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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
THEATRE EMPLOYEES ARRESTED
Seven stage Hands Charged With Be
inc Accessories 10 Granddaughter.

Ina Accessories to Manslaughter.
Seven employees of the lroquoi'
Theatre were arrested on orders Is
sued by Chief of Police O'NeIll The
charge against them IL that OF being
accessory 20 granddaughter. They will
be held during the verdict Of the cor
oners jury
The men arrested are: William
Carlton. stage manager; Edward Cum
mings. stage carpenter. Frank Jan
drow. Il. NJ Cummings. T.. Engle.
Thomas Mcqueen. 5. j. Mazoni.
The last five are stage hands and
scene shutters. After being taken into
custody boy the police. four of the men
told Chief O'Neill that they had been
requested by people connected with
the theatre 10 leave The city When
asked who advised them to do this,
they AT Grsf refused 10 say. but lated
admitted that the advice was given by
Assistant stage Manager Plunkott
They said they were about to follow
Pmnkett's advice. and all OF them had
packed their trunks and would have
been out of the city had not the police
arrested them
orders were issued by Chief O'Neill
IN find other members Of the company
and theatre employees who were actual
witnesses of the fire. This orders will
mean that more than 90 arrests will be
made. chiefly among the ballet dancers
and members ~ the chorus who were
crowded i'm tho wings waiting for their
They will all be released on bail Chief
O'Neill saving they are merely wanted
as Witnesses.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
SEABOARL
AIR LINE RAILWAY

Short Line 10 Principal Cities OF the
South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba, Texas,
California and Mexico. reaching the Capl'
kals Of six States.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT April y. 1893.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMoND-MAIh sTRGE3
sTATIoH--DAILI,
el0a. m.-LOcal for NOTlins, Hamlet and
Charlotte.
22qsp. m.-Seaboard Mail-TO Henderson.
Raleigh, Southern Pines, Hamlet, Al
ANITA, Columbia, Savannah, Jackson
vile and Tampa. Leaves Frederlcks s.
burg 1928 = NJ.
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping car,
between New York and Tampa
connecting at Hamlet with through
Pullman cars for Atlanta.
1898 o, m.-SeabOaTd EXpresS-TO Hen
Gerson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Ham
let, Atlanta, Charlotte. Columbia, Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville and Tampa.
Leaves Fredericksburg 8.35 D. N.
Pullman Drawing Sleeping cars
between New York and Tampa, and
New York and Atlanta.
TRAINS ARRIVE ECONOMICALLY
SIS q. m.-NO. 34-FrOm Florida, Atlanta
and the Southwest.
4.55p. m.-N0. 6,;-Fron Florida. Atlanta
and the Southwest.
$50 y. m.-NO. 3j-trOm NOTli ma and local
points.
Ii. 5. LEARD, W. J. MAY,
Dist. Pass. Agt. City Ticket Agt.
$40 East Main ST.. Richmond, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
coRoNeR's JURY VISITS THEATRE
Inspected Fire Arrangements and All
Exits

Last evening the coroncrs Jury.
which had spent the day In visiting
/ the various morgues. was taken hy
| Coroner Traeger 10 the theatre They
| first went 10 the stage. and Deputy
/ Coroner Buckley pointed out the spot
whore the fire was discovered. The
seats I'm the first 10 rows on the first
| floor were burned. but back Of that he
orchestra chairs we're In good condi-
/ tion The steel frames OF the arc
/ lights. one OF which b. said to have
caused the catastrophe. were piled In
confusion near the front OF the stage.
The members OF the jury. while in
speeding tho stage. frequently remark
cd that ihe protection against fire
seemed 20 them 10 have been made
quate
The Jury then climbed the stairway
leading 90 Toe first balcony. Here the
plush covering OF the seats was found
to be- burned on every seat from wall
10 wall and from the front row OF the
balcony to the last An Inspection was
made of the exits leading to the hrc
escapes az the north end Of the build
Ing.
These doors are much too small.
they should have been three times as
large said Juror Finn
The iron doors We're closed and lock-
cd. and 10 was then seen that the inner
doors wore $50 clo-e to the steel shut
ters that they could not be opened
with the shutters fastened. This exit
is not sufficiently high for an ordinary
sized man 10 walk through without
STOPPING. and when the jurors learned
this fact by personal experience there
was considerable comment.
The jury then assembled TO the top
gallery. where the greatest loss Of life
occurred. An inspection was then made
OF the exits leading 20 the fire escape.
and the jurors we're told that the bod
les Of the dead were piled 10 feet high
in front Of these doors when the police
reached the scene after the fire.
Al the conclusion OF the inspection
OF the theatre 81 was decided to con-
tinue the inquest until next Thursday
morning al O'Clock.
A few OF the questions 70 which the
jury will endeavor TO obtain satisfao-
tory answers at the inquest are: We're
the steel doors leading TO the fire es-
capes on the first and second balconies
locked when the fire broke out? II they
were locked, were they opened prompt
~ by the attendants? Why was it i'm
possible 10 lower the asbestos curtain
Why did tho management permit the
use Of arc lights I'm the flies with no
device to prevent sparks from the car
bons igniting the borders OF the seen
cry and curtains? Why did the ushers
shut all the doors and urge the au-
dience to remain seated after the fire
broke ont instead Of doing everything
possible to empty the house?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
LOST HIS ENTIRE FAMILY
Wife and Three Children Of Philadel'
phian Lost In Chicago Horror.

Wife and Three Children OF Phlladel'
phian Lost In Chicago Horror.
Dover. Del. Jan. frederick Mar
tin Fox. retired Philadelphia broker
who has taken mp his residence here
for private treatment under Dr.Charles
NJ Wharton, is probably the greatest
loser from the Chicago horror Mes
sages received at his residence here
told Of the death by asphyxiation IN
the Iroquois theatre fire Of Mrs. Fox
and their three children. Their names
are Mrs. Frederick Martin Fox. George
Sidney Fox. Is years old; Hoyt Fox,
10 years Old; Emily Fox, 9 years old.
Mrs Fox was spending the winter at
Winnetka. H.. and had gone to Chi
cago with the children for the matinee
performance. The family had fire..
guently visited Dover. Mrs. Fox was
known as a handsome and cultured
woman. and was the granddaughter Of
w. NJ. Hoyt. the celebrated wholesale
grocer Of Chicago.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
UNDERTAKING ROOMS sesIEoED
Anxious Men and Women lnquiring
For Lost Friends and Relatives.

Anxious Men and Women lnquiring
FOR Lost Friends and Relatives.
From early in The morning until late
last uicht crowds sureed about the ua-
dei;akiug rooms and hospitals looking
for the dead and injured. Policemen
were detailed az all places whore The
dead and injured had been carried to
restrain the anxious men and women
who pressed .n al the doorways and in-
ouired lOr their lost friends and reia-
uFes.
i'm am the under king Iooms tic
bodies were placed a. far as possible
upon cots. ana when these were eH-
h7rsted. stretched in long lines upon
fhe floors. and q constant succession of
palo-faced men aud fearful women
passed slowly between the bodies Ilt-
in- the coverings from the charred and
bruised faces and searching IN thn
clothing If t.r dead for something Dy
which their lost ones could BE- rccog-
nized. In many instances women
tainted when lifting the sheet from some
face IN which they recognized the if2-
lures of a dead child or a beantl o.
young girl The scenes that were cn-
acted around the bodies of the little
children were pathetic in the extreme.
There has been 30 sGddcr feature cnn-
nectcd with The disaster than the Kill
ine OF so many little children. 10 is fed"
one thing that seems 10 Oyerpower dii
visitors 10 the morgues beyond any
thing else.
While the crowds Of anxious seekers
FOR news besiegcu the different morgHcs
the telegraph and long-distauce te.e-
phonc Offices were almost swamped
with the food Of inqulring messages.
Messenger boys from the telegraph of
fees Of the Postal and Western un.nn.
carrying great bundles OF messasrs
came by the hundreds Private wires
OF stock exchange and board OF trade
houses were likewise loaded down with
Inquiries and answers.
Coroner Traeger and his assistants
did all i'm their power 20 supply iniof.
nation concerning the dead ana the
wounded. but five times the number Of
available men in his Office could not
have accomplished the task Crowds
Of people besieged the Office throughout
the day and begged that arrangements
might be made so that they could view
the bodies without delay. The appii-
.ants were promptly furnished with
permits. which they showed TO the DO
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

This is the season of the year wher
the prudent and careful housewife
replenishes her supply of Chamber
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TO be needed before the winter is over
and results are much more promp and
satisfactory when it is kept at hand
and given as soon as the cold is con
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of the cold appears. There is no dan
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children like 1t. Buy il and You will
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sale by II. NJ. Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
HOW'S THIS

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wardl for any case of Catarrh tina
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrl
Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o
We, the undersigned, have know
F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen year
and believe him perfectly honorable
i'm all business transactions, and iinan
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Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. q
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Testimonials sent free. Price 10 cts
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
situation.
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Southern Railway.

Schedule effective Nov. 10Th, 1908.
Trains leave Washington from Pehnsy :
vaDia Station.
100 q m Daily-LOcal for HaTrisOnOuTg,
Wanenton, Danville, and way stations.
lO.5l q III Daily-WashngtO and Florida
I.imite I. First-class coaches and drawing
room sleeper to Jacksonville, Fla. Din
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Il i5a NJ Daily-Cnited States Fast Mail
y nst-class coaches and drawing
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vice.
4.01 m Week Days-Local for Harri-
sonburg and way stations On Manassas
Branch.
4.40pm Daily-LOcal for Warrenton and
Charlottesville.
7,10p M Daily-N, " York and Atlanta
Approximations coach to Atlanta.
Sleeper To Columbus, Ga, Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays. Sunset Route Tour
ist sleeper, Washington TO san Francisco,
Pullman Buffet service.
9.50p. m. daily-New York and Florida
Express. Through cOa0hes and sleepeTs
to Columbia, Aiken. Auguata, savannah
and Jacksonville; dining car service.
1000 pm Dally-New HOTk. ana Mem-
phis Limited (via LynchbuTg l-flrst-class
coach and sleeping car 10 Roanoke. Knox.
Vile, Chattanooga, and Memphis; sleeper
70 New Orleans. Dining-c2r service.
1913 D IN Daily-WashingtOn and south
western Limited-All Pullman trains, club,
and observation cars to Atlanta and Ma
con; sleepers to Nashville, Atlanta. Ma
con. Memphis. New Orleans. Dining
car service.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Washington $40 a m, 100 p ID,
4.3)pm,5 pm, week days, for BluemOnt,
AS D m and 625 p m week days for Lees
burg only. Sundays only, 9.IOa m and
Gas p m.
Through trains from the South arrive
Wash'n 6.42 N, 6.52 m. 9.45 a m, 1876
am, 3.30p m, $50 p III, and $50 y m.
daily. Local trains from HarrisOnburg,
ii.& m week days and $40 IN daily.
from Charlottesville, 8.25 a m ana 9.l0 p %
daily.l sGsSz
Tickets, sleeping car, reservations, anO
detailed information can be had az tieSe,
Office, 705 18th ST.; 51l Pa. ave-, and Penn
sylvania Station. Baggage checked through
from hotels and residences.
Phone 1910 for f. K. K. Cab service.
c. II. KERT, General MansgeY.
i. II. HAkDWfCK, General e ass Agt
l.. B. BROWN, General Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

"Bui II prefer another" she sug
gestcd when Inc urged his suit, "whai
will You say thenE'
Il won't say anything" replied the
foreign nebicmau, because / am too
much of a gentleman TO say anyih NJ
that would reflect on your taste."-ChI
cagO Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
oaers Of aid Pouring IN"

All during the day kilograms OF
sympathy 10 the people OF Chicago and
offers of aid poured in by telegraph
upon the mayor. lie said: y have re-
coiyed many offers of aid. II may be
that before we get through this a few
persons Will be found TO have been put
TO need, but Chicago will be able to
give that aid herself. Most OF those
killed and injured. now identified can
be abundantly cared for"
Among the kilograms Of coincidence
received from abroad by the mayor
were the following:
Berlin. Dec. 31.-Mayor Harrison
Wish to express deepest sympathy On
account Of terrible catastrophe at iro
qucis theatre. Please let me know OF
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
The Presidents Sympathy.

The following message was received
from President Roosevelt
Washington. Dec 3l-To Hon Car
ter II Harrison. Mayor. Chicago In
common with all our people through.
out this land. ! eNtenl 20 Won. 10 the
people OF Chicago. my deepest sympa'
hy iu the terrible catastrophe which
has bolallcn them"
from u. ) Willard, the actor. Lon
ION vas received the following.
deepest sympathy with citizens
mourning
4 message of confidence was also
received from Mayor Collins. OF Bos-
tou aui from dozens of the chief oNec-
ut.tc- of cities between st Louis and
New York
In addition TO his proclamation sug
costing that the usual New Year $
festivities De- abandoned. Mayor llarri.
son made the announcement that al
departments OF the city hall will ID
closed tomorrow ON account OF the
calamity at the lroquois theatre Tie
maJc the request that all business
houses throughout the city close ou
rrat day
ON every train which arrived in chi.
$500 yesterday came the relatives of
persons VINO were Thought To have
been Mllci or injured in the fire. The
Hobbies %. The downtown hotels were
.he scenes of many happy meetings,
:s wcllos anxious Inquiries ON thc part
D.. thc fathers. mothers and more dis
'--f relatives Of people Of whom no
trace coult leo found Many of these
people returned to the hotels late In
tlo evening after either frui,less
search ior their loved ones or after
finding 9 cHaIcd ani disnsurrd body
living in tac moreuo all that remained
of thc relative or lucni iof whom they
had searched
Postmaster Froor. of Galesburg lli,
arrived iu response 70 telegram re-.
.ci,cd from friends here saying that
bis wife and daughter were among the
missing AIRS. Freer and Miss Freer
came 10 Chicago Wednesday morning
expressly Co attend the play at che
roanois Theatre Since their arrival
20 the coy Mr. Frccr has had no news
Of them. he made inquiries OF the pO-
lice and spent the entire day eXamir-
ing bodies 10 the morgue Many OF The
coip.cs bore a resemblance 90 his wife
and daughter. and many more were
clothed in dresses similar 90 those Tor
which Doc was looking but after iuyestI-
eating every clue and examining every
body FOE the morgue. he returned To bis
hotel heartbrOkcn and IN despair vi
finding his family.
airs. b. J.. Stoddard. Of Minonk. ILL.,
Ian o. tho Auditorium Annex iu a semi
conscious condition. gricying over The
loss Of her daughter. Zudel and Dom
aid 6-year-oId son Mrs. Sioddarl
purchased tickets for herself. daughter
and son for The matinee, but later bo-
came indisrused and did not attend ihe
performance ior son and daughter
went and both were burned 10 death
81 con rs Mrs S'oddard learned OF
~. fire She declared that Deer children
wo.d De burned 10 death She speni
hours in a fruitess search for the.r
bodies. and would probably not have
returned io her hotel had She not been
compelled Ly friends But short tim
after her return 10 The Auditorium An
ncx The bodies of the boy and sirl were
identified iu one of the morgues. Mrs
S'oldard returned 90 MinOnk, taking
tne bodies of BIER children with her
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
Train Pictures.

A quaint but not impractical device
for enabling passengers who have
aighted from railway carriage 10
find their compartment again is that
which has been tried on q French rail
way. 1t is system of pictures. On
the window OF the end compartment of
each carriage Is a different picture--a
windmill or soldier or horse This
makes recognition easy. Ii is difficult
In England and on the continent TO
find the right carriage after leaving it.
The pictures in France serve much the
same purpose as the names on Amer
fcan narlor cars
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

lice and which admitted them 10 any
hospital or morsue.
Six bushel baskets Of yaluables and
trInkets OF various descriptions wcrs
gathered by the police and fremen
ami turned over TO the coroner. Among
these were fully II dozen watches, aud
in every case the watch had stopped at
$50 o'clock. the time when the fire
broke out
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
DOORS WE'RE LOCKED
Lady Smashed Glass Door TO Leave
Before Panic Started.

LdnJ Oiio94t|A N.fN@e wv
Before Panic Started.
Miss Anna Woodward. a lady who
occupied a seat in the second balcony,
gave strong evidence on this point She
said:
Il was IN the second balcony and
plainly saw the FIRE. am large
woman. weighing close 70 $50 pounds
and l made up my mind that If there
was going TO be a panic it would be
wise for me to beat it to the street. |
left my seat in the balcony and went
down the stairs to the first balcony
and from there started to pass out
through the very door in which so
many people were killed few minutes
later. The door was closed, and man
standing on the outside refused TO open
it so that | could pass out. Whether
he was an employee Of the theatre on
not do not know, but he had evidently
determined that no one should leave
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05
CHICAGO
STUNNED
Theatre Calamity Causes Deepest
Grief ard Gloom.
THE DEATH LIST REACHES 564
Including zoo Still Missing Total
Casualties Will Reach 900.
AUDIENCE WAS LOCKED IN

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lay " ~
ed 10 Leave Before Panic Started
Bel. ci,se poo-s % Get Outlines.
sages OF sympathy pouring m
Women Faint Al Awful Sights In
"0' s"9
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0uois Theatre has east Chicago in,O
the deepest grief and gloom. and for
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the streets OF the city are fued with
merrvmakers. but last n.cht the only
throngs 90 be found were those around
the morguas. ordinarily. numbers q
fashionable restaurants i'm the heart ~
the city are filled with lieht-hearted
jewellers. who toast the year that passes
and hail the year that comes These
places were comparatively deserted,
and some OF them were closed entirely.
with doors locked and curtains drawn.
For the second time In her life The
civ of Cbicaro has been stricken 10
the heart. Not only have many of her
sons and daughters met death in
variety of horrible and torturing
forms. but the blow has fallen almost
as heavily upop The STRANGERS within
hsr cafes Tboro Is hardly a VILLAGE
or town within a radius of 100 miles
of Cbioooo Whose neon,e are NOT d.
racrlv or indirectly interested in the
niles NJ daod mp i'm tho injured which
I'm tho bos.ifal. or I'm the fate of those
who seem ro have PASSED from human
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

inc theatre. and IN go doing started a
panic. was leaving the theatre
quietly up 10 this time. but when ne
refused 10 allow me to pass out peace
ably / determined 10 get ont If / had
to make am sorts OF noise. ! went
along the balcony about DO feet 20 a
glass partition and smashed it with
the point OF my umbrella. / went out
and down the stairs When / was about
half way down / heard the roar Of the
crowd AS IL came after me and | hnr-
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AS 10 was. / think I must have walked
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Spark From Arc Light Caused Fire.
The best evidence obtainable is 70
the effect that the fire was caused 10y
the sparks from an are light catching
,he edge of a drop curtain. but the
facts however. Will not De known until
the conclusion oi the coroner's inquc
There are so many statements az pres
emit and they differ so widely that IL ii
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u The matter
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-05

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