St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-16
INNATURE,s BOSOM.
Remains of w. r. Van Norman Laid
to Rest With Impressive Cere-

Remains of w. T.. Van Norman Laid
to Rest With Impressive Cere-
monies.
The burial service was performed and the
body of W. P. Van Norman laid to rest
yesterday afternoon in Lakewood ceme-
terry. After a short service at the late
residence, the remains were borne to FoSs
N. E. church. where Rev. +. o. Holman
officiated. The members of the Press club
attended in body their number including
several ST. Paul newspaper men who had
been associated with MI. Van Norman.
Other friends filed the church and partici-
pated in the last rites. Arranged about the
pulpit and railing were many beautiful
floral emblems, several of which We're con-
spicuously elegant. The Press club sent
floral desk of surprising beauty. Upon the
TOP was tablet in immortelleS, with the
familiar newspaper expression go" in
crimson flowers. Shears, tablet, paste
and pencil were laid upon the
desk The Journal staff sent beautiful
pillow with the initials W.P. V. and below
them, go. . signifying the end of his life
work The Gates Ajar harp and great
profuSiOn of bouquets were disposed about
the rail. Eight members of the Journal
SIdu DOI6 luG CdShGl Tic IellldllS.
Rev. Holman offered touching prayer and
followed with brief eulogy, which brought
tears to the eyes of every person present.
The choir rendered three appropriate
hymns, after which the lid was removed
and friends took final view of the we'll
known features, as they passed from the
church and left the family alone with its
dead. The Press club. at a meeting yes
terday. adopted the following memorial:
The members OF the Minneapolis Press club
would hereby collectively express the sorrow
they feel individually at the death of their
friend and brother, Whiting P. Van Norman.
With as little Formally and as much fer
Vency as possible would we pay our simple
tribute to the departed The club mourns
sincerely the loss of a most esteemed mem
Der. 1t mourns the loss to the profession of
one who eXemplfed so well its best possible
ties Many of its members, intimately asso-
ciated with the deceased, feel deep personal
loss feeling which is shared by all in the
VARYING degrees which a casual acquaintance
had engendered. We had all learned to re-
spect his sterling qualities of character and
high sense of honor. We had come to recog-
nize in his graphic pen pictures of current
events the hand of a bright and versatile
Journalist, one who knew how to get and how
TO handle news, and whose stirring ambition
pointed toward a future of unusual prom
Use We cannot but admire his untiring
energy and intense devotion to duty, even
while we lament what appers to have been
their sequel, and wish that he had spared him
self little more that hemighthave been spared
to the world a great deal longer. Nor 40 we
forget those whose sense of the loss is so
much keener than Ours-those, aud particu-
iarly that one, to whom the death-blow means
the ruthless cutting asunder of the very heart
strings-we would extend our sincerest SYM
pathies in this sorrow, which we can only
partially share. The flowers placed beside
the bier will soon fade and pass into the DESC
late domain of death. but the memory of cur
lost friend and his nobility of heart and hand
will long remain fresh and fair, beuedction
and an inspiration for US, who permitted
still to live and labor. H. G.. CHAPLIN,
ABBOTT BLUNT,
S. B. HALL.
Committee.