Daily globe., 1879-04-06
A ST. LOUIS BLAZE.

ST.. Louis, April 5.-The buildings occu
pied by Appleton, Noyes & Maudy, Mack &
Co., and s. M. Hamilton & Co., 500, 5O2.
504 and 5O6 North Fifth street. and the store
of j. b. Myers & Bro, 42O Washington av-
enue, burned last night, cost 100000 four
years ago, and were owned by the Mercantile
block and Real Estate association. The Ap-
pleton, Noyes & Maude building was dam
aged about $4,000. The Mack & Co. build
ing is nearly a 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
ciai Union, London, $4,000; Trad
ers', Chicago, $4,000; Shoe and
Leather, Boston, $4,000; Hamburg of Bre-
men, $4,000; Howard National, $5,0O0;
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, $120,OOO. Dodd. Brown g. Co.'s
goods, stored in 5O4 Fifth street, as men
toned last night are as follows: franklin.
Philadelphia, $4,000; Shoe & Leather,
Boston, $4,000: Northwestern National.
Milwaukee, $4,000; Merchants Assurance.
Providence, $4,000; Traders, Chicago.
$4,000; Merchants Marine, Boston, $4,000:
Etna, Hartford, $2O,O0O; Phoenix, Hart
ford, $4,000; Connecticut, Hartford,
$4,000; Imperial, London, $4,000;
Commercial Union, London, $4,000,
total $4,000. Mack d Co.'s stock, esti.
mated at $25,O0O, has the following in
sIrance: London Assurance. $4,000; Ian
cashire, $500; Howard, S., 500; Hamburg,
Bremen, $7 800; VIM. R. Kerr's agency, $5,
900; Koch's agency, $4,000 total $40, 1000
Tle stock of Appleton, Noyes & Go. was
valued at about $4,000; insurance not OBJ
tainable yet. Hamilton g. Co. had about
100000 in stock, and Jacobs Bros. & Hoff-
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
Althoman & Whites loss is not definitely
known, but is probably $4,000 or $4,000
Other minor losses will probably increase
the total to between four and five hundred
thousand dollars.
Billy Ruetz, who was terribly crushed by
q falling wall, died on the way to a hospta
last night. The body of Geo. w. Tarrant
business agent of the National Guard AS
sociation, whose armory was in the upper
story of Veranda row, was takept from iht
ruins this morning, with arms and leg
burned off and face frightfully mashed
He was in the east room of tie armory
} looking after some cases of rifles, when
is supposed part of the roof fell and burie,
him in the debris. His relations live q
Norfolk, Va.
PRUSsIo ACID.
DAVENPORT, Ia, April 5-Shortly after 1
! O'Clock last night Harry Watt, cigar make
of this city, and his wife's sister, Louis
Felter, took prusslc acid, and died within
few moments of each other. Watt was
, young man comparatively, but has been maj
, rled several years, and has children, and hi
domestic life always seemed perfectly pleas
;. ant Miss Felter was 81 years old, and ha
: lived with the family for several years pas
The coroner's investigation revealed tn;
y improper relations probably existed betwee
: them.
SHOT DEAD.
New ORLEANS, April 5.-A Times speci
t says, in difficulty, yesterday, at Kaufman
Il Texas, John Kell shot dead Chas. Smith,
nephew of Congressman Brown, of Ke1
II tucky.
J., NOT GUILTY.
IS INDIANAPOLIS, April Sat 10 80 tonight t
10 jury in the case of Warren Tate, who murder
q William Love in the corridor of the cou
~ house in this city on the 10Th of last Septel
10 Der, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
~ TO BE HUNG BY THE NECK.
CHICAGO, April 5.-John Lamb, convicted
Gently Of the murder of Officer Race, was ,
- day sentenced by Judge Williams to be hu
40 June 20.
ed DISASTROUS FIRE.
PHILADELPHIA, April 5.-A fire at the corr
90 Of Grown and Race streets, in a large five ste
OO building occupied by Hansell d Co., and otl
w w firms, spread to the school house opposite, a
w W. a row of BUILDINGS on Fourth street, and q
w w Race street. The loss is likely to reach hi
20 million dollars. The building lately occup
or by Thackara Brick & Co is burning