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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-02
those of the persons who had SO narrowly
escaped a terrible death.
Storm of al, Eve Witness.


Twas visitor at the capitol last evening
and in the Senate chamber, when the alarm of
fire was given by two boys, probably the pages
of the Senate, rushing in and crying fire! fire!
Everyone Immediately jumped to their feet
and two or three rushed to the door Of the
chamber, but were driven back by the flames,
which appeared to have full possession OF the
stairs and hallway. A scene Of confusion then
ensued, which was somewhat quieted by the
violent rapping of the gavel in the hands Of
President Gilman, and his request for order.
This effort of the president to stay the panic
was ably seconded by the stentorian voice of
Col. Crooks, who said, "for Gods sake, gen.
Senators and crowd generally thought other
wise and rushed for the windows, several of
which were smashed in the efforts to open
them. About this time someone made
a motion to adjourn, which was de-
clared carried. Nearly everyone by this
time had stationed himself at some window,
each probably, like the writer, expecting to
have to make the jump to the snow beneath,
for the flames were at this time appearing in
floor from the ventilator in the center of the
ceiling. At this time rush was made for the
cloak room on the right hand side of the en-
trance, some one having discovered way of
exit there through a small window, which
those who are familiar with the locality will
remember overlooks the landing midway of
the main stairway. The writer was one of
those who rushed hither, and for some min.
utes the crowd prevented my getting to the
window, each having to await his turn. I'M
mediately in my front was the portly form of
Senator G. D. Gilallan, who had some Difficult.
ty in squeezing through the small aperture.
Men below the window, on the stairway land.
ing, caught the Senatorial they did the writer,
and none too quickly, for the flames in few.
more minutes would have cut off this avenue
of escape.
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portrait of Gen.. Thomas, which was taken
from the rear Of the speakers desk by Officer
Newall, assisted by an unknown gentleman.
The commissioner of insurance reports mo
great loss. The winters compilation Of sta.
tistics were in the vaults and are thought to be
all right. The effects Of the railroad com.
missioner's Office were also securely placed In
the vaults.
Quite number of loud reports were heard
during the fire, occasioned by the explosion
Of gas and water pipes.
About II O'Clock frebrand alighted on the
roof of the German. Lutheran church, corner
of Tenth and Wabashaw streets, and the in.
cipient blaze was nipped, after some delay and
difficulty, by the department.
The Rev. Mr.. Gannett, pastor of Unity
church, rendered the use of that edidce as a
depository for the files, papers, furniture, etc.,
the offer being accepted by Mr.. Pusey, and the
church was packed from the pulpit to the
doors. Judge Palmer, Mr.. Louis Fisher and
others threw open the doors oftheir dwellings
and received large number OF valuables.
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The Senate.

wAsaINeroN, March 1.-Eaton, from the
committee on foreign relations, reported back
the sundry bills and resolutions recommend
ing the construction of ship canals or rail.
ways across the Isthmus. He said the COM
mittee asked to be discharged from the con.
sideration of all these subjects, thinking the
time had not arrived when Congress should
pass an opinion in regard to any particular
route. This request of the committee was
complied with.
The House bills commemorative of the bat.
ties of Saratoga and Groton Heights, and
others of no special interest were passed.
The conference report on the river and har.
Dor bill was agreed to.
The Japanese indemnity bill was discussed
at some length, but no action taken.
An evening session was ordered for House
bills on the calendar, the Japanese bill to coms
up as unfinished business.
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The President-Elect In Washington.

WASHINGTON, March la special train
carrying President-elect Garfield and fam
lily, arrived at 8 O'Clock. Gen. Garfield was
Informally received in a few pleasant re-
marks by Col. Robert G. Ingersoll of the COM
mittee on inaugural ceremonies. Car.
riages were In waiting and with his family,
with the exception of his aged mother,
who was driven direct to the executive man
sion, was escorted to the hotel. 1t was
Garfeld's wish that no formal demonstra.
ton should take place. Upon reaching the
hotel W. D. Daridge, a member of the COM
mittee appointed to receive the President
elect. delivered short address of welcome
in behalf of the committee. Gen. Garfield
responded briefly, thanking the committee for
the complete arrangements made for the COM
fort of himself and family, and expressing
himself as being fatigued from his journey,
which he hoped would excuse further re.
marks.
President Hayes ill call on the President
elect to-day. Tomorrow evening Gen.
Garfield will dine with Representative
Chittenden, and after dinner hold recep-
tion, for which cards have been issued
On Friday morning the President and Mrs.
Hayes will turn over the executive mansion
to the President-elect and Mrs. Garfield, and
on Saturday the retiring Presl-
dent and Mrs. Hayes aud family will leave by
special car for Cleyeland, where they will re-
main few days, thence to Columbus, and
from thence to Fremont.
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The Ruins THIS M0rni1aG.

A walk around the building, this morning,
at O'Clock, showed a complete destruction of
the interior of the building. Of all the wood.
word of the interior nothing was left but
blackened, fallen timbers and burning frag.
ments. None Of the timbers were in place.
Those of the roofs, with the floors, were
wholly burned away. The joists Of the two
floors not altogether burned away,
which was in the east and north wings, had
dropped down and hung or stood, black and
broken skeletons. In the centre and west and
south wings all infammable material above
the Easements seemed to be wholly
consumed. The outside walls, and 80 far as
could be seen, the interior brick walls appear
ed to be all standing. This, remembering
what has been said Of the cheapness and inse-
markable. But it was not Ihot fire, said a
fireman. Yet, not only was the governors
corner of the building, where the he
melted snow outside shows that the
heat was greatest--but the gas and steam
pipes throughout all the building appear to
have been subjected to intense heat. Perhaps
which the dry fuel burned and dropped away
from them.
The governors safe, fallen into the base.
ment and turned on its side, appears to be
cooling with its shape so perfect that it can
probably be opened easy and it's valuable con-
tents, records and documents of the executive
office, from the organization of the Terrific
unharmed. The supreme court
clerks safe also dropped into the basement,
appears to be in goon condition. The State
treasurer's safe, containing $4,000, 900 in
limited States and State of Missouri bonds. be.
onging to the school, university and internal
land improvement permanent funds, and also
the accounts and records of the office, with
about $1,000 in currency and specie, appears
ro have escaped even outward harm.
The vault of the insurance commissioners
office and the great vault of the State
auditors Office, containing records covering
all the financial operations of the State and
papers which appertain to titles of real prop
erty oil over the State, with also the great
vault of the Historical society, holding some
nine hundred volumes of newspapers, includ.
ing the earliest publications in the Territory
of Minnesota-all are safe. In respect to these
vaults certainly the capitol was better built
than was generally supposed.
The blank, bare walls, ragged as to tops and
openings where were the windows, with
smoke pouring lazily out, and here and there
flashes of flame showing blackened tlmbers,
wide blank spnces above and Debris, black,
smoking or glowing-these were all that was
left of our State capitol few hours after the
first cry of fire!
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Incidents.

The stars and stripes went down in a blaze
If glory from the flagstaff, but little too
early in the engagement.
Some idiot rushed to the Metropolitan hotel
shertly after the fire broke out and reported
that large number OF members had been
burned to death. This alarmed the families of
rushed frantically to the scene of the confag.
ration, happily, to find the report utterly
without foundation.
While leaving the capitol Representative
Amundson received blow over his right eye
from ladder carried by the fremen. The IN
jury is not serious one.
The theories 1of the origin of the fire are
legion, bnt the predominating opinion is that
it was the work of an incendiary.
A man carrying a huge globe on his
shoulders from the rooms Of the Historical
society made an excellent representation of
Atlas.
Cinders were carried distance of over half
mile from the capitol.
Some of the Senator's and Representatives
thought their time had come and left their
hats and OvercOats behind them. They will
find the weather to-day cooler than they ex-
pected.
The capitol was never very handsome
building, but last nights ordeal did not i'm.
prove its appearance.
Alluding to the fact that there was no in.
surance on the capitol, prominent insurance
man remarked that that was fire an insur-
ance agent could look at with perfect com.
placency.
It is related that one old veteran of the
House, waiting at a window for help, clutched
at slight branch of q maple tree which q
flash of flame exhibited to him and shouted,
as he grasped it, to those below, to push the
tree toward him. The tree is six inches in
diameter and wouldn't bend under the pull Of
locomotive.
Speaker Fletcher was on the floor when the
save these boys" he grabbed two of the pages,
each by the seat of his little pants, hoisted
them in no time into the cloak room, saw that
they took their hats and coats while he se.
cured his and, then, with firm hand guiding
each by the arm, ran them out safely under
the flames and Goals shooting and dropping
from the burning ceilings and dome.
Lieut.. Gov Gilman, Secretary Jenneson and
during the height of the panic in the Senate
chamber ~ Each contributed to an orderly
closing Of the session and to the calming Of
frightened men so that they could use the
abundant opportunities for their escape.
The insurance commissioner is only afraid
that the winters work of his oface-compila-
tions of company returns-was not In the
vault last evening. If 1t is in the vault his Of
flee loses very little.
The stalls at the market house are number.
ed by letters. Official documents will here
after he headed "Stall A." s'Stall B." etc.
At 3 o'clock this morning the steamers
were still playing on a pile Of smouldering
rubbish, the residue of what is left of the
pretentious building of yesterday.
The files in the adjutant generals Office
were removed intact, and stored in the new
Market house.
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The Loss to the Rhetorical Society.

The Minnesota Historical society had its
rooms in the basement of the new wing. They
had here very valuable library of books, pic
lures, maps, historical relics, and antiquarian
objects, which the society has been diligently
collecting for nearly thirty years. Mr.. vii.
liams, it's librarian, informed us at tne oclock
this morning that there were,a near as he could
remember, in round numbers 10000 bound
volumes, Il, 900 pamphlets and unbound vol
umes, 500 maps, some hundred or SO pictures
(such as portraits of old settlers and historic
personages) and fine museum of aboriginal
Implements and weapons. Many Of the books
and documents were very rare and valuable.
The whole collection was vaLled recently at
$50, 900, and it would be difficult to- replace it
for this amount. An insurance Of $4,000
was placed last year on it., in companies repre-
sented by II. l.. Moss, John s. Prince and the
st. Paul F. & M. company.
As soon as the alarm was given the book
cases were unlocked and crowd of active citi-
and other property. Mr.. Williams thought at
midnight that every bound baok was saved,
and carried into the Unitarian 0ureh close by,
many wet and injured, though. The pam
phlets did not fare SO we1l,- as
great quantities fell by the way, and were trod.
den under foot in the snow. The society had
a very capacious flre-proof Yault, In which
was stored 900 volumes of Minnesota news
papers. This collection is irreplacable, but it
is believed that the vault has done It's duty
we'll, and that the precious volumes are safe.
The cabinet and pictures, together with a
quantity of movable property, gas carried out.
The book cases, costing som6 81 200, are a
total loss. =
MIR. Williams, the librarian, had private
library in the inner room, which is total
loss. 1t was valued at $500, and insured for
s4O0, with E. E. Hughson. Mr.. Williams
This fire WILL of course, give the So
ciety some pause in its work,
but all It's friends are thankful it is
no worse. Mr.. Williams, on going out of the
door, cheerfu1ly remarked: "Just say that
donations to our library and museum will be
thankfully received"
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Shrewdness and Ability.

Hop Bitters SO freely, advertised in all the
papers, secular and religious, are having a
large sale, and are supplanting all other medi-
cines. There is no denying the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitters
have shown great shrewdness and ability in
compounding Bitters, whose virtues are so
palpable to every ones observation-disclosures
iner and Chronicle.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-02

NIT the funding bill to pass. Secretary sher.
mans position Ii favor of the bill exercised a
strong influence in the withdrawing of public
eppos!toa
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Internal revenue receipts for February
$145,0o5; customs S67s,447; national bank
notes received for redemption S21s,o0o. The
public debt statement shows decrease In the
debt for the month Of February of s11,S48, ,l56;
cash in treasury $2S, zoe, ,176; gold certificates
$6,tG ,480; silver certificates "a, ,S64 900;
certificates Of deposit outstanding S7,865, 900;
refunding certificates S7e2, ,760; legal tenders
outstanding $345, 1881 ,016; fractional currency
outstanding $15, $50, ,846, less amount estimated
as lost or destroyed, SS,375, ,9S4.
MIsoELLANEous.
Speaker. Randall said this afternoon posi-.
lively that that the funding bill will pass and
become law.
Senator Burnside to-day expressed himself
% opposed to postponing the dayof convenipe
the Senate in extra session, aud said It ought
to be called on March 4th, 40 usual
Friends Of Stanley Matthews assert that
he will BIZ renominated for United States su-
preme judge by Garfield at the request of
President Hayes.
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cost has reached $los,ooo It contained fifty
apartmentl
.Al1 CHARTERED In the Ns,0 Market.


Mayor Dawson, Immediately upon being in.
formed the fire would at least unroof the
capitol, placed himself in communication with
Governor Pillsbury and notified him that the
city would provide offices for the State officers
and places of meeting for the legislature, and
the governor as promptly accepted the offer
ments to be made by the mayor would be am;
pie and satisfactory. At first, failing to find
house in readiness, Sherman hall
and Pfeifer's hall we're engaged for the two
branches of the legislature, but later, me.
chanics having been found ready to contract
that the market house should be made ready,
the two halls were countermanded. At this
writing the steam heating apparatus is said
to be in order and steam Is about to be got up
in the boilers on which two or three days
work, in the ordinary course Of boiler filters
work, has been done in less than half dozen
hours. The basement rooms of
the market house have been
set apart for storage, except that the
large Wabashaw street rooms are to be assign.
can be given them above. The first floor has
been generally assigned to the State officers.
So far ouly the clerk of the supreme court and
the attorney general have located themselves.
These gentlemen, hearing early that they
were to 60 to the market house, engaged teams
to convey the books, papers and fixtures saved
from their offices and have them all safely
stored in the large rooms on the Wabashaw
street front, along with books and papers.
saved from the court judges
rooms and some of the books
from the State library. The things saved from
the east, north and west wings, which were
mostly taken into buildings In the neighbor.
hood or taken to the residences of officers,
will be collected to-day at the Market house
and arranged in order in the respective new
Offices as early as possible Probably by noon
to-day all the State officers will be ready to at
tend to urgent business and by tomorrow
noon they will have leisure to consider what
additions to the market house the Legislature
ought to give them.
The State officers and their clerks will be
on the first floor of the mar
ket house in the stalls, rooms
and divisions planned for market officers,
butchers, grocers, etc., all of which are new,
clean and well.hghted. The Senate will be
provided for in the dining hall and the House
in the assembly hall on the second floor. The
smaller rooms at the Wabashaw street end Of
the building will serve for Senate committee
rooms, and those at the st. Peter end will be
used for House committee rooms. Chairs,
tables and other Immediately necessary furni-
ture for the State offices and for the two
houses of the legislature will be put in at an
early hour this morning, the intention being
that so far as the city can provide legislative
and executive business may be resumed at 10
O'Clock this morning.
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A Cross Baby.

Nothing is 50 conducive to mans re-
naming bachelor as stopping for one
night at the house Of married friend
and being kept awake for FIVE or six
hours by the crying Of cross baby. All
cross and crying babies need only Hop
Bitters to make them well and smiling.
Young man, remember this Irdpeler.
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Sdring the Property.

The crowd that had gathered around the
capitol square in response to the alarm soon
saw the necessity for earnest, hard work. The
State officers marshalled brigade of willing
men, who faced the smoke and the flames in a
desperate endeavor to save as much of the val.
liable property of the. State as possible. "A
score of strong men found their way to the
library and threw the ponderous law volumes
out into the snow, where they were gathered
by men and boys and conveyed to a place of
safety. All of the offices on the main floor
were soon denuded of their portable effects
books, papers, desks, chairs and even carpets.
These were conveyed to the streets. whence
they were afterwards taken to secure quarters
and other houses in the near vicinity. Some
of the perishable articles were badly damaged,
but the greater part were preserved in good
shape.
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NATIONAL CONGRESS,
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS IN
BOTH HOUeEE.

The House Laboring With the Funding
BN1-Unsuccessful Effort to Reach Vote
Items in the River and Harbor Bill
Agreed Upon by the Two Houses, Thus
Securing its Passage-Extra Session Of
the Senate Called for March 4th-Gen.
Miscellaneous Capital News.
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1.-THE St. Paul academy of Sciences.

This unfortunate institution, which came to
financial grief two years ago, had it's museum
stored in room in the basement of the capitol.
It is total loss, without insurance. The
museum was valued at $4,000 or $1,000 when
the institution was running.
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FIGURING MILL ACCIDENT.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

RED Wing, March loving to the break.
ing of the main gear wheel in the La Grange
mills to-day, they will shut down for about two
weeks. There was fortunately no one hurt,
but the damages caused by the accident are
quite extensive. The Red Wing mills are still
shut down, but expect to commence grinding
in the course of few days.
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Netu Quarters.

It is matter Of serious importance where
to locate the State officers for two or three
years until capitol building can be erected.
There was talk last night about taking the
Davidson block, corner Of Fourth and Jack
son, that being probably the only single
building in the city which can accommodate
them all.
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Ece,ain0 Session.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-At the evening
session of the Senate bare quorum was
present. The conference report on the fort.
flcations appropriations bill were concurred
n. A number of House bills uno bjected to
assed, among them the one to open portion
fort Ridgley military reservation, Minneso.
ia, to homestead and timber cultivation entry.
Adjourned.
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History of the Building.

The original building was erected by the
general government, being begun in 1851 and
completed in 1853. The cost was $4,000.
Since then additions have been made, until the
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Erenj,aG Session.

WASHINGTON, March LAT the evening
session of the House consideration of the
fuuding bill was resumed, the session contin.
uing until 12:45, when recess was taken un-
til 10 A. NJ. tomorrow, with the bill still
pending.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-02

The boiler makers of Chicago have struck
fuse to grant their demands and there Is every
prospect of a prolonged strike
A. N. Dudley, aged so, Of the firm of Dud.
ley & Co., Newark, N. j., killed himself In
his house yesterday.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-02

The stockholders Of the st. Louis & San
Francisco, at special meeting In st. Louis
Yesterday, voted to issue consolidated mort.
gage per cent. bonds to the amount of $780,,
100000, covering all the lines of road now
owned by the company.
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OVER THE OCEAN.

Passage of the Army Bill in the British
Commons Details Of the Battle With tho
Beers, In Whioh Gen. Collsy Lost His
Life British Loss In Ohioers and Men,
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General Capital Ne,rs.
THE FUNDING BILL.

WARRINGTON, March Lit is generally un-
derstood now, that the Republicans will per.
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AVOID Cosr1vE HABIT or BODY, not only
because of the attending discomfort, but lest
1t engender more serious consequences. DR..
Jayne's Sanative Pills are either Laxative or
Cathartic, according to the dose, and may be
depended upon to produce healthy secretions
of the Liver and Stomach.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-02

LONDON, March 1.--Gen. Roberts will have,
by the time he arrives at Natal, force of
5000 men. Detailed accounts received to-day
render 1t certain that the British were driven
from Spetzkopf because they were fairly beat
en-. The fight ended In rout
The most desperate estimate places
the loss at 300 killed and wounded