The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-11
BURIED IN THE CHINESE WAY
CHINAToWNs MOST FAMOUS DOCTOR
LAID IN A CRAVE

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LAID IN 4 CRAVE.
Lamentations Chsnted and Incense burned
Chicken. Rice. md yhtskey, which Were
| to be Quickly Stoicn-Dr. ChIng's Career.
DR.. Ching Wing Qul. the best-known Chinese
physician In New York. and. his friends shy.
the best in America, died on Tuesday In his
room at IL Pell street, and was buried yoster-
day on Celestial Hill in EverGreens Cemetery.
The funeral was advertised for to-day to keep
| away curiosity seekers.
| The ceremonies began at tho undertaker's
| Tho remains OF the Doctor were laid out on
slab. Before tho body was put into the coffin.
prayers were chanted over the coffin, and
white cords and long slken ribbons were
scattered in It, Whom the body was laid In tho
comm Chinese money. gambling cards, rib
bons. and pieces OF silver and gilt paper were
scattered over It. More prayers wero chantcd
when tho coffin was closed up. All tho effects
OF the dead man had been brought from his
room. They consisted principally Of clothes.
a screen. some crockery. and books. They
were bundled into tho wagon carrying tho
coffin. The friends Of the dead physician did
not touch the body after he died All the
handling was done by the undertaker's assist
ants from the momentof DEATH
Whom the carriages reached the cemetery
crowd was soon trailing behind them to Coles
tlal HILL At one end Of tho plot occupied by
| Cinnamon Is an oven built OF granite slabs. In
which are consumed the portable effects loft
by tho dead. The coffin was dropped into the
grave and DR.. Ching effects were placed IN the
oven simultaneously. A few shovelfuls OF
earth were scattered over tho coffin. and then
| the gravediggers were ordered to stop.
| Most Of the Cinnamon had gathered at a
| considerable distance from the grave Whom
q signal was given to the gravediggers to be-
| gin work again the Cinnamon came marching
up to the grave They halted at low railing
which surrounds the Chinese plot and began
to chant prayers swinging their bodies back
ward and forward in unison with the
chanting.
As soon as the grave was filled and moundcd
UP two OF their number placed themselves at
Pieces OF silver and gilt paper on which were
the grave, and alongside OF tho pile were set
whole chicken, two plates OF rico. and u bottle
The Cinnamon Mt the railing never ceased
moaning. swinging their bodies and waving
their fans 4 match was touched to the pile
the. grave at the same time. and it was then
That the excitement ran the highest The
and: during their incantations, their usually
AS the fire burned low they gradually grew
calmer., and when It had entirely gone out they
t one and all threw themselves down upon the
In all the excitement there was one man
amp0ng them who rema hn coo He Mr.
years in this country and has liberal ideas.
He loaned against the railing at the side OF the
Whom asked BY THE Sun reporter why no did
not Join the weird movements and chanting Of
ventional American dress and shrugged his
SHOULDERS; He ,aid he was rather an overseer
When the parsicipants in the ceremony We're
rested the two leaders stuck chop sticks into
The s s and res
also stuck lighted incense sticks into the
grave Just over the food. to give him light at
By this time the clothes, books. and other
effects hed been consumed IN the oven The
for home. just before he departed Mr.. Sing
said to THE sun reporter:
em At Of anS poor S Hn nSs
twenty minutes after our departure. You see
tha us tss 1 tho sss
terry. well that is a factory. and the hands in
that factory always steal every meal We leave
Mr. Sings predictions came true. As the
reporter. waited. hidden behind a .cump Of
cautiously through the hedge, that encloses |
the cemetery. walk over to the grave. and.
With the food Mr Sing gave " this aecoupt OF
The Doctor was 3 native Of Hoegar and was
tsins in China. The peorle in that part art OF the
country cannot be understood By the people OF |
the lowlands. He lived In Canton before COM |
ing to America. and therefore know both Lam |
guages His doctoring was entirely with ma
herbs. roots. snake skins. insects. spiders. &c..
and some OF his cures seemed a most mira cles |
He never studied medicine. but inherited his |
power from his father. grandfather. and great
Grandfat thor. and among the people Of the
mountains in China he was looked upon as in
vincible. He had been hero about ten years.
and wou Id have gone back homo last year II n
relative had not robbed him OF nearly nil his
money. some 1000. He did not comp plain but
only set to work again"
The Doctor died Of an abcess or ulcer in the
thront which he undertook to treat himse lk
related Of him that Just before his death he
had q ball OF opium rolled. and that when he
was found dead on his mat the pipe was still
Everybody about II Poll street. white and
yellow alike. smoke well Of tho Doctor and his
was small inside room without windows or
means OF ventilation. and tho furniture
and a rocking chair Adjoining his room
Is tho Pcll street barber shop. which
also consists OF one small room. These two
rooms used to he the chief resort Of Cinnamon
OF the vicinity who were fond OF gossip. Tho
dead man hardly over went out OF doors. and
never except at night. Among his most IA
nous cures were three cases Of dropsy that
had been given up by hospital surgeons and
doctors
His remains will lie on Celestial Hill for n
few years. and will then no removed to China.
He leaves a widow and three children in China.
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THEODORE THOMAS RESIGNS.