Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-12

the Moreue, and with passionate burst o.
grief recognized the body as that Of hel
. daughter-in-lsw. It is my child. " cried Lht
alleged father, still stripping tie jawelry from
old lady and the robter confronted eacf
other, and Painful scene occurred amid the
CHASTITY surroundings, which created the
greatest confusion.
TALK OF IEcENDIARIsM.
| One of the main topics of conversation
while dwelling on the dreadful holocaust. il
the number of times the Newhall has beer
ignited through the instrumentaiity of ma
licous persons. A gentleman who occupied
quarters in the house said the building had
been set on fire at least four times during the
past two years. Once q fire was set In chaii
piled with kindliag. The fire got q pretty
coed start The next time fire was started
| in barrel Of finder, which stood in the hall
on the first floor agsinss the elevator. Thi:
time also the house had narrow escape
Tbs next time hole was torn through the
plaster in the wall at the bottom of the ele
yetor. mass of inf .mmable stuff inserted
which was fired, and was only extinguished
with the greatest difficulty. Still another
time fire was started near the bar.room or
the first floor adjacent to the west side of the
elevator shaft. These all had an undoubted
incendisry origin. They were started al
night, also near the elevator, so as TO preclude
any idea of saving the house; but each time
luck held sway and the blazes were bliehted
This time the FIRE fend was successful, as ths
theory seems to leave no doubt of incandias
ism. The building was badly constructed
Only few weeks ago fire was iguited in G.
A. Hendy's room from bad CRATE, an6
burned considerably before being put ont
| Tiki =, Eo1
Hendy's quarters last week, but 70 spscia
damage was done.
AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
William Mckenzie. night Waterman of the
hotel, makes the following important state
ment "On the night of the FIRE made my
rounds as usual, visiting the different lodging
floors and basement rooms. Nothing unusual
was observed The bar.room was open till
o'clock in the morning. George Scheller is
of an hour after 1 had been 10 the wood.
room-about 2 o'clock-and in opening the
door leading TO the bsr.room, I saw that the
place was still occupied. AT later hour I
ran the elevator down TO take up gentle
man who came from the bar. Nothing
like smoke was detected then. AT $50
o'clock in the morning, T. B. Elliott came
on the late train. L was in the Office, and
he asked me il the elevator was running. I
told him would take him up, and did 80.
letting him out at the third floor. 1 then
yent up to the tsp floor, taking q railway
conductor up from the third to that. locked
around the halls, and got into the elevator to
go down. This was a few minutes pass half
| past 8 O'Clock. AS l got into the elevator 1
noticed very little smoke, and Immediately
started down TO see where it came from. By
the time / reached the office floor the smoke
was so dense that I could go no further
in the elevator. Throwing open the door 1
rushed out and started for the stairs, shouting
to the night clerk that there was a fire down
hslow, and | was going to see about it. By
the time reached the bottom of the elevator
shaft the smoke was 50 dense and sitting
that 1 knew something must be done. l
called to the engineer, who was in the engine.
room, and told him to rouse the servants.
Then l started back to awaken people. By
the time l reached the first floor above the
office, and had raped at Mr. Cramer's door,
the heat cracked the glass doors of the ele.
VISITOR, and in a moment afterwards the
flames poured out. In the mean time
[ rushed into the bank building, snd
aroused as many dodgers in that
what help I could in rescuing tbs people.
hardly know what to say sbou. the COM
mencemert of the fire, but know that it
caught at the bottom of the elevator. and not
| on the upper floors. There was nothing any
whers around the elevator that could burn 20
| quickly, aud al half-past 3 o'clock there was
no smoke in the elevator. Either Elliott or
myself would have noticed it. After the
smoke was discovered there was scarcely time
TO do anything before the whole thing was
ablszs. It might have caught in some OF the
| ebo in, tho bou art that hacL 20 ba
bottom of ihs elevator but on the bottom
floor of the hotel part there was nothing that
could possibly burn that way, and that could
| have peen snoldering throughout the night,
| This is shown By the fact that so many were
around until such short time before the ac-
tual blaze occurred. / done know that the
| fire was incen1iary, but there is a very queer
| look to it"
INCIDENTS OF THE SEARCH.
GA body" I" a BODY" shouted an excited
workman st about o'clock this morning,
thrilling the thousands present, and wild
rush was made for the source of tie cry. The
police repealed the onslaught as best they
could, but hundreds pressed by and sur
rounded the corps of workmen, waiting with
breashless anxiety while the meu carefully
and tenderly removed the bricks and eharred
pieces from a cindered petticost. The gar
ment was fiaally uncovered and drawn out,
but encased nothing of human form. The
same exciting scene occurred when a ledy's
fine leather satchel was disinterred. It con-
tainei wallet, which no one was allowed to
touch or examine, so to whom it belonged is
yet matter unknown. Then the crowd
rushed forward % the workmen delicasely re-
moved an infants garb. It contained no re.
mains, and was placed with tho other dis.
coveries, and the three formed little mound
on slab, the object OF thousands of curious
OBJ ervers and sympathetic glances. Towards
evening pieces OF flesh were found under the
servants quarters, but were in such state
that the doctors could not determine whether
they belonged to human trunk or not.
REGISTERED AS SAFE.
MILWAUKEE, January 11th.-The follow
ing persons registered their names to-day at
place designated for the purpose: VIM. A
Devices, Wilmington George A. Lee, Chi
csgo Charles Fromel, Chicago; w. R. Blu
senback, Chicago w. III. Compton, w. A
Lowell, Miss Anely Herbert. Miss Matte
Dunlap, Madison Square Company; J. L
Kellogg, Racine A. J. Case, New York
Orland Williams, GAINESVILLE MIR. Claflir
Chicago; J. @. Robarts, Troy. N. Y; Nj
Moran, Beloit; E. Erickson, Palmyra
Wallace u. Elder, Eli Fish, New York
Mrs. II. b. Parshaw, Oshkosh; Edway,
Mead, second porter.
GIIBERTs CoEDITIoN--GAILRoAD MEN KILLED
MILWAUKEE, January 11tb.-Jshn Gil
bart's condition is more favorable to-day, al
| though consciousness is notrecovered.
} Among The lost is Captain James P. Vose
! OF tie United States Engineer Corps.
Fivs railroad men were Killed.. K
Smith, ct Kansas City, employed on the st
Paul road Walter Scott, Dubuque, also O
the ST. Paul road Dan Marsell and Mr.
Howe, Wisconsin Central George G. Smith
local agent Of the Lake Shore and Michigan
/ Southern.
REVISED LISTS OF THE DEAD AND MISSING
MILWAUKEE, January 11sh.-There wer
. Ito guests and sixty-ive employees in tt
building. OF these, twenty have SO far bsel
identified among the dead, forty eight a.
missing, and sixty.seven are known to b