Daily globe., 1879-04-07
CASUALTIES AND CRIMES.
Il DAY OFDIRE DISASTER THROUGH
OUT THE COUNTRY.
A ST. LOUIS BLAZE.

ST.. Louis, April 5.-The buildings occu-
pied by Appleton, Noyes d Maudy, Mack &
Co., and S. M. Hamilton & Co., 500, SOP,
504 and 506 North Fifth street, and the store
of j. n. Myers & Bro, 42O Washington av-
enue, burned last night, cost 100000 four
years ago, and were owned by the Mercantile
pleton, Noyes & Maude building was dam
aged about $4,000. The Mack & Co. build
ing is nearly total loss, say $50, 900, and
Meyers Bros store is injured in the rear
about $4,000. On these buildings there was
the following insurance: Scottish CONNER
cial, Glasgow, $4,000; CONNER
cial Union, London, $4,000; Trad
ers', Chicago, $4,000; Shoe and
Leather, Boston, $4,000; Hamburg of Bre-
men, $5,OOO; Howard National, $4,000;
Phoenix, Hartford, $1,000; London Assur-
ance, London, $4,000; New Hampshire,
Concord, $4,000; st. Paul, of St. Paul, $1O,-
600; American Central, St. Louis, $4,000.
Total, $4,000. Dodd, Brown & Co.'s
goods, stored in 5O4 Fifth street, as men
toned last night are as follows: Franklin,
Philadelphia, $4,000; Shoe & Leather,
Boston, $lO,O00 Northwestern National,
Milwaukee, $4,000; Merchants Assurance,
Providence, $4,000; Traders, Chicago,
$4,000; Merchants Marine, Boston, $4,000;
Etna, Hartford, $4,000; Phoenix, Hart
ford, $4,000; Connecticut, Hartford,
$4,000; Imperial, London, $4,000;
Commercial Union, London, $4,000,
total $4,000. Mack & Co.'s stock, esti-
mated at $25,00O, has the following in
surance: London Assurance. $4,000; Ian.
cashire, $500; Howard, $7,5OO; Hamburg,
Bremen, ST 500; VIM. r. Kerr's agency, $5,
900; Koch's agency, $4,000 ;-total $4,000.
The stock of Appleton, Noyes & Go. was
valued at about 5000 insurance not OBJ
tainable yet. Hamilton & Co. had about
$50, 900 in stock, and Jacobs Bros. & Hof-
man, who occupied the st. Charles street
end of the Fifth street building, had about
$4,000 in stock of jeans cloothing. The
insurance on these stocks is not ascertained.
Altheman & Whites loss is not definitely
known, but is probably $4,000 or $3.50. 900.
Other minor losses will probably increase
the total to between four and five hundred
thousand dollars.
Billy Ruetz, who was terribly crushed by
a falling wall, died on the way to hospital
last night. The body of Geo. w. Tarrant,
business agent of the National Guard AS
soclatlon, whose armory was in the upper
story of Veranda row, was taken from the
ruins this morning, with arms and legs
burned off and face frightfully mashed.
He was in the east room of the armory,
looking after some cases of rifles, when it
is supposed part of the roof fell and buried
him in the debris. His relations live at
Norfolk, Va.
PRuss1o ACID.
DAVENPORT, Ia, April 5.-Shortly after 10
O'Clock last night Harry Watt, cigar maker
of this city, and his wife's sister, Louise
Felter, took pruss,c acid, and died within
few moments of each other. Watt was a
young man comparatively, but has been mar
ried several years, and has children, and his
domestic life always. seemed perfectly pleas
ant. Miss Felter was 21 years old, and had
lived with the family for several years past.
The coroner's Investigation revealed that
improper relations probably existed between
them.
New ORLEANS, April GA Times special
says, in difficulty, yesterday, at Kaufman,
Texas, John Kell shot dead Chas. Smith, a
nephew of Congressman Brown, of Ken
tucky.
NOT GUILTY.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 5.-At 10 80 tonight the
jury in the case of Warren Tate, who murdered
William Love in the corridor of the court
house in this CITY on the 18th of last Septem-
ber, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
TO BE HUNG BY THE NECK.
CHICAGO, April 5.-John Lamb, convicted re-
Gently of the murder of Officer Race, was to-
day sentenced by Judge Williams to be hung
June 20.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
PHILADELPHIA, April 5.-A fire at the corner
of Crown and Race streets, in large five story
building occupied by Hansell & Co., and other
! firms, spread to the school house opposite, and
| a row of buildings on Fourth street, and one
on Race street. The loss is likely to reach half
million dollars. The building lately occupied
| by Thackara, Brick & Go. is burning.