The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-07
DAY OF FUNERALS
CHICAGO UNDERTAkERs FIND
THEIR RESOURCES OVER.
TAXED.
MANY FUNERALS ARE POSTPONED
LIST OF DEAD INCREASED TO 5ss
BY DEATH OF ONE OF THE
INJURED.
CORONER BEGINS the INQUEST
INQUIRY WILL TAKE WIDE SCOPE
AND MAY CONSUME SEW
ERAL WEEKS.
CORONER BEGINS the INQUEST

funerals in Chicago, and for the first
time in the history of the city all the
people who desired to bury their dead
were unable to do so. The unprece-
denied demand for hearses and car
riages would have been enough in IT.
self to tax the resources Of the under
takers. but the heavy snowfall of the
past two days has increased their diff
ficulties enormously. All Of the GENE
: teries in Chicago are miles from the
business center and residence d
tricts, and with good weather and the
streets in passable condition it is
matter Of several hours to reach one
of them. Yesterday when every hearse
was in urgent demand, it required
About Twice as Long
to reach a cemetery as under normal
conditions. Arrangements were made
by the undertakers to have as many
funerals as possible held in the early
part Of the day in order to allow, ii
possible, the use Of the hearse for a
second funeral in the afternoon. In
number of cases this was done, but
there were instances where the fami-
lies who were to wait for the return
Of the hearse were disappointed, and
were compelled to defer the burial of
their loved ones until to-day. 1t is not
expected there will be any further
trouble in this direction after to-day.
| The cemeteries were compelled to
keep men at work all through the
night digging graves, and in some of
the larger cemeteries they barely
managed to make them with sufficient
speed. ....
Death List Increased to see.
The list of dead was increased to
SIS yesterday by the death of Leroy
Rainbold, boy of four years who was
severely burned and died at st. Luke's
hospital. OF the ten bodies at the
county morgue four were Identified
yesterday.
The inju. ed now number 103 or
whom there is any record, although
the number of those who were hurt
slightly would swell this number
greatly. Numbers of people went to
their homes after the fire without re-
porting themselves to the police as In
jured. Outside of the numerous
funerals that were held in the city yes
terday it was the first day of rest the
city has known since last Wednesday
afternoon. Less than twenty persons
called at the Office of the chief of POI
lice for permits to visit morgues and
few people were at the hospitals.
Stage Hand Is Missing.
John Schmidt, the stage hand who
is said to have left open the reflector
which prevented the asbestos curtain
from descending, is still sought by the
police. He is believed to be in hiding
ceived an intimation from his friends
that Schmidt will be ready when he is
wanted as a witness at the coroner's
inquest next Thursday.
There were no more arrests OF meni-
bers Of the Bluebeard company yes
terday, and no more are expected I'M
less there should be unexpected devel-
opments.
Beginning at 9 o'clock this morning
Coroner Traeger and the jury empan-
elled to sit at the inquest, will resume
their task of collecting evidence at the
theater building. Another
Exhaustive inspection
of the building will be made and par
ticular attention will be paid to any
violation Of the building ordinance
which may be ,found&
From the wide scopsShe coroner in
tends to give to the inquiry it is ex-
pected the work of collecting testi-
mony will consume several weeks.
Contractors and all others who can
give testimony will be summoned, hut
the coroner issued notice yesterday
to all persons who were in the thea.
ter, but who made their escape. that
he would be glad to have them appear
and give their evidence. From all in
dications the meeting OF the city coun-
Gil tonight will be taken up entirely
by the introduction of resolutions re-
lating to the fire regulations Of thea
ters. Ordinances will be presented
covering almost every conceivable de-
:ail Of the management and equipment
Of the theater.
Mayor Closes the Theaters.
Saturday night every theater In
Chicago except the Auditorium was
dark, and their doors locked. Not one
of them Is to open to the public until
their managers have complied In the
fullest manner with every section OF
the ordinances regulating the play
houses as to protection against FIRE.
The order compelling the theaters
to close was issued by Mayor Harrison
after conferences with Corporation