Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-08
CHICAGO IN !
| MOURNING.
DAY OF FUNERALS MARKS THE
OPENING OF THE NEW
YEAR.
f4IAtSs INVESTIGATION OPENS
MANY TaEATsa EMPLOYEES ARE
ARRESTED. AND HELD As
WITNESSES.
sEAIn Roll NOW NUMBERS 5s2
LIST OF MISSING NOW STANDS
At at2 AND THE INJURED
At 104.

tlOR Oh Lne lFOQuOlS nre nOrfOr yCSCeT-
day divided attention with the burial
OF the dead. The removal of the
bodies from the public moTgues to
private undertaking establishments de-
veaopetf q fresh element of uncertain.
ty in computing totals of dead and
missing.
The count OF actual corpses most.
generally agreed upon was 582. in:
ciuding 561 identified and 81 unidenti4
fed. Lists of missing vary greatly,
one authority putting. the total at 312.
Injured are figured at 104.
Day Of Mourning.
Chicago never witnessed such day
of mourning as that which ushered In
the new year. In every portion of the
city almost it seemed as though there
we're funerals going OF undertaken
wagons arriving with dead, taking
them to their homes for the last time.
While the funeral professions were
moving through. the snow-covereas
streets to various cemeteries, the
throng about the various morgues
seemed almost as large as ever. The
scenes here were the same as those of
Wednesday night and Of Thursday
and Thursday night. Many men ap-
peared at the door of Rolston's and
Jordan's morgues yesterday afternoon
who had been on their feet for forty
eight hours constantly searching for
those they had lost. The greater num-
Der of unidentified dead are in these
two places, and men who had viewed
the
Ghastty Rows Of corpses
before and had gone on unavailing
search to every other morgue in Chi.
cago went back once more to Rol-
ston's and to Jordan's almost in des.
pair, 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. Nearly all bodies which admit of
careful Identification have been car.
ried away. and. OF those which re-
main the majority are in such a con-
ditton that only the most minute and
careful inspection will be able to re.
veal their identity to those who knew
them best
It was absolutely impossible for the
bereaved relatives to secure all the
carriages they wished to convey their
friends and relatives to the cemeteries.
In many cases it was not possible for
all members of the immediate family
to ride in the funeral cortege because
no carriages could be procured for
them.
Liverynen Overwhelmed.
The liverymen were simply over
whelmed by the demands made upon
them and earnestly urged that as far
as possible the relatives should con-
tent themselves with carriage for the
pa1ibearers, 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 methods of transportation.
This was the situation in Chicago
yesterday and to-day it will be intensi-
tied. The coroners Office yesterday is
sued nearly 800 burial certificates for
people killed in the fire. Some Of
these were for persons residing in 9TH
GER cities, but they were comparatively
few,
Theater Employees Arrested.
Twelve. Of the employees OF the
Iroquois theater we're arrested Thurs
day night. on orders issued by'Chief Of.
Police O'Neil. The charge against
them is at present that Of being acces-
:sory to manslaughter. They will be