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AFTERMATH
OF HORROR
Deepest Glooni Settles Upon
Grief=Stricken Chicago.
DISASTER #0! [Hill
Death List Not Yet Accurately Known But
Total Casualties ot Theatre Holocaust
Will Go Above the Thousand Mark.
For the first time since Chicago has
possessed bells to pea), whistles to
shriek and horns to blow, the old year
was allowed silently lo take its place
In history and the new permitted to
come with no evidence of joy at its
birth.
in an official proclamation issued
Thursday afternoon by Mayor Carter
Harrison, he made the suggestion that
tho usual New Year’s celebration be
for this time omitted. The idea found
a ready response in tire hearts of the
people, and the mayor’s words in fact
only gave utterance to llie suppressed
thoughts that, had filled them all.
Ordinarily, on New Year’s eve the
streets of tho city are filled with mer
ry-makers, but the only throngs to be
found were those; around the morgues;
ordinarily, numbers of fashionable res
taurants in the heart of the city are
filled with light-hearted revelers, who
toast the year that is passing and hail
tho year that comes. Thursday night
these places were comparatively de
serted and some of them closed en
tirely with doors locked and curtains
down.
From early Thursday morning until
late at night crowds her.iefied the un
dertaking rooms and hospitals looking
fer tho, dead and injured. Policemen
were detailed at nil places where the
dead and injured had been carried,
to restrain the anxious in n and wo
men who pressed in at the doorways
and Inquired for their lost friends and
relatives.
In all the undertaking rooms the
bodies were placed, as far as possible,
upon cots, and when these were ex
hausted stretched in long linos upon
the floors', and a constant succession
of pale-faced men and tearful women
proceeded slowly between (lie lines
lifting lho covers from the charred
and bruised faces and searching In
the clothing of-flio dead for something
‘TTtwavhirh /ttrtTu iujst ones could be rec
ognized. In many’ InKtances women
fainted when lifting„ «J}ft-Sheot-f¥QBL.
some face in which they recognized
tho features of a dead child or a beau
tiful young gild. Scenes that wore en
acted around the bodies of the little
children wore pathetic in the extreme.
While the crowds of anxious seekers
for news besieged the morgues, Ihe
telegraph and long distance' telephone
offices were almost swamped with the
flood of inquiring imyrngos. < Messen
ger boys from the telegraph office of
tho Postal and Western Union .carried
bundles of messages, arid’ tbiefiterrlflc
rush of business was still ion. private
wires' of stock exchanges and hoard
of trade houses were'likewise, loaded
down with inquiries and fmg^ejrs.
Woe is on Every Side.
It is no extravagance oMnrgnage to ■
say that the city. is stuntied by the
overwhelming tragedy cnaclud when
the theatre which housed "Mr. Blue
beard” became a chain her, of horror#
indeed. There is the deepest woe in
hundreds of homes, deep sorrow in a
thousand others, and a pity btiyund
the potency of words to convey drt all.
The first streak of daylight on, the
snow-covered streets Thursday morn
ing found the morgues sdill the sorrow
haunted centers of many a searcher.
There wer? husbands searching for:
wives, frenxied parents seeking their
children, so many of Whom last their,
lives .and in some 'instAhces. wild
eyed children, still dazed front the hor
ror of their experience, groped dis
tressingly about in search of father
or mother.
The total number of victims involved
in the tragedy are estimated at 1.088,-
the dead are estimated at 564; the
missing are 314. This includes the
vast number of people n’hft arc either
dead, injured or unidentified which
have not as yet been accounted for.
One'' , n«fiilred and fifty seven are in
the city Hospitals. It is estimated that
53 of th<* injured will die. These fig
ures are furnished from a careful sum
mary made of the tragedy returns from
all seetj/ons of the city. jaelfHiifig the
temporary morgues and
doctors’ offl ces and private residences
and homes
is based upon Information returned by
the police, aijp news-
liKLfjlotivl KOOhEVtLI iNyOkbtD
By Georgia Republican State Central Com
mittee at Meeting in Atlanta.
President Roosevelt himself, and ev
erything that he has dona since being
in office was endorsed Thursday by
the republican state central commit
tee of Georgia, which met in the sen
ate chamber of the state capitol at
Atlanta. Walter H. Johnson, of At
lanta, presided over the meeting in
the absence of \V. A. Pledger, tho
chairman. Pledger is very ill and may
not live. J. H. Deveaux, of Savannah,
acted as secretary of the committee.
Judson A. Lyons, register of the treas
ury, was present at the meeting, hav
ing come from Washington for the
purpose of assisting in fixing the dare
of the convention.
It was unanimously decided to hold
the convention in Atlanta at 12 o'clock
of March 23, 1904, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the national con
vention which meets in Chicago.
The following was the resolution fix
ing the time of the convention:
“Resolved, That a state convention
of the republicans of Georgia is hereby
called to assemble in Atlanta at 12
o’clock on March 3, 1904, for the pur
pose of electing four delegates to the
republican national convention to as
semble in Chicago on June 21, 1904,
and for the purpose of transacting
such other business as may come bo
fore it.”
Tho resolution was adopted without
opposition, and the secretary of the
meeting will issue the formal call at
once in order that all the delegates
will have knowledge of it in time.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed by the committee on the death of
certain republicans since the last meet
ing of the committee:
“Whereas, it hath pleased Almighty
God in His wise providence to take
from us Hon. A. E. Buck, Col. R. D.
Locke, Major W. H. Smyth, Hon. P.
O. Holt, Captain L. M. Pleasants, Hon.
J. J. Hamilton, Hon. Nash Johnson,
fellow republicans and honored citi
zens; lie it
“Resolved, That this committee feels
that the state of Georgia and the re
publican party has sustained a great
loss and extend its sympathies' to ihe
families of each of the honored dead.”
Tho committee also expressed a
great desire that every republican in
the state should become a qualified
voter, and on this subject the follow
ing resolutions were passed:
"Be it resolved by the republican
state central committee of Georgia
that the republican county commit
tees of the state are hereby instructed
and urged to see uiat every republican
possible in Georgia be qualified to vote
for all republican candidates.”
The most important thing done by
the committee, however, was the in
dorsement of President Roosevelt. The
resolution which brought about the
indorsement was introduced by H. A.
liucKCr, collector of internal revenue
at Atlanta.
kaiser bill seeking trouble.
Alleged That He is Trying to Buy a Coaling
Station at St. Thomas.
Information lias reached Washington
to the effect that Germany is making
a quiet but determined effort to secure
possession of a coaling station at St.
Thomas, one of the Danisn West In
dian islands.
The news conies in a manner that
requires further information before
official notice can he taken of it, as
such rumors have not been infrequent
in recent years The United States
government has offered a fair price for
the Danish West Indian islands, which
price the executive branch of the Dan
ish government consented to accept by
the signature of a treaty, even though
the latter was rejected by the Danish
congress.
The feeling in Washington is that
the matter has progressed too far to
allow any third party to come into
the transaction. In other words, Den
mark is expected to sell the islands
to the United States or to retain them.
Wife of Ex-Governor Bead.
Mrs. B. L. Conley, wife of ex-Gov
eruor Benjamin 1.. Conley, of Georgia,
died suddenly at her home in Atlanta
Thursday morning. She had been ill
only a short time, and it was not
thought that her illness was a seriou.?-
NINETEEN PL AY IIOISES ARE CLOSED.
Chicago’s Mayor Lakes Action Against Vio
lators of City’s Safety laws.
At Chicago, Friday, Mayor Carter H.
Harrison took steps to provide, as iar
as possible, against a repetition of
! the Iroquois theatre horror. As a re.
’ suit of an investigation made at his or
i dors, nineteen theatres and ntstseoms
! were ordered closed. The ’act. o' - the
; mayor was based on a single f ie’Atie
, of the ordinances which are ifitwta|
,to protect the patrons of
, This was that every one -of
■ places had omitted to supply arflH
' beVlos curtain. 4 w:- til
COMMOfIO.U MiCIIOLSOH
OF OUR NAVY
RasonuneniJs Pe-ru-na—Otlior Pro
minent Men Testify.
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D. C., says:
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that I ara convinced of its curative
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that complaint.”—S. Nicholson.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement.
Men of all classes and stations are
equally represented.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pe
runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you bis
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna
Almanac for 1904.
HIS POSITION.
“Well,” said the college president,
“I guess we’ll have to add another
man to the faculty.”
“Where is the vacancy?”
“Why. wo need an official surgeon
for the football team.”—Chicago Post
May Build National Theatre.
A Breslau journal announces that
Gerhart Hauptmann has a plan of
building a national theatre, a la Bni
reutli, at Schreiberhau, in the Giant
Mountains, where every summer about
fifteen or twenty performances of Ger
man plays could be given.
neafnens Cannot Be Ctirrnl
by local applications as they cannot roach the
diseased portion of tho ear. There Is only one
way to euro deafness, and that is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lining o!
tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound orimper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tube re
stored to Its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollarsfor any
case of Deafnessfcausedby catarrh)that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Wealth of South Africa.
The numerous islands of Patagonia
archipelago are covered with ever
green forests capable of supplying im
mense quantities of valuable timber,
while the mountain ranges, being of
the same geological formation as those
of Chile and Peru are probably rich in
mineral resources.
I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
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F.Boyek, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
There is nothing sadder than the man
who has loved and lost —unless it is the
man who has loved and won.
No muss or failures made with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes.
Wise is the man who is able to keep his
mouth shut when he has nothing to say.
Teosinte and Trillion Hollar Grass.
The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for 14 tons of hay and the other
SO tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yield
ing UO.OOO lbs. sheep and swine food per
acre. [A.C.L.]
- JUST SEND IOC. IN STAMTS TO THE
John A. i>alzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis..
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots of farm seed samples.
In the United States the sparrow has six
broods a year; in England; seldom over
three.
A Father’s Worry.
Your poor wearied wife losing sleep
night after night nursing the little one suf
fering from that night fiend for children
and horror to parents, citour, should have
a bottle of Taylor's Cherokee Remedy oi
fcSweet Gum and Mullein, an undoubted
■croup preventive atul cure for coughs, cold -
I and consumption.
At druggists, 25c., 50c. and SI.OO a bottle.
\ A man who is looking for trouble can
[usually find it without trouble.
EMPLOYEES ARRESTED.
A. Day's Developments in Theatre Hor
ror at Chicago--Dcatk List
Grows Apace.
Following is the summary of events
as» developed in Chicago during Friday:
Estimated dead list, 582; identified
dead, 450; unidentified dead, 132; miss
ing, about 300; injured, 104; Chief
Electrician Bernard is formally charg
ed with manslaughter; fifteen em
ployes of the Iroquois theatre are un
der arrest; Klaw & Erianger guaran
tee the presence of all members of
the Bluebeard Company at the trial
on the charge of manslaughter; major
ity of members of Bluebeard company
are without clothing, money or lodging
and are absolutely destitute; all strik
ing drivers at work burying the vic
tims; Mayor Harrison requested that
all business in the city be suspended
for the day; every flag in Chicago is
at half mast and black and white cloth
is hanging on many doors.
A Chicago special says: Archibald
Bernard, chief electrician of the Iro
quois theatre, was taken into custody
by the police Friday and will be held
pending an inquiry into tho causes of
the disaster. After being closely ques
tioned for two hours by the police,
Bernard was formally charged with
“manslaughter.”
Detectives were sent to summon
Manager Will J. Davis, of the Iroquois
theatre to police headquarters.
Detectives were ordered also to
make headquarters at the hotels and
watch the members of the company, to
see that none of them left.
Twelve employes of the Iroquois
theatre were arrested Thursday night
on orders issued by Chief of Police
O’Neill. The charge against them is
at present that of being accessory to
manslaughter. They will be held pend
ing the verdict of the coroner’s jury.
After being taken in custody by the
police, four of the men told Chief
O’Neill that they had been requested
by people connected with the theatre
to leave the city. When asked who
advised them to do this, they first re
fused to say, but later admitted that
the advice was given by Assistant
Stage Manager Plnnkitt.
They said they were about to follow
Plunkitt’s advice, and all of them had
their trunks packed and would have
been out of the city had not the police
arrested them.
Pitiless investigation of the fire hor
ror during the day divided attention
with the burial of the dead.
The removal of bodies from the pub
lic morgues to private undertaking es
tablishments developed a fresh ele
ment of uncertainty in computing to
tals of dead and missing.
More arrests of persons who may
be held responsible are not improbable.
The City Press Association discon
tinued all attempts to keep track of
dead bodies at the morgues. Instead
of records at the morgues, the issue
of burial permits at the coroner’s of
fice was substituted as a less unsatis
factory method of holding the death
count.
SFNATOR TILLMAN ON RACE QUESTION.
Characteristic Address Made by Carolinian
Before an Atlanta Audience.
“When southern women ask us to
shield them from this black menace
we’ll do it, so help us God,” exclaimed
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, as his
concluding remark in a lecture at At
lanta, Ga., Friday night.
The subject handled by the sena
tor was “The Race Question,” and he
discussed it with his usual vigor. He
made several references to the fif
teenth amendment, declaring that
South Carolina nullified it years ago
and that Georgia did it spasmodically
whenever it suited her to do so.
“We are not going to have any free
ballot and fair count so long as that
amendment is on the statute books,’
he declared emphatically.
He described in detail conditions as
they exist at the south, and declared
that the remedy lay in the repeal 01
the constitutional amendment which
gave the negro the ballot. Georgia, he
said, was not much in danger of losing
representation in congress, as this
state has not enacted any legislation
along the line that his state and others
in this section had followed.
BIG RAILROAD SHOPS BURNED.
Disastrous Blaze Occurs at Nashville, Tenn.,
Entailing Enormous Loss.
The Tennessee Central railroac'
shops in south Nashville burned
Thursday night, entailing an estimat
ed total loss of $320,000. The boiler
shops, planing mill, blacksmith shop,
round house, machine shops, store
room and office were almost entirely
consumed, and four locomotives, one
combination and four box cars destroy
ed. The loss in rolling stock is esti
mated at $70,00/0, fully insured. It »s
said that there was an insurance of
but $35,000 cn the plant.
fHMiss Gannon, Sec’y Detroit?!
Amateur Art Association, tells
young women what to do to
avoid pain and suffering caused
by female troubles.
“ Dear Mrs. Pixscam : I can con
scientiously recommend Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
to those of my sisters suffering with
female weakness and the troubles
which so often befall women, I suf
fered for months with general weak
ness, and felt so weary that I had hard
work to keep up. I had shooting pains,
and was utterly miserable. In my dis
tress I was advised to use Eydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound, and it was a red letter day to
me when I took the first dose, for at
that time my restoration began. In
six weeks I was a changed woman,
perfectly well in every respect. I felt
so elated and happy that I want all
women who suffer to get well as I did.”
Miss Guila Gasinqn, 359 Jones St.,
Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art
Association s£oooforfeit If original of above
tetter proving genuineness cannot be produced.
When one considers that Miss
Gannon’s letter is only one of the
cousitless hundreds which w©
are continually publishing in the news
papers of this country, the great virtue
of Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine must ba
admitted by all.
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MORE FttAUiiviu.
“I would give the world to make
you happy,” said the romantic young
man.
“Never mind about the world,” said
the level-headed lass; “just you make
sure of twenty-five dollars a week
with reasonable prospects of promo
tion.”
GUIDE TO BEAUTY.
She—l have two very dear friend 3
—Agnes and Florence.
He—Which is the more popular?
“Oh, Agnes is much more popular
than Florence —among the girls.”
“Introduce me to Florence. I am
partial to good-looking girls.”—Kan
sas City Journal.
CHANGE IN SIMPLES. '
“There isn’t so much doctoring
With simples as there used to be.”
“Oh, yes. More.”
“Eh?”
“The difference is that the simples
were formerly the remedies, whereas
now they are the patients.”—Detroit
Free Press.
COMPLETELY RESTORED.
Mrs. P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzcl,
stock dealer, residence 311 J Grand
Ave., Everett, Wash., says: “For fif
teen years I suffered
’Pf with terrible pain in
ill t>ack - 1 uid no;:
know what it was to
enjoy a night’s rest
and arose in the
morning feeling tired
V-> and unrefreshod. My
jSjwiV suffering sometimes
\\ was simply inde
seribable. When I
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