Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1877, Page 1

© The @hicago OLOME EXer : . CHICAGO, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1877. DEATH'S GUESTS. Their. Horrid Entertainment at the St. Louis Holo= caust, HOOKS, Gorman Willont Cromner Or Dictlonary, According o the Pestalozzisn Method of Teaching by Object Lessons. By Dr. Zur Brucke, 12mo. haif-bound, 50 cents. Mothers can nse It with thetr children, {f they can ob- {ain tha slightest amount of au'stance In proneunc- n on the south side of tho west end of the hotel, There some men were putting up a ladder, en- deavoring to reach the Afth atory windows, whera there were = * AN ELDERLY AND A YOUNO LADY, mother and dsughter. ‘The former shonted to the men, '‘Eav emy danghter!”’ The woman then tled two biankets together and fastened one end to something In the room. The ladder reached only to the fourth story, but, Ly means of the blanket, the young womsn reachud the Indder, not, hosw. ever, until rhe bad almost fallen, haring slipped her hold, Bhe got down In safety, and her mother endeavored to follow, She clambred down almost tothe end of the blanket, bt evidently 1ost con. trol of herselt, let go, strnck the Iadder, and fell o the roof Lelow. A couple of mer. carried her ofl. Sho had apparcnlly been killed instantly, Mr. Weltbree next noticed A DEAD MAN I5ing on the roof, bare to the walst, bis shirt bav- Ing been pullen over his face to hide the distorted FURNITURE, [NPORTANT FURNITURE BUYERS, THE TOBEY FURNITURE 09, determined fo close out its entire 'l'}::‘i(ng{ Pnrnllnreiltho largest, fincst, and U The Peaceful Slumber Within the Colossal Labyrinth of Tinder, *“1t makes fhe study of German s much a recreation E bl Dy Aty Tribune, *“The only method by which Americans can learn to spesk !Jl{ fierman language,"~/'rof, Kerdols, Irving Slitary Institnte, ** Admirshly adapied to -Sluunl and Il[“ acquaints ance with elomentary Qorman: od: Li Aendricks D. 0., LL, D., {inteerstiy of Rochester, S Taean * From the irst the pupll aks (erman, but {s cars vied alona easily unlil NG s sengired & Koo aear of tnetaneuser, Foryowar uptls, we snspect thal this T g e and " the® Borman ts'evers day (aik,. Fhe tast Is Stealthy Approach of the Pitiless Furies of Brooklyn and f featurer, At ih beat Mflflr{fd é" t h ‘l} Toman,a RFEAT potat i Tk {avar. ~The Meihoatat Ashtabula, the famen ha n‘é."i'éiu'.fli"ih:‘ff.'.’.‘(‘;“‘.::‘ of the and aftor Monday, hnlr 1 R New York. : —_——— extensfon, which reaches to Elmatreet. The firo- at prices helow anything ever before hear: The main front and entrance of the hotel wers on Walnnt strect, thoogh It had appeoaches on Fourth, of. Most of these goods are of the most fashlonable styles, recontly mannfactured by this Company, and many of them wiil bo rold at less than half thelr former rices, and at Iess than they ean be manu- aciared for to-day, Snch an opportunity for purchasing Fn'rnll.uro lx‘{m ngfll;ll' ocenrre mheroxa in Chicago, and probably never w aln, . Purchasers can have fhelr good‘:gnmtcd men were cndeavoriog to keep that portion of the Dok ot Fie BT A R Y Sl structare cool, ae « Fawcatt, lflfllfl.' 'l- e " nd Dermanent nsafuiness to statess e Neice And vermascat & deviea iaformation T Tegari to American ance. o pr. Adears Found, CAlefer Barca af Stotisiice; Treasnry Droariments *+ an excellent collection of information. | expect it will b f niteh e to me personaiiy. and 1 sail ba B A e ot I ihcle Eutreaty ah 8 Wood base the ericans (o el TR e W Bianiey Jerons, Londons ht Thr Fifth, and Elm streets, the latter through the billised-room. In helght it measured six storfes, the The Tumultuous F“g T ongh |le€r‘wmld!mhly Tower between jolnke than the re: Ita balcony was on the ut street lront,'uml Fire and Smoke to Life was well trodden by political stumpers sbout election time. On the Fourth street side was the rextan- or Death. 8IX woMEN were seen at the southesn window of the top story on the weet side, Three atreams were kept con. stantly playlog in that vicinity, A rope had been thrawn to o man in the fonrth story, a Httle to the north of the women, who succeeded in throwing a smaller rope to them. The man then ‘alipped down to the roof, While the ran, and on the Fourth and Walnut street corner o magnificently fitted np drug-stors, West of the main entrance were railrosd offices extending to the corner of Fifth. On the Fifth street ride were thy, barber-abiop and the Jadles' enlrance, On Elm there was s eziall double door affording exit from thy billard-room, but generally locked. The sccond floar was glvenup to the parlors, dining-rooms, ordi~ nn tr narles, and the more pretentious aleeping apartments. The third was devoted to hed-rooma with parlor Dismal Pe ons of Dis e altachmentr, and.the fourth and fifth to the ordinary lodging business of & hotel, while the sixth was Rabort's Rulss of Order. 73 conta post-paid. The Saat Pulinmentary mannat [8 per IanRndEey Flaunting at Dizzy Oiled with smaller sleeping rooms and servantn’ quarters, ta corridors, though not at olf windlng, werg | A70mon were golting thelr ladders ready for the from 0 3 00 darn %:é‘fl“,ffmumx, e e i, Heights intricate, ani though ail but the rat o had three atalrcarca encl, that had bul two, the maim sialrmat o st ment, tha strgted pile Wopssd e invited to this salo, oy have rean. The . and the Iadies ¢ o Ircase, situated, the former nesrly In the centrs of the bullding and the Iatter on the west. On the Jower floor there were two maln pipes with hose attachment, and on all the other floors tbree, Every floor was provided with two Babcock extingalshers. The hotel waa the favarite reaort of sctors and actresses, who always put up {here, It was the theatra also of the ‘‘Homs Ciccla " recep- tlonw, the finest affairs in St. Louls social circles. Large parties and banquets were always given thera npto the time of the opening of the new Lindell, and then there was & warm competition between tho ouses a8 to which ahould control the social patronage. . . —_—— e D over - twice, and whirling to the stoncs below, | realized the situation, and sent upn shont. The striking upon lils shoulder and head. He wan im- | name of the young lady who made. mediately picked up and carried fnto on adjoining THE PIRST DESCENT saloon, and llved long envugh to eay thal kis nacie | wag Miss Clara Jlandy. After Miss Handy, de- was J. E, Stevens, when he explred. Two other | scents wero madeon the rope by ons gentlemsn faces soon appeared at the window from which ke | ang two ladies, Assoon asalion the fifth story had jumped, but the flame and smoke closed them | had been removed by meann of tha rope, the lad- from view almost instantly. and-leftno doubtof | der was rin up to the upper story, and the first one the awfal fate that betell the: taken out was & young lady dressed In whitc, The ta nay other haok on the subrer! * Table of Rules Relating lo Motlons* s fnvatushle, ‘With the book open at this page & presidiog ofiicer can deterinine In n necond soma questions thatif unfamiliar with pariiamentary practice, would require carefal research In nny other publication fint T knaw of."—~Theodore A. Row, Keq.o . W. A. Grund Sece retary, R. W. Grand Lodgeafihe U. 8., 1. 0. 0. ¥, Cone’s Cnllfornla. lilnstrated. am;"iv“'.”' - of our grest Western ses. Tolume SN Jerk Tunes o .- evory one who contemplates lfhe, PR AT TR A L A Etening Mail, was erected, and it reached to the ffth story, A amalice ladder with hooks on the eod they snc- ceeded in fastening to the window-sill, and, having atlached a guide rope, 7L WOMEN CLIMDED DOWSN, one by one, the Tast one fn & cloud of suffo. cating, black smoke, which was just be. einniog to pour from -the window which tho had left, These girls were carried {0 carriages Inwaltinganddrivenoff. By the time thls had happened, tho dividing.walls between the bullding proper and the oxtension and somo of the inslde walls were ctambling awsy under the extreme heat. THE TOBEY FURNITURE 0., Btate and Adams-sts. OARPETS, CARPETS C. 0. D. PRICES, Agonizing Lapse of an Eter- nity of Time With- out Help. Scenes which Would Quake Sterner Stuff than Human Hearts. 3 the United Riates. ByJ. e "J-":'c‘?.'\fr.’.‘x":.“‘:‘ufimr-;:eil L 2 2 L a ar up the history and m; o R e e A T dbimne, Fresmsters EATE CLAXTON, whomade such 8 memornble ercape from the Brooktyn fire, was among tho rescued gnests. She Sl ' The Awful Dash of Victim After — ¥ solitary Sreman way up at tho head of the ladder | occupled a room on the third floor, Bhe was awak- ‘WE OFFER FOR CASH “;fl"{‘ "de'l';n:nlu" .:'.l’ir'.":':‘ .Eylor. 11tk Bdttton. Victim on anty Pave- DESCENT, could bo seen taking the young lady as she swung { encd from a sound sleep by o loud ery of fire from aateated, ., cloth, 81,5 TOE SWAYING ROPE AND DELLYING LADDER. | DY means of & rope from the window and guiding Specinl Dispatch to The Tribune. her carefully to the lndder, 8. Lovts, April 11.—0n the Fourth: street side THE BMOKR-CLOUD the danger did nmot st firat appenr 80 fmminent, | agaln blew across the topmont storfes, and the' There wav Inrid halo above the cornlcework,but | 8cene was agaln shat out from below.. Assoon as the whole attention of the Fire Department scemed | the crowd woro ablo to discern what was golng on, it to bo directed to the Waluut strect aideof | tho brava fireman could be scen slowly moving the bullding. Ou the portico, for five or ten min. | down along the ladder, rung by rung, bearing npon- ates befors the hook-and-Indder compaay lent any | his back the young Isdy ho had so gallantly aid to them, were a crowd of at least seventy-tive | roscued. menand women, The men twere shrleking con- YEMININE ATFECTION. stantly for belp, and the women kept cryiug out Bhe was clinging to him with hor arms abont his constantly, adding conslderably to the terrorof | neck, and was evidently so fntent on escapo that the uthers, Luddera were askod for, but for sev- | when sovoral of the fireman's comrades came o his cral minates no laddera were In sight. Atlength | rescneand offered to relleve him of b charge she one ladder was brought {n and placed up agulost | absolately rafused to Iet go ber hold. Others wero the portico, and there was reecued from the upper story, and all were taken to A GENERAL RUSH the saloons scross tho streat, and there kept untl] forit. The ladies, in thelr night-clothes, wero | thelr fright bad passed away, fret allowed {o descend, ofter which gentlomen, A MOST PATIETIC BCENR having rid themsolves of thelr vallacs and other | Wa8 witneased by many of the spectators on the supertiulties. Tho ladies werc taken to tho | Fourthetreetalde. Just as the danger appeared salvons opposite and provided for as thoy best | most {mminent, nafifth-story windosw, upon o coald. This, howcver, was vnly n comparstively | background of larld flame, might bo seen tho pro- small portion of the work. Bhricks and cries for [ fle of & man and woman shaking hands and takiog help were Leard fromthe upper storics, und when- | 8Jast fafewell of esch other, They huad stood at ever th smole cleared away and the bluze threw s | the window and appealed far ald until hopo garo lurid glure around the eastorn wall, there wero dis- | Ont, and, just when they felt the volumes of played from tho upper stories white sheots, na so | #moko overcoming them, and saw tho fames ap- msny ¢ « parently stretching towards them with rapia atrides, they felf into cach other's arms, preparcd for the worst. > e 3§, the hall. Jumping out of - Led, she groped 1o the door, sud opened It to find that tue place was dense with smoke, and that Immediate action was necosaary, Slipping Into the scautiestof gar. meuts, she threw up onc of the windows to ascer- tain the chanco of cacaping by that route, and find- {ng that 1t was decidedly alim, she concluded that her only hopo of escapo lay by the ballway. Pcople were screaming and hurrying past her door, and she determincd on the Instant to cast her lot with them. There were NO LIONTS, ! and what was done had to bo done In the darkness, Eatering the hall she hueried” 1n the direction of the stalrway, and before proceeding far. was materlally anststed by a gentleman who eclzad hold of her arm and pushed heralong, When she came to the stalrway sho fell down and rolled forsome distance, after getling to the battom, but, not being badly hurt, sho was able to plek her~ self up expeditiously and moke her escape. She lost every artlcle of clothing she had In the hotel, save what she had on. MR8, 0BCAR 7. LOWE, who wpa among the number, says she was reading in herroomon thesecond floorat the time of the alarm. Shesupposcd the nolse was occasioned by some tipay person, but, ongoing out futo the hall, she percelved the amake, and went into her room agaln aud told hier husband the house was on fir. Intho meantime the halls kud cotrldora becamo crowded with men asd women,' and tharo was % THE WILDEST CONPUPION, Bho wa erapting to savo some of her valaables. bat her husbund made hor leave as soou as she had Roiten together & few of her Jewels. When sho went fulo the hallway ghe et " the mort elegant aa well &¢ puogent and rich snecimens of wit and Tumor sxtenb ko ok i tugirated Weekly, ments. Held’ by all Nosksellers, or nny of the booksa will be mailnd pastpald on receipt ofthio prico by the Publishers. 5. C. GRIGES & CO, Chiago. SILVERWARE, A Amn Tagesty Brossels At 85 Cts. The Best Qualitics at $1,10, Best Quality Tograins, 90 Cts. Other goods in proportion. R J. DAUPHINEY & G0, The - Hidcous Ruins---A Black Hole and a Mystery. The Death-Roll Necessarily Relegated to Conjecture---Eleven Corpsos. Full Detalls of the Catastrophe, the In- surance, and the Saved, Silver. . Artistio Dosigns Toa. Bots, Wator Bots, Turecns, Centro Plocos, Bas- kota, Vasos. J Knives, Forks, Spoons, TLadles, and everything known in tho line of ¥ine Table Silver, Qusint, unique Novelties, put up in the most attraotive manner for ‘Wedding Gifts, All articlos sold at manufacturers’ prices, and guarantoed to be of the finest quality. 3 Hamilton, Rowe & Co., Stato & Washington.sts, A IIORRID IARBINGER. TR CRY OF * FinE! " - Special Dispalch to The Tridune. 57, Louts, April 11.—About half-past 1 o'clock 1his morning peoplo In the nelghborhood of tho Bouthern Iotel were startled by a cry of dre, and simost immedlately thereatter smoke waa scen ineulng from the lower windows of that bullding. The slarm was rapldiy spread, and threc fire com. panies and two hook-and-ladder compantes, with the Salvage Corps, were guickly on the ground, by which time a second alarm from the fire-boxzcs had been sounded, as it was apparent that the flames were spreading over the entire extent of the vast buildlng. WITHIN TEN MISUTES of the first arrival of the Are force, rod Mames £an to shoot through the windows of the firat n: :::;:‘:n::":\!r:‘ryls‘;n:::;!:::d':;:‘l,::. ?r‘m: ‘;‘:';; and placed agalnat tho lower portico, The alricks wasalx storles high, and almost & block In dimen. | In the upper windowa still continued, and shects wions, bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Walnat, and | Wero fluttercd abont trom two of the windows on Elmatreets. AtZa. m. the scene, as viswed by { the very top floor and ono from the hall window on your correspondent, was of tho most theilling | 150 Afth floor. A 1ong ladder was taken up to ths character. At that time It seemed asif the {m. | portico andseveral offorts wura wisde fo rulre it mense atrnclute had been vet on fire Jusovcral | dgainst the side of the building, but, had it been places, Tha conlined element was ralsed, It would not Lave beon [ HOAGINU AND CRACKLING or Tuz Leksr ava, : inslde, black smoke was rolling from the main and | as It was ten or fiftecn feet short. Thomen on the ladies' enttances, and away npon the fiat roof the | purtico could not get sufticlent purchase, however, glaro of o pencral conflagration was rellevedonly ) and thelr efforts tu ralss the ladder above them by the lightning etreaks of fame brushing throngh | wereall nacless. Tho policeand fremen In the Lero and there from the rooms below. Now and | strect called to the citizens to go aloft, and & tum- then a frantic guert In derhabille, with clothes or | ber went op Into tha portico, and & few moro futile valise In hand, rashed out Into the streets, but it | efforts were mude to ralso the ladder. Intho atonce becamo apparent that the great portion of | weantlme, the peoplo in danger above kept calling the inmates was still Insfde. Firstone window and | wildly for help. They ssked, Sor God's sake, that then another In rapld succession was violenily ( something be done for them, ana the people belaw FLAGS OF DisTRRSS, ‘The firemen ryshed In ono direction and anotner, The citizens acemed to conelderythomuclves™so. |- many Fite Wardens, for the tide being, andavery. body waa directing overybedy elsg as to tho beat mode of rescuing the persona who appeared at tho upper windows, A number of ladilers were brought © T, THE AWRUL TRUTIL 7 . ) ‘Though cvery engine was on the ground an more than twenty atreams of water wero poared Into every sccessible part of tho bnilding, the Tlook-nnd-Ladder Depariment were tnexplicably tardy. Two truck-wazons were allowed to stand & half block away, the Inddcranot belng even dis- placed, Great reliance was placed on the Skinner fire-cocapo ladder by the frcmen, and sil thelr cf- forta werc directed towards yelting that clumey contrlvanco in position, It isa meluncholy fact that the fire had been in prograss neatly one hour before a ladder was placed 80 that It could bo used, and in the meantimo scveral persons, crazed by the apparently desperato nature of thelr surround- ings, precipitated themaslves to the pavement be- low, For Ront, with two water fronts and railrond connection, on South Branch, noar Bixteenth-st.. R.8. & W. G, MocCORMICK, £ ; 1656 LaSalle-at, TOLET. The fne Banking Ol feid by the Cliy Natt 226 55 BRI sckTeAy e b, Sadons - MEAD & COE, 103 La salte-at. FOR RENT. afrald, as the firc had only broken out in the store- housc, and would be voon quenched. She eacaped with only a smatl amouat of her Jewelry, her hus. band's overcoat, and (he dress she hadon, Sho met Mre. 8lipson coming through the hallway, cud furnisbied her with tho drcas and alippers In which she cacaped, 183 DISsELL, . sald the room occnpled by hereelf and her mother wason the Jnst story but one, . Bhe heard the early nlarm, but supposed it was a nolee made Ly some tipsy porson. THerself and mother got luto the hallway, which they found fillcd with smoke, and had to grope thelr way along the walls to the stalrcase, and in tho samo manner down stain. Thosa inside st the tina saythe flames swept through the whole rotunds Inavery few moments, and many who atfemptod to gain egress by means of tha siairways had to have ro. NT. Fine officer, with all modern tmpravements, lll“lhg el American Express C Ing, 70 Monroe moderate to Kuod buiane aoniys THE FIERY GULF, IT CLOSES OVER THR JUST AXD THR UNJUST, MISERADLE ALIKE. Bpectal Dirpasch to The Tridune, 87, Lovis, April 11.—At 3 o'clock the scone was horrible and thrilling In tho extreme. The hotel waa wrapped fn flamos, and although most of those ONLY DIRECT LINE To FRANGE, Il fron Pler No. 42 Nor: fng to them to Luve patlonce and ald rafred, heads of men, wonien, and children ware | kept shouting paf Wwho had inade themaclves visiblo bad been saved course to the porticos 0 back to thelr ruoma PRl fifi:;"‘:gijf‘. s seen everywhere, and & wild cry for help filed | would come tu thme. Bome of thoso who lind mado | b'veans of ropes and ladders, yet here and there .:u gl nrrum Gll:l:flill rfrlaly e = JH;;_":';M gore w:‘;.},;}"}.lg o anrenn tho alr. i thelrescapo stood upon the streetand cried out | un asonized face loaned from afirelit window to . JOBEPN PULITZEK, A gueat, says that, at half-past 1, ho was awakenod by loud cries of fire on tho street bolow, Bearlog no slarm from tho hatel ofice, Tie says ho remalned perfoctly quict until he hesrd the abtleks of women unon the floor below, e went out without dressing and found the stalrcase and corridor thoroughly filled with smoke, Ile never rotarned to hiv room, and was nearly choked to death when ha reached the exit on Fifth straet, Mr. Pulitzer thinks that the alarm bell nuver was eounded inslde of tho hotel, and the peopleon the atreet told him that the fro was obe sorved from the street nearly tweuty minntes before the fire alarm was given. that something be donc for ihelr frlends, whom they supposad to be within the bullalng, ONE MAN went up and down in frent of Be ouilding, crying, ++0b, my Godi" 0, Jerry!™ and, upon belng questloned a8 to whether there were any of his Agent tor Chicaxo. North German Lloyd, ‘Thesteamars of (his Company Will sall every Satg,. doy rom Breusan Fies, 100k of uiress oty l(:ltl of passago—Frem New Yor) b, don kot ‘:’“;.":.‘.':":aé":z,‘f,?,':(' Fut freigas oldy eur 5! ©F parsago appl] OELRICIS & €O, RO % amowiifeiiron He ANCHOR VINE MALL STRANER, glve a Jast anpeal for help. Men and women rushod about, wild with exeitement, calling frantiea y for miralng friends or kinamen, and thie Oremen stood appalied and unnerved bofors the terrific holocanst In progress, The heavens were sglow with rolling waves of five, darkened hore and thero with black columns of smoke Myrlads of sparks rose np into a glittering canopy, and particles of burning dobrle wers hurled by the hosalr upon adjacent buildings and pavemonts, INBIDE, only 8 guess could be made of what was golng on. Escape by means of doorwnys was 1o longer posslble, the upper floor boing in absoluta p sewslon of tho flames, and the luwer Lalls andat, FOR_STEAM AND DO- - MESTIO USE. 101 Washington-si. . 192 East Twelfihest, Watcrast., North Pier. TIHE LEAP TO DEATII, : DOWN! DOWN! Apecial Dispaich to The Tritune. 8t. Lowis, Aprii 11,—By this time alarm nfter - alarm had beon sounded, and the entiro fire departe ment was wheallng into line, Almast the whole | fricnds inthe burning bulldisg, -he pointed up to pollce force ina boon summoned from their bosts, | the Afth-story window, st whith twe or tireo forins and wero arrlving, and the atreets wero flling with | wero discernible through the smoko and nfat, and terrified citizens. Many people were evidently | sald: **Thero he ja; there's Jerry1” and, before preparing to jump from the windows, and thore {n | any farther information could Lo bad, o was Jost the strects below continually called outs **Don't | tn the crowd, 3 Jump; the ladders will bo ready!, The book and For the people In the toplw\!y there ssemed to be ladder companles wero splicing thelr ladders as | tha greatost sympathy, and tho apparont, though rapldly aa posslble, but the work scomed to bo - probably not culpablo, dilatariness of the Firo De- IROPOSALS, PROPOSALS le, Cabins, 63 1o $2u. Ip\evmedmdl slow, and the alxth atory was red with flama before partment was Joudly and generally deprocated, ELrsis, ) O v onm, | TN O TR G O AL Ty | eyt it stoey was 1od with famo befora, TUB MEN AND WOMEN AOVE, of TIE SACRIFICE, Drattttinen to a0, 870 Biecrage, sn. " | went up from tho crowd below, and seclng that tho efforte mado for thelr rescuo wero | tho 5,000 spcctators dared go Into that scething | SOME NAMES OF TUR OVPENINGS—A SPECIALLY W SON T RO T e o W aars sion-st. A PAINT EClIO belng mado In vatu, dotormin to do os much as | mass'of smoke and gas, QLOONY RFISODE. STATE LINE. ¥EW TOR! [} 10T, ] Cabl; 00, $05 808 @ Ui g‘.'mdhm.’:":l‘"""’fls"l"ua“."“}lh":’fl;::t-mch'“":ln? came from thoso above; but when the ladders weyo trled, 1t was found that they wonld scarcely reach to the fourth fluor, and this dlscovery was met with the most agonizing cries of **llolp) Help!” The hearlrending stricke which fell upon the cars of the Arcmen seemed to almost Hpecial DispaicA to The Tribune. 87, Lovie, Aprll 13, ~Tho mowt melancholy event’ of the great firc transpired about 7 o'clock this worning. Your readers will remember the pare tcalars published inall the dally papers of an arlstocratlc wedding, the parties belng Lord Muns. posaible towards securing thelr llves, and there was accordingly a general precipitation of bedding from tho windows, 8 If the wor creatures deslrod to mako as soft & bod ay Hulo for themsolvon in the faco of death. The io%‘:lorlu were, durfug thls time, now and then Jit up with a glow uf AT 4 o'CLoCE all had elther escaped or perlshed, for every floor had given way, and tho south and esst walls had falion, demolishing the smali adjacont bulldings, and burylug everything, animate and inanimate, 1n thelr rums. Tho dremen contiaued thelr work , INT7, at noan, for furnisiy ng ailor part of the tug-basis of the Associatlon with screeucd or unscrecned cosl Juring prescnt season of navigation (12,000 swelve thousanii tans, niore or (vt W ba delivcred on the RIght oF day. Iida st specity locat(un of dock for dolivery. Yhe Amoctation roscrves the right 10 atcept of refect any or all bids, % % . England, and the daughter of Dr, Henry C, urn tickets, Cuatractyra must glve honds or eatisfy (he Astocla: paralyze thom, ead tho uanal efiiclency which ins | ga)1e from the Inside, and agilu wholly eaveloped | uutll 6 o'clock, the fames burning forcely st that | toh OF 5 o nir e tlon 18 regard io fulliiaent of cantract, always characicrlzed tho 1, Loula Fire Departs | in eloade of smgke foroins hom o cuveloped hour, But, shortly afterwards, they bogan to sub- | L¥nch, which took place three monthe sgo, Thu USTIAM, Manager, “FINANCIAL. o Money to Loan In sums to sult upon Chlrago fm, rovesl property at loweat current rates, BUllding losns in woon theatiiios taude. 3B % EDWARD L. BREWSTER, 101 Washington-st., Bfll}é;‘“ln.gd'fizu‘n(‘f’o““lfl‘fllAL FPAPRR, LUCAL OANS oo fing-cla Katea ot oz e cisss Collsterals negotiated ot Low BANKING HOUSE of LAZARGS SILVERHAN Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Hasmoey tolosnon Itesl Patate, Produce aad Pro- ¥istan, City and County Orde e i bt 1 3 384 14 selling Eichatiy o all cotuerlas, cantls Faper, —s e MONEY toLOAN BY JOSIAH H, REED, No. 20 Nassav-sl, N, Y, happy couplo traveled untll wilhin tho past two weeks, when they returned to tho city, and bavs boen stopping at the Southern, apd wore occupyini rooms thero - wheu the alann of fire had been given. In the dinand con. fusion of the fire Lord Munsicrand bis wife be- cawe separated, the bushand cscaplng, leaving bis wife in the buruiug building, A report soon aftor reached hiv cars that his wife bad perished in the Rames, aud the poor fcllow at onca lost his reason, e procured a pistol, und wont up into Mr, Con- roy's sloeping-room, which Is onthe fourth floor of the buildlng, on the northeast corner of Fourth and Ollve streatw, and placing the muzzle of the plutol mgalnat hia right teniplo, fired the shot which seat him into eternity without a struggle. MH. 8IDNORE HAYDEN, Saperintendent of the American Expross, met a horritle death, 1Mo occupled & roum up the Afth Moo, hmmediately over the wecond balcony on Wal. nutstreet, lelngawakoned from o sound sleen by theery of **Firol)' e ruslied to the window and shouted for assistance, A lsdder was soun broughit vut and stood up, with the foot resting on the balcony aud the top reschipg to the window of his roon. 1l got out on to the Jaddve, but be bad acarcely got a footing on the top rung when the ment wae ovidontly Jost for the time belng, The tremendous draft causcd by the smoke and hot afr bad extinguished sll the ges-lignte, and the only ilinminatlon wae that which came from the Rames (hat licked tho walls on all sides. ' On tho Walnut sidb there was a veraudah even with the firat floor, ‘and In obedience to the suzgestion of A COOL-HEADED BPECTATOR, i one of tho ladders was ralsed to that clevatlon, snd tho sixth stury reached in this way, snd down this t forty people descended, thus saving them. Meantime s and blankets began to float from the windows on the various sldes of the bullding, many of them ticd togethor, but none of them making & rops of suficlent length to reachn #afo landing, though two men and one woman In the alxth afory descended these perilousatrands oud succeeded in awingingthemsolves in nllth-lw:y THE rotTEz0, (‘;’,‘,:d:;‘ &.‘:x:fi:‘:‘::",::::&‘::: ef:a:"'::::; who bad done thelr utmost tu yuccor thoso above-’ Walnut strect side was (Jeorge Prank Gouley, Grsnd | When tho laddur was at leggih placed in position Sccretary of the Masonic Freternlty in Missouri, | 88d found too short to bo of m uvall, There wasa To reach the lsdder ho had 3o doscond genoral outcry for ® ropa Thowo in the -streot: - TH® KNOTTED ROFE n kept shouling vat to thoss alove, ven't you of blankots from the sixth to the Afth story, Mo | B9t & ropel” and thuso above as wall kept crylng hadnot posed moro than & half dozen rounds | U8t fOF & rope. \When tus Lidder was placed In when his bead fell to one side, his bady sveled and | Position and the necessitios of the situation dows, The men and women who had been taken from the portico by this tiwo gathered sutlicivut strengih of wind to go out, mid polnted vut fran. tically to thovo whom they supected wera BTILL ENTHAPFEL ADOVE, and walting for assintance. Al plended carncatly, aud citizens and fSremon alite hurrled backward and forwand lo procure Jadlcm or ropes to strotch outtathe helpiess, Tho exwnsion-ladder was ot length Urought In. 1t was wheeled 10 and fro,. Guy ropes were streiched omtand taken hold of. Ivwas placed up agalnst theportico, was spread out (o it fulleat extent, and feund too short,—this after innumerable wheellng-sbout tn endeavoring tondjust it. Imprecations frim the people In tho atreets, and g $ Yo WOR3SN IMPRECATIONS NROM THE I'ROVLE OX by 7, tho deorls was a beap of amolder- moking tinbers snd steaming mortar aud brlek, — BiWa R0, Gront Western Steams hip Line, From New York to Bristol (Lo, New Fland) direct. - BOMEILKY, Wastern Tuesday, Aprlia, AlIAUUN, Bymo, Tuesday,’ Al 17, xiaUinpaisage, §T; 451 Blecragn §30 aeunsivn tickets, gl aid Nieerama cortificates, $120; 3 §:&.‘ "i"l,"‘:fl"‘:' O WS ¥ WIS 67 G ol Miekiena NATIONAL LINE OF STEAMSIIPS, il New }‘orkula Queenstown and Liverpool, 37, Aprll 21, 18:30 81n. | EGVIT, B . T, 1ALy, Konid ' 550 o Ignfiquxx'.fi, e YOIt LONDON, Q;KEP-CI. Aprll 10, ba. m. 4§ DENMARK, Aprae, 3pm ckota at reducad rates, Steetasa tickels, §on, curs 0cy, Draftafor £1a0d upwards on Grest T, R o R EaTasone s Sraan elials and - AMERICAN LINE, PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL, Cabin, interimedlate, and stecragc passage AT LOWEST RATES. General office, 138 La Salle-at., corner Madison. v li_'!i!}_\_v_lflflu‘(‘ & . _General Agcents, QUNARD MAIL LINE, EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE PINE-PEN, Special Ditpatch (o The Tridune. &7, Lows, Mo., April 11, ~Your correspondent, during the day, vaw R, ¥, Weitbree, of Colorado, who uccupled 8 room on the faurth floor, and he gavo an Interesting account of tho scenes Inelde tho burning edifice, 1o is naturally & very sound alecper, and had been in bed sbout an bour, when unusual nolses swakened him. Ho jumped out of bed, futa his clothes, and rushed into the entry, Wwhich o fondu full of smoke, The excltcment and coufusion wora indescribable, Iu company with oue or twa ather gentlomen, he proceeded to endeavor - to - awaken the occupante of rooms on the ' fourth and 8f1h floors. 1u half & doxen Instancos tho doors were broken down before tha 1umsles could bo awakened, All the gacata in the viclnity succceded in gettlng vut insafety, as fur s ‘could be judged, Wheu Mr, Weltbrec descended from the fourtls foor to ths parior f8oor Lie ran to the vicinity of V' ! TUU RLEVATOH, o) P week taand from Briieh | AT eUIES, o INPHOVED CitlCado | whenhls bead foll 1o oneald by striking the cor. | Bhoradehly sndsntood. 8 upls oF Sremen ruahed | uiat it s, wibouihng deg wee: vielile the S Ly freod: s b ka3 Drecipltited besd fost Apply at Company's Ofice, northwest coraer lu'A::plxuuonlnl racelved iuRrOmpily attended 1o | nice. and both lags belng broken, produced fustant :f'l‘:u p:“:fil‘“;l::; Z'L‘}?...'.L e s G.w““f T9P® | amoke was (uick and oppressive. Meu sad women ;l:. 1o o e ;c:dn b : ead was split open, an 7k and Rendolph-sta,, Oblcago. - £ J C lindoloh sl _ | death. Oue man, whose mamio ls unknown, ap- ! 73 d wer then crowding dowa-stalre, gulding them. s P. 1. DU VEUNET Uenoral \eatern Agent. T = = peared at & window. Throwlng the end of a sheet TIE ROFE Wi SAvouT sclves by the bannlstors, and sbricklug, A fow TIR KUINS TO-DAY —= 1 OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, 4 R e Sl i il OSSO and waa fsstencd Lo the Iren phiar runniog down BIANANSE, OPTICIAN, Tribunc Datldiag, tho contre of the windawy The smoke cleared away fo) oment. Tho swpenss In the crowd ou thooutside, ho began to wake proparations to descend, snd, though the crowd calied out to him prescut a very sad spoctacle, thera belng nothing but & ymoking mass of debris where the noble cdi- fico stood, (ircat excitement has prevalled among scconds afferwards - the lght began (o shine through the elovator doors, and ln sbout fivo winutes thercafter & denso wase of flame sho WHITE STAR LINE, Carrring the A (1 9 VER. Lot Ytz Mg vouK sndL o, 120 Kast Hane Sliding dowa ta tho.ond of the atieel, hofound | wasintcnsa.. Everything wes intout upun what up through the elevator and broke out in the upper | 81t classcy of citizens during the day, sud multi- Solpkiae, Al""”"i,';{‘é‘,flf,‘,{’fi.,.; Himeh Juat above tho A1 tory, and nothing hee | wocld ocear Btal. os Wroperoar e virun what Alotios; tin Inblosting brsonte doos: s nzer [ 0 CHin conptantly thronged around the sceno _Drat oo Great Diritaln and Hoiage INMAN STEAMSHIP LINE, Carryiag the Malls betweea EUROPE AND AMERICA. the window with the laklo:?" was tho general LS TERRIBLE I'OMTION, question, as few \mden}old b0 ropo cacape which he endesvored to climb back, but The effort to | bad been provided. Whle thesq questions wero ralas himsolf was vain, snd, after & desperate | faiting throngh the minds pfthe apectators (and it straggle of thice minstes, bo shricked ** Leb gol* | took but & moment for them 0 do #0), and just as 20 feet distant. Loalizi ©f tha Bze, 1k will be peshaps two days before the e matitis rohvm B ruins will cool sullicleutly fur tha work of search. ing for bodles. T COKONER'S LIST. Dr. Auler, Coroner, glves the following list of started on the lower floor. Mr. Weitbree mgsin asceuded to the 8fth floar,” On this Boor pulicomen and gucsts wero buslly engaged kicking in doors aud routing out everybudy who could be found. Floo pectacten sulie.d to all sfghte on sclentifio prine ctpice, Dpera and Fald® Gin eacopes, Alleros l(z”l& Hl‘:flnc‘cm &c, b As the fames drove ; . VOF pastags apoly a6 Combany's Oice, 12 8oyt Clarke EAL ESTATE d {ell with every bone crusbed. Another man | the smoke cleared awsy, THKSE HEROIC MEX Killed reported to him, sad thinks it comprisca al) " heasy .%?fl-’&‘i’. HOWY Goa. Weat. dgt. AL L IATE, i iy n adjolning window 1a his night ate A WINTE 1083 oatof thetop foora they desccnded dolvg what | known fo be dead: The Hev. A. B Adame, of was scen filiting down th slde of the house. ‘There was gow & slide of, Uteen fect, and again the slide Wi ort and jeky, Now the foot tosted & moment in & cornicework and sguin upon tire, and frantically cailed out **Wnat shall I dot" " The flames \v{;u Icaping all sbout bim, and tsemed ready Lo envelop and consume bim, “qomrl Jumret? soswered back 8 dozen throats, The man looked they could to save life, until they wero fnally driven from the bgliding entfrely. Mr. Weltbrec is preily well satlsfied that all the people in the weat end of the bullding on the third tho window-sill. 'The fora wa evldently femlnine, | and fonrth Aoors, and wost on tha ufth foor, got dowa st the pavement, 8¢ It besitating what to do, [ but the grasp onthe rops wass surc oe, and as | oub in safety, Becomiug satieficd that nothing bot the scorching flames wers closing u on him | soon s8 the crowd caughta glanco of the white | more could be done lu that part of the batlding, fast, snd be bounded from the wiudow, leraing | Sgure gildiog dows the alda ) the Lulldiag they | Mr, Weitbses stcbped 0us un ths reaf of & buildiog Stock Cross, Berksbire, Eng.: Georgy Frank Gouloy, Grand Secretary of the Masonlc Fraterulty of this 8tate; Kato Roilly, Kato Doolan, sud Mary Moran, scrvants; Heary Hazen, of the Audilor's Department Mivsourl Pecific Rallroad. Ho was formerly from Now Castle, Pa., whither bls re- walos will be sent. Mra. Slewart, wile of W, 8, Btewast, of tho drm of Derby & Day, of this wy; WOTEL, AVENUE HOUSE, Twenty-sccondst. a0d Wadash-av,. TO RENT, o HENR! ) A T e BRI, Aldine Square Houses for sale or rent, Apply lo U. P. Bmith, at Keom 23 Portland Block, between 12 and 1 o'clock p.a., aud at No, 17 Aldine-square after 3 o'clock P Lilpy Teibuae, Mr. Darling, who told her not to be PRICE FIVE CENTS Andrew Efstman, of the firm of Techman & Co.,or. this city; Charles G, Freeman and Bidmore Hay. den, INVESTIGATION, x . Dr. Aaler intends making a very searchingn- connected with it, but will not begin investigations for a day or twa, ~ The Fire' Department is atill throwing water on, the raina, and as poon as _they are cool enough the eearch for bodies will be commenced. 1 'y SPBCULATION. " Those most familisr with the cirenmstancesof. the fire, and hest acquainted with tha numbor of gtteats and employesin the house, believe that ferw, ifany, bodles will be found, There were but about ¢izhty female servants in tho hotel Instesd of some 200, as previously reported, few of whom are known to be missing, SIAIMED OR DYING, T. Shackleford, of New York, has both lega broken, and some few othiers of the saved are mora orlcss injured. Frankie McClellan l¢ thooght to ba fatally wounded. A HERO, CLIFFORD W, BAUNDERS, Bpectal Dispateh to The Tridune. §1. Louts, April 11, —Among the many acts of heroism at the great fira none was more noticentle than that of Clifford W. Ssunders, o reporter of tho Globe-Demacrat, who, at geat peril, ascended A ladder to the Afth-story and threw & rope to those in the window above, thus enabling them to- descend to the Jadder and escape. In this mannar Saunders was tho means of saving the lives of seven or eight servant gigs who otherwise would liavo perished, as the wall fell in almost jme medlately after thelr rescn NOT ROASTED. . NAMES OF THE LUCKY ONES, 87. Lovis, April 13,—The following guests of the hotel, from abroad, are safe, and now stopping st tha Lindell Notel: W, P. Clough, 8t. Paul; S, U, Rhodes, Boston; C. 0. Godirey, Hannlbal; B, L. Manaield, New York; §, B, Coulson, Yankton, D.T.; 8 H. Kreyger, Philadelphla; 8, Schoyer and son, Pitiaborg; A. J, TWebster, New York; George Btraut, Chleago; W. H. Fletcher, New York; J..V, Il Lott, Lansing; Charles Dalker, . New York; P, 8. Shackleford, New TYork; 8, 8. Crlttenden, Cincinnatl; H. L. Morrill, Calro; A. 8. Wilson, New York; Mrs. Lave and Mrs, Porter, Indlanapolls; T. T. Lyon, Mobile; H., T. White, Byracuset C. P, Kennedy, New York; A. Popa Joy, Chicago; Mr, Birdseye, Nevada, Mo.; B. F, ‘Witkbree, Colorado Springs; J, R. Parsons, New New York, ® s . 7 AT TIE FLAXTERS', The following .are ‘at.}ho Mavters’ Houne: Mr,' and Mrv.. Derrlan, 8.beidal couple; Willlam P, Watson, - Chicago; - Fred- Cook, -New Orleans; Grorge ¥; Motlse, New York; J. G. Naddy, L. W Beatam, and J, M. "Davidion, New York; 0. Wilson, St. I'aul; George Potorbangh, Pearia; 11, 8, Belden, Chicago; J. W. Blgelow and G. II. galdnell'rnrknqpnlz. and Charles Musaer, New York. M & AT THE LA CLEDR. The following ‘went*to the LaClede Hotol and arenow stopping thers? ‘W. Mahoney, G. A. Kaler, Bellovilla;, A, 'L. . Btockway, New York: W. J. Millor and J. H. Morrow, New York; R. II, Avery, New York; E. Pamock; M. J. Bhortcrof, D. Bonderberget, Mims Kato Clazton (the heronia of the Brookiyn Theatre fice), 8. D. Cone, D, M. Dickinson and.wife, New York; Mre. D, F. Gott, Syracose; No R:i E. T Tyson, Caleb Hawkins, New York; L. F. F allon, "New York; C, A. Are lell, Doston; A, C. Tiachner and wite, F. O, Sul- livan, Pine Blaf; J. L. Perry, Saratoga Sp¥age; Miss E. M. Darling, Indlanapolls; Willlsm Christ- man, Independencd; C. L. ‘Applegate, Loalsvillo; A. J, Badwell, Chicago; James J, Davis, Angua. ts, Ga. - - Letule .Allen, an actress from the Enst, 6 guest of Mlsa Clifton, -of the Olympic tompany, thiscity, 1s among the mved," 1L F. or If. M, Clarke, railrond conductor, sald 10 bo formerly from Toledo. together with hiswile and child, are mmong the killed, Milton Nobles, the actor, and Mlss Franklo Me- Clellan, the actrest, wero saved, but the latter was Instrumenta) fn saving the lives of ladlos on tha same foor of thoe hotel as hinself, FIERY SALMAGUNDI. ¢ SUICIVE, Bpectal Dispatch §o The Tridune, Bt, Lou, April 11, —l'olice Sergt. Fox reports that, while the fire wan mging furlously, Oficer Dlackford kicked inadoor nnthe fourth floor. The instant previous two plstol-sliots wero heard, and, on enterlng, the bodles of 8 mon and roman wero scen on the floor. Nee fore they courd bo examined the officer waa driven away by the auffocating smoke. 11i8 theory la that they wero man and wifo, and that, driven to distraction, they proferred instane taneous death to lngering torture by fire, snd killed each ofhier. ¥ o were BALVAGE. Fonr fremen—John Coughan, Tom Rucker, Pat Conway, snd H, Balsselun—went Up on a ladder this afternoon and cntered Capt. Thorwegun's roum, sitaated on the fonrth floor and at tho corner of Fifth and Walnut atreots, and they searched around for the Caplain's valuables, and 1n one of the drawers of & burean which was badly burned found diamonds and other jewelry to the valua of between $30,000 and $10,000, Somo money wl-(:l:, was 1o the drawer was completely cone sumed. % THE ARTISTS. B, Jump, the artlet, was busy on the scene of the confiagration all day, moking sketches of tho ralna for F'rank Lealie's Iiustrated News snd tha New York' Graphle, A PAIX OF LACE CURTAINS fn ono of the fourth-story windows on the Fourth streot o of the botcl, remained intsct throughs out the fire, and were bangiog in thelr places untl blown dawn by & strean from one of ths hoae. ED THORN, of the fire corps, deserves spacial mention for the gallant manner in which hu rescued Mrs, Reose, wifa of Prof. Itecse, of the Washington Universi- ty, from a sizth.story window on the Fourthe strect sldo, The rescus was made by means of the fire-cscape, Thorn carrying tho lady down the cn« tire leogih of the ladder without the leaat ass auce, TIB CORONER'S STATEMENT s ta tho death of Lord Munatr is as follows; **1lo was 28 years of age, born in Tours, France, and married in this city 3 short time. At 5 o'clock this qmorning he shot Limeclf at tho bullding on the wortheast corner ot Fourth and Olive streets, s was & man of vory nervons disposition, and lsboring ender intonse exclterment. Lis wife was safo, and be koew It From careful Inqulry in the case, I cannot yot decide whether it Is & case of sulcide, or accidental. No ofclal fuvest'zation of Mr, Munstor's sad demlse 12 sleewhore made,” AN ESTLMATE. Coroaer Pradlcow was asked 10 give his estimate 84 to the loss of Jife, e thought the worst was known, aud that all excopt thoso reportad aa being killed or Injured got vat Ia safely, Oaly three vere sous had been roported mibsslug to him up 10 six o'cluck. They were Mary Lurke; aged 29; Kate Flomlag, sged 17, and Kato Qibsog, sged 19; The Burke and Flomiug girls subsequently turped up {0 safo quarters, but authing bad beca Licazd of Miss Gibson. BUSINESS ON 'CUANDR fo-dsy bas beea very much depressed by the las meatablo event. TUB VIRE DEPARTMENT fs very severely criticized for its alleged inem. clency, The Glode-Danocral as) **Wa have done & gooq deal of Uragging abou! Firo Department of 5L Loals, but we fnclise to think it fo order mow to do & Mttle lnvestl. gotlng. If a structure like the Southern Motel cannot be esved from ulter destructiva whea it €stches fire on & windless night, we cannot be sald to Lave reached perfection in the art of fguting - Sre. There la every reason to fear that 8t. Louls oweaher escape on Wednesday worning from TUR PATE OF CRICAGO y 12 1871 to the sccident of favoring atmospherie conditions. A gsla lke that which badled the €8go fremen would s00u bave spread the fames frowm the Soutbern Hotel 10 the surroundiog Prop- erty,and careied » great wass of burning watter ia tho remotcst parls of the city, oIt is lds, in viow of 93r recent experience, 10 clalm lumegds quiry into the cause of, the fire and all the facts | York; ¥, Tiernan, Pitsburg; Frank E. Karelsen,* very serlonsly lojured. The former was mainly-