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VOLUME GIX— NO. 28.
TRAIL PUTS
SKELETONS
IN SIGHT
Woman Called to Support Lv
Etta Smith's Testimony Re
veals Mock Marriage
FAMILY CUPBOARDS ARE
* OPENED IN COURTROOM
Miseries of Past Drawn Out by
Defense in Physician's
Trial
SANATORIUM DESCRIBED
AS ROTTEN WITH CRIME
HARRY DAVIDS
{Special Dispatch lo The Call]
SANTA ROSA, Dec. 27. — The trial of
Dr. Willard P. Burke has devel
'-. oped -a. weird dance of private
skeletons, the testimony of Miss Abbie
Smith, formerly head nurse at the san
atorium, who was on the witness stand
today, adding to the fantastic measure
two more figures and bringing to light
her farcical marriage to Dr. S. A- Yule,
a surgeon of the United States army,
in IS9B.
Doctor Yule is dead and Miss Smith
had buried with him her miseries, but
today the strings were pulled, the
graves gave up their dead and the pup
pets of a horrible past jingled their
eteps and cut their ghostly capers for
the wonderment of a packed court-
Niirse Caught in Net
In vain did the nurse hesitate, stam
mer and blush; futile were her endeav
ors to escape. She had been caught in
the net thrown around the sanatorium
and had to take her place with the
others— with Lv Etta Smith and her
tale of shame, with Doctor Burke and
the —accusations against him, with
Marion Derrig and her multifarious
names, with Pierce and his loves. ,
As the trial progresses the question
arises in the minds of the spectators
as to whose f amiiy cupboard will be
opened next, whose. past next revealed
Strange is this dance of the private
skeletons, and its music Is the half
caught sobs of women and the bitter
curses of men lamenting their shame.
And as yet the defense has not put on
a single witness. When it does, that
which has been uttered on the stand
so far, it is believed, will be over
shadowed completely.
Hints From Attorneys
This belief is based on the accusa
tions, intimations and open assertions
of the attorneys for Burke, which in
their scope embrace such choice charges
as baby murders, adultery, drug habits
and perjury. Where it is all to end may
\u25a0not be conjectured. No man seems to
know What the next witness may bring
forth or whose particular skeleton will
rattle its forgotten bones and join- in
the mad dance. \u0084
"This institution." wrote R. W. Dil-
Jard. former clerk at the sanatorium. In
a letter produced at the trial today, "is
rotten with crime, and in the sake of
humanity and In the sight of an al
mighty God let us break it up."
Woman's Past Laid Bare
Dillard referred to the .exploding
bomb which smashed the serenity and
peace of Doctor Burkes sanatorium,, but
1n the face of the testimony his wild
and general language was none too
wild and none too general to fit the
Miss Abbie'" Smith's direct evidence
\u25a0was brief, dealing merely with state
ments regarding the dynamiting made
l)y Doctor Burke prior to the explosion,
but on cross examination the veil of
v^ars was torn anide in a single sweep
and her past laid bare.
"Were "you married, Miss Smith?"
asked Attorney Cowan. The lawyer laid
a high emphasis on the word "Miss,"
and Abbie Smith grew limp .with fright.
• Her.hsnds dropped to her side and her
face went chalky. Then for the first
time she realized that counsel for the
other side knew and that within. a few
moments all her little world would
know the secret of 12 years.
Law Shows No Pity
- She turned appealingly to District
Attorney L.ea, who kept up a running
f.re of objections, but the merciless law
/would havevno pity.
"I was," she said.
"Then why do you call yourself Miss
\u25a0 Once again the 'Blight emphasis on
The witness, beaten; cowed, fright
ened, looked around hurriedly, as if
trying to find in the assembled court
room some one who would rise' to her
rescue.
-Then why do you call yourself Miss
Smith?"
The repeated question struck into a
tense silence. The spectators saw by
the woman's demeanor that another un-
expected sensation, was about to burst.
±' "Because," her faltering voice began,
"because 1 was farcically married."
\ "To whom?"
Again *ih« fought back. Again the
Continued on Page 5j Column 2
The San Francisco Call.
Miss Abbie Smith/ V
Former Ntirse at
Burke Sanatorium
PRESIDENT TAFT
WILL RUN IN 1912
Executive to Be Candidate for
Re-election Regardless of
Roosevelt's Attitude' .
IRA E. BENNETT
{Special Dispatch to-The Call]
WASHINGTON. D. CC Dec. i\ 27.—
Whether 1 Colonel Roosevelt supports
him or not, President * Taft will be a
candidate. for renomination In 1912. He
is convinced that the people want him
to return "to the White House/ j '
Taft is not waiting to see which way
the political wind blows. He is not
concerned with the question of whether,
should he make the race, he will be
elected or deefated. . The only "ques-r
tion which .he will consider will be
whether his party wants him to be a
candidate.!
At, the present time the friends of
President Taft are convinced that he is
the logical candidate for 1912. They be
lieve he is the. one man that, can give
the slightest hope of a \u25a0, united party.
They believe, moreover, that from now
on he will- grow' in popularity. When
some of the achievements of Taft have
had time to. sink into the .public, mind
they, feel _that, he will .be hailed asja
conservative ( man who has proven that
the deed Is mightier than the word. . v
State leaders such as Lloyd' C.Gris
com,- president of 'the New ; York
county- republican committee;^Collector
Loeb and -Otto'T. Bannard, have . in
formed the president that . he ' is .* the
only. -'man, who. can count on a united
delegation to the 1912 conventlonfrom
New f York. Senators "" Penrose « and
Oliver of . Pennsylvania "the
same-sentiments exist in the •Keystone
stated - .From Ohio, Maine, Massachu
setts and other eastern states - the
same reports have come. With.the ex
ception of the , followers of : Senators
Cummins and) La- Follette the state
delegations in congress have; made sim
ilar statements to (the president. . .
While Senator Cummins might -be
able to line tup several of the western
states for himself, ; should he decide
finally to announce his candidacy, it is
not believed, that he could -winieougri
votes to carry' the convention^ \u25a0 The
leaders are sure that; Senator La Fol
lette couldnot do; so. The .only question
that has existedin-the minds*of the.re-;
publican, leaders \with< regard' to 1912
concerns A the attitude of ;; Theodore
Roosevelt. . It has been, asserted^that he
could aid .Senator Cummins »>y. throw
ing his. : strength "to him, .but ;• it ;*is"
doubted that^ he would . go to such ,an
extent. The ;. \u25a0"' former president was
quoted in : New York as havi li g. said :
\u25a0 "All this talk^ about me supporting
.Taft in 1912 is utterly absurd. There
has. been nothing like that discussed
by.me with : any one at any * time."-.
But it is.pointed out that. it> would
have detracted, considerably from* pub'-
He interest'in the colonel- had he made
any other statement. ; j -\u25a0:
While the relations'between t Taft and
Roosevelt, are very friendly/and 'they
have been corresponding frequently, "it
would be the height of ; folly^ for [the
colonel .'at; this time to Indorse Taft tor
the presidency in 1912, at,' least public
lyl To do* so would 'divorce him- from
the eager eyed leaders of ; the west, who
denounced him for- the tariff plank, in
ttie7 Saratoga convention, .and*- would
lose him the interest, that is his as ,a
"presidential " possobility'— ;-in ;\u25a0 a word,
his ability •to draw -a - crowd . would -be
cvt v ih half.
It is outyof 'ithe 7 question^fofJTaft;to
announce "his candidacy' for- re-election
at thisHlme^ 1 , ._.vm
SA^ TTISp;iSCG
MISS MAURINE
RASMUSSEN IS
IDEAL BEAUTY
"Slashing" Head of Girl of the
Golden West Rests on San
Franciscan's Sihoulders
She Will Leave Shortly; for the
East to Pose for Number
of Sketches
THE romantic journey of Harrison
Fisher, .'the New York artist -who
came -in quest of a . girl in the
golden west; whose; face might be'lm-
mortalized by his, pen. and- brush, as, a
typical American beauty, •-..' seems to
have been a success. The girl has been
found and the artist has returned; to
the east -with the promise that Miss
Maurine Rasmussen of this city will
follow .early in -the new year to "pose
for I the new Harrison Fisher type. The
exhaustive search of the artist during
his"recen% visit in California has been
rewarded and from' scores of .attractive
western girls he; has the' type
that he will perpetuated in his 'future
sketches. • -
The new American girl has been dis-'
covered in . San Francisco. Miss : Ras
mussen is the beautiful of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles -Rasmussen "of
this city and is an artist of more. thaa
local' note.
The girl who is. : destined to be'the
new typp for which Fisher searched
so^long and diligently is a beauty .
worthy of the distinction. Shetis 'tall
and slender, with ,a graceful carriage
of the head crowned with a. wealth of
dark^ hair. The ideal American: girl
must be somewhat of a- cosnfopolitan
beauty^ so that, Miss. Rasmussen may,
point with" pride to the fact « of .her
Irish and Danish descent. ,* She has the,
dark blue eyes of the - Celtic race with
the" fair complexion that has made the
daughters of Denmark famous. \u0084'"
- -Miss: Rasmussen has the height that
Harrison Fisher demanded in the new
type of loveliness for which he sought
so successfully in .California. 'She; is
five feet eight inches tali; and is 25
years of a^e, the -age that;eyery-mod-
ern Mnovelist!ylnsists~that ' his - heVbine
Continued . on . Pagre • 2, ; Column 7
TEMBLORS CAUSE FEARS
FOR PANAMA CANAL DAM
Sharp, Heavy Shocks Damage City of David arid^Other
||| Places Within 150 Miles of Big DitcH W
COLON, Dec. 27.— Earthquakes of
considerable severity \ have caused
great alarm in -the provinces of.Cirqui,
Veraguas and -""Los. Santos, ' 150 to. 200
miles from Panama City. , Each shock
was sharp and heavy. The city of
pavid was damaged most. It is built
of stone, while other smallerttowns
nearby are of wood construction.
- Earthquakes are frequent, even in
Colon, but they are not ! severe and
long continued .like; the recent up
heavals.^ which have brought to -the
surface the 'ever latent, dread that the
canal "may be damaged by some cata
clysm of the "sort.' A. V
. Up;to the present time, barring little
tremors, the canal zone ' has been re
markably . free from earthquakes. But
there -^always lurks the dread that
some, day a seismic disturbance will
undo the work of millions of; dollars,
thousands: of men and : several years.
. The' greatest danger to the .canal
would >be at; the .locks :at Gatun,
Paraiso and* Mifaflores. Construction
NEGRO LOCKED IN SAFE TO PROTECT
HIM FROM MOB; FACES SUFFOCATION
- WESTON," W. ,. Va., Dec.' 27.— William
Furby, ,a negro; for hours .tonight was;
between two fires— death at the hands,
ofa mob and suffocation in the iron
vault'of the express office at the:;local
railway station. Outside the - little'
building a crowd of several hundred;
persons awaited from- afternoon: until
late, into the night, demanding the life
of^the prisoner .fo^ alleged \ assaults'
.upon Miss. Flora Anglin, \u25a0 daughter : of
a 'prominent , farmer,' and - for i an at
tempt-to murder her. >
While the mob waited. a large squad
of. deputies! and: trie: sheriff guarded the
PASTOR DISMISSED BY CHURCH BOARD
FOR WORKING AS LABORER FOR PAY
BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 27.— Because. he
worked for wages; and was. seen; on; the;'
public street's iiiSvorkman's attire, Rev. ?
A.' G." Miils : has; been dismissed from:'
the pastorate of the Christian"church-of,;
Bakersfield.; ' . \u25a0 .'..\u25a0-"'"; \u25a0 \u25a0'.:'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0['\u25a0'. .;. './.;.. ,;.:'{
\u25a0 Notice of'; the faction taken the *
official board reached^ Rev. Mr. >Millsv
Saturday. The" church ) year, ends With \u25ba
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\u25a0the ...calendar -; year, so .•* that the ; con- >>
DREAM OF ARTIST BECOMES REALITY
Harrison Fisher Finds Type Here
;-miss riXiM^
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f Special Dispatch lo The Call]
ms?nemployed ; at;.Ga£un'haye|- said that
the. massive^ concrete riocks^a re 'sett ling
continually, :. causing hirge^'Qracks to
appear.^;^' y '" ; .'.' ;V- \u25a0'\u25a0:'.'? % ,.,.." . '.]
iThe" nightmare, which haunts (trie. : na- f
ti ves ; "of Colon"'is . the posstSi lity.', ; tliat
the; dam aY Gatun .might: bQ^tlestroyed. 5
A 1A 1 shock more severe "tlian* ordinary. al
ways i; ;this talk. \u25a0As .the ,dam
will /hold back - the ;'. waters ot. aJ.lake
containing 110 ; square^v miles' of \u25a0 water,"
with; a . maxiniuhiVdepth ;'of ; ,$5,' .feet,"
what an earthquake could do' can
imagined. " v : V'-. 1.
;. Anjericans,: -however, .' less
sive'* ; than ' the; natives, : ' A always reply
that an .earthquake 'greatiSenoiigh to
destroy Gatun's' massive Iworks would
destroy the 'isthmus " and remove the
need fora canal. .';"'', r>
Quakes Without Damage;
'. ; j IMPKRIAL; \u25a0; ; Dec. ; 27.i^04ories of
:light. earthquakes, beginning lust
nighty continued today.\* \Tliere were
two shocks -v'bf -.'more "<than*"us'ual'; force.
No damage resulted:, \u25a0 ; '.'' ; >i',. : " \u25a0 -. -\u25a0'•,
• (express' office^and: kept the negro-locked
in the express safe, where\li'e had little
, air to breathe: , \~ ' \u25a0" \u25a0 • .
The crowd stormed the 'place sev
, erai .'times, /breaking all the \windows
and forcing -open the doors, but. was
unable to prain 'access to the "safe. '.
The — only hope of -the authorities,
\u25a0 however,' was -in" the ; ai*rlv"alVof state'
troops., ; An; order was issued 'early>iri
'the evening; for -the mobilization, of the
\u25a0/\u25a0militia at-'seyeral -points, \u25a0 but althouRh
- special trains ;^ were^provided,'. it; was
doubtful if ;;t.her soldiers wolud reach
! the; scene' before; early morning: ' ' : -\u25a0 ~.
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
gregation will • be without a pastor
New. Year's: day. - \u25a0 y \u25a0\u25a0'.'.;\u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a0 •\u25a0' ;\u25a0-' .". Y^ih
; The. ; ; 'offense} ; : ,-With';\which"^-Rev;-:.r : Mr'."
Mil ls< is 'charged; is -that of wbrkiriglfof
pay for t he ; Bakers field '". produce 'com
pany and wearing. \u25a0 clothes : which when'
seen lupon the. street,? betokened -aAla-'
boring man , rat^^^m^^^mln!ster,'"of
( the. gospel. -I^gff^t^^^^^^^^^e^
becoming a minister- .„ ; , , ,-. ,
AMERICANS VICTIMS OF
OUTRAGES IN HONDURAS
Railroad Employe ißeatenllliyS Soldiers * and Jailed .for
Refusing to y Bqry; Native Paupers
[SpeciaiDiipatch to The Call]
;PUERTO;,CORTBZ.;* Honduras,' Dec. '
21, via New? Orleans, Dec. 27.—Outrages:.t
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are being^perpetra'ted upon "Americans.^
by " r the.Davilal";goYernnient. .William :
Barber, a citizen of .Kentucky, who has ;
been "as, bridge foreman r ot x
the Honduras-railroad; iin an affidavit ;
says: . •' \u25a0\-rii^ >':' "" ' [
'. "While . walking \u25a0. Jon t the' streets', of }
Puerto 'Oortez :-just\ after.'. leaving niy
workl-was.accosted by policemen, who
had two x other Americans : in 'their cus-
\u25a0 tody, and^.was orderedfb'y. the" officers
to go with the Americans and bury; a
dead Ilonduran pauper. .After explain-^
ing to the -policemen that' I could, not
do. this,-as I had to-fettirnto-my work,
they adopted' forcible^jvioaris to compel
me'-to" go, .'beating ' mV'ovcr ;the head
\u25a0withdubs. Iran tofa-friend'shome. '
"Tlie officers then Sveiititn > the barracks
and returnedwith a'uou'ti.lo soldiers,, all
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YOUTH MURDERER AND ROBBED AFTER
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE ON THE DESERT
fli -\\ [Special Dispatch . to The Call]
•; i iIOJAVE, pec:-'2T.^Murdered for his
money, a young, mau.'.was.'found dead
hear -the Southern 'I'acifur track four
miles south of .Mojave. 'early ' yesterday
morning. -His "-body w:is« seen. by a pas
senger on a train. . The.yotingman.wus
in Mojave Sunday."' ' ':"' : ." ,v, v '
'.The'scene^of the lniirdfjr "showed that
a desperitte struggle h«ad'. taken place
and' that the young, manfhad; walked a
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR BEEF TRUST;
GOVERNMENT SUITS DISMISSED
i CHICAGO, -JDecr,27.—United ~States;
Districts Attorney "Sims'•\u25a0today before;
Judge Kohlsaat in ; the- federal court
asked- that the; dissolution-suit.of the
government against the' National pack-
ing^"company.Vwhiciuhydbeeri accused
of being a-trust, be dismissed.-The order
was - entered-/by; the 11 court:. Assistant
United Stafes;ipistrict Attorney Wilker-
DEATH ;CALLS}RARMER
WITH BROKENSBACK
?""SAN^JOSE,VDsc.-
Los ; Gatos : farmer,"; who , last^Fr iday. ha d
h i s neck * and Ü back i broken^ . by ;.-. being
thrown^ from 'his "-buggy .'rand '• who last
might recovered for , 'a.
brief- time, v died. Vthis ' s morning. His
I local -physicians. _ ; ,
lowest 'Monday mghft |5v V!^^
FORECAST FOR I<S&4 Y-ykur; ffik\
, -north wind.- VTA *^^ *2& h
afrhed :Avith;rifles.. They broke down
he. door of house in which I. had
,-
sought refuge" and took: me out and
placed, me in jail. .After I wias placed
in." jail the soldiers formed a cordon
around me with; fixed -bayonets, /while
one of the policemen gave me~2s lashes'
wlth,a:*rawhide;whip. ,' .
r.';yTliey'" also * whipped the other i, two
'Americans in a like manner. \u25a0'After be-
, ing competed to bury* the "pauper -they
'hcld;\us .in .jail - four, days land rthen
Uook -us aboard the, iHonduran gunboat
r .Tatufnbla, which lan'ded'ua in the woods
•in Gifatemala,- penniless and .without
food. - ' .
'"When 1 returned to Honduras :I .was
agilin arrested .on. the^oldcharge.of re
.fusing, to -bury pauper, dead. . * I- was
confined, in jail at, San. Pedro "25-days",
when i .wus s released through the in
terventiori of influential friends." '
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hundred yards after his. throat had been
_cutf : and. he had " been: ; -.disemboweled.
The*' murderer is,- being ' trailed in- the
- direetion.*of Barstow. 1 and it is thought
that he will be caught. soon. v Two hats
r ere found near the bodS;.VV: ,
The' young man appeared "to "have
money>wlien lie was., in. Alojave. The
left pocket of his trousers was turned
wrong side out. •. :
son .issued a"statement:regarding" his
action in;sweeping, aslde^eiviT suits i to
-make ; way fbrV criminal prosecution of
the men the:National^, pack
.ing- company: Wllkerson says there ia
;but one reason for dismissal of !the "civil
. case, and'that^is the desire of the "gov
ernment for immediate and- vigorous
; prosecution of..the ipackenC
ALARMING ACTIVITY
V SHOWN BY AIT; ETNA
CATANIA.. Sicily;;;jpec. 27.-^Mmant
Etna - is^ showing >. considerable - activity.
There have been noearth. tremors/ hqw'
ever. .but- red hot material has been
erupted,, making, a stfiking r contrast
: the "snowcapped volcano. ,
lagers ? living, near; the, crater "a re keep
ing; a -^close i watch -Ton.* the 'volcano.
PRICE VSTOC .^CfiNia
BANK CLOSED;
STOCK JUGGLER
IN SANATORIUM
Financier Tries to Kill Self Fol*
lowing Manipulation of
Securities
....
Affairs of New York Institution
Tangled by Operations of
Joseph G. Robin
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.— The North-.
em.Bank of New York, with de
posits in its nine branches of;
15.JH2.552 at the time of its last pub-;
lished statement, was closed today hy\
O. H. Cheney, state superintendent of #
banks, "for the benerit of the depos
itors,** because of "certain conditions"
and "also certain irregular trajxsac- '\u25a0
tibns." ' -
W. H. Ilotchkiss,' state superintend
ent of -insurance, and District Attorney
Whitman are co-operating with himi
They hope to present the facts to the
grand. jury tomorrow.
Joseph G. Robin, chairman of the
execAive committee of the b.*nk arrl
a share, holder and director in many
other corporations, is in a private san
atorium at Central Valley, N. V.," to
which he was committed Saturday by
Justice Amend of the state supreme
court at the request of his sister on the
certificate of two physicians.
• James H. Gifford of counsel for the
~ -~ \u25a0 - - \u25a0-
bank' and one of its directors an
nounced' tonight that physicians had
diagnosed the case as acute paranoia.
Robin tried to kill himself in his apart
ments last Saturday night. bt\f. was re
strained by a nurse, according to Gif
ford.
Hotchkiss Explains
Superintendent .Hotchkiaa was drawn
into the case - through .the fact that
Robin held a controlling interest in the
Aetna indemnity company of Hartford,
Conn., .capitalized at . $230,000, which
does business in this state.'
".The .statement of Hotchkiss follows;
in 'part: -
"Jbseph G. Robin' was In March the
controlling- stock ; holder of the Aetna*"
Indemnity, company and.' apparently, .of
the Northern. Bank of New York. On*
of the chief, assets of the Aetna. in'"
demnity' company (a 'Connecticut cor
poration in no way related to the Aetna
fire Insurance company) was, according
to-the statement*of December 31, I^o3,
the entire issue of the corporate stock
of. the T^itle and Guarantee Company of
Rochester.
"The latter is a New York Insurance
corporation, authorized to do a fidelity
and a title guarantee business. T.sls
corporation had. however, been dor
mant for 'some time. A lease of its tUle
plant to a Rochester abstract comp.i re
produced an income which, in addition
to its-other assets, gave the stock
holders; a value ot $169,500 out of tW?^
total assets of the Aetna company of •
approximately $1,000,000.
/"Coincident with an increase in the
capital stock in the Aetna indemnity
last spring. , Kobin seems to have
opened' negotiations for the purchase
from it of the ""Rochester company.
About that time both companies
"elected ,new officers, former Superir?
: tehdent Kelse'y becoming president of
Stock Manipulated
"It appears that shortly prior to this
time, Robin, as one of the witn??-;?^
said, had stated that ,he would pur
chase: frpm the Aetna the stock of the
Title and Guarantee company. On • the
strength of this statement— for there
wasno contract until October, 1910 —
the assets of the Eiochester company
were turned over to him March 31, and.
without the knowledge . of . President
Kelsey or other officers of the. two in
terested companies, disposed of anil
manipulated as Robin directed.
"As^a result, when the' present lin
vestigation" began, the Title and Guar
anty company of Rochester, instead of
assets, consisting of approximately
$180,000, ' and practically no liabilities.
owes $50,000 and has against It bonds
and stock in the Robin concern*3 whose
value is approximately. $103,000. This
is a net shrinkage of about. $1-5,000 t>>
be : reduced^ of course, by the ultimate
returns,from the Robin securities.
."There is undoubtedly a' considerable
shrinkage in the assets of the Aetna in
demnity company*. whose small surplus
is unquestionably wiped out and whose
capital .is impaired. Whether this com
pany will be -rehabilitated or reinsured
has' not been determined."
FOUR FIREMEN HURT
BY FALLING CORNICE
Tenants Overcome by Smoke in
Another New York Fire
NEW* YORK. Dec. .27.— 1n a fire to
day which .burned out the three upper
floors', of the building at 24-2(5 Vande
water street, four firemen were in
jured by a falling cornice. None was
fatally hurt. Thedamage is estimated
at 1100.000/.
An excited rush of tenants from an
apartment' house in West; Fifty-seventh
street ' was a feature of a flre which
broke -out in the lower floor of .the
structure : today.
. Several persons were partially over
come by \ the smoke.