Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-17

SLED with smoke and most of the 106
uuests fed from their rooms panic strick-
eu. half clad. In half an hour the flames
we're subdued and the guests returned to
their rooms. Damage nominal.
PORTLAND, Me-, March 16.-The shoe
finding manufactory owned by Charles E.
MorrilI, at Deering, burned this morning
Loss $4,000, insurance $4,000.
HEAVY BLAZE AT BLOOMINGTON.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 16.-At 3 a.
ID. fire was discovered in the cellar of
stOre-room occupied by Kohn & Tannen-
baum, on the west side of the public
square, which spread rapidly, destroying
the following business houses: Kohn &
Tannenbaum, clothing; Shoemaker's drug
store; Coles book and stationery; Perdue,
boots and shoes; Jos. 7. Howe, iewelry;
the American express and John Graham's
real estate and insurance Office. 1t is i'm
possible to obtain the loss and insurance,
but the total loss on buildings and stock is
estimated at $4,000.
No loss OF life is reported Mrs.
McCalla and Foster had a marrow escape
in being imprisoned i'll the cellar of
burning building, bat the tiremen by hard
supposed to be the work of an incendi-
airy.
Total loss S720OO and total insurance
$4,000 The principal losers are, Kohn &
Tannerbaun, $4,000; j. W. Shaw. $4,000;
Howe estate, $4,000; N. j. Allen & w. P.
McCreary, $4,000, and ten others.
ON THE sUBsIDE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 16.-The river
has fallen ten inches during the past
twenty-four hours. 1t now marks thirty
three feet on the gauge, which is twelve
inches below the danger line. By Sunday
the river will be within its banks every
where below Memphis and Cairo. force
of 1000 are at work repairing the damages
done by the flood. The line of the Mem
phis g. Little Rock railroad travel over
route will be resumed by next Thursday.
The outlook for a fine planting season
throughout the Mississippi valley was
never brighter.
LATEST FROM THE OVERLOOKED DISTRICTS.
HELENA, March 16.-John Powell's gin
house on the Mississippi side and opposite
here was burned last night. 1t was filled
with negro refugees, who barely escaped
with their lives in the overflow A child
was drowned in the excitement that fol-
lowed the stampede from the burning
building.
The river has declined four inches during
tbs past twenty-four hours. At Friars'
Point, Mississippi, there is little or no
damage to improved property, the water
having only reached the maximum
of last years breaks this year. Both
! above and below that place the water is
still going through the breaks, but there
has been a decline of five inches in the over
| flow, and with more rapid fall in the
| river. There will be the usual acreage
planted. Delta is abandoned. Westover
| and the country back is now worse afflict-
ed than last year. Everywhere there is
| spirited protest against sensational reports
| sent abroad. The people though sorely
| afflicted, are full of vitality and hope, de-
termined to maintain themselves.
CALIFORNIA TOWN BEING BURNED,
DOwNIEvILLB, Cal, March ia fire in
| Forest City started below Scullins' hotel
and spread so rapidly that in very short
| time all the business houses in the town
were ablaze. A strong easterly breeze was
| blowing. E. Miller, hotel keeper, was
burned TO death in Huntzen's store. The
losses run into the hundreds of thousands,
| heavily covered by insurance. Only a few
| dwellings we're left at last accounts. Des-
| perate efforts are being made to save the
| Bald Mountain works.
PAPER MILL BURNED.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, March 16.-F.
Taylor & Co.'s paper mill is burned, with
| fifteen tons of MANILA paper. Loss not
| serious.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 16. - The
Chaplin Paper and Pulp company are in
solvent. Liabilities $4,000.
TRAINS COLLIDE.
| KNOXVILLE, March 16.-Between 8 and 4
o'clock this morning, at Lewiston, ninety
miles east of Knoxville, the eastern bound
| passenger train came in collision with 9
freight train. Both engines were wrecked
| and eight cars demolished. VIM. Whittock,
| an engineer, was crushed beneath the pas
| senger train, and was not eXtricated till
noon. His injuries are fatal. Others
| were injured, but none were killed.
BIG SCARE.
BOSTON, March 16.-At the crossing of
| the Boston & Maine and Eastern railroads
as two trains were approaching, the tower
| slgnaled the right or way to the Boston q
| Maine. The engineer of the Eastern train
started ahead and the engines came to
together and were somewhat damaged, bu
the cars were uninjured. There was great
| excitement among the passengers on The
heavily laden trains.
WON'T BEAR WARMING.
MARLBOROUGH, n. Y, March 16.-Whilt
the railroad laborers we're warming dyna
mite cartridges an explosion took place
One laborerwas killed and others probably
fatally injured.
Republican History.
To the Editor Of the Globe:
1 pray your more than ordinary atten
ton to the subject matter of this letter
1t were well for US to gras1
the importance of the following his
toric facts, and weigh carefully our re
sponsibility in the premises. The subjec
is one that should not be postponed for
more convenient season.
The Republican party then a thir
party came into existance in 1856. L
Maine in 1857 they repealed the prohibi