Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-02
SEEKING CAUSE.
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today While the number Of persons
pressing for tidings or identification show
ed material diminution. the anxiety ant
! WEAKNESS We're intenSll.cd. Ire conStdn
presenc. Of the black wagons of under
takers were conspicuous additions, today
to the many scattered neiShborhoods
| where the morgues are located
| A mournful variation was the occasion.
al appearance of bands playing dirges a>
funerals slowly passed towards churches
railway stations and cemeteries. AT the
| hospitals where many fearfuily burned
persons are being cared for. death was
being momcntarly awaited in a number
OF cases. Among the deaths. today was
that of James Schneider. who died at thu
present at the death bed
The ma jority of the striking drivers
hav" returned to work and it is not likely
that any funerals will be interfercd with
| I'VE ordered them back. wages or no
wages, to help the city out Of the great
| calamity that has befal!en it," said Pres
| itient Hagen of the union.
| sumed where it left off. Strike benefits
arc being paid, today. and will be PAID
just the same"
! The funerals during the next two days
viii tax the capacity of the lvcrymcn
and undertakers TO the utmost. Tncrc
will be demand for services of all ANA
some people doubt whether the strike will
| he resumed.
At the coroners Office, today. burial
permits soon reached into the hundreds.
Preparations nave been made Tor issuance
| Of all that may be asked. for as it is an
ticil atcd that tomorrow and Sunday will
be particularly characterized bs- funerals.
The city Press Association had. last
night the names of 100 idcutiticd dead. \
re examiuntion of III" list, today. showed
that a number Were included Incorrectly.
Instead of being dead, the names of some
were those who had identified bodies.
While it is perhaps true that In" total
nuili'cr Of dead is III tht ncighborhood of
~. only about $50 have been id.ntIIlo.l. 4
rccount ui the unidentified dead was
started, today.
Such Il day of mourning Chicago
never Witnessed as that which ushered
in the New Year. II every portion of
the city almost. it seemed as though
there We're funerals going. or an under
takers wagon arriving with dead who
We're being brought to their homes for
the last time. While the funeral pro-
ccNsicns were moving through the
snow covered streets 20 various ceme-
teries. the throng about the various
morgues and undertaking establish
ments seemed as large as ever. Many
men appeared at the door of Rolston's
and Jord1ns mor2ueS. this afternoon.
who had been on their feet for IS hours
constantly searching for those .ney
had lost. The greater number of dead
arc in these two places and men who
had viewed the shastly rows of corpses
before and had gone on unavailnS
search to every other mCrgue and I'M
dcrtaking room in the city to which
the dead from the theatre had been
taken. came back once more to toi-
ston's and Jordstn'i 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
morning. In some cases they were
successful, i'll many others they were
not. Practically al Of the bodies
which admit of careful identification
have been carried away, and of those
which remain, the majority are in such
a condition that only the most minute
ANA careful inspection will be able to
reveal their identity to those who know
them best.
one of the Sadlest cases WAS That Oh
IIci bert and Agnes LlnEe of 1882 Bcr-
w avenue. Both children attended the
performance and after many hours of
, :ircIt.es searching, the heartbroken
| fithr. finally found the daughter, AS-
les. in an undertaking establishment
Mr. Lamge. almost exhausted through
! lis continuous trips from morGue to
morgue and from hospital to hospital
| from police station to the coroner's Of
fee. and then back through the Weari-
some round again and again. came. tins
| this afternoon. in utter despair to the
Office of Chief of Police ONeill and
| bccyrl two detectives to assist him.
| .;,t, ,,OE1
| and his voice chOked and failed as n"
! referred to his wife. who lay utterly
| Frustrated at their home. Mr.. lanec
! said these were his only children and
tn. detectives and newspaper men
shou-,l him every assistance. although
! they themselves wer" almost worn out
| by long hours of work. Finally the
| body of the girl was found and the
brokrn-hcarted father gathered up the
little form and carried it to his car
| riage.
| Il have one Of them 1T Last" he said.
and this will be a great comfort to
her mother
| The absolute failure of Mr.. LanEc
, TO identify any one oil the bodies as
that of his son aroused some nope that
the hoy may be still alive ana cared
for in some hospital
Mir. Lange's sorrow was turned f"
10Y when he reached his home, tonight.
AS he drove up to the door with the
body which he had brought from tn"
morgu as that OF his daughter, he
WAS grac ted by his wife. who told him
that their two children had returned
home, this evening. in safety. They
had become dazed apparently and hal
!, been wandering around the city with
Il ont knowing whore they were. NJ
: L.ange at once returned to the morguc
!, with the body Of the little girl which
! he thought to be that of his own child.
d The funeral of the two RoSensburG
;. children was held. this afternoon NJ
!. the home of their parents. 34io Michl-
| gan avenue, in the heart of the arlSto-
cratic section of the South Side. Be-
: clus, of the many calls upon him. nr
d Emil g. Hirsch. who conducted the
services announced that he would be
y able IL deliver only 4 short address
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