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rible and inexcusable accident that
ever occurred in the city Of Washington.
WORKED UNDER PROTEST.
The general opinion is that the acci-
dent was caused directly by the weaken
ing OF the already weak structure by
reason Of excavations made beneath IL
for an electric lighting system. 1t was
stated this afternoon that several days
ago the clerks in the building circulated
petition protesting against work in 1t
being continued, as they considered it
imperiled the life OF every man working
in the building.
HORRIBLE SCENES AT THE MoRGUB.
At the morgue the sight was horrible
to behold. Blood from the bodies formed
large pool upon the floor, ard crushed
skalls and broken arms and legs make
the scene indescribable. There were
some victims who had not been crushed.
They were smothered. and the discolor-
alton of their faces and necks gave viei-
BILE evidence OF the cause of their death.
THE PRESIDENT INFORMED.
President Cleveland was informed OF
the sad event just as he reached the
entrance to the White House, by one of
the clerks, and at once interested him.
self in relief measures, learning with
satisfaction what had been done by AS
eistant Secretary OF War Grant.
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WHO'S TO BLAMEq
The insecurity of tho Building Was
Well Known.

The Insecurity of tho Building Was
Well Known.
WASHINGTON, June 8. - An ex-
animation OF the official records
shows that the insecurity of the Ford
theater building was brought to the
attention Of congress in pointed man
ner as far back as 1885. Attention was
then directed simply to the safety OF the
army medical library and museum. The
protection of human life was not
especially brought in question.
One Of the workmen, a colored man,
employed in excavating the cellar and
who escaped with only slight bruises,
says: II told them yesterday that the
archway would fall, for every time one
walked over the floor it would bend"
Contractor Funk thought the wreck
was caused by the faulty manner in
which the work OF underpinning seemed
to have been conducted. he said he
had noticed it several times during the
last few days.
DIR. Ainsworth, chief of the bureau of
records and pensions, who has been se-
verely criticised in connection with the
calamity tonight, said: "The work be-
ing done was simply extending the cell
lar in the rear of the building through
to the front. There WAS very little ex-
cavation, and no sign Of weakness. The
building had never been condemned to
my knowledge, and 80 far as I know was
considered perfectly safe. I have no
theory to account for the collapse"
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rHE RUNNING TURF.
Yesterday's Races at Morris Park,
tonla and st. Louis.

Yesterdays Races at Morris Park, La
tonaa and st. Louis.
MORRIS PARK, N. Y, June 9.-The
track was good.
Five furlongs-Meddler won, Solitaire
second, Dorine third; time, l :07.
Six furlongs-Dead heat between Ches-
apeake and Adelbert, Hammie third !:
time, l :12. Purse divided.
One miie-Sport won, Certainty Sec
ond, Roche third; time, AZ.
Seven furlongs-Dr. Hasbrouck won,
Stonewall second, st. Florian third ;
time, :2614.
One mile-Deception won, Addie sec
ond, Anna B. third; time, Al.
Six furlongs-Pirate won, Wolsey Sec
ond, Clara A., colt, third; time, l IA.
RESULTS AT LAToNIA.
CINCINNATI June 9.--The track was
fair.
Eleven -sixteenths of mile-KinG
Star won, Lucknow second, Pretendel
third; time, :011a
Six furlongs-El Reno won, Mestol
second, Rebuffer third; time, l :161a.
Nine sixteenths OF mile-Mahogany
won. Invade second, Joe l.. third; time
0:5614
Handicap, one mile-Irish Chief won
Dolly McOone second, Rambler third
l Al.
Five furlongs -Hoosier Cmp.) won
Portugal second, Parrot third; time
:03. :,
Elevsn.sixteenths of a mile-Ray S
won, Dub Hughes second, Ondrey third
time, :09.
ST. LOUIS JOCKEY CLUB.
ST, LOUIS, June 9.-The track wa
fine.
Six furlongs-Minnie Gee won, Out 0
Sight second, Maud third; time. ID.
Four and one-half furlongs-Fatalit
won, Bollinger second, Una Coiorad
: third time, :574.
Six and one-half furlongs-Dock Vic
won, Pearline second, ellison third
time, l :23.
Six and one-half furlongs-Saxophon
won. General Mitchell second, KaneI
Vile third; time, :2S1a.
J Six furlongs-Flora won, Burrhall se
ond, Oxford third; time, ;l619.
One mile-Boston Boy won, Lockpo
second, First Chance third; time, a
One mile-Ray S. won, Brazos secon'
st. Croix third; time, :42. Ray
made the best time for a mile at I'll
fair grounds today.
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Sunday, June 11th, the Southern Cali
fornia Railway will open new route to
Catalina Island via the popular seaport,
Redondo, in connection with the steamers
s'Hermoea" and "Falcon" of the Will
mington Transportation Co.'S Fleet.
Though tickets will be on sale at Los
Angeles and all points on the Kite
Shaped Track and baggage checked
through.
Commencing with the above date,
Steamer "Hermosa" will leave Redondo
for Avalon on Tuesdays and Thursdays
on arrival Of Santa Fe trains reaching
Redondo at 2:15 p. m. and on Saturdays
on arrival of train reaching Redondo at
10 AS q. m.
Steamer Falcon" will leave Redondo
every Sunday on arrival OF Santa Fe
train reaching Redondo at 9 80 a. m.
Returning steamer, Hermosa" arrives
at Redondo from Avalon Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, connecting
with train leaving Redondo at 80 p. ne.
and Steamer Falcon" arrives at Re-
dondo from Avalon on Sunday connect
ing with train leaving Redondo at 5 "a
o. M. This service forms very at
tractive feature for the patrons OF the
popular Santa Fe and emphasizes the
statement that "Every city, seaside anc
mountain resort in Southern Calitornis
ia reached by the Southern Californlf
Railway" Gall on Agents for deS
criptiye pamphlets and time tables.
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of the assassin's brother WAS being laid

Of the assassin's brother WAS being laid
to its final rest.
THE BUILDING LONG CONDEMNED.
Evidence found in official records APP
pears conclusive that es long sgn as 1885
this building which the government
purchased after the assassin alton and
used as an army museum WAS officially
proclaimed by congress to be 'an unsafe
depository for even the inanim ate skele-
tons, mummies and books OF the
army medical museum, for which a
safer place OF storage was
provided by an act of congress.
But, Notwithstanding the fact that in
the public press and in congress also
continued attention was c,llled to the
building, the walls of the building and
it's darkness and general rmsuitability
and unssfety, it continued b, be used for
the daily employment OF nearly 800
government clerks in the pc nsion record
division of the war office. I he building
collapsed in the midst OF u ill-judged
effort to remedy some of'its defects.
THE MORAL OF THE DIsA sTER.
The moral of the disaster is empha-
sized by the fact that there are known
to be at least two great govern
ment buildings, the print pg office
and the Winder building, nn annex
OF the war department, each containing
many more employees than were Gagged
in the Ford's thester death-t rap, are in
an equally dangerous condition.
EMOTIONAL scENEs.
While the worI, OF rescue was going
on, men who had been strangers to
emotion, wept like children and turned
away their faces as the limp and lifeless
bodies of those who had been crushed
beneath the ruins were brought forth 70
the sunshine they would seen no more
upon this earth forever. Wornen were
helped away in fainting condition, and
in every heart WAS sorrow and in every
eye stood the moisture vi grief.
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DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Over Five Hundred Men in the Building
when 1t Collapsed.

over Five Hundred Men in the Building
when It Collapsed.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Ford's opera
house on Tenth street, in which Presi-
dent Lincoln was assassinated, collapsed
this morning. 1t had been used a num-
ber of years as a part of the office OF the
surgeon-general of the war department.
When the crash came there were sup
posed to be in the building 496 clerks, is
messengers, 20 laborers-534 In all.
The first floor collapsed through weak
ness caused by excsvating cellar, and
in it's fall carried down three floors, and
with them hundreds of clerks. The dead
and wounded were taken out rapidly by
firemen and police. All the ambulances
in the city were summoned, and the res
cued were conveyed to hospitals.
THE SCENE WAS TERRIBLE.
Some jumped from the third floor.
The walls are still standing, but every
floor has gone down and every window
is blown out. The building had been
condemned as unsafe, but sentiment
kept it unchanged. The floors were
heavily loaded with records of the pen
sion division OF the war department
The clerks employed there were all men
General Schofield ordered two troops
of cavalry from Fort Meyer, just across
the river, and two companies of infantry
to the scene. The secretary of the navy
ordered out all che naval medical officer
stationed here and opened the neva
hospital to receive the injured. Tht
commandant at the naval yard was or
dered to render all the assistance in hi
power.
SPREADING OF THE NEWS.
News of the disaster flew like wildfir
through the city, and soon anxious rela
tives were added to those who wer
drawn to the scene by sympathy @
curiosity. In short time bodies wei
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THE PIRATES WON EASILY.

Harper Pit Them Over the Plate and
Campbell Was Unsteady.
STOCKTON, June 9.-Stockton easily
defeated the San Franciscos today by a
score OF 8 to to 1. Harper pitched them
over the plate and gave his fielders a
chance. The result was q victory.
Stockton got 10 hits off Campbell, the
phenomenon. The feature of the game
was Harper's three-bagger to right: He
might have come home had he touched
third squarely, but he went back and
then got in on Spies error.
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HELD DOWN TO FOUR BASE HITS.
The Angels Beat the Strikers
in a Close Game.
A Pitchers Battle and BOrchers Bid
the Best Work.
The Pirates won Handiiy at stockton,
Thanks to Harper's Effective
Curves s. Baseball and
Turf Events.
BY the Associated Press.l

BY the Associated Press.I
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.-The game
this afternoon was won by Los Angeles
by a score of 8 to 2. 1t was pitchers
battle, with the score standing 2 to 2
from the third inning to the last half of
eighth. when Los Angeles punched three
hits against Horner and scored the win
ming run. Borchers pitched for the
southerners and Oakland could not
make more than four safe hits.
The score is as follows:
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THE NATIONAL PAsTIME.
Results OF Yesterdays Games on Eastern
Diamonds.

Results of Yesterdays Games on Eastern
Diamonds.
BosToN, June 9.-Bug Holiday earned
the only run for the Reds. Boston, 6 !;
Cincinnati, /.
BALTIMoRE. June 9.--The Orioles de-
feated the Colts by good playing. Bal
WASHINGTON, juno 9.--OuPpy 8. ulu gooo
work. Washington, 5; Cleveland, IL.
PHILADELPHIA, June 9.-The visitors
played dull game. Philadelphia, IA;
Louisville, A.
New YORK, June 9.-Mark Baldwin
pitched good game. New York, g.;
Pittsburg, 5.
BROOKLYN, June 9.-The Browns were
defeated by the home team. Brooklyn,
z; St. Louis, 8.
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THE WORK OF RESCUE.
AmbuIances Kept Busy Carrying AVA
the Dead and Ipjured.

Ambulances Kept Busy Carrying Away
the Dead and Iojured.
WASHINGTON, June 8. Ambulances
were kept busy carrying away the dead
and injured. The faces of many of the
injured were covered with pieces of
cloth, old coats, newspapers, or what
ever else could be had. Some of the
mangled bodies were carried out with
the faces exposed to the gaze of the
great throng surrounding the building.
A I th ranch the lang haSs,3fF ~hil4 4btdhlee the
strength to rescue those who were not
beyond hope, mothers, sisters and bro
theirs lowered around the front OF the
building, and with streaming eyes in-
quired OF all whom they met OF some
tidings of their dead once. Some could
hardly be restrained from pushing their
way into the building.
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A LIST OF THE VICTIMS.

rwsnte-two Dead and scoreK of Others
Badly Injured.
WAsHNaToN, June 9.--FOllowing is O
list of the dead thus far reported, with
the names of the states from which they
were appointed. 1t contains 20 names,
including one unknown man and pos
sible duplication, only 81 bodies having
been taken from the ruins.
An unknown man was taken from the
ruins at O'Clock this evening, evidently
n clerk:
George Allen, Pennsylvania.
George w. Arnold, Virginia.
l.. W. Boody, New York.
Samuel p. Barnes, Pennsylvania.
John Dossius, District of Columbia.
Arthur Dietrich, Kentucky.
jeremiah DAILY, Pennsylvania.
James r. Pagan, Kansas.
Joseph B. Gage, Michigan.
David G. Jordan, Missouri.
M. M. Jarvis, Michigan.
J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin.
r. B. Lotus, New York.
+. w. Mseder, New York.
F.!B. Miller, New York.
Howard s. Miller, Ohio.
J. II. McFall, Wisconsin.
II. Ct. Shuli, Kansas.
William Schrymer, Maryland.
III. S. Wood, Maryland.
#. Nj. Williams, Wisconsin.
@. H. Miller is re ported killed, but
probably the name is meant for @. r.
Miller, who was supposed to have been
killed, but who will recover. The names
of Jordan and Paul are also attached to
the unofficial death list as having been
- hr4f
located.
THE INJURED.
The injured are: A. l.. Ames, Iowa,
probably fatally; E. F. Calvart, Mary
land; S. ]. Dewey, New York; Louis
Dusapv. George w. Davis, Missouri; III.
b. EaeterlAnd, Fort Scott, Kan. Wash
inoton Fry. w, S. Gustin, Ohio; DIR.
James III. Howard, Maryland; @. F..
Hathaway, Ohio; ]. N. Hammer, Ten
nessee; George Handy (colored), J. 6.
Johns, w. Krugler. New Jersey; Clifton
Lowe. Iowa; William M. Lecture, Dis.
trict of Columbia +. Leger, Mississippi
Frank Metcalf, Missouri; &. F
McCaulin, Tennessee; ]. p
Mccormack, Wisconsin; M Nc
Lachlin, r. M. Patrick, Ken
lucky T. 9. Pruitt, Texas; P. X
Pennington, Alabama; Charles ROBIN
son, Colorado; +. j. Stewart, F. F
Sims, @. D. Sbadbolt, Missouri; F. P
Smith, Tennessee; r. A. Smith, Con
necticut; F. f. Sans, Illinois; 2
u. Somers, Ohio; J. A. Thomas, Sc
dalia, Mo-; Il. W. Test, Illinois; O. k
Weller, y; 7. Warley' Tennessee e %Ds.' Jane lame
sylvsnia; w. Nj. Smith, Ohio, an
Robert Smith.
Only few will die, according to tn
surgeons.
Arthur Dietrich, whose name appear
among the list OF killed, is among tt
injured. The dead man is supposed
be G. f. Doggett, who is missing. \
T. Mulledy OF Louisiana is still missin
The number of dead known at a. I
is "a, and the injured so far ascertaint
is 81.
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Chnlara,n Raxaras.

PARIS, June 9.-Five choleraic deaths
occurred yesterday at Cote.
ALEXANDRIA, June 9.--There were 60
deaths from cholera at Mecca yesterday.
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DnndruR,

This annoying scalp trouble, which
gives the hair and untidy appearance, is
cured by skookum root hair grower. All
druggists.
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Here Is Something Good for Your
Rhaumatic Friends.

If any Of your friends are troubled
with rheumatism have them read this /:
Lynchburg, Va, April Is, 1898.
I desire to say that Chamberlain'e
Pain Balm has cured one of our citizens
of rheumatism of two years standing.
One bottle did the work. This gentle
man, Mr.. R. H. Parnell, ticket agent Of
the @. & o. r. r., now recommends
Pain Balm to all his friends. F. O.
Helbig. so cent bottles for sale by @. F.
Heinzeman, 222 North Main.
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Notice to Creditors.
De
EsrATe OF BRIDGET WILSON, D

THsTATE OF BRIDGET WILSON,, DE
H. ceased.
Notice i" hereby given by the undersgned'
executors OF the last will OF Bridget WILSON,
deceased to the creditors Of, and All pr
ceased, to exhibit tine same with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the hrst
publication of this notice, to the said e4ecu'
SSs south 9 Main M street.. Los Angeles city. Cal,
the same being the place OF business OF saia
estate IN the c0unty Of Los Angeles
FRANK SABICHI,
JOHN McOONNACHIK.
Executors.
Smith & winder, Attorneys for Executors.
$40 30t
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Onr Homo brow.

Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from the
brewery on draught in all the principal sa-
looms. delivered promptly in bottles or kegs.
Office and brewery. 444 Also street. Tele-
phone 81
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Beauty to Be Rid Of the Beast.

NEwBuRe, N. Y, June 9.--Referee
Taylor, appointed to take testimony in
the suit of Mrs. Frank Leslie against
her second husband, Willie Wilde, has
reported, recommending that she be
granted an absolute divorce.
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Itching, Aching Ples-HaiPs cream salve
win give immediate relief and is a positive
cure rs and soc. of & Vaughn's drug store,
Fourth and Spring sts.
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Fire Insurance Rates Reduced.
wall Pnper at Cost

Ind. pendent of the compact" see Basker.
Vile, 21s North Main (Lanfranco building) and
save money.
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USE GERMAN FAMILY soAr.

Closing out sale Rckstrom trasburg, 30
and sos south Mai n street.
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being taken out go fact that they could
not be attended TO by the doctors on the
scene, and after considerable suffering
for want of attention, extra vehicles
were brought and the wounded were
taken to the hospitals, which we're soon
overcrowded and the sufferers were little
better off than at the scene OF the dis
aster, until number OF medical students
appeared on the scene and took charge
OF those less seriously hurt.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Willing hands went to work as soon as
the shock had passed to rescue tho dead
and wounded from the ruins. The
police and soldiers ordered to the scene
by General Schofeld kept the crowds
back, 30 there was no Intervention to
the work Of rescue.
One of the fret victims found was
George NJ. Arnold, colored clerk from
West Virginia, who jumped from the
third-story window and was dashed to
death in the alley where J. Wilkes
Booth had his horse tied on the night he
assassinated Lincoln.
THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE
Is supposed to have been the digging
under the foundations for the purpose
OF putting in an electric light plant.
But aa near as could be ascertained
the top floor gave way first, carrying the
others down with it. Fortunately the
entire building did not collapse, as in
that case the loss OF life would have
been much greater. Aa it was, only the
front part went down, leaving more
than half of the floor space intact.
Because of this many lives we're saved.
Some clerks sitting at their deska were
left sitting on the brink, while the
deaks at which they sat went down.
AN EYE-wITNBssEs' ACCOUNT.
Mr.. s. Dana Lincoln, who occupied
room in the Atlantic building, facing the
rear of the theater building, gives this
account OF the scene: He was sitting at
his desk at the time OF the giving way Of
the floor OF the building. He heard a
noise as though OF the dumping OF bricks
in the alley. He looked out OF his Office
window and saw clouds of duet arising to
the top of the building. Immediately at
every window dozens of heads protruded,
wildly calling for assistance. 1t seemed
10 or 10 minutes before the fremen APP
peared with ladders, which were imme-
diately run up to the windows. In real
ity the time was only few moments.
The iremen rescued all those who had
not escaped by jumping from the win
dows.
THE LAST MAN TAKEN OUT.
The last man taken out of the build
ing alive was Captain Dowd of Indiana.
He was found near the southwest corner
Of the building, covered to the depth
of two or three feet with brick and
mortar. He had lain there for three
houpa hut a failiu0 haotp Lo1 lod0ad
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THE LAST MAN TAKEN OUT.

The last man taken out of the build
ing alive was Captain Dowd of Indiana.
He was found near the southwest corner
of the building, covered to the depth
of two or three feet with brick and
mortar. He had lain there for three
hours, but falling beam had lodged
near him in such position as to break
the fall of the brick and timbers, and
and when lifted up he raised his hand,
showing he was conscious. When he
was lifted into the Garfield hospital
ambulance, the crowd saw he was alive
and cheered again and again.
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Earned runs-Los Angeles, L; Oakland. O.
Lytle.
First base on errors-Los Angeles, 2; Oak.
land, 8.
First base on called balls-Los Angeles, q
Oakland, 6.
Left on bases-Los Angeles, g; Oakland T.
Struck out-By Borohers, /; by Horner, l.
Double plays-Irwin to Earl; Cantllion to
Earl; Hulen to McCauley to Lohman.
Hit by pitcher-Lohman.
Wild pttches-Borchers,1 l.
Umpire Mcdonald.
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One Fare to All Points
Sunday on the Southern California rail-
Way (Santa Fe route).
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A sICKENING TALE.

ing tale Oh now bOm6 W5ro thhoH huu
others left. Deske were seen half top
pling over the brink of the broken floor;
others stood upright, but the chair
which stood beside fell when its occu-
pants went down with the crash. Docu-
menta and papers were scattered every
where, but as fast as possible they were
gathered up and saved. Many of them
are spotted with blood.
TERRIBLY MANGLED BODIES.
That anyone should escape with his
life seems O miracle. AS they were
brought forth they presented spectacle
that no one seeing it win ever forget.
! In many cases the sembiance to human
ity was gone. 1t seemed as though the
| helpers were carrying out mere bags OF
matter smeared all over with blood,
filthy with dirt. Dirt was ground into
them; blood wes on their faces.
The hospitals were soon overcrowded.
Drug stores we're turned into temporary
hospitals, Houses in the neighborhood
of the accident opened their doors glad
" and the dead and wounded were hur'
Tied in.
MANY HEROIC DEEDS.
When the accident was over, and be-
fore the rescuers could get inside tt
their relief, there were injured men whC
were caring for their worse injured
brothers. There were men who did no
rush to the street to save their Owl
lives, Regardless of the fact that NOR
walls might fall and bury them ono
more. they staid to succor men who di'
not get away themselves. One nal
. whose arm WAS crushed used the othe
arm to drag man from the place Q
8 death.
SCORES OF BLOODY BODIES.
: Every moment the throwing aside G
Z wreckage exposed the bloody and ofte
: mutilated form of some victim. OccsS
= ionally one OF them revived sufficientl
. to need but little assistance to the QUITE
= air, but the majority OF them, dusty
bruised and their clothing torn almoE
in tatters, were carried into the clear al
mosphere and through the sorrowin
:. crowd 20 the ambulances and patrl
y wagons.
W At first the efforts to rescue were moi
:, inefficient but in a little while systel
- prevailed and the work went ahea
% with the utmost rapidity. Wear
= rescuers gave way every minute to fres
I and willing successors, who worked wit
4 terrific energy in every endeavor to say
"a some of the buried ones. AS the blee
ss ing and mangled bodies were brougl
~ out, groans and outcries arose on 8
" hands.
RS ONE OF MANY SHOCKING SCENES.
al One man was found sticking head fiji
le in the debris. His feet were seen frs
+ soon his legs were uncovered and he W
" seen to move feebly, showing he "
still alive. AS fast as human han
80 could work, these rescuers did, and so
10 they had the unfortunate man out.
Ia was alive when brought into the a
re but dead before reaching the ambulan
or in the street. This WAS but one of ma
ire shocking scenes attending the most b
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-05-27
Good Advice.

Mr., Chauncey M. Depew has written
for Donahoe's Magazine an article In
answer to the question, s'Should young
men go into politics?" Mr.. Depew
answers no-that is, he strongly adj
vises young men not to adopt politics
as a career.
But this answer is based upon pres
ent conditions-upon the low estate in
which we find American politics to-
day. How the tone of public life is to
be raised unless young men of strong
and conscientious patriotism ard un-
selfishness enter it and try to Improve
1T, he does not tell US.
Taking things as they are, however,
this passage from Mr.. Depew's article
is admirable:
Every young man should be inter.
ested in politics, and take as active a
part in the political affairs of his
neighborhood as the time at his dis.
posal from his business will permit
He should belong to some party and
understand its principles He should
attend its caucuses and do such party
work as he can. He should never fai
to vote on election day; when til err,
are movements on foot for reforms ne
cessitated by corruption, or to put ba6
men out of office, he should be on hand
and ready to fight for the redemption
OF his city, town or State"