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:fME INDIANAPOLIS : JOÜENAJL 1 - - ' , ; ' - DAILY ESTABLISHED 1SCÖ. VOXi. UV. NO. 109. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1904 TEN PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. ON1 RAttAVAT TRAINS FIVE CENT3. FiGHT TO A FINISH IS INSTEAD ÖF FIRE CAUSE OF PANIC AT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL EXPECTED IN THE NEW YO RK C 0 NVENTl 0 N TO-DAY Tammany Will Seek to Prevent Instructions for Parker, but Will Be Overruled. Danger Which Induced Disaster Gave Impression that Entire Structure Was in Flames. il MR. HILL IS INSISTENT r PERIL OF SUFFOCATION Immm ' ' 9 it If ffl Hit I: Tammany Leaders Persist in Their Attitude They May Be Eliminated from the Party. NO DELEGATE AT LARGE Even This Recognition Will Be Taken from the Wigwam the Rival Contentions. Staircase Acted as a Vent for Smoke. Which Filled the Upper Floors. LOSS IS ABOUT $2,000 0" mm ' . 3ü if 7 1 ' l ft iJ 3 I 1 V It ALBANY, X. Y., April 17. If the policy adopted by the friends of'Alton II. Parker, at whose head stands former United States Senator David B. Hill, Is carried out at the sessions of the Democratic state con entiin to-morrow, there is likely to be precipitate upon the floor of the conven tion a battle which has not had a parallel in state political conventions for many years. Since the Saratoga convention of 1900, when Oon. Charles X. Bulger, of Oswego, representing Senator Hill, putting his finger almost under the no?e of Richard Croker. denounced Tammany Hall and its politics, Tammany has waited, as an organization, to present its compliments to Mr. Hill, and, although it is perfectly apparent to-night that the interests dominated by Mr. Hill control a largo majority of the convention's vote, it is a foregone conclusion that such orators as Bourke Cockran. Thomas P. Grady, Charles A. Towne and Victor. Dow ling. r,n the floor of the convention, will personally accuse Mr. Hill of attempting to wreck the party. These are not state ments of mere supposition, for, although leader Charles f Murphy, of Tammany Hall, will not say a word to-night, and although former Senator Hill is equally reticent, those who are extremely close to them are to-night making definitely these assertions: "First-On behalf of Mr. Hill, that unless Tammany withdraws w-hat he calls a use- lets opposit'on to the instruction of the Ftate delegation for Judge Parker Tam many Hall will be practically read out of the convention, delegations in its favor outside of Manhattan refused a seat in the convention, and Tammany, as a body, not allowed to name a national delegate at large. TAM MANY'S CONTENTION. "Second On behalf of Mr. Murphy, as representing Tammany Hall, that New York has met defeat in national conven tions only when it has instructed its dele gation; that because of the fact that the party platform and policy are as yet vague ly defined, it is unwise to send an in structed delegation; that Tammany, cast ing the greatest proportion of the Demo cratic vote in the State, Is entitled to name a delegate at large; that a Democratic Etate committee should not be elected at this convention, but the matter should wait until the fall convention, when state issues are dominant." Mr. Murphy, with his Tammany lieuten ants, arrived in the city this afternoon, and for nearly an hour was in conference with Senator Hill. He presented to Mr. Hill the name of W. Bourke Cockran, of New York, as Tammany's candidate for delegate at large. It is understood that Mr. Hill immediately asked him to name his candidate for President of the United States, a request that Mr. Murphy parried by saying that Tammany had no candi date, but firmly believed and would re iterate its belief in the convention to-morrow and at the national convention at St. Louis, that it should not be compelled to name its candidate or be instructed for any particular candidate until the plat form was agreed on and a proper man found who would be ia accord with its issues. To this Senator Hill replied that it must be perfectly apparent to Mr. Murphy that almost two-thirds of the delegates to to morrow's convention would be in favor of instructing for Judge Parker, and that Tammany should therefore gracefully ac cede to the majority demand. If it did not, Mr. Hill is quoted as saying, then Tarn many must take the consequences of its opposition, because the delegates-at-large must not include any man who might on the floor of the national convention repu diate the unit rule as adopted for instruc tion' by the state convention. He intimated that in place of Mr. Cockran a majority of the delegates might select, so as to be sure that their instructions for Judge Parker would be carried out. August Belmont, who already had pledged himself for Judge Parker. When Mr. Murphy left Senator Hill's headquarters he was asked whether he would make a statement. This he positively declined to do. but Senator Victor Dowling, who is his chief lieutenant, said that there was absolutely no change in the situation. HILL IS OBDURATE. "Senator Hill positively declines to meet us half way and the right will go to the floor -of the convention," said Senator Dowling. "where' even though we may be In the minority, v;e shall by voice and ac tion try to impress the people of the State that we are in the right." Senator Hill, when seen, said that, so far as he understood the matter, Tam many was prepared to take the tight to the floor of the convention. He saw no objection to that from a Democratic stand point, and. indeed., he believed that was the place to tight it out. He had no fear of the result and not only believed, but knew, that the convention would instruct for Judge Parker. He added that care would bo taken that the delegates-at-large filleted would be those who would proper ly carry out the wishes of the state con vention, and thit this would apply also to the seh'Ction of electors. Asked whether it was unusual to elect a new state committee at this convention, 1; i-aid it was not, but that it was excel lent policy to select it at this time, so that it might be in working order immediately after the nominating convention, on July 6. There was some discussion to-night as to tl e platform to be adopted. It is said to have been Senator Hill's idea that the pUtfoim should deal quite extensively with Ftate and national issues, but William She nan. speaking, it is believed, for Judge Parker himself, probably has won, to night, a concession, so that the platform adopted to-morrow will be very brief, deal ing not in any minute particulars, but gen erally with the failure of the Republican part v. It is understood that it will u?:v rt that shice the death of President Mc-Kinl. y the party in power has practical ly run riot, has failed in its promise to car ry out McKinlev's policies, has catered to i the lon.-.Tsitinn mid trusts and has de- moralized the public service. It will not in any wav allude to the monetary system, ir wiif it indorse any particular platform heretofore adopted by Democratic conven tions. In a word, it is intended to relieve Judge Parker, if the convention instructs tor r.im. from any possible embarrassment "fdil such time as the national platform is üfloj.ted. It is understood to-night that the dele Satts at large to the national convention will be former United States . Senator Lvid B. Hill, of Albany, and Edward tu-phy, jr., of Troy, August Belmont, of --w York, and Jarnes W. Itridgeway, of lit uklyn. Tho convention will be called to order lV Chairman Frank Campbell of the state frrmitte- at 2 p. m., and after routine Matters are settled it will be adjourned Untl 8 p. m., when Senator Raines will be jnade permanent chairman. The battle on n floor of the convention will take place the evening session. V. ' 1 . I ' I i "WW 'Ss, GROVER T SI 10 BE CONVEYING BIG FORGE TO 1- Torpedo Attack of Last Wednes day Said to Have Been Cover for a Landing Movement. LOSS -OF SHIP REPORTED Japanese Torpedo Boat Said to Have Struck Her Own Mine Russians Near Sung-Jin. TOUT ARTHUR," April 17. Rumor are current here that twenty Japa nese " transports conveying troops have lieen sighted steaming? in the direction of Yln-Kow. The minors cannot he confirmed. The Russians impatiently nirnlt a Japanese Imid in. Viceroy AlexietY has hoisted his fine on the battleship Sevastopol. ST. PETERSBinC, April 17 A dis patch from Port Arthur says several eyewitnesses assert that a Japanese ernlser was lost outside Port Arthur on April 12 by striking one of its own floating mines. ATTACK INTENDED TO . COVER A DEBARKATION ST. PETERSBURG. April 17. It is said that the Japanese torpedo flotilla attack on Port Arthur, on April 13, was intended to cover a landing from nine transports at Chweng-Tai-Tse. twenty miles south west of Taku-Shan, with the view to cut off the retreat of the Port Arthur troops to Siuz-Yen and Kai-Ping. destroying the railwar and preventing troops stationed in southern Llao-Tung effecting a junction with the main Russian forces concentrated at Liao-Yang and Mukden. The expecta tion of this operation failed only owing to the fact that all places on the peninsula suitable for the landing, of troops are pro tected by mines, well fortified and strongly guarded. SHIPS AGAIN ATTACK THE RUSSIAN PORT TIEN-TSIN. Saturday, April 16. A report has been received here that Port Arthur was bombarded all day yesterday (Friday) and that the action is being continued to day. No detailed or official account of the de struction of the Petropavlovsk or the dam aging at Port Arthur of the Pobieda has been received here, but it is not believed that either one of these Russian warships retreated or withdrew from the action of the 13th, which undoubtedly was the most important of the war. It is declared here that one Japanese tor pedo boat was sunk In this engagement, but this statement lacks confirmation. RUSSIAN SCOUTS ARE APPROACHING SUNG-JIN SEOUL. Korea, April 17. 1 p. m. Reports received here from Sung-Jin declare kat thirty-three Russian soldiers are within, thirty miles of that place, and that the Japanese consul and residents left there on a steamer for Gensen yesterday. Sung-Jin i is a smau ijvii . . V: ; labout 130 miles northeast of Gensan and j about the same distance southwest of the I inoutn or ine iumc n.. - ! the northeastern boundary between Korea U has been 1 learned since the foregoing was received that thlrty-three Cossacks occupied Sung-Jin on the night of April lb. The Japanese refugees who tied from there arrived at Gensan this morning. Tne ru mor that five thousand Russian troops "re-following this advance of th rty-thrce men continue, and it is-declared that ihey intend to divert the Japanese from the i"1:1 tv, tii trments. however. , ä dlJÄd ie- It ouÜ be quite . .. . ,l. TnnnAoA tn off prt a lanu- nOSlDie Ir IUC jaain.iu - mg near Sung-Jin and cut off these troops. Two English missionaries live at Sung-Jhi but It is not known whether they have left there. They are not believed to be in dancer. mm. N T OW Now just look; and me not in MURDEROUS ATTACK EIS AR6UMEKT OVEB 50 CENTS Youths Clash During Dispute About Payment for "Can" of Beer. ASSAILANT A 1 PRISONER Cuarlesi-ütCurdley twentyrtwo yjears - of. age, residing at 15 Howard street, was seriously if not fatally injured Sunday aft ernoon by being hit on the head with a four-foot section of gas pipe by Coy Spratt, a seventeen-year-old Kentuckian living at Howard and Norris streets. McCurdley was rendered unconscious and was taken to his home in the City Dispensary ambulance. He was attended by Dr. Leoth, who found a fracture of the skull over the right ear and a complete-fracture of the lower jaw. At an early hour this morning McCurdley was in a serious condition, and it is thought that he cannot live. Spratt was arrested by Tollce Captains Hyland and Kinney and Bikcmen Lowe and Mefford. The trouble arose in an argument over a sum of money to have been used in pro curing a "can" of beer. It is alleged that the principals had been frequenting the common at Lambert and Knapp streets and that they had been drinking. They decided to have another drink, and a collection was taken up for this purpose. McCurdley is said to have given Spratt a 50-cent piece, expecting to get some change In return. Spratt, it is said, refused to give up any change and would not return the half dollar. This led to an argument and, according to Spratt, McCurdley made a movement as though to draw a weapon from his pocket, remarking "I'll shoot you full of holes." At this Spratt picked up a piece of gas pipe and hit McCurdley on the head. Fights are frequent in the neighborhood on Sunday, according to.the police, who say that beer is used in copious quantities. Spratt is charged with assault with intent to kill, and will be held under a heavy bond until his victim's condition is determined. SOURIS RIVER FLOOD SWEEPS AWAY BRIDGES WINNIPEG, .Man., April 17. The Souris river at Oxbow, N. W. T., Is again rising and the government bridge leading into the extensive Bow district has been car ried away, cutting off all communication. The water is the highest ever known at Oxbow. At Saskatoon another span of the railway bridge has been carried out. V .XV il lit Ruins on I.l.nois 5tr35t politics either. STAYS HAND OF MM BENT QNJTfMPLE MURDER infant Shields Woman from Hus band Who Shot Her Father and Mother. MOB HUNTS FOR PARKS . ZANK VJ LLC, -JO,. . , April 17. Frank Parks, twenty-four years old, a miner of Crooksviile, near here, this afternoon shot and, it is believed, fatally wounded his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Crooks. Parks has been out of work for some time. The loss of hts position and the con sequent hardship is believed to have made him melancholy. He had quarreled with hi3 wife, who had gone to live with her parents. Parks called at the home of hi3 wile's parents this afternoon, and as a result of a quarrel picked up a pistol and shot Mr. and Mrs. Crooks in the abdomen. Parks turned the weapon on his wife, but she held their eleven-months-old child in front of her and the father dared not fire. An attempt to commit suicide was frus trated by his wife, who appealed to him not to do so. Parks left the house and has not been overtaken. All Crooksviile is excited over the at tempted double murder. Immediately after the news became known a posse of fifty men and boys was formed. The trail was taken up . at the Crooks home, and was followed to the edge of a wood two miles north of the city. There, it is supposed, Parks turned and, after a circuitous route, secured a train for his home in Delaware county. The police of surrounding towns have been notified and his capture is ex pected within twenty-four hours. THREE PERSONS KILLED BY A PASSENGER TRAIN Were Returning from Church and Took a Short Cut Along a Railroad Track. ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 17. George Clauser, aged forty years; Edith M. Metz ler, aged fifteen, and Stella Knaus, aged seventeen, were struck and instantly killed by a Reading Railroad passenger train near their home near Macungie late last night. Miss Metzler's sister Annie saved her life by jumping aside. The party had attended a church service In Macungie and was taking the short cut home by walking on the railroad track. The noise of a passing freight train prevented them hearing the approaching passenger train. 3 j: t 5 - v I) 7 S4 0 4 f 3A; 45 xvS Side of Occidental Hotel Sho ving Fallen eg S J. 7 S- St. Vincent's Hosp:täl. From Windows In Front Patients Were Rescued by Firemen. Miss Leahy Jumped to Death from Window on Northiast Corner. THE OCCIDENTAL STOOD Damage Throughout the Building Is General, Nothing Remain ing Unsaved. BUSINESS FIRMS LOSE Stocks Are Drenched and- Shaky Floors Threaten to Fall at Any Moment. A . scene of complete devastation is that now presented at the ruins of the old Occi dental Hotel, almost completely gutted by fire early yesterday morning. "While such may not appear to be the case from with out, a view within confirms that fact only too truly. It is not the scene presented by smoky walls, but by fallen floors and walls and heavily bedrenched furniture and wear ing -apparel left in the rooms by the fleeing guests. From the lower to the top floor a desolate condition exists. A liberal estimate of the loss to the own ers of the hotel building and the many tenants as the result of the fire follows: Henry Schnull, owner hotel building: Loss (estimated), $25.000; insurance, $25,J00. P. II. McNelis, proprietor Occidental Ho- tel: Loss (estimated), $22,000; insurance, $3,000. Edward Ferger, drugs: Loss (estimated), $8,000; insurance, $11,000. Frank M. Ryan, haberdasher: Loss (esti mated), $30,0iJ; insurance, $10,000. Schömberg Cigar Company: Loss (esti mated), $10."; insurance, fully covered. Samuel Rubens, clothing: No estimate; stock value, $50,000; insurance, fully cov er.d,, - Floros Candy Kitchen: Loss (estimated), $tfKX; insurance, $1,500. Reine Miller, gents furnishings: Heavy loss to stock; no estimate. Henry . Burgheim, jewelry: Loss (esti mated), $1,000; insurance, fully covered. Harry Raphael, millinery: Heavy loss to stock; no estimate. The damage wrought by the fire was al most entirely limited to the upper floors where the flames were confined, but the heavy stream of water thrown on the flames soaked through, weakening the sills which in many instances gave way under the strain of their heavy load, crashing through to the ground. In many places the floors that have not already fallen in, are in a very-dilapidated condition. The property belonging to the guests of the hotel is practically a total loss, and it is impossible at this time to make an estimate on the damage done to such property by falling timber and debris. CRASH OF FLOORS. Especially is this true in the office of the hotel, where the kitchen equipment, located on the top floor, fell through with a crash to the office-room below. The sills of the kitchen wall burned out and the floors under it, weakened by the heavy flow of water, were carried down in the path cf the deluge. Perhaps the greatest damage done by the waters was- to the business rooms located on the first floor. Into these departments for several hours the water poured through in torrents, so weakening the. ceilings that any attempt to rescue the property at that time would have been perilous. The Ferger drug store and the Ryan clothing store suffered "most in this partic ular. In the former place the stock was thoroughly soaked. The same condition, it is thought, now exists at the latter place. The shoe and the infants' department over the Ruben clothing store was greatly dam aged by. water, as was also the stock of clothing in the Ruben store, though not extensively. The New York candy kitchen is a total loss. A hasty but brief examination was made of the damaged stock yesterday morning by the different proprietors of the stores, and estimators have placed the total loss at $70,000, exclusive of damage to the building itself. Edward Ferger values his stock at $14,000 and at the same time is unable to place an estimate on the loss, although he says it will amount to not less than $S,000. A com plete new line of spring goods had just been laid In by this firm, including 60,000 cigars, besides a large supply of soda wrater fixtures ""(CONTINUED ON PÄGEToCÖL. 4.) Walls and Comics Work. 1 1 s W - ' y.: : v ... v : . . v. . J St : . v : . : .v.-.'.- y.. x. .x : I ,.0, o vo J - WORK0FHERO1SM OUETO E THERESGUERSEXH1B1TED Miss Heakin, Hospital Nurse, Says "Remain in Your Rooms" to Terrified Patients. WORK DONE, SHE FAINTS Many Helpless Inmates, Overcome by Smoke, Are Saved by Courageous Woman. In the terrible excitement and confusion of the St. Vincent's Hospital fire of Sun day morning, when it seemed for a time that the entire structure was in flames and to even venture inside its walls meant death or serious injury, many brave rescues of imperiled inmates were made Firemen, policemen and spectators worked side by side in aiding the terrified patients and nurses of the hospital to escape, in several cases placing their own lives in peril. Had it not been for the promptness and the efficiency of the services thus ren dered, it seems certain that death by suffo cation might have resulted In a number of instances. MISS HEAKIN A HEROINE. Idolized by her sister nurses and praised by the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Vincent, Miss Hannah Heakin, a nurse, is the heroine of the disaster. "While most of the sisters and nurses were thrown into a panic by the discovery of lire, sh3 re mained cool and to her probably is due the credit, of preventing at least a dozen fatal ities. Urging: one of the sisters to sound the alarm of fire. Miss Heakin, throwing her apron about her head, dashed through the dense smoke up the staircase. The patients were panic-stricken and many had crawled from , their beds and were in the hall; some in their weakened condition leaning against the walls and others lying helpless on the floor. These Miss Heakin helped back into their rooms and in a stern voice commanded them to stay near the windows and not to jump. "You will all be saved if you remain in your rooms," she said. . IS FINALLY OVERCOME. Stifled by the smoke and almost uncon scious, after visiting every room on the fourth floor, she made her way up the stairs , again. There the smoke was far more dense. Some of the patients who were dazed by the smoke she carried to open windows. Again in the hall she fell in a faint and it was a few seconds before she revived. Miss Heakin was found lean ing from a window on the fifth floor, and, overcome by the smoke, was carried to the open air. Two policemen who had reached the fifth floor advised her to remove the patients, but she held that for their own safety they should remain in their rooms. HEROINES WIN PRAISE WHILE FLAMES RAGE Nurses and Sisters Retain Presence of Mind During the Con- fusion. The work of the nurses and sisters during the fire is highly commended by the offi cers of the institution. Braving the smoke and fire they showed the firemen, police men and citizens through the long halls and corridors and proved themselves fully worthy of the noble cause to which they devoted their lives. A reporter . found one of the nurses on the top floor of the building when the fire was at its height, trying vainly to carry a patient, who screamed and struggled in her efforts to escape. This patient was only one of many who were hysterical and so badly frightened that they could not realize -that help was near. In another In stance a . sister remembered that one of the older patients, whom she endearingly called "grandma," had not yet been saved, and she led the way to the ward wherein the old lady occupied a cot. "Grandma" was found lying on her cot seemingly unable to move, and it was feared that she would also be numbered among the dead. She was revived after being carried to the first floor by a police man who was assisting. This officer lost his helmet in the early moments of the conflagration and did not stop to recover It. The helmet was found by a Journal reporter, who identified its owner. Patrol man Fred Amsden, by the wreath-encircled number. The sweet, womanly manners of the hos pital workers were. openly commented upon by citizens who were allowed inside the fire lines. Many of those-, who assisted In the work of caring for the injured wer? refreshed by cups . of steaming coffee, which was gladly . received by the water soaked helpers. JUMPS TO GROUND TO SOUND ALARM Finding Firemen "Gone, Sister Agnes Rings Bell Not Hurt. Risking her life Sister - Agnes jumped from the second floor, of the hospital to sound the alarm of fire. Hearing the cry of "fire" from the few nurses and sisters In the rear of the large building she rushed to one of the windows of the second floor, threw it open and screamed for help. See ing no one she lifted herself to the sill and jumped to the ground. The sister rushed into the fire headquarters just the other side of the alley and finding no one. pulled the box herself. All the firemen were working on the Occidental fire. As soon as the box had rung she went to the telephone and called up fire headquarters and told the operator there the exact con dition of the tire. Sister Agnes was unln-lured. CON Panic Only Escaped by Presence of Mind of Brave Men and Women. Emerging from a situation that br icht one death to its doors and that involved possibilities of immensely more death and tragedy, St. Vincent's Hospital Rave little outward indication yesterday of the dancer with which it. had been threatened or of the peril in the lire of yesterday morning, which its inmates had undergone. Within hut a few hours after the tragic blaze of Sunday morning, the hospital had i t turned to its normal state, with all of the patients back in their wards, and with only the smell of smoke and the excitement und r inmates labored to remind one of th tumult an1 danger of the nicht. With the calmer moments that ame with daylight yesterday, a careful survey of tho hospital disclosed the fact that the fire had been confined to the east end of th3 large building, and to the basement and first floor. It is supposed to have Matted front an electric wire in the basement, where the flames spread to the first floor through the stairway. SMOKE FILLS HALL. The only damage by fire was to this stair way and to the woodwork in the vicinity, and the stairway was not even suRlelently damaged to render it unserviceable. Thi3 part of the building is away from the pa tients, and is given over to the chajnd, kitchen and dining room. The loirs will probably amount to ab-ut $.?,v0, supposed to be fully covered by In surance. There was some damage to other pattc of the hospital by smoke and water. Although the fire was confined to a very small part of the structure, the smoke from it was so bad within a few minutes of its discovery, as to penetrate to every part cf the hospital, and in the central part of the structure, near the South-street entrance, is was so thick that it was impossible to reach the telephone booth to call for all. This great volume of smoke naturally roso by every available channel to the top of the building, giving the impression that the fire was burning on the fifth floor. When the inmates we-re aroused and rushed to their windows, opening them for fresh air and relief from the langer of suffocation, smoke poured from every window in tho hosjtftal, causing those who firvt arrived on the scene to believe that the entire build ing was in flames. ONE NURSE FALLS. Dr. O. G. Pfaff, speaking for the man agement of the hospital, told the Journal yesterday ' that, aside from the death of Harriet Leahy, the employe of the hos pital, who jumped from a fourth-story window, there was but one person injured. Miss Katherine Reach, one of the nursor, who fell from a rope of sheets and sus tained serious bruises. Sister Superior Stella's condition, as a result of the shock, coming after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Pfaff stated to be serious, but not ono of immediate danger. The statement that Sister Stella had recently undergone a serious operation was denied by Dr. Pfaff. While Sister Josephine, accountant at the hospital and assistant in its manage ment to Sister Stella, and Sister Mouuca, the aged woman who was carried from tho top floor by a Journal reporter and police men, are greatly weakened by nervous strain and the shock of the tragedy, they are not in a serious condition. Others be lieved Sunday morning to be In a precarious condition as a result of excitement and ex posure, wero said yesterday afternoon to show almost no ill effects from their ordeal. "So far as we can now tell," s;'id Dr. Pfaff, "none of the patients has been ser iously injured, nor has any suffered a ser ious relapse. While we cannot be abso lutely certain as to the condition of all of them for a day or two, we believe that no serious results will follow in any case." BUILDING NEARLY FIREPROOF. All of the nurses, except Miss Iieach, were again at their duties yesterday, an 1 the affairs of the institution moved alon? as usual, under the temporary direction of Sister Regina. Countless telephone In quiries as to the condition of patients wero made by anxious friends and relatives from the time that news of the fire fir.st spread throughout the day. Most of those making inquiry were content with the assurance that their friends or relatives were uuin jured, but many called personally to re ceive Information. Only the relatives of those who were seiieiusly 111 were alloweil to enter the hospital and visit the wardj, as usual. Had St. Vincent's Hospital been of light er construction than it is, it Is probat lo that the fire would have spread with great er rapidity and would have resulted much more seriously. The hospital building prob ably is more solidly constructed than any other structrr? in the city, with the ex ception of the Statehouse and new federal bui.ding. Every partition wall U of brick, and runs frcm the ground to the roof of the building, while between the floors and ceilings is a concrete tilling, making th-a entire hospital nearly fireproof. Although' th exact number of patients in the hospital was not known, Sister Jlfgin i yesterday afternrxm said that it was about 150 nearly its capacity. FIREMAN HOLDS ONE FROM A FATAL LEAP Almost Reaches Miss Leahy Be fore She Jumps Eleven in Room. Chemical Company No. 2, Captain Rosen garten, was one of the first companies at the hospital fire. ,As soon as the chemical was playing on the fire Captain Rosengar ten dirteted his men to rescue all of thf people possible. Fireman Faruham. frcm this company, was lu the same room frcm which Miss Leahy jumped. He would have rescued her had she waited a minute long er. The men from this ne t-ompauy car ried twenty-five c thirty iople from tho tipper stories to the main floor. There were 'eleven women ia th same room with Miss Leahy when sdie Jump4 out to her death. All of the uoma had made up their minds to jump If assistance ÖNTlNX'EDnON'PAüE'lorCOL: 1) h a ! li .It s 1 : ' i 1 -