Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-03
Persona, Note. and Incidents.


Secretary of State Won Baumbach lost set
of Appleton's Cyclopedia in the fire.
Mr.. c. F. Solberg, the railroad commission
er's late assistant, had his private library,
worth 81 900, stored in the basement of the
capitol, and none of it was saved.
Victor Hjortsberg, the jealous and always
accommodating clerk in the secretary of states
office, made special point of saving the great
seal Of the State, and he saved it. It came into
use yesterday in finishing up several executive
papers.
Senator Bonniwell lost about 81 900 worth of
railroad maps and prOfles, which were in his
desk in the Senate chamber.
The vaults in the burned capitol, appertain-
ing to the Offices of the auditor of state, Sec
retary of state, insurance commissioner and
State treasurer, and the safes belonging to the
railroad commissioner, clerk of court, attor-
ney general and governor, were all opened yes.
terday and their contents found we'll preserved.
On account of the lack of fire-proof room IN
the new quarters, the auditory treasurer and
secretary of state have as yet removed from
their vaults only such things as they have daily
need Of
All day long crowds of sight seers were
gathered around the ruins of the capitol, Gu
riously inspecting the ragged, blackened walls
and the charred piles of debris and with un-
tagging interest repeating in every possible
form the unanswerable queries, where and how
did the fire start?
The State librarian, Col. Taylor, counted his
rescued books yesterday and found them to
number / 1,343 volumes. The library, before
the fire, numbered 1850 volumes, and had
cost about S65, 900. The insurance was $40, 1000.
Not one set of books is left complete, but COL
Taylor thinks that in time, though at con-
siderable cost, the broken sets can be filled and
the whole library be replaced.
The general appropriation bill, which passed
the Senate yesterday morning, was among the
saved files of Secretary Jennison, and was en-
rolled yesterday to be presented to the govern
or to-day.
A good many people noticed that Chief
Clerk Kenyon, of the State auditors Office,
who was in the Senate when the fire broke out,
was quite panicky and escaped by a ladder.
Kenyon says that he was ANXIOUS to secure
some valuable plats which were lying unpro-
tected in the auditors office, but glance at
the Senate proceedings explains the whole
matter. The Senate had just passed bill in
ereasng his salary to $4,000, ana Kenyon was
anxious to live to draw It,
Jay Whipple, editor of the Winona Herald,
wants his overcoat delivered at the GLOBE Of
fee. See advertisement elsewhere. The way
Mr.. Whipple came TO lose his coat was this
BE is boss of whole fire department, him
was sounded through the capitol, taking it
for granted he would find hose and fire appar-
atus there, he rushed down into the basement
to help make ready for putting out the fire.
When he had found out his mistake, he went
back for his overcoat, but meantime some
body had taken it away. If that somebody
will bring the garment and the gloves it con-
tanned to the GLOBE Office, there wont be any
complaint about the three good cigars. he
wouldn't expect to see them come safely
through a capitol fire and the GLOBE too.
The boilers in the basement of the east wing
of the capitol appeard not to have been much
harmed by the fire.
The portraits of ex-Governor's Ramsey and
Miller, which adorned the Governors cham.
Der, were mislaid Or stolen during the fire.
Parties having the same in possession will
please return them to the governors office.
The Historical society's insurance was
placed as follows: st. Paul Fire & Marine,
5000, and German-American, of New York,
$1,000.
The soldiers of the late war owe a debt OF
gratitude to Senator Adams and Capt. G. E..
Davis for rescuing the records and battle flags
in the adjutant generals Office. Not thing
was destroyed In that department except such
furniture as,could not be readily removed.
Senator Castles loye for the artistic ani
| the beautiful induced him to return to the
Senate chamber after the fremen came with
| their ladders, for the purpose of rescuing thai
| superb picture of the Falls of st. ANTHONY
which had been placed on exhibition there
| to take it down the ladder, so he dropped i
from one of the windows. The box In whicl
| it was enclosed was broken, but the pictur
is said to be uninjured.
Pepper, the photographer, cast his lenses o.
] the House yesterday at time when it was i