Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-07
MOURN A LEADER.
Colored People Honor the Re-
mains of Fred Douglass.
Distinguished Men and Women of the
White Race Join Them IN Offering
Tribute Several EuIogistic
Addresses Delivered.

WASHING TON, Feb. 26.-Not since the
unwilling of the Lincoln emancipation
statue in 1873 has there been such
popular outpouring of colored people
to pay tribute to benefactor of
their race than was witnessed Monday
in and about the Metropolitan African
Methodist Episcopal church, where the
funeral services over the remains of
Frederick Douglass took place.
FloraI Tributes.
The altar and reading desk were
covered with floral tributes, the most
prominent of which was n-agnii cent
shield composed of roses, orchias and
palms, sent by the Haytier govern
ment, through Minister HierCiens. An
other tribute was from j.. F. Aud, the
son of Frederick Douglass old master,
who is now captain of the eastern POI
lice station in Baltimore.
The Ser vices.
The services were simple but-appro-
pirate The funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. ). G. Jenifer, pastor
of the church He took for his text:
ssKnow We not that there is prince
and a great man fallen this day in
Israeli Rev. H. f. Stevenson, pastor
of the white church in Anacostia at
tended by Mrs. Douglass, followed
with brief address at the request of
members Of the family Rev. J. IL.
Rankin. president of Howard univer-
sity, also delivered a brief eulogy of
the deceased.
John Butchinson's Tribute.
A letter from Mrs. Douglass asking
that place be given in the programme
to Mr.. John Hutchinson. of Boston,
Mass, was read and served as an
| introduction to Mr.. Hutchinson,
white-haired and white-bearded, the
last Of the famous Hutchin-
son family of abolition singers,
who, with his sister, accompanied Mr..
Douglass to England on his mission
against slavery. Mr.. Hutchinson told
some touching little stories of his life
long friendship with the deceased, and
then sang two requiem solos.
Secretary Nicholas, of the Haytien
legation in the United States, repre-
senting Minister Hientjens, a tall,
very black man, delivered brief eulo-
CIV in French, which was translated by
MIR. Durham, ex-United States min
lister to Hayti. Secretary Nicholas
expressed the sorrow of the Haytien
government and of its legation
here. at the death of Mr.. Douglass
Tribute of the Sufrragists.
Miss Susan b. Anthony then arose
amid a stir of interest, to read letter
from Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
highly eulogistic of the deceased
Miss Anthony prefaced the reading o.
the letter with some remarks of hel
own. Mrs. Stanton, she said, was be
loved by Frederick Douglass more
than any other wol.an in the ranks Of
suffragists. On last Wednesday, as She
sat with Frederick Douglass on the
platform of the womens council she
had told him that he must be present
at the home of Eliza beth Cady Stanton
on November II next, to congratulate
her on having rounded out four
score wears II shall be there. he
said. .'and l shall be ready with
my words" The letter of Mrs. Stan
ton recalled incidents in her associat
ton with Mr.. Douglass and told Of hel
grief at his death. Mrs. May Wright
Sewall spoke feelingly of Mr.. Douglas:
who, She said, had not only opened ul
the way to the emancipation Of his owl
people hut to the emancipation o
women.
The hymn Seeking For Me" was fol
lowed with an eloquent prayer by Rev
Anna II. Shaw. and then Bishop vii
liams, of the co,ored Methodist Epis
copal church. delivered the benedic
ton. The services lasted nearly three
hours
Borne to the Train.
Mrs. Douglass and the children and
other relatives of her husband fled out
of the church and remained in :
/ room below until the congregation
had departed. Then the remains were