New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-12
BURYING THE VICTIMS. =
w.suINCIoN A CITY OF MoURNING-C0YpITIo

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| OF THE INJURED MEN.
| Washington June 'fl.-Thc bOdin. ,1of the, dead
victims Of the horrible wreck OF Fords Theatre on
FRIDAY have nearly all been disposed OF. Washington
WAS day a city Of funerals. and all day long
| mourners have gone abo,t the streets. Every one
| knew what the sad professions meant and the SYM
| pathy OF all was extended albeit uneXpresscd. In
many cases TO the s0rrowing stricken ones Inquiry
confirms the statement that none of the victims were
men Of property. Most OF them lived on their salaries.
which furnished OF vcC cd. but left little for
E, d,v like tbIs Most OF them were married. and
some had large families. who are now left, If not
entirely dependent upon friends and relatives at least
| lacking IN fund, for immediate use
Tic body Of George Q. Allen. OF Pennsylvania was
taken yesterday to Philadelphia wncre his relatives
i've for burial, alter funeral service conducted by
the Rev. Father Kervick. After the last sad rites
had been performed over the body OF Emanuel Gates
,hull. also OF Pennsylvania. the coffin was taken TO
gettysburg for burial. The body Of j. Boyd Jones
was sent 10 his home In Evansville, WIS, where Il
widow and three children await lis arrival. The
body Of Captain Michael r. Mullcdy Is now on Its
way to Ncw-Orcans; That of Samuel p. Banes was
taken TO Bristol. Penn, that OF jeremiah Daley to
Romcola; that OF II. ;. Miller 10 Cumberland, ONO
Nearly all OF these men were members Of various
military or civic orgaUIzations and their comrades
In each case attended their funerals and escorted
their bodies the railway stations j. Is. Gage was
a Grand Army man. and Kit Carson Post gave INN
military funeral. and buried him among his comrades
at Arlington George NJ Arnold was one OF the
best known colorcd men in the Government employ
here and his funeral at the Metropolitan African
Methodist Episcopal Church attracted enormous at
tendance, which included the colOrcd militia com
pnnics Funeral services held over the body
OF Frederick b. Lotus ut his home In Nlnhst. ~ W..
IN the presence OF lbs wife and six children and
many friends.
The Masonic fraternity through b. b. French
Lodge conducted services Captain b. F. Miller
Til. Rev Mr. Rogers OF the Unlvcrsast Church.
preached a short sermon. and at O'Clock the body
was started for Utica. y. Y. Kit Carson Post.
g. A. r., sent q delegation to the funeral. What
remained OF Otto +. ". Maedcr WAS buried at Arllng-
ton after services BY Il German Lutheran minister.
John BussUs buried this afternoon IN
Arlington Cemetery. The funeral OF william
SCHROEDER will be- held at College Park Maryland.
tomorrow morning. and hi, body will b. buried at
Baltimore The body OF j. II. McIall will be taken
TO Lynchburg. Va, for burial.
The body OF DR.. Burrows Nelson was buried Mt
Mount Olivct Cemetery. and that OF Frank VI. Will
Jams. OF Mlddeiown Wis. was buried In the Con
grcssonal Cemetery. the Rev samuel Greene preach
ing the funeral The Independent Order Of
Mechanics laid at rest In Gleuwood the mortal re-
mains OF Joseph Richard Pagan. and Garfield Post.
e. A. r.. Inferred AT Arlington the body OF their late
comrade. J. T.. Chaplin.
Much Of the talk upon the disaster l. now OF re-
lief measures. ard the circuators Of subscription
paper in the departments and the Washington news
papers In their efforts 10 gather funds for the ellet
OF the victims and their famiIlc, meeting with
success a degree that does credit 10 the bcnevo
lcnce Of the citizens. The Government clerks as
elias, are not welltOdo. and the expense, Of living
here absorb most OF their salaries, but few Indeed
were too poor To contribute sum that appeared to
be- generous. In view Of their MEANS for the relief Of
the widows and orphans.
The injured ir Friday catastrophe, now In the
hospitals are. with the exception OF two. In "a fair
way Ia recover. The serious are those OF j.
T.. Mccormack. OF Wisconsin. and Frank Mctcalf. OF
Massachusetts. The former received depressed
fracture Of the ribs and has been ~ critical con
dillon. Death T. llhcly 10 occur before morning. Mr.
Mctcalf has . dl,oCaiod hip. and was diing ~ VOL
as could be expected under In" circumstances until
pneumonia developed. ard The physicians are not now
abb. ia predict thu result In his case.
+. W. Test. Of Illinois. I, getting well and Will
be- removed 10 his h->c 10 morrow. y. l.. Anne. Of
Iowa T. improving. /, s In II serious condition.
T. j. Pennington. Of ilabama, Will recover. Il. A.
smith, II Connecticut. shows an improvement OYER
Yesterday. H. Is. E>t"rIng OF Kansas. W. :. Gu,tin
Of ohio T.. Lcgcr, Of Mississippi; Captain j. b.
Dowd II Indiana and !. II. Thomas. Of Missouri.
will recover. =. +. Calvert, Of Missouri ha, been
removed to nj, home and l. ''ndily improving.
John Baker I, nIdly recovering. but \. l.. Whitney
/, "a, home suffering greatly and Is In a prccarous
condition.