Show ST LOUIS INSISTS A Committee to Wait Upon I President Cleveland and Invite I I In-vite Him to the Fall I I Festivities I A Destructive Fire In New York Half I a Million Burned The Casinos Narrow Escape The Unsatisfactory Condition ot the Mississippi Improvements Glynii Will Go Abroad fire and Explosion NEW YanK July 1GA firowas discovered this morning in the fivestory brick building I of the Metropolitan Storage warehouse in Thirtyeighth street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue In a few moments the flames mounted up through the structure finding ready food in the light stuff stored therein Before the firemen arrived the whole place was a raging furnace The warehouse formed an L within the Casino buildings and for awhile a-while it was feared that the beautiful temple of light opera would be in ashes but itwas saved by the strenuous efforts on the I part of the firemen The Hotel Normandie u is quite near Sparks descending set it onfire and theguests vere hurriedly summoned sum-moned to leave The fire was soon extinguished extin-guished however and tho guests being reassured re-assured went back to their rooms Soon after the firemen had got to work at the storage warehouse building n terrific explosion ex-plosion occurred and seven firemen fire-men were blown through the windows I to the street All of them were severely business The business was conducted by Solon Riddbocko and the buildings and land aro the property of tho Gold estate The damage is estimated at half a million S although it may be much more The ware noose is used by New Yorkers who are out I of town and contained furniture paintings and valuable bricabrac of all kinds I |