St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-09
SALTWATER NEWS.
Clothing on Fire-A Fireman Seri-
OuSIY Injured.


Shortly after midnight Thursday fire
was discovered in the basement of j. E.
Gagnelius' clothing store, On Chest nut
street. An alarm was turned in. and
the department responded quickly, but
before the blaze could be eXtinguished
| nearly all of the stock of clothing and
furnishing goods stored in the base
! ment was ruined by fire. smoke and
water. The fire did not reach the up
per floors, but the stock or the first
floor is considerably damaged by SIN 0ke.
The origin of the fire is mystery, as
there were no fires or lights in the base
ment to anybody's knowledge. Mr..
Gagnelius stated that he had fully
$4,000 worth of clothing, ETC., in the
basement. He carried an insurance of
$33, 900 on his entire stock. A. p An
derSon. the captain of the hose depart
ment, fell through hatchway in the
rear of the store, and before he could be
taken out became unconscious, and was
nearly suffocated. He was taken to his
home as soon as he could be moved, and
it Is feared he cannot recover. lie re-
manned unconscious and deliriOus
nearly all day yesterday.
Chief of Police Shortall received
telegram from l.. n. Woodworth, sheriff
oI ~ ) SColCihdJ. ICDuCoO-
ing him to arrest James Daily, who is
wanted at Randolph for grand larceny
in the first degree. The telegram also
gave a description of Daily, and the
chief started out to look for his man.
He was found at the Pitman house, and
was arrested. Upon searching him it
was found that he had deposited 800 on
the preceding day in the Lum5erman'S
bank, for which he held a certificate of
deposit. A telegram which he directed
TO friend at Randolph was the means
by which the sheriff ascertained his
whereabouts. Sheriff Woodwork will
arrive here after his man tomorrow.
Parties interested in the proposed
new electric street railway between this
city and st. Paul say that the line will
be built by way of Lake Elmo. 1t is eX-
pected that a round trip can be made in
two hours, for which a fare of 80 cents
will oe charged. They propose to erect
the power house about halfway be-
tween here and st. Paul.
j. E. Joy. of St Louis, Mo-, who in
augurated the scheme of shipping lum-
Der down river III DargeS, is in the city.
Mr.. Joy is confident of the success of
shipping in this manner. and brought
up seven bargeS which will be loaded
and shipped back as soon as possible.
The great difficulty is in getting the
barges back up river.
The Menomonie took out a raft of
logs yesterday for Dubuque, To-, the
Sam Atlee left with raft for S. d j.
G. Atlee, Fort Madison, To-, and the
Ben Hershey departed with a raft of
lumber for the Hershey Lumber com
pany, Muscatine, 10. The Ravenna
was expected up last night, but will
probably not arrive until this morning.
George Ridder was arrested yester-
day, charged with skipping SIT board
bill at the Elliott house. Riddler was
arraigned in the municipal court and
sentenced to pay fine of SO and costs.
He probably had no objection to this, as
it is cheaper to pay fines than pay
board. Mr.. Elliott will bring a civil
action against him.
The annual inspection of Company K
will be held next Thursday evening.
Drills are being held nearly every even
ing. end the boys are determined to
stand near the top of the list at inspec-
ton.
Mayor E. w. Durant and several
other prominent lumbermen are organ
izlng bateau club in view of race
July 4.
A. S. Merriam purchased over 1000,
600 feet of logs yesterday from William
O'Brien