Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
CORNELL IN MOURNING
Gloom Over the University After
the Fearful Fire.
SEARCHING IN THE RUINS
Two of the Bodies Are Still Undis-
covered.
POPE'S GAME FIGHT FOR LIFE
Remains of the Dead Have Been Sent
to Their Reconsideration
of Coincidence.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ITHACA, N. Y, December s-The day
after the catastrophe at the Chi Psi Lodge
finds the university and city community
still buried in the deepest gloom. All uni
versity activities outside of the regular
classroom work were suspended, and many
professors were so affected by the extent
of the calamity that they could hardly
carry on their classes.
At late hour this afternoon the bodies
of oliver L. Schmuck and James Nc
Cutcheon were carried from Sage Chapel,
where they had been resting, to the rail-
road station and shipped to their homes.
Four hundred Cornell seniors marched in
the procession behind the hearse carrying
Schmuck's body to the station, where it
was shipped to Hanover, Pa, the home of
his parents. All of the wore badges
of mourning. AS a special guard of honor
President Taylor of the senior class dele
gated Howard Maxwell Rogers and Adolph
Coors, two of the prominent members of
the class of 1907, to accompany the re-
mains to Hanover and to represent the
class at the funeral ceremonies.
A little earlier this afternoon the entire
sophomore class had formed outside of
the chapel and escorted Mrs. McCutcheon
and the body of her son James to the Lee
| high Valley railroad station, whence 1t
burg.
Bodies Not Found.
| At a meeting of the senior class this
/ afternoon resolutions of sympathy for the
| relatives of the deceased and for the Chi
Psi Fraternity were adopted special
| resolution extending the sympathy of the
! entire university to the relatives of the
three gallant firemen who were killed in
| the disaster was unal mously adopted.
/ Another resolution passed provided for
period of mourning for the entire class
until the holidays. The TompkinS County
| Bar Association met this afternoon and
adopted series of resolutions in memory
L Of Attorney Robinson The fire committee
| has appropriated ST. 500 for The families Of
each of the men.
Meanwhile a large force of men was at
| work, under the direction of Attorney Paul
Clymer searching ruins for the bodies
of Nichols and Grell. The supposed charred
trunk that was found late yesterday after
noon was declared by physicians not to be
| the remains of human form. All day
| long the work continued. Piles of debris
| were removed and thrown into the gorge,
| but up to a late hour this afternoon no
| trace of the bodies was found.
| Mr.. and Mrs Nichols arrived from Chi
| cago and the parents of young Grell reached
| the scene early this morning. All day long
| the grief-stricken parents watched at the
| ruins, expecting every minute to find some
trace of the bodies of their loved Ones but
| all in vain. Scores of students, members of
| the faculty, frat boys. and alumni, who
F.! had returned to help. aided the laborers in
| their work. but nothing was found. Here
/ and there piece of jewelry, remnants of a
| charred book, shreds of costly tapestry,
! beautiful hangings, and other relics of the
| one-tme beautiful furnishings appeared,
/ but not a sign of a body.
| At an early hour this morning dynamite
| was resorted to to demoish the still stand
| ing chimneys, and to tear apart the mass
| of stone which was thought to be covering
| the remains Of the young men. In two
| huge blasts both chimneys were thrown to
| the ground and the debris was scattered all
| over the campus. The shock and roar was
| heard all over town. Huge windows in
the Cornell library, Morrill,, McGraw and
| White halls were shattered, and the crash
could be distinctly heard all over the hill.
| Clouds of smoke and ashes hid the ruins
| for several minutes. Several other blasts
were set off. and most of the walls
| now demolished. The men will work all
| night looking for the dead.
Fight With Death.
In the City Hospital Clarence ]. Pope is
| fighting for life. With the death of Nc
| Cutcheon, Pope is now the only seriously
injured survivor Of the catastrophe. All
last night the directors despaired of his
| life. In his attempt to escape he kicked
| in a window of room which was mass
| of flames, and the fire struck him full in
| the face. He inhaled much of the flames
| that the physicians were surprised that he
did not die outright But the courage and
grit that has characterized his work on the
! than in this battle with death. All
| through the night his powerful physique
withstood every attack of the grim pursuer,
| and at an early hour this morning he got
| the upper hand Throughout the day he
| has held his own and at sunset he was re-
| ported to be even a bit better. The doctors
covery, although they profess to believe
| that It Is slim one.
The scene at his bedside is one of great
| pathos. His mother, father and sister. with
his fiancee, arrived late last night and his
brother this morning. Since reaching him
they have never left his bedside. His
| fiancee, beautiful young woman, though
| nearly crazed by grief, hangs over the bed
| hour after hour eagerly waiting for sign
| of consciousness. The chances are against
| his recovery, however.
McCutcheon's Last Words.
| The others who were injured in the fire
| are improving rapidly. r. R. Powers is in
the city hospital, suffering from slight
| burns about the hands and face. w. w.
| Goetz who jumped from the third floor Is
| suffering from strains but, considering the
height of the jump, his escape is miracu-
| lous. H A. Uhilein was badly burned about
| the body and face, but he is expected to re-
cover in a few days. He is in the City
| Hospital. The rest of the men are scattered
| among the frat. houses.
| A pitiful story is told about McCutcheon.,
| In the few moments which he lived after he
| was carried to the infirmary, he rarely be-
| came conscious. But in one Of those min
| utes he was heard to exclaim; Don't let me
| live! Don't let me live!" He realized the
! fearful condition of his body as result of
| the terrible burns.
| The cause of the fire Is still mystery.
| Expert engineers and architects were on
| the spot today making examinations, but
/ SO far no satisfactory theory has been
1 evolved.
| A memorial service for the dead will be
| held in Sage Chapel tomorrow afternoon.
Rev. James Brodie Of Auburndale. Miss,
| the university preacher, will deliver short
| Cl,,,x will 1ao 4