Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-09
CREMATION N MILAN.
Aboui Dozen Bodie- Arc Burned
Tber, livery VeeH.

! suppose you are already uwar' laat Nj
lar H. Ia crema.iOnisi- what Rome b. o. kO-
nau tathOlic--the capita OF tuelf spiri-ua
kingdom and the chiel sanctuary o. their
creed. The learned doctors ni o'r gardeu
ciiy TAKE IL themselves tnr credit ui being
the trsi 20 ial back on the old Pagan cu.-
ION ~ burning their dead. since the be-
-ar their WORK q lew hlCwigs M W
ruue cities OF the continent have
foloved the eXampie--nOt, however.
viinout much difficulty. and Wit
vcrv ll.tie success The obstacle IN
tnoir WAY have been and arr NJ q
very formidable rhargcter They had tir,i
~ al 10 contend with habit, - second
nature" and 40 their Des, % explode the
theory tnaf il wa al az, of desecra-iOn 20
lm-r ones dead Flre purliiez aud doe
10, 0e,ecrate, 80 they observed "uu urn q.
ashes b. less sicEeninC sigh o. TIM naked
eve thlu. putrefyluC cOrp-e In the
second place, crematiunlsts arr accused pi
belnl psrrnns VINO indirectly Illustrate rhe
end nj Justice. 4" Traces o. poison Say
The MAGISTRATES. are often discovered ~
human rcmaius months and oven vca-
aiier death, and often bring home
h!> guilt "a : murderer. Suct trnre~
v0uc Pr iu-t forever n tls bOcN
verc crcmated." J must be confessed tina.
tn H. the most serious objection of all 90
tn uev'v.TevlveG custom. n the .hlrC
ulsc,. tne Catholic Church has condemned
cremation ana crematiOn,sts through IN,
medium oi the tuugrccg.ur OF tine Holy
lnUu,ition of Bone. l. n ne wonder,
therefore, TINT a. rhs face o. genera autse-
oni-n sucf ~ tuls lhe modern imitsrO-- ~
The old custom should tu0 them,eiVes
making verv lizzie progress among thf
ma..e,. Their chief, ~ tart J might sat
tne,r ou'v. recruits belong 90 tnc learned
professions. Medical doctors. scientists,
and university professor iOru tint ove'-
Vhemnc mui0rity b. .hn international g,
,uc'1,iuL.
Tho cremation building her, II bcau--
~ I'D fee situated ~ thr Metropolis. IL
interior /, provided WIKI ne nevcs' luvcu-
tion n macuiuo-V adapted 90 c-rud,l~v
PURPOSES. anu the walt are here and tunrf
drrr rltrG viii slabs, behind which h'
urn- containing the aan"s ~ ne u"ao. 'u
taci co. lhc.C slabs /, cumm"mDra,ft n
,criu-iou. Their. aye almost thousand
such memorial. ul0nV the walls. %
c.ano. n winch satisfied M ria'
rh- crenatOrv pdiiict /, really
IL iutoruatIona oul. SOM %. -he
name. were America other English.
uiher Austrian. German SWISS, E'lsiau,
Russian. and french, siigut majority.
however. being Italian. J saw ul spanish,
no Portuguese records. a. .aunteret
Though the huiiGm-. ono NJ -ht slabs b.
sacrrl 60 thc memory ~ 81 Dnaries DilSe p
frg spouse. 3 mGy vino Wa. : yerT arden.
rrl ma:iunist. According Co. rhe ierms o.
LrrviI Slr Charlie, had To- bring her pc
mains hey. ant nave them cremaieG. 10
answer t. query J pui inn, our d
tte official, informed IN Lua. they
nov huru Il. al average dozen
bodi,s uer wees There being = sl.gut
iucr case n the number from VEN 90 vear.
Our system iit added, " Is moi destined
tc i.cOmt popular iOr another generation
ur rvo. buf q. The word advance lu cifi.t-
za,iu and science it vii eventually a.
know ledge ths worth and necessity Oi our
process and return g. t. W. ar' 'he
pioneers or advance pickle. 81 the great
army thaf Is slowly bW surely pursuing ~
uatI over cue wastes vi ignorance and su-
per,-i,iou 90 me sacred land Oi progress
and hueriy" WIKI which grandi,uluent
quotation permit NE IA close NV remarks
on cremation and cFema-iOnists.