St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-14

presses ME as the most remalaaDle L
ever saw. One would think that some
great dignitary of the state. some man
noted for his gifts to the public, some
noted military hero, or some man re-
nowned for great scientific achieve
ments had died. But we are told it is
newspaper man. Then it must be the
editor-in-chief, or newspaper man
who combined with his work emnence
III literature or the arts. No; Martin
Williams was-a reporter. He died
leaving probably not 500 worth of prop
erty, but because he was a noble man,
whose virtues have become stamped
upon the community, this demOnstra-
ton results"
Mr.. McGill then spoke of days thirty
years ago in St. Peter, where ne knew
the deceased and where both enlisted
for the war. Both were privateS. Mar
tin Williams was made captain because
he was selected by his friends, not be-
cause he wanted the place. The eX-
governor spoke Of the marriage of the
deceased, the death of his wife and
afterwards of his son. He himself went
out at a good old age, old but not de-
crepit, died with the harness OH.
Blethen, Brackett and Loring.
A. j. Blethen spoke of bis coming to
Minneapolis seven years ago, when he
first met Mart NilliamS. He was sur
priSed to see such an old man occupy
ing reportorial position. But he
learned that Mart Williams had never
sought a higher position. Mr.tBlethen
alsoreferred to the time when the de-
ceased was dropped from the force of
the Pioneer Press, after twenty years
of service, and how he was glad to give
Mart a p lace on the Tribune, where he
had been ever since.
G. A. BracketJ lifted up his voice and
Joined the chorus in praise of Mart
Williams. lie knew him but to love
him. He could say no more.
After another song by the Cecilian
quartette, G. NJ. Loring arose.
Il have had the honor of knowing
Martin Williams since l have been in
Minneapolis" said he, land / have
never known man in the newspaper
business who enjoyed or deserved TO
enjoy the confidence of business men
more than he. He went about with
smile upon his lips, but no one knew
the burden on that mans heart. He
never talked of his sorrows. When
people spoke of Mart or old Mart it
was term of endearment. 1t meant
dear old Mart And tonight l say,
Dear old Mart, good by"
II. p. Hall, president of the st. Paul
Press club, followed. He knew Mart
Williams better than anyone present,
perhaps.
They Were PIaymates
in childhood and friends through life.
1t was Mart's trne kindness that |
brought together great cOncourse of |
people, mayors, eX-mayOrS, governors, |
high officials, to testify TO their love for |
him. But happy as Mart Williams |
seemed here, he did not hesitate TO go. |
de had few ties to bind him to this |
earth. He was aDxioust to join those be- |
yond. ''He said good night here to be |
welcomed there by good morning."
Judge Rea spoke Of an acquaintance |
with Martin Williams extending over a |
period of sixteen years.
True" said he, Mart Williams !
never accomplished great things in the
way of accommodating wealth. But no |
man ever walked the streets of Mime |
apOlis with a knightlier tread or a |
kinglier mieD. Men knew Mart Will
Jams as the soul of honor. There was |
another characteristic about him-he |
never tried to seem ought that he was
not. 1t was his aim to be, not to appear.
He is gone, but there is many home in
Minneapolis that is happier this bright |
Sunday afternoon because Mart Will
Jams lived"
A religious character was lent to the |
service by the concluding remarks of
Rev. Marion ID. Shutter. He spoke of |
the life beyond and how well worth |
Williams life on earth fitted blm to en-
joy it. The service closed with hymn
by the SapphO ladies' guartette.
After the Services
at the opera house, the body was re-
moved TO the press club rooms, where
1t lay liz state all the evening. This
morning at O'Clock it was taken to st.
Peter for burial, attended by delega-
ton from the Minneapolis Press club,
committees from the city council and |
the park board and a large number of
city officials and prominent citizens. A.
*. SKaro post will conduct the services.
The floral offerings were among the |
most beautiful over seen in MinneapO-
lis. Among them were: An open book !
with the words, "A Sad Report" from
f. a. Catherin; roses, from w. NJ. |
Regan; floral anchor, from Ted $.
Narnum, Fred Logan and r. II. K.
Whitley. of Detroit, Mich. column of |
chrysanthemums and pink roses, from |
the Minneapolis Press club; a sheaf of |
wheat, from the Minneapolis Ticket |
Agents association; a pillow of roses,
bearing 80" and a pencil, from the st. |
Paul Press club; a wreath, from Nor
gan post: wreath of lilies, from Mrs.
Tereuce Connolly, with the inscription,
Dear old Mart never wrote a word |
about the dead to wound the living |
when it was possible to avoid it," a |
pillow of chrysanthemums and roses |
from the city council, and a book of |
chrySanthemums and roses, inscribed |
80, from the Tribune business office: |
decorations Of smilaX and Grape for |
desk and chair from Tribune editorial |
rooms.
So Mart Williams funeral was con- |
ducted, amidst the sorrowing of a whole |
city. Sunshine in winter. symbolical |
of his bright, CHEEKY life, flooded his |
last path. Then. as the last friend took |
last look at the calm features COM |
posed in death, the heavens flowed in |
sympathy with the streaming eyes that |
had lOnked their last nnnn his faca