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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
GUARDED BY MILITIA.
East ST. Louis still Protected by
Soldiers.


Soldiers.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Very meager re-
ports of the situation in East st. Louis had
been received in this city up 10 o'clock to-
day. All was quiet among the people, the
militia maintaining perfect order and no
disposition being made at any point to create
a disturbance or TO permit unlawful acts.
Troops are guarding all the yards, and the
streets and open spaces around the relay de-
pot are patr0lled and people are not
allowed to congregate even in small groups.
But little real work has been done in the
yards so far, and but few trains have been
moved. This is chiefly for the rea-
son, however. that in some of
the yards there are not sufficient
men to make up trains. while in others
there is little or no freight to move. The
Louisville 81 Nashville yards are practically
at standstill. This is the road at which
the strikers are the most incensed. and but
few outsiders care TO be employed there.
They have moved no trains yet to-day.
Two shots are reported &c have been fired
in this yard about o'clock this morning,
but nobody seems to know where they came
from, or by whom or for what purpose they
were fred. A large train came into the
Indianapolis IL ST. Louis yard this morning
from the east, but none have been sent out
yet The Vandalia sent out one and re-
eeived one. The Ohio & MiSsissipai is busy
receiving freight, but no trains have gone
out. The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
and the Chicago IL Alton are doing all they
can with the men they have, and the Wa
bash is doing its regular business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
THE BOSTON BLOCK.

check the flames at once, that the whole
building would go. To-day's lire was un-
der the most favorable auspices possible.
1t occurred in the daytime when little
wind was blowing, and everything
worked smoothly. If it had oc-
CURED under any other condition the
building would have been razed to the
ground. l wish you would give my
heartieSt thanks to Chief Black and the
st. Paul fire department had our entire
department on the ground, all the hose was
unreeled. and every man working. If a
fire had occurred at any other part of the
city we would have been powerless to have
sent aid. We put the ST. Paul engines at
the headquarters, and they stayed there
ready to answer any alarm; so, in reality,
the ST. Paul boys did just as effective
service as If they had worked. tell you
it took load OFF my mind when Isaw them
coming"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
AIDING THE KNIGHTS.
ST. Louis Coal Miners Decide TO Re-
main Firm.

ST. LOUIS, April 1a.-The miners of st.
Louis district. who struck last week, yes
terday resolved to remain firm together and
not work until after the strike by the
Knights shall have been ended. Very little
coal Is on hand in this district, and the ex-
pected total cutting of of the supply will
effect seriously the manufacturing interests
of the city and vicinity. Four hundred
and fifty coal miners on the Illinois Il st.
Louis (Pittsburg) railroad have struck.
and it is expected more will strike
about Belleville to-day to assist the
Knights of Labor in their struggle.
A man who is well informed declared yes
terday that all the miners in ST. Clair and
Madison counties will be out this week, ex-
cepting perhaps the men employed in the
machine mines. The St Louis coal dis
trict extends over radius of so miles, has
103 mines and gives employment to 4, 200
miners, OF this number !, 900 are employed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
FUGIrIvEs FROn JUSTICE.
The Deputy sheriffs Released :and
Rearrested.

ST. LOUIS. April 12.-In the criminal
court to-day, the writ of habeas corpus.
which was applied for on Saturday by
Judge Laughlin in behalf of the deputy
sheriffs who did the shooting in the Louis
vile & Nashville yards in East St Louis.
on Friday. was granted and the men re-
leased. They were Immediately rearrested,
however, at the instance of the East st.
Louis authorities as fugitives from Justice
and placed in jail, where they will be kept
until requisition papers are received from
the governor of Illinois, or until they can
be sent to East St. Louis without endanger-
ing their personal safety.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
WhatChief Stetson SAYS.

AS he was looking over the building last
evening, Chief Stetson soliloquized as fol-
lows: IF had department three times
as large as ours, couldn't have done any
thing more. The building was eighty-eight
feet wide, without fire wall intervening
from one side to the other. The rafters all
ran one way, and the. floors and wall were
so constructed as to allow the flames to
spread in all directions with the greatest
rapidity. / have always said that if the
Boston block should catch fire, and if the
rst company VIII ich arrived was unable to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.

The remains OF Capt. Emmett Crawford,
Q. 8 A., who was killed by Mexicans re-
Gently, were inferred at Kearney, Neb., yes
terdsy.
Chicago Methodist ministers have declared
in favor of the elght-hour law.
Judge Gresham OF Chicago has denied the
motion for the appointment of q receiver for
the Ottawa, Oswego S Fox River railroad.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Shooting Sheriffs.

ST. LOUIS, April 12.-The inquest in
the East ST. Louis shooting affair on Fri
Jay last was continued to-day, and up
to noon more than a dozen witnesses
were briefly examined. No new facts were
developed. All the testimony given was
of the same tenor as that of Saturday.
The witnesses were chiefly railroad men,
spectators of the scene, and all agreed that
the deputy Sheriffs fired the first shot; that
no stones were throne at them, and that
the crowd gave the deputies no other
proyocation for firing than hOoting and
jeering at them, and making irritating re-
marks
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Discharges of Firemen.

ST.. LOUIS, April 12.-F. p. Sargent,
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, issued call this morning for a
meeting of the grievance committees of all
the local lodges on the Gould system, to in
vestigate the discharge of firemen and all
other grievances which may be presented
to them, and to report to a meeting of the
general grievance committee, which will
meet at Parsons, KY, on the Goth inst.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

the basement. Every Office had received
fearful visitation. The law library was a
total wreck, and the scores of legal Offices
were dripping. Shiny masses of scorched
and dabbled ruin. The pOstoffice had
been stripped of the mails and valuables.
but the fixtures were in a confused state of
dank destruction. Muller Bros. &
Fletcher had saved one-third of a valuable
stock OF hardware. but that third was badly
damaged. An hour later the ruins steamed
and sputtered and the curious crowd poured
in to view the wreck. Estimates of dam
age and loss were hurriedly made. as given
below, and the busy tenants OF the dis
mantled block were casting about them for
new habitations. The fire was over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
HOXIE HEARD FROM.
His Usual Daily Bulletin OF SIN
creased Bussuess.o

NEW York, April 12.-The following
dispatch was received at the office of the
Missouri Pacific Railway company this
morning:
ST. Louis, No, April 1.-Two hundred and
eighty-six freight trains were run Saturday,
containing 4,772 loaded cars, an increase of
% trains and 676 cars, as compared with the
same day last year. On Sunday there were
II, trains and 3,OOl loaded cars Quiet every
place on the lines
(Signed) II. NJ. HoXIE.
Mr.. Jay Gould denied that negotiations
were pending between himself, Mr.. Hoxie
aud Mr.. w. y. Mcdowell.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
A THIRD OF A MILLION
Went Up in Smoke and Flame in the
Boston Block at Minneapolis
Yesterday.
A Stately Structure Badly Burned and a
Hundred Offices Entirely De-
strOyed.
The PoStofice Drowned Out But All Mail
and Valuables We're Safely
Rescued.
Bad Day for Insurance Companies
Where the Losses VIII Fall
Heavily.
The Fire F1end Gets in His Work and
the Deluge Completes the De-
vastatiOn.
The Boston Block Burned.

After long period during which Mime
apoliS was exempt from heavy loss by fire,
the city was visited yesterday bv a disas-
trous blaze, as the results of which the
Boston block, corner of Third street and
Hennepin avenue, is badly damaged and its
hundred offices completely swept by fire
and water. 1t is believed the total loss will
not be far short of third of million dol
lars, upon which the insurance is nearly
double. In the general confusion it is im-
possible at this time to give exact figures
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Before the Courts,

ST.. LOUIS, April 12.-1he cases of John
]. McGary, judge advocate of District AS
sembly No. l01. Knights of Labor, and five
or six other Knights who were arrested two
weeks ago Tor ObStructing trains and inter-
fering with the business of the Missouri
Pacific railroad, came up before Judge
Horner of the court of criminal correction
to-day, and after hearing of testimony were
taken under advisement
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
"Cro1vding the Mourners.-

CHICAGO, April IA committee of the
Knights of Labor called upon Mr.. c. II.
Mccormick to-day and demanded the rein
statement of the 500 men discharged in the
recent strike, and whose places were filled
by non-union men. Mr.. Mccormick posi-
lively refused to re-employ the men, having
given them before an opportunity to return
to work. The committee declared their in
tention to have the general executive board
declare boycott against the firm.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Written in Boston.
'otal on building.

1Oldl VI DulluluS Sl)O.OvU
The heaviest loser among the tenants is
the firm of Miller Bros. u Fletcher, hard
ware. They carried stock valued at
$3.50, 600, part of which was saved, but of
which much now lies under water. They
carried an Insurance of S100, 900, as fol-
lows: With Gale & Co.. $50, 500; Corser.
Stone & Co., SO. 900; w. a. Barnes Il
Co., S26. 500; I. c. Seeley, So 600. The
insurance with w. 4. Barnes & Co. was
placed last Saturday.
Corser & Co. held the following on Miller
Bros: Royal. 81, 500; Continental. SIS. 600;
Scottish, Ss,500; Glen Falls, Sl,500; Lyon,
1000: State Of Pennsylvania, S1,500;
total. $4,000
Adams. Davis tS Co. held 81. 500, j. j.
Ankeny S4, 900, Z. B. Ames, So, coo.
The BrunSwick-Balke-CO COllender COM
pany was heavy loser, having a large
stock on hand. Architect Burlington also
loses largely, though his nominal loss is
S4, 900. In plans, drawings and decora-
tions his loss cannot be replaced. A. q.
Wilcox, publisher of the Housekeeper, the
Minneapolis Electric Time company, Peck's
photograph depot and the Bar association
are deeply losers The following table
gives the list of occupants, with losses and
insuranceS, as nearly as can be Teckoned at
this time:
basement Loss. Insurance
n. W. Permanent exhibit. None So.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Want More Wages.

Rock ISLAND, Ill, April 12.-Commit-
tees from the different divisions of the
Rock Island road representing the freight
conductors and brakemen met in secret ses-
sion yesterday TO consider the subject of
wages. As result delegation will wait
upon Supt. Kimbau Wednesday to ask an
increase of pay equal to that received by
similar employees on the Burlington, the st.
Paul and the Northwestern roads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
scenes and Incidents.

The discovery of the fire occurred just at
noon. A boy in the Office of Brunswick,
Bake & Collender on the fourth floor was
eating his lunch at IL o'clock. and glancing
into the workshop of Miller Bros saw a
bright light cleaning in the corner. He
Immediately rushed into the hall calling
fire" Architect Burlington at once tele-
phoned fire department headquarters, and
general alarm was given. 1t was at least
fifteen minutes before the first water was
turned on. which came from chemical
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Loss md Insurance.

1t is an extremely difficult matter at this
time to arrive at anything like an approx
mately correct idea of the losses. The con-
fused and torn-up condition of the articles
and stock would tend to eXaggerate eSti-
mates of loss, and not until a thorough ex-
animation is made can the truth be
reached. Experts must examine the build
ing before the damage there can be ascer-
tanned, but it is now believed $50. 600
would be nearly correct, though L. S. Buff
fington says that would scarcely repair it.
The insurance is SlSS, 500, divided as fol-
lows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Shorter Hours of study.

Troy, n. Y, April 12.-About half the
scholars at the Eleventh ward school
struck for shorter hours this after
noon. They demanded single
session per day from 8 a. m. until
noon. The boys procured sticks and
violence to pupils who did not
join them. Policemen were sent TO the
scene 10 give whatever protection was nee
essary. The strikers tried to induce the
boys in another school to follow their ex-
ON mia
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Back TO business.

ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Word has just
been telephoned from East st. Louis that
the yard and switehmen of the Ohio d
Mississippi road have resumed work in
body. Another telephone message received
from East ST. Louis says that the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy yardmen and switch
men have returned to work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Italians Strike.

PTTTsBURG. April 12.-About $50 Ital-
ian labOrers employed by contractors Booth
and Flynne laying pipe line at Bridge
vile, struck on Saturday for an advance in
wages. The men were notified to vacate
the eompany's boarding-houses, but re-
fused. If an attempt is made to evict them
there will be trouble.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
A RumOr Current That the Plucky Little
Country Has Declared War Against
Turkey.
A Spirited Attack on Gladstone's Home
Rule Measure by Lord Randolph
Churchill.
Amusing Illustrations of How the
Veto Power Could Be Exercised
by the Irish Parliament.
siasticaI BilI--Foreign Flashes
and General Gossip.
Runlors of War.

LONDON, April ia rumor is current
at Manchester that Greek firm in that city
has received information that Greece has
declared war against Turkey. The Greek
Embassy in London has received no adyices
confrmatory of the rumor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

in machine mines, and they would not
strike on their own account. Few Of them
are Knights OF Labor. but most of the other
5000 are members of the order. and it is
believed by their brethren they will demon
strate their loyalty when called upon to do
So
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Over 900 Wen Ont.

PoTTsvILLE, Pa, April 12.-The pud-
dlers and laborers employed by the Potts
vile Iron & Steel company struck to-day
for an advance in wages. The strike will
suspend operations at the mills employing
between 500 and 400 hands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
The Temporary Postoffice.

The postoflce for the next few DAYS will
be at Nos. 10 aud 81 Fourth street south in
the Stillman block. AS soon as practicable
Postmaster Larraway had the mail matter
moved and temporary arrangement for a
general delivery was arranged at No. 10.
To-day the room next door will be fitted up
for money order department. The full
force of clerks were at work last evening
Continued on Fourth Page.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
Foreign Flashes.

By an explosion on small river steamer
at the Island of Tumaco on the goth ult,
hfteen persons were killed and twenty-five in
jured.
Five moonlighters were arrested at Frahet,
County Clare, Ireland, last night, while max
ing raid.
Lord Harrington and Lord Salisbury had o
long interview yesterday.
The sultan of Turkey has donated s400 to
the Pasteur fund.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

Twelve hundred men employed by street
contractor at San Antonio, Tex, struck fog
higher wages, but returned to work when the
was refused.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-25

Profe>-7r r w. Finan. Ia paper read
~ tho recent meeting # ths National Acai-
enf f Sciences in Boston on sro hsr log ca.
evulara.'ons So the Little Gisnd valley. gives
fuciusions reached o. 20 tne early uihaai
tent- oI t-is rsntnont Pie ro-earrhe. shor
1858 there bafe heen A. - two types ct
eoo.e--tea-e whose grave arc to So calie 3
s-a r-fs anl fha~e who Unit mounds over
fheig 'afs ard hur 81 thc.r common people
10 troncae recently Discovered nv Professor
rnman hueaif Bo-t taeeo occupied ~
eIfrai ~sore. ani srfr1ang uorihTarl
rers met sr.i ecr7uefei ~ tae Indians. who
..rsa4 fr.a8 aoet - west
lt e underetood fhsf Trofe~-,r Punau 2.
81 -farr- a lar~s volume vt'rh rla da3.'-
- contain srooTnts ~ many Important a.
reregle- ~ he's u'afa ~ his e~riorsfiors. ar5
faro~ iraVcriart A. nev l-ht 0n tae early
iaaabIfsu-s - North AmerieA
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-25

n MAY. iS6a. I was a passenger on a
small steamboat from Franklin down Bay
GU Teche With both paddle wheels work
ing and the current with "a, We were de-
sceuding the stream az the rate OF ten
miles an hour. Standing Al the bow That
might the better overlook the fair panO-
rama, saw that our way was apparently
barred bv an extension of the green and
f0wery meadow upon either slac right
across the bayou. 1t seemed a. Nrst gh.
20 be- an abrupt termination 81 tho stream.
There was no turn II the channel 10 pro
mote this delusion; | knew that iis course
was directly ahead; but here was all the
appearance OF an impossible bulwark ~
vegetation. green and fOurishIng. with not
a glimpse Of water ia ID.
Here was = novel experience 60 mo. and
the sight filled me with admiration. but
the captain of the boat. % whom n WAS
quite familiar. regarded ~ merely IS an
annoying obstacle on his passage -
Brasbear City.
IFS that blasted grass" he exclaimed ;
= and pretty time we shall have getting
through it.n
lie rang the bell for more sloan s7a
with snort and puff ike wild animal.
our boat dashed hcr stern into the
green barrier Her hea1way WAS instant
| " checked: aud the next two miles. oy r
which this obstacle extended were PASSED
only after an hours hnrd labor. As the
| boat moved slowly along Sue opened q
| chanucl through the grass ~ barely her
own width. and thc appearance was pre-
ciselv that OF stesming right through the
solid ground.
Great masses OF the vegetation. mingled
with blooming flowers. were torn up by
| the paddlc-wncels and % j. 10 less trie
| than strange. that twice before We reached
| clear water the wheels wcrc stopped bv the
accumulation Of weeds ia the paddle boxes.
which had 20 be removed before The boat
could proceed on her way. examined
these wheels and my surprise was IN
creased 20 find that there was no appear
ance Of root % the end ~ tho stalk BE.
4 meath the green leaves which entirely COW
cred the surface Of the water, iUu two
wards OF stalks reached down. the inter
lacing q winch made very SERIOUS inl-
! pciment 70 navigation
The length % these stalks was not more
than half tho depth ~ the bayou, and hoy
tncv could grow ard flourish "a they did
without roots. or whether thcy had ever
| been roofcd anywhere. the pofan 81 must
til rs. Nature IS wont So play fantastic
| tricks ID tropical regions with the eNDD p
ance Il Der vegetable growtbs. oi aii %
which. this was tac most amazing cxhl5i-
tlon that my eyes have ever behold
JAHTs FRANKLIN TITS
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-25

The mountain meteorological stations of
Europe are said % somewhat excel in their
equipments and appliances anything 10 be
found in the western world. Among these
appliances is superior kind Of arrangement,
or apparatus for the automatic registration
Of sunshine. the results of which are tabu-
lated with reference % tho period of possible
sunshine Tor each day, the record being so
much per cent. Of this total. On the noun
tain toy on which the highest Austrian wealth
or observatory Is located IS another interest
ing arrangement, namely, a telephone wire
extending from tho very summit down 20 the
village below, this wire IN the summer being
suspended OF poles. while IN winter, ON a.
count az the fierce winds, il IS lad upon the
snow, tie latter proving a good insulator, ~
the apparatus works satisfactorily under
these conditions Tho French, it appears,
have TIE highest meteorological station IN
Europe and their two largest ohservatories
asr. 81 IS claimed. the best appointed IN the
world - New y ORR sun.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1886-12-25
\ RIVER or GRASS

ssraase sseaes "a se.ashera stream
Eaak kexesstioa - hisk Aakes Nsrsea-
tis t1l*ss ~ Fi-ats.
IL sarlsas parts Il the AtAaue. Paelhe
ass inalAL o.tsus. bLt assfa 81 ste le.t
sE,tt..es. esd aelsbis ln tAe sicinits -
iae z11 slre~n. - lv4u4 t1af raarine
u-4ftel ti.e saf..zsstos. ~ grassy SEA
Ncfa.lR laefS Wen1eFfl olt4rs - tas
signs - thsse wac E3 4eWn g. Ire $50 to
stips Aes scAaa. eey Mi seA yol Do"
Cala1nbas eaao4Utefel e LEI m'e AusHtic
loux bt fore be hsa siEhted SAT- rsis aoel
as ihs spsefscis ma1e aeep il. I'lessi.'f
-pQA he u4aas g alm-t1 AID 1-r esen
One accCUut teAs Is l-s. she sar9sss.. q.
has eu.y boeu found hsAasg bat eaerr g.
ressen to TANK taas b Is 81 nrsf sttae tiea
T. celap srstlt ely shallow parts ~ the scA
Iuls COZ 5crtare BE- eorrp trorate0 by Cap
tain MarryAt Nho Il - as J1at n tae l.l-
aads - Tristan aad Acpaha. in tAe s.oata
Alantte, toe plant fss.-s iaa lfa ss
grows u the enormous depth 90 thirty
lalhons. or ane hundred and eighty feet,
tbal il runs along ae surfacs of the water
q the letgth 81 tnras or foDr bundrec Sect .
and th4s ia some places q beat can mol pass
through his interviewer mass II lD4rln1
vegetation
There = az oid rhyme that soneWhsf 81
agger4tes tne app arance aud extent ~
tal- natural " 9Aarr bui i siso gives us a
- Sag picture ~ Us appearance
- tLo1ssua mites and Thousand niies.
ADa set - ca Aot see
Tbe end of lae weeds. ths berries and seeds
That sros me- lle grassy sea-.
Nelsmformed Amer an readers know
these travellers tales a. b. as trlthiul a.
they are marvellous, baL exceptDg
those m tae Gaf states, ~hl.s
wondering a. them, have nct supposed
that there micat bc .n The lnlaul aters o'
their own country 81 certain seasons 81 the
wear . vegetable growth almost a. WON
dsrlul 10 those nho c0el ID tae vicinity
of i4e I.ouisian4 bay 01-, this is familiar
experience. strange as j. @ll seem ~ Ga,
pecrle q Northern ATTITUDES