The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-31
Doctors Labor in Vain.

Doctors Labor in Vain.
Over one girl in Thempson's res
tauraft the doctors 1abered one hour.
They leosed her dress and two OF theHa
waved her arms up over her heaa, ana
slowly brought them down again In al an
attempt ,te. Induce artificial fesp1fa1e :
tion.. livery moment or two one OF
them listened with his stethoscope9for
her heart beats. There was tnoa sign
of a. burn on her. She could not have
been more than 16 years old and when
they forced her eyelids apart, her
brown eyes were yet bright.
give up." said the doctor. Stimulant
after stimulant was tried and last OF
all nitro-glycerine was injected. 1t all
seemed useless The efforts to induce
artificial respiration continued cease
lessly, but in the end the doctor gave
up. .He.stood erect.
There Is nothing more to be done,
he said 1.-The child is dead. It's
horrible .,.4.
A Sturdy Boys Bravery.
Not far away a nurse and two doc
tors labored over a boy. After ten
cher doing to meg" he questioned (
Taking care Of you,' said the doc
tor. Tell US your name. - :.
II amt goin' to have anyone tellin'
my mother about this Of me-" was
the sturdy reply. I'm allright, | am.
It was a fire, that's what it was
A woman who assisted in caring for
the wounded in Tho1npson's restaurant
spoke Of a young girl on table near
the quickly Witted boy mentioned. The
doctor discovered in his fair patient a
spark of life.
"Strychnia quick" he said to the
nurse. IT hurried to get it, relates
the nurse. con my way back Stun
bled over something soft. The hor-
ror of it will be with me always. I
had stumbled over dead man. The
girls hands were cold-as cold as
snow. tChafe them,' said the doctor
and did SO. Already they were stiff
ening Upon one slender finger was
| a pretty solitaire pearl ring. 1t was all
| no use and soon her delicate body was
laid with a pile Of dead.
A Grateful Parent.
TIN the most grateful man in al
Chicago" said John R. Thompson who
owns the restaurant. my sister was
in the theater with my two children
John, aged 8, and Ruth, aged Z. She
| almost got to the door with both OF
them when Ruth disappeared. M3
sister told me she knew that the child
must be safe, but ran around like E
maniac for an hour before I found
| L.
| but she ran back into the theater anc
out under the stage thru the stage
entrance.
Bearers of the Dead.
Down the marble staircases at tht
left and right within the theater pro
ceeded the grim march of the bearer
Of the dead From the upper gal
leries the view to-day seemed q re
minder of a burned-out volcano crater
In a saloon near the theater wa
being guarded a huge pile of garment
and furs gathered up in the theate
after the fire. Five bushel basket
were filed with the purses, gloves an
handkerchiefs of the fleeing mob O
terror-stricken women. Two barrel
were needed to hold the overshoes an
shoes found.
!: Pittable Scene at the Morgues.
The greatest center Of excitemer
to-day. was not the theater, but Rol
ston's morgue;v to which the dead wer
taken. - ALI the anefgues We're SUI
rounded, but at Relston's, where NOR
bodies were taken than to any sothel
the scenes of anguish were wors
About the doors OF the place wer
massed hundreds of men, and sui
rounding them, like a huge fai
spread the hundreds of weeping won
en- and children
The police stationed there could nj
. begin to handle the crowds, and extI
g details were hurried to the besiege
: morgue. On a lesser scale, the sam
n fearful scene was in progress at th
J. various other morgues.
d Bodies of Frady Party Found.
d &c. Frady, president. Of the Stroll
Der Piano company, to-day after VI
ceasing search thru the morgue, four
five dead of theater party Of 81
headed by his wife. Each one WI
found at different morgue. One