fireman Swanson
was slightly bruised; others of the
crew escaped unhurt. The track has
been blocked all day.
Looks Reasonable at Least.
Niagara Falls, N. V., April 6.— W.
A. Welch rode out into the river March
27, to set a night line, since which time
he has been missing. To-day an oar
and a part of his boat were found be
low the falls. He is believed to have
gone over.
A Shocking Accident.
Wiciitta, Kan., April 6.— When Rev.
Mrs. Thomas Cefton returned home
from church to-day she found her baby,
one year old, hanging by the neck from
a hammock. The child had fallen and
was choked to death.
Destroyed a Block.
Worcester, Mass., April G. — The
Forest block and the corner of Main
and Austin streets were wholly de
stroyed by fire about 4 o'clock this
morning. Loss §70,000.
One Lone Steamship.
New York, April Arrived: Leip
zig from Bremen.
DRUNK OK SOBER.
Lieut. Brooks Says Pechet Was
Neither./
Fort Yatks, N. D., April 6.— The
court martial of Capt. Edmond G.
Fechet, Troop F, Eighth cavalry, which
began yesterday, adjourned over to
day. The charge is that of drunken
ness while presiding over a court
martial, and the specification sets up
that he was so drunk the court was
compelled to adjourn to permit him to
sober up. Judge Advocate Gen. Groes
beck conducted the prosecution and
Lieut. Crowder. who acted in the same
capacity at the Steele court mar
tial at Chicago, appeared for the
defense. Fechet pleaded not guilty.
The first witness, Lieut. Abbott,
said that he moved to adjourn
the court because it was his opinion
that Capt. Fechet was suffering from
the effects of a long spree. Lieut.
Brooks testified he thought Fechet was
neither drunk nor sober, but just be
tween. Lieut. Ayer testified the same.
None of the witnesses were willing to
swear positively Fechet was drunk, and
ho may be acquitted on a technicality.
STORY OF THE SOUTH.
Reconstruction and Its Re
sults Discussed by Distin
guished Southrons.
The South Said to be Solving'
the Negro Question for
Itself.
Montana Senators, World's
Fair and Other Things in
Congress.
The Say-Nothing Policy of
the State Department Cre
ating* Comment.
Washington, April 6.—Representa
tives Herbert, of Alabama: Hemphill,
South Carolina; Turner, of Georgia;
Stewart, of Texas; Wilson, of West
Virginia: ex-Representative Barksdale,
of Mississippi: Senators Vance, of
North Carolina ;Pasco, of Florida; West,
of Missouri; and Messrs W. M. Fish
back, of Arkansas, Ira P. Jones, of
Tennessee, C. S, Long, of West Vir
ginia,and B. J. Sage, of Louisiana, have
collectively written, and will soon pub
lish, a book eutitled "Why the Solid
South; or Reconstruction and Its Re
sults." It undertakes to narrate, fairly
snd dispassionately, in concise and
papular form, the history of
the reconstructed governments in each
state, showing how the Republicans ob
tained control and how they lost it, the
figures and facts as to shrinkage of val
ues and increase of debt and taxation
under those governments, and the pros
perity of the South under present au
spices. The book .speaks of Abraham
Lincoln's death as an appalling calam
ity to the South; argues that Andrew
Johnson followed strictly Lincoln's
plan of restoration, and contends that if
Lincoln had lived he would have been
able to defend that plan against the as
saults of congress. Each chapter is
signed by its author, who thus becomes
directly responsible for the truth of his
statements; and the claim of the book
in its preface (written by Gen.
Herbert, its editor) is that,
in all the chapters, the facts
are understated rather than over
stated. The race question and race
troubles are extensively discussed, and
the statement made that there is no in
tention to agitate for the repeal of the
fifteenth amendment or the deportation
of the negro. Educational and material
statistics of many kinds are given in
support of the contention that the negro
is prospering, and that the South is
solving for itself the negro problem.
The book is dedicated to the business
men of the North, with a statement that
they are interested in continuing the
prosperity of the South.
THE MONTANA. SENATORS.
They Will Be Discussed Again
This Week.
Washington, April 6.— ln the sen
ate, the Chinese enumeration act will
come up to-morrow, and Mr. Mitchell's
amendments, intended to restore the
bill to something like its purport when
It was received from the house, will be
in order. It is not expected that this
bill will occupy much lime. After it is
disposed of, the discussion of the re
ports in the Montana election case will
be resumed. At the rate of progress
made last week, the case bids fair to go
over into next week. It will give way,
however, for a prompt consideration of
the world's fair bill, should the select
committee on that subject make a re
port after its meeting next Thursday, at
which time the sub-committee is ex
pected to report upon the extent
and quality of Chicago's subscriptions
to the guarantee fund. The administra
tive customs bill stands next to the
Montana contest on the regular caucus
programme. Saturday, according to
the new order of business, will be de
voted to the calendar for the passage of
bills to which no objection is made.
To-morrow will be "district day" in the
house, and the greater part of the ses
sion will probably be devoted to the fur
ther consideration of the bill to estab
lish a national park on Rock creek,
which is the unfinished business. Naval
matters are likely to be discussed Tues
day. The committee on naval affairs
has several measures of interest on the
calendar, prominent among which
are the McAdoo bill to prohibit
the enlistment ot aliens in the
navy, and the Mates retirement bill.
The naval appropriation bill is also in
a position favorable to a speedy consid
eration. About the middle of the week
the elections committee will take the
Uoor and call up three contested elec
tion cases in order, namely: Posey vs.
Parrott, Indiana: Bowen vs. Buchanan,
Virginia; and Waddell vs. Wise, Vir
ginia. Over the first two cases, as the
committee has reported in favor of the
sitting Democratic members, theie is
likely to be little discussion, save that
Mr. Cheadle is expected to champion
Posey's claims. But in the case of
Waddell vs. Wise there will be a tri
angular fight. The majority of the
committee will contend for Waddell,
the Democratic minority for a new elec
tion, and Mr. Wise for his own seat.
Saturday afternoon has been set apart
for the delivery of eulogies upon the
late Representative Laird, of Nebraska.
SATING NOTHING.
The State Department Very Like
a Clam.
Washington', April 6.— The state
department is like a clam. It is practi
cally shut up. The officers who are
easier of access are not at liberty to say
anything for publication, and Secretary
Blame is not to be seen. All efforts to
find out anything about the recent or
pending negotiations about the fisheries
qu«6tion, or the seal fishery question in
Behring sea, or the reciprocity negotia
tions with South American republics,
have been futile. The state depart
ment officials will not even admit
that such negotiations are in prog
ress. They have even gone so far aslo
refuse to affirm that Sir Charles Tup
per was in Washington, when he could
be seen any day at the Arlington hotel,
from which he has made frequent visits
to the residence of Secretary Blame,
half a square distant. In fact, but little
or no information of public interest is
given out from the state department,
and Secretary Blame, since the death
of Walker Blame, who was the medium
of communication between the public
and the secretary, has lost, in the esti
mation of many of his warmest friends,
much reputation by his secretiveuess
ST. PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1890.
about affairs of which the public had a!
right to be informed.
Jf AIM IS A RUSTLER,
And Will Reduce the Surplus at
a Rapid Kate.
Washington, April 6.— ln a report
to Secretary Noble upon the business of
his office. Gen. Raura, the commissioner
of pensions, says that he will be able by
the last of May to cause the examina
tion of every claim pending in the office
on the first day of January last, have
every claim allowed that is completed
and call9"for evidence made in those not
completed. This result has been
secured, Gen. Raum's letter says,
largely by moans of two orders issued
the latter part of December last. The
first order required that an examination
of the claims pending in the office
should be made, and that all cases which
appeared to be complete should be
placed upon the "completed files."
The adjudicating divisions were di
rected to spend five days In
each week examining claims on these
files and one day exclusively to ma king
calls for additional evidence in pending,
claims. As a result of the examination
made,30,857 claims were put on the"com
pleted files." A subsequent order di
recting that claims should be placed on
file upon application accompanied by a
statement of facts showing that the
claims were completed has, up to date,
added 25,350 cases to those already on
the "completed files." During the past
three months 52,229 of these cases have
been acted upon, leaving only 3,978
cases remaining on the files. Applica
tions at the rate of 400 a day are being
received, and hereafter every claim
placed upon thest files will be taken up
and acted upon within a week. The
record of the past month i# that 16,374
pension certificates, 8,1b3 of them orip
inal cases, were issued, being the larg
est number ever issued in one month
by the pension bureau.
MAY NOT APPROVE.
Capt. Healey Not Yet Out of the
Woods.
Washington, April 6. — Secretary
Windom has not yet received the report
of the board of inquiry that tried Gapt
Healey, of the revenue steamer Beau,
at San Fraucisco, for brutality to his
seamen, though the report has reached
the department and acquits Capt.
Healey. Before, however, its conclu
sions become final it will have to be ap
proved by Secretary Windom. The ac
tion of the court of inquiry in acquit
ting Capt. Healey, in view of the evi
dence published in the East, is so
strange that many think Secretary Win
dom will not reach the same conclusions
that the court did. The case lias at
tracted considerable attention here.
SLAVE MA KHIAGES.
An Indiana Court Holds Them
Illegal.
Washington, Ind., April 6.— A case
was decided here Saturday which
mactically declares slave mar
riages illegal. In the fifties
Andrew Thomas, a Georgia slave,
married another slave according to i*p
gro rites. Three children were born.
Later Thomas escaped, settled in Dav
iess county, Indiana, became prosper
ous and married again. After the war
Mrs. Thomas No. 1 hunted him
up. For her Thomas built a house
on his farm, where she has since
lived in harmony with Wife No. 2. Re
cently desiring that her children should
inherit a share of their father's estate
she brought suit to quiet title to the
farm. Saturday the suit was decided
against her, the court holding the slave
marriage illegal. The case will go to
the supreme court.
REMEMBERED THE GRAY.
Confederate Decoration D^y
Opened at New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 6.— Confederate
Decoration day attracted thousands of
visitors to the cemeteries. The Ladies'
Confederate Monumental associatioii,
the Confederate veteran organizations.
Sons of Veterans, and the citizens' sol
diery, in uniform, participated. TLe
Grand Army of the Republic did not
take part in a body, and no invita
tion was issued, owing to the division
existing in that organization, and union
veterans participated individually and
sent offerings. The Lee Confed
erate army of Tennessee and
army of Northern Virginia monu
ments were beautifully decorated. Out
side of the other uecorations> at the army
of Northern Virginia tomb, where the
body of Jnlferson Davis is interred, the
Confederate veterans placed a magnifi
cent presidential chair of yellow immor
telles, Inscrlued "To Our Chief/ in
front of the resting place of the distin
guished dead.
Duluth stands Pat.
Durx'TH, April 6.— The Duluth board
of trade, which has handled 17,000,000
bushels of wheat since September, has
determined to get eveu with the Chi
cago board of trade. Yesterday it suc
ceeded in getting direct quotations from
New York. The directors at yester
day's meeting voted to instruct the
Western Union and North American
Telegraph companies not to furnish the
Chicago board with Duluth quotations
until the Chicago board consents to lui
nish the Duluth board with quotations.
Forty Cents an Hour.
Chicago, April 6.— The carpenters'
council declared last night at 12 o'clock
that the stiiise was on, or would be •to
morrow morning. About seventy-five
delegates were present, representing
over (5.01)0 men. Until 12 o'clock the
council was prepared to receive any
committee from tiki master carpenters'
association with a view to arbitration,
but no committee appeared. The object
of the strike is to make 40 cents an hour
the minimum wages: to secure an eight
hour work-day, and to bring about a
recognition of the council from the em
ployers.
Wedded a School Girl.
Kingston, N. V., April 6.— Dr. M. E.
Sheehan and Miss Lulu Terhune, aged
sixteen, eloped from Greenbush on
Thursday. Miss Terhune's parents are
wealthy, and the matter caused a sen
sation. A detective found the couple
at Saratoga yesterday, but the doctor
was able to prove l>y a marriage certifi
cate that they had been wedded Thurs
day by a priest at Schuylerville. Miss
Lulu had started from home for school
as usual and had met the doctor and
driven with him to the rectory. The
young bride's parents have 'become
reconciled and all is well. •
Came to Life Again.
Wichita, Kan., April 6.— Mrs. Cin
thLi Mnllcr, aged ninety-one, appeared
to nic this morning, from a disease with
winch she had been suffering recently.
The body had been placed on ice before
it was discovered that life was not
wlK>lly extinct. Physicians were sum
moned, anrl Mrs. Moller was resusci
tated. She recovered sufficiently to
converse with her friends, but this af
ternoon a relapse occurred, and she died
this evening.
SHOT THE CONDUCTOR
Four Ohio Tramps Furiously
Attack a Man in Charge
of a Train.
On Ordering Them to Leave a
Car They Begin Firing
at Him.
A Ball Passes Into His Left
Side, Producing a Fatal
Wound.
The Excited Populace Threat
ens to Hang the Four
Scoundrels.
Lima, 0., April 6.— As the third sec
tien of Freight Train No. 98, eastbound
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
was pulling into the long side track half
a mile west of this city at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon, Conductor Gardner J.
Tuckey noticed six tramps getting into
a box car of the train. He stepped over
the train until he reached the car, and
getting down to the door he gave them
orders to leave the train, and to get out
lively. One of the tramps said
to him: "You will be the first
man to get out" At this
moment Tuckey grappled with the
man, when one of his companions dis
charged a gun inside the car. The train
was inovingduring this occurrence, and
had reached the Main street crossing.
The target man, hearing the report of
the revolver, ran to the car with a flag
■ stick, whicti he gave to the conductor,
j and endeavored to get into the car to aid
him, but in trying to get hold of the
stick Tuckey was shoved out of the car
door to the ground. At the same time
the tramps jumped out of the door on
the north side of the train. Tuckey
climbed over the train, and, as he
alighted on the opposite side one of the
gang produced a revolver, which
Tuckey wrenched out of his hands.
The two others then caught hirti, holding
each of his arms so that he was power
less to defend himself. Then the other
one of them placed a 38-caliber revolver
atthe conductor's left side and fired,
the ball taking effect in the region of,
but a little below the heart. The
tramps then started to run north on
Main street, Tuckey bravely starting in
pursuit, but soon fell exhausted from
loss of blood. There were a number of
■ men on the street at the time who
• would have given Conductor Tuckey
'tneir assistance, but they could not
cross over the track.as the train blocked
the way. Tuekey was picked up and
carried to the . nearest drue
store, where he received medi
cal assistance. The doctors soon
decided that the wound would prove
fatal. Telegrams were sent to Fort
Wayne, his place of residence, for Mrs.
Tuckey, and Supt. Law speedily got
a special train ready, which brought
Mrs. Tuckey and little children here,
arriving at 7 o'clock. The police went
in search of the tramps and arrested
four of them after a lively chase of
about three miles out of the city. They
were identified by Tuckey, one of them
as the man who fired the shot. He
was examined and a thirty-eight-caliber
revolver with one empty chamber
found on his person. Intense excite
ment was created by the shootine, and
a large crowd gathered at the jail
ready to hang the miserable scoun
drels" on signt, but cooler judgment
prevailed. TucKey was removed to the
parlor of the Burnet house, and his an
te-niortem statement was taken by pros
ecuting attorney. The tramps were
brought over from jail and again identi
fied by tha'dying conductor. He picked
one of them as the one that did the shoot
ing. The man gave his name as William
Thomas, of Springfieid, O. The other
parties arrested give names as Lewis
Duebret, of Columbus; diaries Sager
man and William Black. Tuckey is
still living at 8 o'clock, and is receiving
every attention, but he cannot last over
two hours. He is a member of the
-conductors' brotherhood, and the local
branch is giving him all possible care. •
THREE FOR, ONE.
Four Deaths Will Result From a
Fight.
Birmingham, Ala., April 6.— A tele
gram came here from liondale to-night
asking for a physican. All that
can be found out is that three
negros were stealing railroad
iron this afternoon, when City Marshal
England and Deputy Sheriff Forten
berry-came up and called for their sur
render. The negroes ran about a mile,
with the officers in pursuit, when one
of them turned and shot England.
Deputy Fortenberry opened fire on the
negroes, and when the tiring ceased all
three were dead. Marshal England
will probably die.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A Michigan Spiritualist Fraud
Run Down.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. April 6.— Dr.
Walter E. Reid, president of the Michi
gan Spiritualists' association, was con
victed of using the mails for fraudulent
purposes in the United States court
here yesterday. Reid published a
Spiritualist paper, in which he inserted
an advertisement to answer letters ad
dressed to persons who have "passed to
spirit life" without breaking the seals.
His fee for answering questions in a
letter sealed in the ordinary manner
was $1: if .sealed with wax or sevred
with thread, $5. He did an extensive
business and reaped rich profits until
his methods were brought to the atten
tion of Postmaster General Wana
inaker. Sentence was deterred to give
counsel time to prepare a motion for a
now trial, the respondent being re
quired to give bail for $1,500.
SPEED THE CAPTURE.
A Tramp Whose Neck Should Be
Stretched.
Akron, 0., April 6.— At Cuyahoga
Falls, a few miles north of this city,
yesterday as the eleven-year-old daugh
ter of Night Watchman Rhodes was
passing along an unfrequented street
she was caught by a tramp, who stilled
her cries with hi 3 hand and carried her
into a wood, where he kept her for three
hours. The child was discovered last
night and taken to a physician, who
pronounces her recovery as very doubt
ful. A posse oi 100 men was organized
to search for the tramp, and all the
roads are guarded by horsemen, while
the woods and fields are being scoured.
Capture means a lynching.
llamcy Was Jealous.
Bushnell, 111., April 6.— At 5 o'clock
last evening Ramey Aikermau shot
Mrs, Hess, landlady of the National
hotel, and then fired a builet into his
own brain, causing instant deatli. Mrs.
Hess will recover. The deed was sup
posed to have been committed during a
fit of jealousy;
A BAD LOT.
An Illinois Preacher's Certificate
of Character.
Charlottetowx, P. E. 1., April 6.—
A committee of sixteen members of the
Baptist church in this city has reported
to the congregation its finding on
charges preferred against Rev. Edward
Whitman, late pastor of the church.
The ex-pastor has been found
guilty on the following counts:
Associations with a young woman under
an assumed name; misappropriation of
church funds, and untruthfulness. Mr.
Whitman was pastor of the church here
for seven years, and is now pastor of a
large church in Joliet, 111. He came
here a few days ago to obtain his letter
of dismissal, which had been refused
by the congregation until the charges
were disproved.
MORPHINE AND LEAD
Employed as Means to an End at
Denver.
Denver, Col., April 6.— E. A. Culver,
whose wife resides at 806 Pearl street,
Cleveland. 0., was found dead in his
room at the flenshovv hotel late last
night. Culver came here from San
Francisco the fiist of the week and, be
ing out of money, pawned some clothes.
Friday afternoon he went to the hotel,
engaged a room, which he immediately
went to, locked the door, took a oottle
of morphine, then blew his brains out.
The physician who examined the body
after the room was broken into last
night says he must have suicided shortly
after going to the room Friday. De
spondency on account of lack of money
is supposed so be the cause.
His Skull Crushed.
Hamilton, 0., April The body of
Joseph Jacobs. Jr., son of a wealthy
citizen, was found this morning ;on the
hydraulic reservoir. He has been miss
ing since March 18. His skull was
crushed in and his face was disfigured.
Every evidence exists of foul play.
There is much excitement on account of
the prominence of his family. This is
the third case of the kind in this city
within the last month.
TO RUIN A GIRD.
A Despicable Scheme Blocked by
the Police.
Last night two couples from Minne
apolis came down to St. Paul on a visit.
They registercd*at Keefe's hotel as man
and wife. The , proprietor of the
hotel discovered from one of the
young woman's crying there was some
thing wrong, ami notified Sergeant
Sweitzer and Officer Call, who arrested
the parties. At the station one of the
girls said she was the daughter of a re
spectable widow in Minneapolis, and
came down with a friend of her cousin,
Charles Beche, who accompanied the
other girl. They had missed the last
train back, and her Cousin Charlie had
induced her. to go , ; tor.the- Keefe
house. She did not know " they
had been registered as man and wife,
and when she found that the others
were endeavoring to induce her
to retire with her male escort,
she made the protest which the
proprietor overheard. The girl is
rsspectable and her name is withheld.
Her cousin, Charles Beche, gave the
name of Gibson at the station, and is
employed in a fruit store, and his com
panion, Lou Nelson, is a Minne
apolis prostitute. Beche's male
friend, who was In the arrange
ment to ruin the girl, gave the name of
W. A. Rogers. The young man and the
Norton woman will be prosecuted to
the fullest extent to-day in the police
coun. .
NOW THEY ARE OFF.
Gold and Glory in a Pittsburg
Walking Match.
Pittsburo, Pa., April 7.— At 12:15
o'clock to-night one of the largest and
most evenly balanced fields of menlever
matched in a six-day go-as-you-please
race started in a 142-hour pedestrian
contest at the Grand Central rink, in
this city. The contest is under the man
agement of Harry Davis. There will be
twenty-six contestants, as follows:
Herty, Guerrero, Noremac, Hart, Moore,
Cartwright, Golden, Connors, Howarth,
Hegelinan. Day, Horan, Burns, Nolan,
"Lepper"Hugnes,Crozier,Tracey,Glick,
Fox, leoe, Gibbons. Sullivan, "the
Baniror Ghost;" Barclay Holsbeke and
Taylor.
Score at 1 o'clock:
Milesi Miles! Miles
Herty 3|Hcgelmau.. 4'Fox 3
(.Juerroro.. . .4-iD'ay 2 Igoe 3
Normac 3|Horan o Gibbons 3
Hart 3| Burns 3 Sullivan 3
Moore 3|Nolan 3 Uarcley .. ..3
Canwright. .3 Hughes 3 Dick 3
Golden 3'crozier 'J Ilolsbeeke. ...4
Connors 3 Tracy 3 Taylor 3
Howarth. ...4Giick 3
Dunlap Signs.
Pittsbuug, Pa., April 6.— President
Nimick has received a telcgraw from
Fred Dunlap, of last year's team, stat
ing that he was satisfied with the terms
offered and would report on Tuesday to
the National league club. Dunlap has
been coquetting with both leagues for
some time. However, the offei of the
Pittsburg club of $3,700 caught him.
He was offered $."3,000 in cash to sign a
three-year contract, but it is not known
whether he has accepted or not.
Are the Times Hard?
St. Louis, Mo., April 6,— Abont 15,000
people witnessed the game at Brother
hood park this afternoon between the
Chicago and Cleveland players' teams.
Score:
Chicago 0 3 0 10 2 10 x— 7
Cleveland O 0 2 0 0 0 12 o—s
Base hits, Chicago 6, Cleveland 10: errors,
Chicago 1, Cleveland 3; batteries. King and
Boyle, Bakely and Brennau; umpire, Cuth
bert.
Crooks Very 111.
Columbus, 0., April 6. — Jack Crooks,
the fine second baseman of the Colum
bus club, has been confined to his room
for the past few weeks with a serious
attack of inflamation of the stomach and
neuralgia of the heart. It was thought
this afternoon that he was dying, but
he rallied toward evening and is resting
easier to-night.
Without Opposition.
Special to the Globe.
Jamestown, N. D., April 6.— At the
city election yesterday Senator Bailey
Fuller was re-elected Mayor without
opposition, George L. Webster, treas
urer, and Messrs. Adams, flotchkiss,
Alley and Klaus, aldermen.
Lenten Sacrifices.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"We ought to deny ourselves some
thing in this penitential season," re
marked Mrs. Snaggs. "What sacrifice
will you make John?"
"You know how I love to go to
church?" replied her husband. "Well,
I have resolved to give it up."
INSANE OR INGENIOUS
Mamie Starr Proves a Suc
cess at Spinning- Peculiar
Yarns.
She Denies Ever Having Been
at the Residence of the
Nev/lands,
Proves by a Druggist She Did
Not Purchase Poison of
Him,
And Then Says She Purchased
It to Kill Herself
With.
Chicago, April 6.— A champion story
teller is in jail here in the person of the
woman Mamie Starr, who cooked the
corn that poisoned to death Mr. and
Mrs. Newland, by whom she was em
ployed. The prisoner's narrative that
she had a sister who was a perfect im
age of her was startling in its ingenious
detail, but her latest explanation, the
most sensational yet advanced, Is that
she bought the "Hough on Kats" at the
drug store intending to kill herself, and
afterwards threw it away without open
ing the box. When Chief of Police
Marsh and his assistants locked
the girl up last night she
had positively denied all con
nection with the poisoning. More
singular than this, she had denied that
she was ever at the Anchorage mission,
the institution from which the Newland
family secured her as a servant. She
also denied ever being at the residence
of the Newlands, and maintained, in
spite of the fact that a dozen persons
identified her, that her sister must have
been the girl who prepared the dish. A
circumstance that greatly strengthened
the denials occurred when she was tak
en before Dr. Rogers, the druggist
who sold the poison. Dr. Rogers looked
her over carefully in all possible lights,
and formed his conclusion most delib
erately. Finally he said:
"She is not the girl who bought the
"Rough on Rats." lam just as sure of
that as 1 am of the fact that I am alive.
The girl who came in for that poison
looked very cool andcollected,and I con
cluded as soon as I saw her that it
would be perfectly safe to trust her with
the stuff. She said she wanted it to kill
rats with, and remarked that she
would have to be very careful to keep
her little brother from getting hold of
it. She was older than this girl and
better dressed."
"Can it not be possible that you aro
mistaken?" asked Chief Marsh.
"No, it cannot be possible. STou have
surely got hold of an innocent girl. 1
am sure that this girl never was in my
store before."
The officers went away puzzled.
Early this morning Chief Marsh and
Inspector Hunt entered upon a house
to-house canvass to find if any one in
the neighborhood had purchased rough
on rats at Dr. Rogers' store. It was a
tedious task, but they kept at it all day.
Every house within a mile of the store
was visited, and nobody was found who
had bought poison at the store, or who
answered the druggist's .description.
However, a man was found who had
seen the girl enter the drug store, and
he described Mamie Starr accurately.
Finally, the chief and his companion
drove into the city convinced that
Druggist Rogers was either intention
ally or unintentionally, mistaken. The
girl was brought up from the cell where
she had been confined and taken into
the presence of Chief Marsh, Inspector
Hunt, Capt. Laughlin and other de
tectives.
"Mamie," commenced the chief, "why
did you tell me you were not in that
drug store?"
"Surely, I never said anything of that
kind," said the girl, and her eyes rolled
wildly. "Of course, I was in the drug
store. I went there and bought the box
of poison. I paid 15 cents for it, and 10
cenrs for some gum. I had just a quar
ter."
"Why, you told us last night that you
had never been in Hyde Park in your
life; ihat you had never seen the New
lands; that you were never in the An
chorage mission, and a dozen other
things."
"Impossible; you must have misun
derstood me. Of course, I was in IJyde
Park. I'll tell you just how it was. I
was very despondent, aud did not want
to live any longer; you know 1 have
often been despondent, and once tried
to kill myself in Chicago two years ago.
So I went to the store for the poison,
and thought I would take it while the
family were asleep that night. I hid
the stuff while I cooked supper. I
cooked the corn, and 1 am sure there
could not have been any poison in it;
but it was wrong somehow, for I took a
taste of it myself and was dreadfully
sick afterwards. When all the family
began to get sick 1 was scared, and
thought the best thing 1 could do
would be to get out. I took the
box of poison and rolled it
up in my apron and then went away. I
was very much excitea at the time, but
I remember that I threw both apron
and poison away. I wrapped them up
tight and threw the package over a
fence. lam sure I don't know just
where it was, but probably I could find
it if I had but half a chance."
"This is an altogether different story
from the one you told yesterday," re
marked Inspector Hunt.
"Oh, no," responded the girl— and the
same crazy gleam was in her eyes —
"that is just exactly what I said yester
day. By the way, do you know 1 can't
find my umbrella anywhere. 1 wonder
where it is."
it was an open question with the
officers after the examination whether
the woman's apparent insanity was
teicned or real.
"I never heard of a case similar to
this one," said Chief Marsh. "1 never
saw a prisoner so self-possessed and
cool when under arrest for a serious
crime. I do not know whether the
members of the family were poisoned
by rough on rats or by some other sub
stance in the corn. lam sure that the
girl had no possible motive to poison
them, and that she had never seen them
before last Friday morning. All the
rest is in the dark."
SHORT OF GOOD WATER
And Long on River Water at the
Same Time.
Cincinnati, 0., April 6.— Clifton, an
outlying suburb, which has a contract
with Cincinnati for its water supply,
and|Avondale, which has a similarocon
tract, have had their water supply cut
off for several days. Price Hill, Wal
nut Hill and Mount Auburn, all within
the city limits, are supplied with water
only a few hours each day. There is
not over a day's supply of water in the
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Go to those who advertise In
THE GLOBE!
And don't forßet to tell where you
saw the advertisement.
NO. 07.
city reservoir?. All the pumps at, the
pumps at the water works are reported
in bad condition. The water for nearly
three months has been so hisrh that ft
has been impossible to repair the pumps,
and the river last night, instead of full*
Ing, was stationary.
RAILWAY KKM UNITE.
A Scheme for Federation of All
Trainmen.
Elmira, N. V., April (s.— Three hun
dred delegates, representing the
Brotherhood of Locomotive KngineMs,
firemen, brakemen and switchmen,
met here to-day, and, with a
few members of the new order
of Railway Conductors, dtettSMfl
and adopted a scheme of federation be
tween all the organizations of trainmen
in the United States. Delegates were
present from Buffalo. Jersey City, New
York, Iloboken anrt many places in
Pennsylvania and Ohio. Then were
two secret meetings during: the day and
a public meeting was held in the opera
house to-night. A number of promi
nent citizens delivered ad
dresses. Grand Master sanreant. of
the Firemen's brotherhood, Qrand Con*
ductor Howard, Grand Master Wilkin*
son, of the Brakemen's brotherhood, the,
well known "Shandy Me(Juire," &nd
other prominent railroad men also
spoke. All declared that federation
would be in the interest of harmony,
and that the death note of strikes on
railroads had been sounded. The ob
ject is federation under one head of alt
the different bodies, each to relaiu its
own organization.
CUTE CHIXAMKV
Captured in an Attempt to Enter
the Country.
Sax DiKC,o,*Cal., April o.— Thirteen
Chinese were arrested last night in an
attempt to cross the line between Mex
ico and the United States at Tiajuana.
They had come up the over
land from Ensenada, Lower Call*
fornia, and are thought to
be a part ©f the eighty-seven taken,
there on the last trip of the steamer
Nowbern from San Francisco. They
were transported to that vessel from
the steamer from China. The whole
eighty-seven had tickets to Mazatlan
and (iiiayma?, but all disembarked at
Ensenada, it is thought, with the inten
tion of crossing into the United State*
as soon as possible.
Seeding Begins.
Special to the Globe.
Wadkxa, Minn., April r>.— A steady
rain lias been falling for the past
twenty-four hours, and still continues.
Asa consequence, then is great re
joicing among the farmers, an<l tney
claim the outlook for a big amp was
never better than now. Seeding has
alrpadv commenced.
St. VINCENT, April fi.— Messrs. Ryan,
(ianible and Clow, of St. Vincent town
ship, were the first farmers to sow
wheat this spring. They commenced
on Friday. To-day sowing In this local
ity is general. The sprinir has opened
two weeks later than last year, but on
account of the snow, which is much
heavier than last year, and has now
just melted, the prospects ror a uood
crop this season are very promising.
He Must Do His Father's Riddingw
Bostou Transcript.
Deacon Jones— Mr. Hollman, that
sermon of yours bewailing the mad
rush for riches which characterizes the
present generation was the most beau
tiful thing I ever heard. Your pulpit
efforts are {jetting better and better,
and we trust that you may continue
with us many years to inculcate, in our
community the lessons of humility and
meekness which yov exemplify bo pow
erfuliy in your own life.
Rev. Mr. Hollman— Yes, deacon, I
shall be only too glad to remain with
you. But— er— my expenses, you
know, are pretty heavy, and I've re
ceived a very Battering call from an
other parish. I'm getting along In life
where 1 ought to be putting by somer
thing for old age.
Curious Siicns.
Washington Star.
A correspondent sends in the follow
ing curious signs noticed in lowa and
Nebraska:
Omaha barber shop: "Foam on hed
sc. extra." Columbus, Neb., depot:
"Gentlemen keep out ladies room."
Norfolk, Neb., real estate otlice: "There
are no Hies on my land." Norfolk
butcher, shop: "We won't give no tick."
Norfolk insurance agent's sign: "All
small fry agents In this town but us.'»
Lawyer's advertisement on hand-bill in
Gordon, Neb. : "Legal work promptly
executed and divorces cheerfully
granted." Gordon hotel: "Horses ana
men accommodated."
Stanford Will licsicn.
San Francisco, April 6. — Th«
Chronicle will to-morrow print an inter
view with Senator I .eland Stanford,
stating that Stanford has positively de
cided to tender his resignation as presi
dent of the Southern Pacific company,
at a meeting of directors of the com
pany to be held here this week. The
resignation is on nccount of poor
health and a press of other business.
The senator states that C. P. Hunting
ton will be elected to succeed him as
president.
Judge Thurman Not HI.
Columbus, 0., April 6.— Tin; report
sent out from Columbus thar. Judge
Allan G. Thurinan is seriously ill is
without foundation in fact. A call at
his residence this evening developed
tht; fact that he is in excellent health,
much better than he has been for miv
eral months. Judge Thuimuii li.c< been
entertaining company all day, and is iv
the best of spirits.
The Place lor the World's Fair.
Lawrence American.
Chicago Man (to stranger)— l tell you,
sir, Chicago is the place for the fair, and
no other city will get it.
Stranger (evidently a foreigner)— Yes,
ot course. But what is this great fair
to celebrate?
Chicago Man— Celebrate? Why, th«
—the emancipation of— no; the— the dis
covery of feohl in Cftl— or, the invention
of the tel— l'm hanged if I know!
Why She Was Sorry.
Lawrence American.
Peterby— And was your sister sorrj
because I did not call last night?
Her Little Brother— Well, 1 should
say she was! You see. she bet fivo
pounds of candy with Cousin May that
you looked like a poodle dou r . and when
you didn't come and they couldn't set
tle the bet she was awfully mad.
Why They Are High.
Terre Haute Express.
Mrs. Figg— Ten dollars for this mlr.
ror? Last winter my sister bought one
like it exactly for seven and a half.
What has caused this advance? is it
the glass trust.
Dealer— l think it's on account of th»
mercury being so high all winter.