Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-22
DESPERATE CONFLICT AT SUPERIOR.
Special Telegram to the Globe

Special Telegram to the Globe.
DULUTH, MINI. Dec. 21.-Sheriff Thomp-
son and S. E. Tubbs, clerk in Rettalick &
Cox's store, Superior, Wis.,, attempted to
arrest John Swenson and Alfred Larson
this afternoon, when Swensop opened fire
on the sheriff and succeeded in shooting
him through the right cheek and through
his shoulder, and also shot Tubbs through
the arm. Both wounded men were brought
to Duluth. Their wounds are not serious.
Swenson and Larson got goods under false
pretenses at Superior last night, and at
teihpted the same game this morning, but
were caught. Thompson succeeded in
capturing Larson, but Swenson made his
escape.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Especial Telegram to the. Globe.
MANKATo, Dec. 21.-About three o'clock
yesterday morning William Herne
was struck by train No. -
on the Sioux City road and instant
ly killed. Herne was seen at late hour
last night in an intoxicated condition, and
laid down on the outside of the track with
his head near the rail, land was struck by
the cow-catcher and carried nearly 400
feet. Deceased was married man. An
inquest is now being held.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, Dec. 21.-One of the most
destructive fires that has visited Buffalo for
a long time occurred this afternoon. Shortly
before 5 O'Clock passers by noticed a
volume of smoke Issuing from the roof of
the magnificent new building of James D.
Warren, proprietor of the Commercial
Adrertiser, corner of Washington and
North Division streets. Almost immedi-
ately thereafter a bright flame shot up in
the air, and the roof was seen to be in
flames. An alarm was sent to the engine
house, block away, and the fremen,
armed with chemical ap-
paratus, responded. The alarm
was sent to other houses in the
vicinity, and by this means good dealo of
valuable time was lost, and it was fully
twenty minutes before the first stream was
turned on. An immense crowd gathered
on the streets, and impeded the work of
the iremen. The flames lighted up tie
sky for miles around. Under the street in
Main street, about block west are three
large cisterns containing supply Of wa
ter, and built expressly for use in case of a
large fire. When one of them was opened
tremendous explosion lof gas followed,
blowing one man into the air fully twenty
feet, and knocking several spectators
down. The injured man was taken to the
general hospital. In about an hour after
the fire started the roof of Masonic tenn
pie, a splendid building, was in flames.
This structure was occupied by various
Masonic societies and the large wholesale
grocery house of Miller, Greiner & Co. In
a very short time the top floor was mass
of fire. Fortunately there was no wind.
At o'clock the inside of the Commercial
Advertiser building was completely Quilted,
and only the walls remained. The floors
of Masonic temple burned before the fire.
men obtained the mastery. The COM
mercial building has a frontage on
Washington street of over 100 feet and
cost over $4,000. One half was occupied
by the Advertiser and the other half by the
wholesale saddlery house of Harvey D.
Blakeslee. In the rear was a large build
ing occupied by the Jewett Manufactur-
ing Co. for box factory, the manufacture
of bird cages and other articles. Although
considerably damaged by fire and water,
this building was saved. The fire original
ed in the engraving room and was caused
by an emplsye allowing some rags which
he had been using for waxing plate for
transfer to catch in the gas jet.
1t is supposed in his excitement he threw
the rags down and ignited some
vanished plates or work hanging on the
walls. Nothing was saved. The files of
the Advertiser for fifty years were lost.
When the alarm was given the employees
rushed from the building, abandoning
coats and hats. Those in the job depart
ment, owing to the smoke, were unable to
make their way down stairs. They got on
the roof and crawled along the parapet to
the Jewell building, where they descended
in safety. Several men tainted when safe.
Out of no employees in the building only
one man, VIM. Maloney, was in
jured. He was badly burned. Loss
on stock, fixtures and building is
estimated at $175, 900; insurance, $125, 1000.
Blakeslee's loss is estimated at $4,000; in
surance, $4,000. Miller & Greiners
building, one of the finest in the city, was
erected in 1876, at cost of $15OOOO.
Eighteen lodges and communicates held
their convocations in the temple above.
The carpets and furniture of the various
rooms cost $4,000, and the Jewels and
paraphrenalia $4,000 more, all of which
is total loss. The damage to Miller,
Greiner & Co.'s grocery stock is estimated
at $4,000 and the building is damaged
$4,000 more. It is safe to estimate the
total loss at 100000. The hospitality of
the Courier Office was rendered Warren,
and the Commercial will be issued to-mor-
row.
by Smith, fireman, was fatally injured
by falling wall. Herman Meitke, COM
positor, was painfully hurt by falling
glass.
NAIL CAR BURNED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-A telegram was
received to-day by the superintendent of
the mail service, saying the storage car ON
train 10, New York & Chicago railway,
postof6ce, with contents, was burned about
O'Clock this morning, six miles from
Schenectady. 1t contained mostly newspa-
per mail for Toledo and the Wabash con-
nection, but part of the paper mail from
New York for Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
three pouches of letters for Chicago from
New York city, two pouches of letters for
San Francisco, and probably much of the
European mail for Chicago and San Fran
CISCO which arrived by the Bothnia. Citv