Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-01-06

Chicago Special.-Tre total number
OF dead in the theatre fire has been def
initcly established at 5S7. Of whi,h but
l. remain unidentified.
Bells to!li9S At noon suspended hrsi-
ness activity, and long lines of funerals
making their way - The outlying dis
tricts Ware the cemeteries are situ-
atcd-taose circumstances evidenced
! Chicaco's outward q lei fo- The vie
tins Gi the I'oquois Theatre disaster
Saturday. Priests and ministers O, the
different churches were kept busy. rs
they will he FOR some days.
The unidentified dead will be kept
rs long rs possible at the moraucs. If
no one comes to lay claim to the bodies
they Will be buried at the cities oX-
rcnsc. by common consent Of the
clergy, Lead. Kindly Light" the Z eat
! hymn written BY Cardinal John New
nan. is being sung at all the runc ais.
When Il was - O'Clock the chimes
of Tho North Side Church tollel d.rge
! a1i The northeast wind waited il over
! tho city. Before the first notes had
! died away. another chime. farther
! south. snundeC mou nful information.
ThcA n hurd~cl bells broke forth in a
mighty dicpasoH, whose iron moans
seemed TO reach the gray clouds and
/ echoed back again in sc,cmn accord.
y 81 storm which prevailed added
10 The so'"mnity. An intense quiet
ness in thc atmosphere itself. The alb
senc' or al holiday appearances and
! the numerous funeral cortcgcs. rs they
slowly moved IN ough the sncw-storm.
whi'e tho church bells were tolling.
combined 10 w2',c the Ccca zion one as
peculiarly Chccrless as il was solemn
and impressive.
TIE city hail. except the absolutely
necessary dorortmcuts. was closed to-
day. The bo0rd Of ta-de closed an
hour carrier than usual and n number
of mercantile and manuractu i'm estab-
! lsihmtnts also closed earlier. The big
state street department stores closed
their doors at noon The purpose OF
thc proprietcrs had been TO afford IA
cilitics for The be-eaved thousands to
secure mourning goods by keeping the
stores open
Tht+y-fcur teachers in the public
schools are knC" to have lost their
lives in the fire. and tho schools we're
ordered closed Monday in their mem
DRY.
Chicago. SpecaI-Srnday wns day
N
thine in the history OF the city all OF
the peoDle who desired to bury their
dead were unable to do so. TIE un-
rrcccdcnted demand for hearSes and
cSrria@es would have been enough in
Itself to t"s'J to the utmost the re-
sources Of the unde"talCrs. but the
heavy snow thot has fallen during he
last two days has increased tNeir diff
fcultics enormously. All OF the ceme-
teries in Chicago are miles from the
business centre. Announcements we're
made by the uDdertatcrs to have rs
many funerals aS pCsS'ble he'd in the
early part of the Gay in order to allow.
II rossih'e. the Usc of tie hcqree for n
second frnoral in tho afternoon. In n
number OF cGr0S this was done bit
thcre were Instances where the fomi- |
l'eS who we've 20 w"it for 'he return of |
the hcarsc were disa appointed and wee !
compello1 to dcfcr the burial On thur
deod until tomt. row
The cemeteries were comnCNCd to !
Keen mon Mt work oil trroUch the !
ripht digging graves. onl in some of !
the lnreer comctories they bn,cly m~n-
aged 70 make them 1T Sufficient s"e 4. !
AT one time this afternoon. II bur as |
were in proer'ss n hose Hul Ce~e-
terry and all nf them were TIE in;er-
r?ents OF v.citu's CT tic fire =
In the roor's Of cne underto'cr on !
the south size &C tre city a fraternal !
O:rcnizat'on h~'d s"-v'cos over five |
Terbeis of ttoir order ut tie snne
t're Hnd all Of thom wee N-r'e1 sle
ly SIZE in W9l!hCim Cemetery. The
funeral sC'vi"cs Cver t"e rcmo'rs o.
Fro snd Ecy'h Frccrcron. sisters
Voc tCd in Ho",Cvard Hall at Fftv
ffh an1 Faiste'd strelts. frliy 200
persons rc'ng in "ttnnfrnce I'D 20
r-orp s.ocd- -o,ft-''c ~ tho "'nl rn,"
'rc frneral had departed fer Cn,,wool
Cemetery.
foc'mor. Lrdwig V'o'T. ~ Waeh M
tc1 bc,'lcv-~f. WIS held tho O." .'ru-
+, neral OF his daugNt"- Mrs. Wm. y
earn end her ttrce ch hron. \ crow
OF rrore th1n 1000 poo2'e s"~~oun e
tie no sc nnd tie rN'i"e were Co
rc1N1 to c9en a passo1eway 70: III
Inll-bearors.
a funeral conducted IN hlr' bic"
ranrCr ives Fo'd a few sry@rcs fro"
ne Wolf res'feoce. Tt WIS sat
Mrs. M"ry w. I'olt ard No' th'oe chi
dien. I'll % vhorl f,ol in~* @ iI-f~t'
s-rond balrcny Fully "s r,ouy VCo1'
were p~orni the sr'Nll frar1e cn"rcN
in which this f"n~-al wa1 hold as "er"
gathered o~ts'0e tie nrCto1;ioTs VOC
rnrnsion, cni here ss N front CT Mr.. ]