Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-16
TIE MILWAUKEE ROAST.

MILWAUKEE Jan. 15.-One hundred and
fifty men are searching for bodies to-day.
The weather Is milder and work proceeds
quicker. still the result of the forenoon's
search is only two bodies, so badly burned
that recognition is impossible. Thus far
twenty little heaps, pronounced by physi-
clans to be human flesh and bone, have
been taken from the ruins. So far as can
be learned thirty nine are still missing.
GEN. TOM THUMB,
has made frequent calls at police head
quarters every day since the fire, to see if
a trunk had been found. He would closely
examine every trunk recovered, but has
failed to find the object of MS search. His
trunk contained his overcoat, clothing,
jewelry and a collection Of old coins. The
general was indignant over the report that
Officer O'Brien rescued him and his wife.
Yesterday afternoon he told Chief Wasson
that he rescued O'Brien, who might other
wise have perished. He admits that
O'Brien awakened him and his wife and re-
mained in their room about ten minutes
while they were dressing, but that when
they left the room he found ladder by
which they made their escape, and as he
commenced to descend the ladder, told
O'Brien that he had better follow him.
The general and his troupe left the city
this morning, but not until he had warned
the police officials to notify him if his
trunk was found.
THE HOTEL PROPRIETOR.
The port aAoat to the effect that Land
lord Antisdel has disappeared, is wholly
untrue. He was found this morning at
Prof. Haskins' residence, still suffering
from the terrible shock, but not dangerous
''What truth is there in the rumor that
the night watchman at the Newhall was in
structed that in case of fire the Office clerk
was to be informed of it without regard to
awakening the guests?" asked a reporter.
Mr.. Antisdel said in an impressive, mel
ancholy way that there was not one word
of truth in it; that all these stories that
were afoat concerning him and his actions
and intentions were done with view to
injure him.
At this point a son said it was terrible
that people should tell such things; that it
had bad effect, and moreover it was done
out of pure maliciOusness, and that it did
no good. While the reporter was formu-
Iating the next question'the son urged his
father to go and finish his breakfast, say
ing that he was not well, upon which the
old gentleman disappeared.
STATEMENT OF BEN TICE.
Ben Tice, head clerk of the Newhall
house, makes the following statement
bearing on the origin of the fire: 'Some-
body set the building on fire, down near
he foot of the stairs. Leading from in
side of the hotel to the barber shop was
little closet used for kindling, ETC., sepa-
rated by only wooden partition from the
shaft of the elevator. The fire was set in
that closet. Of course it burned through
the partition into the hatchway before it
went far enough in any other direction to
be discovered. Inside of the hatchway
was saturated with oil from the machinery,
especially up to the third and fourth
stories. The flames feeding on this oiled
wood, rushed right up the hatchway, burst
ing out in the third and fourth stories.
where it was first seen from the outside.
1t was this burning of oiled wood all
the way up the hatchway that made such
dense smoke and terrible heat. Many of
those saved were terribly burned by heat,
although they did not come in contact
with the flames. The flames did not reach
me, and yet you can see how am fried"
Here Tice held up both arms above the
bed in which he lay. His hands are so
burned as to be useless for the present, and
are kept wrapped in bandages, and he is
unable to feed himself. His nose, cheeks
and ears are badly burned, while his hair
was not singed, showing the correctness of
theory. Tice was asleep in room in the
sixth story when the fire broke out.
JOHN GILBERT,
the actor, is reported better. He imagines
he has been on big spree and remarked
to his physicians this morning that "this
drinking whisky is terrible thing" 1t is
thought he may not survive the shock OF
the news of the death of his wife. 1t will
be kept from him as long as possible.
Christian Hagen, one of the servants re-
ported missing, is safe. This makes nine
ty-six known to be saved out of III.
FRTY-oRK BODIES
have so far been recovered, twenty eight of
which are buried beyond recognition, leav-
ing thirty still missing. tits not known, but
supposed, that the register is in the safe
which will be reached by the diggers to-day.
Also the court in the center will be reached,
where probably the most bodies will be
found. The excavation reached the west
wall to-day, where five bodies
were found in a heap under the location of
the servants quarters. A correct estimate
as to the loss of life is impossible to form,
until the books of the hotel can be got at
The above estimate, giving fifty-one dead
and thirty missing, making the probable