The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-09
II WAS 4 DAY OF FUNERALS mines AND MINING NEWS
CHICAGO SPENT SUNDAY IN
RuRYlNo VICTIMS.
Was not Enough Hsarses to Supply
osmand-tieavy Snow Retarded
Prosress-some Funerals Deferred a
pay--Men Worked All Night In
cemeteriss-TotAl Dead sss.

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cemeteries--TotAl Dead 6ss.
: Chicago, Jan. 4.-Sunday was a day
Of funerals in Chicago and yet many
were unable to bury their dead. The
unprecedented demand for hearses and
carriages would have been enough In
itself 10 task to the very utmost the
resources Of the undertakers. but the
heavy snow that has fallen during the
last two days has increased their diff
heuities enormously. All Of the GENE.
teries In Chicago are miles from the
business center and resident districts
and with good weather and the
streets In passable condition il is q
matter Of several hours to reach any
OF them. Sunday. when every hearse
was in demand. II required about twice
as long 10 reach = cemetery as under
normal conditions. Arrangements were
made by the undertAkers to have as
many funerals as possible held In the
early part OF the day IN order TO al.
low. II possible. the use Of the hearses
for second funeral In the afternoon.
In many instances families who wait.
ed for the return Of the hearses were
disappointed and were compelled TO
defer the burial Of their beloved ones
The cemeteries were compelled to
keep men Al work all through the
night digging graves. and IN some Of
the larger cemeteries they barely man
aged TO make them with suflcient
speed. At one time Sunday fourteen
Durlals were in progress in RosehiIl
J cemetery. ali Of them victims OF Wed.
nssday's ere.
In the rooms 81 one undertaken q
frateFnal organization held services
, over Eve members Of their order al
the same time. The funeral services
over the remains Of Ella and Edith
F'reckelton. sisters. was held In Boule-
! ward hall. Fully 5000 people were in
attendance aRd 800 more stood out
side in the biting wind until the fun
J crai had departed for the cemetery.
In the home OF the millionaire
manufacturer. Ludwig Wolf. was held
the quadrupie funeral OF his daughter.
Mrs. william H. earn. and her three
children. A crowd Of more than one
thousand persons surrounded the
house and the police were compelled
to open = passAGcway for the pail
bearerA
Funeral Of Clarence .. Scott.
BlnRhamptnn. N. Y. Jan. 4.-One
Of the most largely attended funerals
ever held here was that Of Clarence
Burr Scott. Harry Judson." Of the
Millionaire company. who was burned
70 death In the Iroquols theater FIRE
In Chicago. Rev. DR.. A. W. HammIs,
drawing q lesson from the sham pro-
lection Of the theater. said:
God gives 4 protection 70 those
Who trust in IN that drops down
in time Of temptation and is made Of
asbestos and not of.burlap."
Funeral Of the rioists.
A funeral conducted in a humble
manner was ned few squares from
the Wolf residence at the same time
Ia was that OF Mrs. Mary II. Hoist and
her three children. ali Of whom died
in the Inflated second balcony. Mrs
Hoist was = sister OF ex-Chief Of Pc
lice Badenoch. and II was he who
Identified the bodies Of the mother
and her three children, Fully a. many
people were around the email frame
church in which this funeral gathered
as outside tho pretentious Wolf man
sion. and here. too. the police were
. compelled TO open passageway fol
the caskets as they were borne TO the
. hearses. These are but instances oi
: what happened throughout the length
and breadth Of Chicago today. Mul
: tipiy the funerals mentioned by 20 and
better idea can be had Of this frs
Sabbath day In the new year.
The list Of dead was Increased e
SIS by the death Of Leroy Rainbolt
boy Of years. who was severel!
burned.
J. OF the ten bodies at the count!
morxue. four more were identified
They we're: Mrs. Mary A. Fair, Sadi'
Ludwig. Dorothy Lemager. IL years
Emma Reynolds. Z years.
a The injured OF whom there is an
record now number 1903, although tn
liz number OF those who were hurt slight
q, ~ would swell this number greatly
ss Numbers Of people went to thei
IN. homes after the Gre without repor'
Ing themselves to the police as II
as iured.
not Outside Of the numerous funeral
,st that were held Sunday II was the hrs
,as day OF rest the city has known sine
a. wednesday afternoon. Less than
rcd persons called at the office OF tn
md chief Of police for permits to Wis
,ss morgucs and few people were at q
IN. hospitals.
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