Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-26
SournsI ara Gpnrier.
EDITED AND PUnLIsHED BY
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Monday, MTay 26. 1ssA.
CREMATION.

\ Cremation ia fast growing in favor in this
 country. A cremation society has juss bssn organized in New York, among whose ofa- cers are many distinguished men. Owing to
 the number of applications for the burning Of bodies in the LeMoyne cremasory as Washington, Pennsylvania, and the numer-
 ous letters of inquiry regarding the matter,
 the trustees of the crematory have felt com
 pelled to limit the uss of the crsmatory ts
 residents of the county in which Washington
 is situated. They say. Dr. F. Julius Es- Moyne erected his arematpEx aor his oHn ass
 and that of persons in his immediate neigh
 borhood and not for the general public. We
 have admitted bodies for incinexation from
 all parts of the country, since the death of Dr,
 LeMoyne, in order to carry aut his view of
 reform-keeping the subject before the public
 Webelisve nov, from the growing interest man-
 ifested by the people of the country in the
 subject, that other crematories will be built
 and that the public will be accommodated
 elsewhere. The business has increased to
 such an extent that it occupies more time
 than we find it possible to devote to it; there
 fore we are now compelled to limit the aas of
 the crematory, and accordingly give notice
 that no person living outside of the county in
 which Dr. Ls Moyne lived and died need
 make application for cremation after the date
 mentioned.
 But cremation is gaining ground not alone in this country. In Italy it is looked npon with much favor. And even in steady old England there are cremation societies and boo-k1 odvooatas ,f kk,a xowontsoe a,,. l. ., recently been tried in the English High Court of Justice, the decision of which has encouraged the cremationists One William Price had in his house baby five menths old, of which he was said to be the father. The child died, but Price did not register its death, and the coroner accordingly gave him notice that unless he sent in proper medic al certificate of the cause of the death, he, 6the coroner) would hold an inqueet. After receiving this notice Price took the body of the child to field near by, put it in ten-gallon cssk of petroleum and set the petroleum on fire. A crowd collected, and the flames were extinguished. 1 Price was arrested, brought before 1 the magistrates, and committed for trial. He 1 was subsequently brought to trial before Sir | James Stephen on two charges: First, that of | preventing the inquest; second. that of at tempting to bum the ehiid's body. He was acquitted on both charges. though the judge that, taking for granted the right l 1f burial by cremation, it must be exercised leoentiy and inohensively, or otherwise 1t would amount to common nuisance; and his 'harge strongly hinted that burning little children in ten-gallon casks of petroleum in place Gas actually happened) where 8 crowd night be collected, would be neither decent ,or inofensiEe way or sxsreisins the right. F
 It thus appears that the right of private renation it established in England, but ws To not suppose that the exercise of that right fter the manner of Price will find many mitators. At least it ought not te. Ore. nation might be employed to conceal crime. t should therefore be ss public as possible. I