Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-03-29

RlDAY, MARCH %, 1889.
within two hours ride of this city and the
latter either tonight or tomorrow night.
AS the time for the meeting approaches, in
terest increases In intensity and sporting
resorts are crowded not only with the city
fraternity but with delegations from the
east and from Michigan, Indiana, Wiscon-
portion Of these, however. will be in at the
finish. for only 100 men all told will be ad-
mitted to the special train and the tickets
have been cOupOned to such;an extent that
forgery or imitation is impossible, and ten
broad shouldered members of the sporting
fraternity, several Of whom have seen ser
specially assigned by aParson' to see see
to it that interlopers and frauds who may
attempt to secure entrance to special are
given the srazzle dazzle" The fight, as is
pretty generally known, will be with skin
gloves and to finish. The purse is $1,50O,
OF which the loser will receive $3.50 as a
takes the balance and the belt presented
by Richard K. Fox, an emblem of the cham
piOnship Of the world. Both men are in
for blood and. barring accidents, there is
no question but the mill will be desperate
one. Murphy, who has been in training at
Beloit, Wisconsin, is in perfect condition.
He has long desired to meet the spider
and now that his ambition is in SO fair;a
way Of being realized, it puts him in un-
usually good spirits. Weir trained in this
city, and the man who has him in charge
says he is in shape to fight for his life.
To make matters more interesting, there is
no good feelings on Weir's part toward his
tion that he will fight wickedly. 1t is
promised there will be nothing OF the Nc
Auliffe- Meyer sort OF fighting in the COM
ing mill and the fact that ParsOn Davies
holds the stakes and he declared that he
will not give them up till one or the other
is knocked out is guarantee that every
thing will be on the square,. Dick Roche Of
st. Louis will be referee and the men will
strip at 12O ponnds. Betting is heavy with
a slight advantage toward Weir. The
largest bet so far announced is one of 81 600
between VIM. DAILY, Jr., and Ed. McAvery,
the latter favoring the Spider.
A Big Tea Party.
CHICAGO, March 26-The central ware
house at the corner of Rush and North
Water streets took fire at about 4 o'clock
this morning and with its valuable store of
teas and coffees was burned to the ground,
1t is estimated that the entire loss is be-
tween 81. .250,OOO and $1.5OOOOO. The fire
department had very hard test of it but
succeeded in preventing the flames from
destroying the great Galena elevator of
Munger, Wheeler & Co., and other build
ings in the neighborhood. The walls of
the warehouse fell upon the engine room
of the elevator, crushing it like an egg
SHE'LL. Alderman w. r. Mamiere grimly
remarked as he looked at the ruins of the
warehouse, of which he is manager, that it
was his tea party and that everybody was
invited. In point of fact, as the water
from dozen engine nozzles soaked down
through the contents Of the buildings, the
basement was soon filled with water,
and when 10000 cases of tea began to brew
streams of tea gushed from the win
aows distance saa Doors of Tas S sef Geek rss fss
flooded with an amber colored liquid that
poured like a small cataract on to the river.
The steam arising from this perfumed the
air for blocks away. The building was six
stories high and of brick structure, which
cost, when built in 1872, $S50y000. Alder
incendiary origin, because there was moth
ing in that portion of the building in which
it originated to cause it, and because this is
the third fire within year which can be
accounted for on no other hypothesis.
About 9 per cent. in value of the
contents was tea in bond, as it
was a government warehouse. Besides
this there were few thousand packages
of coffee and other miscellaneous articles.
The tea was owned by firms in various
large cities in all parts of the country,
which makes it extremely difficult to ac-
curately estimate individual losses, as the
insurance was doubtless placed elsewhere
in some cases. An effort was made to
ascertain at the custom house the exact
value of the tea bonded in the warehouse
by outside firms. Deputy Collector Jewell
was seen about the matter and said the
custom house books showed there was not
q pound of tea in the building, as permit
for the removal of the last Of it had been
issued. 1t was very evident that this state
ment was incorrect, as the olfactories OF all
who were in the neighbOrhood would
testify. At the store Of Fitch & Rowland.
who are among the heaviest losers. it was
stated that there were in the warehouse
between 5000 and 10000 cases of tea.
A Blow at Trades Unions.
PATTERSON, N. j.. March 25.-One of the