Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
Church Bells Tolled for One
Hour at Noon.
CLERGY ARE KEPT BUSY
LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT" IS SUNG
AT ALL THE FUNERALS.
Many Places of Business Closed
ThirtyFour Teachers of Public
Schools Lost in the Fire.

CHICAGO. January 2-Church bells toll
| ing at noon. business activity checked,
many celebrations postponed and long lines
of funerals making their way to the out
| lying districts where the cemeteries
situated-these circumstances evidenced Chi
cagos outward grief for the victims of the
| lroquos Theater disaster today
| Priests and ministers of the gospel went
| from funeral TO funeral today, they will
| tomorrow and Monday. The unidentified
! dead will be kept long possible at the
morgues. II no one then comes to lay claim
| to the bodies they will be buried at the
| city's expense. BY common assent of the
| clergy Lead Kindly Light" the hymn
written by Cardinal Newman is being sung
at all the funerals
| The big State street department stores
| closed their doors at noon The belief of
the proprietors had been that the afrording
ol facilities for the bereaved thousands to
| secure mourning goods by keeping the
stores open would be an act of mercy, but
TINS belief was altered, the demand having
| apparently been quite fully met Nearly
| all the trade of the hours the stores re-
| malned open was in the class of goods
| mentioned
| The large retail dry goods stores were
! notable exception. The managers con-
|
mourning goods would wolk hardship to
| the hereaved friends of the dead should
| the stores close
| The banks were open as usual
| -Ihlrty-four teachers in the public schools
are known TO have lost their lives in the
| fire and the schools will be closed Monday
! in their memory.
r. Bells Tolled for an Hour
Inc tolllng bells at noon for a n hour was in
! response to an expressed wish of Mayor
Harrison The mayor said:
| rolling the church bells throushou the
| city on Chicagos day of mourning 70. the
| dead who perished in the Iroquois Tiieater
wo.ia be an expression of grief. The sug-
| gestion was made TO me hyasa clersxnrn7f -
| ana wish 1t to be published so that PAS
| LOIS may carry it -out. l strongly urge
! them to begin the tolling OF the bells at
noon, and TO let the mournfuI sound con-
tfhue for an hour. Such an expression of
| sorrow would bring to the hearts and minds
| o. every one the memory of Chicago's ter
| ffhle loss"
| When 1t u o'clock the chimes of a
North Side church tolled drse, and the
northeast wind carried 1t over the city.
| Before the first notes had died awav an
other chime farther south sounded a mourn
| full intonation.
Then hundred bells broke forth in
mighty dlaphason, whose iron means SEEM
ed to reach the gray clouds and echoed
| back again in solemn concord. The bells
toiied for an hour.
! Unidentified Body Found
! Another unidentified body of woman
ihat had been overlooked was found at
Jordans norgue. ticket was found on
| the body Detroit to Chicago"
| thorough analysis of the composition of
| the asbestos curtain of the Iroquos is
! being made by the city chemists The cur
! tain was consumed by the flames although
| the ordinance requires a fireproof curtain.
| such as genuine asbestos material
| Among the missing reported TODAY are
! the following: Mrs. William o. REYNOLDS
| Mrs A. NJ. Strawbridge. Josephine Rey-
| Eolds, seven years old; James Frazer Of
| Peoria, Ill.
| bereaved Parents Search for Son.
CHICAGO, January 2-More cases in
voiving the wreck of homes as a result OF
| the lroqGois Ere are still coming to Igat
| n futile search has been conducted SO far
| for the body of Harold. the five-and-a-haif-
Jear-od son of E. Henning Hospitals.
morgues, every place that could be thought
| of nave been visited by the father of lie
boy and other relatives without success
thus far Nearly the entire Hennia. farnf-
! iy perished in the fire The bow with his
three other brothers and his mother were
at lhe lroquois when the fire broke out
| Ine mother, in some manner, was barely
! saved by an unknown rescuer She hei owed
her boys were behind her when she started
| 70 run from the theater. but the bodies OF
I
| Undertaking rooms, whore they were identi-
fed by the father But the body of the
Youngest Roy was not there and no trace
| OF him. dead or alive, has been found Mrs
Henning was badly injured but her inilr'es
are not fatal.
The father believes that the boy has
| either been wrongly identified or s;Il is
alive in one of the hospitals.
Managers Formally Charged.
! CHACAGo, January 2-Formany charged
| with M
and Harry j. Powers OF the Iroquois Thea
ter with City Building Commissioner WI
liams were today held under bonds of S1O-
| 900 each. Col. William I'inkerton and
Charles III Plamondon furnished bonds for
Davis and Powers. Andrew J. Graham.
banker, furnished bond for Commissioner
| Williams
the theater fire and who was the complain
! ami, was present when the two theater
managers and the city official underwent
me ordeal or facing tie charge. The hear
| ing OF the case was set for January IL
! Proprietors and Managers Arrested.
CHICAGO, January e-The Inter-ocean
| today says that warrants have been issued
(, the arrest of VIII J. Davis and Harry
Powers, proprietors and man gers of the
| lroquois Theater, and George williams
city budding Inspector on the criminal
charge of manslaughter.
Ihe warrants were issued by Justice
George w. Underwood at his residence after
IL O'Clock last night. and the charges were
sworn to by Arthur e. Hull of 24i Oakwood
Boulevard. who lost his wife and three
G. ldren in the fire. Mrs Hulrs maid also
perished
The warrants, the Inter Ocean says We're
not served In the regular manner The
three men accused were notified by tele-
phone that the warrants had been issued
and were directed to appear at Ii O'Clock
this morning at Justice Cnderwood'S court
and give bonds. The attorneys for Messrs
Powers and Davis assured the justice that
their clients would appear at the stated
hour.
Mr. Hull. the complaining witness. 10
connected with Chicago commercial
agency.
Tomorrow he viii leave Chicago with tie