The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-25

doubt the Legislature Will treat the ouIY /
before them with entire devotion to the |
highest and best interests involved in /
the election of senator, and l submit 20 !
their judgment the question whether |
these interests can be better |
served by myselfOr by another.
Out of the Ruins.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 20.-Like the Brook |
Ign theater fire, the Brooklyn Catholic |
orphan asy lum grows in horrors with |
the hours. Up to half past O'Clock to- |
day seven more bodies of the missing |
children have been digged from the |
rufus. Also the body OF man. Con-
tractor Mcdonald with force of twelve |
men commenced work at @ O'Clock and |
their picks and crowb4rs made no IN
necessary disturbance of the piled mp
mass OF warped iron, chsrred timber
and frozen mud that lay on the
floor. AT o O'Clock the workmen who
had cleared off the top of the debris, no.
Iiced the section of thigh bone pro-
truding from behind q gnarled and
twisted piece of iron. It was gently dis
engaged from its holding i'll the frozen
mass that surrounded il, and the trunk
and vertebrae of a full grown adult fol-
lowed. The less ieshY parts of the body
were burned to the bones, and the intes-
tines aud spine were charrcd. The left
arm was deep in the frozen mass,
aud TN invt stigation showed that
it still retained, in all Its distortion.
bent form. 1t clasped what had
been the neck of a child.
The latter's body, from being smaller
and not we'll clad, was burnt to a cinder.
The little IrGhk dropped from its resting
place and rolled until boulder stopped
its progress. These two bodies were
completely recovered, at least as
completely as the flames left them.
These two remains of humanity were
doubtless all that remained of the de-
voted father who persisted in the attempt
| to save the life OF his sick and NAV be
crippled and therefore helpless son The
woTkmen now took the heap of burnt
| ashes and sifIed it carefully, only 10 dis
cover part of shoe or some Other srtI-
Gle OF wearing appearal that had been
more fortunate than its owner. Half the
! svusre of space that ihteIvenes be-
| tween the boiler and the eastern wall
| of the basement OF the inf1rmaTy
| had been sitted at IL O'Clock, and the
| worknen proceeded in their task and
| quickly NE upon TWO lItlle bodies ly.
ing together against an iron stanchion
| Working o., the workmen By O'Clock
| had unearthed two more bOdies and by
halfpast lad exposed two more bodies.
| eight thus far to-day and eighteen all
told up TO the time stated. The bodies
recovered to day are In better condition
than the ten discovered yesterday, the
flesh of the latter have been completely
| burned oil. leaving nothing but the
cracked spliLttrs of the larger bones.
The bodies to-day, although burned be-
yond Identification, are not cremRted be-
Yond recognition az the remains of hu-
| man beings Three trunks with the ten
dOns sDd muscles torn and burned were
placed in baking pans that contained the
daily brt ad of the orphans. A heap of
bread baked beyond any use lay in a
corner. The hip bones and vertabrae of
| an adult person were in the best state
of preservation. The skulls had been
in most instances detached from the
bodies. The corners have not yet
been examined, and unless all signs fail,
they are likely to hold large contin.
gent of charTed corpsss.
The remains of Sister Mary Josephine
were viewed by Coroner Hezze and q
jury and the inquest adjourned until
such time as may be liked to hold an IN
vestigaiion upon all the bodies. The
body of the sister was buried this after
noon in the ST. Mary's cemetery at
the grave by the Mother Superior
of the st. Johns home, by several
sisters and by some relatives. A
solemn mass of requiem was celebrated.
There is now no douot as TO where the
fire originated.
Mary Feeney, who Was In the laun-
dry, made q statement in which she re-
iterated what she hal previously said,
that the smell ofburniDg rags in the dry.
ing room was the first indication of flre.
| Vice President Shannahan. of the Or
/ oasA 90 Al
wings and main building were not only
supplied with iron fire escapes, but had
galleries running their whole length and
upon each floor, so escape in case of
emergency was easy.
! But this new building where the
laundry and bakery was had no fire es-
capes ?" mo, il had not"
"And this was where ali the lives were
lost?" Yes. OF course such a calam.
ltV could not have been anticipated.
The gentlemen who had control of the
main building were very careful To sdopi
measures and plans that would give the
children ample opportunity to escape IN
case OF an emergency, but when ths
Laundry building was put up it was no.
, intended at the time to use il as . hospi
. tai, and consequently The fire escapes
were cot erected"
"Csn you tell, Mr.. Shanahan. how
| many children Were In the home al the
time of the frey
ayes, the books show there were 724
and of this number We have Accounted
. for 663. which leaves 81 missing. an
the sisters are accounted for and ESCAPED
uniDjured except the unfortunate Sister
Mary Sosephine. Ia addition to tie
sisters. and there were SO of them. there
were 30 attendants, AL of whom have
boen accounted for"
Rev. Eugene Mahoney, chaplain oj
i the institution. was asked by q Reporter
, ii.the list OF Bsmes of the children VA
! in the possession of Mother Superior d
} Chantel- He SAID it YVES, and wher
asked If q reporter could obtain IL ht
; said II was lot for the press. and In
quired If the reporter thought the sister,
? made IL out for the special benefit b
J the press. The sisters, acting under IN
suuctions. refused any information q
the reporters The total insurance h
, $95 COO: estimated loss $3.50 600.
The delivers Ia the debrie continuee
their Lahore late into the night and e
cured TWO more bodies, making An ae
gregAle of twenty bodies recovered
Twenty children are still missing.
. Bueklsnss Arnaea aaTva
: he best sAlve In the world for cnt
) brEfses. sores. ulcers, salt rheum Esvs
snFess lister, chapped hands, chliblasn1
) IseoEns end all skin erupsions. and noei
lively cures piles or no pay required. I