The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
OVER HALF MELLON.
Property Losses in Two Big Fires in
the City Of Milwaukee !
Last Night.
st. Paul Baseball Men Lost Their
Baggage Boston Stores
Heavy Loss.
Heavy Loss.

Milwaukee, Juno 27.-Fire which broke
out at $3.50 o'clock last night Quilted tn,
building at S13-317 Grand avenue. occu
pied by MCCARTHY. a tailor. and which
extended In an 81 shape to Third street
the Third street section being occupied
by Work Brothers, Chicago clothing
company. The fire afterwards extended
TO the Davidson hotel on Third street anG
to the Boston store on Grand avenue.
The total loss is estimated at about
$250,000, partially covered by insurance.
The building occupied by Work Brothers
and Mccarthy was owned by the Tolmar
estate and was valued at about $4,000
From this building the fire leaped to the
Davidson hotel and burned over seven.
teen rooms and damaged thirty five 9TH
ers. Several members OF the Milwaukee
and st. Paul baseball teams and other
guests lost all their baggage. At 11:4t
the fire was under control.
The Boston store will be a heavy loser
thru water and smoke. The upper floors
will suffer from the fire and the loss will
not tall much short Of 100000. At one
time 1t was thought the whole block OF
buildings would be destroyed.
The estimated losses are: Boston store.
100000; Tolman estate, building, $4,000;
Work Brothers stock, s10,0Oo; Mccarthy g
tailor establishment. $4,000; Davidson ho-
tel, SIS, 900. The Plankinton estate, which
owns the Boston store building. $4,000.
Players Were In Danger.
Nine members of the st. Paul and Mil
waukee baseball teams had narrow es-
eapes from death in the Are last night.
Catcher Bob Wood Of the Milwaukee
team, who turned In the alarm, ran thru
the hotel and aroused them and they
fled from the building in their night cloth
Ing just as the flames burst In.
A panic In the Alhambra theater was
narrowly averted. The anxiety Of the
audience was allayed by an announcement
from the stage that the theater was in
no danger. All the hotel guests escaped.
100000 Loss on Elevators.
Fire early to-day destroyed four big
elevators owned by the American Mating
company, located at the foot Of South
Water street, entailing a loss estimate
at 100000; fully insured.
The fire Is supposed to have been caused
by an explosion Of dust in one Of the
elevators. The buildings destroyed are
Malt house G, brick, yearly output, 800, 900
bushels malt; engine house and boiler
room, brick, three stories; elevator F, six
stories, protected with sheet iron, capaci-
ty, 900 bushels; malt house A, brick
output 100000 bushels. Elevator E was
badly damaged by water, but the efforts
of the firemen saved it from destruction,
j. NJ Risbs, local manager Of the
American Mailing company, made the fol-
lowing statement: 1.-THE loss to the entire
plant and contents will be about $500, 900.
OF this. about 100000 is on the grain in
the elevators and a little over $1,000 on
buildings
Application Granted.
The application of the Chicago open
board of trade to be listed with the Mil
waukee chamber Of commerce to secure
the benefits Of minimum rates of COM
mission was granted by aunanimous vote
at a special meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors. The objections that have been
offered against the open board Of trade
because of it's relations to bucket shops
have been removed by the recent action
Of that board in placing a new element
of the membership in control OF the board
of directors and opinion now favors Co
operating with the Chicago board Of trade
in its efforts to suppress bucket shops.