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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Cross, Carleton & Cross have taken law
Office at SIS Tempe Court.
Daniel PaulsOn, who was struck by an 1. d
NJ train on the Milwaukee road, died at mid
night at the city hospital. m 20 c
George Lambert a teamster for Robinson &
Manitoba freight yards. He is at st. Mary s
hospital.
The funeral of Rankin NJ. Morrison, who
died of blood poisoning. will occur this aft
ernoon at O'Clock from the late residence.
l1Ol Twenty-eighth street south.
1t is said that G. H. Holdridge, general pas
senger agent of the st. Louis road. has been
rendered similar position by Hon. Calvin
S. Briee. of the Lake Erie & Western,
IA concert is to be given at the Eighth ward
Relief nall next Monday night for the benefit
of the stricken families. Prof Fl. Priestley is
to be the conductor. An excellent and vocal
programme is to be arranged.
Dudley P. Chase pest, G. A. R., has elected
w. P. Chase commander; William Leitz.
senior vice: l.. E. Howes, junior vice; $. G..
Olmonn, surgeon; ID. ii. McAllister, quarter
master; e. A. Tagler officer of the day; g..
W. Lester, officer of the guard.
Supt. D. L. Kiehle is not prepared to reply
to the answer of Bishop-elect McGolrick. but
he will do so at some early date. The answer
he considers was we'll written and substan-
TALLY answers MS question. There is, how
ever, considerable new matter added which
Supt Kiehle would like to consider before
answering.
Of mean temperature for the month just past
it was only half degree below the average
for twenty-five years, but five degrees colder
than November of last year. The water de-
posted was nearly three-tenths of an inch
less than the average for twenty four years.
The total wafer deposited for the year l>S9
is IL. 100 inches. Or ll.749 inches less thSn
the average for twenty-five years past.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
"POSITlVELY FALSE"
A. j. Blethen ROundiy Scores the
Elevator Mans story.

The stories told by Charles A Smith, the
elevator man. of his desperate work in res
euing the prin ers from the upper floors after
Mr. Bic hen had ordered him not TO run the
elevator have been widely circulated, and
Mr. Smith has passed as hero all over the
country. Mr.. Blethen not only denies
thai he ever issued the orders Smith
says he did, in the most emphatic
terms but last night he said that Smith de-
serted his post and left the men on the upper
floors without any means of escape as soon as
the smoke got into the elevator shaft. In his
conversation with q GLOBE reporter last night
MIR. Blethen said: 1.-THE statement made by
Smith before the coroner's jury to the effect
that ordered him not to run the elevator
above the third floor when l LETT IL IS
preposterous, and the man dellber-
ately lied. 1 didn't remember it
at the time, and wouldn't. perhaps,
if my attention had not been called 10 it by
men who were there when l got off the ele-
vator. One man wanted to go up. and
pushed him back saying, There are enough
up there now and closing the door L said TO
the elevator man go on up" The true hero
would perhaps never have been known had
il NOT been TOR the men he brought down tell
ing it. Charles Holt, one OF the stereotypers,
is the NAH who deserves the credit OF saving
lives and making the las, trips: Smith
had come down, found the elevator
deserted. Then the shaft was filed with
smoke and fire, but men were at the top. he
didn't run away. but jumped into the cage
and went I'D to the sixth floor ana brought
down five men. Then ne made another trip
and got three more. He tried to make an
other one but the heat and m oke were I'M
bearable, and ne couldn't ma~e II. All this
will be shown bv the sworn statements of
the men tomorrow. Then Smith says he
took a woman up there and she
didn't come down. She did come
down. and rode down in the elevator
fully ten minutes before any sign of fire was
discovered Smith has told so many stories
that he has not only contradicted himself,
but he has lied outrageously about the part
he took in saving people from the top of the
building"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
WE'RE THERE MORE {?
Still Matter of Conjecture
Whether All Bodies Are Re-

Still a Matter of Conjecture
Whether ALI Bodies Are Re-
covered.
The idea of there being any b odies in
the ruins is secuted by nearly all who
have had any close connection with the
disaster. The report of a man having
shot himself in front of one of the
windows, when the flames were sur
rounding him, seems quite authentic
from the fact that at least half dozen
eve witnesses claim to 0have seen him.
Who he was has not yet been discovered.
The elevator mans story of the man
whom be saw shoot himself as the ele-
vator was starting down on its last trip
is not generally credited. 1t is argued
that he was so excited, that he might
easily have been mistaken. Some be-
lieve that the man he saw might have
been Miles or Pickett, as both were
badly burned, particularly Miles. 1t is
said that the man, whoever he was, was
blinded and craZed by the flames and
staggered back, only to regain his
senses later and make last desperate
fight for his life by means OF the tire eS-
cape. The police have received no in
quiries concerning missing persons who
might have been in the burned build
ing, and this leads many to doubt the
other story told by the elevator man of
the women who went up with him just
before the breaking out of the fire.
Police officers and fremen express the
belief that not more than one or two
bodies will be found when the ruins are
searched. About the only ground on
which it can be said that more lives
were lost than have already been re-
ported is that there might have been
some printers, who had recently came
here, working as ''subs" on that fatal
night. Whatever the search may re-
veal will not be known for several days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
at THE UNIVERSITY.
The Alma Matters Tribute TO Mil
ton Pickett

President NOrthrop conducted the ex-
ercises at the chapel yesterday, it being
the first meeting of the winter term. In
his prayer he touched with much feel
ing on the recent deaths of two of our
alumni. He spoke afterwards of Frank
ID. Jones, who graduated last summer
with the seal Of death upon him, yet
very hopeful; more 50, perhaps, than
the seriousness Of the case seemed to
warrant.
The president then introduced John
f. GOOdnOw, '79. who, at the request or
j. f. Miner, rs, president OF the alumni
association, and President NOrthrop,
spoke to the students OF Milton Pickett
He said: zone OF the strongest
intense loyalty and affection for
the university and the alumni associa-
ton and for all of the alumni of the
Institution. He was always ready TO
help u.s." Mr.. GOOdnow then spoke OF
the many sterling personal qualities
which had won Milton Pickett SO many
friends and made his untimely death so
widely mOurhed.
DIR. Folwell, who was president of the
university when Mr.. Pickett graduated,
followed Mr.. Goodnow. Speaking OF
Mr.. Pickett he said: His whole life
was so admirable, so gentle, so full of
purpose, that it is difficult to single out
anything in particular and say that was
any more admirable than his whole
life. His student career was with
out event. He was always in
his place attending to duty, always
prepared in his work, loving everybody
and beloved by all" Continuing. DR..
Folwell said that Mr.. Pickett partlcu--
larry excelled in English literature Nnd
as writer. This was noticed by his1n-
structOrs and was early discovered by
Pickett himself. After leaving the uni
versity he continued well planned
course of study. DR.. Folwell said the
trait which had made this young man
so generally beloved, so that many pro-
fessiOnal men, ministers and prominent
business men We'd with each other in
paying tributes to his memory, was his
indefatigable devotion to duty, and the
doctor closed with an earnest appeal to
the students to ''dO your duty and make
all men your friends" The faculty met
at the close of the exercises aud ap-
pointed committee to attend the fu-
neral Of DR.. Edward Olson. The two
funerals occurring at the same time, all
who wished could not attend.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04

or. testified: 81 look after the masonry part
of the building, a:.d have been looking after
fire escapes especially this summer. IL has
been the policy of the Office TO look after
buildings which have not had fire escapes on.
We all knew that the Tribune building had
an escape on it. but there were a good many
buildings which had no escapes on them.
have had considerable difficulty in getting
persons to put on anything in the shape OF u
fire escape. The law requires that all build
ings not exclusively used for dwelling pur
poses over three stories in height shall be pro-
Vided with a fire escape. / do not know that
we could compel the erection OF escapes;
in fact it has never been tried. The
only time my attention was called to the
Tribune building was last spring when the
printers complained of the vibrations caused
by the presses. have received positive or
ders from Mr.. IIazen to look after the erection
of escapes. There is hardly n building in
the city which has more Than one fire escape
on Il now. The public were apparently in
different about the matter. | think prepa-
rations have been made this year to erect
about thirty escapes. Mr.. HaZen may have
been under the impression that / notified the
Tribune building to put up another escape.
think this matter should receive the undi-
yided attention of one man, whose duty 1t
should be to look after fire escapes and stair
ways. In other cities il is one mans duty to
attend exclusively to This
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
TWO SIMPLE REMEDIES
| To Check Fires kunning Up Eie-
vator shafts and StairWays.

To Check Fires kunning Up Ele-
vator shafts and Stairways.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The terrible loss of life Saturday night
in the Tribune building fire would per-
haps have been avoided had there been
ready means of cutting off the draft
which carrie d the flames to the upper
floors. Two simple remedies for this
and similar fires have often b cen advo-
Gated 10y the writer. and he wishes that
the daily press would give them wider
circulation than is possible in the col
umns of a technical journal. First
Engineers and men in charge of ele-
vatUrS should be instructed that the ele-
vatOr, when abandoned, should be run
to the first floor above the fire. and there
stopped, thus quite completely cutting
Off the draft. This, of course, can be
done from the engine room, or from any
floor above or below the fire. Second
In all enclosed StairWays trap doors
should be hung at two or three points
in such manner as to fall when the
heat rises to certain point, say $50 deg.
This could be done by the use of metal,
clasp, fusible at that temperature, or by
small cords to be burned Off. These
simple remedies commend themselves,
because they cost almost nothing, and
would always be an aid in stopping the
progress of fire up elevator shaft and
stairway. Respectfully, utse
W. l.. KLEIN.
ST Paul Dec. g
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
CLEARING THE WRECK.
Made to Begin
With the " ork To-Day.


The morbid curiosity of most people
was never better exemplifed than by
the crowds that continue to surround
the dIsmantled Tribune building. All
day long yesterday the streets on all
sides of the ruins were thrOnged with
curious watchers who seemed to take
delight in gazing at the place where
human lives were lost. Persons hurry
ing to and from business seemed to cOn-
trive to pass the scene of Saturday
nights disaster, and, almost without eX-
ceptiOn, would always stop to take a
look at the mass of debris. Clouds OF
steam arose from the bottom of the con-
fused mass, showing that there was still
some heat left underneath. Building
Inspector Hazen had granted to seI eral
of the firms who had quarters in the
building permission to search the debris
for whatever might have been
saved from the general wreck.
A few men were searching for what
ever might have escaped the range of
the flames, but no general attempt has
as yet been made toward clearing away
the debris. Greygla q Selden have
been awarded the contract for tearing
down the unstable portions of the walls.
Before staging can be erected oh the in
side, a good deal of the debris must be
removed. and the clearing away will
begin this morning. Building Inspector
Hazen says that Mr.. Selden expresses
the belief that there Is no immediate
danger of any part of the walls falling,
and that he is willing to go on the ill.,
side personally and superintend the
work. Mr.. Selden promises. that
should he detect auy signs of danger he
will immediate pull down the totturing
portions be means of graphing hooks
and ropes. The erection of staging will
be common ced to-day or tomorrow. A
good part of the walls are as high as the
fifth story solid. and there is no neceS-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
WHO WAS IN THE ROOM?
Evidence That Spells the SpOn-
raneOus Combustion heOry.

To all appearances the actual origin OF the
Tribune fire must ever remain doubtful. As
is usually the case. when no substantial
cause can be given as originating the holo-
caust 1t is laid TO the strange natural phe-
nomenOn Of spontaneous combustion. and.
unless more evidence is brought TO
bear upon the fatal affair, the
mystery will have 10 go unrddled.
There is a story afioat that may eventually
bring some light upon the cause. o. NJ. Tor
reson. a resident of Elbow Lake, gentle
man who is familiar with the rooms where
the fire was supposed to have originated,
says that last saturday aftesnoon, ats o'clock
as he was passing the room, he saw that the
door was open some three or four inches.
When he arrived at the home OF the friend
whom he is visiting in Minneapolis he told
him that he noticed that the door of the old
Republican league room was standing open.
and that he had started to go in to see if any of
his old political friends were about, but had
gone to the room of Aries 7. Canister, in
stead. This statement was made before the
fire. and so the room was open Saturday
afternoon, after all. though it had not been
before in months This is bad for the sDontane
Gus combustion theory. The next question
is, who or what communicated the fire TO the
contents of the room? P. NJ. Dahl, county
surveyor. who is an occupant of the building,
is quite positive that the room has not been
open before in months. What person opened
the room, and what did he open it for?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
THREE SPECiAlTIES:

FIRST--An 1880 Monte
Linen Scarf, with tied fringe,
in very handsome colorings,
present price so cents; former
price Is cents.
SECOND---An 1880 Scarf,
similar to the first, but larger,
60 cents; former price, Is
cents.
THIRD--Still larger, 18x72,
is rs cents; former price, 80
cents.
FOURTH---Same size as last,
but with lots Of pretty open
work, hand-wrought, 81; good
value at S1.25.
A large variety of other
styles. These four lots are
special bargains well worth
your attention.
Quilted Satins in colors ex-
pressly suiting to fancy work
for the holidays, both in 49,
inch and 27-inch.
Here are some of the cOlors:
Red, old gold, pink, shrimp
pink, cream, light blue, cleo
trio blue, brown, black, etc.
A very large assortment also
of Quilted Sateens, Quilted
Farmers Satin, etc.
Our DRAPERY DEPART
MENT offers some rare attrac-
lions:
We offer one line Of Plain
Chenille Curtains, with hand
some fringe at both ends, in
seven different co lOrings, at
$3.50 a pair; regular price SO.
Very handsome All-Chenille
Curtains, with deep dadO, $3.50.
One of the prettiest Curtains
ever shown is a line which the
manufacturers give to only
one house in a city. We have
the control for this city. They
are a peculiar stripe Chenille,
and handsome does not begin
to express it. The price is $12.
A new thing in Ombre Che
mile, just received, at SO.
The department is crammed
to overflowing with pretty
things.
Plain and Figured China
Silk I'm rich assortment.
Fire Screens in three differ
ent woods; very tasty and
pretty, to say nothing of their
convenience. Price for the
frames, $3.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
AMUSEM ENTS.

Mrs. George S. Knight is drawing fair
houses at the Harris thea.er.
Manager Conklin leaves for Chicago this
evening on a short business trip.
Charles l.. Andrews. representing Louis
James, was in the city yesterday.
1.-THE Waits of New York. will be given at
the matinee, and this evening at the Bijou
opera house.
Frank Daniels, in Little Puck closes his
Minneapolis engagement at the Grand with
a performance this evening.
The great Madison Square theater success
Gus Thomas fouract comedy drama will
begin all engagement at the Grand Thursday
evening. The sale of seats will commence
at the box Office this morning.
There was a very light attendap ce at the
concert by Liberati's band at the Grand opera
house yesterday afternoon, and the receipts,
that went to the fund for the benefit of the
families of the fire victims, were not large.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
An Error.

In an interview with Secretary Bish-
op, of the American Building and Loan
Association, printed in Sundays issue,
the statement was made that nOn-negO-
table mortgages to the amount of g, :
255,OO0 had been deposited with the
state auditor. The figures should have
read s2.O25. 600. and deposited with the
auditors of Minnesota and Wisconsin
and the Metropolitan Trust company,
of New York. Mr.. Bishop wishes this
matter thoroughly understood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04

of Turkish Rugs at the West
Hotel for only this and FRIDAY The last
the OF the choice Oriental
The direct from the house and have
culed of coogs in New York Chicago as is
them direct from the house
We have advanced the duties etc., this con-
sigment and shall sell without limit
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
LOCAL MENTION.
AT THE HOLMES.
A Hotel That Entertains i'm q
Most Accountable Manner

The most distinguished people who
visit Minneapolis. Absolutely fire:
proof, and perfect in appointment.
American and European plans.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-23
THIRTY-FOUR MAY DIE.
Whole Families Poisoned by Ice Cream at
Festival.

Whole Families Poisoned by Ice Cream at
Festival.
At South Glastonbury. Conn.,, over 100
persons who had eaten ice cream at
church festival are i'll. The symptoms are
those that attend poisoning. In many in
stances whole families are sick. The
trouble was traced to tho vanilla ice cream
sold at the festival. Tho physicians ex-
press but slight hopes for the recovery OF
thirty -four OF the victims. In other cases,
where the victims partook sparingly OF the
cream and the effect OF the pois oning is
less severe. tbe physicians are hopeful OF
recovery OF the many victims those most
affected are:
Miss Cora Bates, Clifford Chapman, p. b.
Cannon and family of eight persons, Howard
j. Hale and family Of four persons, Mrs. Harry
Miller and family of three persons, Miss Eva
Mclean, Mrs. Clara Otis, Miss Minnie Phillips,
George Pratt and family of five persons, II. NJ.
Rising and family of four persons.
In these cases no hope of recovery are
entertained. DIR. Henry Bunce. the Town
Coroner. has obtained sample Of the
vanilla cream. and will analyze it to deter
mine the cause of the poisoning. No ono
who partook Of any other flavor except
vanilla at the festival suffers. and Coroner
Bunce is of the opinion that the poison was
in the vanilla extract. All business has
been suspended in the town on account Of
tho affair
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-23
The Destruction sOf the Grizzlies and
the Black Bears.

In Western America there are two
bears that claim the sportsman's at
tention--the grizzly and the black.
The former, hunters have endowed
with many aliases, such as "silver-up,"
Brown, cinnamon" "bald-face," and
"rar ge" lear These names do not
mean anything, for the grizzly, like
the dog, is of many colors. But while
hunters may vary in their nomencla-
ture, they one and all agree that the
full-grown grizzly is the gamest ami
nal in the world, and the one to be
mo It dreaded.
Never do these bears stand on their
hind legs and pursue the hunter with
terrible howl3 and roars, as is the or
thodox way of describing their con-
ficss with human beings in the ghast-
ly il era ure of the country. When
not hit in the brain or spine, they put
their head down, and, with swinging
gallop, lush upon the hunter. They
usually receive their delth wound with
out demonstration, sinking down and
dying mute. The majority of grizzlies
shot by our famous Eastern sportsmen
are those that have first been trapped.
They are killed when in this crippled
condition, after dragging for miles
large steel tap with huge trailing
leg attached.
4 he grizzly is found west of the Mis-
sou:i River, and very rarely, if ever.
east or il. A dozen years ago they
could be seen almost anywhere in the
mountain ranges, but since their de-
struction has been complssed by bait
ing and traps they have become shy,
and difficult to approach near enough
TO- a certain killi1g shot. Bears are
the most wary animals of all the big
game in America They go singly, and
usually see the hunter before he catch
81 glimpse of them. They then cum
ningly slip away, and are difficnlt to
trail. At this time they are fairly album
dant in the mountains of Montana, q
sure find being in Crazy Womens
Mountain, north of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad The is also goodly
number of bears distributed over the
noun aims of Idaho and Wyoming,
some in Southern California, scattered
in the Sierre Madres and on the juno
ton waters of the Santa Maria River,
In San Luis Obispo County. yfhey are
also numerous in the Rocky Mountains
and Sierra Nevadas.
The black bear has far wider range
than the grizzly, but in the West it is
confined mostly to the mountains, and
rarely comes out on the prairies. 1t is
well distributed, however, and is es-
pecially abundant in the timbered
country, moving about to where the
mast and berries are most plentiful.
Black bears are very numerous in
Northern Montana. On the Pacific
coast they outnumber the grizzlies,
where both species feed on the salmon.
The destruction of the grizzlies has
been much greater than that of the
black. Bears, though still abundant,
are very difficult animals to hunt and
kill in sportsmanlike way.-Frd1lk-
lin Sdtterthicaite, IN Hdrper's Mdga-
f111e.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-23

Ten Mon Finally Reach shore Alive Afler
Untold Misery.
Eleven OF tbs crow of the foundered
steamer Alaskan have come ashore at
Florence. near the mouth OF the Suislaw
River. In Lane County. Oregon. After
leaving the ship the men were tossed in u
fearful manner by the great storm. the sea
for some hours breaking over them. They
came near land at Cape Perpetua. about
fourteen miles north OF Suislaw Harbor.
but were unable to land their boat on ac-
count OF the huge breakers. and also on
account of the rocky nature OF the coast
at that point. They concluded to try to
swim to shore. All were successful except
ono poor fellow. who. after enduring horrl-
BILE suffering for two nights and three days
on the open ocean. lost his life. During the
time they were out all they had to eat was
six cans Of peaches. Following are the
names OF the ten who reached shore. the
name OF the person who drowned not be-
ing known: Il. Il. Carlson. seaman; M.
Keleher. coal passer; James Mckinley.
coal passer; Mike McLain. oilers Edward
Sharples. coal passer; Harry Johnson. sea-
man; Jack or G. H. Ross, coal passer; ed
ward Wenzle. cook: Ed Burns, j. hurry.