Show MET DEATH IN FLAMES seven girls burnea to death in a south dakota state school Blan kington S D oct 6 one of the worst wont disasters in the history hi tory of the state occur red last midnight when seven lives were luht lost by the burning of the girls dormitory at the state slate industrial the dead ate are tillie hooper in tor mabel tobert aged 9 0 of sioux falls bessie merry ased 14 0 of hot springe spring ida warner aged 1 ag of watertown Waier town christina bergman aged 11 of Yank town nellie johnson aged 13 of grafton N D I 1 lillian west aged 11 of sioux sious alls fj alls the burned structure was of wood three stories high and WEH but recently completed the gin of the firo fire is ia unknown the watchman saw the flames bursting from the upper windows while he was in a building some distance away there was no lire fire fl fighting apparatus at the school and the buildings being over a mile from town no fici aid could be tendered rendered in a time the entire annex in a mass of flames and in leze lee than 20 minutes from the time the fire was first seen the buil building dicia was destroyed there was whatsoever saved there were about persons in the school inho ho escaped in their night clothes with the greatest difficulty search for the bodies wa wai commenced as soon as possible and late this afternoon all had been recovered and will lie ile immediately buried each was burned beyond recognition the loss on the building is WEYLER WILL NOT RESIGN madrid oct 6 at a cabinet council tonight the government decided to grant autonomy to cuba under the guzei ainey of spain and to continue the campaign as long as may be nece necessary spary senor gallon galion minister of foreign affairs affair explained to the cabinet the position of the diplomatic negotiations with the united states senor sagasta the premier has received a cable mesba message e from captain general weyler who offers his services to the government and says 1 I ahall not resign |