The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-09
4 UHirefsal Display Of Grape T,rougE-
cat the Stricken City.

New York, Dec. S.-Brooklyn is lit
terally walking in the
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
Funerals of such of the victims of
the theatre disaster as have been iden-
titled are taking place, and through the
streets in every part of the city hearses
are moving, bearing the remains 10 the
cemeteries. About thirty-fiVe men are
at work on the ruins, and it is hoped
that the full extent of the calamity will
be definitely ascertained within the
next p hours. They have not sue
ceeded in uncovering the dress circle,
and it is therefore still uncertain how
many. if any, of the spectators in it
persisted. One more body was found
| this forenoon in the parquet, and also
two or three fragments of flesh which
may possibly belong either to the
bodies which have already been re-
moved, or to others which have been
almost consumed.
The body was SO
CHARRED AND DIsFIGURED
as To be unacceptable. 1t was evil
IDENTITY that of woman, as piece of
hoop skirt adhered to the remains. The
articles taken from the dead have been
deposited for identification, and are
guarded by a number of police officers.
Since III o'clock, when the articles
were arranged for identification, they
have been examined by a large number
of persons The remains of Mr.. Muir
dock and his brother actor, Claude
Burroughs, are in charge of the under
takers.
\ meeting of the surviving membersof
the Brooklyn theatre and Union Square
companies was held at Union Square
theatre this afternoon to make arrange
ments for the funeral of their asso-
ciates.
Several bodies were claimed at both
the morgue and market to-day. One
body on which was gold watch, was
claimed by no less than seven persons.
In the temporary morgue there is quite
a pile of arms, legs and fragments of
flesh. The police and city halls are
HEAVILY DRAPED,
and the larger business establishments
are putting on the habiliments of mour-
ming. y number of stores are closed,
and on the doors are notices reading:
.'Closed in consequence of death in the
family
Eighty bodies are still in the morgue
Parts of some of the corpse have
crumbled and look like
HEAPS OF oFFAL.
Carbolic acid is poured over them
hourly by order of the board of health.
The chloride of lime scattered about
the floor and the decomposing limbs
and trunks increase the offensiveneSs of
the place.
The coroner made a further post
mortem examination to-day. Physi-
clans believe most of the deaths were
caused by suffocation. There was a
rumor this morning that the men dig
ging in the ruins had come upon new
pile containing 200 dead and mutilated
bodies, but there was no truth in this
rumor. The relief committee is now
ascertaining the number of surviving
relatives and their condition.
At the services in the Catholic
churches, to-day, reference was made
to the disaster, and the congregations
were called upon to make manifest
their Catholic charity by prayers for the
dead and pecuniary aid for the living.
THE FUNERAL
of the unidentified occurs Saturday, in
stead of Sunday, with the memorial
services, however, Sunday noon. To-
morrow militia will assemble in Scher-
merhorn street, and the following pro-
cession will be formed: Police, band,
clergy in carriages, hearses escorted by
military friends in carriages, city Off
cials in carriages, citizens. The pro-
cesslon moves at II O'Clock. The SER
vices in the cemetery win be prayers
and music by church chorals. Each
coffin will be carried in a separate
vehicle by undertakers. Schermerhorn
street will be kept free from ordinary
travel during the procession, and places
of business swill be closed from to 3
p. m. Great care will be taken to rob
the ceremonies of unnecessarily painful
scenes.
The lot in Greenwood where the
bodies will be inferred is a mound with
| circular trench fourteen feet deep. A
monument will be erected in the centre
plot. All coffins will be neat, plain
and similer, having only an ornament
of diamond-headed tacks. About 2000
infantry, under command of General
Daken, will form the escort.