New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.
Bones of Buried CeIestials Dug Up
for Return TO China.

According to the idea OF the Chinese religion
that the bones OF the departed must rest IN their
native land. that their souls may be happy IN
The other world. the bodies OF about one hundred
Cinnamon IN Evergreen Cemetery being
prepared for shipment 10 the East In the north
east corner OF the cemetery. remote and dis
nal spot az all times. were about 350 graves.
small tent set UP near by attracts attention
20 the SPOT. There sits q large. gloomy looking
cdjes ~ an those who SaZe bee5 5eaG f1or, ~
o ~ az 49,, 49, - oiIi Il.
they allowed TO remain IN foreign soil longer than
the latter period. Employees Of the cemetery have
then turn them over TO The Cainanan ana his
apart. exposing The bones which taken into
he tent where the Interesting part Of the process
-akes place
In the tent IS q gridiron, Just the length Of the
human frame. end upon this the bones OF each
arrangement. 4 charcoal fire keeps the grid!ron
hot and the bones are baked until every particle
Of moisture has disap peared. Next comes the
packing OF each set OF bones in small tin cases,
about 80 inches long 10 inches broad and 10 inches
deep The skull and shoulder bones ard the pelvic
bones placed n The ends % the hex. and the
spinal column down the centre. Then the bones
OF each arm are carefully arranged in a bundle
and tied together. and the came is done with the
bones OF each leg. These bundles are packed in
The box each on its proper side. and the other
bones are carefully placed in the remaining space
gradually forced together into q compact Eorrn by
pressure at either end. Not an inch OF space in
The box Is wasted. As the big Ch!naman sits be
side the gridiron engaged n arranging the bones
he smokes huge pipe and looks as unConceraed
cuffs After the iii boxes are properly sealed they
town who stores them until in few weeks tbey
start their long VOYAGE 10 China. As
r,ent the stocai Chinaman. win his gridiI on and
Tin boxes. Will move his tent 10 Cypress Hills
Cemetery. where there are about two hundred bod
ies 70 be moved
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election. as tabIated by the canvassers from the
Board Of Aldermen. show sorno strange things.
u woold be imagined, Of course that a man dc
Eiring vote Tor either Roosevelt Parker would
naturallv for each and every one Of the
thirty-ninc Republican electors or each and every
OF the thrt y-nine Democratic electors If that
had been done, each elector each ticket would
have received the same vote every other eector
IN the same ticket But AS matter OF fact there
Tas 4 considerable difference between the total
number Of votes received by the various electors
on the same ticket In eases # course voters
who SPLIT their ticket by marking crosses at the
ride Of each candidate they wished to vote for
thought that 10y marking the head Of the electoral
rlcket they thereby voted the entire ticket In
ruch cases. Of course. no votes were counted for
tie electors not specially marked This would then
account for -he head Of the ticket receiving more
votes Than the others on each ticket If such were
ne case. On the Republican ticket it was the
case. the first elector receiving about a hundred
votes more than his colleagues On the other hand
however. til head OF the D,mocrauo tIckc, who
undoubtedly received many votes that his COL
leagues did not get. fer the ~ araad. stated
still ran about one hundred votes behind them
OF the other electors there we're groups Where
each received The same number Of votes but 0e
ali the tharty-nine electors There were seven or
eight dif'rert totals ia Close vote this would
mean that me electors chosen would be partly
from each ticket
No rational excuse he given for the preva--
lence Of cutting among the electors An attacbe or
the Board 0; Elections who has made q critical
study OF the returns for years declares rhs
the explanation is 10 be found IN the narrow
minded individuals who allow race prejudice 10
dominate their every action utterly regardless az
common sense. For instance some rooters en-
through their ticket and cut every Hebrew name
with apparently 10 other reason than that the can
eidates were Hebrews. Other persons cut every
Irish name or German name. II the cutting js
done according TO law, the senseess desire OF The
senseless persons IL registered. and perhaps multi
hes te vote Of some sane person. But usually the
prejudice OF such voters carries their tamre~fup
with the ballot such extreme that the vote Is
made void and thrown out. Then, there are those
persons who waste their votes by writing In the
name OF some person not a candidate, and thereby
casting a vote for HIN. This was done however
10 Jess degree this year than before Some
scmirer OF Justice William J. Gaynor, of the SUI
enc Court, cast vote for him for Governor In
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