Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1894, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. Et sweecie—otnrameer=a tenon tlbsSccamabasaes aneaaea 4T A MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON, D. C., Clearing House Association, held in the National Metrcgolitan Bank on the afterroon of Septem- Der 17, 1804, the following resolutions were unaninously adopced: Whereas, the Divine Ruler of events bas re moved from our midst Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson, late president of the Citizens’ National Bank, Whose death occurred at his residence in this city on Saturday evening, the 15th instant, RESOLVED, That the Clearing House Associa- tion, row assembled for that purpose, makes this Fecord of its sincere scrrow at the loss of the chief officer of the bank named, @ member of this organization. His death has created meartful breach im our circle and removed a — seman haste ee see and gen! ners our 'y has been deprived of an active x = nt | uuderta! name a1 services will receive last! bonor and his memory be warmly pay all who knew bis sterling virtues, his great use- ee open-hearted KESt , That ao of these proceedings forwarded to the facsiiy’ of the deceased a3 te Sheen, Ses Bae 5 al Ne im the moruli aad evening Pap-ts of the city. ou GEO. H. &. WHITE, Chairwa ‘EO. H. F. R. WALLACE, Secretary. Tt WASHINGTON, D. ©, SED nersh ij PPEIFPER. . C. CONLIPF. Having withdrawn from the firm of Pfeiffer & Conliff, I respectfully solicit for my successors the continuance of favors of my patrous, to whom I render my thanks for their past patronage. it 2. DONLIFF. SPIRITUALISM.—J. i. ALTEMUS WILL HOLD A VEN! a nd Da) . Septem! F 1S, and every’ fol WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ‘gosbel service at bea Vednesday, 2 p.m. President, 4LL INFORMATION ABOUT REPAIRING LEFT with me cap be bad at 327 Penm. ave. we, (next door). HENRY SCHMINKE. sels ate. moved from 626 K’ st. n.w. to Sth st. near K st. aw. se18-6e* “TQ MY FRIENDS AND PATROAS.” I desire to inform you that 1 have this da; retired from and sold my stock a good will to my a. S Combs, who Will continue the business as heretofore. and su during the twen- respectiaily asks coutlouance af same for iny successor. ccessor. All persons indedted to me will please call and settle their accounts a 1612 14th st. nw. TEMPER, ters, 622 La. MB ve respectfully, eclTat* GEORGE COMBS. W. i. RAMSEY, TORACCO AND CiGaRs, 7TH ST. N.W. sel7-3t* Open Sundays. { HEREDY NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT IW pot be ible for any debts contracted b my wife, Bliza Riley of ‘Tukowa Park, Mi MANSPOKD KILEY. sel7-3t* WOULDST TICKLE THY PALATE With oysters and her salt water dainties? jet them cooked end served " 1s the finest. in Menu, cutsine and service THE 2 ed from 4 to 7. Sundags. 1 to 2 FRITZ REUTER'S HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. COR. PA. AVE. AND 44; STREET. 10d BRICK MANTELS FOR HALL. LIBRARIES AND dining rooms. Send Tweuty cents in stamps for Sketch Book. a 3.1L. CORNING, 520-522 13th st. . MEN'S SHIRTS TO MEASURE. We hare the best modern facilities for mal Custom Shirts of any style, with or without col- lars or cuffs. It you-are thiuking of Your order, now ts ihe best time, as a shirt worn through the fall and winter is pleasanter for summer wear. We will take om oner,-execute it promptly and vouch for a.perfect fit and entire satisfaction. Let-us make a sample shirt sub- Ject to your approval. WOODWARD & LOTHROP, dad 1oth, Lith and F sts. b.w. MORE WE INNINGS ON RAMBLEBS: At Asiury Park, N. J., August 30 to September 4, a8 follows: ‘August 30--1 first; 2 seconds; 3 thirds. ‘Augest 31—2 firsts; 2 thirds. September 11 second; 1 third. RS ‘and neatly all winnings by 18. wove, W. F. Sims, riding 9 & $75 diamond for the Lest Unpaced mile. “Ride RAMBLERS and wear diamonds!"* GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. Co. 1325 14th st. aw. Wi " In addition to RAMBLER, received CABINET AND MAS Tiles and Brass Goods at reduced prices for fall trade. Special attention called to my Gas-heating Grates and Lozs, which can be seen in operation at avy time. See my $2.00 Brass Fire Sets. ‘M. ROCHE, se3-Im* 716 13th st. n.w. ‘Telephone, o ogee AND JOH REET, $2 keeps your watch in perfect repair for one year, no matter how many times you injure it—if it’sinsured us. Geo. W. Spier, 310 oth St., “Watch Expert.” 124 if you want a paint for roofs or walls — actually fire, water and acid proof, tte ores Ohio [Mineral Paints o* 4" 12d more, but— Table d’Hote Dinner, soc., With Pt. Bot. Fine Claret. Equals any dollar dinner im the city. Ex- wuisitely cooked and served. All appolutments t-clans in every respect. C7Table beard, $20 per month. HOTEL EPIRICH, 455 TO 459 PA. AVE. t E MRICTI, PROP. 14d There are whiskies and whiskies. Tharp’s “Old Reliable Berkeley”’ is pre- scribed by all physicians. It must be pure! Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. Sa Mosaic work on floors is becoming “the thing.” Some of it cracks and warps. Ours never does. See us about it. S. K. Spalding, 603 E St. MANUFACTURER'S AGENT. 12a Piodels of Tailoring Art— Our $15 To-Order Suits. They are-made up of stylish fots, Cassimeres and Homespuns. after the latest fashion and ¢ ly made by skilled workmen— $25 apd $30 fy the price charged by first-class tailors elsewhere. Fit and Satisfaction guaranteed. 7 How about a Overcoat? We make them, I With best silk throughout, for $20. Morton C. Stout & Co., FINE TAILORING AT POPULAR PRICES, Iz Fost. N.W. a SCHOOL SUPPLIES, Drawing Boards, Easels, Pencils and Papers; “E" Squares, Triangles Instruments; Water Golors, Brushes, Paper. nic ARTE selT Suits Cleaned & Pressed, $1 ‘That new, fresh appearance tu without — the Vests and Trou: slightest AND REPAIRING. Washington Beneficial Endowment Association. Policy bolder will learn something to, their advantage by sending date when i and aweunt of certiticate to Box 35, vels St 705 OTH ST. ‘Telephone 1 SPECIAL NOTICES. Established 1824. ‘The weather is likely to be cooler toworrow. goc. for new, bright 1% -in.Pine Doors, right from the factory. Prove It? Frank Libbey & Co., ™B2** “Lamber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and New York Ave. The “best” wine jelly is made from To-Kalon Sher- = Only $1.50 gal. o-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th GHONE 908. VAULTS, 27th and K sts. nw. An Enjoyable “‘Smoke”’ Cavnot be appreciated too highly. A reall; good, moderately priced cigur ‘a hard to ole tain. We have a new one that's rapidly finding favor oe “Royal Purple” 5c. Cigar Has a real Havana filler and Sumatra wrap- per. Many 10c. cigars are not as . Colt your desler doesn’t them, drop us a postal. We'll see you're supplied. Jas. L. Barbour & Son, Jobbers and Importers and Caterers to Hotels, 614-616 PENNA. AVE. N. W. it Cheap Tailoring Doomed. Every day we hear a story sit flar to this: “Yes, I was im duced by the promising ads. to try cheap. tailoring—got a suit for half what I used to pay; but {you cam excuse me, for I want no more cheap tailoring in mine." So It goes; the race for cheap- ness has cost them dearly, and now they are returning to their first love—fine, reliable, perfect- fitting garments for but a little more than they pay for the flims; We welcome you gladly, for we were never so well prepared to Blease you. Remember the two specials: ie Trousers to Order, $6 up. Suits to Order, $20 up. G. Warfield Simpson, Expert Tailor, i2th& FSts. It Rupture Is The Bane OF many lives. All the disagreeable features and pain can be obviated by wearing the cerrect Truss. We guarantee every Truss we sell to be perfect-titting, comfortable and durable. Our prices 50 per cent cheaper than elsewhere. CFA GOOP, DURABLE TRUSS FOR Te. Gilman’s Drug Store,,@ ®. tan VE. NW. “Correct” Stationery Must be used at all times. We have all the finest. grades of Box Paper and Eu- Xelopes, Latest, daintiest sizes and shapes. Faia, and delicately finted. EF Ontice ip les of every descript: | gli iption at surprisingly Easton & Rupp, 421 1th St. Popular-Friced Stationers, (Just above ave.) 14d Fall Weddings. Invitations engraved in the latest correct style, at lowest reasonable rates, Invitations printed in my steel plate script imt- tate engraving so pearly that many cannot detect the difference. Byron S. Adams, Printer, "Phone, 930. (ea) S12 11TH ST. N.W. Elixir Babek. Sure cure for all MALARIAL diseases. At drug- 50e. au20tose25 @ bottle. gists’ A Clothing Dealer's Lons. Morris Levine and his wife, Minnie, were arrested in Philedelyhia yesterday and held for the authorities here. They are warted on a charge of false pretenses. It is alleged that they obtained from Isadore Rosen, a D street clothing dealer, about $6 worth of clothing under the pretense that they wanted to look at the goods be- fere purchasing them. Instead of making a purchase or returning the goods they tcok them to Philadelphia, so it is charged, and a telegram from Inspector Hollinberger resulted in their capture. Detective Rhodcs has gone to Philadel- phia to bring them bere for trial. ——_——_ Fire Put Out by a Boy. A rubber gas tube on ihe second floor of the buildings occupied by M. Losano & Son, tailors, No. 818° F street northwest, caught fire about 10 o'clock last night and set fire to some woodwork. An alarm was turned in, but before the fire department arrived, Clarence K. Young, a nineteen- year-old boy, had climbed the awning,forced an entrance to the room and extinguished the blaze. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORENYS . AUCTION §. KOARDIN i CITY ITE! cimoroepist COMMISSIONERS OF DEI COUNTRY BoaRD.. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE DEATHS .. DENTISTRY & RENT (Shops) RENT (Stables). eee eeewtascebousaeaeboatan Bees LOCAL MENTION LOST AND rot MARRIAGES . MEDICAL PROPOSALS AILROADS BCIAL NOTICES, ARPET CL AON ON EY de OCH sv eeeeeuaag WANIED (Situations). A VIEW OF THE RUINS. BODIES RECOVERED Bie at ect Four Have Already Been Taken From the Ruins. FATALITY AT THE STUMPH FIRE Two More Believed to Be Yet Under the Debris. THE SCENES TODAY eRe ES har lees The fire at Stumph’s mattress factory yes- terday afternoon proved to be far more se- rious, so far as loss of life was coacerned,’ than was at first supposed. Up to 3 o'clock it was not certain beyond a doubt that any one had been killed, but, as stated in The Star yesterday afternoon, the body of one man was found in the ruins just before the paper was going to press. By the time that darkness had settled over the scene of the accident it was known that at least five men had lost their hives in the great con- flagration. Of these, one man, James E. Vaughn, died at the Emergency Hospital from internal hemorrhage. Vaughn was one of the men who leaped from the roof when the fire was at its height. He was taken at cnce to the hospital, but there was nothing that could be done to save his life. He was twenty-six years of age, and was foreman of the carpet-cleaning department, which was located on the top floor of the burned building. Finding the Dead Bodies. Within two hours of the time the fire Started it had burned out so completely that after streams of water had been thrown for a while upon the smoldering ruins it was possible to begin the work of clearing away the walls and rafters to find out whether there was any truth in the rumor that sev- eral men had gone down in the fall of the building. Shortly after 3 o’clock an en- trance was made from the K street side of the building. It was a ¢ifficult undertak- ing, but, little by little, the firemen forced their way through to the spot where it was thought the dead would be found. in a few Still Smouldert moments the workers had uncovered the first body. It was evidently that of a man, but it was ovrned beyond all chance of identification. While they were taking out the first body the firemen came upon the second. As was done in the first case, blankets were brought and wrapped around the charred body, and it was carried to a patrol wagon, to be taken to the morgue. Scarcely five minutes more had elapsed when a third corpse was taken from the ruins. Owing to its small size it was sup- posed at first to be that of a tvoman, but at the morgue it was found that this was not the case. in all probability it was that of Willie Ash, a fifteen-year-old boy, who was employed by the firm, and lived at 2225 10th street. A few minutes before 6 o'clock another body was recovered and carried tg the morgve. Four Men Still Missing. Of the four bodies that were at the morgue last evening only two were identi- fied. One was that of Whitney M. Tenny- son, fifty-eight years of age, who boarded at ‘1 K street.” The other was that of Willie Ash. Up to a late hour four men were sti’ missing, and it was feared that they, too, had lost their lives. They were Robert Reitzell, twenty-two years old, 630 E street southwest; Henry Fowler, thirty- two years old, foreman of the wire-weaving department, 1020 New Jersey avenue; Philtp Ackerman, a German cabinet maker, end a man named Reichman, who had been employed in the factory but a short time. Fowler, Tennyson, Reitzell, Ash and Reich- man worked on the fourth floor, and are known to be dead. Bacon and Haske also worked on the fourth floor, but made their Recovering Bodies. way to the roof, and, after telling Vaughn and Bivins, the only two men who were working on the top floor, that they could not escape below, leaped to the ground. Frank Ash, father of the dead boy, employed on the second floor. There were exactly twenty-nine persons in the building when the fire started. The Injured at the Hospital. The three men who were most seriously injured were the men who jumped from the roof, as described in yesterday's Star. They were H. J. Haske, twenty years old, F street; William Bacon, 420 New York avenue, and James E. Vaughn, who lived on Jackson street, Anacostia. Vaughn was the man who died in the evening at the hospital. He was a married man and his wife went to the hospital to see him, but his mind was wandering and he did not seem to recognize her. Arthur Bivins, twenty-two years of age, of Anacostia, was also badly ‘bruised by leaping from the fifth-story window. He was also injured internally. Haske had both legs broken and was internally injured. His condition last night was considered to be serious. The work of clearing out the ruins was continued through the night with the aid of lanterns by a force of street laborers in charge of Contractor Albert Gleason. It was known that two bodies must still be in the wreck, but up to this morning they had not been recovered. When daylight broke the scene was one of complete ruin and desolation. It was a horrible catastro- phe, second only, in recent years, to the Ford’s Theater disaster last summer. The Scene Today. Chaos properly characterizes the scene of yesterday's terrible holocaust. Looked at from K street or Massachusetts avenue, from the roof of the Homeopathic Dispen- sary or the top of Lowenthal’s furniture store, there is an indescribable mass of ruin, tangled and twisted and involved in an inextricable puzzle of confusion, while here and there rises a tiny'spiral of smoke, like incense from the awful sacrifice that ——— Crushed by the Fall. shocked and saddened a great community. Seldom have fire a. falling walls com. pleted the annihilat'on of property in a more overwhelmin Up to noon today but little change } sen place In the ap- pearance of the de. _as_ the mass of stuf removed from the S.umph building in the search for victims had merely been added to the pile of destruction which covered the former sites of Palmer's oyster house and Offenstein’s blacksmith shop on K_ street and ran up to join the crushed walls and sunken roof of the Horse and Cattle Food Company's building ahd the gospel meet- ing hall above it. | + The Lesson Taught. Charred joists and timbers, entirely too heavy for the bri¢k walls which supported them in the Stumph buflding, point out here and there, like the fingers of black moni- tors pointing to the lesson the catastrophe must teach, of a necessity of better build- ing regulations, and absolute laws govern- ing the compulsory eréction of fire escapes, and the ruin they emerge from is a mass of bricks, plaster, tin, iron, twisted pipes, bales of feathers, broken’ and- shattered furniture, while cornsttucks are everywhere and long tufts of hair cover everything like a fantastic rd. The only articles that have been removed from the rui beside the charred bodies of the poor peo- ple who went down to an awful death in. bundles, and today, while the crowds were waiting for further discoveries of victims, many persons were examining the rolls in the hope of discovering their own property among them, while several claimed the same piece as their identical own in two or three instances. A Listless Search. Inside the Stumph property and along- side of the east wall of the fallen structure near the K street entrance twelve or fif- teen -employes of the water lepartment were engaged in removing the debris which is believed to cover the remains of two other missing men. The spectators were Working by Search Light. severe in their criticism of the way the work of searching for the dead was being | prosecuted, as the men were apparently | listless, and there was none of that energy which might be expected where the labor- | ers were endeavoring to save the remains of unfortunate brothers, They were mak- ing a hole down into the ruins, when, as Lieut. Kelly pointed out, they could have made a great deal more headway by pulling out the debris through the immense doors on K street, which virtually made the Stumphs’ have an entire open front on that thoroughfare. It was believed that the bodies of the two missing men would be found nearer K street than those of their companions, brought to lignt yesterday, as it was probable they had reached the ground floor and were making their wey out when the superstructure above them fell and buried them in a fiery giave. A Talk With Mr, Walter Stumph. Mr. Walter Sturtiph,"cne of the proprie- tors of the factory, Was at the scene all day, and in conversation with a Star re- port2:, said that ail the men missing, as well as those idertifiéd, were at work on the fourth floor. rf “There were seven xhen at work there,” he remarked, “and I thought, last night, that all of them had! been lost, but this morning I saw oné of them around here—I don’t know his natne—so there are six to be accounted for. Of these, the bodies of W. P. Tennyson and Wiflie Ashe have been identified, while two unzecognized bodies have also been recoveted. I believe there gre two bodies stil in the ruins. The four missing men, theréfore, are Henry Fowler, who was the foreman} Philip Ackerman, a cabinet maker, who was employed on fold- ing beds; Robert Reltzell, a wéaver of spring beds, and a Gdé-man who was em- ployed only four or five days ago, but who lived with Ackerman over there across the street at No. 634 Mastachusetts avenue.” Inquiry at G34 developed the German's name to have been Philip Reichman, who was also a cabinet maker, whose specialty was making fo'ding bed Amount of Loss Yet Uncertain. Mr, Stumph said it had been impossible for him to give any thought to the matter of estimating the losses, and neither could he designate the ccmpanies cazrying the in- suranc2, which amounted to about $15,000 on stock and building. The loss of the Stumph Brothers will probably reach three times this amount. The Woodruff F:le Holder Company suffers nearly :@ otal loss from the walls falling upon it, and its first story is filled with wreckage. The loss 1s unknown, but it is understood that $5,000 insurance was car-led. George L. Benner, the steneyard man, carried $3,000 insurance, 3 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 87 1804-EWELYExPA GER. which will cover probably half his loss. The cther losses are believed to be covered by insurarce, but the proprietors of the var- ous concerns injured were difficult to find, 80 no definite statement of either losses or insurance could be ascertained. AN INVESTIGATION TOMORROW. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook Finally Decides to Inquiry Into the Fire. When Deputy Coroner Glazebrook visited the morgue last night to see the bodies and give directions concerning the disposition of them he found a large crowd of men, women and children gathered in and about the little building, most of them attracted there by morbid curiosity, while a few were there for the purpose of identifying relatives or friends. He soon had the crowd out of the building and then he gave orders that the general public should not be ad- mitted, and told the janitor to admit only such persons as those who had relatives cr friends in the building at the time of the fire. - After looking at the bodies Dr. Glaze- brook said he deemed an inquest unnec- essary, and told persons interested in the dead ones that he would issue the death certificates. This morning when a Star reporter called to see Dr. Glazebrook the latter had not changed his mind concerning the necessity of an investigaticn. “It won't be necessary to hold an in- quest,” he said, “because the deaths re- sulted from what was clearly an accident. If the case had been similar to that of the Ford’s Theater disaster, involving the col- lapsing of a building, matters would have been different and I should have held an inquest. But this disaster is similar to the Knox fire, and it seems that there is no one .o blame for it. It was a fire with all the unfavorable conditions, and just as soon as it caught it swept through the whole building. “I have issued orders to the morgue and hosnital to have individual undertakers come to me and get the certificates.” In response to a question the doctor said he would issue certificates of accidental death. “Later on,” added the doctor, “should it be deemed necessary to hold an inquest, I will have the police summon a jury to hear the evidence.” * At a little before 2 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Glazebrook telephoned The Star office that an investigation into the circumstances of the fire would take place tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock at the fifth precinct sta- tion house. THE INJURED MEN. All Are Resting Quietly at the Emer- gency Hosptial. A. J. Haske, Arthur C. Bevans and Harry Bacon, the men who were injured by jump- dng from the buraing Stumph building yes- terday, were all resting quietly at the Emergency Hospital this afteraccn. Al- though their injuries are serious, it is theught that they will recover. Friends and relatives of the sufferers have been with them the greater portion of the time since the calamity. Dr. Bell, the resident physician, stated that Bevans ix io be re- moved to hix home in Anacostla today, but the others will remain at the hospital until their condition improves -materially. NEED OF FIRE ESCAPES. What Building Inspector Entwisle Says on the Subject. The great fire of yesterday afternoon still continues to be the principal topic ‘of conversation all over the city, and noW that" it is known that a number of human be- ings lost their lives in the flames the hor- ror that attaches to the catastrophe has been greatly intensified. 1t has once more called the attention of the public to the great need for proper systems of fire es- capes in such large buildings as the one that was so completely destroyed yester- day afternooa. The loss of life seems all the more shocking when it is stated that one of the Stumph brothers only recently contracted for a set of fire escapes, and the material reached this city by train yester- day morning. The tools of the workmen were already in the building, and the work of erecting the escapes was to have been begun this morning. Fire Escapes Ordered Last June. The records of the office of ‘the building inspector show that Stumph & Bro. were notified on June IS that they must put up proper fire escapes, if they would comply with the law. They showed no immediate desire to do so, however, and the building inspector claims that he did everything in his power to induce them to take some ac- tion, but without effect. The law on the subject is broad enough in its scope to take in all such structures as this, but, un- fortunately, there is no way to enforce it. Both Mr. Riddle and Mr. Davis, when they were im the district attorney's office, de- cided that the law was so full of glaring defects that it would be utterty out of the question to attempt to enforce it. The District authorities have tried on numerous occasions to have Congress rem- edy these defects in the law, but so far their efforts have proved fruitless. Both Inspector Entwisle and Fire Chief Parris know that they cannot put the law into effect, but they endeavor to keep this fact from general knowledge, and when they is- sue their notices to property holders they do it in a very mandatory tone, although they are aware that the orders are worth- less, unless the owners of the buildings are willing, of their own accord, to comply with their demands. It was only last Saturday night that Chief Parris was informed that fire escapes were to be put into the Stumph factory. A Talk With Mr. Entwisle. In conversation with a Star reporter this morning Building Inspector Entwisle said: “This catastrophe should call attention once rore to the great need for a change in the law governing fire escapes. That fire yesterday spread with such terrible rapi@ty that I cannct, of course, say that even if there had been all sorts of ap- pliances on hand any one could have es- caped of those who were burned to death, but even if they had only saved one life they would have been far more than worth while. We have long realized the necessity for a thorough system of tire escapes in this particuler building, but we could do nothi:g about it. My assistant, who is by lew inspector of fire escapes and elevators, visited the Stumph place a number of times and urged them to comply with the law. But that was ali that he could do, and it was only a few days ago that 1 was notified by them of their intention to do what they should have done long ago. Other Bulldings That Need Fire Es- capes. “All the proprietors or owners of large buildings in the District have been notified of the provisions of the law again and again, and the majority of them have com- plied without any further delay. There are still a number of flagrant violations, however. For instance, there are three in one immediate neighborhood that ought to have been attended to long ago. I refer to Willard’s Hotel, the Corcoran building, at Lith street and the avenue, and the Ebbitt House, The first two are entirely without suitable escapes in case of fire, and, while the Ebbitt House is better off in this re- spect, it 1s still not all that it should be. Chief Parris and I imspected that building some time ago, and ordered the number of fire escapes to be considerably increased, as there should be at least five, but nothing has ever bcen done in the matter.” How about the Stumph building itself, apart from the matter of fire escapes?” The Walls Were Green, “It was an ordinary building of brick, with wooden beams and floors and without any eifort to make it fire proof. It com- plied with the building regulations in all respects, however, and the story that the walls were insecure by reason of the fact that they were only eight inches thick at the upper part is not true at all. The walls were thirteen inches where they were thin- nest. One trouble with them was that they were green walls, for it takes fifteen or twenty years for mortar to get thoroughly hardened, and they were more lable to ex- pansion from extreme heat. They simply swelled out and fell apart. If they had been thcfoughly seasoned they would prob- ably have held out some little time longer.” One of the Quickest Fires on Record. One extraordinary feature about yester- day's great fire was the rapidity with which the flames spread and the short time that elapsed before the whole building was noth- ing but a mars of smoldering ruins. It was ore of the quickest fires on record. Just eighteen minutes from the time the first alarm was turned in the walls fell with a crash, Some years ago an iron building twenty Parris Says. Chief Parris was very much exercised to- Gay over the charge that that the fire department was slow in get- ting to the fire. So far from this being case, he claims that the engines were on the scene with unusual quickness, and the official records at headquarters would cer- tainly seem to bear out his contention. The first alarm was turned in at 11:48 from the automatic box on the front of the building, and this brought one engine—No. 6—to the “local.” i the regular at the corner of 7th and I streets, bringing out four en- gines, a truck, a chemical engine and an as- sistant chief. Just four minutes later the general alarm was rung, bringing out the entire department, and the records show that the last company to reach the scene was on hand by 12:07 o'clock, and then there were ten streams of water pouring onto the building. There are only nine steamers in the District—a number entirely insufficient in the opinion of the authorities, especially as it leaves no chance for keep- ing a reserve in case of another fire break- ing out in a different section of the city. One steamer had two streams at work. Assistant Chief Lowe was at his home in the West End when the fir? broke out, as it was his day off, but when the gong in his house rang he ran out and caught the truck that had the longest distance to go. To a Star man today he insisted that he was at the scene precisely seven mffutes afte> twelve. The cnly delay that is officially known of was in the case of the hook and ladder truck, cne of whose horses fell as it was on the way to the fire. That, the driver claims, was an unavoidable accident, as the horse slipped and could not possibly be held up. The Principal Trouble. The principal trouble, according to Chief Parris, in fires anywhere in the neighbor- hood of that one yeste-day, arises from the fact that all the hook and ladder trucks in the District are located at too great a dis- tance from this important section of the city. Truck 4 is on North Capitol between B and C, truck B at New Hampshire avenue and M street, and truck C at the corne> of Ohio cvenue and lith street. It naturally took some little time for the first of these to reach the scene, but even if one had been on hand considerably earlier, it would have been out of the question to use the ladders, for the flames burst forth so quickly that no ladder couid have stood in such a heat and blaze long enough to have been of the slightest possible service. For a number of years past Chief Parris has urged that a truck house be established somewhere in the reighborhood of New Jersey avenue and M street, on rising ground, where the truck could get a good start to any fire in that section of the town, instead of having to come all the wey up hill from a distance, as is now the case, but every year the rec- commendation has been stricken out of his estimates. AT THE MORGUE. Two Bodies Yet Unidentified — Maj. Moore Wants More Men at Work. There was a steady stream of people call- ing at the morgue all day, many of whom came frcm an honest desire to see if they could identify any of the bodies that were there, but more were drawn by mere idle cariosity. They were probably satisfied, for the bodies presented anything but a Pleasing spectacle and had little of the semblance cf human beings. This morning there were four bodies in the little room back of the sixth precinct station house on New Jersey avenue that is known as the morgsie. Each was wrap- ped in a white sheet, to which was pinned a piece of paper bearing a number accord- ing to the order in which they were found and the hour at which they were found. Of the tour bodies two were identified today beyond a reasonable question. They were the bodies of Willie Ash and of Whitney M. Tennyson, the two that were first found. The former was recognized by its size and the latter by the teeth. That was all there was to distinguish them, “and it is hard to see how the two remaining bodies can be identified. The body of the boy was taken: away by his father and that of | Tennyson by his son-in-law, and both will be accorded suitable burial. Of the men who were employed in the doomed building, it is now pretty certain that seven, and possibly nine, lost their lives. Four were taken to the morgue, one died at the hospital, and, so Jar as can be learned, it is probable that tio bodies, and perhaps more, still lie among the smolder- ing ruins. Maj. Moore's Comptia: Maj. Moore called at the District build- ings this afternoon to complain of what he considered the dilatory methods that were veing used in clearing away what was left of the buildirg in an effort to find the re- maining bodies. He claimed that the force of men at work was entirely insufficient for the magnitude of the undertaking, and that it should br materially increased with- out further delay. The superintendent of police was accom- panied by two ranitary inspectors. None | of the Cominissioners were at the buiklings when Maj. Moore calied, but he had an earnest Interview with Capt. Derby, in the course of which he said that his attention had been callel to the existing state of af- fairs by the police on the beat, and that great Incigration was felt by residents in the neighborhood of the catastrophe. What Common Decency Demanded. He said that only fifteen men from the Water department were employed, and that ecmmon decency and the interests of the community demanded that the work should be prosecute] with greater energy and dis- patch. Capt. Derby explained that he had no authority to act in the matter, but he authorized ‘the Inspector’ to employ ten more men and to put them at work at once. The District Attorney's Opinion. The attention of District Attorney Birney called to the fire escape law by his assistant, Mr. Mullowny, teday, and the former and his assistant discussed the matter of prosecution under the law. To a Star reporter Mr. Birney said he had seen the statement that the law was inoperative. He referred to the reported decision of Mr. Riddle, when he was attorney fer the Dis- trict, and of Mr. Davis, his assistant, at that time. Mr. Birney said he had not seen either of these opinions, nor had he exemined the law sufficiently to give an opinion as to its legality. Under the law he said that the prosecutions must certainly be instituted by the District government officials, and thus far he has received no reports whatever of alleged violations of the act. Mr. Birney says he will investigate the law and look over the opinions concerning Its legality be- fore taking auy steps in the matter. Food Condemned, The two food inspectors, under the direc- tton of the health office, last week con- demned 547 pounds of beef, 258 pounds of mutton, 85 pounds of veal, 88 pounds of pork, 20 pounds of bacon, 86 chickens, 74 birds, 3 bushels of apples, 23 bushels of pears, 36 bushels of plums, 380 pounds of grapes, 645 cantaloupes, 45 watermelons, 280 cymblings and small quantities of other fruits and vegetables, Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS PEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and 1) merits so well known that It seems a work of Supererogation to indorse it. Few are the sutelii- Sent families who do not keep Custoria within easy reach.” CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city. —— FINANCIAL. —___ FINANCIAL, Hooper, Helphenstine & Co., MEMBERS N. ¥. 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Stocks, Bonds and Grain Nonngy tigen rain bought and sold for ‘etton bought and sold in New York or New Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Oriears. Telephone 453. aplotr Pe a guardian ad litem. Martin agt Sinclare; Pro confesso against John McPherson granted. Hogans agt. Hogans; diverce granted. Circuit Court, No. 1, Judge Cox. T. W. Fowler agt. H. N. Copp and G Williams agt. H. N. Copp; judgments for pl intiffs for want of plea by defen iant, W. T. Walker, A. Buss and J. B. mond agt. D. C.; G. 8. Donn agt. E. T. Judgment by default. Criminal Court, No. 1, Judge McComas. Geo. P. Hoskinson, Franklin W. Harpcr, M. H. Atcheson, John T. Rabbitt, Fred- erick Roys and Frank B. Conner accepted ae jurors to complete panel. U. 8. agt. | Emma Randolph and James E. Diggs; iar- ceny; first named defendant plead guiity and sentenced to three years in the peniten- tary; verdict of not guilty as to the other, U. |S. agt. Julius Cook; larceny; plea of guilty and sentence of two years in peni- tentiary. U. S. agt. Wm. Landers; setting up gaming table; nolle prossed. Criminai Court, N, 2, Judge Cc U. 8 agt. Edward Leon; murder; fixed at $1,000, Probate Court, Judge Cox. Estate of Mary V. Ball; petition of Ada V. and Chac. A. Ball for letters of admia- istration. Estate of John Rosenberg; wil filed. Account of Frank T. Browning, guar- dicen to Thos. Fi , filed Estate of Catherine Muciler; petition of Johannah M. Kerugiebel ct al. for letters of administra- tion. Estate of Reuben B. Clark; orier of publication. Estate of Jos. F. Cottrell; letters testamentary to Edw. B. and Emily W. Cottrell; bond $26,000, ee KATE FIELD IN A NEW ROLL. R. Jones & Son; va? She Contest A Newport, R. 1, dispatch says: Kate Field is to appear in the role of a will con- testant, associated with George Riddle, the reader. They take exceptions to the will of their aunt, Mrs. Cordelia Sanford, and have filed their reasons of appeal from the probating of it. The case will attract great attention. Mrs. Sanford was the widow of Milton H. Sanford, the turfman. He owned a cottage here, and Mrs, Sanford eccupied it till her death, Sanford left ‘his real estate to Mrs, Samuel F. Barger of New York, but his val- uable pictures and carvings were given to, his wife. The larger part of these Mrs. Sanford be- queathed to Alla Newton, her companion. Kate Field is given several articles, and Riddle is the residuary legatee, but it it claimed by his friends that there is practi- cally no residue. will was made in 101, but a codicil, executed tn ISM, revokes a goodly bequest to Kate Field, and transfers it to Alla Newton. The contestants claim that the testator was unduly influenced, and a warm contest in the courts here is in prospect, which is largely provoked by seniiment. The case will be in order for trial in November. HORSFOKRD'S A Healt Used in place of lemons or lime juice, it will harmonize With Such stimulants as Gre Beceem to take.