Evening star., 1897-02-25
FORDS THEATER DISASTER
Report of the Commission Made to the Sen
ate Today.
Former Decision I'm Cases Re-Ex-
amined Amrmed-AdditiOnal
Claims Filed.

The commission on the Ford's Theater
disaster made its report before the Senate
today on those claimants whose cases We're
favorably reported at tEe last session of
Congress. and who We're provided for in
the deficiency appropriation bill as it pass
ed the Senate. The House of Representa-
tives refused to concur in these cases be-
cause of letter sent to the chairman of
the committee on appropria tions of the
War Department by giving reasons why
TIE cases referred to should not be favcr-
ably considered. All these cases were then
referred back to the commission, which
for several months has been diligently en-
gagged in hearing testimony from numerous
witnesses. The report of the commission
Substa ntially indorSes their former report.
The commission makes provision for
claimants in an amendment intended to he
proposed by MIR. Mcmillan to the general
deficiency appropriation bill as follows:
The Awards Made.
To provide for the payment of employees
OF the government for injuries received and
foI losses sustained and for three death
cases at the Ford's Tneater disaster. which
occurred On the 9th day of June, 1S93 Si4,-
30, which sum shall be paid out by the
Secretary of the Treasury to the persons
and in the amounts as follows: Thomas d.
Anderson, 500; Etnelbert Baier. $500; Ed
ward C. Carroll. $500; George r. Garnett
u 800; Thomas Morley. s2.250; Charles r.
Miller, S',bo; Geo W. Smoot. S1.2OD Smith
Thompson, 5000; Nathan F. White. 81 800;
H. ?. Wiley, $500: james A White $1,000;
Mrs, George K. Baldwin, .Iegate under the
last will of David Henry Porter Brown
S,mn; Nina VI. Kline ,lesate under the will
or her husband. 5000; TO the legal repre-
sentative of William Scrieber deceased
5000; Wilson H. Thompson. $1,000; Sher-
man Williams, s2,Goo; Charles G. Smith
$40; Richard c. Jones. 500.
For compensation to f. V Brooks hire
as member of the Ford's Theater COM
mission for twenty-three days subsequent
TO the expiration of his term in the House
or Representatives, and since May II, 1886
al $40 per day, SEQ
The report of the commission is in large
part reproduction of the report 1t made
at the last session of Congress 1t re-
cites the formation OF the committee and
says. referring to the cases provided for
in the present report and thrown out of
the appropriation bill at the last Con-
SreSS:
Under this direction of Congress the
commission has carefully re-examined the
claims SO referred back and has heard the
evidence OF numerous witnesses The COM
mission has not found occasion to reverse
It's former judgments and recommends
tlonS with reference to any of said claims
except the one of James A. White"
The report then gives briefly the evidence
submitted 10 it in the case of each of the
claimants. which is largely reproduction
of the former report.
Claims Since the Former Report.
1t says that several claims have been
filed since the comm ission made its re-
port May II. 1896, as follows: David II. p
Brown, deceased, the claimant being Mrs.
Gecrgiaiia r. Baldwin, his cousin, under
his will cf January Z, 1898.
Also Arthur ]. Kline. deceased, the claim
ant being Mrs. Nina A. Kline his widow.
Also William Schrieber, the claimant be-
ing Mrs. Julia Mueller. under deceased's
WILL
Also Sherman Williams, who is twenty
nine years of age and was appointed to
office from Texas He testified that he
was hemmed in by the falling debris and
while detained there for several minutes
inhaled dust to such an extent that his
lungs Were completely filled with dust and
lime. the result being an irritating cough
Also Richard c. Jones. fifty years of
age, who was appointed to a place in the
War Department in July, 1880. His in
juries Were alleged to result from fall
from a second story window of the Ford's $
Theater building at the time of the acci-
dent.