New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-24
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IMPORTANT PAPERS RECOVERED

MT, ..r,,,ns NJ 5000 worth OF tapesu! VIC
LONGING 10 F.. s. Flower, a nephew Oh 49,,
- roor,or we're also found last eNcH"s
o,,,or,v.soven bottles Of champagne "ele
-, ,ro,, tho wine cellar. Abner McN'''e'
.a colonel w c. Brown called at the ha''
ri,,y.ers,-st station last evening ana cia'nieu !"
- % noncrs bearing Colonel brow"
- rh.sa we're important legal papers IA
,ho ,ossessjon of Mr. Mckinley at the '''i'e Va
49, acc They were forwarded last nigh' "
rns,or,a Ohio by special messenger
s.,.,,, before II o'clock workmen fouho vi
a. ror,v.sixth-st. side bundle of letters au
drossod 70 Abner Mckinley. the Iemains o'
49,. .,,,, . dress-suit case, a half-Durhe"
.,obo, aud n niece of charred meat which was
=, ers. Thought 10 be human flesh, but turner
90, 20 ha y niece of corned beef Some s"'A''
- ,h,oh onneored TO be the bones or
human forearm. we're found near by. deputy
$500 cor,r,cb, last night discovered in a pawn
sbon n silver chain with six red stones a''ache''
,,h,oh had been sold by n workman on the ruins
for 10 cents. The name of the workman was ''o'
learned.
The letter sent by Fire Commissioner Scanne'l
70 Mice uelan Gould informing her that he had
ordered 2 gold badge to be made for presen'a-
lines at any fire in the city, in recognition OF her
services during the Windsor Hotel fire, was re-
piled to by Miss Gould yesterday. Her letter Is
as follows:
Hon John 7 Scannel
me- neaT Sir. Your kind letter has reached me In
forming me that / am to receive gold badge the
Official emblem of your Department and ! desire
TO express my cordial thanks for the courtesy i
had aep in pass r the khG GS nSw oh thai "a"
can reach the house should II be IN danger AT any
time You kind to mention the itle SeryGe
quite on orr side and we very appreciative o.
the protection given us by your ppd rerain
have been lost had It not been t3r me ne %
the Department. HELEN MlLLEh "oOH
Commissioner scann,lI acknowledged Miss
Goulds letter in the following terms:
Miss Helen NJ Gould, No $40 Firth-aye .,...,
Dear Miss Could Your letter mas pf badre 70 be-
given TO you for the service you have rendered me
Pavn been able to render you this small token Of
my respect and esteem and particularly from tI,e
Official badge of the New-York Fire Department
mas ever John J. scANNELI. Commissioner.
Fire Marshal secry has not finished his in
,astiqation 40 to the cause OF the fire. and yes
to-day refused to reveal what he had learned so
far from :he many people he has examined he
..id that he was continuing his Investigations,
and would thoroughly sift the matter lie
,.ouIa give no mint as TO the infoi nation he had
oIasn.d All reports he said purporting to
have come from him relative TO his investsa-
lions and its results were false He had talked
to nobody about his inform alton and would tax
to no one about it at present. lie said mat III
a few days he might have a report ready Tor
Commissioner Scannell
INSURANCE RATES ON HOTELS.
Practical testimony of the degrees Of safety
which the insurance companies aprortion to
GONE of the hotels in this city is a table of the
tariff rates per 500 OF insurance or the New
York Fire Insurance Exchange, when Inc
Journal Of Commerce" publishes. WINE Hou-
ern hotels like the Waldoif-Astorla the Males
tic the Manhattan the Netherland the toi-
land the NOrmandie the Savoy, the faIk A NS
me n n the Plaza are assessed at from ~ 10 -
cents the Broadway Central Is called upon 10
pay no less than 81 20; the Grand Cnlcn' 81 90
the Morton House 81 80. while the Cosmopol-
itan Ashland House and Everett House are
compelled to pay at the rate OF - ior ever!
800 of insurance.
The amount Of money to be paid by the in
surance companies TO the owner, lessee anu
guests Of the Windsor Hotel for losses sus.aiieu
in the fire will probably not be determined lor
some time to come. committee or three au
justers has been appointed by the lnteres .t
companies to settle the respective losses MI
Seaman OF the Liverpool and London and Globe
chairman Mr.. Barney. OF the German Amer
lean, and Mr. Harris Of Banta's agency FORM
this committee Mr. Gerry the owner OF the
hotel has served upon the interested companies
a formal notice Of his loss. He has now Sixty
DAYS in which to present his proof OF loss. MT
Leand's loss on furniture and fixtures VIII De
adjusted by another committee later. re ~
now receiving over $50 day for his use and
occupancy" policies. These policies PROVIDE tnat
for every day that a room cannot be occupied
because OF fire a certain sum shall be PAID
THE UNIDENTIFIED BODIES.
The official descriptions of the nine bodies
now lying in the Morgue are as follows:
BODY NO Trunk Of head and arms missing;
impossible to form any idea OF age
BODY NO 2-PortIons Of body. supposed to be ina,
OF a woman: age about twenty years. parts OF black
KID f s spa :'r SACK With p White pearl buttons q
black satin dress black cross buttons sr eoy I've INN
BODY NO 3-Part Of the body Il female; arms and
legs missing; hair burned of apparently the body OF
second lower back tooth right side; teeth in good
beaded trimmings faced with white SIX part Of
white linen shirt waist: band Of dress marked Den
II Rue Par apparently Paris make
BODY NO f-Portions Of unknown body. supposed
to be that Of woman found in centre or building nm,
skirt found the body.
BODY no trunk Of an unknown mans body.
and legs missing; hair burned on: lower teeth good;
upper ones missing; apparently the body Of an
BODY NO G-Portions Of body: head lower parts OF
arms and bones OF one leg missing impossible to de
teimine sex or age; no clothing or property found
BODY NO. Portions Of a body supposed be Of
head lower of legs
ing; with the body found parts OF brown silk
dress. with black stripe. portions Of corset black
ribbon black silk waist and part a. black beaded
silk dress apparently the body ~ elderly
BODY NO. s-Porons Of a body. feet. and teeth
missing; hair burned m the head clothing or
yaluables found the body, looks like frame
Of a large person. not known whether a mon or
BODY NO o Portions ~ a boy: part Of A skull and
bones. evidently those of a grown person: no
means II telling whether male or female; clothing
found the body
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN LONDON.
London. March 23-Jesse Ceilings. Parliamentary
Secretary Of the Home Once. answering a question
in the House OF Commons to-day said he under
stood. in view OF the destruction by fire of the
Windsor Hotel New-York City that the question
OF the exits and ire-escapes OF London hotels and
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