Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-08-22
TELEGRApHIC.


at the cemeteries Sunday. There was
also shortage of heerses and it was peces-
ssry to borrow from other cities. There
we're AGO funerals in New York during
the day and over 200 in Brooklyn. Un-
dertakers said the funerals Of Sunday
would be more numerous than those of
any other day of last week and that
meant more numerous than in sDy day
ia the history Of this city. They were
right.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday cav
more burisls than any seven days of
which cemetery bookkeepers can find
record. Those are startling facts, but
these further facts are as noticeable.
The number of children among the dead
has never 10 the hottest week. of any
year been 80 small as last week; neither
has the hottest week Of any year seen
SO few burials of aged people. The sv.
erage age OF the persons inferred in
three principal cemeteries was AZ years.
There were nearly twice as msny men
as women buried.
OF the 1851 persons who died in this
| city last week nearly 500 died Thursday
/ night. Friday and Saturday. Because
of the difficulty of securing caskete,
hearses and carriages, or even under
takers services beyond the simplest
and most necessary, nearly ali the fun
erals for that period were delayed until
Sunday.
There were 36 hearses borrowed from
adjoining towns OF New Jersey and
twelve from Philadelphia. Several New
York undertakers whose rush was over,
loaned hesrses to Brooklyn friends. 9th
er bearses were added TO Brooklyn's
supply from Long Island towns, as there
we're nearly one fourth of the weeks
$40 dead in that city still unburied.
The cost OF fuueras advanced about
twenty per cent on Friday. So many
graves had been called for that the force
OF nearly 300 men at Calvary cemetery
had been increased by over 100 diggers
and the entire force had worked night |
and day. AT the Lutheran cemetery |
the number of diggers had nearly been |
doubled, and even ;hen the number of |
graves completed was less than were |
needed.
In consequence many bodies were
placed IN receiving vaults. All day |
Father Costello stood in the tiny chapel |
at Holy Cross md pronounced bene die
tiors for the dead. The funeral trains |
approached the chapel in double lines,
the hearses massed around the entrance,
where bearers waited with their burden 1
and the weeping relatives until their
turn to enter.
New YORK, Aug. las the steamer
Naustria, from Naples with 400 Italian
immigrants on board, was nearing this
port Friday evening, gigantic epout
swept by the ship, while deafening thup-
der claps smote the care of the terrified
immigrants and flashes OF lightning
made the sky appear like liquid sheet
of flames.
A terrific thunder storm ragged for an
hour, and then at O'Clock there rose
on the oceans surface two miles west of
the steamer big cone of water, with a
macs OF fosm at its base. The cone had
formed directly beneath black over
hanging cloud, that seemed to reach
down toward it like huge finger.
Not q drop OF rain had fallen and not
breath rippled the oceans surface.
The passengers we're stricken dumb
with terror as they say the cone reach
upward and JOIN the Overlapping finger
of black mist, forming column OF
sviriinC, seething water fully thirty
yards 10 diameter ct the base and four
feet thick at the center OF the column.
At the top ii spread out like an immense
umbrella. Thus it came careening TO-
waid the Naustria, and the fear strick-
en- passengers at last found voice in one
great wall Of despair. Many fell on their
knees and prayed. Others tainted.
Still the water spout rushed toward
them WITH noise like that OF a million
buzz saws. But as it nesred the ship
it's course WIS change slightly and II
swept by not more than 200 yards of
the etarbosra side.
The passengers screamed as the i'm
merse col1mo passed by, and then
laughed and cried and Rugged one en-.
other in Joy when they realized the dam
ger wac past.
WASHINGTON, Aug, Ex-senator But
Ter. Chairman OF the national committee
Of the pOpulist party, arrived today to
srs. Only five members of the execu.
tive committee are here. Others have
sent excuses. 1t was decided even be-
lore the executive committee met, that
The national headquarters would be in {
Was hinRton. 1t is probable the rooms
IA Wormsley'e, adjoining the democratic
headquarters will be selected. The exc. :
,utivs com nittee will listen to no pro-
position looking TO the withdrawal of
Watson from the ticket. Josepbus Dan
els, q mem Der Of the democratic nation {
II committee for North Carolina, is in !
he city to see il arrangements could be
q ade among the party leaders to bring
loout an adjustment of the difficulties.
Daniels had conference with Senator 9
Jones; Jones and Butler then conferred. r
e WAS evident that Daniels felt that the {
democratic situation is not very promis- I
ng.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug, 1S-Eugene V. 6
)ebs has written under the date of Avg a
lst 9th, letter TO George P. Garrison, /
Il Cadron, New, setting forth his views
N silver and Il fusion between democrats
md populiste. Debs says: without 9
he support OF the populists. the demo- O
ratio party could not win. Mr. Sewell I
an we'll afford to step aside to effect !;
lnion between the two great forces and =
insure an election of the peoples csndi-
late. Such action Oh the part of Sewell y
would make him far greater man than
ice president. Failing to sccord the /,
copies party such recognition, by CIV
% them a place on the national ticket, a
here will be dissatisfaction which may
Eliminate in open revolt.
SOUTH SEA. Aug, 18-The Ailsa, b
Britannia, Satsnnis and Meteor started !,
his morning In a race for the Vice Com
,odore's cup. Not long after starting, 9
be Meteor colided with Baron Won
sedwitz's American yacht Isolate The C.
after was dismasted. several OF her crew n