St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13
CORRIDOR CHAT.

Norman r. Kelley. of Seattle. ar
rived from that devastated town yester-
day evening. He said that he had got
out of the place simply because it was,
in its present condition, no place to live
in. Said he, II shall be back there in
side of a month, as want to help re-
build the town. When I get
home to New York l propose
to raise large amount of
money on mortgages wherewith
to build up the burden-Out parts. About
sixty acres Of Seattle are in utter ruin,
bat will be entirely rebuilt with brick
stores and residences. The part of the
town which was destroyed was the. en-
tire business quarter and almost all the
small residences, while the better class
of residences were not damaged. The
credit of the city is as good as ever.
The fire occurred Thursday afternoon
and by 1O:3O Friday morning every
bank was open for business. One bank
telegraphed East for 100000 credit,
and got it twenty-four hours after the
fire. There has been no difficulty in
raising money so far, and the city will
be benefited by the fire in the long run.
1t has Leen very hard on the small
storekeepers and professional men with
no capital, most Of whom lost
their all. One safe deposit vault
saved the city from several millions
of loss. In it were stored papers, title
deeds and all sorts of valuable docu-
ments which are uninjured, though the
bank under which it was situated was
burnt to the ground. don't know
what will happen when the two wharves
which remain are filed up. When l
left last Saturday they were en-
tirely filled with merchandise, and
l don't know where any more
could possibly be put. When the fire
occurred people removed their house.
hold effects to any vacant space posi-
BILE. The lawn in front of the Rainier
club was piled all over with stuff, and
a great deal more would have been de-
posted there but for small boy. four
teen wears old, who kept them off with
Smith & Wesson revolver. l saw lots
of young lawyers who were making a
good living by their practice going
around dead broke. Washington Ter
ritory is, l am confident, a Democratic
state. West of the Cascade mountains
everything IS Democratic, while east of
them, everything is Republican. The
population is principally west OF the
mountains. In Seattle, about week
before the fire, we organized Demo
cratic club with 800 members, taken
from the best business men in
the city. The biggest lumberman
in the territory is Democrat and an
out-and-out free trader. Free trade
would greatly benefit Washington. We
have lumber there that British Column
bia cannot touch in quality or quantity,
while we need the coal that Victoria
and Nanaimo can send US. think
Washington will go Democratic, but it
will be q tight and hard fight"
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James Fl. James, the young Vermill-
ion Iron Range millionaire, was in the
city yesterday. By his remarkable &C
tions, which consisted principally in
buying wooden shirts, it was evident
something more than ordinary, was in
the wind. On being questioned he ad-
mitted that he was off for Fort Laramie,
Wyo. When asked what he was going to
do there, he replied with a knowing
closure Of the left optic, II am on no