The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-11

! w ASHlNGION, uUC iU.-G ullt ltbC IdS
| night workmen were employed in remov
ing the tons of debris from the Ford's
theater building, and this morning the old
! hulk looked less hideous than when the
dead and injured were yesterday being
carried from it. Still the scene was most
dismal one.
BY S o'clock the clerks began to arrive at
the building. Every newcomer was greet
| ed with an effusive welcome by his COM
rades, and then the tale of the marvellous
escape Of each was again and again told.
! The clerks reported for duty in an adjoin-
ing building, but not until Il suitable place
has been procured will work be sesumed
The coroner's inquiry will begin on
Monday. The jury has been selected, and
consists of practical business men of high
character. The war department viii also
make an Investigation.
The death roll received another accession
this morning, when A. NJ Gerault, clerk
from New Jersey, died from his injuries.
He leaves wife and daughter. The re-
port that Albert g. Young of Pennsylva-
MIA, chief of division, had died from his
injuries is incorrect. Mr.. Young is still
alive but in Il critical condition. OF the
injured A L. Ames of Iowa, Robert Smith
OF Connecticut and j. Il. Mccormick of
Wisconsin are in the most dangerous con-
dltlon. They may. however, recover. The
others are doing well.
This morning Colonel Ainsworth asked
for a court of iuquiry to determine the
cause of the calamity and to fix the re-
spousibiiity. The request Will doubtless
be granted. In making the request Colo
mel Ainsworth has greatly simplified mat
tiers, for war department military court
has powers recognized by law, and would
oiIn Ir, ind hi ila
civilian board of war department officials
could only make recommendations that
would have no force of law. Everybody
places the responsibility for the catas
trophe upon the government, and upon the
war department as the executive branch
having immediate control OF the building.
OF the dead Joseph r. Pagan of Kansas,
aged 81, leaves a widow and two little girls
in poor circumstances. David jordan of
Missouri, aged 80, also leaves Il widow and
little children in Straitened circumstances.
Clerk Woody of New York, reported in
the list of dead. escaped uninjured. This
reduces the total number of deaths 10
twenty-five. There is also doubt about
the death of NJ. NJ. Jarvis OF Michigan.
Though there are persons known TO have
been in the collapsed building still unac-
counted for this morning, the reported
death list has not increased beyond the
number given last night.
Benjamin L. Miller of New York, aged
81, was unmarried. Probably no man III
the ill-fated Office was better liked than
Miller. His honorable war record aud
fraternal ties in several organizations, as
well as his own personality, served TO make
him most popular.
Burrows Nelson OF West Virginia was
dentist, and practiced his profession in
the odd hours left from his desk duties.
His family was large and he found double
work necessary to support it. A widow
and five little children survive him, while
his wife is upon the eve of her sixth
maternity. His body was so covered with
dust aud blood that it was almost unre-
cognizable, and his wife, nearly crazed by
her loss, insists upon seeing her dead hus-
band. But the physician has forbidden
this
Samuel Gates Shull of Kansas. aged IS,
leaves a wife and child. He came here
from Topeka in October, 1890. His brave
little widow shows great fortitude in her
sad bereavement. She has an 1S-months-
old daughter to support.
Lewis w. Boody of New York, reported
killed. is alive and we'll NJ NJ Jarvis Of
Michigan, also reported dead, is now re-
ported alive.
The more the accident is discussed and
the farther along the work of clearing
away the debris progresses the more evi-
dent becomes tie fact that the accident
WAS preveutable one, and that somebody
Is responsible for Grimm Il negligence.
The feeling among the clerks able to be
about ran very high TO-DAY, and many of
them were loud in their expressions of
condemnation for the officials of the gov
ernmeut who had herded them in such a
building There is no decrease iu the gem
erai feeIin. of Indignation, and there was
much comment over the fact that not a
flag on any public building was haif-mast-
ed today.
All the employees in that section of the
pension Office that was Quartered In the
theater building have been furloughed un-
til next Monday. when they are ordered to
report for duty, if able TO report, End are
ali requested TO bring such Information AS
they may have of the condition and where
ab0uts OF persons unable to report.
Meanwhile a force of clerks has been de-
tailed from the war department to search
the ruins and collect and assert the valua-
bic pension aad army papers that are in
the debris.
Senator Cockrell OF Missouri, at present
chairman OF the senate committee on ap-
preparations. aud who has always taken
an active interest ia the condition OF TIE
public buildings here, Is quoted as saying
that be had MADE efforts 10 have the old
thearer building rebuilt or securer
quarters found for the clerks. but that his
efforts had failed, after carrying the ap-
preparations through the senate, because
oI. lie refusal OF tue house 10 concur. The
most be could get was n triiiiag appro-
pgiatlou TO repair one wall.
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