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The Bossier banner., 1893-12-14
APractIcaI Little Miss.

Little Girl-Mamma, we is goin' to
have church fair, to get some money
for the heather.
Mamma-That's a lovely idea, my
angel; but what can you get to sell?
Little Girl-O, we is goin' to have the
people bring their own things, an sell
them to themselves, and give us tho
monev.-Good News.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-14
MIased the Train.

Prison Missionary-What are you in
!or, friend?
Convict (bitterly)-Just for missing
train.
Nonsense"
ssNo nonsense, sir missed train
for Montreal, ,"--RrooklYn Life
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-14

"A little knowledge is d dangerop!
thing"
"Yes; young IDEAS shoot Truth,
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had crawled under the ropes de knew that
his father was . clerk in that building and he
wanted to know II his father was one Of those
who are still alive. Poor little fellow Maybe
he is an orphan. The STAR man did not know
the boy; did not know who his father was
What could he say2
Yes, my little man, saw your father Just
now. He wasn't hurt Bit" II was q lie, but
maybe the recording angel was not taking notes
this morning.
There were many scenes that we're enough 10
turn . heart Of stone. There were deeds of
heroism and seif-forgetfui bravery performed
in that awful hell this morning that will never
be known on earth. Let Us hope that the Re-
cording Angel was taking notes OF these, not Of
the ordinary evils Of life on earth this morning.
REscuINa THE INJURED.
When the accident was over and before the
rescuers could get inside to their relief there
were injured men who were caring for their
worse injured brothers. There were men who
did not rush for the street to save their
own lives. Regardless Of the fact that
more walls might fall and bury them once more
they stayed to succor men who could not get
away by themselves. A man whose arm was
crushed used his other arm TO drag man from
that place Of death. Men stsysd to strug-
gle with beams and raftsu that bore
down upon their fellows. They spoke words
Of cheer when their struggles were in vain.
So far - TIE SrAR man saw there was not .
single act Of cowardice or poltroonry. Who
says that the days Of heroism and ehivalry are
over? II il . lie.
To enter that building ct first was not
without great danger. There was every prob
ability that the unsupported roof and the walls
would fall At any moment Az soon ss the
clouds Of dust had cleared away 90 that one
might zee inside, men started to work and
there were mrny willing hands to carry ON the
task.
From thu outsidA The appsasaaes xas not %
startling The front wall stood firm II Was
on the inside only that one could grasp
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tho tragedy to the hospitals. With each was q
young doctor doing yeomsn's work, with coat
of. his hat used to shield the face Of the injured
man from the rays Of the sun.
For it happened on one of the fairest sum-
mer days the capital has ever known.
Men were pursuing their usual duties Of the
day. The streets were alive with people pass.
ing hither and yon, Is people do in the streets
borhood were flled with women shopping.
There was peace and content on oil sides.
WITHOUT WARNING.
On the three floors OF the building used by
the pension records division upward of half .
thousand men were at work. Without sign
Of warning the third floor Of the building
gave way and fell with deafening crash. The
men on the door went through with it
The second floor offered no resistance and
the two went through to the basement, filling
it up to the level Of the ground with an mex
tricable mass. In that mass were mon. Some
of them came forth alive. No man came cut
uninjurea
That any one should have escaped with his
life seems the work Of a miracle. Az they
were brought forth they presented a spectacle
that no one seeing it will ever forget. In
many cases the semblance to humanity
was gone. It seemed % though the helpers
were carrying out mere bags Of matter. smeared
all over with red blood, filthy with dirt. dirt
ground into them, blood on their facea A
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BRINGING OUT MANGLED MEN
MANY LEFT HELPLESS.

Hundreds Of men carried down by the fall
ing walls of q building which was notoriously
insecure!
Human lives crushed ont by tons Of brick
and iron and sent unheralded to the throne Of
their Maker!
Men by the score MANNED and disngursd for
life!
Happy families hurled into the depths Of de-
spair; women calling for their husbands; chill
dren calling for their fathers: mothers calling
for their sons; not an answer to cry!
This 10 but . shadow Of the awful calsmity
that befel this city this morning Words can
not picture the awfulness OF the accident The
imagination stands back and fails to give any
idea Of the scene.
Its horrors will never be told. Its sudden
ness was almost the chief horror. In moment.
in the twinkling ofan eye, there was change,
and men who came to the scene of their daily
toll this morning will never return alive.
Women who kissed their loved ones this morn
ing as they separated will have but
the cold bruised faces to kiss this afternoon
Oh, the awful horror Of IL!
1t was between $50 and 10 o'clock this morn
ing that the floors of the old Ford's Theater
building, on 10th street, occupied by thsrecords
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from ali parts Of the city were soon on the
spot The patrol wagons from the different
police precincts brought squads Of men IN
uniform to the scene and they lost no time
In getting the crowds back from the
walls Of the building and out of the way.
A rope was stretched about to keep the crowd
back. Chief Paris was in charge Of the IRE
men, Maj. Moore was in command Of the po-
lice. ~Able-bodied men, who we're willing and
able 10 work, were allowed to pass through the
lines, and they at once started throwins
the debris out Of the windows into the street.
Carts were soon summoned to carry away the
refuse to make more room. 1t was CHASTITY
work, but. considering everything, it was done
well and with very considerable order.
THE EXTRA STAR.
Among the first to reach the scene were q
half dozen members Of The SrAR's reportoriaI
staff. In . few moments an extra star was
on the streets bringing the first brief
news Of the catastrophe. It was fol-
lowed in few minutes by another, giving
further particulars, and later still BY Q third
and fourth that contained many Of the details
OF the accident. In many sections Of the city
the calling Of au extra Was the first intimation
the people had received. They at once
hurried to the scene Of the accident
In . few moments the whole city was astir.
All the streets lesding toward the scene were
crowded with people. About the ropes were
packed hundreds and Thousands. In the crowd
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MANY ARE LIFELEss

MANY ARE LIFELEss.
and pension division Of the surgeon generals
Office. fell in as though they had been the cards
Of card house. On each floor there were
scores OF men at work. Without warn
ing they were carried down a. by
an awful cataract The food was made
up of iron Orders, hardly strong enough to
support the walls. but heavy enough, heaven
knows, to stamp out human lives: Of bricks
that we're held together by plaster long since
dried out; OF wooden beams that had been in
place too long. There was no escape from
such food.
Oh, the shame Of it to the government of
fair nation!
1t could not afford to provide safe building
for its faithful employees, but herded them
together in a building whose unsound condition
was notorious. Again and again have the columns
of the press been filled with the story Of the
rotten wallis The reporter who writes this has
on several occasions told the story Of smaller
accidents in that death trap which showed
clearly that it was no place for men to stay.
MAPPED OUT HIS PLAN OF ESCAPE.
A man escaped from tina. building this morn
ing because two years ago he realized that
sooner or later the building would fall. He
mapped out plan Of escape that he would
follow when the looked-for catastrophe
occurred. While at his desk this morning
he saw the ceiling above him Crack and give.
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SPREAD OF CHOLERA.

Sixty Deaths I'm Mecca Yesterday -Sus~
picious Disease I'm France.
ALEXANDRIA, June She latest news in rs-
gard 10 the cholera raging in Mecca is that sixty
yesterday.
PAaIs June a-Five deaths from . disease
Of . cholersie nature occurred yesterday st
Cstte, iu the department Of Herault. . place
With . considerable coastwise and foreign trade,
in which choleraic disease has already been re-
ported.
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child would not have known his own father
A wife could not have recognized her
husband in that condition. With such
tenderness - rough and excited men could
summon forth at such time they were laid out
upon stretchsrs and carried out to the am
balances that filed the street from E to r
streets.
The doctors could do nothing for them there.
All they could do was to clear away some Of
the dirt, the plaster and hlth from the faces Of
the injured men. In many cases the dirt was
ground into the eyes, noses aud mouths, %
that without such attention men might have
suffocated. Many were unconscious and
could not have helped themselvsA With .
clanR Of the bell the ambulances started of for
the hospitalsL These were soon overcrowded.
Drug stores were turned Into temporary hospi-
tails. People In the neighSorhood Of the acct
dent opened their doors right gladly. and the
dead and the wounded were hurried in.
JuxPEp FROM rHx wrxDowa
A man jumped from secoud-story window.
He struck upon his head on the sidewalk and
vss instantly killed. 1t was Col. Geo. u Ar
neld. The wsll-known G. A. r man.
Another man was more fortunate. He
jumped from . window and landed on the avn
ing Of the store next door. He was unhurt
There we're many miraculous escapss Escaps
At all may well be regarded Is miraculous
There was large corps of volunteer physi-
clans soon on the spot They did such work
that the city may well be proud Of them.
There was but one unpleasant incident. A
physician stopped his work long enough to
hunt up STAB reporter to tell him his name
and ask that it be used a. one Of those who was
on the scene from the first and did noble
work. The name was not recorded.
THE ALARH.
The first intimation Of the accident that the
city had was whom the fire bells rang.
This brought out the engines from
the house on street, the chemical and the
hook and ladder. A very few moment latter
. general alarm was rung and the engines
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TO GIVE RELIEF.

Over 600 Subscribed At the willard Hall
Meeting. This Afternoon
The relief meeting called by the Commission
ers was held this afternoon at o'clock at Will
lard's Hall to take some action looking to the
relief of the injured in this mornings accident.
1t was prompt gathering notwithstanding
the short notice possible.
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cAxPASIA BEAT THE PARIS OVER.

The Cunarder Ran From sandy Hook 10
Browhead I'm Days, 1sh-, 1om--
QUEENSTOWN, June a-The Cunard limo
steamship campania, Capt. Hams, which sailed
from New York on Saturday. June s, passing
Sandy Hook Al 1914 Am, passed Browhesd At
$50 am. today. having made the passage from
the Hook to Browhead in Eve days, II hours
and 10 minutes. Nothing has been a. yet re-
ported In regard 10 the American line steamer
Psris. which sailed at the same time a. the
Campania, and which passed the Hook at zoos
IN. June s.
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT HURT.
The Proprietor Of the Herald" Fails from .
Coach.

INC rOPffSNOr oI tne m ernI0' E0llo nom
Coach.
Pans, June s.-James Gordon Bennett,
proprietor Of the New York Herald, was dan
serously injured on Wednesday. Mr. Bennstt
fell from . coach on which he was riding, end
Wa % sevsrely hurt hat medical attention wss
at once required. His condition grew worss
and Docton Robin and Ledeutu performed an
operation yesterday with view Of relieving
him. Mr.. Benefits condition 10 now dan
gerous and the doctors declare that &c n
critical
EEw YoRk, June s.-Referrfng TO the cable
dispatch from Paris stating that Mr.. James
Gordon Bennett Of the New York Herald had
met with serious accident on Wednesday and
was now In precsrious condition, Mr.. Benz
nett's representative in the Herald Office in
this city states that while il IL true that Mr..
Bennett has met with an accident. the once 10
in receipt Of advices this morning to the sfect
that his condition IL very satisfactory, and that
he viii be about in few days.
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Fsv York 0hos, 80 Potter Building.

TEE EvHxNe stan IL served to subscribers IN the
By carriers their account 1t 10 cents
week. ~. per month Copies at the counter, g
cents each By mai-snyvhere in tbs United StAtesor
Cansda-postAgs prspatd-50 cents per month
SATURDAY oy ApRrPIS SHEET STAR 81 70 per year ;
With foreiRn postsse sdded. %. 90
rEnt.r~d ct the Post Once Washington. D. c..
second-class mail matter.
~ AL mail subscriptions must he pstd IN advance.
Rates Of advertising mads Known on application.
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oARnYfNa rKK INJURED 10 fHn HOSPITALS.
manity bad been destroyed. Faces were driven
in. Faces were pounded into Jelly. Arms
and legs were broken - one would
break . match stsm- There il gruesome work
for the coroner Of the District. There il
shame and remorse on the souls of some men
who were responsible for the state Of things
that confined men who were working for their
daily bread In . building that every one in ~
city Of Warrington knew was u,.safs.
The building that fell was commonly known
- the old Ford's Thsater. Twsnty-slght years
ago there WAS another tragedy within the walls Of
that same building. The news Of II wss flashed
to the four quarters Of the earth and II brought
CONSERVATION wherever 1t went The man who
was killed vas the President Of the United
States
As though the building had borne curse upon
Il from that time Il ended its career in q A.
ting manner. But how much better IL would
have been If the government had removed that
structure years ago.
Today the news Of another horrible eatas-
trophe has gone across the wires, and this his
toric building, baptized in the blood Of the
chief magistrate Of the land, was . noble scene,
. At theatsr in which to play this horrid trag-
sdy.
sxvENrEEN DEAD BODIES At NOON.
By noon, two hours after the falling Of the
walls. the bodies Of seventeen dead men had
been removed from the ruins.
In the basement Of the building there Il still
piled up debris BY the hundreds of tons. No
man osn ssy how many bodies still lie beneath
that ugly mass. Others who were taken out
alive are certain to die from their injuries. II
known.
1t was An accident the Ike Of which has
never been known in this fair capital before.
Some years ago the tower Of . church
fell to the earth. 1t was in the early morn
ing and no one was hurt. The floors Of .
hotel fell in, but the result Of that were
not serious. The walls Of new music hall
were blown over by . terrible wind. but the
dead were few As compared to the dead Of to-
day. An accident that numbers its dead by
the dozen and it, injured by the score IL one
that goes down to history. viii II 90 - blot
on the fair name Of the capital or will It be
shown that the sin lice At the door Of the fed.
srsl government
sEARcHINa THE RUINS.
All day long the arsmsn, the policemen, the
letter carriers and soldiers did mobile duty in
their work of searching the ruins for the dead.
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LONDON, June s.-James White, bookmaksr,
who was arrested in this city on May IL on the
charge Of having been concerned in the rob-
berry OF Jewels valued At 700. ovo francs from the
palace Of the Count and Countess Of Flanders,
brother and sister-in-law Of Leopold, King OF
the Belgians. on the night Of February !, this
year, while the count and countess were A.
tending court ball, was brought up again In
the Bow street extradictiop court today for ex-
animation on the application for his extradi-
ton to Belgium. The evidence being insufa~
Gent to hold White he was discharged
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Red River Valley Elevators Attached.
Devils LAKE, N. D., June 9.-Sherin Bar
ton has attached three elevators of the Red
River Valley Company for 900. 900 each in the
Bank Of Toronto and Canadian Bank Of Com
merce.
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Visiting DAILY, the Dynamiter.

LONDON. June s.-Mr. John z. Redmond. Tie
psrneiiite leader and n. p. for Waterford City,
ID visiting John Daily, who was sentenced 10 i'm
prisonment for life In 1884, and other convicted
dynsmiters in Portland prison, Home ssere-
ssry Asquith having granted Mr.. hsdmoaA psr-s
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TO THE RESCUE.
Never before have the hospitals Of the city had
such . day. The young physicians from the
Emergency and the other hospitals about town
did Gods own work in caring for the bruised
and the dying. They did their duty Nike men.
The ambulanoes and patrol wagons were kept
busy al day long, hurrying from the scene Of
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DRESDEN, Tenn, June s.--Dumas, . young
oolored man, was lynched wednesday night ~
Gleason, q railway station mine miles east oe
Dresden, for sssaulting the daughter Of far
mer living two miles from the village. He
made full confession.
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TIE SCENE inside.

TIE SCENE rNsIpE.
The two floors had been cut away from the
wall - closely ~ il done with Q knife. Look.
ing down into the pit the scene that met ons's
eyes was an indescribabls one. Il was one
that viii never be forgotten BY
those who saw it Thirty or forty
fest below vss mass Of building material,
girders. beams and bricks. Inside that mas IL
wss known that there were men and that the
sooner the work Of rescue was started the bet
ter. No man could have lived long under that
debris. He would have been suffooated.
No one knew how many people might be in
that awful pile. II was supposed that there
were about 500 people at work in the building.s
the time Of the accident Few had . chance to
run At all A man might leap from his desk only
to find the floor giving away beneath him.
wnd statements were made BY excited
men - 10 the number Of people who must
have been killed. II did not seem possible
that any one could ever come out slivs.
Fortunately, how fortunately only those who
wsrs thsrs can understand, not ali of the noors
fell through Only about the front third floor
section gave way, the floors in the rear part
staying in place. As one looked at Il
the sight was . curious one. These floors
simply stuck out in the air.. They
were supported to the north and south BY the
walls Of the building and by iron posts that had
been used to prop them up when they sagged.
The partition walls between the front and the
back portions had fallen in - we'll The people
who were in the back part of the building e.
capped serious accident; those in the front went
down with the crash.
ORGANIZING THE WORK.
As soon Is the hremen and policemen got TO
the spot an organized search was commenced
Later in the morning band of ooiored men,
armed with picks and shovsls, were started
to work clearing away the ruins and digging
down after the imprisoned clerks.
At II o'clock they succeeded in clearing out
50 much that . nest of bodies was un-
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quaintances in the doomed building ct the
time it went to earth.
Mister, have you seen my pspa2''
A little shaver asked the question Of srAn
reporter. There were tears in his eyes. He
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LONDON. June s.-The tone at the opening Of
the stock exchange this morning was steady
and the market wss active, in sympathy with
American markets. There has bean cousidsr-
able buying for both the continental aad
English accountA.
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A Divorce for Mrs. leslie Reoommsndsd.
New YoRk, June at ID stated that Referee
Grant b. Taylor, who has been taken testimony
ct Newburg in the action Of Mrs- Frank Lsslis
Wilde against her husband, Mr.. Wilde, for
divorce, has transferred the evidence and his
cancellations TO Judge Brown and rsoemmsndsd
that . decree Of absolute divorce be granted
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the full meaning Of the situation. A
star reporter was one Of the hrst "a
enter the building. Going in the side
door to the south it was noticed that the stair.
case was still intact and that the wsn between
that portion and the center had not given away.
Mounting rapidly to the third floor . full
view Of the state Of affais could
be had Upon the platform Of the
staircase one could stand and look directly
through the door that formerly led into the
main building. One could stand on the
threshold, but there was no Aoor to walk on.
There was Absolutely nothing.
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THE EVENING STAR.

PrRLIsHKD DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY,
AT TIE STAR BUILDINGS.
no1 Psnssylvania Aysuzs, eorns. llsh st., b.
The Evening Star Newspaper Company,
s. h. KAUFFMANN, Pres't
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Mr.. Glover moved that q committee Of five
be appointed to canvass the audience for SUBJ
scriptions Mr.. Lambert moved that the COM
mittee be increased to twenty-five to canvass
the city. but Col. Parker thought the general
matter had better be left to the press and Mr..
Gicvers motion was carried. The committee
consisted Of Messrs. Glover, Warner, Bell,
Lambert and Woodward
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IERE A SURVIVOR PUTS THE BLAME.

Smith Thompson Of the records division, g
clerk in the ruined building where he narrowly
escaped death this morning. made an earnes,
speech. He blamed the fatality Of the acciden,
upon Col. Ainsworth Of the War Department
who compelled clerks Of the department. to worl
in that hell upon EARTH" while handsome
rooms in the War. State and Navy building are
used for the mere storage Of documents.
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1t was representative gathering Of promi-
nent business men. There were q number Of
ladies present
Commissioner Ross called the meeting to or
der and briefly stated its object. He said it
was not to talk, but to raise money. At his
suggestion Commissioner Parker was called to
the chair.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-16

Democracy; it was what Jefferson had
inauguratcd, jackson had approved
and rilden indorsed. There was
Democracy In every fiber Of the en-
dorsement of silver, to be used equally
with gold. Mr.. Cleveland accepted the
platform with the hard money plank
In his letter of acceptance he specially
indorsed H. The people believed In II
and tTo sted him and cast their votes
for ~ / as their friend and protector
ag the gold syndicate.
1893 he called an extra session OF
O, ,ress. He threw the whole weight
OF as administration against silver and
d. inst the spirit of the money plank
o which he was elected. Is it strange
H. & the people began to see that they
Ia been betrayed? They could not
f. to see that the administration had
fur AIKEN the old Democratic policy
wlloh was to treat silver and gold alike
unc nr the law.
1ucy have listened to Republican
orat and have decided to rebuke the
ADM istratioR and they have done It,
No pb or man can afford to ignore
the pr, 3iples on which they have won
the peoples votes. The people know
their rights aud are jealous of5ncroach.
ment upon them.