The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01
NEW YEAR JSHERED
In . Ol)RNlE
not Wfstle Bieu Nor a Bel ead Chicago here Mourning
s@ Has Taken Place Of Merrinen- Death List Reaches
Five Hundred Sixty.F
| and Sixty;-Four.

doors made it unnecessary for; tho theatre
to have them gE B,
* Section 1s9 OF the ordinance provides
+ that theatres be equipped with fire alarms
connected with the city fire alarm system
atE City Electrician Hy land said THE lro-
I,quols had no fire alarm connection with
Htlle city alarm SYSTEM No plication i0
on file for any: such connection. 1he
alarm OF fire, 4 In fact, was turned In from
+ box over a half block distant from the
theatre"
The law provides also that there shall
be a ventilating shaft at the rear OF the
stage. which will conduct flames and
smoke away from tho auditorium In just
suoh emergencies as arose yesterday. The
Iroquots Theatre possessed no such yen-
q tilatings shaft. X &
No Closing Of Theatres.
Fl From tho action OF a committee OF
prominent architects Of Chicago at q
meeting tonight, may result q recommen-
datlon to Mayor Harrison to close every
theatre. : In the city until Its exits and
construction have been examined. The
idea was sugg 8 cd to President Beaumont.
Of the Chicago Architects Assoc ociation, to-
day by w. A. Priumore. an architect.
who. lost some relatives In the fire. Pres
dent Beaumont refused to, personally
make the re ommendn tion to Mayor Har T.
son ,Gbut called an. Informal meeting of the
,ssociation, at which 1t was decided that
a larger gathering Of the m enabers would
be held tomorrow, and action at that
time would be decled upon.
L Mayor Harrisonii said tonight: II see
4 no more reason for closing all the
4 theatres than for stopping all railway
Sto, .,i ~ okr IIra Thnro
Is no necessity: ofSgettlng hysterlcal about
this matter, although this horrible dlsas-
/ ter has taken place In probably tho safest
theatre in, Chica go, N fE i.5 =
H The mayor tonight In this connection,
sent ailetter to all theatrical proprletors
in the city calling their attention to tho
failure Of theatres, to comply with tho
building ordinances relating to places OF
especially that provision re-
mIringS them to employ q fireman. Tho
mayor directs the chief OF the Fire De-
nartnlcnt to assign regular flremen to
each theatre, their, WAGES 10 be paid ny
'Auer dlspa tohlng this letter. tho mayor
said B! &,
@"lt any ono Of the theatrical managers
refuses to pay the wages OF those men,
as several OF them have refused IN the
nast, will close the doors OF the theatres
and keep them closed until they agree
to ae. as they should" ,E
Princes Sympathy. +,
All during. the, day telegrams Of sympn-
thy 10 the people Of Chicago and offers
of aid pouroc in8by telegraph upon the
mayer. He announced tonight;
ri have received many offnrs OF aid.
II may be before We get through this a
|, fcw persons will bo found to have been
nit to need, but Chicago Will bo able
to give that aid herself, Most Of those
killed and injured now Identified can
bo nbundantly care for 3. !
Among the telegranls OF oondolenco
received from abroad by the ma yor, were
Nv 'sF'0' 'gerlln, \
ONTayo.J Harrison: 81 "a Efs Il z
.,lTisf 10 express deepest sympathy on
account, OF the terrible catastrophe at
Ilouuois Theatre, y Please lot mo know
OF missing, and II some Of my ncquain-
tnnces among them Whatn terrible he-
ginning Of the New Year many good clt!'
zons az Chicago, will have, 6 iy.
(slsI,ed) HENRY OF PR UsSIAn
From Y. s, Willard. the aetor. London. 'lltl'
leontlnusd q Twelfth PaSe)