The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-21

try 10 10 introduced in public Offices and
tribunals; tho appointment BY the Porte
sIuailve Christians as Governors in all
the provinces, and the appointment oil a
p1rm auens Commission Of Supervisors
composed Of the Consuls OF the Great
Powers. II these arc tho reforms to DO
s1sc.od and enforced as the price Of
peace and escape from dismemberment
and aupihilstion, there will not be enough
left Of the dignity, independence and in.
tsgri.y ottho Ottoman Empire to bother
anybody in preserving.
Tho Coming Cremation at WASH
IngtOn, Pa.
lEsw York Neral Of sunday.l
According to the statements OF those
who hsvO tho matter in charge the re.
mains Of Joseph Henry Louis Charles,
Baron Won Palm, Grand Commander Of
tho Sovereign Order Of the Holy sepul'
shrO At Jerusalem, Prince Of the Roman
Empire, Knight OF St. John Of Malta,
will be crsusted at Washington, Pa, on
the 9Th Of December. What Is earthly
Of this parsonage lies in the receiving
yaul. Of the Lutheran Cemetery; and, il
adisembodied spirit can receive any con-
ISOLATION from the good estate Of its
former tenement, the names OF the Baron
mult be grati6ed to know that recent
surgical examination has established the
fact that the 1eshly domicile which 1t
inhabited for about three score and ten
years is almost in the condition OF q
mummy. The death OF this gentleman
occurred at tho end OF last May. The
readers Of the Herald will remember what
u pitch public curiosity reached when 1t
was announced that the funeral services
wSro TO DO conducted according to the
rite OF the Theosophs, a society claim
. Ing to DO modern resuscitation OF some
ancient sect, Egyptian or otherwise,
which sought, in the dim twilight OF his
tory, for truths and principles which
were not got at, and whose modern rep.
resOntatives, after the triaing interval Of
three or four thousand years, are on the
scent Of the same truths and principles.
Cicero had, in his day, the boldness to
say "Na lam abslTdum glod non d!etum
felt Gb dliqUo phiioSOphOrIm." There was
no absurdiiy to which one or other OF the
philosophers had not committed him
.slf." How fur the Theosophs illustrate
this celebrated saying it is needless here
10 inquire. It may be sufficient TO state
that tho Baron Won Palm belonged, at
the cIosC oil long life, 10 this fraternity,
and that its present head is going to have
the Baron's body reduced TO ashes on the
9th prox. This disposal Of the remains
ofBason Won Palm will probably produce
great sensation in this country, as It
will be in direct opposition to the uni.
vsrsal custom prevailing among Christ
ian scots.
THE FURNACE
srecIed by DR.. LIE Moyne, at Washington,
Pa, il expected 10 reduce q human body
10 lshcs in about Eve hours, without a
particle Of odor or single disagreeable
effect. DR.. Lie Moyno erected the crema.
tory after study OF all the details.
He has done all the work at his own ex.
penSe, and it is his purpose that no fees
thall 10 charged, so that this means Of
disposiDg Of the dead shall be within the
reach Of the poorest people.
The cremsiory is built OF brick, one
story in height, with roof Of corrugated
iron, and ia provided with three chin.
neys. Tho building is divided into two
rooms, tho reception room and the fur
mace room. The reception room is about
twenty feet square, and is furnished in
tho simplest manner. In the centre there
Is Catalalque upon which to rest the
body, and about the room some chairs
for the accommodation OF the friends OF
the departed. A door from the reception
room leads into the furnace room, which
in size ID about ten by twenty feet. In
this room there is nothing but the fur
mace. The retort in which the remains
to bo crema,ed arc placed was made es:
pecially for this purpose. It's seven and
q half feet in length, twenty inches in
height and twenty.eight inches wide, and
somewhat resembles gas retort, the emily
difference being that its sides are perpen-
dicular instead Of being arched.
Beneath tho retort ia the furnace, and
tho whole Is enclosed in brick work.
Coke il the fuel used, and 1t is calculated
that tho retort can be brought 10 white
heat in twenty-four hours. Then the
body will DO inserted, and in about five
hours the remains will be reduced 10
ashes. Before tho ashes can DO collected,
however, tho furnace must DO allowed to
cool, and this, it is thought, will take
about thirty.six hours. When the ashes
arc collected they will be placed in boxes
and held subject 10 the order OF the
departed. An index Of these boxes will
10 kept, so that they may be obtained at
any timO, and prevent any danger OF their
bsing mingled. While the burning is
taking place no odor will be perceptible;
mall gases Onana.ing from the body are
returned 10 the furnaces and there con.
sumed. This ia accomplished by having
went hole at the back Of the retort open.
Jog into the furnace, and through this all
gases generated by the combustion Of the
body will DO forced TO escape. Already
the furnace has bean tested with 1853
pounds OF sheep carcasSeg, and 1t was
found to work admirably, there is there.
fore no reason to expect failure in any
ether instance.
THE Won PALM CREMATION.
The cremation OF the Baron's body will
take place, as previously stated, on the
9Th Of December next, at Washington,
Pa, 10 which place the remains will be
forwarded q day or two beforehand. The
ares in the furnace will DO lighted on the
morning Of the 9th, and 1t is expected
thRttwenty-iour hours later tho full heat
reeuired-nCArly 1900 degrees Fahren.
hett-will DO obtained. AT seven o'clock
on the morning oil the 9Th the body will
be placedin the rotort and tho cremation
will DO completed about noon. During
the afternoon addresses will be delivered
by DR.. LeMoyne, the designer and builder
o. tho crematory; Col. q. S, 0lcott, in his
capacity as executor Of the Baron under
his last will and testament; Rev. G. p.
Hayr, D. D., President Of the Washington
and Jefferson College, and other promi-
nOnt persons. The Boards Of Health Of
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Wash.