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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-02
EaSley News.
Ensley, S, c., Feb. 20, 1904

Ihc many trends OF Guy EUigcr
will bo grieved to hear of his sad
death which occurred at Newman Ga
last Friday the 2Gth ult. Twas a
sad accident. He with several others
were Oh an engine of the G. r. S. r.
r., of which he was an employe,
when the engine jumped the track
and turned over catching him under
meath it crushing his legs and other
wise injuring him The accident oc-
Cured ut s o'clock Thursday even.
ing. lie fought death bravcly and
for awhile seemed to rally, but
crushed and scalded as he was, the
doctors had little hope and he died
at IL o'clock Friday evening. His
remains arrived here Saturday on
Southern passenger No. IL. He
was buried Sunday at 2 o'clock in
West View cemetery He leaves a
mother, three sisters and three broth.
ers and large circle Of relatives and
friends who sympathize with the
aged mother in her sore bereavo
ment. He was sen Of Mrs. j. c.
Folger, late OF this place but now OF
Spencer, n. c.
And yet another sod death which
falls our 10: to chronicle, is that OF
Mrs G. w. Trotter, OF the Easley
Cotton Mill, which occurred Satnr.
day night at $50 O'clock at her home
on b street. Her death WAS very
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-02
Business Locals.

Go to r.. c. Carter's for anything
you want to buy.
If you want a good horse or
mule call on z. @. Carter, Liberty,
S. @.
r.. Q. Carter has just received
car of horses and mules which he
will sell cheap for cash or on time.
I have some nice pigs ready for
delivery. Price $3.50 each
m2ml John Ferguson.
WANTED: AT once a man to
sell sewing machines and collect on
accounts in Pickens and Oconee coun-
ties. Call or address, The Singer
Sewing Machine Office, No. 22O
North Main St Greenville, s. O.
m2w4
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-02
Killed.

There is not an acIe or pain that can
be reached "Ntornally that cannot be
CHILLED in few minutes by the use of
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IT ON the affected pant aud The pain Will
soon disappear, Full IL pint bottle, %
""n.S. Pickcns Drug Co., Pickcns; w.
h sheldon e. Co., Liberty,
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nasil must wiz to save her face;
Japan must win, to save her life.
That sceIns ho h fho vav t.
sum up The Eastern situation,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
ithaca Girl Recovering After n Year,
Sickness with Ta.rIioid Fever.


ithaca Girl Recovering After Year's
sickness with Typhoid Fever.
Hopes are aow entertained for the re-
covery of Miss Leona ireland, who was
one of the first victims of the typhoid
fever epidemic in Ithaca, N Y, last win
ter and who has suffered from the dis
ease ever since. A history of her case
is being prepared, for it is regarded as
one of the most remarkable in the an
mails of disease, Every complication
known by the medical profession to at
tend and follow typhoid fever has been
present in her case, and she is reduced
to scarcely fifty pounds in weight
Ever since Jan. %, 1902, Miss Ireland
has had n fever constantly, her temper
ature reaching 106 degrees Fahrenheit
every day for weeks. Her heart has
beaten $50 times a minute and again AT
only 20 for hours at a time. During the
months of July and August she was kept
alive by hourly hyTodermic injections OF
stimulants. She has lived through more,
than score of abscesses and is now re-
covering from general septicaemia. Her
mind, which was Mt one time blank. IS
now clear, and She is able to move b Ar
arms and TO feed herself. Her .phyfi,
clan believes that she will recover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
catastrophe

That there was no fire alarm box on
the stage. or III the theater building.
Those are the main points brought
ont by this investigation to date" said
Attorney Fulkerson. Evidence shown
responsibility, and in regard to crowded
aisles, locked doors and inadequate and
closed exits, is still TO be produced So
far. the evidence have on these points
is largely hearsay information. They
have not been proved.
lin the light of the information which
is now a matter Of record, | desire to
make this statement, without the fear
of successful contradiction: Had the con-
dition of the stage and auditorium sky
lights been reversed the catastrophe
would certainly have been averted.
Again, had the asbestos curtain worked
as it should have. there is little doubt
that there would be different story to
tell
I'm my opinion, either one of these
conditions in all probability would have
ayerted the disaster. Certainly, both
would have protected the audience. In
other words. regardless of any violation
of existing laws, ordinances or other reg
ulations in regard to construction, the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

from the lake shore To the Austin prai-
ries, the bells called 20 each ether from
spire and church tower. from belfry and
minaret, across the wind-swept. snow
driven spaces, minging their t,razea
voices to toll one mighty knell for the
passing of nearly GOO souls
In a driving snow, which fell all day
long, and in a temperature only a few
degrees above zero. nearly 200 funerals
were held. Through the night before,
ghostly lights by the score had burned in
the darkness above the snowy deAolatien
of the city's cemeteries They were the
lanterns of grave diggers working over
time upon the graves. All night they
toiled in relays and all Saturday aud
all Saturday night and they continued
their labors Sunday and Sunday night.
There We many combined funerals
of relatives who died in the fire. Sew
,eral whole families were laid away to
rest together In consequence many fu-
neral professions contained two and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
CITY BOWED In GRIEF
CHICAGO MOuRNS VICTIMS OF
THEATER HORROR.
Continuous Procession of FuHerais In
city's Streets-Bells Toll knsIi of
the nead dig Graves at Ni&h;--All
Theasers Closed indefinitely.

Chicago is a city of mourning. For
three days a continuous procession of
hearses bore the mangled bodies cf the
theater horror victims TO their snowy
graves. More funerals were held il Chi
csgo Sunday than ever before in ihgle
day in an American city. According tu
the burial permits OF the health d,pare-
ment, 256 bodies were buried uiat cay in
local cemeteries OF shipped out OF ewn.
or these 226 were bodies of these who
had lost their lives in the Iroquois Thea
ter fire. F1nerals OF fire victims Logan
Friday, when eighty-nine were buried
One hundred and ninety weIe in
tered Saturday In the three days Civ
en- over 90 burials, funeral services were
said over 5d2 of the bodies, 2S3 Of which
nave been placed in Chicago buying
grounds and 300 shipped to a distan,e.
But eighty Identified dead and six un-
identified remained on Monday to be
consigned 10 their last resting places All
the identified dead were inferred By
Tuesday.
Funerals began as early as 80 o'clock
Saturday morning All day long. with
crisp sound of wheels crunching on the
choWs AHt4 ilHtu INC HNEStis ASdNlHs 10
cemeteries in az almost unbroken pro-
cession. Many bodies were not lowered
into their graves until after shutdown.
Fifty bodies were inferred in Graceland,
forty in Calvary. thirty in Forest Home.
st one time in the afternoon thirty bod
les were being lowered in the graves at
one time in Graceland in plain view
from the roadway Sunlight from cloud
less heavens spanked over the Snowy
desolation Of the cemetery. q
KneII of the Dead.
By an official proclamation OF Mayor
Harrison Saturday was set aside as a
day of mourning business in the down
town district practically was suspendeds
The large department stores closed al /
o'clock, the Board OF Trade at II
o'clock, and the Stock Exchange. Board
of Education, the courts and the public
offices in the County Building and the
City Hall were closed throughout tie
day.
Slowly, solemniy, boom of many
bells sounded the knell of the dead who
persisted in the IroQuois Theater fire. In
the hour between noon and o'clock the
melancholy clangor echoed through the
city. From Rogers Park TO hensington,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
FIXING THE BLAME.
CORONER EE6'lNS INQUEST ON
lRCCuOlS HORROR
Hunc ed $ ef W Witnesses to Be Examined
aud Many Give discriminating Tes-
imony--Grewsome Scenes Recouuted
Effort Isto Place Responsibility.

GFSef for the dead of the Iroqueis fire
was thrust aside in Chicago thursday by
the grim procedure of the law bearing
upon the calamity. The eoroner's inquest
over the bodies Of the victims of the
holocaust was begun at 10 O'Clock in the
City Council chamber Relentless inquiry
WIS begun, to follow In the wake of the
death-laden disaster and into the grand
jury room.
Witnesses heard told and retold in ter
rlble detail the story of the fire and
panic. Out of the mass of evidence the
main fact apparent was the utter care.
lessness, laundering and criminal negli.
gence that resulted in the sacrifice OF
human life. ''Iroquois" was written into
the record of the coroner TO stand for
ever a synonym for death more terrible
than the atrocious vengeance with which
the tribal name has ever been asso.
ciated.
II will probably take two weeks to
gather together the mass of evidence as
to the cause of the fire and the reason
for its quick spread through the thea
ter. More than 200 witnesses will ties
tify at the inquest, which is conducted
In person by Coroner Traeger and Dep
uty Coroner Buckley. The witnesses in.
clude actors, stage hands, spectators who
were in the playhouse and officials and
other attaches of the theater.
The first witnesses called were patrons
of the theater who saw the fatality from
beginning 10 end, and from their testi-
mony Coroner Traeger hopes to secure
new threads which will show whether
neglect OF fire precautions, faulty con
struction or other causes were mainly
responsible for the loss of life. From all
the mass of testimony the measure OF
blame to he ascribed to the theatrical
management will be determined.
No sentiment was attached to the open
ing of the coroner's inquest, says Il Chi
cago correspondent. Calm, deliberate
legal routine marked the proceedings. No
one who has followed the unofficial in.
vestigation to date doubted that the cor
oner's inquest will be followed by grand
jury action and proceedings in the Grim
inal Court.
Powers "a nd Davis Testify.
81 Harry J. Powers and viii j. Davis,
Chicago manage of the Iroquois Thea
ter. which burned, killing sol people,
made their first statements under oath
Wednesday. Fire Department Attorney
Fulkerson had them brought before him
for examination.
In answer to his Inquiries both men
professed 10 have no personal knowledge
of the management of the theater; were
uniformed as to whether employees had
instructions for action at time of fires
or panic; were uniformed as to what
fire apparatus was in the house; had
only given most general instructions to
their subordinate manager, and did not
know how many people were in the thea
ter when the fire broke out.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
EVERY THeATER CLOSED.
Thirty-Six Chicago PIayhouses Shut
by Mayors Sweeping Edict.


by Mayors Sweeping Edict.
Ashast at the possibilities of another
theater horror, the Chicago authorities
on Saturday sought the safety of null
titude II play-goers by closing the doors
of every amusement house in Chicago.
Not one of the thirty-six theaters aud
concert halls Of the city was open for
business that night.
Despite the terrible warning offered
by the IroquOis disaster, perhaps 10000
pleasure seekers were turned away from
the theater entrances Saturday evening
the edict for public safety including
buildings like the Auditorium, in which
there are a few violations of the code,
as well as the fimsily constructed thea
tiers in which the attractions are so gross
as to make the houses fire traps of the
most tFeach srous kind.
The actie "a. which was taken In the
name of the public veal by Mayor Har-
risen. means suspension Of perform
Nances fer weeks in some of the theaters,
months in others where the structures
viii have to be remodeled, while in 9TH
ers nothing will suffice but a tearing
down and a rebuilding.
The lroquois Theater was the most
modern in Chicago, yet il was turned
into a fiery furnace through which nearly
COO souls passed 10 eternity. In the re-
naming houses the conditions that made
the iroquois a firetrap are intensified TO
the maximum with the addition of men
aeing flaws in construction, seating and
exits.
Eighteen houseT were closed Friday
night because they were not eqgipped
with asbestos curtains. In the remain
ing eighteen that were darkened Satur-
day night the fireproof curtain was pres
enf. but other conditions made the play
houses suggestive of finder piles in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
ARREsTs ARE MApE.
Managers aud EzpioFes of the III
Fated Iroqaois Theater Held.

EaNcu AFOIA0ls kteHus
As Chicago began to recover from the
shock aAd stunning grief Of the Iroquois
Theatcr calamity, demands became loud
from both people and press for the ex-
emplaFy punishment Of all the men who
would seem Ia any way responsible for
the death Of nearly 600 human beings.
WifhiB fortg eight hours the silence Of
grief began to be broken by the honrse
mutterings Of rage against the apparent
crime and the possible criminals.
Late Friday night Will J. Davis and
Harry J. Powers. proprietors and man
ayers of the Iroquois Theater. and
George Williams, city building inspec-
tor. were placed under arrest on the
criminal charge Of manslaughter Arthur
T.. Hun. who lost o wife and three chill
drcn, with their maid in the holocaust.
sw0re TO the complaint on which the war
rants were issued.
Ten OF the employees OF the theater
are also in Jail. and many Of the chorus
girls of the Mr.. Blue Beard" company.
who were on the stage when the fatal
fire started. are under restraint, being
held as witnesses.
According to the Tribune an made
luately protected spot light" machine.
close to which hung the fraycd edge Of
the arch draperies. made the combination
that caused the FIRE. William McMu ,yen
the man who operated the spot light"
is under arrest with a charge Of man
slaughter against him.
Ia a signed statement regarding the
lights in the Iroquois Tienter at the time
Of the disaster ". F. MAGELLAN, manager
cf the Chicago Calcium Light Company,
declared that there never was n calcium
light in the IrOquois except the ones sent
over By the company TO assist the police
IN caring for the dead and wounded in
tia building.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
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NJR Rr5S'55aIj

John D. Rockefeller proposes 10 plant
three carloads of young maple tro es on
his estate at Tarry1own, n. Y.
Joseph jefferson has declined to visit
Australia, where. forty years ago, he
made great hit with rip Van Win
kle"
A tablet is to be erected in memory of
John Adam Dazyr, the first shoemaker
in Lynn, Mass, aud the founder of that
eity's great industry.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina is
credited with knowing more as to the
contents of the Bible than the average
member OF the Senate.
A set of silver mounted duelinx pistols
once owned by George Washington was
purchased by a New York dealer the
other day at an auction.
Two Southern Congressman served in
the volunteer army during the Spanish
war-A. A. Wiley of Alabama and Wy
att Aiken of South Carolina.
At bear hunt in Maryland lately the
Rev. S. NJ. Engle. pastor Of the Presby-
terrain Church at Parsons, w. Va, killed
two of the three bears bagged.
Mayor Feeney of Woburn, Mass, has
been elected chief magistrate of that
place FIVE times. He Is one of the young
est mayors in the United States.
Jacob Rogers Of Paterson. n. J.. build
er Of locomotives, left several millions TO
the Metropolitan museum Of New York.
The will has been sustained in the courts.
Reed Knox, son of the Attorney Gen
eral. who has been his fathers confiden-
tial clerk. win devote his time in the
future to the Knox farm at Valley Forge.
Senator Aldrich Of Rhode Island is
said to be the most athletic figure IT. the
upper house at Washington. although he
is not a young man. He is devoted to
golf.
Although Andrew Carnegie made near-
ly all his money in Pittsburg, he does
not own any property there. He has.
however. given the town many millions
OF dollars.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia says the
nineteenth century produced Eve generals
who could be called grea.-Napoleon
Wellington. Won MoItke. Grant and Rob
ert E Lea
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

| operation of the safeguards in that thea
ter for just such an emergency would
have saved the lives of about 600 peo-
pie.
Somebody IS responsible for the con-
ditions shown to have existed and enum-
Grated above. 1t is my intention to hew
to the line in an effort to establish re-
spOnsibility,"
The testimony went to show that there
were 1,606 people seated in the theater
and probably 1876 standing. 1t was said
that the Iroquois Theater Company is
incorporated, but the officers were not
prepared to say that the building had
been legally accepted from the George A.
Fuller Construction Company. Treas
urer Powers Appropriated the amount
paid TO the construction company thus
far as 1890, 600 and said he believed
about 100000 more was owing.
Mr.. Noonan. business manager of the
theater, who also testified, said he knew
that people were allowed to stand up on
the lower floor back of the last row of
seats, but insisted that he did not author
ize Head Usher Dusenberry to permit
this. He also admitted that two of he
main doors in the second tier in the (, yer
hfiN IOthEus bub a. ~ ~ hINANA tie SGf
eral doors barring the way to other exits
were locked he was not sure.
When the Iroquois fire started the au-
dience viewed it with calmness. and in
fancied security sat and waited. with
astonishing faith, until death suddenly
swooped out from the proscenium arch
and claimed nearly 600 souls. This ter
rible fact was brought ont with distinct
ness at the first session of the inquest
The great audience, largely made up of
women and children, firmly believed in
the safety Of the Iroquois Theater. For
several minutes after the sparks began to
fly on the stage the audience remained
practically motionless, watching the
stage hands trying TO extinguish the fire.
The audience sat. sane and practically
quiet, while the sparks chGnged inlo
flames.
Not until the great mass of fire leaped
out from under the stalled curtain did the
pant really start. Those persons, even
T.. the second balcony, who needed the
very first warnings, escaped without
great difficulty.
The beginnings 4 the inquest indicate
that the playhouse tragedy viii be probed
10 the very bottom, until every detail Of
the horrible calamity and its causes are
exposed to the full light Of day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

Evidence submitted under oath
proves conclusiyely that had the
skylights and yentilators over the
stage of the Iroquois Theater been
open, and the openings over the
auditorium been closed there
would have been no fire in the
audience room of the playhouse
last Wednesday and no lives need
have been lost by panic"
This statement was officially made
public by Attorney Monroe FulkersOn of
the Chicago fire department in summing
up the result of the investigation as con-
Quoted under his direction. The other
points covered by the inquiry and, in the
opinion of the attorney. conclusively
proved. tell the story Of the holocaust
as it has not appeared i'll detail In his
analysis of the vast amount of evidence
heard up to late Mr.. Fulkerson does not
attempt to place responsibility.
Following are the points which Mr..
Fulkerson announced have been proved
conclusively by the verified testimony of
witnesses:
That the fire started from an over
heated fioodlight twenty feet above the
floor by which a linen curtain. which was
nearer than usual to the light, was ig-
nited.
That the drop of the asbestos or fire
curtain was INSTRUCTED by light or light
board fastened to the wall of the thea
ter back of the proscenium arch.
That | 9th stage skylights were fast
ened down from the outside as well as
from the inside but that the ventiletor
was in working oreer and was not
thrown open.
That the larger of the two Fentilators
over the auditorium was open, and that
the stage doors were open, creating
perfect draught for the death-laden
flames which swept over the audience
That there had been previous FIRE at
the theater, and that the same obstrue-
ton at that time prevente6 the fire cur
tain's being thrown between the stage
and the audience.
Taat both skylights over the stage and
the ventilator. or fire fue, were closed
during the fire.
That the skylights and ventilator. OF
fire hue over the stage. were opened b.
employees Of the Fuller Construction Com
pany the day following the FIRE, when the
property was in the hands Of the core ner.
That, with one or two notable ex cep-
tons, the employees Of the theater de-
serted their posts. or d not understand
what should have be n their duties at
such time.
That there is no evidence that there
had been any Ere drill or systematic or
ganization of the theater employees for
the protection Of the public in an emer-
gency.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

three hcaFses. One contained four.
black hearse bearing the remains OF
mother leading to tie grave three little
white hearses carr ing the bodies Of her
three childr n.
Funeral professions that shouldered
through the weather to the grayeyards
were small In most cases only two or
three carriages followed the hearses. The
largest funerals Of wealthy people had
no more than ten " twelve. Carriages
and hearses were scarce and undertakers
had much ado 10 make them go round.
Chicago public schools remained closed
Monday as token Of sorrow for the.
teachers who died in the terrible theater
Gre. Thousands OF children mourn the
ones they knew and loved IN the class
rooms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
IN TIE AUDITORIUM.

Straight aisles lead Few at the Iroquois
ing TO exits.
Plenty OF them and Few at the Iroquois.
unObstructed.
Broad. straight stair None at the Iroquois
ways.
sufeient space be- Not much at the Iro-
tween seats. QuoiS.
Wide fire escapes, None ut the Iroouois
easy Of access.
Independent exits Few at the Iroquois
from galleries.
Opening of these Not practieed at the
exits. Iroquois.
Independent light Not used at the Iro-
ing systems. ,qBois.
No st di ng Much at the lroquois
room"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

Mrs McCauber-Here is notice
saying that II the bin is not paid, the
gas will be turned or.
Mr. McCauber-Let EN- shut Ii Off
Who cares?
But what will we do2
Put in electric lights.
But in time the bills for them VIII
come in.
Oh, well perhaps something else win
be Invented by that Exchange.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
snmething NNrnnr.

Naybor~Fhoxy won hat from me
last week. He bet me he could make
the gas company send a man 10 see
what was the matter with his meter
Queery--And did he actually sue.
ceedy
Naybor--Yes. He merely wrote In
forwarding his check in settlement of
the quarterly hil that he considered
the latter quite reasonable.-Ph ila
deiphia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

which a spark might start n killing blaze
before the occupants could reach the
outer air.
Il am going 10 shoulder the RESPONSE
hility 10 longer" said Mayor Harrison.
1t may be rough on the managers, but
there is something more important than
money, and that is human life