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LrOR SALE-wASH' DANENHOwER,
L Successor to
Danenhower L Son.
Real Estate and Insurance Broker
18th and q SITS NV
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
s. 10 @ tges and Gast Guiding
say bay pfes st house cellar furnace
crystal chandeliers; handsomely papered stone sis
plete houses the ity will be sold easy monthly
PAYMENTS; price. 81 5O0 get permit inspect this
. I59F =, 1s.;I9. 1870 p Iofoot alley; new Q
story and back building window pressbrek house
washsisnd Isngs crystal ehandeiers h.ndsonsly
ark fence being of the complete houses in
the city: will be sold on easy monthly payments
SOB ID ST. n. lot i61s9 to rear - and sde foot
alley; new bsy-yindow bricS; good room. and
easy monthly payments get permit To inspect this
sos 2d St n lot 16xs4 to 3o-foot alley new bay
wnd9T brick 1Eood oens and cellar furnace and
permit to inspect a. his Office '--''' S7'
s., asy Si il IssT # lot 81 in
lsi n St 6,S - sub lot TO- s9gaEs 1al 4rOom
iIs and ID la Sf leo sni st.
ni EotKv II LII rh sPIse' 700 s-oo
cottage furnace range. cellar. &c. and large lot;
Also several of tn. fines. lots in Rockville Park
from sl5oto $3.50 each. and money advanced for
CHARLTON HEIGHTS. MD.-A new s-roou frame
eO SIFvF1 fsT Ss s9a .,ET lot rres sS 90
lots IL the subdivision ;Iot block :; SIX. 5oIrs,;
PRIV t21 at fGe; * 81 40 . N.
&Ash'S EISENHOWER.
Danenhover 4 Son,
Real Estate and Insurance Broker
fe42w 18th and q SITS. n.
l'OR SALE-A NUMBER OF NEW 2 AND 3
Il story DWELLINGS. all l.. desirably located ,
az snail ESQ payments and easy terms Prices from
BAKER. NORRIS t HAMPTON.
)e4 41) go II st. n. ".
For S.LE.s6. 500 NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
Il NEW TENkOOM HOUSE; BROWN-STONE
FRONT FINISHED IN NATURAL WOOD; FUR
NACf AND CABINET MANTELS. SMALL CASH
PAIMEST, BALANCE MONTHLY
fe0-l4: CHAs- EARLY COB IiTH ST. NV
E'OR sALE-THE MOST COMPLETE HOUSES IN
thu growing north est section OF the city g. o. 10
rooms; every modern convenience and handsomely
accommodating; open all day for inspection watch
man in charge. fe3-lm
EoR sALE-THREE NEW BRICK AND STONE
front houses north Of Dupont Circle; contain nine
rooms and bath each; heated by furna can sell
thsss houses for sc, 800 each on easy terms
For full particulars call upon
McLACHLEN 4 BATCHFLDER
Cor. 10Th and ats n w.
FOR SALF-we authorized by the owner 10
orer new three-story brick dwelling near
y. II. ave. n. at special price effect quick
sale house contains fourteen bath and cellar
is heated by furnace Is finished IN wood has
handsome cabinet rnantels Is handsomely paper 81
and wired for electric gas lighting.
Lot 22x10O to wide alley.
1a2S Cor. 10th and @ SITS n w.
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The above is only PORTION Of the property on my
books For full list call ut Office for bulletin issued
CT the LIST and 18th.
fel0 THOS E wAGGANAN
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EOR SALE
NORTHWEST.

NORTHWEST.
2!20 NJ st, b b. lars 10 600 22lI 70 2243 10th st.
Tor TO- coo MI Pa ave, b. Or q 900
= E 50, H. s. 500 TO 10 O'Bren's court.
201 G -. bh, MI Tor 8 GOO bh. 4r...... % 900
ll2S e.h ST. b h. Or s. U0o20O9 to 2O:s7 st. h.
l4"i boundary. h. r.....;..-.......,2 20. coo
lbs 1Sth ST. III 6r. -, bh. Ar all. 10, 800
and houses rear-. I. 900 2024 to 2oi2 Boundary
IS ST. bb. mi. 1lr. C. 500 st H. Ar all...l5 700
So At bh, Dr. mi IS 900 SOB II at. b. Gr. .12 900
500 9th st, b h, mi. 1872 st, h ST. s. 600
, 81 1890; 4. $50 Ss2S to 1884 P st. b,
water. T. 500 lhIe St b, m or g. 600
81 and 81 Defrees ST. IS sad 81 Goth st.
b b. ar. each go Il, Or, esch..... g. 800
1870 Doth st, h. 21o9 Va ave. IN. 7r. g, $50
l2r.-...-........... 10 COOL to g. alley bet NJ and
113S st NV. h, mi. and y. 10 10 SITS. Is. 900
llr is 00C 1918 18th st. H. 7r g. 600
11:3 st. h h. nj. 423 AL Prsther's
l2r .......--....15OO0 alley, h. q. 90
40 and AZ st. 1923 Goth St b H. 6r,
b b. l2r.....-.....- 1O-JOO and houses in rear.
Ar each ............- q. 900
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

LNOR RENT-IN FALLS CHURCH VA EIGHT
room house, water at door has good arm and car
mage house. Address Box 50. Falls Church. Va
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And that lone price, shall be toner than
similar qualities sell for in any cash Furni-
turs House in Washington. Can we say
more! Our reputation Foes out with every
article we sell-and we Will stand by it. II
Won buy for cash our prices are the lowest
II you prefer long time and easy weekly or
monthly payments you are as welcome to
them a. to the air you breathe.
MATCH
THESE PRICES
IN ANY STORE
IN WASHINGTON
Plush Parlor Suite. pieces s22 80.
Hair-cloth Parlor Suite. pieces. S22. 80.
Solid Oak Bed Room Suite, bsvel glass In
bureau, sl3.
siX-foot Oak Extension Table, 90. so
Woven Wire Springs. s1..5.
Brussels Carpet. per yard. 500.
Ingram Carpet. PEI yard. 31l
4o-pound Hair Mattress. 81.
All the CREDIT you want-but not Q penny
discount for cash. No notes to si2u-weekly
or monthly payments.
We make and lay all carpet free Of cost-no
charge for waste In matching figures.
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friends on Friday.
Mrs. Edwin A. Newman of R street gave a
little impromptu party TO Miss Romero and
friends at Albaush's last evening.
Mrs. j. A. Swope is on a visit to Williams
port, Pa, whore she expects to remain until
March J..
Last evening there was a large assemblage
present at Calvary Baptist Church, 9Th and II
streets northwest, to witness the marriage of
Mr.. ]. Henry CARL and Miss Lillian Clarvoe by
Rev. Samuel II. Greene, the pastor. The groom
being popular young business man. an officer
of the Light Infantry Corps and resident Of
Northeast Washington, and the bride the young
est daughter Of the late Chief Detective Clar-
voc and well known in the congregation of CAL
vary Church. the full attendance Of friends and
acquaintance is explained. The happy couple,
preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Charles Ham
mond E. x. Lee, H. @. Given and G. ". Given
entered the church while the strains Of the
wedding march were brought out by Mr.. Doyle.
and the ceremony was impressively performed
by Rev. DR.. Greene. The bride. attired in Q
combination dress Of reseda and tan broad
cloth. trimmed with gold braid and wearing the
diamond ornaments presented BY the groom,
looked the picture Of happiness. They left i'm
mediatsly after on an extended trip to the
north. They received many handsome presents
from their friends here and elsewhere.
Mrs. Claughton. the Misses Clsughson and
Mrs. West will be at home tomorrow and
Wednesday, February %, ss l74o street after
g.
An entertainment and hop was given by the
Current Topic Club At their parlors, All b
street southwest, last evening Those present
were Misses Mary Smith. Lizzie Shoemaker
and sister, Maggie and Annie Robertson, Mary
A. and Kate Brown, Laura Fletcher, Burns Sic
tiers, ssufert. Fsnwick. Mrs. Carrie Parker,
Nesus. Griffin. Dant, Able. Carroll, Burns, Boz
lison, Edvards, Dsvis, Fsinee, HAsen and
many others.
The marriage last night d the First Prssby-
tseian Church, Scranton, Pa, Of Mis- Ida
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LcOR Saloon EASY TERMS. THAT ELEGANT
Il marble front house 32 street Ne. Inquire on
premises. fe9-6t.
LNOR SALF-COLUNBIA MISUNDERSTANDING
Il kenesaw ave, opposite Gen. SWANS cable line
hne location Groom houses; bath and cellar ;
beautiful decorations; cabinet mantels; fine thing
open nrs place; plumbing arst-class. JACOB JONES.
owner. 1880 l4th St w. fegL0t'
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EoR sAhE-NEw HOUSES, BARGAINS; EASY
= terms. 6-Sy and t4l u g.. . rooms. cellar;
long lots 70 alley Inquire OWNER. 2l0 st. u ".
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acre Price only 40 SIs acre Apply e
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Tor SALE - TWO NEARLY NEW SIX-ROOM
bricks. Union St I. ". W.. only 81 $50 each,
Half cash. rcpt pays balance Owner. ED. S. EN- Ky.
Room =. 1880 st n W. fell Ct
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al have ceased to discuss politics." said
Thomas II. Carter, e1-chairman of the republi-
can national committee, at the Arlington
There are several elements in the senatorial
contest in nv state which have prolonged the
struggle. One is the division Of counties by
the legislature and another is the question Of
the location of certain state institutions, In
GLIDING q penitentiary, insane asylum and
other institutions. 20 secure which there Is q
struggle between different localities. The end
Of the contes; appears far away and could not
say who stands the best chance Of representing
the state.
.'we ask only few things. for We are pros
porous and our people Pushing and energetic.
We want the arid lands thrown open and givea
to the state and favorable silver Legislation"
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There a tie between Mrs. Anna Hodson
Welck, Miss Grace Warren and Miss Wilson for
the ladies' first prize, and between Col Treut-
land. Mr.. Claughton and Mr.. Percy Marshall
for the Gentlemans first.
The dancing reception Of battery A, Light
Artillery, ID. O. n. G.. was given at National
most enjoyable and the dancing partici-
pated in by large number Of the young people
Of the city. The hall was decorated with flags
and palms.
The tea given bv Mrs. Col L. Caldwell at her
residence, 1859 Q street northwest, yesterday
from to was one Of the most charming
beautifully bedecked with pink hangings and
the mAntels banked with ferns and flowers with
palms srtistically placed around the rooms.
Between two and three hundred made calls
during the hours named.
Mrs. Caldwell had in her receiving party:
Mrs. Rockwell. wife Of Representative Rock
well; Mrs. Shonk. wife OF Representative
Shonk; Mrs. Marshall Cushing, Mrs. Brown,
wife of DIR. Brown; Mrs. Henry Gushing, Mrs.
Sutton Caldwell OF Elmira, y. Y, and Miss
Mary Barry Of Lynn. Mass.
The following assisted at the table in the
dining room: Mrs. Berch of Elmirs, n. Y,
Mrs. Van Wrinkle, the Misses Ashley, Brown,
Rswson and Caldwell.
Among the gentlemen visitors the following:
Mr.. Claparode the Swiss minister; Col. Cor
ham, ex-clerK United States Senate; Ye Cha
Yam, Korean charge de affairs: DIR. Sheldon
Jackson and Rev. DR.. !. n. Daily.
Among the lady visitors were: Mrs. Teller,
Mrs. l. W. Sorles, Mrs. II. Clay Evans. Mrs. 7.
L. Tullock, Mrs. S. I. Busey, Mrs. La Fetra
and Mrs. T. Roach.
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CHAS. EARLY.
COS 18th OF. n. y.
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palms filling the window inches and embower-
ing the room myriads Of electric lights cleaned
like frehies. The electric lights In the chan
delier burned under yellow shades. Nothing
broke the effect Of the shining greens but the
arrangement in the balcony where great punches
of Gala lilies and jonqu'ls were massed. The
musicians had places on the foor half hidden
by hedge of green.
Mrs. John Lee Carroll was the hostess Of the
evening. She was superbly gowned in white
satin with quantities OF fine lace on it and had
on many cleaning diamond ornaments. Her
toilet was the keynote SO far as color went. II
was really a white ball. Some Of the most elab-
crate aud becoming gowns seen this winter
were In white fabrics and were making their
first appearance. There were probably more
diamonds worn. and finer ones, too, than have
been seen together at any previous large assem-
blage. This is easily explained, as the company
was larger-probabiy just little too large for
comfort and to have every one seen to advan-
tage. In fact, as ono clever woman said "a her
brougham door closed as she left the Arlington
at this morning: "It would be easier to tell
who we're not there than to name who were"
Nevertheless there were many striking per-
sonAges on hand. Striking in individuality as
well as garb. The ball was graced by the
presence Of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer. The
latter held court wherever she tarried. She was
elegantly gowned In white embroidered satin.
She had on q collar Of many strands of great
pearls, clasped with q diamond buckle. A dia-
mond coronet and many more ornaments in her
corsage made her fairly blaze with precious
gems.
Perhaps the lady whose toilet created the
greatest sensation was Mrs. Diaz Albertini Of
Paris. She wore the first crinoline seen in
Washington since the revival Her gown was
the hghtest blue satin embroidered in silver
and the exquisite work lavished on it showed
well as it stood out stifiy around her. Her
diamonds were numerous. Other elegant
y -
satin; Mise Mary Patten, white satin, with
scarf Of Honiton laces Mrs. Carroll Mercer. Q
rainbow gown Of silk with spangled tulls; Mn.
Frank Gordon, pink bengalins and tulle; Miss
Marie Mastingly, light brooado and mauvs vel
vet: Miss Carroll, blue tulls; Miss Morton, pink
tulle; Miss Rosalis Brown. white tulls; Mis-
Wallach, white satin; Mrs. Wallach, lilac satin;
Nh Chas. Gibson, white satin and jsttsA lses;
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new window Trick tuilt BY the owner for
nome. OF the lest material. two stories dry cellar
~. near p; convenient to Schools and markets
Dont rdii % fnspscf.
Il DAVID STONE, 500 and sC6 st. n. ".
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E'OR SALE-REFINED MODERN BRICK RESI-
dence, 1401 18th St d 9 rooms and laundry
and cellar. el2. 500. Apply to OWNER. 1910 Mass.
"a z In
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16i -1s-room brk.. Georgetown. So1lO0. $40. 900
ar st NV. rooms. 10 SxIOO. > OOO
isEN 81. n W.. ~ rooms. xi0. stable. Is. 900
4S-ll room brGk lie DrOit PARK, stable. s, go
pGo-P and Dupont Circle, :s.xpO aley l6. coo
lOOo-hss.. ave.. 10 rooms, stable, 221l2:,. %. 600
fe2 KEY BROS co AIn W
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BhIaS Hh MONTHLY

BALANCE MONTHLY
nice new corner resite3ce, - rooms. bath. eel
iirnsre. cabinet t-s. electric bells. &c Ioca-
uUn Lcr Invest, one square from street cars; never
occun.ed. the best offered these terms price,
-. 600
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-29
D1ario Dol1dco de La tarde
LA HORTENSIA
12-ATOCHA-12
AImaCen de N0vedades.
Marcadn GnInm Ca
maCen de NOvedadeS.
MerCado, Colon, y Ca.
12-ATOCHA-12

do favor cda da mas creciene p1bco dpensando
etabecimnto perdonan medic de acerse
acreedo distinction
Rnalad comodo egnte local
d la de Ramon acaban de importar de
Ftauca 1hn1ona Espa0o, Hgaerta 4tsttia,
nportantes AMERICA eendido
las exgencias Ultima mod reazan Precos sin compeenc
muchos de dfcl enumeration:
Eegantes onbreros onas los mos caPoa
nedas de
hio de Eocia blanca colores
cabaleros
sombrias de
lana sda de cubre
de o i tj perfnmeria de las mas acred
tadas fabras de Par sotado povos SIMON: tapetes
de felpa
In csoojdo sd dc objctos regao estuche
ta-car Ga Ga
algodon hlo
lana, eda,
Desde eoha ontnur renovanio e udo nsualmente
da de Ponce Juno de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-29
I'M PORT AN TIE

Sc vende una casa de MADEIRA con
balloon al frente techada de zinc,
con su solar de doce varas de frente
por doce de fondo, radicada en- la ca
Lie del Jobo no 6 de esta poblaci6n.
FL que Ia interese Puede dirigirse
q su dueho que la habita 5-Is
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-29
Ponce, Mayo 2 de 1898.
Sc vende

Una casa, en- Ia calle de Buenos
Aires. de diez varas de frente con so
de fondo. Colinda al Sur y al Este
con solares de don G. Schuck: al Es-
tc con Martina Barnes y al Norte con
Ia expresada calle
FL que Ia interese puede informarse
de su Precio con su dueno que la ha
bita. SO
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-29

complete
Laboratories de
oenea p1bico
In dePacho de prescrPeones
la escruPuodad y exacitud JUNO de
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11

their nands, hrdlng or Jurnlrg away unelr
faces and crying Historically at the sick
ening scene.
But worse was to follow No sooner
had one man struck the roof than another
leaped from tie tower before the Mortified
gaze of the spectators His body kept
straight fee down until near the roof
when he turned somersault and second
cry of horror came from thousands of
Threats TIE two ropes on the north side
Of the tower here the doomed men were
huddled at tie edge, were useless for the
saving of life, yet for the first possession
of the corner one at least ten fought. One
by one they dropped from the tower, some
clinging to he burning rope as far as it
afforded them any hold and then shooting
through solid sheet of fame to the roof.
The last man on that tower died tie
hero's death among all those heroes who
faced the furnace below them He had
waited without apparent fear until there
was only himselft left, like Casabianca,
who stood on the burning deck. He was
a fireman and he grasped the rem nant OF
burning rope just as the whole tower
structure parted diagonally and fell
towards the north, right over the PROSTATE
bodies of the poor fellows who had leaped
to the roof to escape the pitiless flames.
The last man who went down to death
with the tower kept feet down as far as
the rope went and then the rush of the
flames and air was so great that his body
was turned round and round in the passage
within sight of all and the blazing tower
fell over his farm making funeral pyre
and ending his agony if he was not dead
before striking the roof.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
DEATHS EXHIBIT.
An Awful Visitation at the Greet
Exposition.
Twenty MEN MEET DOOM BY FIRE
One Hundred Yards in the Air and
the Horrible Destroyer Above
and Below Them.

The Cold Storage Warehouse n Pile of
Ashes, Mixed with Which Are the Re-
mains of the Victims-A Few Horribly
Burned Bodies Recovered-Deeds of
Heroism and Scenes to Make the Heart
Sick-Firemen and Columbian Guards
Make Up the Roll of CasuaIties-Their
Names and Fate-Incidents of the Ca
tastrophe.
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO, July
IA himsy constructed building, erected
by the Hercules Iron company, of Chicago,
used as cold storage warehouse and ice
skating rink, and situated near the Sixty
fourth street entrance to the exposition
grounds, burned TO the ground in little
veran houry esterday afternoon. sending to
death as far as it is known at this writing
ut least twenty men and injuring twenty
seven Others. The full extent of the death
wrought may never be known, as the
building collapsed totally in so short
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11

ana smoke sTood UneIr grouna ngnulng
like demons to keep the fire from the paint
shop filed with inilammable paints, oils.
varnishes and finsy material used in
decorations
Had the fire reached the paint shop it
would have quickly spread to the store
house of the Wellington Catering COM
pany and from there on there would have
been no baking the progress of the le-
structive element until it had burned its
way throug the train sheds and dairy
barns to the south edge of the park. TIE
men stood their ground for an hour, and
after seeing their object achieved retired
with blistercd faces and burned clothes
The act was cheered by thousands of
people.
The kodak fiend was upon the scene in
the form of the man who pushed the but
ton of a kodak while the doomed men
were huddled together on the northeast
corner of the blazing tower, inst previous
to taking their terrible leap for life, the
man with the camera appeared on the
platform of the elevated road. He rested
his box upon the railing and after a de-
liberate aim photographed the men, many
of whom were already hanging from the
corner He took three or four snap shots
as the men were dropping and then walk
ed away to a more advantageous place.
The act was witnessed by many people,
who Kissed the perpetrator
All the men of the Third infantry, U. S.
A, on duty in the exposition camp, the
French Marine corps, the Spanish mill
tary guard ard Buffalo Bills" cowboys
reinforced the 300 uniformed guides, the
ambulance ard hospital corps, which
worked in order and effectively
The fronts of all buildings in the block
between SiXty-fourth and Sixty-fifth
streets on Stony Island avenue were set
on fire by the intense heat The narrow
street separating these buildings from the
burning pile was filled with sparks and
dense smoke, and great confusion reigned
for some time. The loss, however, will
not be over $4,000
Before the flames were subdued con-
fession of judgment was entered in the
superior court against the Hercules Iron
works, owner of the building, for SIS, $50 3
in favor of Malek \. Toring and Others
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
NoTIoE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the CITY
Clerks office, Rock Island, ILL.,, until Monday,
Aug. Z, 1893 at O'Clock p m. for constructing
the improvement ordered by an ordinance Of
of the city of Rock Island, passed June Z. 1898
entitled An ordinance for the improvemen t Of
Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets from the
south line of Third to the north line Of Foutb
avenue, and Of Twenty-th'rd street from the
south line Of third to the north line of Fourth
avenue, from the south line OF Fifth avenue east
along said Twenty third street south to line $40
feet south OF and parallel with the south line of
Ninth avenue" Under the above ordinance the
said streets are ordered curbed with curb stones
excavated and graded, improved and paved with
paving brick of good quality
Plans and specifications for said Improvement
on file at the City Clerks ONCE.
Ali bids must be accompanied with a certified
check in the sum of $500 payable to the order of
the treasurer Of said city, which shall become
forfeited to said city iu case the bidder shall fail
to enter into contract with approved sureties tt
execute the work for the plans mentioned in his
bid and according to the plans and specifications
10 the event that the contract shall be awarded TO
him.
The right to reject any or all bids or proposals
is hereby expressly reserved BY said city.
Rock Island, H.. June 10, 1895
A. D. HUESING, City Clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-11
1T WAS FATAL HESITATION.
A Painter Shows the Way to Safety Down
the Hose.

Painter Shows the Way to Safety Down
the Hose.
The first intimation of danger came to
the victims when the smoke appeared
under them, and as the wind blew it into
their faces they retreated in an orderly
body around the landing to the north side
of the tower, with the exception of one
man, a painter, who slid down the hose
which had Lren brought up to the south
side of the tower. 1t may be that more
would have taken this apparently sure and
safe means of escape had it not been for
the smoke which seemed to envelope them
Itseemed as Ii the victims changed position
because they feared flames would soon fol
low the smoke which they saw Dea L
quickly came 20 put an end to suspense
and agony
The flames had been devouring the five
feet of frame work (below the men) which
surrounded the iron funnel that pierced
the tower. Quick as a flash flames burst
through the square tower just underneath
the imprisoned men, on all sides hn a
few seconds the imprisoned ones felt the
scorching fire coming and with one i'm
pulse of self preservation the men moved
quickly to where the ropes were attached
at the northwest corner. They could not
look down Gld see the flames because of
the project 'ng cornices. but they knew
where the rCJes were. There they stood
huddled together, some without their
coats, others hatless, and all preparing to
save themse, -es if they could.
The man nearest the rope grasped it and
descended; but for only dozen feet. The
flames had no mercy; the rope was burned
in two, and with feet downward the first
victim shot through the air to the main
roof. He turned partly over before he
struck. A greet cry of anguish and fear
came up from thousands on the ground
and at other pc nts where the first Of these
awful leaps and falls could be seen
Strong men wept and became hysterical
They cried aloud for God to save those poor
souls penned between the flames They
got on their anees and prayed to God that
all might might not perish. Women could
be seen everywhere fainting and wringing