The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
CHICAGO A CITY Of GD|EF

UiaiUfluu U#Utlf VI AttfLH
Funerals Of 1roquois Fire Vic
Tins are Held All Over Town.
VIOLATE PUBLIC SAFETY LAW.
Mayor Closes nineteen Theaters
Where Ordinances Are ignored.
These Had No Asbestos Fire Cur
taln-Three Euro.ed Burial Permits.
Chicago, Jan. 2~.--1tayor Carter Har-
rison took steps ID provide as far as
possible against 1. n petition of We'd
nesday's horror al the Iroquois he
ater. AS tho result Of an inyestiga-
ton made at his orders, nineteen the
aters and museums were ordered
closed. some Of them being among the
lead!l., and most popular playhouses
or the city. The action of the mayor
was based on one single violation OF
TIE iJs uances, which are intended to-
PROF. the patrons Of theaters from
JUS. sssch an occurrence that cost so
many Ives on Wednesday. Every one
of the +. places had omitted to supply
an asAlFatos curtain.
Only twenty-one unidentified dead
remasn in the several morgues. The
total number of bodies that have been
accounted for is $50. OF these, 561
have baen Identified.
The public schools Of Chicago will
be closed on Monday on account Of the
large number of funerals of victims
OF the fire. All the church bells of
Chicago tolled at noon today In token
of grief, while the bodies Of those who
lost their lives at the theater were
receiving the last rites.
Such a day OF mourning Chicago
never before Witnessed. In every
portion of the city almost it seemed,
there were funerals going or under
takers wagons arriving with dead,
brought to their homes for the last
time. While funeral professions were
moving through the snow-covered
streets to various cemeteries, the
throngs about the various morgues
and undertaking establishments
seemed almost as large as ever. Many
men appeared al the door of Rolston's
and Jordan's morgues who had been
on their feet f%orty-eight hours, con
stantly searching for those they had
lost. The greater number OF dead
are in these two places and men who
had viewed the ghastly rows Of
corpses before and had gone on an
unavailing search to every other
morgue ana undertaking room in the
city to which the dead from the the
ater had been taken, came back once
more TO Rolaton's and Jordan's 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. In many others
they were not. Practically all Of the
bodies which admit of careful identi-
f1cation have been carried away and Of
those which remain the majority are
in such a condition that only the most
minute and careful inspection will be
able TO reveal their identity to those
who knew them best.
Liveryrnen Overwhelmed.
The liverymen we're simply over
whelmed by the demands made upon
them and earnestly urged that as far
as possible the relatives should con.
tent themselves with a carriage for the
pail bearers, the hearse and one other
carriage for the family. Where there
were more members Of the family
than could conveniently ride in the
single carriage they were compelled
to make their way to the cemetery by
other means OF transportation. The
coroner's Office during the day issued
nearly 800 burial certificates for peo-
pie killed In the Are. Some of these
were for people residing in other cit.
les. but they were comparatively few.
The entire family of Frederick S.
Pend, cashier of the Deering Reaper
works, was exterminated by the fire.
IN the disaster Mr.. Pond lost his wife
and two children, all OF whom have
been identified. A sister of Mrs.
Pond, Miss Grace Tuttle, is still
among the missing. Helen, a sever
year-old daughter OF Mr.. Pond, was
identified solely by her teeth. A club
pin was all that led to the recognition
OF Raymond Pond, fourteen years old.
The funeral of Mrs. Pond and her two
children will be delayed until the body
OF Miss futile is found.
Pathetic Incident on Street Car.
IA pathetic incident occurred on the
Cottage Grove avenue cable line.
This passes within a half square of
Rolston's morgue. A man, haggard
and worn, walked up to a Cottage
Grove avenue car and climbed aboard,
carrying i'm his arms the body of q
little golden haired girl. The form
WIS partially wrapped in q canvas
cloth, but not sufficiently to conceal it.
AS the father took his seat with the
child In his arms. the conductor eyed
him doubtfully and then touched him
on the shoulder, saying: II am sorry.
but he rules OF the company do not
permit the carrying OF bodies in this
manner. I must ask you to leave the
car.ss