Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1893, Page 9

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More Details of What Happened at the Coroner’s Investigation Yesterday After- |. noon—Indignation Meeting of Clerks Who Hold Col. Ainsworth Responsible for the Theater Disaster. es As fally reported in the postscript to yester- day's Sram there was wild excitement at the inquest on the Ford's Theater disaster about 3:80 o'clock. Throughout the day it could be plainly perceived that there was intense feeling against Col. Ainsworth, who sat next the coroner with his counsel. The feeling, however, did not break out in open action until late in the afternoon, when the outbreak was precipi- tated from a clear sky, and for # time it looked SMITH THOMPSON. as if another horror was to be added to the great di-aster. There was no sensational testi- mony being produced, when a broad-shouldered man pushed his way through the crowd to where Ccl. Ainsworth was sitting, pointed his finger at the colonel and said in a voice tremb- ling with passion, but which could be heard in | every corner of the hall: “You are intimidating every witness here, and I hold yon personally | responsible for my brother's murder.” | It was Charles E. Banes, brother of one of the victims of Friday's affair. Immediately the | hall was a scene of intense excitement. Men | were on their feet. Men were standing on | chairs and men were shaking their fiste in the | direction of Col. Ainsworth, who sat with a ‘ale but calm face. The hail echoed with mprecations, and the word murderer, with | its norror and accusation, fell from lips whose set appearance showed the intensity of the fecl- z- JUROR WARNER'S SUGGESTION. Then there was. pause as Mr. Banes was Jed through the crowd by Lieut. Amis, and then Mr. Warner sprang to his feet and suz- gested to the coroner that the episode that had Just occurred showod the existence of a feeling that could best be silenced by the withdrawal of parties against whom it was directed. “I mention no names.” said Mr. Warner, “but simply make the suggestion that the party most concerned should withdraw. There is a belicf among many of those here that his pres- COL AINSWORTH EYES THE WITNESSES. ence serves asan intimidation to witnesses, There isa feeling here which dces not break out, but which is nevertheless present. That intimidation is being carried on,and I therefore object to the presence of any person who is | likely to be biamed for participation in this | affair.” Loud applause followed Mr. Warner's re- marks, and Dr. Schaeffer whis a request to | Col. Ainsworth to widraw. He refused to do | 80, however, and the coroner turning to the fern he bad no right to exclude from the | hearing any person who was likely to be a party to the verdict. Juror Hanvey said he had been told by half = dozen clerks that they had been afraid to testify and would have refused todo so but for the letter of the Secretary of War. Mr. Ross Perry, as the representative of Col. Ainsworth, arose to make some remarks on the subject, and his first word was a signal for the most exciting incident of the day. AGAINST OUTSIDERS SPEAKING. Butler Fitch, a white-baired clerk of the record and pension division, started the trouble. “Sit down,” he shouted; “you are an outsider WE PROTEST AGAINST OUTSIDENS. and have no right here. I protest against an outsider speaking here.”” “Sit down, sit down.”’ echoed his fellow clerks in voices that were not restrained. Fitch cried out something about “murder” and his words were echoed from every part of the hall. Record and pension division clerks were on their feet. ‘Morgan Spencer, a clerk from Alabama, rushed through the erowd, and.shaking his fist at Col. Ainsworth, he yelled, “That man should be arrested for murder and not released on bonds.” Hundreds of men echoed these eenti- ments. Every one was standing and nearly every one was attempting to make himself heard. The scene was one of the wildest ex- citement. sHovTs or “Hae HIM.” Mr. Perry remained standing and as soon as his voice could be heard he shouted: “I appeal to you as American citizens for fair play.” The > THE STORM BREAKS. crowd, however, was not in the humor to listen to Mr. Perry, and after the slight Inll the excite- ment gained new strength and the tempest broke in its full furv. “Hang him! shouted from a dozen throats. Every man in the spectators’ seats rose at the ery “Hang him! | Hang him!” and the shout grew louder. Col. | Ainsworth sat cool and collected. Somebody said after the uproar was ever that his hand | moved to nis inside coat pocket and remained there. His features seemed absolutely immov- able. There was the faintest suggestion of a smile on his lips. Mr. Perry remained stand- {ng, but made no attempt to quell the mob, for it had grown to be such. Lieut. Amiss.was utterly powerless to still the tumult. The crowd began to move toward Col. Ains- worth, the imprecations becoming more violent. Col. Ainsworth made a movement as if to rise. It would have precipitated a criats, “Sit down,” said Juror Hanvey, and Col. Ainsworth sank back again. WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. ‘The crowd was sober. Had it been otherwise, had Col. Ainsworth made any movement, or A CRITICAL MOMENT. bad any man taken the first step, it is certain thata tragedy would have been enacted. Fifty men would have piled themselves on the man sitting witha pale but unshaken face and he would in all possibility have never emerged from the mass alive. While the excitement was at its highest Mr. B. H. Warner sprang on achair and his ap- Pearance stopped the first rush. Mr. Warner made himself heard and his words produced a semblance of quiet. MR. WARNER'S APPEAL “This outbreak of feeling must be sup- pressed.” he said, “not by the strong hand of the law, but by the hand of fraternity. [Ap- plause.} I appeal to you to have fair play as Americar’ citizens and not to sin the fair name of the lorious capital of thia republic. ain the name of the Master who he crowd fell into Mr. Warner's way of thinking and eried, “Yes,” “Yes.” He saw his advantage and made an appeal to let the ques tion of allowing Col. Ainsworth to remain to be settled by cool heads. Dr. Shaeffer, seeing that it was impossible to proceed, announced that the inquest was a MR, WARNER APPEALS. journed until 11 o'clock today at the first pre- cinet station. Afterward it was decided to con- tinue the affair at the hall, with better police supervision. Col. Ainsworth sat fora few minutes and then left the hall with his counsel, followed by the angry mutterings of the clerks. He is said to have ‘given some directions to one of the clerks, who replied that he would take no orders from a murderer. The clerks left the building with the idea that the inquest was to be continued privately. AN INDIGNATION MEETING. There was continued excitement when the sidewalk was reached, and finally Mr. Butler Fitch mounted the entrance steps of the build- ing and_pro an indignation meeting im- mediately. Proposition was adopted, and the clerks took poseession of the bail. Mr. Fiteh called the meeting to order, and suggested that Smith Thompson of Maryland be chosen chairman. This was received with acclamations of satisfaction and Mr. Thom ton took the chair. He made a stirring apecch, in which he attacked those in charge of the Tecords and pensions division of the War De- partment, Col. Lamont’s letter, he said, amounted to nothing in the way of affording protection to the cierka. Col. Ainsworth or Chief Clerk John C. Freck could dismiss any one of them and would furnish some cause which would prevent their reinstatement. Ethelbert Baier rose and moved tat a peti- tion be sent to the President asking him to pre- vent the exclusion of the public from the in- quest, but insisting upon the exclusion of Col. Ainsworth. This was adopted. Mr. Spencer Morgan thought that the sus pension of Col Ainsworth should also be asked for and suggestion was added to the reso- lution. Captain Potter of Laurel. who was the first man dismissed from the War Department under this administration, made a specch,in which he said he was dismised by Colonel Ainsworth be- | cause he signed a petition asking that another officer be placed in eharge of the records and Pensions division. The cause given by Colonel Ainsworth for the dismissal, he said, was inefii- ciency, when as a fact his record for efficiency was 95 per cent. A COMMITTEE APPOINTED. At the conclusion of Capt. Potter's speech the following committee was appointed to pre- Pare and present the petition to the President: Smith Thompson, Butler Fitch, Perey Monroe, | M. M. Jarvis and'W. M. Thayer. This done it was decided to adjourn. Before doing so, how- ever, the following resolution sent im by Jere- miah Wilson, the well-known attorney, was read and adopted: “Resolved, That inasmuch as it now appears that in the ‘pending investigation before the coroner, the contractor and the superintendent are respectively represented by counsel, the chairman bo directed to appoint a committee of three, whose duty it shail be to secure the attendance of an attorney to be present durii the proceedings, with a view to the ascertain ment of the person or persons upon whom the responsibility rests for the calamity in ques- tion. It is the senso of this meeting that no person should be unjustly heid responsible, and no one should be screened upon whom re- sponsibility justly rests.” JUDGE WILSON'S OFFER ACCEPTED. It was announced by Mr. Baier that Mr. Wil- COL. AINSWORTH RETIRES. son had volunteered his services and they were accepted with cheers, Immediately after the odjournment of the meeting the committee appointed went to Mr. Wilson's office and held a conference with him. ‘At the consultation it was decided that in view of the determination to hold an open in- juest it would be best not to wait on the Presi- lent. COMMISSIONER PARKER'S LETTER. ‘The following letter written Inst night by Commissioner Parker is on the question of an open inquest: . UNIVERSITY CLUB, Washington, Jane 12, 1893. Dr. E. M. Schaeffer, Deputy Coroner. Beat Si: Teappears from the "Datars that mirned today's inqaest to ineet toluorrow at Jrecinct station. Uebind closed, doors. Pub Trent will not be satisfied witht this, nor necessary. This Is no ordinary case of found dead, and the fallest aud freest inves‘ization must ve had. ‘The Consmisstoners prefer that you contin estat Willard Hall, wits doors open to the public, hey Would also advise that you accept the services of the district attorney or his assistant. Very respectfully, eyRON M. PARKER, ‘Commissioner D. .| deemed it necessary to rend a letter assu “| the clerks that they would not jeopard their WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? What the Newspapers Say About the Ford’s Theater Disaster. KILLED BY DEMAGOGUES. The Government Clerks Compelled to Work in Unsafe Buildings—A Call for Damages From the Government — A Warning That Should Be Heeded—The Inquest. —_+—___ Fixing the Responsibility. From the Now York Times (today). The coroner's inquest into the cause of the death of the victims of the Ford’s Theater col- lapse in Washington will be followed by an in- vestigation by a military court of iuquiry, and between the two the facts in the case ought to be so clearly established that there will be no difficulty in fix- ing the responsibity for the disaster. The facts to be determined should answer a number of questions about which tho public is in more or lesa doubt. By whose authority was this building occupied and used by a large force of clerks engaged upon the work of the division of records and pensions of the War Department? | While so occupied and used was it in an unsafe condition independent of the exca- vation that was being made at the time of the calamity? If so, by whose authority was the occupation and use continued and who had the wer to discontinue it and to have the build- ing put in a xafe condition or abandoned? If it was not unsafe before the excavation began, by whose authority was that work done and whose duty wast to see that it was done in such a manner as not toendanger the building and its occupants? During tho excitement caused by a disaster of thie kind there are «lways many wiid statements upon which it is unsafe to base avy judgment. 1y persons are apt to know then & great many things which they never thought of before, and there is a good deal of eagerness to cast the blame upon somebody whose judgment had not been previously questioned. ‘The immediate cause of the collapse in the Waxhington build- ing is already tolerably plain. In the excava- tion that was going on beneath it the main sup- port of a portion of the three floors was either Femoved or seriously wenkened before any Proper substitute was pat in ite place. The t that only that part of the flooring which rested upon this support gave way, and that the walls of the building remaimed intact, would seem to indicate that the fault lay chiefly, if not wholly, in a failure to give proper temporary support to the floors while the per- manent support was being replaced. though it may be that, apart from the work going on be- neath the building, it was in an unsafe condi- tion and unfit for the use to which it was put. Any casual strain or shock might perhaps have caused disaster. Whatever the facts in this particular case may show, it seems to be generally admitted that the public service is inadequately provided for in Washington and that there is no proper i er the buildings occupied by the government outside of those specially con- structed for the use of the departments. There are several old buildings used for different branches of the sorvice which were not constructed for the purpose and aro ill adapted for the uses to which they are put, and others that were specially constructed for their pres- ent use are unequal to the strain now put upon them. The local authorities have no control over these buildings; has been niggardly in providing for the needs of the public service as its requirements have —inereased, and Fesponsibility seems to have been lodged no- where for the general safety of the premises. in which the government employes are compelled to work. Something more than a coroner's in- quest and a court of inquiry scems to be called for to remedy an evil which was by no means confined to the old theater building on 10th street. Killed by Demagogu: From the New York Tribune Today. The search at Washington for the respon- sible cause of the calamity by which many were killed or maimed isin one sense entirely un- necessary. Holmanism slaughtered the victims. They were murdered or crippled by that inde- cent spirit of niggardliness which has been so long fostered for selfish or partisan ends by some demagogues. Adequate appropriations for the public service would have resulted long ago in safer and better quarters than those which have bean so often condemned,and which the unhappy clerks had come to regard with constant dread. This is go obvious that it seems unnecessary to say it,and yet for the sake of the lesson which it teaches the nature and cause of the disaster should not be lightly passed. It was not an accigent. It was a slaughter by the demagogues who seck to serve themselves and their party by shouting ecou- omy on all unfit occasions and shrieking about the “‘Billion-Dollar Congress.” It is time that Americans should muster a little common sense in considering the expendi- tures of their government. During the last thirty-three years the population has more than doubled and tho wealth of the couatry has in- creased more than fourfold. ‘The duties of the government necessarily depend in large degree upon the property to be protected as well as In upon the number of lives to be cared for. 1860 the expenditures of the go clusive of interest and pension on public debt, were abou: 259,000, Last | Year they were about $187,000,000, oF three times as large. Reckoning half’ the ex- pense in 1860 against the population |to be governed and half against the | | property to be protected, the rate would be less | than 81 for each inhabitant and about €2 for | each 1,000 of property. At the same ratio | now the annual expenditure’ would be more than 200,000,000. Navies and armies, the control of Indians, the consular service, the mail sery- | ice at home and abroad, the iand office. the | judiciary, the agricultural service, all are more | largely employed in defending property than in defending lives. The inhabitants can fly from the seashore when invasion comes, as sav- ages did before them, but their cities and the | wealth which makes their comforts and civiliza~, tion possible require steel cruisers, forts and | guns. In some praportion to the riches of the | prize to be guarded must always be the cost of | defending it against a spoiler. But if wealth needs defense, wealth can pay for defense. Ability to pay is in pro} tion to dollars and not in proportion to lives. | With $15,000,000,000 of wealth in 1860 the | | country paid for ‘its government about $4 for every $1,000. Today, with — $65,000- | 000.000 of wealth a ‘like expenditure | would be 260,000,000, instead of $187, 000,000 now paid. Indeed, the ability of -ople to pay has incrensed in far greater ratio [eee the average earnings of the people | | have more than doubled besides the increase in | aceumulated wealth. It will be said that in- | | terest and pensions and payments on public | debt are improperly omitted trom the com- parison. Not 80, because these are costs of a | civil war in which the existence of the nation | was assailed and victoriously maintained. Tho nation pays and ought to pay willingly for that inestimable service, but that payment does not in any way affect the cost of the other services which government — continucusly renders, nor the need of those services, nor the necessity of making them adequate to the grow- ing needs of the nation. Murderous Economy. From the Baltimore American. Tt is a pity that the direct government of the District of Columbia could not be arranged so that it would be in the hands of men in whom outside politics would not destroy interest in | the welfaro of the District and its inhabitants, and in whom the policy of economy would not exixt to a mvftderous extent. In a body like | Congress responsibility is too shifting and too scattering to be fixed with any satisfuctory re- sult. Col. Ainsworth’s Position. From the New York Tribune (today). ‘The proceedings yesterday at the inquest on the victims of the Washington tragedy were | extraordinary. They would have been remark- | able even without the outbreak against Col. Ainsworth, which disclosed the depth and in- tensity of ‘the feeling against him as the man responsible for endangering the lives of many clerks and bringing ascore or more to their death, His presence with a lawyer at the in- quest showed that he appreciates the position inwhich he finds himself placed. That the clerks were in abject terror of their chief was testified to by more than one, and it is ex- | tremely significant that Secretary Lamont iz places by testifying without restraint at the in- | quest. | Deliberate Carelessness. From the Ciueinnati Tribune. | The horror at Washington will appeal stongly to the superstitious. The building was | dicts for this reason usually command respect. fire. It was the scone of the blackest crime in American history when John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln within its walls. The government closed it thon asa theater and de- Voted it to the use of the surzical department, ‘The ghosts of countless victims of the war may well be imagined to walk among the hos- pital records of their wounds. It was Friday when Lincoln was assassinated. This tragedy was also a Friday occurrence, and happened almost at the hour when the funeral service over the brother of the assassin was in Progress in New York. While superstition will see meanings in all these facts common senso teaches that not fate but deliberato carelessness or helpless incom- peteney produced the wreck of Friday. It seers the more reprehensible because, aside from human life of priceless value imperiled, there were invaluable records destroyed and a medical library of inestimable worth ruined. It seems incredible that in the city of Washing- ton such incompetency or carelessness could be | permitted. A closeand exact inves the zause of the crime—not accide manded. A Heavy Debt of Parsimony. From the Pittsbnrz Dispatch. Unfortunately there seems to be no doubt that this calamity was caused by neglect. The unsafe condition of the building was known loag ago. Not only were the warnings of danger wholly disregarded, bat the weak build- ing was heavily Inden with books and records, and a large force of clerks put there in the Jeopurdy wich ix shown by the event to have existed. ‘The policy of leaving the peril un- remedied in the hope that the calamity will not come this month or this year has worked out the result. Such criminal neglect should be recognized as manslaughter. It is undonbtedly “0 in ab- stract equity, and it is generally so defined in criminal jurisprudence. The man who, by the omission of what is his duty, causes the loss of life is criminally liabie; but’ unfortunately in | such cases the responsible party is high enough in influence to exeape the penalty. In this case it is not yet clear at this writing where the respon- sibility lies. It is probablo, though, that it will be shifted to the shoulders of Congress, which, while spending the public money at the rato of half a billion a year, could not spare from its Jobs the few thousands necessary to protect its employes from the peril of tumble-down build- ings. It is certain that the samo sort of thing will go on until the enforcement of our laws becomes so vigorous and independent that the penalty of such neglect will be visited on the ‘most influential and powerful. A Dreadfal Responsibility. From the Philadelphia North American. According to the latest reports the disaster at Washington Friday is not as bad as was at first supposed, but it is bad enough. Twenty- one dead bodies have been recovered and two more are supposed to be still buried in the ruins, while a large number of those who were in the building at the time the crash occurred have been more or lens seriously injured. It is a shocking affair, and not the least shocking thing about it is the mdisputable fact that it was due to the criminal negligence of Congress. The accident did not belong to the class of ton-preventable casualties. It has long been foreseen as a possibie, if not a probable occar- rence, and common prudence and s decent re- gard for human safety required that it should have been guarded against. ‘The building was known to be unsafe. It was expected one day or other to collapse, and whoever under such | circumstances permitted its occupation by five | hundred persous has upon his shouldersa heavy nsibility. ‘Thereseems to have been neglect and blundering and extraordinary recklessness all along the line. Primarily Congress was to! blame for refusing in a spirit of miscalled econ- omy to make the necesatry appropriation for the work of placing the building in a proper state of stability and repair. That is so like Congress, especially the kind of Congress which the people have been send- ing to Washington for the past two or three years. The bunghole may be out, but. the | jot is safely turned, and the effort is tando to offset the waste of ‘millions expended from tho point of view of political expe- dloney by the donial of thonsarids to good aod necestary uses. ‘The soldier vote is a cov- eted factor and the Grand Army order is a power, 80 hundreds of millions are voted | away in pensions with « heediess inconsid- | eration, but the clerks by whom the pen-| sion claims are investigated and_ prepared for allowance are of no account. They have “no pull” nor any influence in their*dees- trict,” and they can be allowed to take their chances in an old tumble-down building from which the rata have fled. and whose insecurity is notorious. It may not fall down after all, you know, or it may take its pre- destined tumble out of office hours, so the spproprintion ts voted down, and if the 500 clerks employed in that particular bureau don't like the riske they are required to take, why, this is a free country; they can resign. That is how Congressmen séem to have argued, and today, perhaps, they are sorry they did. It is snid that in some cases #uit to recover damages will be brought against the govern- ment. If half the reports about the condition of the building are true, there is ample basis ; for such suits, but whether the plaingiffs will make much by them is quite another question. According to the general experience, the prose- cution of claims against Uncle Sam is about the most heart-breaking, hopeless aud unprofitable business in which human beings can engage. But there is no room for doubt abont the equities of the case. ‘Tho injured and the survivors of | the dead ‘are entitled to be liberally com-| pensated for what they have snffered. Under | the circumstances Congress will hardly be able | to refuse todo something for them, but the chances are it won't be much. An Impartial Inquiry Demanded. Frou the Phi‘adelphia Times. ‘Tn view of the sudden and violent demon- stration of personal hostility to Col. Ainsworth | manifested at the coroner's inquest over the | bodies of the unfortunate victims of the Ford | Theater disaster in Washington, it 18 fortunate | that a military court of inquiry is to follow the | coroner's inquest. The excitement and bitter- | ness caused by the disaster will have somewhat subsided and it will be possible to get at the cold facts in the case. The riotous outbreak | against Col. Ainsworth, a most careful and effi- | cient medical officer, who had nothing to do with the erection of public buildings, shows that public feeling, atleast among the crowds | that frequent coroners’ inquests, is wrought w toa pitch that renders a calm, Judicial invostk gation an impossibility at present. For another reason than that of making the investigation after the heat of passion bas somewhat subsided the military inquiry is op- portune. ‘There is a fearful responsibility rest- ing somewhere. Military courts are apt to i Vestigato without fear or favor, and their ver- The responsibility for the loss of a score or more of lives should be determined by a careful investigation and fixed where it rightfully be- longs. If officers of the War Department are to blame, they should be exposed and held to a strict account. If, as seems more probable, the real blame Mes with Congress or other ci- Vilian influence, this fact shonid be brought out so clearly that no charge of partisanship, favoritism or personal bias will lie against the report. There,should be no insignificant seape- goat to hide other people's shortcomings, neither should a coat of whitewash be applied to any one. Pending this, which must be the feal investi- gation into the responsibility for the disaster, President Cleveland has very properly ordered an examination of every building in which gov- ernment employes work to ascertain if possible if there are any more human traps ready to crush out another score of lives, One thing 1s made apparent by this disuster already, and that is that in the mad rush of Congressmen and Senajors to secure millions for public buildings in one-horse country towns the ex- ansion of the public business at Washington not been properly provided for. Buildings have been rented and applied to public uses that wero never intended for other than private residences, and it is quite within the bounds of possibilty that some of these structures may be as dangerous as Ford's old theater. Who is to Blame? From the Brooklyn Citizen, The question now is, who is to blame for the Washington disaster? Is the fall of the build- ing and consequent destruction ofsome twenty- Nature should he assisted to throw offimpuri- ties of the blood. Nothing does it 60 well, so safely orso promptly as Swift's Specific. pratzral pottony en Tried mere Tees A tew bottlesof this S:S.S°Bi @ comple jand 1 now en) TRICE, Ottawa, Kane” a fated one. Its predecessor was destroyed by Our book on Blood and Skia Diseases muiled free, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. | seemed likely to put most money in five lives to be smoothly disposed of as an acci- dent for which nobody can be held to blame, or is there to be some effort made to establish the principle that when officials or contractors, by their criminal negligence, accomplish the doath of human beings they are to be punished? The seandalous behavior of the officials was suj plemented, apparently. by the scandnlous beh#vior of a contractor who pro- ceeded upon the assumption that the cutting away of its foundations could do nu harm if wooden beams =—— one here and there to bear up the weight been sustained by stone walls. It ferred credible that such things had been done were the proof not before us written in letters of ‘The law which purports to denl with crimes of this kind is not explicit enough. It leaves too many loopholes of escape. It allows the architect to shove off responsibility upon tho inspector, the inspector on the contractor, the contractor on some fereman and the latter on somebody else. It is always either Providence ‘or sume equally indefinite cause upon which the blame is finally laid, Houses fall quite frequently, but nothing is rarer in the annals of American law than the punishment of men who put up houses that will fail. and safety will not be secured until it becomes under- stood that such punishment will be meted out. ‘The truth is that in nothing is the public more deluded than in the notion that they can de- pend upon the stability of houses because some building department approved the plans and passed the work as satisfactory. ‘The people need to be waked up to the fact that contractors are permitted to do pretty much as they please in the erection of houses 60 long as they do not offend the public eye or nostrils. They must conform to the statutes in things that are upon the surface, but as to other matters they have very much their own way. ‘That this was what took piace at Washington hardly admits of doubt. officials did not care what the contractor did, and the latter proceeded entirely according to the pian which ite i fie olf aaj canaries) te Aa quite irrespective of any 3 aman beings whose safety ought to have been tne subject of first concern, The Cleveland admin- istration will render the eountry a good sorvice if it makes this catastrophe the means of effect- ing a reform in a system of building inspection which is acurse coextensive with the continent. Unsafe Buildings: From the Brooklyn Ties ‘The fatality attending the collapse of the old Ford’s Theater building at Washington Fri- day suggests the necessity for the employment of an inspector of buildings used for official purposes at Washington. Apart altogether from the question of the ability of the government to provide suitable quarters for its employes there does not seem to be any real necessity for the hiring of dilapidated rookeries for their ac- commodation. Ford's Theater is not the only condemned building of the kind rented by the government. In the Winder building, which has also been condemned as unfit for occu- pancy, there are hundreds of War clerks employed every day, but there is plenty room for them all im the War Department building, in which the Navy and State menis are also accommodated, if the depart- ment could cut itself free from the absurd tra- dition which requires the consecration of five or six Inrge rooms for the conservation of the dignity of every head of a bureau or the chief ofa division. If all the room that is now given up to the demands of fuss and feathers and red tape was devoted to practical uses there would be no need for herding the mem and women who do the real work of the tin dangerous hired premises, to the discredit of the government and the of itsemployes. There should be immediate reform in this matter. Even if it should be necessary to shear off some of the plumes and the gold lace that adorn the department, the safety of the civil staff should receive some attention. Neglect Brings Ruin. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. It was a most striking coincideuce that at the time the last words were being uttered over the body of Edwin Booth in New York, scores of persons lay dead and dying in the ruins of that historic building where Booth’s brother fired the fatal shot at President Lincoln. Those who are superstitious will find much in the coinci- dence to justify the serious impressions arising from chance and accident. The simple sent meut of superstition falls away, however, be- fore the horrors of that catastrophe in which scores of lives were destroyed and scores of men injured. It was by the merest cbance that any of tho occupants of the building were saved. Those who were killed died out of re- spect toa miserable sentiment—a sentiment which demanded that an unsafe, unsound, worn- out building should not be changed or strength- sped 10 suit the new uses for which it was de- ne It is always ensy to talk about in such accidents, and it is simys dines fix the responsibility where it belongs. Even if that is done in this case, what good will it do? Can it give life to the dead? it comfort those who mourn? Can it restore power to the Permanently helpless? Can it give arms and gs und nerves and sinews to those | who have been sacrificed? Not at all The ledger account is all on one side, and any at- tempt to change it must fail. This is the un- fortunate part of it. The government is rich enough and able to safe quarters for ite ewployes. Failing in this, it should be obliged to make restitution in so far as lies within ite power. The catastrophe is a serious arraign- ment of government stupidity or carelessness, It is most deplorable that such an accident should have happened, when precautionary measures could easily have warded off the in- evitable danger. Damages From the Government. From the Pittsburg CSmmercial-Gazette. The sudden collapse of the ill-fated building formerly known as Ford’s Theater at Washing- ton is one of the most appalling casualties of the kind on record. ‘There were between four and five hundred men employed in the building at the time,and already the list of fatal casualties is frightfully large. There were three floors in the building and all went down at the same time. The floors seem to have been heavily laden with accumulated records, and the foun- dations were weakened by excavations made for a cellar on an adjoining lot. It is said the build- ing had been condemned as unsafe, and if this be so it is not improbable that the government will be called upon to pay heavy damages to ‘hose injured and to the representatives of the No matter how or how severe, Dr. Saks ees ay mil Beauty Balm, THE SOCIETY RaGz. sa Complexion Beautitier Unequaled. PAULINE HALL, ‘The Beautiful Song Bird, writes us: Philadelphia, May 2, 1893. Fenno Laboratory Association: Gentlemen: Tm pleased to be able to speak very FAVORABLY of your “Beauty Balm.” Tt isa VERY auteesble preparation and most effective in GOOD KESU Farthfuily, PAULINE HALL. BEAUTY BALM is used bothon an off the ste by Marie Tempest, Anute Fixiey, Jobnustons Bens Rett, Della, Marie Burroughs, Phabe Davis, Ida Muile, je Vanoni, &. BEAU'Y BALM is astirecare for skin discolore- tions, pimples, ies, sallowness, all blernishes, by ectiny natal im exciting the lite of the thers, producing natu-al color and white: hess, Absolutely pure and harmless. PRICE ONE DOLLAR A BOTTLE. BEAUTY BALM ts for sale in Washington at all leading druggists, hair dressers, costumers aud deal- ers in toilet preparations, FENNO LABORATORY, Sole Proprietors, 206 North Uthst., Philadelphia, mh183m ‘The building was known as the Army Medical Maseam. It was first ocenpied as a placo of worship by a Baptist congregation, but some forty years ago bad been transformed into a theater. It was in this place that Mr. Lincoln was assassinated. The government closed the theater and subsequently purchased the prop- erty, remodeling the in' for the use of the surgeon general. It was richly stored with everything pertaining to surgical and medical operations, including a library not excelled by any of the kind in the world. The lons of 5) imens, books and curiosities, irreparable as it is, is nothing compared with the loss of life and the maiming of scores of unfortunate and un- suspecting employes. Had Been Condemned. From the St. Louis Republic. It seems that the old building which col- lapsed with such disastrous results in Wath- ington yesterday had been condemned for sev- eral years as unsafe. Proper Quarters. From the Ohio State Journal. If the awful accident at Ford's Theater building yesterday awakens the government to the absolute necessity of preparing proper quarters for the printing office and other bureaus the sacrifice of life. terrible though it ‘was, will not have been in vain. 3 ‘Who Was to Blame? From the Kansas City Star. ‘The fail of the old Ford Theater in Washing- ton is ar illustration of what a blundering and incompetent arrangement a government may be. The Ford Theater was originaily private Propesty. While it remained such it was cared for by whoever owned it. Had it remained Private property it would have been torn down lo: But the property passed into the hands of the United States govern- ‘govern: ment, and became sul to the rule that “what is everybody's business is nobody's,” ‘and that is the reason it fell down and crashed and killed and wounded so many people. It was a case, and will vo remain, of a division of responsibility. who was the i j 38 f i i i THE END OF OUR GREAT Removal Sales Isdrawing near. Step in quick andcarry the Shoes away. or you will lose money by ‘Rot purchasing now. These few figures show how they are wong AT 717 MARKET SPACE: Barnard’s $3.30 Oxfords for 2.45. ‘Barnard’s @5.00 Shoes for €3.65. All 85,00 Calf Shoes for $3. 75. Ali 85.00 Kangaroo Shoes for 84.00. AT 1115 F ST. X. W. One lot @5.00 Patent Bals., now $2.95. 25.00 Russia Calf Bals., now $2.05. Oxfords, Slippers and Ladies’ High Shoes below actual cost to manufacture. Geo. W. 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