died in a fire, occupation Brakeman in his probate records is the following: "A Claim for damages for the death, by wrongful act, of th e said Henry Joseph Beaudry, against the lessor and the les sees of the premises known as the "Hotel St. Louis", at th e city of Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and the stat e of Minnesota, on January 13, 1893, the value of which cla im is uncertain, the statute of said state limiting the amo unt of the recovery to $5000.00; and the said lessor and le ssees utterly ignoring the said claim, rendering it necessa ry that the administrator of said deceased should under th e statute institute and prosecute a suit to establish suc h claim"