Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-08
UMBER LIS.
FIRE FIENDS.
4 ROPE IND LIMP POST SHOULD Bb
THEIR DOOM

4 ROPE IND LIMP POST Should Bn
THEIR DOOM.
Two Incendiary Blazes Last Nfght-Ons
Developed 81 900 Insurance on a Hand
full of Trifies-The Other An Empty, But
Valuable Property.
That this city is infested with an organ
lied band of incendiaries is beyond perad-
venture. The later annals of the fire depart
ment fairly TEEN with fires that could not
have had any other origin than the fendish
malice of deliberate incendiarism. As here
tofore stated in the GLOBE, four out of the
SIX fires that occurred during the month Of
June, were of the character above indica ted.
why the torch was set is mystery in all
these cases. If the object was to
SACK AND PLUMBER
under cover OF the excitement, it has bean,
SO Tar, fortunately prevented by
the vigilance of the police, whose
efforts, however, to bring the eutlt
home have proved unavailing. For this fail
| ure there can be no blame attached to the
police force. The incendiary. whatever may
be his object, usually manages to cover up
his tracks 80 efectually as to evade detection
Eternal vigilance is the price of safety"
which more especially applies to property
owners themselves, but, in the meantime, it
would almost seem as if the nearest lamp
post and
FEW FEET OF ROPE
would be entirely IN order for the first in
cendiary caught in the act. That St. Paul i.
blessed with on efficient FIRE d.
1 ha
largely-if not e1clusively-to it is due the
fact that extensive CONGREGATIONS have
not swept through the city, . origin OF
which could only have been trac Il to wanton
fire-bugism.
AT 9:05 last evening an alarm was turned
in from box I, at the Seven Corners, the
cause being blaze in the northern portion
of the stone building on the west side of
Eagle street, just below Third. That part
of the building was occupied by Paul Dehler,
sausage manufacturer, and is three stories in
height. The smoke belched forth most
vigorously from the upper stories, but the
fire was quenched considerably within an
hour While the fire was in progress, the
attention of a GLOBE reporter was directed
to barrel, all scorched within, which had
been thrown from the second floor
in the early stage of the fire. It had
Il,
gallon can of kerosene, SO said the specta.
tors, had rolled out of the barrel when
elected from the building. The odor OF
) kerosene was quite perceptible about it. The
fire being extinguished, a survey was made
of the interior. On the ground floor, under
} the stairs, had been piled number of such
; barrels as salt is usually packed in, sur.
rounding them being quantity of sawdust.
All these, few boxes, and the under side
l of the stairway were scorched. On the op-
posite side of the room were other boxes,
more extensively scorched, but betwee n the
stairway and barrels Hereunder, and the
boxes last named there was no connect
ing line of scorching, the floor showing
no sirns of fire. There must have been two
| fires set there. On the second floor was a
space divided off by a wooden partition,
. which did not extend to the ceiling. With
in this partition the third flame had been
, set. The whole property III the building
, would not foot up value OF 300. There
= was absolutely nothing in the building he
You'd bed on the second floor, a trunk, and
a few barrels and boxes. Paul Dehler, the
occupant of the building, said he and his
hired man occupied the bed on the second
floor at nights, but he had only recently re-
: moved his family to Iglehart street. He had
I had no quarrel with the hired man, ard
a he knew of no cause for the fire. There
t were shayings and kerosene in the building.
n He was insured for 81 600 in the Passavani
q agency. The building is owned by ex-Gov
e Marshall, or is under his agency, and there
is an insurance in j. S. Princes agency
thereon of $3.50. The damage to the build
ing will be covered by that amount.
At lO:15a second alarm was struck from
i boxes and 6, at the Seven Corners and tht
n corner of Summit avenue and Third stree
90 respectively. This time the alarm wa
caused by flames vigo rously consuming tn.
two-story frame residence on Summit avenue
recently occupied by Maj. L. N. Newson
The house stands, or did stand upon
commanding site, and hence drew an enor
nous crowd. There was nothing in tn,
house. 1t was sold at auction, some twt
- weeks ago, to Mr.. Frank b. Clarke, the loca
n agent of the Chicago, St. Paul d Minneapo
!, lis railroad, by whom it was intended to b.
D occupied. Of course this fire was also in
u cendiary, the blaze having been started un
g derneath the rear stairway. Mr. Thoma
Cochran, Jr., was about the first on the spot
and secured the face of the bluff, in com
h. pany With friend, in search of the scoun
dres who had set the fire, but without sue
f. cess. The building was ruined to a
/. intents and purposes. it being to
' far from effective water supply to &c
Gu streams upon at the early stage of its con
is sumption, and az it stood isolated the neal
4 est buildings entirely escaped The propert
cost Mr.. Clark $500, which included th
magnificent grounds. There was origins
insurance on the property of $4,000
Weeds agency, which has been reduce
O. since, the policy of which Mr.. Clark hold
BY although originally made out in the name,
-, for the benefit, of Mrs. Newson. AZ th
exact state OF the insurance vas not accI
~ rately known by Mr.. Clark last night, noti
- ing can be furnished further than the for
going.
At late stage of the fire, the upper flo
gave way, uIo which, at the time, were fo'
in hosemen. fortunately, none were injure
although Jackson, of No. 2, was precipitat
- to the floor below, while the other thr
ne caught themselves across the beams.
re There was a moon in the calendar Ii
night, SO the street gas lamps were not
While Rome was burning Nero was fddlir
Backward, Tmrn Blackboard, Oh Time
no Your Right.
in Anoka Sun and Republican
,b. Let DR.. Stewart commence at the botte
cir of the matter. Let him roll back the Il
in Times well filled pages two years, a
eradicate, first of all, that damning rece
of infamy by which he stole the Congr
sional nomination from Minneapolis and
'ef- late and lamented DR.. Butler, the same
res ing the most bare faced act of fraud a
in chicanery in the annals of the Republic
and party of Minnesota. Let him mediate
~ how he stopped to pledge himself to sust
NY in Office the notably corrupt set of L.
Office officials that manipulated affairs
Stearns county, in return for their SUPP
=. of his nomination. This, too, after t