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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-10
MASHED HIS HEAD.
George Arnold Jumps From the
Window to His Death.

George Arnold Jumps From the
Window to His Death.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Those who
were early on the scene found the body
of colored man in the alley in the rear
of the building, where John Wilkes
Booth had his horse tethered the night
he killed Lincoln. The man was George
NJ. Arnold, a well-known colored clerk.
He had been seen at third-story win
dow. He was warned not to jump, but
despite the protestatiOns from the peo-
pie, he climbed out and lowering him
self from the sill, let go. He fell upon
covering at lower door and slid OH
into the cobble-stoned alley, striking on
his head, instantly killing him. His
head was smashed to jelly and
the cobbles for a distance of sew
eral yards were bespattered with
blood. None of those who escaped
injury could tell when the floors first
gave way. 70 the occupants of each
floor there was but one crash heard and
instantly the building was filled with
binding lime dust. Running directly
through all Of the stories and in the
middle of the building was light wall,
ten feet or more long and nearly as
wide. The fatal area was Ill front OF
this, leaving a space of six or seven
feet in width undisturbed on either
side. The entire back part Of the build
ing, containing more than half of the
floor space, remained intact. There
were many narrow escapes from death.
A number Of clerks. whose desks rested
directly upon the line where the floor
broke away, saved themselves,
while the desks at which they
sat were precipitated down the
awful chasm. Others who were walk
ing across the Ioom heard an ominous
sound and stopped just at the very
threshold of death. When the crash
came, those who survived heard a
mighty scream of anguish from their
comrades as they sank out of sight, and
then, groping in the darkness. they
found their way to safety, trembling In
every joint with the pallor OF the dead
in their faces. No women were en-
ployed in the building, but in few
minutes after the crash came the wives,
mothers and daughters Of the victims
began to arrive. Within very few
moments a hundred or more men
stripped for hot work, jumped into The
building and began throwing out the
wreckage in front and under the floors,
which remained standing on the rear.
Most of those first taken out Of the
ruins were carried to the Emergency
hospital.
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into the conditisn of the institution
finds himself today with
Nothing to Examine.


A corner of the Mears bank was left
standing. but it looked dangerous, and
the last remnant was pulled down last
night. A special meeting of the city
council was held last night. The princi-
ipal question was as to whether tempo
rary frame ShackS should be allowed
constructed inside the fire limits. Mayor
Smith argued against the granting of
permits for frame buildings. Fargo
must begin to rise out of the
ashes at once, he said. 1t
was no use putting up frame
;shacks. Aid. Sweet favored allowing
shacks to be built for renewal before
Sept. l, but Mayor Smiths idea pre-
vailed, and no frame buildings go. The
relief fund from local aud outside
sources now amounts to $1,000.
Alex Stern, perhaps the heaviest indl-
yidual loser-315O,O 900 with s75. 900 insur-
ance-began clearing away the debris
of his buildings this morning. MIR.
Stern says he intends to
Rebuild at Once.
The Minnesota Thresher company lost
$4,000: National Cordage company,
$4,000; Mccormick Harvester company,
SS0,000; Bristol & Sweet, $4,000; the
Warder, Bushnell & Glessner company,
e335, 600, insured for $4,000. These are
spong the heavy losers. The total loss
BY the latest estimates this morning Is
s2,250.OO0, and the total insurance
81. 100000 Five hundred men are ex-
pected here from Minneapolis and St.
Paul to assist in clearing off
the wreckage. Large crowds of
people came to Fargo on every
train yesterday and this morning.
Before daylight today the streets sur
rounding the burned area were we'll
covered with people who hal come hun
dreas of miles in some cases to see the
scene of tue great fire. All last night
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-10
THE BANQUET HALL.

lasting band of steel that marres to-
gether the richest state of the North
west and the most promising of her
younger sisters.
Fruitful Minnesota
Bountiful Washington!
Land of milk and honey that lies be-
tweenl
TO honor and commend the man who
has united the destinieS of these gems
of the Western world was honorable oc-
cupation for even so notable group OF
men as graced the banquet hall OF the
Aberdeen last night.
Never before, even in this nation of
splendid events. was brought together
stronger band of the builders OF civ
iliZatiOn to indorSe and seal with their
approval the finish of task that had
been long watched with sOlicitude, and
by many judged impossible.
Hill was the hero, but the Northwest
the nation-a great continent-reaps
the lasting honor-the limitless benefit.
The Floral Decorations
could not have been finer or more Iro-
fuse. Hundreds of ladies from all
parts of the city gathered in the early
evening to admire the decorations and
arrangement of the banquet hall. and
were permitted to pass through the
f1ower-scented bower of beauty to ad
mire and praise the taste of arrange
ment and the elaborateness Of prepara
ton.
There were fifteen round tables with
seats at each for an even dozen gentle
men. The tables were decked with
plate. cut glass, silverware, immense
center pieces of fragant and rare flowers,
while streamers of smilax extended
from the center pieces TO the floor.
At the head of the hall was miniature
engine and car that extended across the
room. These were made Of flowers of
every conceivable variety of the
finer selections. The track, wheels,
platform and cowcatcher OF the
engine were covered with tin foil.
The windows were hung with smi!aX.
The borders of the car were rows OF
roses. The lettering and many attach
ments on the engine were made OF red
and white i.aTnctteiies. T2c eagluS
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Nearly Five Hundred Government Clerks at Work
in the Edice at the Moment Of the Horri-
bly, Fatal Catastrophe
STRUCTURE CONDEMNED MANY YEARS AGO.
It Had Been Proclaimed to Be an Unsafe Place for
the Inanimate Skeletons and Records Of the
Army Medical Museum.

ment clerks Of the pension record di
vision of the war office.
The building collapsed in the midst of
an iIl-judged effort to remedy some of
Its defects. The moral OF the disaster
is emphasized by the fact that there are
known to be al least two great govern
ment Duildings-the printing office and
the Winder building annex OF the war
department.. each containing many more
employees than were Gagged in Ford's
theater death trap. which are in an
equally dangerous condition. While the
work of rescue was going on men who
had been strangers to emotion wept
like children and turned away their
faces as the limp and lifeless bodies
of those who had been crushed beneath
the ruins were brought forth to the sun
shine they would see no more upon this
earth forever. Women were helped
away in a fainting condition, and in
every heart there was sorrow. and in
every eye stood the moisture of grief.
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WORK OF RESCUE.
Heroes Work in the Face of Great
Danger.

Danger.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-About 11:30
O'Clock a company of the Fourth United
States artillery from the Washington
barracks arrived on the scene of the ac-
cident, and the men were distributed
about the ruined structure to guard
against interference with the W workmen.
Shortly after cavalry from Fort Myer,
Va, reached the spot, and aided the
other regulars in maintaining order.The
main duty Of the soldiers was to guard
the rebellion records stored in the build
ing. Clerks who escaped were pressed
into service. and went willingly to
work removing bundles of valuable doc
umentS. A great deal OF the pension
office is dependent upon these records,
and their value to the government and
to individuals is inestimable. They
cannot be replaced.
Every few minutes during the first
two hours after the accident dead and
wounded men were taken out of the
debris. To the onlookers all the bruised.
MANNED and dust-covered bodies seemed
bereft of life. One man whose face was
covered with blood. and who was SEEM
ingly dead, suddenly raised up in the
ambulance in which he was placed and
swallowed glass of whisky. This
brought cheer from the crowd, and
thereafter every rescue was accom-
panied by applause. All the carts and
workmen that could be secured were
pressed into service to clear away the
debris. The workmen shoveled plas-
ter, brick. documents and broken
furniture into their carts, and
each load was taken away
to dumping ground near by. There
was much danger t6 the f6seuiiIg gangs,
for the edges of the fallen floors hung
threateningly downward over the heads
of the workers. 1t seemed that little
progress could be made in clearing
away the immense mass of fallen rub
of which were warningly bulging out,
Continued ON Fifth Page.
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the militia were doing picket duty on
the outlying streets in an effort to pre-
vent robberies. The gang of thieves ar
irving here from other cities have left
the city. apparently empty-handed. The
hotels in this city and Moorhead are
filled with people. The old Headquar-
tiers hotel and the Northern Pacific
depot is the only hostelry remaining i'll
Fargo.
The Liquor Question.
At a mass meeting this morning
large number of gentlemen placed them
selves squarely on record as opposed to
the present state and municipal policy
regarding the liquor traffic. 1t did not
take long after the meeting was opened
to size up the situation. The business
men of Fargo want a system of licensing
saloons. instead of the present back
door and drug store traffic, which re-
turns no revenue to the city. 1t is being
urged openly that the state Ohibi-
tory law should be ignored, and Sys
tenn of municipal licenses inaugurated
at once. The plan is provoking deter
mined opposition from the temperance
element. but on the other hand the busi-
ness men of the town firmly declare
that they will not put in dollar to help
rebuild the city, unless the municipal
government deviseS some means of
making the free whisky sellers pay Ii
cense. One hundred and sixty acres
of buildings burned, according to the
estimates of an experienced railroad
contractor. The fire ran three miles
back into the prairie from the river,
and its clean path at the broadest point
was fully five blocks wide.
The Insurance.
Following is the list and amount or
losses in each company represented by
Thomas Baker Jr.: American Fire ln
surance company. Philadelphia. $50, 600;
Phoenix Insurance company, Brooklyn,
$4,000; Niagara Insurance company,
New York, $50, 600; ;Queen InSmance COM
pany, America. $4,000; German, Free
port, 100000; Traders Chicago, $4,000;
Sun, of London, $50. 900; American Cen
tral, st. Louis, $4,000: Imperial, Lon
don, $4,000; Insurance Company of
North America, 100000; Pennsylvania
Fire, Philadelphia, $4,000; Home. New
York. $4,000; New York Underwriters,
$4,000; Syndicate. Minneapolis. Sl4.-
600; Norwich Union. England, $50, GOO;
Agent Walker has the following:
Commercial! Union Assurance company,
$4,000; Lancashire. $1,000; Hamburg
Bremen, 2l,OOO; Northern Assurance
company, $4,000; Milwaukee Mechan-
les, Milwaukee. $4,000; Ph9nix, Lon
don, S22, 900; Ktna, of Hartford, $4,000;
Liverpool & London and Globe, S35, 900;
German American, New York, S34, 1000;
Fire Association of Philadelphia. So, 900;
Royal, of London. Sl5,500.
Agent George s. Foster has the fol-
lowing. which he will pay out: Hart
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Gather at Bounteously Laden Board to Do Honor
to the Great Manager of Colossal
Enterprises.
CLERIC AND LAYMAN JOIN IN TRIBUTE.
Ex-Governor Merriam, Senator Davis, Franklin
MacVeagh, Archbishop Ireland and Presi-
dent Northrop Orate Eloquently.

bell, smokestack and cab. as we'll as the
boiler. were made of flowers arranged
in cOlOrs.
At the other end of the room was an
immense map on foundation Of ferns
showing the entire Great Northern
system. The towns on the main line
and branches were indicated by letters
of immortelles. Everett, Vancouver
and Seattle were named at one end of
the line. while at the other end were
the cities on the lake with all the inter-
mediate aud branch towns between
florally indicated. The state of Mime
sofa was bounded off by border OF red
immortelles.
On one of the side walls was BAN
ner of red roses which indicated
that the road extended from St,
Paul to Puget sound. Over the VIM
dows were the names of Seattle, Spo-
kane, Duluth and Great Falls. The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-10

windows. chandeliers and columns were
decorated with Irailers of smilaX. In
every angle of the room and ante room,
as we'll as upon the sidebOards. were
palms and rare plants. At several points
were great vases of costly flowers.
Promptly at 9 o'clock the doors OF tho
beautiful banquet room were thrown
open. and the guest Of the evening, in
company with ex-Gov. William X. Mer-
riam, entered, while Seiberts Or
chestra played 4 march. Tho other
gentlemen followed, and were seated
at the tables and took seats that had
been already designated by diagram.
The liyeried servants began immedi-
ately to serve the excellent menu.
After this had been properly disposed
of, the POSTMASTER. eX-Gov. Merriam,
called for order and began the speech
making.
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MERRIAM's GREETING.
The FIX Governor Voices the Gem
eraI Sentiment.

l desire, gentlemen, to express at the
outset my high appreciation OF the
compliment conferred by the committee
in charge, in according me the gracious
privilege of not only presiding ut this
banquet, but also Of conveying to cur
guests from abroad. who have hOnOred
us with their presence here tonight, our
heartest greeting. venture 10 add
the hope that the strangers within our
gates have been so delightfully."- enter
tanned. and that they have been so i'm
pressed with the scenes which they
have witnessed, that they will bear
away with them Pheasant memories OF
our city and the events we cOmmem-
crate.
Tie occasion which has called to-
gether so many visitors from other
states, and has rs we'll caused a cesSa-
ton upon the part of our own citizens
from their ordinary v0catlons during
the last three days, Is OF more than
ordinary interest, not only TO the peo-
pie nf the Twin Cities, but as well to
those OF the eDti.c Northwest.
While the festivities which culnlrate
here tonight have been arranged with
C0ntinucd on EiShtil Page.
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Surrounded by all the beauty of ella
borate and tasteful floral decoration, in
a banquet hall of noble proportions. in
an atmosphere not so much of
adulatiOn as of congratulation,
peculiarly representative gath
ering of northwestern captains of trade,
transportation and finance last evening
ate, drank and made merry, i'll
fitting climax of as grand and
spontaneous a civic celebration as
marks the pages of American history.
Twas President Hi ll's night.
And yet it was also the night OF re-
joicing and proud feeling for ali who
view with prescient eye the full extent
and meaning of the completion of o
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CROWDED THE HOSPITAL.
Relatives of the Unfortunates In
fered With the Doctors.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-About 1926
o'clock the dead and injured began to
arrive ut the hospital faster than the
corps of surgeons could attend to their
injuries. Carried in on stretcherS, they
were dumped at the most convenient
places. Those who we're most seriously
injured we're attended to, while the
others, groaning and crying from the
pain of broken limbs, lay beseeching the
doctors to dress their wounds. Shortly
after the arrival of the first untortu-
mates crowd began to assemble in and
out of the hospital, many OF them being
the wives, daughters and relatives
of the dead and injured. Their
weeping and frantic cries for
greatly interfered with the work
of the physicians, and DR.. Kerr, who
is in charge of the hospital, determined
to put them out. Load after load OF
those injured, blind from the debris,
and with limbs broken and mangled,
were dumped at the door. They had to
remain outside for some time, as the
force and facilities Of the hospital were
unequal to the emergency. AS quickly
as the doctors, who were shortly rein
forced by the young men graduates OF
the city, could do SO. they examined and
dressed the wounds and they were
then sent upstairs to more comfortable
quarters. 1t was with great difficulty
that the policemen could keep the
relatives of the injured out of the build
ing, while outside their agonizing cries
could be distinctly heard by the poor
unfortunates who lay helpless.
Priests and ministers were soon on
the spot, ana, being at once admitted,
repaired to the cots of the injured,
where they administered spiritual con-
ISOLATION. Three men reached the hos
pital in a dying condition, so badly in
iured that they were taken from the
dressing room and sent to the morgue,
where they shortly expired. Charles S.
Miller and }. Brad Jones were among
them, while the other was young man
of handsome appearance and about
twenty-five years of age. The first two
were horribly mutilated, but the last one
did not show even an abrasion. His
vitals had been crushed.
AT the other hospitals and in the drug
stores adjacent to the accident similar
scenes were being enacted. In the
meantime the work of rescue was going
bravely Oh at the ruins.
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is being tried before Judge Searle, and
the ablest talent of the city is arrayed
in the legal combat. Cashier Smith. OF
the First National Bank of st. Cloud,
and C. L. Zenzins, of the National Ger
man American bank, of st. Paul, have
testified that the drafts were forgeries.
but the competency of their testimony
was attacked in az rigid oss-examina-
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yard was ordered to render all assist
ance iii his power. Every hospital in
the city was called into requisition, and
ambulances. carriages and other
vehicles followed with the wounded,
and were quickly traversing the city in
every direction.
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Change of Venue Wanted.

AITKIN. Minn., June 9.-Attorney
Merritt, of this place, whom Repre-
sentative Markham has retained to de-
fend him in his bribery case. says he
will ask for change of venue when the
case comes up in the municipal court
next Monday.
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ST. PAUL MAN KILLED.
j. w. Richardson Loses His Lite
at Great Falls.

Special to the Globe
GREAT FALLS, Mont. June 9.-Last
night about 12 O'Clock J.W. Richard son.
Great Northern car accountant, and 4.
j. O'Callaghan, night operator. were
going from the freight depot to the Office
on the West side on railroad veloci-
pede when they were run into by an
engine pushing line of fiat cars. The
collision threw O'Callaghan to one side
of the track, and he escaped serious IN
Jury. Richardson fell on the track and
was instantly crushed to death, his legs
being broken in three places. Inc
dead man was single, and came from
st. Paul three months ago. HIS mother
lives in Helena. where the body will be
shipped for burial tomorrow.
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After a Three Days Run.

Special to the Globe.
HUDSON, Wis, June 9.-The Hudson
Savings bank. having stood run for.
three days. closed its doors today. The
liabilities are large, but it is believed
they will be fully met.
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Continued on Fourth Page,
The record-union., 1893-07-10

The Capay Valley Land Company is offering the
most fertile lands in this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser to pay for the land out of its own
product VIZ: Interest only for five years at per cent
The only condition imposed is that a reasonable pro
portion of the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees or vines, Land may be bought without this
condition on payment OF per cent cash and re-
naming SO per cent the end Of FIVE years with in
terest annually in advance, at per cent The various
tracts owned by the Capay Valley Land Company have
been subdlvded into 10 and lots which are for
sale at prices varying from $50 to $50 per acre SINH
lar unlmproved land in Vaca Valley has recently been
sold at $500 to $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands are under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution of profitable
fruit growing, and the locality has proved itself to be
from the companys vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped to Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes were ripe.
The railroad passes through all of the tracts owned bv
the Capay Valley Land Company, thus insurng excel
lent shipping facilities and land may be purchased
In the immediate proximity of either Of the following
stations: Capay, CadenaSso Surrey Guinda Sauterne
Cashmere Runsey.
At many of these places fine orchards of the choicest
and earliest varieties of peaches and aprcots may already
be and during the coming season considerable adj
dltonal acreage will be planted One Of the recent
sales made by the company that of the Tancred
Tract. containing 600 acres to a colony association
This tract has been subdvded into forty holdings all of
which will be planted to fruit trees this season
The fine orchards on the Guinda Tract where 400
acres have been sold, especially worthy of mention
and is significant fact that several of the blocks are
owned by successful Vaca Valley ruit-growers who ex-
pect to make their earliest shipments from here.
The record-union., 1893-07-10

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the great ad-
vantage to the uit-grower of being in early locality
In most makes the difference between success
and failure The industrious orchardist of Capay Valley
may rest assured that he will derive all the benefits gained
by the first fruit shipments of the season. and that 20
acres of this rich land when the in bearing will
yield handsome and assured income.
The Capay Valley Land Company has an agent re-
siding in the valley whose duty is to show the various
tracts to land seekers
-Four townstes have been laid in different points
IN the valley, viz: Esparto, Cadenasso G,:;nda and
Rumsey Town lots may now be purchased at reason
able prices and on easy terms.
The enterprising and fourishing town of Esparto
situated the lower end of the valley and S125 900
worth of substantial buildings have already been erected
including fine four-sory brick hotel two large brick
blocks and waterworks with pipes laid in the streets
The town has postofice. school house and a weekly
paper and the fine railroad depot contains telegraph
and express offices.
Postofces have also been established at Guinda and
Rumsey This latter place. situated at the head of the
valley is the present terminus Of the railroad The
Portable little hotel makes excellent quarters for hunters
as well as land-seekers.
The advantages enjoyed by the settler in Capay Val
ley may be thus concisey summed up:
soil Of great fertility, yielding bountifuy of every
crop.
soil and climate which will rpen all kinds of fruit and
vegetables earlier than anywhere else in the State
climate perfectly adapted to the curing of rasins and
drying OF frnt without the aid of artificial evaporators
location that is central and close markets Railroad
communication which enables shipments to be made
quickly and cheaply Lands which are sold cheaper and
on better terms than anywhere else in the State.