West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-03-01
DEATH OF WANG YANG.
a Chine.c Funeral la Cincinnati,
tCincinnati Commercial I

a poor conSumptive Chinaman, Wang
Yang, died Saturday in back room of
the basement of No. 3S East Fifth. street
and was buried i'm Spring Grove Gem.
etery. Ii was generally supposed To hc
the first Chinese funeral that had ever
occurred in this city, but the Superin-
tendent of the cemetery claims 10 have
the bones of another Celestial within that
inclosure, and those of Wang Yang were
laid in an adjoining grave.
The funeral procession consisted of n
hearso and four carriages In the first
carriage were four Cinnamon. i'm the
next the same number. i'm the third four
colored women, and in the last two
Cinnamon. There had been no services
or ceremonies at the house The Chinese
funeral rites would have been impossi-
bic under the circumstance. and the
friends of the deceased were too little
acquainted with the Mclean" Gus
toms To adopt them. They had arrayed
the body in a fine American suit, in
Guiding CATERS and hat Everything
about the room was tidily arranged, and
the face of the sleeper clcanly shaven.
A firstclass coffin had been ordered from
Habig's, and hearse and the carriages
mentioned. When the coffin was brought
1T was found necessary To remove the
CATERS from the feet OF the corpse i'm
order To get the lid down. The hat also
seemed TO be out of place. and after n
few words with the Cinnamon. who
stood around, they suffered that too 10
bc removed. Before closing the coffin an
opportunity was given, after the usual
American fashion, To those present 10
tho rnpnotna onI nC
lestials invited the curious crowd that
had gathered on the street TO come in
and look at the corpse. The coffin was
then placed in the hearse, and the pro.
cesslon moved out TO Spring Grove.
where the burial was performed without
any ceremonies
Wang Yang came to this city about
four years ago and, until year since.
worked in laundries. His strength fail
ing, he became dependent upon the
bounty and care OF his countrvmen who
live in this city. Just before his last
illness he was taken To the room occupied
by Mrs. Moore, a colored woman, where
he died, attended by her. A subscrip-
ton was Immediately started among the
Chinese, and seventy dollars raised, ten
dollars of which was given TO Mrs.
NAbpiN' u llt itnlhluhtf WIS ustN III Ue-
iraying the funeral expenses. The
Chinese are very grateful for the care
their deceased brother received, and
state that they intend 10 start another
subscription, all of which is to go TO
Mrs. Moore.
Wang Yang was unmarried, and has
but one relative in this country,
brother living in California. As soon as
word can be sent To his relatives i'm
China, money will be sent by them to
meet the expense OF taking up and
transporting his bones TO the Celestial
Empire. With Chinaman proper burial
in his own country is deemed of the
greatest importance, and il is customary
for the emigrants to America to stipu-
late with the ship owners that in case Of
their death occurring while here, their
bones shall be carried back 10 their own
country. Where no such provision has
been made it is common, "A will be
done in the present case, for the
friends of q deceased Chinaman to cause
his remains to be carried back TO China.
and after the ceremonies deemed neces.
sary have been gone through with, to be
buried there