Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-09
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES
Tributes of Respect to the
Memory of Ex-senator
Garfield
Large Attendance at the Flu
neral Many Friends From
Distance
Business In New Whatcom
Suspended---All Flags at
Half Mast

The memory of the late Eugene Can
field was fittingly honored yesterday by
the spontaneous tribute ofrespect by the
community i'm which he has made his
home since coming to the Pacific coast.
The funeral at the family residence,
Twenty-ffth and + streets, at , p. IN.
was the largest and most impressive
ever witnessed in WhatcOm. Many
public manifestations Of respect were
observed during the afternoon. The
flags on the public school buildings of
the city, the ensigns Of all the vessels
in the harbor and the flag on the First
National Bank building were at half
mast All the banks of the city closed
II o'clock and every place Of business
in old Whatc I'm was closed during the
time Of the funeral. The streets pre-
sented a deserted, Sabbath appearance.
j. II. McGraw, Senator w. r. For
rest, Captain c. d. Brownfiel1 and II.
Fredericks, all Of Seattle, arrived yes
terday morning to attend the funeral.
Hesperus Commandery, x. Il. and the
Masonic lodges Of the Bay, J. b.
Steadman Post G.. A. r. and the
Whatcom County Bar association at
tended the funeral as organizations.
Beside these a large concOurse Of
friends and citizens assembled at the
residence at the hour set for the
funeral.
The pail bearers were Captain Ed
ward Edridge, +. J. Smith, John
Stenger, William Miller, NJ. G. Latta
and viii ID. jenkins. Rev. l.. W..
Applegate, pastor Of st. James and st.
Pauls parishes, conducted the religious
service in an impressive and feeling
manner, and delivered a brief but able
and appropriate address.
At the conclusion Of this service the
remains were taken in charge by the
Masons. Five cars Of the electric street
railway were provided to convey the
funeral party to the city cemetery.
The widow Of the deceased and her
daughters, Captain Henry ROeder,
! John II. McGraw, Senator w. II. For
rest and wife, Senator Frank II. Rich
ards, Mr.. II. FredeTicks, John Crynder-
man, NJ. Muir Picken and John
Chambers and wife rode i'm the car
with the casket The organizations
! followed the remains to the cemetery.
The Masonic burial service was CON
| Quoted by Judge II. b. Williams, w.
| NJ, Bellingham Bay lodge No "A.
Upon the Scripture lesson, Rev. l..
| w. Applcgate spoke, in substance, as
| follows:
Once more, brethren, we are called
together to Illustrate how closely
linked are the lives of men. Death
lays its cold hand on one of our mum
ber, and we turn aside to offer to be
reaved ones the warm hand Of sym
pathy, the word Of kindly consolation
to weep with those that weep. Deatl
comes to a neighbor and friend and
we lay down our accustomed dutie.
and Danish accustomed thoughts, tC
honor his memory and spend an houl
in meditation in his darkened home
With such thoughts and with such in
tentiOns we came here today, startled
with the sad and the sudden news tina
disease, first with stealthy apprOache
and then with overwhelming power
has laid low strong man, and ushereC
in for him that night in which no mar
can work.
Propriety and request both demand
brevity on this occa3ion, and it is well
for i'm the few moments i'm which
shall claim your attention / cannot d,
Justice to the life of one whom manv
of you have learned TO know and {,
love. You, his fellow Masons, anC
you, gentlemen, his associates i'm pro
fessional life, and you, citizens of hi
chosen city, will doubtless place ol
record your appreciation Of his charaC
ter and his services, and his life i'm you
midst. 1t remains for me simply +
stand with you at deaths portal
1 through which the one we woult
honor has 80 lately passed, and draw
! some brief lessons which this sad even
e teaches.
p. Backward we look over a remarkabl
,career-a career that stands out prom
nently before men for its indomitabl
: perseverance, its strong directed pu
: poses, its will that defed obstacles an
, conquered difliculties-a career tha
hewed out for itself whatever success
attained. Eminent in his profession,
leader in national affairs, pioneer j
this great state, he truly exemplifie
=. the characteristics Of his sires Of thi
Green Mountain region Of New En-
land which has produced so man
It staunch, sturdy men to develop the r
: sources and advance the interests
this great American republic.
what he accomplished, he reminds
7 Of that conversation once held b
tween two travellers in Vermont-oI
' native of that state, the other born
the central West. Looking out upC
the mountains, and what seemed
him a barren soil compared with u
" fertile prairies of the West, the natl
n Westerner asked his companion, pe
n haps with an expression Of scor
"What does your state produce?" Al
III the reply is verified in every gre