The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-01

The Bssecr az Pesernc-osssA preached a
esrnea n tire Eaxi.sA church II which
references vas made 70 the swers ard .
collection taken 20 IN zsd % tie sufferers
whira rsAis.et ss -uaAiss syxsA The
Duke and nuchess os Cenrauxhs we're
present he trse eesrx the personal rep
rsssrtat.vs Of the queen at the corona-
ss~
The scene AZ the celebration Of cfvtne
strvace At the cemetery was most in.pzes-
ssre, some ss,ss persons being present
The majority Of these WERE seeking miss
sng reiacssse ia the mcssuars chambers.
and their grief and despair we're hide
scrieaele- As fast rs a body was idents-
ned sacred tecn drnaxe} was placed apoa
the breast Those bodies wssich are
CANNED ot relatives or friends have been
inferred In the chnrchyarsis Of the COM
riunes 10 which they belong. The unsden-
sitsed dead will be buried in a common
grave Many Of the injured w~re dis
charged from the hospital today, their
wounds having proved 70 be slight
One visiting the plains late In the day
today found almost all traces of the dis
asfer removed But il was seen how cas-
lily the accident could happen. Behind
the booths from which the souvenir mugs
were TO be distributed Is deep. broad
hollow in the land. fifty yards across and
full of irregular decliyities and OF hcies
iIS1l Elk u CikLt fFNt 9cFP. fse S2liAl-
ing sandy soil would make IL difsicuit tn
secure foothcid there even under oryis-
nary circumstances and quite isnpossihie
xsth thousands Of people pressing on
from behind Hundreds OF the victims
met their death In this hollow and mar
row passage between the booths Wcsk-
men are stiil searching the bottom Of the
we'll in which thirty bodies and two live
men. gone mad, were found
Exav rushz In ha ~ excited
groups az people discussing the disaster,
tho significant proportions OF which all
have at last come to realize. The streets
present some sasdensng contracts N the
coronation decorations. very few Of which
have been removed and the gaily dressed
populsce. who. having escaped with their
friends. continue their holiday merrimenf.
while every few yards men are carrying
cofi1ns ON their shoulders or across their
kneca In droshkies.
The police and q force Of soldiers with
nxed bayoneta have been keeping order
all day at the cemetery. where an unend-
ing stream OF people have been passing
all day. All day there were most affect
ing scenes. relatives and priests praying
here and there beside the dead ranged upon
the grass. surrounded by stiil larger num-
bers Of the unidentified dead. Most Of
these poor remains OF humanity merely
had sheet for q covering to the multi
lated and aisflgured bodies Some were
In rough cofins. left half open to enable
friends to identify them. People came up
on the ground looking for missing ones.
only to md other relatives engaged in
dressing the bodies OF the lost. while
others were sitting. sobbing and apparent
ly helpless beside their dead The funer-
ais commenced at p. m. amid most dem
onstrative scenes Of grief. The famous
John Of Cronstadt. who attended the late
czar in his last illness. traversed the
crowd In his ecclesiastical garb. blessing
and consoling the mourners.
A grand banquet was given tonight IN
the Kremelin to the marshais. the nobility,
the provincial deputations and others.
The cxarina sent bottle OF MADEIRA to
each Of the injured persons in the hospital
today.