The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-01

news spread like Niidhre up and down the
tribution had Commenced. This resulted in a
headiong. pell-meH rush for the booths,
where the distribution OF souvenirs was TO
which IL was Intended 10 make to keep the
crowds In order during the distribution had
not been completed Ok that early hour and
the the ae aSs'e Of 0a the Her crush Of umanity stem
What added greatly to the gravity OF the
disaster was the circumstance that these
booths were surrounded by bitches The
foremost persons in the oncoming crowd
fell PROSTATE In these bitches and the people
following speedily trampied them to death at ;;
the same fate. And SO the horror grew
The pressure was so great on the sides OF
the booths from the struggles or the mass
of mad humanity that they gave away and
through the broken walls one mounted
gendarme near the booths was literally
Everywhere in the city. are excited groups
Of people discussing the disaster the signiti-
come to realize. The streets present some
saddening contrasts In their coronation dec
very TsM q
ing escaped with their friends, continue
their merriment, while every few yards 9TH
or Or across ere sa their knees in droschkes. The
police and a force Of soldiers. with f1xed
baycnets. have been keeping order at the
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people have been passing ell day, most Of
whom were distracted searchers after miss
Ing ones dear to. them, but many OF whom
were the Idle and morbidly curious.
All day there were most affecting scenes,
wailing relatives and priests praying here
and there beside the dead ranged on the
Of the unidentified dead. Most @ Of these
poor remains OF humanity merely had q
sheet for covering for the mntated and
rough collins, left half open to enable
friends to identify them. People came upon
to ana other reatves @ ensassd in 9nsr dressny eh
the bodies of the lost, while others were
sitting sobbing and apparently helpless be-
The funerals commenced at 2 O'clock in
the afternoon, amid the most demonstra-
tive scenes of grief. The famous John Of
his last Illness. traversed the crowd IN his
ecclesiastical garb. blessing and consoling
the mourners.
There were no English people nor Amer
leans among the victims. Many of those
who came for the coronation had already
left the. city. and, at any event. tourists
Very few of the victims, it is announced
belong TO the weli-to-do classes. Nearly
all are moujlks or peasants, and large
children.
The Car and Czarina to-day, after at
tending the requiem mass in the Chapel Of
the Kremlin, paid visit to the injured sur
vivors in the hospitals passing from cot
to cot and addressing words of sympathy
and comfort. Both of the imperial pair
fering they Witnessed A judicial inquiry
has been opened into the cause of the dis
aster and an effort will be made to fix the
responsibility
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH preached
sermon In the English church in which
most feeling reference was made to the
sorrowful event, and a collection was taken
in aid of the sufferers which realized c66
roubles about $780, The Duke and Duchess
or Connausht were present, tne Duke be-
ing the personal representative of Queen
Victoria at the coronation.
$1,000 AT THE FUNERAL.
The scene at the celebration of divine
service at the cemetery to-day was most
impressive, some $1,000 persons being pres
ent. The majority of these were seeking
missing relatives in the mortuary chambers
and their grief and despair were indescrib-
able. AS fast as a body was Identified
sacred icon dmage) was placed on the
breast. Those bodies which are claimed by
relatives or friends VIII De inferred in the
church yards OF the communes to which
they belong.
The unidentified dead will be buried in
common grave. hany o. the Injured were
discharged from the hospital to-day, their
wounds having proved TO be slight
One could gather a sufficient number of
incidents OF narrow escapes from death and
stories OF heroic rescue to fill large vol
uHe out OF IeW minutes costly expert
ence OF the great throng of individuals
One instance was that OF poor servant girl
who was in danger of being trampled to
death. But dozen sta-wart moujiks sur
rounded her and fought off the unruly
crowd and bore her safely, out of danger.
One visiting the plain late to-day found
almost all traces of the disaster removed
But it was seen how easily the accident
could happen. Behind the booths from
which the souvenir mugs were to be dis
tributed is a deep, broad hollow in the
land, nifty yards across and full of irreg-
ular declivitics and OF holes from six to
eight feet deep. The shifting, sandy nature
OF the soil would make ii difficult to secure
footho.d there, even under ordinary cir
cumstances, and quite impossible with thou
sands Of persons pressing on from behind.
Hundreds Of the victims met their death
in this hollow in the narrow passages be-
tween the booths. Workmen are still
searching the bottom of the well in which
thirty bodies and two live men, gone mad,
were found.
The Czarna sent a bottle of MADEIRA Il
each OF the injured persons In the hospitals
to-day. A grand banquet was given to-
night in the Kremlin 10 the marshals, the
nobility, the provincial deputations ant
others.
The Gear Sobbed at Moscow.
LONDON. June Especial dispatches from
Moscow to the morning papers describe the
horrors Of the Khodijnskoje plain as being
worse than those of battlefield. The
Daily News dispatch says:
1.-The Car sobbed on learning of the disas-
ter. The chief Of police of Moscow tried to
commit suicide.
ut is probable that but for the numerous
correspondents here. the whole affair would
have been hushed I'D. The uewsDapers w re