Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-01-02

most large as ever. The scenes here
were the same as those of Wednesday
and Thursday nigat. Many men APP
peared at the doors of Rolston's and
Jordan's morgues this afternoon who
had been for forty-eight hours con-
stantly searching for those they had
lost. The greater number of the dead
are in these two places Some who
had viewed the CHASTITY rows Ct
corpses undergoing unavailing search
es in other morgues ard undertaking
rooms in the city to which the dead
/ from the theater had been taken, came
back once more to Rolston's & Jor-
dams almost in despair, but hoping
against nope they might have over
looked their dead in the great number
that had crowded the tables and floors
on Thursday morning.
| While in some cases they were sue
| cessful, in many others they were not.
Practically all of the bodies which
would admit of careful Identification
have been carried away, and of those
which remain many are not i'm such
/ condition that careful inspection might
reveal their identity to those who
/ knew them best.
! 1t was absolutely impossible for the
! bereaved relatives to secure all the
! carriages they wished to convey their
/ friends and relatives tc the cemeter-
les. In many cases it was not possible
for all the members of a family to ride
! in the funeral cortege because 10 car
riages could be procured for them.
/ Liverymen were simply overwhelmed
! by the demands made upon them. and
earnestly urged that as far as possible
the. relatives should content themselves
with a carriage for the pallbearers, a
/ hearse and one other carriage for the
! family. Where the members OF a single
/ family could not make themselves con-
/ tent with one carriage, they We're COM
PEELED tC make their way to the ceme-
/ teries by other transportation. This
was the situation in Chicago today and
/ tomorrow it will be intensified. The
coroner's office today issued nearly 300
/ burial certificates for people killed in
/ the fire. Some of these were for people
residing in other cities, but they were
comparatively few.
MAKING ARRESTS.
/ The police today vigorously pushed
.
! fire and made several other arrests of
stage hands, among them VIM. Nc
/ Mullen, operator of the light which
started the fire. He was locked up at
/ the Central station, and Wilson Kerr
/ fly man at the theater, was also placed
/ in a cell. Fifteen members of the dou-
| bic octette. which takes part in the
song, In the Pale Moonlight" have
I been placed under arrest by the police.
/ Miss Romaine being the sole one who
/ mas so far eluded the detectives. They
/ are wanted as witnesses. and there is
| nc charge against any Of them. Orders
were issued by Chief of Police o Neil
/ tonight that none of the fifteen would
! be released unless a bond of So coo was
/ furnished.
| McMullen, the light operator, under
went searching examination by As
sistant Chief of Police Scheutler this
I afternoon. McMullen's story was as
/ follows
81 was standing on the iron bridge
at the right side of the stage. from
/ which the shot light is operated. The
/ lamp seemed in good condition, but
/ in the middle of the second act just
! as l changed from a white light to
| blue one, the arc carbons sputtered and
/ jumped. A spark struck a frayed edge
on the inside of the border of curtain
| drapery A flame, which 1 should say
was about twelve inches long shot up.
l abandoned the lamp and clapped my
hands upon the flame. but it spread
in spite of me. l called to have the
| fire curtain lowered and yelled to the
house fireman to help me- He came
with a patent fire extinguisher, which
!
1 jumped from the bridge t. the stage.
A little child in one of the front boxes
had already been badly burned. I
seized her and carried her out and
then returned to the theater. Here I
worked pulling people out of the
choked exits until it was useless to
stay any longer"
With the arrest Of McMullen the po-
| lice believe they have the last import
ant witness among the theater en-
ploycs who are essential to complete
the inquiry at the coroner's inquest.
Chicago, Jan. 1.-Archibald Bernard
chief electrician of the Iroquois, was
taken into custody by the police. After
ter being questioned two hours by the
police, he was formally charged with
manslaughter
At midnight only twenty-One uniden-
titled dead remained in the several
mCrgues. The total number of bodies
that have been accounted for is 58e.
OF these SCI have been identified.
NEW YORk'S PRECAUTION.
New York, Jan. 1.-The first order is
sued under the new administration of
the fire department looks to a more
thorough inspection of all the theaters
of the city
In each battalion where a theater is
located competent assistant firemen
were designated as theater inspectors
and these inspectors are to be under
the supervision of the general theater
inspectors. A weekly inspection of all
places of amusement will be required