Show ITS DEADLY WORK The umber of VictIms of the JiinuraiKilis lire Estlnialcil at TtTcnty THE LOSS COMPUTED AT ABOUT 350000 Nrural Jlarrclont Escapes Xalfs of home of lie 111 ald 1111 PRELIMINARIES TO THE FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS buitMc from an Eiprc Train Capttire of Train Roliber Tragedies ItT Teleini to the News Till MINMtrollS 1111 Mine Tonthliic SCCIKH WllueaneI l bjr Hie nlooUer JIOMuoi D I Four mokublackentd walls towering up abotc the f teaming gmouldiriu note of machinery brick and building build-ing debris arc l tint remains of the eight fiery brick ttruUurc in which until todaj lias b npnuted three dailies nndn weekly ticwin l xraiid hire relocated a number of oflicex Toy a conttantli and ever changing nll orerincreaflugtronu of fclghtwtn thronged the streets itching the eflbrts of the firemen 10 entirely subdue the flames which they brought under control at 2 oclock this morning The LiulMtng lass 1x111 con ltlcreti dangerous for sonic tune its lack of constructIon icrmittlng the flu chlnery to jar the whole building There was but one fireescaponud it was at the end of the building when the fro raged the fiercest j Theingle tairwa > was fjiiral nir I rou inU dark Thav years ago the I inadequate fire iirotection of the bull Jjugu as considerably agitated Ito nutter being taken up by the Index and labor assembly It tOSS carried flnilly t the city ollichls j an attempt being made lo hivu the building i properly protected or condemned con-demned IIr nothing l IocW where The Union League Club room THE StIlE STAHTEl hid not been u ed for some time and the origin of the fru I a iiye ti try The room I close to the ole valor shaft and breaking In the window iu the efforts t extln gui h the lamc gave a draft which quickly carried the fire t the clcvn brand cut off the etcapo of those who delayed A fen broke through the stilling smoke and flames but other sought capo clculure lie Ing at thcsouth end of the hiiilu lug while the solitary lire whie lLI lr escape was at tho north cud the printers Were cut oil A number of Item climbed out of the windows nnd clung to the ledges waiting for lgheW which In several cairo came to late Their piteous tries attracted the attention of the firemen mil n number of them were aved wIllie others fell oil the ledges or drop > ed from the telegraph tele-graph or telephone 1m down which I they t to escape The bight of tho bumingstruggliug t men I brought tears to the cyte of the bravest i One mot jnthetlc incident l was tlttuaiemptofJamee cl goo tocucajic Ho had got clear of the liulldlng and was gradually working his way along while the crowd below l aux iotil J > watched his ro attelIlft 10 svt ins WIn and four little one Hut his strength filled nud a groan welt up from the crowd n he was Fen to and fall to the slip roof of thu bollcrhoue receiving fital injuries He was lifted gently and carried to a drug tore but died in a few minutes breathIng a last lovIng wonl of care for his family cen bodies were found last night niL of which liar been Idi n tilled tW > were Milton Pickett assistant cttj editor of the JVjnecr Jrcr Jaml I Irul uaattet Ta oirator Walter Miles I ii r agent of the Associated lreJ I Irofewor Olsin nrvsiilcnt of the South Dakota Unier ItjJ V 11 Mllnlan commercial editor of the Tribune and Jenny Jcukln eon and Robert McCutchcQU com IK Hors Other bodies are known to b itt the bulldlng1 how many is I unknown Two men who could lot lx I Identified were seen to shoot themselvcH before the flames reached them and today the body of a man caught In the ruins 1 in plain vIgor from fourth Streel It Is belIeved l the number of victims will reach twenty and perhaps tucntfhe huttW until the debris is cleared oil ixjsrrnE IM OKVATION clnnot tie oUilncdi The list I nun of tno cilitorliil staff to leave the building was managing editor Williams Ho was badly burned about the head and arm Jtr illlims relates how several of I those named above loot their lives Jtilcs and Mlllman together with a number others euuted down lie fireesrape utx blast of hot hand h-and smoke struck Mlllman and ho lost his bold ftntl fell knocklnB Miles JJoth fell to tie sixth floor where they struck knocking olT the picket 1rofottor Olsen Ol-sen in falling struck against I t the lowest platform bounded away from the bullditig r dn wan deed when he struck the ground When Williams started down tlie ladder the ire wag burning his hair and hand and he narrowly ciped tlie tle fate of those who tirvccdcl him t The I printers on the ladder escaped with slight bur Igoe and Jcn klnson vojght to escape by a wire McCutcheon jumped from the win don ledge to the extension ladder but h his hands n slipped and he 1 to A MT ASSTItETC 11 H > to catch him but ha was 10 heavy for it and struck tho ground As fir as batted tlioeiu the liuildini were tpjite seriously burned or in I jured In escaping The loss b > the fire will b considerably con-siderably reJuied from last nights I estimate and it II thought it will not now exceed 150000 1 Trend I Mrrrknl SAd FKAACISCO Dec J Tlie steamship Garlic which arrived f IN from China and pIleS today brings pI-leS that the American ship Oliectcfarovgfi was wrecked on Oct SOth by roningoD a rockoffSIuclil rlhama and nineteen of the crew were drowned The vessel was bound from blockodaLi to San Francisco Fran-cisco Four of the crew were saved ItnllromI reek DFITA California D l south bound freight struck a landslide land-slide two miles south of Middle Creek tnL rooming ditching the engine and three cars The engineer engi-neer was killed and two other emplayes Severely Inj ured V Horrlliln el IIMAO ne 11011 Tugar a tramp yesterday killed his son Jake because ho did not get some thing to t when ho sent him out font He then placed thcbodron 01 a fire whIch le built of branches he body consuming shortly afterward after-ward Being overcome by remorse h ho attempted to kill himself He l will revive Their lrtennrq Kt sisCrrv Dec1 Thepost ofllce clerks of hj city have issued a circular throDghout the countr Hiking cooperation for the holding foli li of a national convention to dtnianJ ofCongrwaa more rcoiciful v I eldention of clerks complaints |