Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-25
THE FIRST CREMATION.
AT rur LAsoAsrna ORssAroRIum
some Account OF tho Local Association ths'
Desires 90 substu1ts Iueiperssion Of
Ran.aina for Mhyth HuYial.

-. , n, ,,, I.oc.l Assoc,s,,op ,b.t
pe.,rss 40 sup,tuots Ineiperasion Of
Rsn.ains Tor Essth burial
The leading spirits of the Lancaster
crematorium have been busy all day In
making preparations for the formal open
ing ard for the iucineration Of the body Of
Mrs. Frederick Beteler, Of Jersey City, N.
j., the first subject for cremation here.
The fires in the furnace we're lighted yester
day, md the retort was kept at red heat
all night so TINT the temperature might
the more readily be raised TO a white heat
by the time the body arrived and Was pre-
pared for incineration.
The body Of Mrs, Beseler was expected
to arrive on the Niagara express train,
which reaches this city at $50 .. m, but
II came instead on the fast line, which
reaches Lancaster at 1876. Tho remains
were accompanied by Mr.. Beseler, the
widowed husband Of deceased, and by DR..
Koch, the family physician.
The attendance at the crematorium was
quite large. nearly oil the members OF the
society, nifty nve IN numuer, ue'ns P.e,ous'
besides many OF the moss promnens isw
yers, doctors, clergy anu vusnoss Ion VI
this city, ana sovera gcn.,e"oa A%u uinu nulos
from ABROAD MI. InouaS a. Whsop'
Manufacturing onsmlst, W nsauins' ra'
was present with n's whe anu son.
LETTER FROM DR. bAMMoNp'
DR.. VIM. A. Hammond, ex surgeon
general Of the United States, sent the fol
lowing letter in response to an invitation
to be present
New YORK, Nov. 90, 1884.
Mr.. J. ID i'poa:
DEAR SrR--I am sorry not to be able to
attend the ceremonies incident to tho
opening of the crematory at Lancaster.
Ia H.
objects OF your society and shall provide
that my body, when l am done with 1t,
shall be reduced to ashes, decently and
in order " in some such furnace as yours.
Thanking you for your invitation and
wishing You success 10 your purpose,
am yours sincerely.
WM. A. HA MNoSp.
The address of DIR. M. l.. Davis, turning
the building over to the association and
the address Of reception by Rev. J. Max
Hark, are given in full on the first page of
the INTEIIioENCRR.
Rnv1rv OF THE socrHrr's oRcAx1.A.
r,oH.
altbopob tho IyTrIIIaFrcrp was the
srst citv sou,n,ner that took a promiuent
mart in the organizstion of the sooietv i'm
this ci,v and has from time 10 time
published the proceedings of the meetings
held by it's members, brief resume of tho
orcani,ation and propress of the society
NAV at this time be of interest.
The frat meeting was held in the law
office of Steinmsn & Hensel, INTELLrsEN.
GER building, on the 27th Of May. d. q.
Eshleman, ESQ, was called 20 the chair. A
COMMITTEES consisting George X. Reed, w.
u, HensoI. and DIR. NJ, l. Davis were sp-
pointed committee on location for
crematorium and on charter and by laws.
On the OH of June tho capital stock was
fixed at az 600 In shares of elO. A per-
manent organization was effected on the
13th of June. the following board of
directors being elected Ii. @. Brubaker,
ESQ. DIR. Henry Carpenter, DIR. M. L.,
Davis, l. Enmaker, esq, d. G. Eshlemap,
ESQ. !. p. MoCaskey, Frank Griest, Rev.
j Max Hark. ". L. Hensel, esq, w. b.
Middleton. j. d. Pyott, George X. Reed
and A. J. steiumsn. ESQ.
The board organized Immediately upon
the Adjournment OF the stockholder's
meat;nS and chose % g Eshlemap. ESQ ;.
president DR.. Henry CARPENTER and Raw,
J Max Hark. vice presidents u. d. Pyott
clerk II, q. Brubaker, ESQ corresponding
secrctary. Ggorgs K, Reed. treasurer,
Mr. Middleton was placed on the COM
mittea on ground and building In place OF
Nj. Heusei, whose engagements prevented
his acting.
THE MEMssRsnIP.
Following ia the complete list of mem.
bars of the society DIR. WIN. N Amer, DR..
James E. Baker, ]. N. Beistls, A. N.
,repe Sap, DR.. L. II. Brown, George
Brubaker, H G. Brubaker, DR.. Henry
Carpenter, w. p, Compton. DIR. M. L..
Davis, Dr.. 8. L. Davis, l.. Ellmaker, ID. G..
Eshlemap, George L. Fahnestock, Mrs.
Elizabeth Fasbnestock, ] U. Fritchy,
Jacob Gambler, (Sliltersville), MT. .Garvin,
Frank Grest, William w. GTiess, Rev. J.
Max Hark, II. W. Hartman, Charles
A. Heinitsh, Walter A. HeiuitstE, w. Q.
Hepsel, DIR. Nj. L. Herr, II. @. Houseal, q,
G. Kennedy, George p. Killian, Dr.
IL, D. Knight, NJ. l.. Lauber, L
n. Ligbtuor, J. Loeb, J. L.
Lyte, Ed. r Mayer, DR.. s. B. McCleery
Prof. ]. p. MeCaskey, w. B. Middleton,
Horace MartiD, j. ID. Pyott, Geo. K.
Reed, G. n. Reynolds, Aug. Rhoads, Jos
schmid, ID. B. shenk, A.. w. Snader, E
e, SteigerHalt, IL. w. Stein, Harry
Sryohm, A ]. Stainman, Joseph Wacker
George Wall. T. A. Wilson, Readipg)
w, A, Wilson.
CREMATION NOTES
IN the aotb of June the stock subscribed
was called In. and proposals asked for tlt