Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
Chicago For the First Time In His
tory Unable to Bury Its Dead.
HEARSES DO DOUBLE DUTY
The List Of Dcnd ~ncreHse 10 6sS-
Fourteen Funerals of Victims
of the Fire We're In Prog
rcss at One Time.

INC ~ AhV HIbhoIS vi 'hc wv
lie who desired to bury their dead
.ere unable to do SC. The unprecc-
.ented demand for hearBes and Carl.
yes would have been enough In itsell
~ task to the very utmost the re-
jources of the u~ndertakers, but the
heavy snow that has fallen during the
last two days has increased their dif'
f~culties enormously. All OF the GENE
terics in Chicago are miles from ne
business enter and residence districts
and with good weather and the streets
In passablc condition, it Is a matter
OF several hours TO reach one OF them
Sunday. when every hearsc was in nr'
gent demand, IT. required about lWlce
rs long TO reach a cemetery as uiiuet
normal conditions. Arrangements were
made by the underta{crs to have as
many funerals as possible held In the
early part Of the day, in orded to al
low If possible of tho use of the hcarSe
Tor a second funeral in the afternoon
Hrnr,c. Doing Double DUTY.
In a number Of cases this was done
but in a number Of instances, where
the families who were to await the
return OF the hearse, were disappointed
and were compelled to defer the burial
OF their loved ones until to-day. II
Is no expected that there will be any
further trouble in this direction, anc
by to-day the streets to the cemeteries
will be in such a condition as to per
nit of the passage Of funerals In al
most the ordinary time.
digging Graves All Night.
The cemeteries were compelled &c
keen men at work all through the
night digging graves, and IN some OF
the larger cemeteries they barely man
aged to make them with Suiiiclcnl
speed. At one time Sunday afternoon
IA burialS were in progress In Rose
Hill cemetery, and all Of them were
intcrmcnts Of victims Of the fire last
Wednesday afternoon.
over TWO Thousand Nnurnrrs.
In the rooms Of one undertaken OF
the south side, early "a fratcrnal soci,
ETY. held services over the members Of
their order AZ the same lime, and all
Of them were buried side by side in
Waldhcim cemetery.
Largest Eun"rni in '~ii"ng".
In the home Of the millionaire mann.
racturcr, Ludwir Wolf, at 1929 Wash.
ington boulevard, was held the quad.
ruplo funeral of his daughter, Mrs
William II. earn, and her three hi.
drcn. a crowd Of more than 1905
people surrounded the house, and the
police we're compelled to open a pass.
age way for The pail bearers.
Dead Vow NuuIbcrs E-S.
These are but instances Of what hap.
pcncd throughout the length anC
breadth Of Chicago Sunday. Multiply
the funerals mcntioncd by 90, and
better idea can be had Of This first sab
bath day in the new year. The list %
dead WAS increased to 5S8 Sunday b.,
the death Of Leroy ltainbold, q boy q
-four years, who was severely burned
md died in st. Lukc's hospital. o
the ten bodies at the county mOrgue
four were identified Sunday.
first Dny Of Rest.
The injured, Of whom there rs an,
record, now number 1913. although tn
number of those who were hurt slight
" would swell this number greatly
Numbers Of people went to their home
after the fire without reporting them
selves TO the police as injured.
Outside the IumerOusu funerals tha
were held in the city Sunday, it wa
the first day OF rest the city has know
since last Wednesday afternoon. Les
thar twenty persons called at the of
flee of the chief of police for permit
TO visit morgues, and few people wer
a the hospitals.
Every Thrntrr Ordered Closed.
Saturday night every theatcr in tn
city of Chicago was dark and It's door
were locked. Not one Of them will b
open 70 the public until their man
ayers have compiled In the fullest man
ner with every section Of the ord
nances regulating playhouses.
Thrie was a hasty rush Of Theatres
managers 10 the Office OF Mayor Hai
T;son in the effort to secure the with
drawaI, or at least d pOstpOnement G
the order, hut their reception was q
81 exceedingly mostly nature.
Th~stcr Proprietor Arrested.
WIN J. Davis m HarryPowers, pre-
prietrrs OF the Iroquois theater, an
Building Commissioned Williams ar
under arrest. charged with manslaugh
ter. They have been released on SO
ObO bonds. and their hearing IL set IL
JANUARY II.