The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-25

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tee of the Lumbermen's Club yesterday
in the Office of the st. Louis Lumbermar
it was decided to rebuild the Worlds Fail
House Of Hoo Hoo. which was burned yes
terday. Work win begin at once and the
House of Hoo Hoo will be completed
within thirty days.
n. W. Mcleod, president and chairman
Of the board, and ]. A. Freeman, ]. E
Long. w A Bonsack, C. W. Jennings
and Secretary w. E. Barnes of the COM
mittee were present. T. c. Bonsack, the
architect OF the original building, has been
re-engaged and the contract will be let at
once. with the understanding that work
will begin Monday.
A circular letter has been addressed to
the members calling for the amount
needed in excess of the money that will
be received from the insurance. Several
messages were received yesterday after
noon promising assistance.
All that is left of the unique structure,
q valuable part of the Worlds Fair
forestry exhibit, built of 160 varieties OF
Wood nom all parts of the country, is a
shell. Practically nothing was saved of
the handsome furnishings of the Interior.
The loss to tho restaurant In the building
was $500 This is independent OF the
% SSovgO loss on the building. The insurance
on the restaurant 5000
The, books of the club and all official
records ana accounts were saved by Gus
todian Hickey. E. =
FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
The House of Hoo-Hoo was designed for
the entertainment OF the members OF the
National Lumbermsn's Association and
their wives and families, who visit the
Fair. Itiwas built by the l'eSo members
VINO incorporated as the Lumbermen's
Cub n. W. Mcleod OF St. Louis, is the
PRESIDENT Of the club; Benjamin L. VIM
chell, president of the Rock Island Rail-
road, vice president, and w. E. Barnes of
st. Louis. secretary.
The Board of Directors Of the Temple OF
fraternity through the secretary, c. F.
Hatfield, rendered the Board of Managers
OF the House Of Hoo-Hoo temporary quar-
ters & IN the Temple of Fraternity, and will
aHCrd the lumbermen acceptable Quarters
until their own building is restored
Besides Custodian Joseph s. Hickey
there were In the building at the time ths
nre was discovered, Luther L. Jeffries, the
chet, and the negro porter, John Brown
ana his wife. Hickey and Jeffries had no
dih1culty in escaping. but Brown and his
VIE, who We're sleeping in the second
on by the flames. II was necessary for
them to make their escape with the as
sistance of the firensn by way of a tree
that grew near their window They es-
capped only in their night clothes
WATCHMJ0N NOT PROVIDED.
There is no regular fire patrol at night
OF the buildings on the Plateau OF States.
Most of the buildings have night watch
men on duty, although this is aot COM
pulsory.
Colonel Kingsbury. eommGndant of the
JEFFERSON Guards. said yesterday that the
State buildings were olt OF the jurisiIc-
Sn 81 the eSEas Sf % fire Pat7FOlng was
sions, he stated, had requested that guards
be detailed to duty at their respective pa
Vilions, but he had replied TO them that
all State Commissions desiring such serv-
ice could obtain 1t only on the payment OF.
$2.59 per day for each guar G. Meme Of the
commissions had acceoeu 10 thest. terms
Within a comparatively shore time after
the, alarm was turned in Captain Conrad,
Adjutant OF the guard, was OF the scene
with 200 guards, who did good service in
checking the flames Another hundred
guards were put to work pouring streams
OF water on the Education Palace 20 pre-
vent that structure from catching fire
from the flying sparks. About half the
entire force of guards were on duty Mt or
near the fire.
terday that just at present t had not
been decided TO make any new regulations
for fire protection as a result OF the con-
hagrauon.
It Is said that recently IS OF the 100 in
spectors on duty at the Worlds Fair had
been discharged in the interest of econ
omy, and there is much speculation as to
whether the force OF fire inspectors would
be again increased as result OF the
disastrous blaze.
The official report concerning the fire
which destroyed the House OF Hoo Hoo,
issued by the st. Louis Fire Prevention
Bureau, through Electrical -nspect,r Jas.
H. Fenton, is as follows;
There was no evidence as to shat
started the fire. We found quite a quou-
tity of painters's clothing that had been
left in the building in a room known as
the pressroom and upon inquiry Il Was
learned that the painters had been at
work in this room yesterday.
II made an examination of the electric
wiring, which had not been destroyed by
the fire, and found II in good condition.
''The fuses in the branch circuit feed
ing the portion OF the building in which
the fire occurred were intact. These fuses
were of the proper kind and size used for
a safe installation"