Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-15
VICTIMS BURIED.
The Earth Embraces the Remains
of Unfortunates.
A SAD SUNDAY At WASHINGTON.
Most of Them Members of Benevolent
Ortiers-ConsiderableR esentment
Working Up, Though Hard
to Place the Blame.

OF the dead victims OF the horrible
wreck of Ford's theater Friday have
nearly all been disposed OF. Washing
ton was yesterday a city of funerals
and all day long mourners went
about the streets. Everyone knew
what the sad professions meant and the
sympathy OF all was extended. albeit
uneNpreSSed in many cases, to the Sor-
rowing, stricken ones Inquiry con-
firms the statement that none of the
victims were men of property. but lived
on their salaries, which furnished means
OF livelihood and left little for day
like this 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 funds for immediate use.
The BODY of George O Allen. OF Penn
| sylvania. was taken yesterday to Phil
| adelphia- where his relatives reside, for
| interment, after funeral service con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Kerviclx After
the last sad rites had been performed
! over the remains of Emanuel Gates
! Shull, also of Pennsylvania. the casl1et
was taken to Gettysburg for internent-
The remains of J. Boyd Jones were
sent to his home in Evansville, Wis,
where a widow and three children
await their arrival. The body of Capt.
Michael I. Mullaly is now on its way
to New Orleans; that of Samuel p.
Banes was taken to Bristol, Pa; that
of jeremiah DAILY to Romota, Pa: that
| I'll. S. Miller to Cumberland, Ohio
Nearly all these men were members
| of various military or civic organiZa-
| tions. and their comrades in each case
attended their funerals and escorted
| their remains to the railway alton.
j. B. Gage. was a Grand Army man,
and Kit Carson Post gave him mill
| tary funeral and buried him among
his comrades at Arlington George VI.
Arnold was one of the best known
| cclored men in the government employ
here, and his funeral at the Metropol-
| itan A NJ E. church attracted an enor-
nous attendance, which included the
! colored militia companies. Funeral
services were held over the remains of
Ninth Streets North Washington. in the
presence of his wife ana six children
and many friends.
The Masonic fraternity through b.
g. French lodge. conducted services
over Capt. Ben Miller. Rev. Mr. Rog-
ers. of the Un:versalist church. preached
| a short sermon. and at : o'clock the re-
mains were started for Utica, y. Y,
| where the internent viii be made Kit
Carson post, @. \. R., sent delegation
| to the funeral.
| What remained OF Otto Z. ". Maeder
was inferred at Arlington after services
! by German Lutheran minister The
| body of DIR. Burrows Nelson was in
/ TERED at Mount Olivet cemetery and
! that of Frank VI. Williams. OF Middle
town. Wis, was buried in COMPRESSION
| al cemetery. Rev. Samuel Green preach
| ing the funeral sermon The hide
pendent Order Of Mechanics laid to rest
| in Greenwood the mortal remains OF
Joseph Richard Pagan, and Garfield
post. q. \. r., inferred at Arlington
| the body OF their late co:n-ade, J. E
Chaplin.
TALK OF THE DISASTER
Much of the talk upon the disaster is
now of relief measures. and the circu-
lators of subscription papers in the de-
partments and the Washington news
papers in their efforts to gather funds
for the relief of the victims and their
! families are meeting with success TO .
| degree that does credit to the benevO-
! lencc of the citizens The government
| employees as Il class are not well to do
| and the expenses of living here about
absorb the most OF their salaries: but
few. indeed Were too poor not to con-
| tribute 4 sum that appeared generous.
| IN view of their means. for the relief of
| the widows and orphans.
| One not1 BILE fact is the growth OF the
/ feeling of resentment on the part OF
| tie public against the persons response
| bic for the wreck. In advance of the
/ - md Of <bs2
| findings of the court OF inquiry ordered
| by the war department, there is no
general agreement upon this point. but
the public are rather Unfortunately
| condemning everybody who had any
thing to do with the control of the
wrecl.ed building, from congress down
to the very laborers who were digging
| in the cellar when the crash came. The
| injured now in hospitals are. with the
exception of two. in fair way to re-
| cover.
| Deputy Coroner Shafsher was en-
| gagged yesterday in preparing for the
! INQUEST which Will be continued to-day
/ He has subpnnaed several witnesses
| and il is his intention to secure all the
| eyewitness to the affair that he cam
] Patrick Doyle. contractor for forty
! years in Washington. says that FIVE
months ago he was sent for by the Of
| ficials of the record and pension divis-
| ion war department
They wanted me- said Mr. Doyle,
''to take the job of undermining the
old structure, for the purpose of put
| ting in an electric plant. | wOuid not
| touch the job. / had several reasons
| for this refusal. The first was that 1t
! was a risky and dangerous undertaking;
secondly. they did not have any plans
i or specifications for the work: thirdly.
! there was no civil engineer O. S-spert to
| supervise the operations and the con-
/ tractor was supposed to go anead at
/ random or in a haphazard 1-sanner;
fourthly. they were niggardly aboat the
amount they wanted to pay for the
work, and evidently desired it done II
| Cheap John fashion For these rery
! good reasons kept ny hands off the
work and in the light of recent events
I am glad I did
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