New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-02

EFchsEt o. IksS. Alfred kaeECT.
80 crown OF venerable age.
d brighter crown Of well spent years 20
Just as we go TO press, the sad intelligence
reaches us Of the death of this venerable and
sanity lady, SO widely known and so tender
ly loved by us all. Mrs. Kiger was woman
Of quiet, gentle presence, whose very smile
WAS benediction, and whose every word
was love and good will. She could not say
a harsh word for the reason that she never
hal a harh thought. She was eminently a
Christian, one whose soul was literally
bathed in the ocean Of Gods great love, and
Ills we take To be the secret Of that rcposc
and serenity which ever possessed her, and
enabled her 10 radiate that peaceful and
blessed influence, which those who knew her
50 well understood, but which is 50 difficult
l. define.
Mrs. Niger died Thursday morning. at a
few minutes past four O'Clock, after an illness
q: i1ar weeks, which she bore with Christian
.,riiiu!e; and Just as the gathered mists of
night were being dispelled by the on-coming-
light OF another day, she calmly and peace
fully sank to rest-her lamp well trimmed
and brightly burning, her faculties all posses
sed, u" 'nurmnrings, complaint, nor regret,
but Ill peace and joy and light. "The rod
ana the stan, they comtorted her."
The funeral will take place from the Eff
teenth Street church, % which the dece asetl
had been a member from the time it was
planted by the lamented Cook, on Saturday
afternoon at . O'Clock.
The stricken daughter, whose grief is in
coilsolab!e, has The sympathy and coincidence
%! The entire community.
I'ils' Summer IsGgmmeuf-SEct tzue
is N:ss,,i,sSGoss--A Curious Devei-
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Last Thursday evening gO0dly number
O: people assembled at the Fifteenth street
Presbyterian Church, under IN anonymous
call 10 the heads Of chHrclcs aud benevolent
societies.
At about halfpast eight 'olocl: George +.
Downing assumed the chair, with the remail.
that, as his committee had invited The people,
he would put himself in the chair. Nobo ~
objected, and Downing called for the read
ing o.. the minutes. The reading of the
minutes developed the fact that Mr.. William
Normley had called meeting at his house
day or two after Mr.. Summers funeral, and
that those who attended it had proceeded
upon the spot 20 form Sumner Monument
ASSOCIATION. 7 at association adjourned
from time TO time till last Thursday night,
when they laid their plans before the meet
ing which it appeared had been called
by il.
Their plan WAS substantially rs follows /:
Fnst. That the people should have nothing
10 say in the choice Of officers, which had
already been chosen. Second. That the au-
thority of these officers should have national
scope. Third. That no State association
should act without q charter from this So
called national association. Fourth. That
the so-calied national association should be
all the funds raised.
Before the adoption Of these minutes, Nh.
,;ella Martin arose and proposed rs 4 substi-
,ute the following plan:
''As it is mere assumption to form 4 So
called national committee, l propose plan
somewhat as follows: Let every church,
society, and school in the United States
agree to establish Sumner memorial fund +;
let the fund be deposited in some bank
in their city TO the credit Of The society depos-
iting il; let il be inaccessible to every one
except the president, the secretary, together
with the treasurer of The organization, and
forbid them to draw the money until it
shall be evident that the united societies
Of the country shall have deposited in bank
one thousand dollars, which one thou
sand dollars shall entit!e each State
10 one trustee of the Sumner monument
trust that an additional trustee shall be
allowed for every additional thousand dollars
contributed by State Other cities are
already acting on this plan, and in agree
ment with them. Let a time be set, say
within twelve months, for the various trus-
trees throughout the Union to meet, and
lei them form a board OF trust TO decide what
kind Of monument shall be built, where it
shall be located, and who shall be the officers
under which the trust will lie administered ;
provided none but trustees repre- :entiug one
thousand dollars shall be eligible to Office on
the board of trust. Let it be agreed that
money may be withdrawn from bank in the
interest Of the contributors by the officers
above designated, to be used as the organi-
cations see fit, in case the trustees fail TO
meet within one year.
Experience in the Lincoln monument en-
terprise suggests these precautions, for in
that large sums of money were collected and
used by private individuals for their own
benefit. With the precautions indicated we
may succeed; without them we will fail
Should the amount contributed by churches,
societies, schools, and individuals reach the
sum OF fifty thousand dollars, it will be a
matter for the trustees to consider whether
we should not keep our pledges to Mr.. Lin
coins memory as well MS honor Mr.. Sum-
ner's."
In support Of his views, Mr.. Sella Martin
made lengthy and exhaustive speech, say
ING, among other things that he objected to
The plan Of the association headed by George
i. Downing, because it had been Matched in
corner. '.This is not an erea of great
men," continued Mr.. Martin; "thc people
have cdmc~to the front. Any half dozen
of -, III: