Show PREPARING BODIES FOR SHIPMENT TO THE U S salisbury july 2 the embalmers are busy tonight and by tomorrow the majority of tho bodies of the score of americans who lost their lives in the wreck of the plymouth express sun day morning will be prepared for their return for burial in the land they left so recently in the fullness of life and hope frederick H body already has been london on its way to america the inquest today was a prolonged and tedious for malaty which utterly failed to give any idea of the cause of the accident no questions on that point were asked and the subject seemed to be avoided a strange proceeding to the many americans present but which is thought to be due to the queer formality that seems characteristic of such cases in this country the proceedings were solemn sad and monotonous so much so that spectators surprised a juror by asking what necessity there was to adjourn the inquest for a fortnight no answer was given ohp delay is believed to bo duo to the declared intention of the board of trade to institute an investigation it seems strange to americans that while the population of salisbury Is shocked by the disaster practically no emotion is displayed it would seem as if such accidents were an everyday occurrence and yet nothing even remotely approaching it has heretofore disturbed the peace of this city there have been no scenes no groans nothing of the picturesquely tragic clement associated with the pit mouth in times of trouble so familiar to those in coal mining regions reg tons there Is genuine sorrow no doubt but boy ano al expression it has not yot been translated atno action victoria D a july 2 the steamer empress of china sailed tonight tor and china among the passengers was baroa takaka a noted japanese military project to surgeon credited with a increase the height of future chan generations nal chuan of his people and nose traveling secretary of the achl commission who ordered to san was francisco after the earthquake to investigate as conditions they affected the chinese |