Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-01-07

tinues. Over 400 of the 5S3 known dead
4 now have been identified. Failing to
find scores Of the missing in these
heaps of bodies, the search has been
turned to the private hospitals and
homes for more dead and dying Coro-
ner Traeger has asked all citizens to
aid him in this quest. Grief-crazed
| friends and relatives of the missing
| join in this appeal.
/ Funerals of Victims.
The saadest reminders of the Iro-
quois catastrophe Friday were the
numerous funerals which moved
| through the streets in all portions OF
| the city. In the homes Of hundreds
of victims friends gathered to console
the parents, brothers and sisters whose
relatives had been lost.
Such day of mourning Chicago has
never witnessed, and sad scenes were
enacted in the homes where funeral
J services were conducted over the chill
dren.
IN some homes funeral services
were held over the body of one men,
| ber of family while another was ly-
| ing in some morgue still unidentified
by the distracted relatives. Such was
| the case at the home of Herbert and
Agnes Lange, 1882 Barry avenue. Both
| children had attended the theater per-
/ formance, and after many hours of
| tireless searching the broken-hearted
| father found the body of his daughter,
Agnes, in an undertaking establish
ment.
Then came longing on the part OF
mother and father to find the body OF
the boy, Herbert, and the search was
conducted the entire day. Mr.. Lange
met with no success, and finally in de-
spair he went to the Office of Chief OF
Police O'Neill and begged Detectives
| Woodbridge and Schubert to assist
him. He also pleaded with newspaper
men.
He was only one Of hundreds who
spent the day searching for beloved
ones, but his appeal for assistance was
so full of pathos that intense sympa-
thy was Immediately aroused and
every effort was made to find the miss
/ inc BODY The absolute failure of Mr..
Lange to identify any Of the bodies
aroused hope in his heart that the lad
NAV still be alive and cared for in
some hospital
/ New Years day the black hearses
and the white began their slow way
through the city's streets There are
not hearses enough to bury the dead;
tn carry the charred, distorted bodies
from the sorrow -darkened homes to the
waiting graves in the cemeteries.
| Thirty-four teachers in the public
schools are known to have lost thelr
lives in the fire and the schools Will Do
closed Monday in their memory
Managers Arrested.
| Will J. Davis and Harry j. Powers,
| proprietors and managers OF the iro-
ouois theater. and George Williams.
city building inspector. were placed un-
der arrest on the criminal charge OF
manslaughter. Warrants for the three
men. who have hitherto been unmolest-
ed by police and coroner investigations
of the catastrophe, we're issued Friday
night by Justice George w. Under
| wood.
other Arrests.
| Eight stagemen and electricians ofthe
Inflated theater have been held in bonds
of IS. 900 each on charges OF manslaugh-
ter due to criminal negligence, and IL
others. actors and chorus girls OF the
.Mr. Bluebeard, Jr." company are held
as witnesses for the coroner's inquest.
| TbeaterH Closed.
| Seventeen Chicago theaters were
closed peremptorily by Mayor Har-
rison Friday night because they were
not equipped with asbestos drop cur
| tains. This action following on the
heels of the Iroquois disaster, shuts one
| half of the playhouses in Chicago, with
a total seating capacity of more than
%, 900 persons Violations OF the build
| ing ordinances received thus the only
drastic punishment ever known to come
| from the city hall The mayor was
| moved to issue the order by his dispo-
sition not to take additional response
bility for further calamities Until they
have provided asbestos or iron curtains
| for the protection of their patrons these
theaters will remain closed: Academy
of Music, Alhambra, Avenue. Bijou, Chi
cago Opera House. Clark Street muse
| um. Columbus, Criterion, Feigenbaum's.
| Milwaukee Avenue Garrick. Click
mans, Howard, Sam T. Jacks, London
Musee, Marlowe, New American and
| Olympic.
1 A Memorial Day.
/ Mayor Harrison in proclamation
| names to-day as day of mourning
throughout Chicago for the dead in the
Iroquois theater fire The proclama-
i ton follows: THE mayor announces
that the city hall will be closed all day
1 Saturday on account of the calamity at
the Iroquois theater. He respectfully
requests all business houses to close
as mark of respect for the dead"
/ Messages Of Sympathy.
| Expressions of sympathy for the city
| in its sorrow reached Mayor Harrison
| from all parts of the world. President
Roosevelt, Gov. Yates, Prince Henry
Of Prussia, the lord mayor of London
| md the mayors OF several other Eu-
| ropean capitals sent messages of con-
dolence; Mayor Seth Low, of New
York; Mayor Patrick Collins, of Bos-
/ ton, and many others. The catastro-
ohe seemed particularly to touch Prince
Henry and to cause real personal in
terest and anxiety.
| Following was the message received
| from the president.
Washington, Dec. 31.-Tc Hon. Car
| ter H. Harrison, Mayor. Chicago: In
common with all our people throughout
| this land, extend to you. to the people
| Of Chicago, my deepest sympathy in the
terrible catastrophe which has befallen
J THEODORE ROOSEVELT"