San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-11
Obsequies in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, December 1.-THE
day, notwithstanding the threaten
ing and oppressive character Of the
weather, during the past several
days could not have been more pre-
pitiOus or beautifuI'fo the obsequies
of the southern ,chieftain. The city is
crowded with thousands of people,
representing the prominence, wealth
and chi0alry of the southern states, six
or seven governors are here, attended
by their stats, bringing with them
great delegation of people. The
military parade will be a marked one.
A dozen companies from Georgia,
Texas, Mississippi and Alabama are
here and the Louisiana State Nation
al Guard and the Volunteer Militia
of New Orleans will participate.
The crush Qua the streets promises
to equal anything that has ever been
witnessed here on the occasion of
carnival festivities. Across on La
fayette Square, just opposite the City
Hall, dense multitude has gather
ed, and Canal street, Camp and St.
Charles are crowded with people from
all over the country. The floral decor
ations were added to this morning.
They come from every state and city
in south the and are superb in their
design and finish. The town is drap-
ed from one end to the other, with
most elaborate shOwings ofblack. Bus
iness fronts and residences that were
barren of mourning emblems yester-
day, are covered this morning.
JohnstoWn's Latest Disaster.
JoHNsTOwN, Pa, Dec. 1l-Again
has this ill fated town been visited
with disaster. This time instead of
water it was cry Of fire in the thea
tire, that sent nearly score of lives to
eternity and manned fully IS other
persons, many of them probably be-
ing fatally injured. The Park Opera
house, where the catastrophe oc-
Cured is three story building
situated on Main street, near
the corner of Franklin and was
used as q dining room for several
months after the flood. There were
about 500 persons, principally women
and children in the house to witness
Uncle Toms Cabin. About 1850, as
the performance was about closing,
there was an alarm of fire sounded by
the fireman stationed on the corner
fire in q stable in Kernville, the
alarm being sounded so close, greatly
excited the audience and they imme-
diately rushed for the street. They
were met at the entrance by a crowd
from the outside, who thought the
fire was in the opera house. The two
crowds coming together on the closed
stairway, not over six feet wide, and
the frantic efforts of those in the
rear of the outcoming crowd,
caused terrible jam, which
was made still worse by persons
jumping from the galleries Oh to the
heads of those on the stairs. The fire.
men had TO turn the hose ON those on
the outside to ease the jam and when
the injured could be gotten at, the
stairway was found to be piled almost
to the top of the upper floor with
dead and dying. The excitement is so
great, it is almost impossible to gather
a clear story of the accident. An eye
witness told an Associated Press re-
porter that the Johnstown flood, al
though causing greater loss of life, was
not to be compared to this catastro-
phe in point of horror, and many W no
had passed through the flood and
were hardened by the sight of death,
shuddered and turned sick when they
looked at the horrible sight. The I'M
fortunate victims are being taken care
Of as well as circumstances will per-
NIT. There seems to have been but
few cool headed men in the audience.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African