The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
Prominent People Who Lost Their
Lives In the Windsor Hotel Fire.

CHICAGO, March 17.-Mrs. James S..
Kirk, who was killed in the Windsor
hotel fire. and whose maiden name was
Nancy Ann Dunning, was born at OF
taWa, Canada. in 1923. When sixteen
years old she met James S. Kirk, a clerk
In one of the stores of the town, and be-
fore year had passed they were mar
rted. Shortly after the marriage the
young couple moved to Ithaca, N. Y.
where they remained for twenty years
In 1889 they came to Chicago where Mr.
Kirk founded the soap manufacturing
establishment that bears his name. and
which brought great wealth to the fam
lily. Mr.. Kirk died in 1885, and since
then Mrs. Kirk has spent her time equal
~ between her home at Evanston, near
Chicago, and her winter home in Florida.
Mrs Kirk did much for education in
evanston, and was one of the best
friends of the Northwestern university
There she established five years ago,
the Kirk memorial prize for oratory.
She also was greatly interested in the
[ charities of the city, and it was largely
through her efforts that the Evanston
hospital was founded. Mrs Kirk had
eleven children, eight of whom survive,
seven sons and one daughter now Mrs
Helen Kirk-Haskin, wife of c. J. Has
kin. who was with her mother at the
Windsor hotel
At the home of J. B. Rose, 1858 Lake
avenue, 1t was not believed that he had
met his death in the fire, although re-
ported missing. Mr.. Rose was in New
York on business, and as he was an en-
ergetic man, his friends hold to the be-
lief that he was not in the hotel at the
time of the fire, but was probably en-
gagged in the city with his business. He
is president Of the Price Baking Powder
company.
CINCINNATI, O., March 17.-Mrs. John
M. Gibson, one of the victims of the
Windsor hotel fire in New York. was
well known here as society leader
Her husband belonged to a prominent
family that own the Gibson house and
other valuable property here. They
lived in New York during the winters
and at the seashore during the summer
MI Gibson left here one week ago His
mother lived at the Murray hotel where
his wife died. Mrs. Gibson was a daugh-
ter of George W. Goodhue, and belonged
to a prominent family She and her
husband were both leaders In society.
CHICAGO, March H-Mrs. Warren r.
Leland, wife of the proprietor of the
WINDSOR hotel, was the daughter of
Cleveland banker, Hiram Cobb. Her
maiden name was Isabelle Cobb. Mr. and
MIS-. Leland were married TWENTY-FIVE
years ago, and lived at the present fam
lily residence in Kenwood, sixteen wears.
Before that they lived in the hotels that
were managed by Mr.. Leland There are
two sons, Charles and Ralph, and two
daughters, Fannie and Helen. Mrs. Lee
land was an invalid, and spent only the
summers in Chicago Mrs. Leland owned
large amount of Chicago property The.
dwelling. 4651 Drexel boulevard, where
they lived, as well as a residence at 1927
DreXel boulevard, belonged to her. She
also had six residences in Prairie avenue
which are rented. Miss Helen Leland
who also lost her life in the fire was one
OF the most popular graduates of the
kenwood institute. She left school three
years ago and spent a year at Mrs.
Hazen's school at Pelham Manor near
New York city. The following year she
went abroad with her mother. After
their return she spent considerable por-
ton of the ensuing year in Chicago.
She was twenty years of age
MACON. Ca, March 17.-Mrs. Alice w.
Price among the injured in the Windsor
MOTEL fire in New York, was the widow
CT the late w. F. Price, prominent cot
ten merchant of Macon; was sister-in-
law of Gov. Gambler of Georgia and
Mayor S. b. Price, of Macon She is one