Show A HOTEL UURNED Tlc uuougJhela House lUbbur 1a Ilamac I lo the Tune of SI00000 r VCROICTCONCCRNINCTHC MINNEAPOLIS MIN-NEAPOLIS riRC Arid Last Irrijatitm foul iron era Convciilion at lftU Injloiu Oilier > ens 1ST Ttit srsph lo the ewI rUE AT riTrsnru Cxrllluz iernr > nrro r rnir from the Iliirnluf Ilullillnf rirrsiinraJ Dec 5 Shortly before be-fore noon tliu Jlouougeliela llouc took lire and iras damaged to thu i extent of SIIWOOO I ns ono of the oldest atid Lirgttt hotels In tliu city occupying an cntiro I block Seven ttorita fgln hundrvd gucots wcrulu tliuliousuattlic time 1eTctnI hurl nsrrow tcax r afoot of tem 103t all thteilVrOlI3t cfHcb IarHrt had l > ecn drawn for a oslo of tim property nt S pm for SJ 175000 The lire started near the bottom of the freight elevator just about noon and the Homes and tnioke Im inedfatcly phot up the shaft the I smoke filling the entIre upper hoc uppr lon 01 Uie buildlnic There were about 200 guests In the hotel mon than half of whom were In their room many dressing for dluiur They rushed for the passenger 1 elevator ele-vator but finding that sliift nUo 1 filled spltti smoke resorted to the stairways and finally got out Kifely Several ladles were injured and albert who had been overcome by fright were carried out by firemen The chambermaids nuJ umc other employes bad to bike to the fire escapes Several narrow escapes are recorded Tho only nccldeut re pore was the injuring of two firemen fire-men who were badly bruised by falling debris The damage to the structure will amount to 100000 and the guests lose considerable in damage to personal i ilficU The JIlnnrnitoIN Fire IiSXEvioLis I > ec 5 Tho corner jury in the inijurst on the i bodies of the victims the Tribune i building fire brought In a Mirdicl his evening The verdict declares the owners of the Tnbune building W rr 1 r I 1 if not legally I responsible are morally moral-ly culpable for the loss of life They find the fire originated in the lml thl fr orlnlll rooms of the Republican League unoccupied pied from causes unknown In conclusion the verdict says In the opinion of the jury hal I10ll > ceii or tho obstruction met wIth in the electric wires n ladder would have been erec ed in time to hal saved all the people that were Tn the sixth and seventh stories at the time of the arrival of the fire department and Robert McCut citron would cot have fallen and IKjrhajiS others who welt down the lire escape would have ale themselves of the opportunity offered of-fered by the tlredenartinentladders iiisttul of bravlnir thu fire anil smoke to reach the fire lr escape I Therefoie we would recommend the city authorities to tike summary I sum-mary steps to have all electric w Ices ground In thin heart of the city placed under |