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| discussed WITH much interest, and in some
| quarters with considerable warmth. Some
| of the men undoubtedly understood that
| they Were acting under orders Il going into
| The building.
There also a grave question whetherthe
| Commissioners are not to blame for al
| wing condition OF affairs such as.
brought on the catastrophe TO exist. Ii
S said that notificat ion had been given that
the building was unsafe under any circum-
stances.
william ]. McElwce, who, with Arthur
Donaldson, was carrying the hose OF No
when the squad pushed into the fatal
ruin, talked TO Times reporter at Prov
.dence Hospital this morning
Il could net blame Chief PJrriS,' he
said, IF l had heen killed; hut certainly
understood that we were ordered into the
building. l first understood that we " ere
to go 10 the front Of the building and throw
water upon il, and then some one ordered
US to 20 iuside. I'm not sure who gave
that order. When we got INSIDE Joe Null
hall-you know he had long experience as
a finmau-said, There's danger here.
These walls will come down."
KETTLER WAS ORDERED.
Arthur Donaldson said. in reply TO the
reporters question: I'm in such pain I'm
IN no condition TO talk" Mrs. Donaldson
however, is said to have met Chief Paris
and told him nc was TO blanc for her hus-
bands injuries. a-r
George ". kettIer. assistant foreman Of
No. :, who died early this morning. yester-
day said both TO his father. William Rettler.
and TO his father-in-law. Morris Curry,
that they were undoubtedly directed to go
INTO the building as they did.
Daniel Curry. brother-iG-law W of KettIer
was at his side 4 moment before the walls
fell and Kcttlcr told him TO 20 out He
said: Il was beside the men when they
were outside George stood on the roof OF
the awning and told Nicholson 10 put a
ladder up to the next roof above
Just then Chief Paris came along ard
GeorEe asked him II lie should send the men
TO The top OF the building. Nj Paris re-
piled 10 and sent No. 3 company UP with
hne of hose. No. 8 continued TO work
where tEey were till al assistant chief-I
con know which one came along locked
into the building. and, turning TO No.
on the awning. told them to come down and
go in that building
AFRAID IT WOULD FALL.
Mr.. Curry said also that it was a mis-
take to say that the other four men who
We're caught and lost their lives went in
to rescue Kettler McEiwee and Donah.-
son. They Were carrying a hose to throw
water OH the fire.
1t Is said also that Joseph Mulhan stated
a little while before his death that they
were ordered into the building and he was
afraid it would fall.
on the other hand. members of No
say they heard no such order. and did not
think the squad was acting under orders
when they entered the ruins.
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DEATH OF KETTLER.
Pathetic Scene at the bedside of the
Heroic Fireman.

Pathetic Scene at the Bedside of the
Heroic Fireman.
Five of the brave firemeu who we're
caught in the ruins at Monday nights fire
are lying dead today, four of them In their
homes, the other waiting to be taken to
his stricken mother.
These are George T. Giles, Joseph Null
hall, Thomas A. Griffin, Daniel Conway and
George W. Kettler.s
:, The other two, Arthur NJ. Donaldson and
William J. MoEfwee, were doing well all
5he morning, with every hope Of ultimate
recovery. The oily shance against them
is the possibility jpf tgternal injury, from
which inflammation hay ensue.
No scene connec$ed ith the tragic events
attending the fir& wds more pathetic than
that at the death OF Assistant Foreman
Kettler of No. 8 at E3ovidence .Hospjtal a
little before 3 O'clock Bis morning.
An day, yeste164y Some of his family
were at his beds1 rs Sais splendid courage.
bearing up undeE htEtsrrible injuries. al
most deceived esea~the physicians. and
practiced nurses into hope that he would
survive.
With both legs broken and heavy bruises
all over his body, burned and scaIded, he
lay four hours In 'ghe fuins before he could
be rescued Thegaha astaken 70 the hos
pftal and yesterday underwent the shock
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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Firemen VIII Carry Their Dead Com
rndes TO the GrnN e..


rndes TO the Graves.
Funeral arrangements for the firemen
have been made as follows:
George I. Giles viii be buried tomorrow
afternoon by George c. Whiting Lodge
of Masons, OF which he was n member
Services will be held at 3 p. IN. at his
late home, No. 1886 Fourteenth street
northwest, or at West Street Presbyte-
rlan Church, Georgetown, of which he was
a member. Interment viii be at Oak
Hin cemetery.
The remains of Thomas A. Griffin will
be carried to st. Stephens. at Pennsyl-
yapia avenue and Tweaty-fifth street, to-
morrow morning, and services will be con
Quoted by Father O'CunneIl at a. m
The services for Daniel Conway will be
held at a.ID. Friday, at 9I4 First street
northwest.
| The detail Of firemen for these three
funerals. which take place at different
times. viii bc under charge of Assistant
Chief KUftZ.
Joseph Mulhall will be buried from St
Peters, at Second and C streets south
east, at 3 a. IN. tomorrow, Father Sui
livan officiating
Services for George W. KettIer will be
held at Trinity NJ. f. Church, at Fifth
and South Carolina avenue, at d. IN.
tomorrow.
The detail of firemcn for these two
funerals is under Assistant Chief Belt.
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NEW FIREMEN APPOINTED.
Com missfoners Name Succesxors IL

commissioners Name Successors to
the Men Killed in the Fire.
Acting upon the recommendation OF Chief
Paris, the Commissioners today appointed
William j. Murphy, Robert j. Gurns, Reu-
ben G. Alcorn, and Gilbert n. jenkins, to
the positions in the fire service made vacant
by the tragic deaths of Mulball, Giles, Grit
fin and Conway.
Inc healtii office was authorized today
to employ as many Iaborers as nav he
necessary to aid in the removal of decay
ing vegetables and other refuse resulting
from the recent destruction by fire of the
business houses on Louisiana avenue.
The District Commissioners have not de.
termined what, if any, measures can be
adopted for the municipal relief of the dis
tressed families OF the dead firemen, but the
matter viii be considered in board meeting
probably this afternoon.
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Condition of Water.

High and low tides are Officially recorded
at the navy yard today as follows:
High. Low.
1:S1 a. m T:32 a. m.
/ dc p. m. S:2l ID. m
Temperature and condition of the water
at a. m: Great Fails Temperature, "a;
condition, as Receiving reseryoir-Tem-
neratuTe, II: condition n L north come ction,
Sc; condition at south connection, So.
Distributing reservoir Temperature, rs;
condition at influent gatehouse, SO; efflu-
ent gatehouse, SO.
Schedule for Street Lighting.
Gas humps lighted at s:37 d. M; extiu-
guished at 3:14 a. m.
Naphtha lamps lighted at s:37 D. m; ex-
unguished at $50 Il. m.
Incadescent and electric lamps lighted
at Ss2 p. m; extiuguished at $50 a. m.
Forecast TIL 3 p. m. Thursday.
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland. showers will continue to-
night. followed by clearing weather Thurs
day; easterly winds.
For Virginia. showers tonight; Thurs
day. fair in western portion, showers in
eastern portion; cooler tonight; easteriy
winds.
Weather Conditions and G eneral + ore
cast.
The area of high pressure, central Tues.
day morning in Minnesota. has moved ran.
fo1y eastward TO New England, and it now
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AnrrjuUr LIcnnSpS

Licenses to marry have been issued as
follows:
Frederick Brooks and Dora Reynolds,
OF Trenton, N ].
Alfred Gaskins and Jane Stewart.
J. Thomas Earris and Jennie E Brent
william E. Pennett, of Ivy City. and
Ella v Kennedy.
Charles j. Motley and Julia b. Pumphrey.
Alfred MasSeaburg and viCtina JEFF
freys, both OF wake Forest. ". c.
John Thoma and Fredericka E. C.
Reiser
William Il. Darden and Emma Robinson.
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FIREMEN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
More Men of No. = Company Might
Have Been Killed

More Men of No. = Company Might
Have Been Killed
No. Fire Company, which lest two of
its best members duriug MONDAYS con-
flasration, came near having othe RS Of
its men injured this forenoon while re-
spending TO a local fire alarm.
While going at sweeping gaIlop the
hose carriage shaft came in collision with
au obstruction and was snapped off The
excited horses were restrained with diff
Guilty and an accident to the me narrowly
averted.
After returning to the engine house the
hose carriage had to be put out of COM
mission unfil repaired. The fire was in
the dairy lunch room of Mrs Sallie souder,
No. 1114 Eighth street southeast. 1t oc.
CURED at $40 O'Clock this morning, and
was caused by a gasoline stove exploding.
Damage about S1O
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MORE VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
Little Girl Blown Against Barbcd
Wire Eenoa o,,d O.. L.

Lutte Hirl Blown Against Barbcd
Wire Fence and Cut in Two.
Sherman, Tex, May 2O.-Additions to
the long list OF cyclone victims are being
made hourly, as news from remote districts
arrive Mrs. j. J. johnson, wife of a farmer,
aud John Tilden, farm hand, were killed
at Memo At the same place little girl
named Davis was blown against a barbed
wire fence and almost cut in two. Her
mother aud another child were killed in
the wreck of their house
Although there are appalling evidences
about Sherman of the storms fury some
thing like order is be ing restored. There are
sixty patients still in the hospitals and as
many more in private houses, Up to noon
today sixty-one bodies have been buried
here
The evening times., 1896-05-20
THEIR FATE STILL UNCERTAIN
Report OF Sentence of Johannesburg
RefOrmer.s Not ConfI-fnej

London. May YA-No Confirmation can
he obtained at colonia! Office of the
Pretoria dispatch published III The Times
this morning that the executive council
OF the Transyaal has decided that Col.
Frank ". Rhodes, brother OF Cecil Rhodes:
Lionel Phillips. George Farrar and John
Hays hammond, the leaders OF the johann
nesburS reform committee, who were sem
fenced to death for high treason against
the TranSvaal, but whose sentences were
commutei, shall serve terms of fifteen
years Imprisonment each.
II is reported III London that President
Kruger has granted a pardon to ffty-niEe
OF the minor offenders
The evening times., 1896-05-20
New York stock Mcrka.

Furnished by Seymour Bros. bank.
ers and brokers', members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office, Goa Fourteenth street. j. A.
ureeD. manager. EgNES
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HECHT s. COMPANY,
SIS Seventh Street.

Of all the best values we
offer in Mems Clothing prob
ably the best is our $3.50
Light and Dark Cheviots and
Cashmere Suits. They are
just such suits for which
you ordinarily pay SS cash.
Buying them in smaller
quantities than we buy them
we would be unable to sell
them for less than SS.
Here are Mems Linen
Color Duck Suits-Coats,
Pants and Vest, with patch
pocket-all sizes. Well Of
fer them at 1924; they're
worth 50.
Mems White Duck Pants,
49c pair. They ordinarily
bring 75c.
HECHT s COrIPANY,
SIS Seventh Street.
The evening times., 1896-05-20
WHAT THE MEN SAY.

Talks With the Injured as to Who
Gave Them the Order.
The question OF responsibility for the
death of the five firemen continues to be
The evening times., 1896-05-20

If Arthur Burt's broad
sole School Shoes save pa
rents money, parents will
quickly find it out.
And they are quickly find
ing it out.
1H1 F Street,
Next to Branch Postoffice
Open Saturdays D. M
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REFUSED THE sTIMULANT

OF having both legs operated on as the
Ouly chance to save him.
The evening times., 1896-05-20

Unlisted; Securities.
BONDS.
Bid Ask'd
hyricnlC Ice lVU
American GIaphOphone- --..--.--... 100 5000
Alexandria 365's of 1879 due I309.... So -
STOCKS.
Capital Trust o......:-.-...----..-- 81 IS
Colombia Sand Dredging Co.. 50 -
Masouic Hail Association. - -
Homo p are Glass Insurance Co.. 49,
Union Building Co... 80. 49,
National Typograph Co........ IL -.
"a, n,ariaan G:ranh 1,uhana- nrfd lJ8z
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FIN ANCIAL.
rloney at 5 Per Cent.

Loaned in sums TO suit on frst-ciass D. G..
real estate security. No delay. No unreason-
able expense 10 borrower.
HEISKELL & McLERAN,
lC0j F st.
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himself begged Acting Foreman Kettler
not to cause the men to go further into
the awful place. But he disregarded them
and came near causing loss of six lives.
Malone said Chief Paris was always
cautious at fires and If the men would fol-
low his orders closely there would be
The evening times., 1896-05-20
ashington stock Exchange.

Sales-American Graphophone. lCO at gyS.
uergenthaler Linotype, 10 ~ l2SJ.; 70 a. is
O. n
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
GUARDIANSHIP ISSUE
National commi,te.men Do No. Lik. the

National Com mmitteemen DO No. Like the
Demands of silver Leaiers.
CHICAGO, July At has been deter
mined as far as it can be in advance of
the meeting of the national commit
tee that some man not identified with
the silver movement, although he may
have leanings tov-ard silver, will be
selected for chairman. 1t is apparent
from the talk of the members of the
committee who are here that they do
not like the tern> which the silver
men laid down for the sub committee
and they feel that the national COM
mittee should not be dictated to in
this mater Ben y Gable. mem ber of
the national committee for illinois,
who was not at the meeting of the
subcommittee when the delegation of
silver leaders appeared. says he is op.
posed to having the Democratic ma
tioEal committee swerve from its
usual custom in its selection of tenn
porary chairman, md if the conven-
tion d. IS not like the committees
selection, it will have the right to
vote in another man. 1t seems to be
the opinion that the committee will be
going far outside IS custom to submit
to a faction of the party the selection
of q presiding officer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
THE LEADERS TALK OF GETTING
TOGETHER ON A CANDIDATE.
WOULD HASTEN THINGS.
Chairman Hlnrichsen Favora q One Day
Convention-The Gold Men Not Ex-
pected to Cut Much of Figure
ia the Proceedings other
Late Gossip of Presi-
dent Makers.

CHICAGO, July 4. - There IS talk
among the free silver leaders of call.
ing caucus before the conventi n for
the purpose of fixing slate. Should
this be done, Governor Altgeld's fdea
of lone day" convention may be
carried into effect.
w. 81. Hinrichsen, chairman of the
Illinois State central committee and
delega,e-at-large, says that there Is
strong sentiment among the free
silver delegates now in the city favor
ing such a caucus. "But even if there
should be no caucus" he continu ued,
II have an idea that the work OF the
convention can be wound up in
single day. As l figure it out, the
silver candidates for the nomina-
tion for President will be Bland,
Boies, blackburn, Matthews and Nc
Lean. OF these l rather incline to the
belief that Boies and Bland will get
the bulk of the votes, and that
whoever has the greatest number of
votes on the first ballot will be nomi-
mated on the second. AS to the gold
men. 1 don't think we have anything
to fear from them. AS soon as they
get here and circulate among the
delegates they will have political
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Iowa Patent Office Report.

Patents have been allowed to Iowa
inventors, but not yet issued, as fol-
lows:
To L. l. Bunker, of Webster City, for
a support specially adapted for his
sheet metal radiator for heating build
ings. A series of radiator loops made
of steel plate are readily clamped to-
gether to produce radiator and the
supports readily clamped to the outside
loops to retain the radiator in proper
position.
To g. w. French, assignor of an un-
divided half to DR.. j. r Ryan, both of
Colfax, for an automatic corn planter
and marker that has been successfully
used in doing the work for which it is
designed, viz: Plant two rows stimuli
taneously as the carriage is advanced
and as required to produce check rows
To A. w. Hollingsworth, Of West
Liberty. for canopy for vehicles that
is provided with series of automatic
rollers and curtains and means for ad.
justing and holding the curtains at
various angles to serve as sunshades
when desired and also provided with
means for fastening them IN closed
positions to afford protection from rain
when necessary.
Valuable information about obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free to any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications of any U. 5. Patent sent
upon receipt of % cents
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Inventors in other states can have our
services upon the same terms as Hawk
eyes. THOMAS g. & J. RALPH ORwIG,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, Iowa, June "a, 1896.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
THE BLAND BOOMERS.
They Are Setting All Chicago to Talk
ing About Their Candidate.

CHICAGO. July e-The movements or
the Bland men in securing new head
quarters in the Auditorium and the
Palmer house and the Sherman house
and in pushing his boom in other ways
has set all Chicago to talking, and,
despite the Illinois setback of yester-
day, all of the Missouriaus are more
confident than ever. They consider
the securing of the reading room,
which fronts the lake, in the Audi
torium, the best hit they have made.
They are also declaring that Altgeld
said to A. S Trude last night: 1T
seems to me Bland is the coming
man."
The Bland campaign is prolific in
novelties. A costly badge, designed
by George w. Allen, is to be worn by
every pledged and instructed Bland
delegate. A Achemograph of MIR. Bland,
handsomely gotten up under a new
process patented in St Louis, is to be
presented to every delegate to the
convention as fast as the delegations
arrive. These chemographs are put
up in a protected form for mailing.
They will make souvenirs which every
delegate will want to keep. Nicholas
M. Bell has charge of the chemograph
bureau. Large pictures of Bland are
to be posted all over the city, and at
n light Honest Dick" will flash out in
electric lights. A street demonstra-
tion is planned for Monday night.
There will be 5000 uniformed Bland
men in line, and the Kansas City and
Topeka fambeau clubs will make
people nervous.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Herbert May Be Made a Judge.

WASHINGTON, July 4. - Members of
the administration, especially the
heads of departments, seem to be
reconciled to the fact that no matter
how the election goes this fall they
will have no influence after March 4,
1897 Probably no member of the
cabinept will be left as badly off as
Secretary Herbert, if not taken care
of in some other government appoint
ment. It is said that Cleveland may
appoint him to judicial position
within the next few months.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10

KANSAS CITY, Kan, July S.-The-
Repu ublican appellate court conven-
ton of the Eastern division Northern
department of Kansas, which assem-
bled in Kansas City, Kan, yesterday.
is in a deadlock. After ninety-three,
ballots were taken and it was found
impossible to make nomination. an
adjournment was taken at 10 o'clock
last night until this morning. 1t Is
triangular fight between A. Wells
of Seneca, J. G. Slonecker of Topeka
and w. c. Spanglcr of Lawrence, and
from the first ballot to the last neither
candidate gained over ten votes.
This morning l3o ballots had been
taken without material change.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10

SERGEA AT ARMS OF CONVENTION.
sagacity enough TO see that they are
in hopeless minority, ami that to
make fight would be butting their
heads against brick wall with an
idea of battering it down. The ma
jority of the Democrats are for free
silver, and 1T has always been the
policy of the Democrats to allow the
majority to rule
Hinrichsen thinks that c. S. Thomas,
national committeeman from Colorado
and chairman of the delegation from
that State, stands good show of
being elected temporary chairman.
1T is quite possible" he continued,
''that the temporary organization will
be made permanent This could be
done for the purpose of expediting
huSineSS
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
COLORADO FOR BLAND
Rut Will Vote for Teller If His Name
Is Presented.

Rut Will Vote for Teller If His Name
Is Presented.
DENVER, Colo, July 4.-Five of the
Colorado delegates to the Democratic
national convention favor the nomi-
nation of Bland and, as the unit rule
will be observed, he will probably re-
ceive the eight votes of Colorado on
the first ballot. Should Teller's name
be prese nted, Colorado votes will go
to him, but the Colorado delegation
will present no candidate.
Last week it was planned to send
large and Influential delegation OF
Colorado citizens, without regard to
party affiliations, to work for the
nomination of Senator Teller, but the
plan has been abandoned, as the SEN
ator himself did not approve of it.
While no organized body will go from
here in his behalf, Senator Teller will
have a large number of friends at
Chicaro
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Deaf Mute, Eiope.

SEDALIA, Mo-. July 4.-Miss Maud
Stevens, TIE 2U-vcar-old daughte of
ex-Mavor E. W. Stevens, eioped from
home yesterday afternoon, and was
married at Warrens burg at 8 o'clock
last evening to Prof. Ansel Williams,
a teacher in the Deaf and Dumb b.schooi
at Fulton, No. Both the bride and
groom are deaf and dumb. and they
became lovers while Miss Maud was
receiving instructions at the hands of
Prof. Williams at Fulton. A year ago
the couple were desirous of marrying,
but Mayor Stevens objected, and it
was supposed the little love affair isd
died away.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
co,one, j. C. McKibben Dead.

WAsH1SGToN, July 4.-Colonel Jo-
seph C. McKibben died at his country
home on the Potomac Wednesday
night. He was born at Chambers
burg, Pa. in 1924, was a congressman
from California before the civil war
and served with distinction during
that struggle. He was Broderick's
second in the duel with Judge Terry.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Bradley Johu,on Bitter.

New YORK, July "A dispatch to
the World from Havana, says: Gen
eral Bradley L. Johnson, commenting
to-day on the news of the death of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, said: 81 am
glad of it. Although there was some
truth in what she wrote, there was
much that was false. For instance,
while it is true tnat there were iso-
lated cases of i'll treatment of slaves,
it is not true that such treatment was
general throughout the South"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Rites for Mrs. Stowe.

HARTFORD, Conn, July with all
the beauty OF the full Episcopal ritual
the funeral services over the body of
the late Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
were solemnized at her late home yes
terday afternoon. In accordance with
the expressed wish of Mrs Stowe,
every thing in connection with the
funeral was devoid of ostentation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
Fusion In the Seventh Kansas.

WICHITA, Kan. July A Leading
Populists and Democrats of this place
are confident that the action of the
Democratic congressional committee
of the Seventh dis'"'ct at Hutchinson
yesterday. in deciding to hold the
congressional convention at Larned
August 8, the same place and time as
the Populist congressional conven-
ton, foreshadows fcIion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10
More Arms for the Rebels

HAVANA, July An important
flibustering expedition has landed on
the coast of the province of Pinar del
Rio. According to secret advices re-
ceived here, large quantities Of arms,
ammunition and other munitions of
war were safely landed and are now
in the hands of the rebels.