The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-06-15

be burned to a crisp. w. p McKinstry's
safe was also opened and that of Col.
Z. A. Morton. The contents were found
well preserved.
The Work of Rebuilding.
In the aggregate the insurance is 81, 2G0-
OOO. and viii all be paid here within sixty
days though great deal viii be discounted
Tor Tor. cash. Hence 1t is probable that there
VIII ne lU0 men at work among the brick
In ten days. Times are hard. but this il
cash and Will enable the people to push the
work. Mayor Smith has called for meet
ing OF city contractors tomorrow morning
and ms soon as the ruins cool off, the Red
River Valley Bank will begin Immediately
a 200 $1o;Go building. Alex Stern has tele,
brick, and will comm ance rebuilding at
once; Efforts to arouse the people from the
dumb iethargy into which they have fallen
are being made by the prominent business
men Sticking In the ashes of many
burned blocks are little signs saying: Here
are the remains OF a once handsome build
ing; 1t will rise PhoeniX-like. grander than
ever before. This evening the council
held a hurried special session and gave Or
ders for immediate rebuilding Of the city
hall and Jail. The Citizens National bank
and the Northwestern Loan company have
taken hasty action looking to immediate re-
building The fever is catching rapidly,
Phoenix-like from her ashes and become
gRander and better than before. Every
available room or bit of space is being used
In Fargo tonight No stranger can secure
scene ON entering the place beggars descrip-
ton. Haggard men, women and children
stand gazing at the ruins
In Dumb Despair.
The heart Of the business portion is a vast
smoking square. The cold wind from the
prairies drives the smoke through the streets
and people are almost vainly trying to move
about in the darkness, Hundreds of Moor-
head citizens went over the river early in
the evening, but sightseeing IL impoSSIule.
The previous reports sent out from here
were not exaggerated in the least, On the
contrary, they gave only an incomplete idea
of the sad picture of woe and devastation
here tonight, 1t is safe to say that 3UO
people will pass this chilly night on the open
prairie. Tomorrow morning numerous meet
and business men to fan into life the smol-
derlng energy OF the populace. Relief meet
ings will be held, subscriptions will be asked
and every step will be taken to relieve the
people. Strange to say, the residences burned
belonged for the most part to the poorer
classes. They. are the suffering ones, for
clothes, and have not dollar i'll the world
to purchase any. Moorhead is, of course,
the center Of trade. Only half dozen stores
tage of the situation for selfish purposes.
All are working in one common interest, led
by Mayor Smith rns and fov:is Gov: Burke.
Editor Jordan, Of the Republican, figures
his loss at $4,000, with $500 insurance;
600 Insurance.; the Robert Street Methodist
church's loss Is 5000; Red River National
bank building. loss $4,000, insured for So,
Insurance 100000. Mrs Harry ONeil, in
the destruction of Appeal corner and two
buildings, will lose $4,000: insured for $55,-
900, Herman loses $4,000; North side
school building. $4,000: G. NJ Fuller, $17,-
600; Sutherland 4 c., 5000; Citizens Na-
Mccormick Mower and Reaper works. S1OO..
0G0; MagiIl & Co.. S150.OOO, insurance $50
600: B. Schmidt. two stores Broadway,
$1,000; s e g Y oQuinby, $500; Day, Beal (
Stern, s150,OO0, half Insured; Bowers &
Son. $4,000: b: u. Real, $4,000;
HarrinGton {; Wright. s20.OO0: The Ra7ar,
$500; 7. f. Yerxa. $4,000: w. A. Scott,
$500; NJ. A. Heldreth, $500; Plano Binder
and Reaper company, $4,000: Minnesota
Thresher company, $50 600; Austin Grader.
$1,000: ]. +. Holmes & Co., 81. 800: w b.
Douglas, 81 600; Hancock Bros, 81, 600: Fred
Eirman, $4,000; Hops Bros, $1,000 Be
ranging from $500 to $1,000 on residences.
stores. livery stables and personal property.
Agent Walker reports the losses by conl..
pa lies he represents as follows: Commercial
Union Assurance company. S2T. 900; Lane
ashre, $1,000; Hamburg-Bremen, $4,000;
waukee Mechanics, $4,000; Phoenix of
London. So, 600; Aetna OF Hartford. $32 coo:
Liverpool and LONDON and Globe. $35. 600
GernIan- American, New York, $:334 600; Fire
association, Philadelphia, $4,000; Royal Of
London, S15. 500: Hartford OF Hartford, S5v.-
600: Phoenix. Hartford, $4,000; Springfield
Fire and Marine, $40. 900; London and Inn
casure, $22, 600: Connecticut. Hartford. $50
0W; ST.. Paud Fire and Marine. $50 Gu0:
Orient of Hartford. 500, 600: Worcester, Eng
Merchants, $4,000: Greenwich, New York
$3S, 600. Total, $233. 700.