The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-31
BIG HOTEL BURNS.
The Deleyan House at Albany
Destroyed by Fire
Three Persons Jump from Third
Story Windows.
TWO OF THEM MAY DIE
The Hotel Loss is Estimated at
Half a Million.

A4lL Il MlIllOus
AIBAVv, n. Y.. Dec 3f-The can
didacv Of the several men for speaker
Of the asse ID bly, received a startling
baptis n Of IRE here last night, for the
Delevan house. that famous hosiery
known from Maine to California. the
mecca Of politicians and the center Of
the big state political events for forty
years. was completely destroyed.
There were 100 guests in the house.
All escaped. although two women ana
one man. who jumped from the third
story windows into the street on the
Steuben street side. were badly in
lured Two of them may die They
are Mrs H. IL Fookes. wife of the
agent Of the National Cash Register
company of this city. formerly Of
Dayton Ohio MT. Eoolzes was badly
burned, but will recover. His wife
was Internally injured and Will die.
benjamin ueilman and his wife of
Brooklyn. were on their wedding
tour Mr. Heilman was badly burned
about the chest and internally in
Jured- lie VIII pro bably die. His
-vife is badly burned about the face,
her nose is split open and she was cut
ON the ankle She VIII recover
The house was filed with polite
lives, losing all their personal effects
IL was $50 and the political head
quarters Of both Mr. Fish and MIR.
Mnltby we're filed with politicians
and newspaper men State Factory
Inspector Connolly. who had been in
tho lcbby with a number Of people,
started to go up the elevator He re-
marked that he smelled smoke and
sugge sted an Investigation. Before
it could be begun there were cries of
fire from different parts of the house
Simultaneously.
The Cutburst Of danes before an
alarm could be given to arouse the in
mates of the rooms was something APP
pallng- Up the elevator shaft shot a
solid column of flames and up the
stair case near this shot another
column. AS the mass Of white hot
flame reached each Of the floors it
branched out and it seemed as though
the whole interior of the structure
was a seething mass Fortunately
the guest list was not very large. and
the majority Of those registered werA
politicians and were down on the
second floor where Mr.. Fish and Mr..
Maltby had headquarters.
Although five stories high. there
We're 70 outside fire escapes and the
ouIy means left for the people in the
ca -off rooms was to use the rope ire
es apes
less than fifteen minutes after
the sre started the entire structure
y ~ wrapped in flames In twenty
inrtes the building resem bIed a
eetl ng crater and it was plain to
me Aousands Of spectators who had
gathers ed that III would be entirely
destro ed Edward Walsh, q porter,
vas ca lght in the hall Before he
could ret out he was very badly
burned and had to be taken to the
Hospital
The departm mt with nine streams
Of wate~ pouring into the building
could 40 absolutely nothing 10 stop
the onslaught of the flames and the
nly work was to save the surround
ing property. The hotel takes IN the
entire block. about 11Ox45O feet, and
this was in fifteen minutes cauldron
only bound by the four walls. OF the
200 or more guests ct the hotel, not
one rs known to have saved more than
THE clothes pa their persons
There are rumors that there
ARE bodies in the ruins and that
quite "a mum Der of people did not es-
cape. The clerk says that he is posi-
tive all the guests escaped, but does
not feel so sure about the help, Of
which there was great number.
The Delevan house is fifty years old
ana is one of the most famous hotels
Up the country. lit is a part OF the es-
tate Of Edward c.. Delevan. Hurry &
Moore. the prOprie tors paid SAD, 900 a
year rental and lately had made vast
i'm provements IN expectation Of big
winter season The total loss is es-
timated at $500, 900, with an insurance
of $500. 600
80 More rae sirnns Hostage stamps
WASHINGTON. Dec sI-The opinion
of the solicitor of the treasury to the
effect that it is unlawful to have IN
possession or use plates for the print
ing Of postage stamps in the simili-
tude Of those issued by foreign gov
ernments viii be acted upon at once
NO more so-called stamp al buns cor
tanning these kind will be allowed to
be printed. The cuts from which
these are printed VIII be seized
No More sack Pay.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31-The three
new senators who viii be elected to
hll the vacancies in the states of Wv
oming. Washington and Montana.
viii probably not be paid the back
salaries which have heretofore been
paid TO sena tors elected or appointed
to fill vaean cies- They were cut ont
bv an express provision in the legisla-
tive appropriation bin Of the last ses-
sion which. it is believed. will put an
end to this practice for the future
another French scandal
PARIS. Dec s1.-A judicial inquiry
into the conduct Of the old directors
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