The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-02
MAYOR HARRISON CLOSES
MANY CHICAGO THEATRES
PayhOuSeS Will Hereafter Be Compelled to Use
Asbestos Curtains of Good Quality.
Electrician Arrested and Charged With Naussughs-
Investigation Bsing Made.

never witnessed as that which ushered
IN the new year. In every portion of
the city almost it seemed as though
mere were funerals going or un-
dertaking wagons arriving with dead.
who were being brought 20 their homes
Tor the last time.
While the funeral professions were
moving through the snox-covereF
streets to the various. cemeteries. the
thronS about the various morgues and
Undertaking establishments seemed all
most as large as ever The scenes here
we're the same as those of -Wednesfa~
and Thursday night. Many men aD-
peared at the door Of ROlston's and
Jordan's morgues this afternoon who
had been for foFty-eisht hours con-
stantly searching Tor those they had
lost
Many Still Searching.
The greater number Of dead are in
these two places. and men who had
viewed the CHASTITY rows OF corpses be-
fore and had gone ON an uuayaiifug
search to every other morgue ana ur-
Gertaking room in the city 90 which
the dead from the theatre had been
taken. came back once more to R1f-
ston's and JOrdsns. almost in despair.
but hoping against hope that they
might have overlooked their dead in
the great number that had crowded the
tables and floors on Thursday. In some
cases they were successful. in many
others they were not. Practically AN
Of the bodies which admit of careful
Identification have been carried away.
and Of those which remain the major
ity are i'm such a condition that only
the most minute and careful inspection
viii be able to reveal their identity TO
those who knew them best.
One Dead, the other Missing.
One Of the saddest cases was that II
Herbert and agnes LANCE or 1852 Bar
ry avenue. Both children had attend
ed the performance and after many
hours Of tireless searching the broken
hearted father finally found the deugh-
ter, Agnes. in an undertaking estab-
lishment- MT. LANCE, almost exhaust
ed through his continuous trips from
morgue to morgue and from hospital
to hospital, from police stations to the
cOrOner's Office. and then back through
the wearisOme round again and again,
came this afternoon in utter despair 10
the Office of Chief Of Police O'Neill and
begged two detectives to assist him.
He also pleaded with newspaper men,
and his voice choked and failed as he
referred TO his wife. who lay utterly
Frustrated at their home.
Their Only Children
Mr.. LANCE said these were his only
children. and the detectives and news
paper men promised him every assist
aBce. though themselves almost worn
cut by long hours Of work in behalf Of
other people similar TO that which Mr..
LANCE requested their aid. Finally the
body of the girl was found, and the
br0kenhearted father smiled through
ra
form and carried it to his carriage.
7 have one Of. them at least, he said
ana this viii be a great comfort TO
her mother" The absolute failure OF
Mr.. LANCE 10 identify any Of the bodies
as that Of his son aroused some hope
that the boy may still be alive and
cared for in the hospital.
Sorrow Turned to Joy.
Nj. Lange's sorrow was turned to
joy when he reached his home at 1880
FOrty-nfth street tonight. As he drove
up to the door with the body which he
had brought from the morgue as that
Of his daughter. he was greeted by his
wife, who told him that their two chill
dren had returned home this evening
in safety. They had become dazed ap-
parently and had been wandering
around the city without knowing where
turned to the morgue with the body
Of the little girl which ne thought =
be that of his own child.
There was so little by which I cOuld
recognize the body" he said, chat I
was confident that 7 never would be
able TO satisfy my own mind absolute
~ that it was my daughter, but at
the same time there were some strong
points of Tesem blaBce and I concluded
that it must be she"
Some Of the Funerals.
The funeral of the two RegensBArg
children was held this afternoon at the
home of their parents $40 Michigan
avenue. in the heart Of the aristocrstic
section Of the south side. Because Of
the many calls upon his time. Dr. Emil
q. Hirsch, who conducted the services,
announced that he would be able to
deliver only a short address. In fogr
other homes of the members Of MS con
gregatfon lay the bodies of children
waiting for him TO Officiate at their
funerals.
From the Regensberg home Dr.
Hirsch w nt to that of DR.. Joseph Zeis-
Ter, 1856 Lake Park avenue. to attend
the funeral of another young victim,
Continued an Pee n