Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-17
the body Of her daughter, Martha Slers.

the body of her daughter, Martha Slexs-
ner, aged 16 years, who had been ell
ployed for about year in the Newhal}
House kitchen. II WITS pitiftil to wit:
ness the mothers grief at the failure to
obtain the slightest clue to her girls
whereabouts. The daughter was thu
only support of her widowed mother ano
the only relative she possessed. A Mr..
Daley from Waukesha searched the
morgue for the body Of an old lady
named Ann Casey, aged 63 years, who Is
among the missing, Mr.. Daley's daus IL
ter, Mary, was employed at the NewAal),
but returned to her home about month
ago on account of illness. Miss Casey,
who resided with Mr.. Daley's family,
took the girls place at the hotel, pend
ing the latter's recovery, ana is mum.
bered among the dead and missing.
THE FATE OF MISS CHEnn1s.
Miss Iibbie Chellis, whose terrible
death was mentioned in last evenings
WISCONSIN, formerly resided at Racine,
where her father aud brother still
lives; two sisters also living at Escan-
aba. Miss ChelIis had for the past eight
years been at the head of the dress and
cloak making department of T. A. Chap
man & Co. s establishment. She was
considered to be the finest fashionable
dressmaker in the northwest, and was
held in the highest esteem by her
employer and the patrons of the estab-
lishment. Miss Chellis was almost
idolized by the girls of her department.,
who, since her sad fate became know Il,
are nearly frantic with grief; work in
the department has been completely
suspended since the fire, and will pro b.
ably not be resumed for day or two.
It was reported this morning that a
young girl had occupied the room with
Miss Chellis on the night OF the fire, but
the rumor could not be traced to re.
liable source. It is stated however by
clerks at T. A. Chapman's that one OF
the girls employed III the dtess-maklng
department spent the night with e,
sister, domestic, and is among the
missing. This refers probably to Rosa
Burns, reported missing yesterday.
The girls in Miss Chellis' depart
ment, to show in measure their love
for her, on Christmas, in Miss Chellis'
absence, gathered at her room at the
Newhall House and spread her bed with
elegant and costly lace coverlids and
pilIow-shams, as a holiday gift. The
father Ct the unfortunate Woman arrived
in- the city this morning. Miss Chells
was in her 42l year. Her remains have
not been recovered.
A PROMINENT MAN AMONG THE MISSING.
Judge George Reed, formerly Of Man
itowoc, who is among the missing, was
a native Of Middleton, Mid llesex Couu-
ty, Mass, where he was born Novem-
ber 10, 1903. beng in his seventy-tiftb
year. He attended the academy at Cae-
tleton, VT, from 1926 to 1880; entered
college at Middlebury, w., in 1890;
studied law at Castleton from 1881 to
1884; was by profession lawyer. He
came to Wisconsin in 1886, and first set
tied in Milwaukee. He was member
of the last territorial legislature of Wis
cunsin in 184s, from Waukesha County,
and member of the first state consti-
tutional convention from the same coun-
ty. In 1851 he was elected probate
judge of Manitowoc County, and repre-
sented that county in the state senate in
1866, and was reelected in 1868 and
1870. He took an active interest in the
railroad development of northeastern
Wisconsin, and in 1870 was president of
the Portage, Winnebago and Lake Su-
perior Railroad Company. he was
largely identified with the lines now
forming the Wisconsin Central system.
He was we'll known in this city and had
many relatives keres among others
Alexander Mitchell.
THE HEAD-WATTERs OPINION,
81 think there were about eighty lives
lost ia the fire." said Charles P. Pheney.
head waiter. There were nearly 1 90
guests in the house, the Antisdel family,
and nearly sevcnty-five employees. l
know there were ninety guests at sup
per, as counted them as they entered
the room. Mr.. Antisdel had been ltak-
ing about poor business for several days
past, and Monday night, in order
to satisfy myself as to how things were
l counted the people as they ell
tered the dining hall. Monday night
there were ninety-five at the tables, and
night I counted and checked
think. I had just twenty
waiter girls under me. OF these, but
three escaped. The cooks entire force
is missing. 1 think they will find a good
many bodies along the west walls when
the ruins are searched there, as nearly
all the girls roomed on that side of the
house. think there at least sixty bodies
under the walls from what I know of the
number in the building at the time the
fire occurred and the number who es
capped"
The following is a list of the identi-
fed dead:
T. E. Van Loon, of Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. John Gilbert, of Steuben, NY.
Allen johnson, of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Allen johnson, of Milwaukee.
j. J. Hough, Of Moroa, III.
Walter Scott, of Milwaukee,
D G. Power, of Milwaukee.
T. B. Elliott, of Milwaukee, member of the
firm of Jenkins, Elliott 4 Winkler.
W. H. Hall, of La Porte, Ind.
Mrs. L. W. Brown, of Allegheny.
Six unknown.
SERVANTS.
Maggie Sullivan, of Milwaukee.
Mary Conroy, of Milwaukee.
Mary McDade, of Mukwonsgo.
Bessie Brown, of Milwaukee.
Ottilie Waltersdorf. of Milwaukee.
Augusta Giese, of Milwaukee.
Bridget O'Connoll, of Dell Prairie.
Mary Anderson, of Milwaukee.
Nora Flanagan, of Waukesha.
Julia Fogerty, of Oconomowoc.
Mary McAlahon, of Lynden.
Mitchell Burlo, of Milwaukee.
Catherine 1enehan, of Milwaukee.
Anna Hage, of Milwaukee.
MISSING.
The names of the missing, SO Tar as
can be ascertained, are as follows:
GUESTS.
r. HOWE, of Milwaukee.
Miss Libbie Chellis, of Milwaukee.
Prof. B. Mason. of Milwaukee.
Capt. Jas. P. Vose, of Milwaukee.
L. A. Brown, of Philadelphia.
John H. Foley, of Milwaukee.
Brad. Kellogg, of Milwaukee.
Louis X. Smith, Of Milwaukee.
Quintus Brown, of st. Louis.
Dan Marte], of Milwaukee.
Charles Kelsey, colored. of Tom Vhumb
Company.
George Reed, of Manitowoc.
R. Goggin, of Milwaukee.
" D. Rowe1l If Freenort III