The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-07

instead of being srched. Beneath th
retort is the furnace and the whoi
inclosed in brick work. Cox
in the fuel used. The furnace wa
erected by DR.. LIE MoYNE, of this place
at his own expense, costing $1,000, ant
Gall paid tor" rs the Doctor gratuitously
! informed me.
! BURNING THE BODY.
Leaving our hotel at an early hour thi
morning, brisk walk Of twenty MINUTES
brought us to the crematory. W.
foand quite number ofpersons standing
on the outside of the building, in snxiouI
expectation of seeing something by peep
ing through the windows or otherwise
In few minutes Mr.. NEWTON, one o.
executors, arrived, and opening the doors
admitted those who had tickets from DR.
LIE MoYNE. In company with some
thirty other persons your correspondent
succeeded in getting inside Of the
building, where ws found the re-
mains of the late Baron in the
condition they had been left the
previous evening. The furnace was a,
good heat, man was turning q whee
which worked the blowers, and every
thing seemed in good trim for funeral
except that solemnity which person
would naturally expect on such an occa'
sion. Everything had mere the air OF
business experiment than anything else
Col. OLoorT approached the bier and
covered the body with sprigs Of cassia,
gersnium and evergreens. A bottle OF
alum wss then sprin kled over it for the
purpose of preventing sudden burning g
when placed in the crucible. The tour
psll bearers, DR.. julius LIE MoYNE,
Col. H. s. OLCoTT, DR.. w. s. AsDALE
and Mr.. Ii. j. NEWTON, took
proper positions by the side OF the
catafaloue. Just here a controversy
arose between Col. OLCoTT aHd DR.. LIE
MoYNE as to whether the body should
be put in head foremost or feet fore
most. The former gentleman advocating g
the latter method rs the prevailing Gus
tom IN burlals, but DR.. LIE Moyne who
evidently is bent on reyolutionizing all
old ideas, insisted that the head must 90
first, and so it was done. At precisely
eight o'clock and twenty-five minutes
Tue door was opened, the body raised by
the pail bearers on small iron frame
on which it had been resting, suddenly
pushed forward into the fiery sepulchre
a slight smoke pulled out, the door
closed and the work was done e-the whole
time occupied in putting in the body and
closing the door not occupying more than
a few seconds. The furnace was at q
heat of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet
ten minutes afterwards | was permitted
to look through small orlhcc into this
Tophet, and in the glare of the intense
heat could see the body looking like a
mass of black crisp. There WAS not q
particle of odor or any disagreeable effect
Whatever from the incarceration. At a
quarter to ten everything had been re-
duced TO ashes except the bones at about
one o'clock the cremation was completed
WITNESSES os THE SCENE.
Among those present in the room to
witness the scene were DR.. lie Moyne,
Col. Olcott and Mr.. Newton, the execu.
tors under the will OF the late Baron, and
A. Burchorst of New York, the embalmer
of the body. DR.. Folsern of Boston, DR..
Asdale of Pittsburgh, DR.. Otterson of
Brooklyn, DR. Cleemer of Brownsville,
Dr.. Little of Washington, n. K. Wade
of Columbus, and reporters OF the New
York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
and Wheeling papers; also reporters for
the Vienna, Berlin and Paris press.
Wheeling was represented by 'Drs.
Hupp and Brice, Capt Wallace
OF the LIS Belle mills, Mr..
w. Il. Oxtoby, Mr.. Chas. johnson,
and your correspondent. The whole
number inside of the building did not
exceed thirty-fve persons. About ten
o'clock DIR. LeMoyne permitted the vls-
ltors outside to enter, two at a time, take
a look at the furnace aud then pass out.
When the furnace cools of the ashes
are to be taken out and placed in an urn.
The receptacle for the remains is small
urn made in India, with little ornamen-
tation of flowers and figures on the out
side. learn that DR.. LeMoyne is to
have part of the ashes and Col. Olcott
will take charge of the remainder. The
ashes are of peculiar grsyi3h color and
resembles, more than anything else
that l can think of, the, color in
cloth known rs the ashes OF roses.
THE sPEAKING.
A large crowd assembled in the Town
Hall in the afternoon, TO hear addresses
form distinguished gentlemen upon the
situation.
Col. Olcott being the first speaker rssd
from manuscript: a carefully prepared
and we'll written essay on the subject,
giving a history of the Baron Won Palms
death and his views on cremation. The
Baron was prompted to prefer this style
of sepulture because Of horror he had OF
being burned alive. MIR. Olcott who is
President of the Theosophical Society,
sort of Pickwck club, thinks that there
are or If there are not, there ought to be,
some ancient monuments which If right
" interpreted, would prove that
cremation, was the only and
original mode of disposins OF the dead.
The address was pretty piece OF
rhetorical theory or theoretical rhetoric,
| hardly knew which.
DR.. Hayes, President Of the college at
this place, next followed in a short
address, also read from manuscript, IN
which he failed TO commit himself TO
cremation, as the mode was repulsive to
his feelings; but be regarded 1t as
mstter of feeling altogether, and could
see no objection why those who preferred
it should not practice it. He seemed
rather anxious that the experiment should
be made as sanitary measure. There
being a strong public sentiment against
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