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1883
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.ine ïjonuon iíaiiy iiuws in uuuimcuting upon the Milwaukee flre, says it Í3 another Illustration of the indifferenee wblch famlliarity with danger creates. In a recent speech, referring to the üetress in Ireland, Davitt said it was very humiliating that Ireland should stand before the world time after time as medieant. ïhe people of Ireland had had enough of futile agitation and semi-iBcorreetions. They were going to flght it out this time. Floods in Upper Hungary are subsiding. The desolation is appalling. Gen. Saussier will succeed tho lamented Chanzy in command of the 6th army corps of France. Gladstono has gone to Catines, France, for his hoalth. He will rest until nliament opens. The astonis)- nnouncement is V ,_A..iintaTnlia8 withdrawu from flie control in Egypt. She advises the appolntment of a Europuan financial adviser. It is rumored that England contemplates the sending of troops to South África. The destitution in the west of Ireland is unabated, and the government is coptiuually urged to provide employment by public works. Emigration is fayored ouly as a last rc6ovt. Acting upon secret information received, of a plot to aasassinate members of the Dublin Dolice f oree, 15 persons were arrested on the I3th inst., for complicity in the plot. Two of the conspirators turued approvers. Great excitement prevails, and the wildest conjecture as to the outcome of the matter. The Prince of Wales recently unveile.d the statue at the Roya] Military "Academy, Woolwich, erected to the memory öf the French Prince Imperial by the subscriptions of 25,000 oflieers and men in the British army. In his atklress the Prince said : "It is obvious that this short ceremony Í6 not a political oue in any sense of the word. We are inaugurating a monument to the memory of a young and gallant prinee, who feil fighting for the Queeu of ÏEgland." After reviewing the career of the Muce to the time of his death, the Priuce conluded: "His virtues, his blameless life, his murage, his obedumce to orders will ahvaye irove a bright example to cadets educated at tVoolwich, who, when they gaze on the statue naugurated to-day, will see the features of a roung and brave prince, who died with his face ;o the foe." The trial of anarchists is being vigorMisly carried on in France. By the burning of a circus in Berlitscheff, near St. Petersburg over 200 persons lost thelr lives. In a recent adilress, Sexton prophesied ;hat the time was near at hand whcu Parujll's party will domínate in Ircland, and that British rule in Ireland wil! be impossible after the next eleetion. Anthony Mullenda, member of parliament for Sheffield, and the Hon. Joscph Chamberlain, president of the board of trade, speaklng at Birmingham recently, maintained that the edueational status of Englaud compared unfavorably with that of the United States. Canadians aro excited and indignant over the rumor that the Grand Trunk, North Shorc, Rome and Watertowu raihvays and the Richelieu and St. Lawrenee uavigation company are uniting for the purpnse of mouopollzing the land and water trade of the St. Xawrence route. TVi( Tondon Times is authoritv for the atement that some Circassians attempted mday, the 14th, to assassiuate tlie sultan. A , oinan divulged the plot. The Albanian body ?. lard met and defeated the Circassians in the ' clnlty of the sultan's apartmenta. Several " ten vrere killed in the eneounter. n A safe in the postoffice at Leamington, ei nt was robbedoi $300 cash and $00 worth of ampson the night of the 15th. The dry oods Btore of Bee & Co. was also vicited. ifteen hundrcd dollars cash, $1,000 worth of ilks and Jewelry and a numiier of seeunties ere taken. The thievcs are supposed to have scaped to the states. g Italy is to adopt specie payments in t [ay next. Eleven shooks of carthquake were 2lt near Madrid, Spain, on the 16th. A fire broke outin a London, Eng., 1 enement .house, on the 16th inst. Five J ons were hurned to death. Bismarck objects to the return of Jerman emigrants after their naturalization in , Lmerica, as by that act they bccome exempt ( rom military 'serviee. All Paris has been thrown into the i rildest exeitement by the publication of a ' festo alleged to have been issued by Prinee N'apoleon. The prinee dwells on the impotenee mí ineapaelty of the government, the disunion f parliament and decadenee of the army and ïuanees. He declares that religión is attacked ind observanee of the concordat can alone establish religious peaee. He rejects any cempromise with rovalists, and adverts to the plebiscite by which the empire was sanctioned. If the manifestó is genuine the prinee will be ordered to quit France, and will be conducted to the irontier in the event of his relu6a!. He has been arrested to await developments. been irresteü to awan aeveiopmems. CRIME. , By a Cleveland dispatch of the 14th j tast, tho details of a probablo murder at ( ora Ohio, are made public. It seems that , Btin Risley, 60 years oíd, who lived alone in a ( miscrlv manner on a farm ucar the town was found"yesterday lying in a barn in au uncon8cious conditiou and partly covered with snow and ice with two ugly wounds on the head. Risley evidently had 'been Iving helpless, whcre found for iiiany hours exposed to altérnate snow and rain whieh beat iu a wide open door. A neighbor who discovered him called in aid and enorts were made to reTiTe the unfortunate man, but he died a few hours later without being able to teil how he was hurt. Some think he was murdered for his money, but as he kept it 6ecreted no search will be likely to show whcther the house had been robbed, nothing indicating that the premises had been ransacked aud it is probablo that Risley feil from a hay loft, reeeiving injuries which stunned him and that death eusued from expo6ure. XATIOXAL CAPITAL. By a recent decisión of the House electiona committec the seat of Congressman Manning of Mis6issiDpi becomes vacant, and a new election is necessary. Secretaries Folgcr and Lincoln are said to be so rigorously enforcing civil service reform, that even the heads of divislons are debarred from the privilego of receiving calis from members of their own households during business hours. The Washington grand jury are at work on tho star route cases. Chairman Pound of the public lands committee of the House declares that large traets of land granted to roads have not been carned, and that the land should bc forfeited. The Senate and House committee on public buildings and grounds have agreed to recommend the purchase of the house in which Abraham Lincoln died, for the sura of ?1;,000. Oue hundred and five clerks have been dischari;rd from the census office, and 150 Btill remain If an nppropriatiim is not made within 30 days, the (.Hice will be closed until June 1, ns tlierc is onlj money enough to pay their salaries for ihu nest 30 days. The bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter, as passed the Senate authorizes the President to nomínate and with the advicc and consent of the senate to appoint Fitz John Porter, late major general of L nited States volun teers and brevet brigadier general and colone of the army, to the poeition of colonel in th( rmy of the United States, oí the same grade u nd rank held by him at the time of lus dismissf .1, and in his discretion to be placed on the ret ired list of the army as of that grade, the reb ired list being therêby inereased in number to a hat extent. Provided said Fitz John Porter f .hall receive no'pay, compensation or allowance vhatever prior to his appointment under this j iet. t The llothschild tobáceo cases, which lavo so long been pending, have been discon inued by order of Secretary Teller. c The star route trial continúes to drag s ts slow length along, enlivened by jokes of the ' 'acetious counsel and the usual gravity of the ; udge. About 6,000 claims have been filed ) ivith the new board of Alabama commissioners. j Committee on ways and means have j :ompleted the bilí for revisión of the tariff, and ] ivill report the same to the Houw1 , The Secret---' . me interior luis re, .„ me secretary of war to order the milii Sify to remove fenees improperly constructed n the Indiau country. ( Olmstead positively declines the i ination as commissioner of tho District of 3olumbia, and tho President, lias withdrawn ] lis name f rom the Senate. The special pension bill reported to j the House by the committee on pensions, and ivhich passed by a vote of 123 veas, and 55 nays ( provides that any person wlio while in the , naval or military service shall have lost the , sight of one eye, 6hall be entitled to receive a pension of $12 per month, and in cases in which the iujury to oue eye manifestly affects injuriously the sight of the other eye, he shall be entitled to an euqitable increase in his pension not to exceed in the whole amouut $'25 per tnonth, and all those who uuder like eireumstances have lost the sight of ouft eye, the other liaving been previously lost,shall beeutitled toa pension of $50 per month ; and all those who, while in the military or naval service of the United States in the line of duty by injury received or disease contracted shall have lost the hearing of both ears, shall be entitled to a pension of $25 per month, and for any loss of hearing less than total deafness in one or both eirs they shall receive an equitable portion of full pensions. Owing to arguments bv Senator (Jonger and others the Senate votêd to retain the present duty on extract from hemloek bark. although the eommittee would place it onthefree ist. Bottles in which ale and beer are imported must pay 35 per cent. ad valorem duty in addition to duty on the ale or beer contained in them. So says the revised report of the tariff commission. The court of claims rendered a decisión in favor of the Pacific mail steamship company for $83,333 33 in a suit against the United 1.-. - AntipTrïvifT -lm mail tin tliA Cliina line a number of yearB ago. Red ClOUd has had au interview with Sccretary Teller. He urged paymeut for horses taken by Gen. Crook. Mouey was appropriated to pay for these horses, and a letter has been sent to the third auditor of the treasury inquiring If any balance oí the fuud remains. The bill to increase the efficiency of the army, introduced by Mr. Logan and approved 6y the military committee of the Senatc, meets with general favor among army oflieera, who eontend that its passage woulcl put an eud in a great degree to desertions. The bill embodies all the principal recoinniendations contained in the last animal report of the secretary of war. President Arthur has signed the civil service bill, whieh makos the bill a law. Dorsey has resigned the office of Secretary of 'the National Republicau committee. Teller is opposed to the abrogation of the Hawaüan treaty. He believes the commercial advantages which accrue to the United States are greaterthan aiiydisadvantages which have Deen described, and does not bellcTe that the successful rivalry of western dealers would be abatcd by the abrogatiou. Rear Admira! Hughes, commanding the Pacific stations, reports the loss of $50,000 shipped to Panama to pay Inspector Parks and approves Parks' suggestion that anotber $50,000 be shipped as exchange ou Panama at 2 per 1 cent. The navy department reports the governmeut loses nothiug as it is fully insured by the expresa company. COSGRESSIOXAL. c Senate.- Mombers of the New York jard oí trade petition for the passage of the owell bankruptcy bilí. A resolution ig the fisheries treaty between tho United ates and Great Brltain ivas adopted. Tho ¦eolution incitcd some discussion. Mr. Frye [ Mainc, made an able address in favor of its rmination, Mr. Ingalls of Kausas, ofïered a . ísolution directiug an inquiry as to what J lation was neeessary to ascertain wheu the ( uties of the executive office shall devolve on ie vice-presideut in case of the inability of the resident. The resolution was not acted upon. he tariit bill was taken up for conslderation. enator Merritt of Vermont, made an able , peech in favor of the bill. He favors speedy . ¦gislation on the mea6ure, as the iuterests of , ie people demanded it. Senator Merrill was : Dllowed by Mr. Beek of Kentueky, who vigoruslv attaeked the tariff commission. The reort'of said conunis6ion was good, but the acon recomraended by the commission was bominable. . The discussion was interesting, iut the Senate adjourned without taking action in the bill. Hocse.- A few bilis and resolutious of see¦ndary importance were diseusscd, but the nainpointof interest in the House was the hippiug bill. Messrs. Cox of New ork, Jhaudler of Mass., and Dingley of Maine, were ,he principal speakers in the debate that followd the announcement of this bill. Each of the ibove named senators submitted amendments, md argued in favor of their adoption. The llscussiou became very general, but tho bill i-as laid over without action. Senate, Jan. 11.- Mr. Cameron of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial of the Pittsburg chamber of comnicrce against reduction of the tariff of bituminous;coal and a petition to increase the duty on Sumatra tobáceo. The Fita John l'orter bill laid before the Senate. The amendment that Porter should receive no pay prior to his reinstatement in the army was agreed ta. Mr. Cameron opened the discussion in favor oí the bill. Other Senators followed, and the debate that followed was one of the most animated of this session of congress. After the speeches, pro and con, by Cameron, Hoar and Logan, the bill passed the Senate. The tariff bill came up for consideration, but without much haying been accomplished, the Senate adjourned. House- The resolution calling on the President for a statement of the aggregate amount expended on river and harbor improvements sinee the begiuuing of the goverumeut, was reported back and adopted. Massaehusetts niembers ask a reduction for the tax ousugar. Consideration of the shippingbill was resumed. A long discussion followed. Debato on the bul proper closed, and the House proceeded to vote oc the amendments, several of which were aaopted. Amougthem was the ufree ships amendment proposed by Mr. Chaudler. V ïthout coming toa vote on the main issue, the House adjourned. Senate.- Jan. 12.- The bill introduced by Mr. Plumb of Kansas, for the relief oi settlers on Osage Indian landB in southern Kan sas was referred. The bill was passed extendiutc the limits of jurisdiction of justices of th( peace in the territories of Washington ldah and Montana; the bill granting rlght of way t( the St. Louis and San Francisco railway througl Ft. Smith military reservation, was passed. A resolution was introdueed and adopted provid ing that the Senate meet at 11 a. m., hercafter The Senate went into executive session to eon sider the Mexican treaty, and after a eessioi lasting three hours au adjournment was ordered House.- A bill was reported by Mr. Buttei worth from the Pacific railroad committe authorizine the Southern Pacific and other rai way companies to unite so as to form a contlr uo8 road betweeu the Atlantic and Pacifi oceans. Bill to iucrease the fees of star roul witnesses was passed. A MU to prevent tí lulawfiil oecupation oí public land was re'erred to committee oí the whole. The House Jien resumed consideration of the shipping Aft. Aíter a lively discussion and numerous imendments, which are said to destroy its forcé, the bilí passed. Senate- Jan. -Mr. Ingalls of Kansas, iutroduccd a bilí providing ' ment cl a commission to investígate the subject of railroad transportation. It authorizes the appointment of seven commissioners from civil life, whose duty It shall be to investígate and report the result to Congress the first Monday of December, 1883. A general debate was indulged m upon the future order of business to be pursued. Mr. Plumb believed that Congress could no more wisely or gracefully respond to the demand of the people than by giving the greatest and most important elass of people a hearing. He conceded this class to be the agrieulturists. Uor folKmid mi carnest jcuaic upon the agricultural interest! of the country, and upon the agricultural bill particularly. No action was taken, aud after an executfve session the Senate adjourned. nucoi.. - Tiiu uuuse unmediately went into committee of the whole for discussion on the pension appropriation bill. It appropriates $81,575,000, of which $SO,000,000 is for army pensions $1,000,000 for navy pensions, $275,000 lor tees and expenses of examriing surgeons, $290,00C for pay and allowance of pension agents and $10,000 for coutingencies. A motiou to increase the army pensions to $85,000,000, was made and " after some discussion adopted. The discussion that ensucd was upon the relativo merits and defects of the bill. Alter an earnest debate the committee rose and reported the bill to the House, when it passed. The iortification bill was taken up. Remarks were made upou the necessity of attending to our sea-coast fortifications, and the neglect of Congress in leaving them in a helpless condition. Mr. MeCook of New York, made some timely remarks. and at the close of them the bill was passed. The amount appropriated is $325,000. Mr. Joyce of Vermont, called up the special pension bill, concerning those who have lost the use of eyes and ears in the service, wlieh also passed. An effort was made to secure action upon the bill 1d regard to the entry of distilled spirits into bondcd warehouses, but the attempt was f u tile, and the House adjourned. Senate, Jan. 15. - Cincinnati iron manufacturers present a petition against a reduction of the duty on tin plate. Mr. Vorhees oí Indiana, presented a petition signed by eminent men of Indiara, iavoring legislaliou putting an end to the monopoly of medical employment under the government by the regular school, aud making all qualified physicians equal bef ore the law in the government service. Mr. Harrison of Indiana, in the interests of the business men of Indianapolis, remonstrated against the passage of the bankrupt law. The hul fnr thp rpli(f of Ron Hollidav was taken ui). ülll iOr Ule IC11CLU1 JïCUliUllluat cio mnvu uh but no action was taken. The Senate resumed ccinsideration of the tariff schedule and after remarks by Messrs. Miller, Garland and Gorham the Senate went into exeeutive session, and soon alter adjourned. House. - Bragg of Tennessee tried to have the Fitz John Porter bill consideretï, but to this numerous objections were offcred. Mr. White of Kentucky offered aresolution reciting the allegation that a well-organized lobby had rushed the Bonded Extensión bill through the House April 3, 1883, and calling on tte Secretary of the Treasury for his views as to the effect the passage of the bill will have on the public revenues. Mr. Geddesof Ohiointrodnced a bill allowing newspapers to be sent through the mails free to actual subscribers. Mr. Butterworth of ühio, a member of the Pacific railway committee moved a resolution lixing Wednes'day, the 24th inst., for consideration of measures ïrom that committee, the object being to considci the bilis providing for a sinking rund for the Kansas Pacific, and authorizing the consolidation of the Southern Pacific and othcr railways. Af ter a spirit cd debate, in which it was contented consolidation that deprived the people of competitioD, the resolution was lost. Mr. Rice of Missouri, from the Committee on Pensions, moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolutiou making the bill granting pensions to the survivers of the Mexican and certain Indian war the special order for the first Tuesday in February. The Speaker presented a i letter from the Sêcretary of the Navy with the [ report of the Advisory Board as to the wisdom . and expedieney of completing the lron-clads Monadnock, Puritan, Amphitrito and Terror. . Referred. ' Ccvitii .Ton 1(1 Aftv thn usual öENATK, tlilll JU. - .n.lix'1 inu uousM outine of business, the bill for the relief of ne Ben Holliday was resumed, and finally went Jn Dver without actlon. The House bill to modi"ƒ' fy the postal money order system was reported Js' favorably. The Senate resumed consideration r 3f the tarifl bill. A lively debate ensued, in {" (vhich the action of tbecommissioners was se"" verely criticised. Several slight chauges were " uiade in the schedule as fixed by the commiaQy sion, but without further action the Senat.; S' went into executive session, and eoon af ter ad; ¦'"hoüse.- The eredentials of Joseph D. Taylor, the representative ehoeen to succeed Updegraiï of the 16th district of Ohio, were preseuted, and he was sworn in. Mr. Carpenter of Iowa, "J 6ubmitted a conference report on the agneul tural association bill which was agreed to. Tht J total amouut appropriated is $405,604. Mr. Rice f rom the library eommittee reported a bill v for the erectlon of a library building, the en Ure cost not to exceed $1,500,000. A lively dea bate ensued upon the bill amendiug the act "¦ regulating removal of causes from state to fedV' eral courts. The bill finally passed. Another " resolution was reported authorizing an investí" gation as to what steps have been taken to se" ure the arrest of Capt. Howgate. The House then went into eommittee of tho whole. Is o ¦ business of importance was transacted, and the Hou6e 6oon aftcr adjourned. GENERAL, ITEMS. About 5,000 operatives are idle in u Philadelphia, owing to the depression In the tj ton trade. Wednesday, the 24th inst., is to be a holiday in Montreal. The occasion is the carnival of winter sports, when snow-shoeing D crosse, &c, will be the order of the day. A s huge ice palace is being built for the occasion. The owners of the Kirby Hall which sunk the City of Brussels ask for $30,000 c ages to the Hall, und the Inmans claim thcir loss exclusive of cargo claims and those of the I families of the drowned, will amouut to 500,000. . ' Because of Indian troublea in British Columbia, and owing to the fact that there is no British vessel there, the U. S. steamer olcott bas been ordered there in case of emergenInvestigation only serves to bnng out more vividly the sickeñing horrors of the Mil waukce disaster. Already the bodies at the morgue number over 70, and 43 yet missing are known to be in the ruius. The origin of the fire is still a mystery, although the chief of the fire department savs he has no doubt it was of incendiary origin.' Mr. Antisdell is in a pitia; ble condition, and bis friends dare not inform [ him of the full extent of the horror. An association for the preservation of ' Niágara Falls has been formed in New York ; City. Èdward E. Shaw the absconding cashier of the suspended Jersey City bank was ' arrested on the I2th iust. near Orange Valley, f N J. He was taken to Jersey City, and com' mitted in default of $12,000 bail. e A London, Ont., dispatch of the 12th 0 inst., says that Mayor Auderson of London, o East, States that the Grand Trunk workshops h are to be virtually removed from London Kast. lirautford bas oftered $100,000 and buildings on condition that the works be located there ¦ and the off er has been aceepted. The London ¦ East buildings will be used as locomotive repair n shops. The latest advices from Alaska state l' that quiet and good order prevalí tbrougliout ;,e the territory. The western pig iron associaliou at ie Pittsburg, adopted a resolution agaiust any rete duction on iro and steel below the rates proic posea by the tarifl commission, and have quc6tcd Mr. Shcrman to present to eongress a remonstrance to that effect. Thelatestfrom theMilwaukce horror: inetv-five are known to bc saved, 23 dead have been ldentified, 16 arebeyond identification, and it is belicved there are 43 hodies vet in the ruins, making the total loss of lile 82. ine i work oL removing the debris is beiner pushed as rapidly as possible. Col. Greenbury L. Font, ex-niember of eoDgress died at Lacon, 111., recently. The failurc of F. E. Hooker,. whole6ale dealer in eigars, Chicago, he , says is due to delav of eongress in actiug on the revenue bill and to passage of the prohibitory liquor law in Iowa, where he had a large trade with saloon keepere. Fire brokc out on Sunday morning theUthinst., in the kitchen of the Planters' House at St. Louis, Mu., md soon extended to the store room and servants' quarters. The fire spread so rapidlv that four persons lost membering the Milwaukee horror, and that perhaps the harrowiug details of that scene weretobe repeated, escaped in their night clothes. The firemen were promptly on hand, andby the most vigorous efforts the fire was 6oon under control. Loss to hotel about $30,000. The four bodies have been taken from the rulns. Jay Gould has given $.500 to the Milwaukée relief fund. The carelessness of a switohman at Chicago caused a collision by whieb seven employés werc terribly injured. ', The Ohio supreme eourt has decided ' that the reinsurauce reserve fund of fire companies must be listed for taxation. Mrs. Emma Stilhvell, the woman wbo ' confesscd the ïnurder of so many of her nla' Uves, died at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on the 16th. ; To the last she maintained the truth of her con1 fession. i The Tweddle hall block of Albany, i N. Y., including the opera house, eounty bank, ) retail stores and officers, was totally desLroyed by fire on the 16th inst. The total loss is estiniated at $300,000; insurance about $2ÜO,000. i Geo. Scheller, proprietor of the New- hall house bar, was arrested at noou ou the i löth on a warrant sworn out by Officer - Hannifin, charging him with setting the fire - which destroyed the Newhall house on Wednes ¦ dav morning. The arrest was made bv Lieut. r Jañson and OOieer Hannifin In Koth's "quiet s house," corner of Mason street and Broadway. . Scheller did not seem very mueh surprised and n ,rtirt tirt ctatpmi-nt. lh; looked prettv nadly Scheller üiil not secm very murii u i' ww "" niadc no statement, lle looked prettv bad y brokcn up. He has been drinking heayüy sinee the fire, and his face shows the effects of the spree. The prisouer was locked up on a charge of "arson," and ivas tmmediately transferrea tp the eounty jail, where he was locked up in an upper ccli. He did not speak to the iaiier. The officers are very reliceut about the details of the arrest, it is reported that bcheller was arrestcd priueipally on the statement of Linchan and another employé who claim they saw Scheller in the wood-room, where Linchan' saya the fire originated, and that he was there afteï 3 o'clock a. m. Application was made at the sherifï's ofliee for an opportunity to talk with the prisoner wlnch was refused. District Attorney Clark also refused to let anyone sec Scheller, his excuse bemg that he is afraid an attempt will be made to lynch him. Tlio Nenhall House at MllwauUeo Uiiniotl to tlic Groundi The Newhall house of Milwaukee, a six-story brick building, burued to tho ground on the morning of the lOth lust. The flre was discov ered at 4 p. m., and in lese than half an hour the immense building was enveloped in flames. Scènes of the utmost terror prevailed, inmates of tho doomed building jumping from the upper ptories, eovering the sidewalks with hfeless bodies. Others appeared at the windows. and seeing the distance to the ground below lell back to perish iu the llames. A few were saved by jumping on canvass. Ihe patrol wagon was on hand, and the bodies of the dead were at once couveyed to the morgue, where the scène was heart-reuding bevond descriptiou. Identification was ahnost impossible, the remains weru so distigured and maugled. This is the most horrible catastrophe il_ _ i 1. _ ..lalt ml 4 nittT ÍTA ClVir 90 VPflTfl. At tliat Das visiï,eu xnaL uitj muici wv-i. - near as eau be ascertaiued the fire broko out in the south end of the buiiaing. There is loudtalk of incendiarism, hut no tangible ground can be given for this. The iireman were greatly hindered in their efforts to save the property and lives of the doomed inmates, bv the uet-work of telegraph wiree. The hotel register was burued, and in consequence a complete list of the dead eannot be iven, but it is Delieved the number wül reaeh 1U0. There were eomparatively few guests in the house at the time, but among them were tho Madison Square theatre company, the Tom Thumb troupo, and the Minnie Palmer company. One of the iirst bodies recognized at the morgue was that of Mrs. Gilbert of the latter company. Mr. bilbert jumped from the window with his wife in arms, killing her instantly, and his recovery is yery doubtful. The lessee of the hotel was John F. Antisdel, a former reeident of Detroit, A few years ago it was repainted and revarnished and while improved in appearanco was made all the more combustible. Insurance companies have . fused to increase their risk upon the building, aiKiat the time of thefirethe insurance amountedtoonly $100,000 while the est iniated loss is $500,000.

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