Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-14

N..l HiIi t'Hiaih it fHoEtS 10 escape.
a.. .wokr VA 40 dense in some oi
A., h1ll. th,t the gas Jets were cx-
t...r.ud. which rendered egrcss
t.ttr uo-' lu.nlliur with the bull l.
Il mltl., e great difficulty. The
A n.,i, at prIpk" ~ the hall drove
man, ,,uo-t, aud h1arderS back into
upt tupma. nnd they rushed To the
Ntulpv sasn u,eans of escape. Lad
i,T. Vrf, msoi a. soon IA possible, ,
~, 81 men an'l children, with moth
,ur hat nigh, clothes, were taken
ffun the burning building. Some
h,n,,i from fright. and others sunk
.,htndsd IT, ,he ground from nerv-
ou. rrnstrnt,on Tho ladders were
p,u,mll, too short to reach the fifth
aud sixth Sories. bat by hoistng
.ppe IN the one story balcony Of the
eat .Hle nnl the two story balcony
un "a, north side Of the building
thc4c h,rr. were reached and those
~ tho windows rescued Tho Skin
n,r fire escape was brought into ser
,i,, aud saved many li,es. While
'hi. work was going on some fright
81 srcncs occurred. One man who
hal been occupying n window on the
street front II tho hotel became des-
pou,c NJ the seeming delay in effect
inR hl. escape. With nervous hands
be- tnro sheets from his bed into
strips, llch them together. fastening
this imrru'iscd rore Ia the window
~ aud disrcgardiug the fact that
~ d,l not reach more than ~ feet,
h, lot himself down hand over haQd.
The mcn below who saw his position
turned away their heads Ia avoid
witnessing the sick"nlng event that
va inevitable. Finally he reached
the cal ~ the sheet and for the first
time ,clncl Ia realize his position.
H. llml,a awning around conyulsivc-
" ~ though la catch aroung some
ihiug then h. let 90. and groans
went up from hundreds M he whirrcd
round nnd round and finally struck
on the Stone ilagiing He died in n
few minnio,. Many others panic
nltirlcn jumped out of the i,h and
hlh stours, tu he dashed To pieces
90 ihc street The mortality among
The female help of the hotel il is
feared will be- found great. There
were some two hundred Of them, all
II whom we've lodged in the upper
STORY ~ the build,ng. The panic 4!
among them Nas perfectly terrible,
and nuinh,r jumped from the up |
pei windows. About half an hour !
after tie lirc was discovered the tn
tire rUuf was abla1c. and the flames
tapidl, descended 10 the lower !
s,or,n Tho roof fell ia. and there
/. nnw nothing left If ono al the
finest hotels ~ the culn,rN except
the Walnut street front and parts of
the Fifth street faces The loss on
iu,l,ling aud cont ,n's will he from
si5,i. taN h. 81 900 ,O,a. Insurance
on the building sl92 WO. and on
The fufniiuro 500 900.
The ~. Louis special estimates
the killed at la pnd says 10 are ut
the norsne aud ~ have been recoS
hIfel hy friends and taken away,
rs.s.ary Appei"'se..
WA~mSuroS. April 10 The follow
ing IL The law relative To the appoint
menta ~ tho treasury department:
" That on aud after January | 1876,
the appointments II this department
shall l,e WI arranged ~ to he equally
distributed between the several States
~ the United Stato and Territories
and District ~ Columbia. according
b. population Secretary Sherman
w,ll rig,lly enforce tho above law.
A. present there can he no appoint
ment from New England, New York, ;
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Maryland, Della
ware. west Virginia, Arizona or the
District II Columbia The Secretary
will also insist that only one member
Of u family shall DO employed in the
treasury department.
Dy..ml,- In Wine.
Nav yonS. April 10. A good dead
Of ssritenent was caused to-day at
the appraiser store, corner OF IIaisLt
aud West. streets, by the discovery
IN cash ~ wine II large tin box
dllsl with dynamite cartridges, which
we're attached 10 wires aud gutta per-
cha fuses. Tho cask was one OF
cargo from the steamer Fr,sia, which
were brought with number Of others
~ the appraisers store. II was in
voiced nj thirty litrcs Of vino and il
supposed b. DO from Hamburg. 1t
was addressed TO a person in Hunt
ingdon. Illinois, and il thought to be
n fool hardy attempt OF some person
Ia ship dynamite 10 this port. Had
the explosion occurred in the mp
praiasr@ store the consequences
would have been very disastrous, as
fully four hundred people are en-
played there, and the property in the
place IL valued at u million and half
dollars
Prayer va srssshsppers.