Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-10

/ wd women and two men are to-
day added TO the list OF missing.
! SGeneaal Dakin has counterulanded
an order for IA military procession on
.accounty of the bitterly cold weather
and only volunteers will participate
in the services and the procession.
In front OF the morgue long lines
Of Wagons draped in black drawn up
and undertakers were directing tile
removal Of the coiined bodies and
preparing to convey them 10 their
burial place. Along Flat Bush Ave.
through which the funeral procession
is to pass, shops are closed aud cm,
blems al mouring appear upou many
doors and windows. Many Of The
stores in the principal street, are also
closed.
The building experts Inspected the
gable wall of the theatre, orerhapg
ing the rear part Of the FIRST preciuct
station house, and decided that it was
liable 10 fall. Il was thought part
Eof Gieters' restaurant WAS also in dan
ger, as it is next to the theatre walls
and ii was abandoned by. the propri-
ctor,, his waters and other occupants,
] Stinsop, who lived in Nelson St.
and who was seriously injured while
trying TO escape from the theatre died
this morning from effect OF his injurl
les,
Sarah Goodrich, widow 50 years
iof age committed suicide to day at
fhcr home, Al Myrtle avenue. Ii is
said she lost relatives in the FIRE and
| in her griel became slightly detang-
ed.
The following was the order Of the
procession; lsI, mounted squad, po-
licemen; 2udlnumber Of carriages con-
tanning cIergymen; 3rd, hearses aud
other vehicles with bodies; 4.h, es
cort Of several regiments Ct militia,
Major Dakin IN command; 9Th, rela
t,ves and near frienda of the victims,
all in carriages; 9th, officers of the
city and government and other author
'ty.
There were two coffins each in
number Of vehicles. There, was con
siderable delay in forming the process
sf,n, caused by the desire of persons
III Adams street morgue to continue
their efforts for identification Of
friends, aud several additional bodies
were recognized. The ,hrong about
the market was very large and the
utmost excitement prevailed. Shortly
after one O'Clock the ghostly cortege
started through Boerum place and
then entered Sehermerhorn street.
Hundreds of men, women aud chlI-
dren followed, rushing along the
sidewalk in u state of great agitation
When the hearses and wagons reached
Shermerhornstreet, they were formed
lan parallel lines aud their was delay
OF nearly three-quatters of an hou,
although the weather uas bitterly
cold aud the outing wind blowing \
gale.
The Neighborhood Of Shcrmerhorn
St. and Fh,bush avenue is crowded
with participants and sympathetic
| spectators, sadness in the faces of
women waiting on the pavement was
very marked. Soldiers who were
awaiting orders to move suffered in
tensely from The cold. Ii was twenty
minutes to two when an order TO
march was given. The procession
immediately formed from head of
Schermerhoru st. into Flatbush
fayenne amid general mourning and
timed BY the measured roll Of drums
and By The fi.ful sobbing Of almost
fbroken hearts.
he curtain ross this forenoon upon the
last aes ot the fearful tragedy which begas
| with the>dre 10 Brooklyn theatre Tuesday
evening. Tbis morning all the bodies in
tho morgne were renewed TO the Temporary
dead house IN Old Market. where there
were in all one hundred cbarred cor1,ses.
A hundred collins with German silver
moun.ings were broughtNln this forenoon,
placed upon the foor, aud Sipto them un-
identified and destitute dead we're placed
Fifty six hearses and undeTtakers' wAguns
drew up at the entrance on Adams street,
/ The one feature which pervaded the
scene and lent to il distinctive apd deeply
touching Significance, was the maniteata.
ton of popular sympathy apd sorrow.
Many private, and slMost all OF the pub
lie buiidings are heavily drsped; all flags
are at half mast. An immense crowd had
assembled in Fiatbnsh avenue, just beyond
its junction With Schermerhorn street, aud
as The cor,ege tiied into the former thor
oughtkre, great mass Of humshisy moved
with IL The intensely cold weather seem.
ed now to have little or 20 effect upon the
people. There were men, women and chil.
i drs,., completely blocking up the avenue
! and snrging out into the carriage way. The
r7tsee Id be pre-
cessi5n, which moved slowly up tho ave-
nue., the people pressing on and endeavor-
Ing apparently 10 approach as nearly b
possible To the hearses,
4 Tie windows Of the houses were FLIED
with speclalnrs and far shesd the avenue
was black With human beings Arriving
at sixth avenue the column proceeded dow o
that avenue past private residences with
the Feopl+d HfndaWs rnnpt ysrda ard