The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31


penses Of burying the dead who have
no relatives to care for them.
s.. Louis No. Nay 90, IL p. m.-One
hundred and twenty-eight victims OF We'd
nesday's horror were laid TO rest to-day
in the cemeteries Of this city and East s.
Louis. The total of interments would have
been larger but for the fact that the fa-
cilties OF the undertaking establishments
were inadequate to the sudden and press
ms requirements Of the situation.
QAltc NUMBER OF THESE es staDlSnmeuL Is
Were IN one or another OF the numerous
paths made by the tornado, and carriages,
nearses and collins by the score reduced
10 kindling. Hence the deman nd upon those
OF the mOrtuarians whose plants We're in
order, was doubled and as a result there
was more or less confusion and painful
anuQyances- No pretense was made of OBJ
serving a time schedule, and in many cas-
- tue peIeaNeu relatives ana mOurnerS sat
from early morning untn late in the day
awaiting the coming OF the funeral e4ui-
pages. Hearses did treble and quadruple
duty, the hearses being driven at break
neck speed from the cemeteries to the de-
EaStateu districts as rapidly as their loads
mad been deposited at the door OF the
vault or by the side of the grave. In sew
eral instances a single hearse bore three
cdskets, one containing the remains of an
adult and the others those of little ones.
AT the graves the religious services were
abbreviated and address of eulOgy or con-
dolsnce We're dispensed with.
fne interments in this city were divided
DttWeeh calvary BeueIortdlne, ST. Peter
ana Paul, Pick and Hebrew cemeteries,
the two first named receiving the greatest
numbers.
Between the hours of O'Clock this morn
ing and 3 o'clock this afternoon funeral
professions continually passed over Geyer
avenue, the thoEoughfare leading to the
grave yard OF ST. Peter and Paul. DenOm-
national lines were closed up and there
We're times when the solemn word of the
commital services Of Catholics and Epis-
copanans, Presbyterlans and MethOdists,
bdptlsts and COngregationaHsts, German
Lutheran and Unltaridns, and Universal
Hsts We're being repeated in different cem-
a. 4ad It's concourse Of mOurners and
many patriotic and heart rendiug scenes
We're enacted as the mortal remains of low
ed ones, who but a comparatively few
hours ago gave promise of long and useful
lives, were lowered TO rest.
Up to o'clock tonight the various re-
lief committees report that $l5l,O00 has
been subscribed toward a fund for all
leviating the distress of the tornado vic
The condition of affairs in East St
Louis is growing alarming. The residents
or that territory, located near the river
ana known locally as the 'Island," are
racing arVauon. There is little to eat
and no money with which to procure it,
Ihere Is only one store in that section
Ih0t was not totally DESTROYED bV the
storm. Rye bread and cheese are the only
things on sale. Bread is 10 and Is cents 4
loaf.
The United Elevator Company Of this
city was placed in the hands of a receiver
to-day The company controls ten ele-
Vators along the river front here. on
poth shores, and is capitalized at $1,000
900. For over year the concern mas been
losing money and Wednesday nights dis
aster eHectually sent 1t to the wall.