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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
BANKS MUST DIsGoRGE.
Secretary Window Will Reduce
the Number Of Government De-
pOsitarjes.

Secretary Window Will Reduce
the Number Of Government De-
pOsitaries.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. - Secretary
Window this afternoon made the FOL
lowing official statement to the United
Press in regard to his contemplated
action OF reducing the number of gov
ernment depositaries:
The secretary of the treasury has decided
to reduce the number of natioual bank de-
positaries and the amount of public moneys
kent herewith. 1t is intended to make this
reduction in such manner as TO avoid as
far as possibls, any disturbance to The busi-
ness of the country. A transfer to a sub
treasury ON or before Jan. ID, 1890. of about
10 per cent of their holdings of public mon
eys will be required from banks having in
active accounts, and from banks having act
i've accounts about I0 per cent of the surplus
held by them over and and above the amount
needed for the convenience of the public
service: or. if the banks wish to sell to the
government the bonds furnished as security
for these deposits, the secretary Will purchase
them and retain from the proceeds OF
sale the amount which otherwise would
have to be deposited as above stated, sending
checks to the banks for the residue. Other
calls will be made from time to time, but al
ways with due regard to business interests,
until the public moneys with the banks shall
have been reduced TO the amount needed for
current public business and the money so
withdrawn will be used for the purchase of
United States bonds. Banks desiring TO dis
pose of the entire amount of bonds furnished
as security for public deposits will not of
course, be limited to the 1O per cent transfer
of the first call.
The depOsitary banks now hold about
47,OOO,OO0 of government funds, and
this action on the part of the secretary
will reduce the fund about one-half, or
to about $24. 000. 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
The Revoir Murder Case.

Special TO the Globe
HUDSON, Wis, Nov. 30.-The all
absorbing topic in this city is the Revoil
murder case, which is now oD trial.
About one year ago Albert ReVoir met
his neighbor, Mcdonald. riding from his
field. Revoir drew revolver and fired
several shots, which resulted in the
death of Mcdonald few days after.
Both parties were old residents of this
county, and many people are espousing
the cause on each side. The defense is
being conducted by j. w. Bashford and
S. P. Wetherby, of this city. assisted
by Mr.. Erwin, of st. Paul: and the
prosecution by S. j. Bradford, of this
city, and r. FL. Start, of Baldwin. In
sanity is the principal defense, while
the attorneys for the state are quite sure
they can show premeditated murder on
account of, what seems to be generally
admitted. bitter feud between the two
families.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

wire. The Associated Press telegrapher,
James f. lgoe, at Minneapolis, had
broken" and all the men ON the ''line"
had paused, like Chandler, to listen.
There's fire on the third floor of the
Tribune building" said Igoe on the wire,
'and I'm on the seventh"
Then after a moments pause, he
added, ''GO ahead. Chandler" and New
York began again, and after brief
space yielded to Cleveland, who bad
rush" dispatch, and this was all of
Cleveland's message that Igoe received:
'CLEvELAND, Nov. 30.-Capt. Joseph
Moffet, well-known lake man, was
killed to-day by falling into the hold of
his vessel.''
JUST THERE IGoE BROKE"
Boys" he ticked on the wire, and
there was another brief pause, and all
the men on the circuit were listening
with interest, for they had noted in the
transmission by Igoe of the word "boys"
tremulousness of touch, just as lay
man could detect a trem0r in
human voice. "Boys, pve got TO
stand you off, Pm the ouly one
left on the floor. Everybody is gone.
and I can't stay any longer" Click
shut went his key, and some operator
on the line quickly "opened" and
shouted, after Igoe, as it were; "Take
the machine along-Save the machine,n
referring to the typewriting ma
chine, the Associated Press re-
ports being executed on type
writing machines at all points.
But there was no response. The click
ing instrument had ticked its half jocu-
lar message in an empty room. Near
by sat the machine and the last was
taken, which had been Cleveland's item
about violent death. Then the
work went on, and no one of
his colleagues thought seriously of
lgoe's gUod bye until there came
bulletins of loss of life, and among
them bulletin announcing the fact
that Igoe had stayed too long. Those
200 last words he had remained to take
were fatal. They cost him his life, and
the men at the keys were grave as they
worked OH to Good night" One, who
had started in at "Good evening"" had
received his ''3O'' before the report was
closed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

filed in Ashland county. Register Feu-
nelly, when seen by your reporter to-
night, said he had been informed that
larger number of the deeds were
In a New York bank, and that
when the syndicate had effected
all the purchases it desired to make, the
deeds would then be recorded In a
bunch. A wealthy land owner of this
city is said to be an agent of the syndi.
cate. Several gentlemen have received
offers from him for property. Exhaust
I've inquiry among prominent real
estate dealers failed to reveal any
OF the details desired. Nearly every
gentlemen seen, however, had heard
something about a syndicate buying up
acreage property. VINO composed it,
what it had already done and what its
Intentions were, could not be definitely
learned. That the syndicate is actually
buying up the property and will get
thousands OF acres there is no
doubt. Land within radius
OF fifty miles of Ashland il
worth from So to S1O0 an acre. A land
dealer of this city, when asked what he
had heard of the matter, said that he
had been informed by capitalist that a
large amount of English capital would
soon be distributed i'm Ashland. In
what manner his informant had not
stated, but this seems to be the way il
will be done.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
BLOCKED BY A TABLE.
A Burning Piece of Furniture
Cuts OF EgreSS.

n IcCO VI
Outs OFF Egress.
Fred NJ. Iliff was one of the printers
who made the descent with the first
crowd that left the building by way of
the stairs. He states that as near as he
can place the time the alarm was
turned in up stairs in the composing
room it was half-past 10 o'clock, while
a clerk in the business department on
the first floor states that it was exactly
10:15 p. M, when he first discovered the
fire. Ilitf says that there was no panic or
fright among the men unit they reached
the third floor. AS they swung around
the stairway from the fourth landing
some one in an Office on the third floor,
near the stairway threw blazing table
into the hall in front of then. 1t caused
no interference with their progress,
but frightened them into a rush.
After they had passed on, however. he
looked back and saw that the flame
from the burning table had ignited the
woodwork of the stairway, and in this
manner all means Of escape by the stairs
was shut off at the very beginning of
the fire. Before this fortunate party,
who had laughingly made the start
from the seventh floor, had
escaped the building, the stairway from
the third floor up was in flames. Mr..
Iliff says that as he reached the fifth
floor, he saw the elevator, which was
then coming up with a passenger stop,
and that the elevator man and his pass
enger went down with the party, so
that few. if any, escaped the flames by
means of the elevator.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

The eight-story brick building oecu-
pied by the Minneapolis Tribune, Min
neapolis, was totally destroyed by fire
last night. The cOn1agration was at
tended by fearful loss of life. Shortly
after 10 o'clock smoke was seen issuing
from the windows at the north end
of the third floor and number
of pedestrians raised the cry of "fre."
The upper floors at that time were filled
with reporters, editors, and compos-
Itors. When the smoke first became
perceptible on the upper floors some of
the printers started for the ele-
yator, which is in the center Of
the building next to the Fourth
street front. Some one called, There
is no fire, stay at your cases boys" and
many of them remained. Some of them
went
DOWN THE ELEVATOR
and escaped. On the sixth floor were
the editorial rooms Of the Pioneer
Press, IN which number of
reporters were at work. When
the smoke became heavy on that floor
Reporter Joseph Z. Mannix started
down the stairway to make an inVesti-
cation. In the extreme north end of the
third floor were two rooms which had
formerly been used by the League
of Republican clubs. These rooms
had not been occupied for about
six months except as place to store
waste paper. In this room the fire
started presumably from spontaneous
combustion. When Mr.. Mannix reached
the door of this room he saw through
the glass in the door that it was
ALL ON FIRE.
He threw himself against the door
and broke it in, intending to extlnguish
the fire. When the door was broken in
the flames burst out in Mr.. Mannix's
face, driving him down the stairway.
Ee made desperate attempt to go back
to warn his companions, but the flames
were too fierce, and he was driven back.
Several men were on the stairway at the
time, and he directed them to turn in
the alarm on the corner of Fourth and
Nicollet avenues. For some reason no
one did so, aud there was considerable
delay in getting the alarm to the
fire department, at least fifteen minutes
elapsing. The elevator shaft, in the
center OF the building, acted as a big
chimney, and
SUCKED THE FLAMES
up to the roof, spreading the fire
throughout the entire building. When
the fire department arrived the entire
building was in flames. There was only
one stairway in the building, and that
was built around the elevator shaft.
As the fire started at the head Of the
stairway on the third floor, every ave-
nue. of escape was cut off, except sin
gle fire escape on the north side of the
windows. The flames burst out the
windows on the third floor, and the frail
iron ladder was red hot before some of
The men had chance to use it. The
Hayes ladders were hurrIedly raised by
willing hands, and many of the men
were rescued from the windows
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
MILTON PICKETT'S DEATH.
He Attempts to Descend a Red
hot Fire escape.

he attempts to Descend q Red
hot Fire escape.
In the editorial rooms of the Pioneer
Press City-Editor Chaplin and Reporters
E. B. Barnes, s. Il. Jones
and Milton s, Pickett were
busy at work preparing their copy.
They had heard the alarm and noticed
the smoke, but kept on with their work,
thinking there was no danger. MIR.
Pickett went to the doorway and saw
the flames, and. calling to his COM
panions to fly for their lives, started out
the door leading to the stairway.
Messrs. Chaplin and Barnes started to
follow them, but were stopped by Mr..
Jones. The story of their escape as
told by Reporter Jones is as follows:
"tickett started out the door and was
only second behind him. The flames
came into my face and l saw
that there was no escape In
that direction. Chaplin and Barnes were
close behind me, and l called them to
go back, pushing them into the editorial
rooms and closing the door. Then we
went into Chapin's private Office and
CLOSED THE DOOR,
but the heat became unbearable, and
we were forced to get out
on the narrow ledge in front
of the window. This ledge is about
eleven inches wide, and we all walked
along that to the First avenue end of
the building. The heat here became in
tepse, and it looked as if we were gone.
There were two electric light wires
which sloped from the ledge on which
we were standing to the telegraph
pole on the other side of
the street. grasped these wires with
one hand and caught hold of Barnes
and steadied him with the other. Barnes
was very nervous and 1 was afraid he
would fall. Take it easy, boys, 1 ex-
claimed. the ladders will soon
reach US. If they don't we can
slide down these wires. l think
they will hold us one at time, and l
will make the first attempt" Just as
was about to attempt an escape by the
wires
A LADDER REACHED US,
and helped Barnes to get on it. We all
climbed down the ladder to the ground.
We were on the ledge guess
about ten minutes, but it seemed ain
age. Chaplin and were both cool. We
thought we were gone. and everything
in my past life came up in front of me.
1t seemed as If those ladders would
never get to us. When Pickett left us
he made his way to the fire escape. If
he had been with US he would have es-
capped.
POOR PICKETT,
however, went to the window at the
north side of the building and crawled
out on the fire escape, which was red
hot from the heat. He clung to it only
for a minute, and dropped to
the alley below dead. His man
gled body was picked up and taken
to the mcrgue. His hands were badly
burned, showing the tenacity with
which he clung to the fire escape in the
battle for life. He was assistant city
editor of the Pioneer Press, and had
worked upon it five years. He was
young man of unusual brightness and
scholarly attainments. He was about
thirty years old, and married. He re-
sided at 1928 Fourth street southeast.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
MONOPOLi>I a 4 ODDS.
Barb Wire Barons Litigate Over
Small Fortune.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-The case of the
Thorne Wire Hedge company against
the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
company, which has been on trial for
several days in the federal court, was
decided by Judge Gresham to-day. The
suit was for an accounting as to claim
for 100000. The Thorne Wire Hedge
company claimed royalties on barb wire
not collected by the Washburn & Moen
company and share of certain moneys
which the defendant failed to collect or
received by reason of what is known as
the Hash settlement. The bill was dis
missed by Judge Gresham. The court
held that the Washburn u MOen COM
pany had fulfilled its contracts with the
'rhorne, Wire Hedge company and was
not indebted to it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
A REPORTERS STORY,
Charles r. Francis Witnesses Ter
rible Scenes.

Charles R. Francis, Tribune re-
porter, said: 81 was sitting in a barber
shop on First avenue south, next to the,
Tribune building, when saw fire en-
gine drive up. / paid no attention
to it until the barber had finished
shaving me; then 1 went out
and saw that the whole top floor of the
building was on fire and men were
shouting for help. After time, which
seemed to me an age, the firemen got
ladder to the sixth floor and got out a
number of men. Far in the corner of
the building there were men crowded
together who codld not reach the lad
der on account of the fire. This
necessitated the moving of the
ladder about twenty feet, but all the
men were got down at last. What
hindered the firemen greatly was the
network Of wires about the building.
/ saw w. q. Williams and Frank
Hoover drop from the seventh floor to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
READY FOR A CRUISE.
The Baltimore Will Be Pat in
Commission Soon,

WASHINGTON, Nov 30.-Capt. Win
field Schley was at the navy depart
ment this morning and had a confer
ence with Secretary Tracy and Commo-
dore Ramsey in regard to putting the
United States ship Baltimore in COM
mission. Orders putting the Baltimore
in commission, Capt. Ramsey learned,
would be issued in short time by the
navy department. The navy depart
ment to-day was informed that the
United States steamship Thetis has
touched at Departure bay, Vancouver
island, en- route to San Francisco. Bids
were to-day opened at the navy depart
ment for furnishing forged steel armor-
piercing projectiles to the value of $780,
600. The proposals specified four
classes of proiectiles. Only one bid
was received. which was from the Mid
vale Steel company. Of Philadelphia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

the window edge of the floor below and
come down the ladder. They were
badly burned about the face and hands,
but escaped with their lives. A
man was trying to step from
one window to another on the seventh
story. He slipped and fell to the win
dow ledge of the sixth story, and from
there to the ground. face down, killing
him instantly. I then went round and
hunted up the rest of the editorial force.
found all that were in the building at
the time of the fire, so none of the Tri-
bune editorial force were killed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
Guests of the Zenith City.

Special &c tne GI0De.
DULUTH Nov. 30.-About 100 citizens
of Crookston swooped down on Duluth
this morning and spent the day as guests
OF the city, under the guidance of com.
mittees of the chamber of commerce,
board of trade and city council. To-
night the party returned home full OF
good things of Duluth and more than
ever determined to make good use OF
the new railroad connection, which waS
the direct cause of the excursion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
NEARLY ALL RAN To COVER.
A Majority Of Northwestern Mem.
bers Got Into Reeds Band
Wagon,

Wagon.
Special to the Globe
WAsHINGT ON, Nov. 30.-The North
western members managed to climb into
the band wagon in time. AT least, a
majority of them did so. On the first
ballot Comstock and Hall, of Minnesota,
and Carter, of Montana, voted for Reed;
Dunnell and Lind, of Minnesota, and
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, for Can
non; Snider for Mckinley: Clifford and
Piekler, of South Dakota, for Hender-
son. On the second ballot Lind. Hans
brough. Clifford and Pickler voted for
Reed. Lind's switch was surprise to
Cannon, but was expected by Reed.
Clifford and Picker were talked to by
Senator Pettigrew and others, and con-
yinced that Reed was sure winner,
and they would make big mistake in
opposing him. Snider says in regard
to his vote that he favored Mckinley
because his position on the river and
harbOr bills. in which Snlder is greatly
Interested.
CAPT. REEDS DEFEAT
for sergeaut-at-armS was surprise.
His nomination by acclamation was
conceded up to the time OF Dunnell's
nominating speech. Henderson, of
iowa, nominated ex-Congressman
Holmes, of Iowa, and that settled it.
The Iowa delegates were the only ones
who knew there would be any Opposi-
ton to Reed. The Minnesota men stood
by the latter to the end. Strong pres
sure is being brought to bear on speaker
Reed to leave Mckinley and Butter
worth out in the cold on committee
chairmanships. Reed is reported as
having remarked that he had men
among his supporters just as capable of
filling the chalrmanship of the ways
and means committee as Mckinley.
PROMINENT Republicans speak of the
latter as politically dead.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
NOW THEY'RE AFTER LAND.
English Capitalists Are Gobbiing
Acreage Property in Wisconsin,.

English Capitalists Are GObbfing
Acreage Property in Wisconsin.
Special to the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis, Nov. 30.-Within the
past few weeks gigantic English syn
dicate has been quietly but rapidly and
very Systematically buying up all the
acreage property in Ashland county and
the entire northern portion of the state
that its agents can get options
on. Operations were begun, it
has been positively learned,
several months ago by an agent of the
syndicate in Ashland toward securing
all the acreage property in this county
that could be found, and especially that
in the immediate vicinity of this city.
Many heavy owners of acreage have
been approached and good offers made
to them, and in many cases some heavy
transfers have already been effected.
Everything has been done with the
greatest care that no one should get
wind of the transactions, and parties
interested are bound to the greatest Sc
crecy. Not single deed has yet been
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
AWFUL SCENES.

A View OF the Great Catastrophe
From the Street.
The scene from the street was weirdlr
terrible. Within thirty minutes from the
time the fire was discovered flames were
bursting through the roof, and were
thrusting their forked tongues out
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
Ore shipmen is from Ashland.

Special to the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis. Nov. 3O.-State.
ments of ore shipments from the port
of Ashland for the season of 1889 were
issued tonight by the agents of the
three mammoth docks here. Ship
ments from the two Lake Shore and
Western docks were 910.S32 tons, and
from the Wisconsin Central docks, 57S,-
96S tons, a total of ], 4S4.s00 tons. This
is in excess of last season 467. 1856 tons
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
HIS HAND TIRE MBLED.
Brave Operator Igoe's Last Mes
sage to His Chief

sage to His Chief
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-The Western
circuit wires of the Associated Press
were burdened with outgoing matter to-
night, and William D. Chandler, one of
its most rapid senders. was hurrying
the lads along the line tina touches New
Orleans southwark, Kansas City west
ward and Minneapolis nortbward. The
pace was warm, for 1t was Saturday
night and Sundays paper would go
early to press. Suddenly Chandler
paused. shut his key and looked up
with an expression on his face that
challenged inquiry from his colleagues
as to what was the trouble on the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
Salvationists in Jail.
SPECIAL to the Globe.

SD6ClaI IIl6
RED Wing, Nov. 3o.-On trial to-day
five members of the Salvation Army
were convicted of violating provision
of city ordinance in appearing on the
streets and marching and singing. On
the women sentence was suspended,
but four men were sent to Jail, two foi
three, one for seven and one for ten
days, they refusing to pay fines.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
LYNCHERS In LIMBO.
Sensational Arrests I'm COnnecs
tiOn With the Olson Hanging.

Special to the Globe.
LACROSSE, Wis.,. Nov. 30.-The most
important and probably the most sem
sationaI event in connection with the
lynehing of Olson, in Trempealeau
county, was the arrest to-day of three
men for murder, one being not only
leader in the lynching but also foreman
of the eoroner's jury. His name is
Charles Johnson, and he is we'll
known farmer. The others are Ole
Sletto and Ebert Olson. Lawyer Frow-
ley, of Eau Claire, was telegraphed for
by johnson. 1t Is said that the confess
slOns of the boys under arrest are suffi.
cient to convict all concerned. OtheI
arrests for murder will be made.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01
Epidemic of Diphtheria.

BURLINGTON, Ia. Nov. 30.-DipF.
liberia to an alarming extent prevails in
this city and the country adjacent.
There have been several deaths this
week and many children are down with
the disease. Precautions are being
taken to prevent the spread of the in
fectiOn.