Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-14

ueeo mosu-oecIare IL mean unng Co set
apart the day when the attendance is
smallest, charge the directory with little
ness and generally wax warm about it.
One ingennuously remarks: "No man has
yet been found to raise protest against
the project of donating the entire receipts
of one day at the Worlds fair gates to the
relief fund.-" etc.-meaning by mo man"
principally the general public. The g. D.
is not in the habit of protesting against
somebody else's money being used for
charity
The directory takes a view that doesn't
seem to strike good many people-that
the money it donates from the fair exche-
quer is money that does not belong to it,
but to its cr' litors The fair has s., ,000, COO
in bonds to pay when the show is all over
More than that, it still owes money to the
contractors, which should have been paid
long ago. One suggestion is that Sab
batarians will not go to the fair on Sunday
even for charity. This can be gotten over
as easily at least as a church fair by the
man who sticks to the letter of the Fourth
commandment buying ticket and stay
ing away, Is the argument that some use.
The body that the Drummond brothers
worked so hard to uncover proves to be
somebody else than their brother, for por-
tions of his body have been found else
where with marks that undoubtedly iden-
tify it. Another body has been found
also, which makes the number of dead
sixteen so far. This is proved to be that
OF Z. + Purvis, a fireman, and was identi-
fed by ring on the finger of one hand
with his name engraved thereon. There is
at least one body at the morgue which is
absolutely unidentified The direct search
-
Will now be examined Systematically for
whatever is there. Every particle will be
thoroughly examined and carted away as
soon as possible. There are still thres
| missing unaccounted for.
The coroner has begun his inquest and
his Office was crowded with friends and
| relatives of the victims of tAe fire, but
| little could be done toward identifying the
remains of the eight charred and mangled
bodies lyingin the dead room. In one in.
stance a corpse was claimed by three
| families and the coroner found it neces-
sary to call in his jury, who listened to the
descriptions of the missing men given
by their families. The jury then examined
the corpse and decided that it Tailed best
with the description given by John 4.
Smith. The remains were ordered to be
| given to Mrs Smith
twenty-five thousand dollars nave thus
| far been contributed from various sources
towards the fund for the relief of the
| widows and orphans of the firemen who
| gave up their lives during the fire at the
cold storage building. The interval be-
tween now and Sunday will witness a
| heavy increas in this amount, and, added
to the Sunday receipts at the exposition
| gates, it is confidently expected that be-
tween S15, 900 and 500 900 will be realized
The council of administration of the
Worlds fair has issued an order prohibit
| ing visitors from getting out on the
roofs of the big buildings. The order had
| special reference to Manufactures hall and
Transportation building, each of which
| have broad walks around the roofs. These
walks are reached by elevators running
| from the main floors. In each case the
| elevators furnish the only means of escape
| in the event of fire or a panic. At times
hundreds Of persons are on the walks.