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cerned.

LAS we got by the mass on the floor I
turned and caught hold of the arms of a
woman who was lying near the bottom
feet. I managed to pull her out and 1
think she got down in safety. One of the
men with ne also pulled out another wo-
man from the heap. tried to rescue a
man who was also caught by the feet, but
although I braced myself against the
stairs 1 was unable to break his hold.
when we got down to the ground floor
there were six or seven people lying there.
come by the smoke or what was the mat
ter, but we ran by them and got out safe
ly. came in from Apple Creek to see
the sights in Chicago, and have seen all
l can stand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31

which lay life and safety, holding in
their hands fragments of garments not
their own. They were evidently torn
from the clothing of others whom they
had endeavored to pull down and tram
pie under foot as they fought for their
own lives.
AS the police removed layer after lay
er of dead in these doorways, the sight
became too much even for police and
firemen hardened as they are to such
sights, to endure. The bodies were in
such an inextricable mass, and so
tightly were they damned between the
sides of the door and the walls, that
it was Impossible to lift them one by
one and carry them out. The only pos
sible thing to was to seize a limb or
some other portion of the body and pull
with main strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
COUNT WAS LOST.
Rescuers Unable to Tell How Many
Bodies They Took Out.

1t was the presence of children, hun
dreds of whom were in the audience.
and the efforts of their frantic mothers,
impelled by their first thought to seek
the safety of their young. that caused
much of the pandemonium. Alexander
H. RevelI. who had sent his little
daughter Margaret with a youthful
friend, in charge of maid, to see the
performance. heard of it in his store
five minutes after the fire started and.
hastily calling a carriage, drove madly
to the burning building. By the great
est good fortune one of the first per
sons he encountered was the historical
maid, who informed him that the two
children had been saved without in
jury. Mr.. Revell then fastened into
the theater and participated in the
rescue.
Il worked in the upper balconies -
said he THE sight of those poor wom-
en- and their little children with clench-
ed fists raised as if trying to beat their
way to safety and stricken down in the
very act is too horrible to attempt to
describe. But 1 thought of how my
own little one had been saved and
save those who were not so fortunate.
I assisted the police and firemen in car
rying out more than twenty bodies.''
Sheriff Barrett and a score of depu
ties from his office assisted in carrying
out the injured people and in keeping
order among the mob of frantic rela-
tives, who thronged the streets in
front of the burning building, vainly
seeking information that no one could
give them.
ct have never before witnessed such
scene in all my life" said Sheriff
Barrett. ION all sides were heaps of
mangled and charred humanity. We
carried out so many injured and dead
that at last they grew so numerous
that we were unable to keep count of
Them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
ONE JURY FOR ALL
Coroner Prepares to Hold Inquest on
the Fire Victims

Chicago, Dec. 31.-While the dead
were being examined by friends today
the records of the city building depart
ment were also being closely scanned.
According to the record. the building
ordinance with regard to the theater
was complied with in every particular
in the construction of the Iroquois. The
report Of the inspector, Edward Laugh
lin is that no one OF the provisions of
the ordinance was violated. 1t was
considered to be an absolutely fire proof
structure. According to Benjamin H
Marshall, architect of the building, and
who is now on his way here from Phil
adelphia, the exits were more ample
than usually planned for such buildings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
THROUGH THE ROOF.
People Were Rescued and Taken
Down LadderH

About a score of people in the Sec
ond balcony were saved by hremen.
who took them through the roof and
carried them down ladders in the rear
of the building. Two bodies tightly
locked in each others arms, young
women apparently about 25 years old
were found in one end of the orchestra
pit They must have fallen through
the balcony above. The body of a
dark-haired girl, apparently II years
of age, was found impaled on the iron
railing of the first balcony, she evil
IDENTIFY having been thrown over from
the second balcony above.
With all of its clothing torn from it
but a pair of baby shoes. the body of
a child about one year old was found
in far corner of the second balcony.
1t had evidently been knocked from its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
CHARTERED A SPECIAL.
Man In Clinton, Ind, Hastens to
Search for His Children.

Clinton. Ind, Dec. 31.-W. E. Dee. OF
Chicago, a tile manufacturer with fac
tory at Mecca, Ind. ten miles from
here, heard of the Chicago theater dis
aster by telephone last night. The list
of missing contained the names of two
members of his family. He instantly
started for Chicago, 135 miles away.
Jumping into a buggy he drove at top
speed to Clinton, where he chartered
a switch engine and dashed on to Dan
vile, ILL.,, 80 miles away. A special train
had been ordered by telegraph which
was waiting for him. and at midnight
he started for Chicago. He expected
to reach there at o'clock this morning.
The list of missing contains the names
of Edward and Louise Dee.
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FOOTBALL PLAYERS KILLED.
Harry Kelley and Probably Others
Among the dead.

St Louis, Dec. S1.-Harry Kelley. re-
ported among the killed at Chicago,
was we'll known as a football player
and all around athlete. He left st.
Louis Wednesday with the Worlds
fair hockey team for Houghton, Mich,
where they were to play several games.
the team were with Kelley at the thea
ter and that they also met death. The
other members who are believed to
have gone to the theater with Kelley
are:
Frazier, Louis. Lecron, Murphy, Dill
lon and F'orshaw.
MRS. LEAVENWORTH INJURED.
Decatur, Ill, Dec. 31--Mrs. Frank
Leavenworth prominent in woman's
was fatally injured in the Chicago fire.
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SCENES AT THE MoRaUEs.
Long Rows of shrivelled, Distorted
Bodies Met the Gaze.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-When the men in
the various undertaking establishments
to which the dead had been taken had
managed to arrange the bodies in
something like order the work OF iden-
tification was greatly facilitated. At
RoIston's place at % Adams street 1873
bodies were laid upon the tables and
floors and when the police opened their
lines to allow the throng to enter it
required all their strength to stem the
pressure that was brought to bear upon
them as the hundreds of people frantic
with anxiety in the search for missing
ones strove to be first to enter the
gruesome undertaking rooms. Scores
Of women tainted before they had gone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
ROOSEVELT WIRES.
President Sends Message of Condo
Ience to Mayor Harrison.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-The following mes
sage was received this morning:
Washington, Dec. 31.-Hon. Carter
Harrison, Mayor, Chicago:
In common with all our people
throughout this land I extend through
you to the people of Chicago my deep
est sympathy in the terrible catastrophe
which has befallen them.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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WILL ]. DAVIS,
Manager of the Iroquois Theater

warning the actors and trying to save
those who were in trouble. The women
were frantic and the men not much bet
ter. I stood at the stairway leading to
the dressing room where the chorus peo-
pie were located and kept some from go
ing up to get their street clothes. AS the
the building I do not know how they
ever got out all those girls and men who
came crowding down the stairs for the
stage entrance was blocked by mass
of flames
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31

of the stage when my attention was at
tracted by peculiar sputtering OF one of
the calctums. About the stage, perhaps d
feet higher than the top of the curtain
platform from which Il calciums were
operated. 1t appeared to me that one
of the calcium lights had flered up and
the sparks ignited the lint on the cur
tain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
SAW IT START.
Herbert Cawthorne Attributes Fire to
Electric Wire.

Herbert Cawthorne, a member of the
cast, assisted many of the chorus girls
from the stage exits in the panic. Mr..
CaWthorne said
Il was in a position to see the origin
of the fire, and I feel positive that 1t vas
an electrical light started the blaze The
calcium lights were being used to 1llurni-
nate the stage in the latter part of the
second act when the song In the Pale
Noon Light was being sung. I was
standing behind wing on the left side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31
EDDIE FoY's STORY.
Comedian Describes the Fire as Seer
from the Stage.

Eddie Foy. the principal comedian in
the play, was one of the last to escape.
He got out through a rear door after
assisting the women members of the
company to safety. He went into the
Sherman house in his stage costume
and with his face covered with grease
paint in order to secure surgical atten-
ton for some burns which he had re-
ceiVad
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DEAD PILED 10 FEET HIGH.
Bishop Fallows Relates Experience in
Work of Rescue.

Among the hundreds of persons who
rushed to the rescue when the call OF
fire was heard on the streets was
Bishop F'aIlows, who happened to be
passing the theater. Without fear or
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Men worked at the task with tears
running down their cheeks, and the
sobs of the rescuers could be heard
even in the hall below where this aw-
full scenes was being enacted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
DAILY SHORT STORY
Two Kisses.
IOriginaI.1

tOTlBlnaiJ
There had been a quarrel, indeed q
successionNof quarrels, which had end.
ed in thei husband going away from
his home preparatory to a separation
from his wife. The terms, had been ar.
ranged by correspondence. They had
two childPen, boy and girl. The IA
Their was ito have the boy, the mother
the girl. The father had returned by
appointment, and the business part of
the affair had been transacted. They
now approached the matter of break
ing theInews to the children.
"Callsthem in," said the father, turn
ing his back to conceal his emotion.
You CO." said the mother, with q
tremolo in her voice. 81 must get
through this ordeal with as little strain
as possible or 1 shall break down, and
to break down before the children
would not only pain them, but be ex-
cruciating for u.s."
Every well; / will go and fetch
them"
He went out and in u few minutes
returned with the little girl in his
arms, the boy dancing along. holding TO
his fathers hand. Both were laughing
and shouting, for they had been sur
prised in a romp. When the man came
into the room where he had left his
wife she was standing with her back
toward him.
Maud he said. here are our chill
dren. l will explain to them as we'll as
/ can what is to be; then you can say
goodby to Arthur"
The woman still stood with her back
TO him and the children. She was
striving to master her emotion. Sud
denly, with an effort. she turned and
said composedly:
Proceed"
Arthur" said the man softly, 'you
are to go away with me and live with
me. leaving mamma and Amy. You
will have to get used to living without
them, for other people will take care Of
you, and you will have other play
mates"
who's to put me to bed?" asked the
child in wonder.
"well. my boy, some good woman
will do that. and 1 will begin by put
ting you to bed myself"
81 don't want any good woman to
put me to bed. want mamma. You
don't know how to undress me. papa"
The father knit his brows and, with
out making any reply, spoke to the
girl:
you, Amy, dear, will stay with
mamma"
"And not have ArtyY'
''No, my child. Arty is going with
me-"
The girl looked into the serious face
of her father. then at her sobbing moth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08

er. and an 1nkIIng or the truth crepr
into her young mind. Going to her
brother. she put her arms about him
and said:
"Arty shan't go away"
The two children chung to each other,
frightened by the serious looks of their
parents into a vague understanding
that some calamity overhung them.
The mother sank into a chair and
buried her face in her hands. The ia
Their leaned upon a mantel, the image
of despair. The children. their young
faces clouded with their first serious
trouble. glanced from father to mother.
wondering what all this meant. There
was no sound except the mothers sobs.
Before husband and wife came the
same picture. Was it thought transfer
ence or because at this moment Of their
parting their minds naturally fell upon
the moment of most perfect bliss that
either had ever known? They were ten
years younger. 1t was springtime, not
early spring. but the leafy month of
June" There were music and dancing
within. and out on the piazza where
they had strolled into the moonlight
came through open windows and doors
the sound of violin, harp and flute. Her
hand rested lightly on his arm, and he
led her to nook under an overhanging
vine. 1t was there that they made up
their first quarrel. there that he told
his story and there. secluded from the
moonlight. in the sound of n babel of
merry voices. laughter and music. he
took his first kiss. This ecstatic mo-
ment now stood out in contrast with
the grim specter that confronted them,
and for the moment each. shutting out
the present. was lost in a supremacy
happy past.
The mother felt a tiny arm about
her. Then came another a little larger
and stronger. She knew that her chill
dren were clinging to her. She looked
down at them. then up into the face of
their father. whom they had drawn to-
ward her.
Mamma" said the girl, don't let
papa and Arty go away"
Papa" said the boy, don't let us
go away. Mamma. tell papa we
mustn't go away"
Tugging at their father. they pulled
him down till he sank on one knee that
he might encircle them.
Maud" he said, 'these two little
voices calling on us to bear and for
bear for their sakes are all powerful.
For my part. the angry clouds that
have enveloped us are dispelled by our
children. who are suffering from our
own imperfection. Let us wipe away
the chickering's that have brought us
and them to the verge of parting and
20 No % oil 70
worth living. parental and flial love;
for the sake of these two, innocent
ones. for our own sakes. let us forgive
and forget. have been thinking OF
the kiss took that night. You re-
member
Strange. I was thinking of it too"
LET us take 1t again. We may not
have With it that youthful thEjll we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08

the dominant party, evidently think
that their private affairs and political
schemes are more important than the
business of the government.
The example set by President Roose-
welt in spending over three months
during the past year in stuunping
tours and bear hunts, and in retiring
from Washington to Oyster Bay as
soon as summer sets in, has been imi-
| tated by his cabinet and the higher
subordinate officials. Much of the
scandal and corruption in the depart
ments has been caused by lack of
supervision by those in authority and
the delegating of their authority TO
sign contracts and vouchers to con-
| fidential secretaries and other minor
officials.
Every day the newspapers contain
notices of the departure or return of
members of the cabinet from some
jaunt or trip for their own business
or pleasure, though such are often
taken under disguise of official trips
at public expense. 1t is well known
that the railroads and steamships fur
nish these high officials free transport
tation and the free passes furnished
by these corporations are expected
to return good interest by official ia
voritism to the railroad or steamship
companies. No former administra-
ton has received so many favors from
corporations as the present one and
ma other has been so lax in the man
ag, cement of the affairs of the govern
n7eht.
VI is a go-lucky. hit-Or-miss
management that this administration
is giving ais, with a dose of strenu-
ousne - occasionally administered to
charm those who do not look below
the surface of public affairs. The eN-
perienced' student of politics and the
statesman. however, fear the effect of
the general laXity of management
and are not surprised at the scandals
that are being discovered and look
for even worse ones to be developed
in the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
The Government Runs Itself.

The government officials at Wash
ington are lucky; a generous cOun-
try pays them good salaries and al
lows them 30 days leave of absence
each year with full pay. If sick, they
are allowed a further 80 days leave,
during which time they are also paid.
No corporation, private firm or indi-
vidual can afford to be so liberal with
its employees. The wages paid to the
officeholders are also on the same
generous scale; but few could earn
as much, and the great aiority could
never command half as much in pri-
vate life.
Nearly all of those known as high
officials seem, however. to imagine
that they are above the law. rules, or
regulations and that they have the
right to come and go at will. The
rule in the departments that all en-
p. YES must begin business at g
O'Clock and continue until O'Clock
with half an hour for lunch. is ignor-
ed. In some of the bureaus a caller
will be fortunate to find some of the
chiefs at their desks at 10 o'clock. In
the matter of leave or vacations, the
same laxity prevails, and these thigh
officials who are universally pets of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08

They are laughing in Washington
over rebuke that a sentry of one of
the departments administered recent
" to the Russian ambassador coach
man. The coachman, it appears, wish
ed to drive his masters carriage along
a roadway that for some reason was
barred. When the sentry refused to
let the carriage pass the coachman
demonstrated. Il drive" he said, ''ze
Russian minister" Il can't help it.
returned the sentry. Let me trough,
persisted the coachman. My master
is re Count CasSini. re ambassador eX-
traordinary and minister plenipoten.
tiary of re ear of all re Russias.'
''Frenchy." said the sentry, Il WOULDN'T
let you through even if your master
was a free born American citizen"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
The Passing Pope.

For almost a century Pope Leo Nil.
has lived an active. industrious life. For
three-quarters of 4 century he has
held an important place in the worlds
history. Since he was elected pope in
1878 he has undoubtedly been one OF
the most conspicuous figures in his
tory and in the conduct of the affairs
of the world. both religious and politi-
cal. He has been physical and men
tai marvel, intelligent, courageous,
gentle. always eXerting himself for
the betterment of the world and man.
kind. The news that the life of this
grand old man is ebbing away has
been flashed around the world. and
wherever there is civilization it bears
sorrow.
Pope Leo NH. has had the respect
of the entire world. Efforts to en-
gender religious prejudice one way
or another so as to weaken his power
and popularity with the world al
large have proved in vain. The opin
ion of the pope has been sought or
many matters of great Importance
which have been of worldwide inter
est. In many instances his. advice OF
eXhortatiOns have been followed. He
has been very conservative. And nc
greater word of praise can be spoken
of him than that, even though he has
held the papal reins for so many
years. and though he has welded a
vast influence over so many people
he has pleased and won the esteem
and love of them all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
NEWS IN OUTLINE

Latest returns from Fourth of July
casualties give the Iotaf for the whole
country as follows: Dead, %, in
iured. 1868. The loss by fire was
$4OO,G25.
The steamer DOLPHIN has arrived at
Seattle with $56S, 000NOf Klondike gold
aboard.
Charles ]. Coghlan, a civil engineer
who went TO Denver from .1ndianapO-
lis in June. was found dead in his
room Mt Denver. Suicide. Domestic
troubles.
Mrs. Sylvia Taylor. nurse at Chi
cagO. died while reading to her 'atient.
BARRIERS in the vicinity of New
York's financial center have engineered
a bull movement in shaves and hair
cuts. making the price for shave 1O
cents and for hair cuts the same.
a woman left Sill at the door
of James Mealey. OF Schuylerville. n.
Y. with no other explanation than
that il was from IA friend"
George Tellent, a Chicago man, alb
sOrbed in his newspaper, walked into
the river at Wells street, the bridge
being open.
Miss Frances Whitehouse, grand
daughter of the late Bishop White
house. and Baron COnstantin Ram
say, q gentleman-in-waiting TO the
car, Wee married at London.
British tars are being Hospitality en
tertained at Bar Harbor by the Unit
ed States squadron there.
The total dead as the result of the
dam-burst at Oakford Park, Pa, is
| twenty. Total property loss, $780,
900.
An attempt is to he made to land
General G. NJ. Clay In the lunatiC
asylum. but it is a risky business.
Nearly 500 editeTs, members Of the
| National Editorial association, are in
Omaha at their annual convention.
There are rumors in London that
Bourkes Cochran will renounce his al
| legiance to the United States and be-
come a British subject.
The June statement of the British
Board of Trade shows increases of
So, I51 900 in imports and $685. 900 in
exports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08

The christian name of Peter has
never been fashionable among mon
archs. England, for example, has
never had n monarch baptized as Pc
ter. and in our countries the Peters
have been unlucky. Peter, or Pedro
l., emperor of Brazil. abdicated after
an uneasy reign, and his son, Pedro
H.. was driven to Europe by revolu-
ton and died in Paris in 1891. Pedro,
the Cruel. of CASTLE and Leon. was
slain by his brother in single combat.
Peter the Great of Russia was guilty
of frightful eXcesses. His grandson.
Peter H.. reigned only three years
and died of smallpox at the age of Is.
Peter III. was dethroned and strang-
led by conspirators. Peter l. of Servia
has already a brutal massacre behind
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
Catarrh of the stomach.

When the stomach is overloaded;
when food is taken into it that fails
to digest, it decays and inflames the
mucous membrane, exposing the
nerves and causing the glands to Sc
crete mucin, instead of the natural
juices of digestion. This is called ca
tarrh of the stomach. "For years
suffered with catarrh of the stomach
caused by indigestion. Doctors and
medicines failed to benefit me until
used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure" j. r.
Rhea, Coppell, Texas.
Sold by Harper House pharmacy;
A. J. Reiss drug store, corner Seventh
avenue and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-08
BrutaIIy Tortured.

A case came TO light that for per
sistent and unmerciful torture has
perhaps never been equaled. Joe Go
lobick, of Colusa, Cal, writes: For
Is years l endured insufferable pain
from rheumatism and nothing reliev-
ed me, though L tried everything
known. I came across Electric Bit
tres. and it's the greatest medicine
on earth for that trouble. \ few bot
ties completely relieved and cured
me-" just as good for liver and kid
ney troubles and general debility.
Only so cents. Satisfaction guaran-
teed by Hartz & Ullemeyer, druggists,