Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-16
The Death of Mrs. Benin Pitman of Cincln-
nati--she Makes Peculiar Dying Re-

The fire which was started yesterday morning
at half past nine, had reached heat of 1000
degrees at 1890 this morning. The begin
ming of the ceremony will be regulated as to
time by the condition of the furnace. A
large number Of foreign newspapers are rep
resented and good deal of disappointment
is manifested at the strong stand taken by
DIR. LeMoyne against admission of the press.
Mr.. Pitman expresses willingness to admit
reporters, but DIR. LeMoyne wishes to estab-
lish the precedent of privacy and will not al
low them to be present.
ACCOMPLISHED
WASHINGTON, Pa, Feb. 15.-The crema-
ton of the remains of Mrs. Benjamin Pit
man, of Cincinnati, was successfully accom-
plished this afternoon, the entire operation
lasting less than two hours.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. Is.
Yesterday the intimate friends and &C
quaintances of Mr.. Benn Pitman, the we'll
known photographer, received funeral cards
bearing the following legend:
IN MEMoRIAM.
DIED-February 11th 1873, Jane, the beloved
wife Of Benn Pitman, in the SD year of her
age. Her remains are embalmed, to be, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of her will, con-
veyed to Washington, Pa, to be cremated by
her friend, DR.. LeMoyne. "a wise and warie
gentlewoman, avoiding strife that she might
work in peace; having gravitie interlaced
with pleasantnesse that with exceeding grace
she was Gghtnesse to all around.'-Ol0 Chyoni-
cler.
Apter quotations than the above from the
nIo
Mrs. Pitman was an extraordinary woman,
no matter in what light viewed, and it would
take an able pencil to do fitting justice to her
merits and her virtues For twenty-five
years she has lived in this city, and during
the city has been more busy than she or has
led purer or more blameless life. Having
studied photography from her husband, she
became at once his partner and his help
mate in his short hand labors, and invaluable
has been the aid she has given him. 10 as
sist him to publish his works on phonogra-
ply, she learned ype-setting and engraving
with him, and of the more than thirty works
which he has published on photography,
fully half of the labor of preparing
them fell to her. She was able to
read her husbands phonetic notes as readily
as ordinary print, and by supervising their
transcription by amanuensis she often
enabled him to finish his work in an almost
incredibly short time. An evidence of this
was given during the congressional examina-
ton of the riots in New Orleans. Mr.. Pit
man was the official reporter of the commit
tee and forwarded his phonetic notes of the
examination from New Orleans to this city,
where she had them transcribed. So speedy
was this performance that the manuscript
was put in the hands of the printer and the
report was actually published before the COM
mittee got back to Washington city. Mrs.
Pitman was able to dictate from her hus-
bands notes to seven scribes at one time,
and SO could have hundred words or more
written out each minute. This faculty en-
abled him to prepare very lengthy reports of
meetings and speeches for the press ex-
tremely rapidly. Her fatal malady was
cancer of the stomach. which had been
sapping and undermining her health for
four years past. Though not sectarian in
the strict sense of the term, Mrs. Pitman
believed thoroughly in the main points of
Swedenborgianism, and lived in accordance
with its tenets. All her life she was opposed
to shams of all kinds, and she had sort of
horror of ordinary funerals. When DIR. LIE
Moyne cremated Baron Palm she became
very much interested i'll the process, and
had an interesting correspondence with him
on the subject The result of her investi-
cations on the subject led her to express the
wish in her will that her remains should be
cremated instead of buried in the usual way,
| and in accordance with that wish they will
be taken to Washington, Pennsylvania, to-
morrow evening, and committed to the fur
mace on Friday. Her body has already been
embalmed, preparatory to transportation.
An Enquirer reporter visited Mr.. Pitman at
his elegant residence Hillside, above Eastern
avenue, last night, and had talk with him
on the subject of Mrs. Pitman's Gre
| nation. ssThis has always been
| a cheerful house, said Mr.. Pitman, s:and
place in it. Consequently there is no Grape on
row afternoon our friends will assemble
here, and, after appropriate services-at
which no pastors or undertakes will par
ticipate, howeyer-our own men will carry
her body to the depot, where it will be placed
on the train and conveyed to the cemetery
"Will the cremation be publc?" asked our
representative. sNo, entirely private re-
sponded Mr.. Pitman. 81 have written to
DIR. LIE Moyne on the subject and am
sure he will regard my wishes in the matter.
AS an old newspaper man / understand what
is proper for the public to know about the
matter, and nothing that is of benefit to it
shall be Withheld from the agent of the Asso-
clated Press; but don't want any unneces-
sary publicity given the matter. 1t would
not be In accordance with my wife's desires,
or mine either Was your wife resigned
to der was the next question.
g Perfectly responded Mr.. Pitman
"dying to her was merely the end
ing OF sweet, sunny life, and having perfect
confidence in the love and justice of her
Maker, she looked forward to her advent into
the other world with as little apprehension as
you look forward to tomorrow. She had no
faults OF follies to regret, and perfect conf
dence in her Creator s.What will you do
with her ashes?' said our young man; .bring
them home, presume, and keep them in the
house! q have not given the subject
thought as yet, said Mr.. Pitman, ssbut don't
think will keep them in the house. Twill most
probably bury them under a wild rose tree.
Mrs. Pltman was passionately fond of flowers,
and don't know that could do better than
to plant her near the roots of the roses she
loved SO well.' This ended the colloquy,
and our reporter retired, leaving Mr.. Pitman
to retire and get the sleep he needed so much
after the sad even is of the past two days.
The house of v. Leftrige, colored. near
lronton, Ohio, caught fire and burned to the@
ground on Tuesday. Three children, who
were alone in the house, were consumed in
the flames