, 1877-04-14


first time seemed to reuli2r his position,
He stopped, threw his hcad DNrk, re.
yculiug ghastly face and swung slowly
to and fro, swaycd by the breeze which
the roaring flames above created His
limbs swung around COnyuIsiyeiy as
though tn catch around something
then he let 90, and grOanS went up from
hundreds rs he wmrIcd round and round
and finally struck ON the stone Tagging.
| He died in u rew moments. Two other
men Jumped from the fourth story win,
/ dOws. one Of whom seemed to be no,
| dangerously hurt, while the other cN
/ pirrd in u few moments. \ woman iu
the fifth story became panic stricken and
| jumped ont. She aIightrd on her feet,
and was carried to the ST, James hotel,
and is stiIl alive. Her husband, who
/ hpd been standing by her side. then tore
| up the bedding and let the strip 50 made
| ont Of the window To this the tircmcn
attached rope, which the man hauled
up. making it fast to the window sill
and safely descended 10y it. a mnn
named J. f. Wilson jumped from the
| fourth story window and was killed
A"'I'" i! E"s,,''" "u" "'7 'IN",' I,' ,,.., "'y'
t,h,y ,mono Nh. female hrln o' ,hr bo.
tel il is feared will br grent. There were
some two hundred Of them, all OF whom
were i""3'1 ~ t'c upper 'to,S VI l"'
building, The panic among them was
perfectly terrible. and a number jumped
from the upper windows. The loss on
building and contents will be from
9''o'oOo 10 9l'ooo'ooo' insurance ""-
N"o""' o e,
Clii'A""' APrIl IL we 0""''''l" " o''
Lohis sPe''"' estimates 'ne killed NJ Ia
"hu says ~ are "V l"' morsuo "n" ~
nave "e'h recognize" oy II'e''uS """ 'aN'
th away II'e ''"'o' co'V " ''I''''o" "' ''''
beginning "' 'he war l"e insurance On
tne uu''"'NE is 9lo~'VVV, ""o on the
IUIu'IuI~ P~VV'VOV'
NC r'PorIeu hu'uO'' "' "c"o oo''cs
taken from tle RUNS proves i"''e' Ihc
IIrc department mas not YET succeeded III
cooling OH tue "eor'o su'ilalehliy to ena-
ole them 10 prosecute inc search Ihe
MT AI'IDa ie'gIivu To III previous uIs-
Pa'ch ""s heF' a. H. Auan'S' Incumbent
OF the parish OF berkshire, England. lie
was en- rout from Florida to California.
His remains await the order OF his
friends, Leltle Allen an actress from
/ the East, guest Of Miss Clifton Of the
/ Olympic company Of this city, is among
| the saved. II. +, or Ii. NJ. Clarke. rail
road conductor, said to be formerly OF
T,lolo nio ,o,,othor ,,i,h M, w;c, .nl
,'r>, ,|.r
ch'lo arc au4"i'S 'uc N'l'V'' MHIoh NO
bles, the actor, and Hiss frankie NlcClel-
len. the actress, were saved. the hitter
vor, sorio,.l, irinrnd Tho ,,u,o, ,,,,,,
woo
mainly lhstruuheliIa' III saving the lives
OF the ladies who were on the same floor
as himself Crowds of propIe bnvr
,bror,.d tbo ,ic,n;ty of th,, gra all a.n
N'''
son'e iooN''S 'o' "DSelO lrlchus out the
| great mass melted only by curiosity.
There is Il strong guard oil police sur.
roupdirg tha ruIns nnd mn on. l. ror
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lh't'co "''i'" ''i' ''"o' eAcePV reporters
and those directly Interested in the ca
lamity. The names oi all known to be
dead are not vet ascprtainpd Lut , GrI
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l,s' nl"y po oAP'O'o" 'o'n'Rnl anu also
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WASHINGTON, April ll.--FOr several
months past the questiol Of Withdrawing
the troops from the Territory OF Alaska
and turning that Territory over to the
control OF Tie Treasury Department, has
been discussed at Cabinet meetings, and
numerous letters ON the subject have