Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-06-14
A Few Remarks Regarding the
Great Seattle Fire of Interest
to Bismarckers.
A Brick Block to be Erected in Bis
marck, and Signs Of a
Boom.
Children's Day - The Gun Clubs
Shoot-Aid for Seattle-Cash
Lounsberry Recovering.
The Bismarckers who Lost.

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every saloon $50 it is rumored). and in
every group or crowd upon the streets. A
man standing in Seattle on the night of
the fire could have telegraphed the words
bismarck and Fargo were to-day de-
stroyed by fire." without stretching his
Imagination beyond the limit.
Among the Bismarckers who lost by the
fire Is r. L. Durant who had a large stock
of musical instruments, upon which there
was but $1,000 insurance. Over twenty
pianos were stored in the basement of
the Davies book store, (Durant not
having been able to secure a perma-
nent location.) Aside from those ne had
large number of organs and other In
struments In the rear of the store and they
were all destroyed. His loss is heavy.
Patrick Gallagher, . Bismarck pioneer,
who had palatial saloon in the business
center, lost everything.
Louis Schiemann, whom everybody re-
members, is not loser, as is generally
supposed. He had no place of business
stocked with goods. He tunes pianos, has
made money, and has number of instru-
ments rented, but these are probably in
the residences of the city and are not de-
stroyed. Mrs. j. A. Eppler, the sister to
A. M. Thompson, who recently visited Bis
marck, is heavy loser. having lost several
valuable buildings.
Miller, the dry goods artist who for over
a year handled goods in Eisenberg's store,
lost good situation, and numerous other
Bismarckers were indirect losers.
r. II. w. Bringhurst, who is as deeply in
terested as ever in fire departments, and
who had been endeavortng to educate the
Seattle authorities to proper apprecia-
ton Of their danger, suffered no loss save
that which every citizen suffered from the
annihilati0n of business. Two weeks be-
fore the great fire he wrote two.column
article on the subject of fire protection.
critlcising the authorities severely and pre-
dieting that unless some improvement be
made, the city would some day be wiped
out by flames. Unfortunately, his piedic-
ton came true. but much sooner than he
had anticipated. He is, to say the least,
pretty well introduced to the people of
Seattle, and should become conspicuous
figure in the rebuilding of the city.
Many Bismarckers witnessed the fire.
On the day previous Henry Suttle and wife
and Mrs. Frank Donnelly were seen in the
city and it Is believed they saw the con-,
fisgration. H. H. Day and F. j. Call who
were in. Tacoma, took an early train and
arrived In time to witness the awe-inspir-,
ing scene Of destruction. These are but a
few of the Bismarckers present and all
were quick to assert that they had seen
the Bismarck department. do better work
than that OF the Seattle organization when
the fire was in its iacipiency.
Among the Bismarckers in Tacoma
prospering and happy H. II. Day, the we'll
known jeweler; Geo. d. Hanscom, formerly
business manager of the TRIBUNE, but
now In the wholesale hardware business;
5. II. Emerson the popular hotel manager,
now one of the pr0prietors of an extern
sive commission house; Maj. Stamm the
real estate boomer, now capitalist; John
Leasure, who presided in the Sheridan
office. now q genuine Pacific rustler and
Captain F. j. Call searching for desirable
plant in the lumber business, which he
has decided to enter.
These two cities must grow and pros.
per tor all time and the Bismarckers now
there are particularly fortunate in their
surroundings.