New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-18

Although II marked the third day after the
disaster. and the first outbursts OF distracted
anguish had IN many instances given place to
ieaden eyed despair yesterday was q Black
Friday on the East Side. the blacklist Friday in
the history OF the little brick Church OF ST
Marks German Lutheran history which be-
gan away back IN the early 4Os.
From unrise until sunset, and again from
dusk to dawn. the desolation OF desolations
staIked In Little Germany. as the region around
and about the Sixth-st. church is known. AL
day funeral professions wound through the
.horoughfares and undertakers' wagons ratified
over the cobbled streets All day flags on school
and business houses IN the district few at half
mast and black or white rosettes outlined the
doorposts AL day pavements, easements and
l,ntels were alive with mourners, and the har-
rowing scenes before the bulletin boards Of the
dead and missing, where the news OF the add
tional saved seemed pitifully meagre, were
duplicated with sickening reiteration-
THE LONG NIGHT DEATH WATCHES.
Al night lights burning IN hundreds OF upper
windows spoke OF long death watches within
These we're the outward and visible signs OF the
6esolation-
Others there were that few eyes saw. daugh-
tiers who suffered IN grief racked solitude.
Racn-a= zsho Uept for their children and would
women, the soft contours q whose features pain
had sharpened n q night etching cruel lines
from the edge OF the nostrt-s 10 the corner Of
the mouth: hard, ferret faced men. who broke
down and snUfied for the first time, perhaps.
IL al their rough careers; stolid- suffering Teu-
tons. who could not ind relief IN tears; little
ones who asked parheticaIIy why their missing
schoolmates did not come. and could not under
stand-these were common sDectacles-
WithaI, The cloud Of sorrow that hung above
the region was not without its silver Innings in
the shape Of hopeful Incidents: those accounted
lost returning safe and sound; little. unobtrusive
acts OF herolsm and self-abnegation that cropped
out from time 10 time.
DIDN'T KNOW WHY MOTHER CRIED
An example OF this, containing pathos. too. oc-
CURED in the middle Of the afternoon. when
small lean bodied. apple checked rogue Of
boy appeared al the entrance 70 the church
holding by the hand q winsome little lassie, the
exact duplicate N feminine Of himself
I'm Lewis Miller, OF No 100 St Marks
Place" he told the policeman Of the Information
bureau, cheerily whipping a battered cap from
tousled head Of yellow hair
This" he piped proudly is my sister MIN
NE. We're saved, thank you, sir We came 10
report"
Mother was glad 70 see Us, guess" he ex-
planned unconsciously lowering his tone, oUt
why she cried when she saw Us. dunno"
Of acts OF heroism and kindness. OF ministers
who stood az their posts virtually night and
DAY, comforting the afflicted, heartening the de-
spondent, reassuring the doubters. Of women
who nltnistered 10 the distressed. carrying flow
ers into barren tenement houses-of these there
was no stint.
Such a one was Miss G. F. Halves. Of Whittier
Hall, Brooklyn, who went around among the
East Side florists. begging flowers for the dead
children's collins.
II some cases, she said she found only
htue bare wood coffin, propped up on TWO chairs
ST. MARKS LOSES ALL OFFICERS.
Il became known at a meeting Of 40 clergy
men OF various denominations in st. Marks
Church yesterday that the officers Of the church
had been completely wiped out by the disaster
The were Cord Sackmann. corresponding
secretary OF the congregation and trustee;
Charles Anger assistant superintendent Of the
Sunday school leader OF the Bible class and
e.der; William H Schaefier, secretary OF the
Sunday school: William H Pullman, treasurer
OF the church and elder; Peter Fettig. chairman
OF The poor committee: H. c. Schnude, superin-
fencenr ~ the English Sunday school; Miss
MARY Aue1dsche.E. alto singer Ia the choir and