The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-08
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started at Afternoon Perform
ance and Almost Instantly
the Horror Was On.
chicago, Jan. AT 2:3o O'clock this
oning 500 persons had been identi-
among the dead, and there We're
II fifty or fifty-five bodies which had
i been recognized.
chicago. Jan. For the first time
Ee Chicago possessed bells to peal,
Males to shrek and horns to blow,
4 I'D veal was allowed to silently
IA its place in history and the new
"A permitted to come, with no evil
uce of joy at its birth.
IA An official proclamation issued yes
Fday afternoon by Mayor Carter
,rrison he made the suggestion that
usual New Years eve celebration
for this time omitted. The idea
Ind q ready response in the hearts
The people and the mayors words
TACT only gave u%tterance to the I'M
dressed thoughts that had filled them
HE appalling calamity In the Iro-
dis theater has cast Chicago into the
Epest grief and gloom, and for the
Es being at least seems to have
aed and deadened all the ordinary
EDITIONS Of life. Business yesterday
is performed with the sole view to
kual necessity, and even that much
h carried out in a perfunctory man
ordinarily on New Years eve the
eets Of the city are filled with mer-
makers, but tonight the only throngs
bs found We're those around the
eigues: ordinarily numbers OF fash
able restaurants in the heart of the
are filed with light-hearted rev
Is who toast the year that passes
hi the year that comes. These
ees Tere comparatively deserted,
solle of them closed entirely with
BIS locked and curtains drawn. U.s.
kamcng these gay people are found
W members of the theatrical pro-
kon. Tonight not a single one OF
n was in evidence.
Whole City Mourns.
Or the second time in her life the
Eof Chicago has been stricken to
heart. Not only have many of her
y and daughters met death in a va
y Of horrible and torturing forms.
the blow has fallen almost as heav-
upon the strangers within her gates.
Pc Is hardly a village or town with
radius of 100 miles of Chicago
ae people r not directly or indi-
ny Interested in the piles of dead or.
ihe injured which fill the hospitals,
10 the fate Of those who eaem to
passed from human knowledge in
act II is believed they are in the Ill
70 structure and of whom no word
since been heard.
Ene list Of dead continues as 1t was
sn last night, in the neighborhood
y, It Is generally accepted at this
: mat the most accurate estimate is
ms number will be increased
lsWhat, as there are people in the
iNIais who cannot survive for any
"a OF time. 1t Is believed, however,
me total number OF dead will not
NY event exceed 675. Including the
sng, II is estimated that the total
aper8of casualties is at the present.
J approximately 1000. There are
ss inc missing the names of many
gre at their homes and of some
sSsIe not at the theater at all. In
H.; asl excitement following the ca,
~ these people We're reported by
CIV as among the missing,
u,hDers OF them have since re-
w. .lact has been made to police
saaaltefs. Their names, however,
sNsi2 lhe list OF the missing. When
ssalnes OF the dead who are still to
glaine have been subtracted from
tsl OF the missing 1t Is probable
u sse extent Of the catastrophe will
Building Overtaxed.
asteE have been numerous reports.
q and nu however, that the
SEATS We've Blocked by a crowd Of
VINO occupied the standing
me actual seating capacity Of
ss.sr is; First floor, roe; fret bal
10Y; second balcony, 4G5; total.
Il,
~ Davis. n Of the propr,etors
M tneater, was questioned last
! 20 the number OF tickets sold,
aAAed II 1t was true that 800 people
landing in the aisles and in rows
elsthe seats on each floor. Mr..
was plainly u%nstruns. and
Y 70 be excused from talking Of
natter, Which, he said. was too
suons to dispose of Ga a few or
I. Words"
.Davis said he had not seen Mr..
nans, Who alone Of the fheater em.
q knew the nunober ~ rersnns nd
su#"1 DO not credit fha state.
said Mr.. Davis ..ascrihsd "a are
u lshers that as rnenv &c Sao neo-
we're Standing n h rear az the