The record-union., 1891-08-15
LAST SAD Kites.
THE REMAINS OF JAMES RUSSELL
LOWELL LAID AT REST.
Simple But Impressive Funeral Serv-
ices Attended by Large Gather
ing of Distinguished Men.
special to the REcoRp-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
Boston, Aug. 14.-Simple but impress
i've funeral services over the remains
of the late James Russell Lowell were
held in Appleton Chapel, Cambridge, at
noon to-day. The chapel was crowded
to overflowing, and many were unable to
get in. Seldom has there been witnessed
such gathering of those distinguished
in literary and other professions as were
gathered to pay the last tribute of love
and respect to the deceased author, critic,
poet and diplomatist. There were no
services at Elmwood, the poets late
home.
Shortly after II o'clock the funeral pro-
cession moved into the church. Mrs.
Burnett, in the deepest of mourning, was
escorted by her eldest son, and the rest Of
the children came next, followed by the
nurses and servants.
Bishop Phillips Brooks and Rev. Will
lam Lawrence, Dean Of the Episcopal
Theological School of Cambridge, met
the remains in the vestibule, Rev. Mr..
Lawrence reading II am the resurrection
and the life" as they preceded the casket
down the church.
The honorary pall-bearers were: DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Christopher
Cranch, John Holmes, Professor Charles
Eliot Norton, Professor Child, G. +.
Choate, George William Curtis, William
Dean Howells, Professor John Bartlett
and President G. W. Eliot of Harvard
University.
The coffin, which was borne by the
undertaker's assistants, was covered
with black broadcloth and bore a silver
plate, on which was inscribed: "Died
August II, 1891, james Russell Lowell,
aged Y years, months"
Floral tributes were very few in num-
Der and modest in character. An ivy
wreath picked at Elmwood rested on the
head of the casket, another wreath of ivy
from the field hung over one corner of
the reading-desk, and a wreath of roses
from Mrs Putnam lay upon the floor at
the base of the pulpit.
The services in the church were very
simple, as befitted the nature of the man,
consisting solely Of the Episcopal service
for the dead, and vocal music by the
Temple Quartet of Boston.
The body was not exposed to view, and
was taken to Mount Auburn Immediately
after the service at the chapel, followed by
about fifteen carriages. There was no
service at the grave.
While the body was being conveyed to
its last resting place in Mount Auburn
the church bells throughout the city were
tolled and the flags were displayed at
half-mast by order of the Mayor
The spot selected for the poets grave, it
Is understood, was of his own choosing.
The lot is in a valley in the rear of the
cemetery, and directly in the shadow of
the LOngfellow lot, where rest the re-
mains of Americas famous bard An
immense crowd was gathered in the
cemetery. Bishop Beach pronounced the
last prayer, which completed the Episco-
nal hTprI OIL TXriG o1+ u
lowell was a Unitarian, it was his wish
that the funeral services should be from
the Episcopal service book.
Among those in attendance were five
survivors of the class of '3S of Harvard,
of which DR.. Lowell was a member. The
Order OF Loyal Legion, of which DIR.
Lowell was member, was also repre-
sented. Among other notable people
present were Miss Ellen I. Emerson.
daughter Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and
X. b. Anderson Of Madison, Wis.
FUNERAL OF GEORGE JONES.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE funeral of
George Jones, editor of the New York
Times, took place to-day from All-SouPs s
Church. Rev. DR.. Newton officiated. The
editice was filled with relatives, friends
and the business associates of the dead
editor Delegations were present from
all departments of the Times The floral
decorations were exceedingly beautiful.
The pall-bearers We're George w. Childs.
Robert Bonner, Augustine Smith, Thos.
G. Acton, David NJ. Stone. John S. Boyd.
Henry y. Morgan, j. H. Thompson,
Theodore j. Pevereuy and Charles r.
Miller.
After services in the church the re-
mains We're taken to Woodlawn Gene
terry. Only a few of the most intimate
friends of the family accompanied the
relatives and pall-bearers to the place of
hr1Tial