The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-01-05
CH|CACO'S DAY
OF MOURNING
BURYlNG THE DEAD IN THE
STRICKEN CITY.
Dread Aftermath Of the
Horror.
CRAzED BY SUFFERING
CRAzED BY SUFFERING

Entire FamiiesWiped Out--Men Searcn-
ing the Morgues for Remains ofwives
and Children = Mayor Denounced.
Memorial Services in Al Churches.
Twenty-Seven Employees Arrested.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-The saddest re-
minders Of the Iroquois catastrophe to-
day were the numerous funerals which
moved through the streets in all por-
tions of the city. The homes Of hum
dreds Of victims gathered friends to
console the parents, brothers and Sis
ters whose relatives had been lost.
Such day of mourning Chicago has
never witnessed, and sad scenes were
enacted In the homes where funeral
services were conducted over the chill
dren.
Youthful friends and school compan-
ions of the victims acted as pail bear
ers. In some homes funeral services
were held over the body of one member
while another was lying in some NOR
que still unidentified by the distracted
relatives.
The dread aftermath Of the horror
among those who escaped with their
lives has begun to show itself in
wrecked minds. How many there are
OF the fortunate hundreds who sur
vived the holocaust whose brains have
been more OF less seriously affected by
the terrible scenes through which they
passed will probably never be known.
In hundreds of homes delicate girls
and women whose nervous system was
shocked to the shattering point will be
cared for by loving relatives and shield
ed from the embarrassment Of public
ity, but in at least two cases the men,
tai strain has shown itself in such vio-
lent form that restraint has become
necessary and the pitiful conditions are
liable to become permanent.
Crazed with suffering and grief, Miss
Jean B. Livingston, who was severely
burned in the Iroquois catastrophe,
and whose sister Daisy lies dead at
Rolston's morgue is today confined at
the Harrison street police station,
where she was taken. demented.
The sisters were in the first bal
cony and one of them was dragged
from under a pile of clothing at the
door of the ill fated playhouse dead.
The grief stricken sister cannot ex-
plain how she escaped. She was found
wandering the streets scantily clad,
weeping and moaning for her dead sis
ter, who was teacher at the Ray
school.
Another person whose mind has been
wrecked by the tragedy is b. Specht,
Of Stewart avenue. His wife and his
twelve-year-old daughter Eva are
among the missing and after search
of 4S hours that knew no food nor
sleep nor rest, the husband and father
succumbed to the strain and was found
at one Of the morgues. raving. He is
under police restraint today.
The entire family Of Fred s. Bond
for 33 years cashier Of the Deering
reaper works, was exterminated by the
fire. Mrs. Bond was identified at Jor-
dams undertaking establishment by the
name on her collar. Helen, a 17-year-
old daughter, was discovered at Rolls
tons morgue. A Ravenswood Athletic
clubs pin and the name on the linen
we're the means of identifying Ray
mond Bond, Is years old. He was q
member Of the club. His body was
found by the father at Sheldons un-
dertaking rooms.
M. M. Stark and L. J. Tuttle. who
came to Chicago Tuesday from Des
Moines with their young wives, spent "a
hours searching the morgues for the
bodies Of their wives, who were at the
lroQuois theatre Wednesday and per-
sshed In the fire. Wednesday noon they
were all together at the Majestic no
tel. The two wives decided to 60 tC
the matinee at the Iroquois and left
their husbands at the hotel. When the
news OF the horror reached the hotel
the warm and joyous hearts of thu
waiting husbands turned cold with
fear As the night wore on and they
watched the hundreds of corpses being
hauled In every direction and yet were
not able to get near enough to recog-
nize the clothing which the women
wore, they grew heart sick and hope al.
most died. At last, after "a hours oi
terrible uncertainty, they found the
b0dies--Mrs. Tuttle's at Jordan's and
Mrs. Stark's at Perrigos.
A dispatch from Des Moines sayl
they were society leaders, daughters OF
the late G. M. Given. superintendent OF
the Iowa division of the Rock Island
railway. Each left two babies The
foregoing is mentioned merely as al
indication of the far-reaching breadth
Of the calamity In which large part o.
the country outside of Chicago has suf
fered
There are hundreds Of similar cases
Members Of the city council today be-
gan the preparations for formal de
nuneiatioD Of Mayor Harrison mex
Monday for alleged remissness In hi,
oflcial capacity in failing to enforc,
precautions for public safety In thea
tres.
This action is planned In retaliation
lpr the maror's aftsnant 70 ahift. ta ~.