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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-05-03

Worth its weight in gold" is phrase
without the meaning which it formerly
conveyed. Berylium is worth about 10
times its weight in the precious yellow
metal venadium is five times more cost
". Besides these. there are dozen
minerals and metals that are equal IN
value 10 gold.-St. Louis Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

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 as by
an awful cataract The flood was made
up Of iron girders, hardly strong enough to
support the walls, but heavy enough, heaven
knows, to stamp out human lives; of bricks
that were 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 a safe building
for its faithful employees, out herded them
together in building whose unso,nd condition
was notorious. Again and again haye the columns
of the press been filed with the story Of the
rotten walls. 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 that 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,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
.FR|CHTFULD|SASTER
Hundreds Of Clerks Buried
in a Ruined Building.
old F0RD'S THEATER.
The Floors Give Way This
Morning.
BRINGING OUT MANGLED MEN
The Progress of the Work in the
Ruins.
BRINGING OUT MANGLEO MEN
MANY LEFT II E LIP LES S.

Hundreds of men carried down by the fall
ing walls Of building which was notoriously
insecure!
Human lives crushed out by tons Of brick
and iron and sent unheralded to the throne Of
their Maker!
Men by the score manned and disfigured 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 is but a shadow Of the awful calamity
that befell 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 Of an 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 it'll
1t was between $50 and 10 o'clock this morn
ing that the floors of the old Fords Theater
building, on 10th street, occupied by the records
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Among Them Are Several In the District
National Guard.
The President today made the following ap-
pointments:
VIM. q. Crawford Of Louisiana, to be deputy
auditor Of the treasury for the Post Office De-
partment
Rodolphus o. Randall Of Alabama, to be COL
lector Of internal revenue for the district OF
Alabama.
Charles E. German Of Rhode Island, to be
attorney OF the United States for the district Of
Rhode Island.
Norborne T. N. Robinson of Louisiana, to be-
assistant solicitor of the treasury.
Militia Of the District of Columbia-Otso L.
Suess, to be major Of the third battalion of in
fantry; Samuel A. H. McKim. to be surgeon,
first regiment infantry, rank Of captain: James
A. Watson, to be first lieutenant, ambulance
corps
CoNsULs.
Warner 8. Kinkhead of Kentucky at South
ampton, England.
Forfeet Harris Of Alabama at Leeds, Eng
land.
Lucien Walker Of Alabama at Cork, Ire
land.
Marsellus L. Davis Of Arkansas at Trinids d,
West Indies.
Lars s. Regne Of Ireland at Rotterdam, the
Netherlands. 49,
Edward Downes Of Connecticut at Amster-
dam, the Netherlands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

Ex-Secretary whitney Denies a Current
Report and Believes In the President.
The New York Sun says Mr.. William G.
Whitney was asked last evening about a dis
patch which quoted the gossip of Washington
to the effect that while in charge of the demo-
cratic campaign last fall he promised the place
New York in return for campaign contributions
made by Mr.. Van Allen amounting to $50, 600
The dispatch further said that Mr.. Van Al
lens first contribution was $50. 900, and that
later, upon being encouraged to believe that
his ambition to be sent to Rome would be graft
fed. he increased his campaign contribution by
800. 900. and then had no doubt whatever that
his name would be one of the first diplomatic
nominations to be sent to the Senate.
The dispatch went on to saw that the weeks
went by without any indication that Mr.. Van
Allen was to realize upon his campaign invest
ment, and then came the reports Of the falling
out between the President and Mr.. Whitney,
followed by the alleged statement Of Mr.. Cleve-
land that he has learned to distrust Mr.. Whit
new and his tricks"
Mr.. Whitney read the dispatch carefully and
as he returned it to the reporter he said with
more than usual emphasis: Nonsense, nom
sense"
Mr.. Whitney usually speaks in rather softly
modulated tones. He is not an excitable citi-
zen. But this time he spoke in emphatic
tones.
He continued: "Mr. Van Allen contributed
to the campaign fund, but Of course am not
at liberty to state the amount, any more than !
would be at liberty to tell what other gentlemen
gave. l can say, though, that Mr.. Van Allen did
not contribute either of the amount named.
At the time he contributed there was no con-
versation whatever between Mr. Van Allen
and myself to the effect that he was
to have the place Of minister to Rome
or any other Office. The subject was
never mentioned by Mr.. Van Allen or myself.
l will go further and make it as strong as pos
sible when say that 1 made no contracts for
office. expressed or implied, during the cam
pagn either in Mr.. Clevelands name or any
body else's name.
81 made no contracts with anybody. Can l
make it palmer than that? l said during the
campaign to all, Gentlemen, when this is
over / am through. I have not called
upon Mr.. Cleveland to fulfill any
campaign contract for the simple
reason that none was made by me. have no,
asked him to appoint man to Office simply
because I had said that when the cam
paign was over l was through. / say
again that l made no contracts either
with Mr.. Van Allen or anybody else There
were no promises made even by inference. Con-
corning the alleged remark OF Mr. Cleveland
that he had learned to distrust Mr.. Whitney
and his tricks l can only say that do not be-
lieye that Mr.. Cleveland ever made the remark "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

K~HoT WEATHER TOPICS.
THE MOSQUITO
and his ''IttLe bill" has arrived. So
have the flies. fire bugs and thousands
OF other insects to make your life
miserable. Window Screens and Screen
Doors Keep them out of the house.
Adjustable Window Screens, Pc. each
$2 IS dozen.
Better for more money. Window
Wire Screen Doors. all complete.
reidy to put up. SOC.
ISN'T THE LAWN SMOOTH
and silky after it's cuts It will
be If cut with Lawn Mower. Only
few moments work-or play.
1O-inch Fully Guaranteed Lawn
Mowers, s325 each.
s5-Its never too hot to cook-if
you're using Gas Ranre. You get
lu,t much heat. but you get it
wan: II. When you doaI want i.
a.,ooterg, to 's:zzle" over Coal
Stove in summer WHEN you get
the Finest Fire King Gas Ranges
for slS. $40 and s22-three large
sizes. ALL have large ovens. oven
lghters. plate warmers; open.dioor
The Fire King is the best in the
rOrld. OF only-in Washington.
BARBER ROSS. COR nth AND G SITS.
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had crawled under the ropes. he knew that
his father was q clerk in that building and be
wanted to know il 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 say?
''Yes, my little man, saw your father Just
now. He wasn't hurt q bit" 1t was . lie, but
maybe the recording angel was not taking notes
this NOR ming.
There were many scenes that were enough to
turn heart Of stone. There were deeds Of
heroism and self-forgetful 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.
REscUISe 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 q man from
that place Of death. Men STAYED to strug-
gle with beams and rafters that bore
down upon their fellows They spoke words
Of cheer when their struggles were in vain
So far as tn STAR man saw there was not .
single act Of cowardice or poltroonry. Who
says that the days Of heroism and chivalry are
over? 1t is lie.
To enter that building at FIRST was not
without great danger. There was every prob
ability that the unsupported roof and the walls
would fall at any moment As soon as the
clouds of dust had cleared away 80 that one
might see inside, men started to work and
there were mrny willing hands to carry on the
task.
From the outside the appearance was not so
startling. The front wall stood firm 1t was
on the inside only that one could grasp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

the full meaning Of the situation. A
enter the building. Going in the side
door to the south il was noticed that the stair
case was still intact and that the wall between
that portion and the center had not given away
Mounting rapidly to the third floor q full
view Of the state Of affairs 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 floor to walk on.
There was absolutely nothing.
THE SCENE INSIDE.
The two floors had been cut away from the
wall as closely as il done with Q knife. Look.
ing down into the pit the scene that met ones
eyes was an indescribabls one. 1t was one
that will never be forgotten by
those who saw it Thirty or forty
feet below was . mass OF building material,
girders, beams and bricks. Inside that mass IL
was 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 suffocated.
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~t
the time Of the accident Few had Q chance to
run at all A man might leap from his desk only
to find the floor giving away beneath him.
Wild statements were made by excited
men as to the number of people who must
have been killed. 1t did mot seem possible
that any one could ever come out alive.
Fortunately, how fortunately only those who
were there can understand, not all of the floors
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 Q 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.
back portions had fallen in as well The people
who were in the back part Of the building es
capped serious accident; those in the front went
down with the crash.
ORGANIZING THE WORK.
As soon Is the fremen and policemen got tc
the spot an organized search was commenced
Later in the morning band Of colored men
armed with picks and shovels, were started
to work clearing away the ruins and digging
down after the imprisoned clerks.
At IL O'Clock they succeeded in clearing out
so much that q nest Of bodies was un'
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from all 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 fire.
men. Maj. Moore was in command of the po-
lice. Able-bodied men, who were willing and
able 10 work, we're allowed to pass through the
lines, and they at once started throwing
the debris out Of the windows into the street.
Carts were soon summoned to carry away the
refuse to make more room. 1t was a ghastly
work, but, considering everything, it was done
well and with very considerable order.
THE EXTRA STAR.
Among the first to reach the scene were a
half dozen members Of The Stars reportorial
staff. In q few moments an extra STAR was
on the streets bringing the first brief
news Of the catastrophe. 1t was fol-
lowed in a few minutes by another, giving
further particulars, and later still by . third
and fourth that contained many of the details
Of the accident. In many sections of the city
the calling of an 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 leading toward the scene were
crowded with people. About the ropes were
packed hundreds and Thousands. In the crowd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
WHEELMEN WILL REBEL.
They VIII Resist the Exactions of the Rae
ing Board.

They VIII Resist the Exactions of the Rae
ing Board.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. June 9.-Since the rae
ing board of the League of American Wheel
men has started in to hunt out riders who re-
ceive pay from bicycle manufacturers q
counter movement has begun to organ
ize a league Of star riders. These
men propose to drop out of the league Of
wheelmen entirely If the racing board is too
exacting. They argue that few wheelmen of
note do not violate in some form the amate ur
rules.
They do not intend to become professionals,
but if the board is too arbitrary will draw out
of all races managed under the present league
The strike will affect at least twenty-five lead
ing wheelmen. and if they boycott the races
few star riders will be left to compete.
Already paper is being circulated for a
league of riders prepared to resist the action
of the racing board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

LONDON, June s.-James White, bookmaker'
who Was arrested in this city on May IL on the
charge of having been concerned In the rob
berry Of Jewels valued at zoo. 900 francs from the
palace of the Count and Countess Of Flinders,
brother and sister-in-law Of Leopold, King OF
the Belgians, on the night Of February i, tins
year, while the count and countess were at
tending a court ball. brought up again IN
the Bow street extradiction court today for eh-
animation on the application for his extradi-
tion 10 belgium. The evidence being INSULT
Gent 10 hold White he was discharged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

The Proprietor Of the Herald" Falls from .
Coach.

The Proprietor Of the "Herald" Falls from .
Coach.
PARIS, June e.-James Gordon Bennett,
proprietor Of the New York Herald, was dam
gerously injured on Wednesday. Mr.. Bennett
fell from q coach on which he WIS riding, and
was so severely hurt that medical attention was
at once required. His condition grew worse
and Doctors Robin and Ledentu performed an
operation yesterday with a view Of relieving
him. Mr.. Benefits condition Il now dan
gerous and the doctors declare that ID IL
critical
NEW YORK, June e.-Referring 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 precarious condition, Mr.. BEN
nett's representative in the Herald Office in
this city states that while il is true that Mr..
Bennett has met with an accident the ONCE 10
in receipt of advices this morning TO the effect
that his condition is very satisfactory, and that
he will be about in few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

The Cunarder Ran Prom Sandy Hook %
Browhead i'm Days, 15h., 19m.
QUEENSTOWN, June s.-The Cunard line
steamship Campania, Capt. Hams. which sailed
from New York on Saturday. June 8, passing
Sandy Hook at 1921 an, passed Brcwhead at
$40 am. today. having made the passage from
the Hook to Browhead in five days, IL hours
and 10 minutes. Nothing has been a. yet TO
ported in regard 10 the American line steamer
Paris. which sailed at the same time the
Csmpania, and which passed the Hook at zoos
a. m June 3.
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the tragedy to the hospitals. With each was a
young doctor doing yeomsn's work, with coat
off, 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, as people do in the streets
OF great city. The great stores in the neigh
borhood were filed with women shopping.
There was peace and content on all sides.
WITHOUT A WARNING.
On the three floors Of the building used by
the pension records division upward Of half Q
thousand men were at work. without a sign
Of warning the third floor Of the building
gave way and fell with deafening crash. The
men on the floor went through with it.
The second floor offered no resistance and
the two went through to the basement, filling
1t up to the level Of the ground with an mex
tricable mass. In that mass were men. Some
of them came forth alive. No man came out
uninjured.
That any one should have escaped with his
life seems the work Of a miracle. Al 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 as 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 faces. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
Waiting Daly, the Dynamiter.

LONDON, June s.-Mr. John L. Redmond, the
ParnelIite leader and NJ. p. for Waterford City,
is visiting John DAILY, who was sentenced to inn
prisonment for life in 1884, and other convicted
dynamiters in Portland prison, Home Secre-
tary Asquith having granted Mr.. Redmond per
mission to visit the parties in question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

A Divorce for Mrs. Leslie Recommended.
New YORK, June s.-It is stated that Referee
Grant b. Taylor, who has been taken testimony
at Newburg in the action Of Mrs. Frank Leslie
Wilde against her husband, Mr.. Wilde, for
divorce, has transferred the evidence and his
conclusions TO Judge Brown and recommended
that decree of absolute divorce be granted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
NsxYurk oncs. 50 Potter Building

TEE EVENING stan Is served TO subscribers in the
ty by carriers their own account AZ 10 cents per
week or 44c per month Copies at the counter.
each BY mai-anywhere in the United States or
Csnada--postaxe prepsid-oo cents per month
SATURDAY OrapRUPLE SHEET STAR 81 10 per year
with foreign postage added. 50. OO.
Battered at the Post Once at Washington. d. c.. as
second-class all matter
II AL m all subscriptions must he raid In advance.
Rates OF advertising made known on application
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

Red River Valley Elevators Attached.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D., June 9.-Sheriff Bar
ton has attached three elevators of the Red
River Valley Company for $1,000 900 each in the
Bank of Toronto and Canadian Bank Of Com
merce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
Confessed and Was Lynched.

DRESDEN, TENN, June s.-Dumas, Q young
coiored man, was lynched Wednesday night at
Gleason, railway station nine miles east Of
Dresden, for assaulting the daughter Of . far
mer living two miles from the village He
made Q full confession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09

child would not have known his own father.
A wife could not have recognized her
husband in that condition. With such
tenderness a. rough and excited men could
summon forth at such time they were laid out
upon stretchers and carried out to the am
balances that filed the street FROM E to F
streets.
The doctors could do nothing for them there.
All they could do was to clear away some Of
the dirt, the plaster and filth from the faces Of
the injured men. In many cases the dirt was
ground into the eyes, noses and mouths, SO
that without such attention men might have
sufocated. Many were unconscious and
could not have helped themselves With q
clang of the bell the ambulances started off for
the hospitals. These were soon overcrowded.
Drug stores were turned into temporary hospi-
tails. People in the neighborhood of the acci-
dent opened their doors right gladly, and the
dead and the wounded were hurried in.
JUMPED FROM The wINpows
A man jumped from q second-story window
He struck upon his head on the sidewalk and
was instantly killed. 1t was Col. Geo. NJ. Ar
mold, the well-known G. A. R. man.
Another man was more fortunate. He
jumped from a window and landed on the avn
ing Of the store next door. He was unhurt
There we're many miraculous escapes. Escape
at all may well be regarded as miraculous.
There was a 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 STAR reporter to tell him mis- name
and ask that it be used as one Of those who was
on the scene from the first and did noble
work. The name was not recorded.
THE AL RIM.
The first intimation Of the accident that the
city had was when the fire bells rang.
This brought out the engines from
the house on c street, the chemical and the
hook and ladder. very few moment latter
a general alarm was rung and the engines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
The London Market Steady.

LONDON. June s-The tone at the opening Of
the stock exchange this morning was steady
and the market active, in sympathy with
American markets. There has been consider
able buying for both the continental and
English accounts.