New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-21
rrrNERAL OF w. f. RUSSELL.
..rxnrp BY THE PRESIDENT AND
OTHER NOTABLE PERSONS.
SERVICE AT THE HOUSE. AFTER
WHICH THE BODY LAY IN STATE IN THE
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL. AND THE
REAL FUNERAL TOOK PLACE

WHICH THE BODY LAY IN STALE IN i'
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL. AND THE
REAL FUNERAL TOOK PLACE
IN THE CHURCH
cambridge. Mass. July 2O.-The funeral OF ex-
oousrnor William Z. Russell was held to-day
a, 1910 a. m private services were conducted at
~. home OF the Russell family by the Rev. Dr.
.,sxander Mackenzie Of Shepard Memorial
rrurch the ex-Governor's pastor. Prayer was
oo.red and few appropriate words were said
BIZ the clergyman
The body was then placed in a hearse. and the
,.srse. preceded by sixteen Cambridge patrol
.sn followed by carriages bearing many 1eral
tributes and escorted by the ushers. was driven
"a the City Hall. where the body lay in state
t,om noon until 3 o'clock. The ushers were
charles c. Read. Sigourney Butler Frank o.
webster. Harry Dutton. j. T. Wheelwright
Charles Warren. George c. Dickson. Eugene "
r Thayer John c. Henshaw. Robert Grant Will
tam Brewster Francis Peabody. jr.. Henry c.
Nichols. William Endicott. Sd. William Farms
worth, John w. Corcoran, Charles H. Taylor
Arthur Perrin. Nathan Matthews jr.. Frank
Pratt and James II. Carmichael Thousands Of
people lined the route Of the procession.
AT THE CITY HALL.
Shortly before the arrival OF the body at the
CITY Hall detail Of forty-seven officers and men
of the LIST Corps of Cadets. under command Of
Lieutenant Thomas b. Tichnor. were stationed
abou. the catafalque. Companies B, 9TH Regi-
ment. and B. LIST Regiment. under Captains
Mason and Lombard reported at the Hall, and
the men were placed in double line from the
catafalque 10 the entrance on Observation-Disclosures
The catafalque is one used especially for state
funerals 1t is fifteen feet high. covered with
black broadcloth and trimmed with satin and
silk fringe. Heavy draperies are arranged about
IT, and from these silken tassels hang. Two cleo
trio lights were arranged so that the rays fell
directly upon the face Of the Ex-Governor
sigourney Butler stood near The head Of the cof-
fin and for over an hoar lifted little children who
came in to see the face Of the dead.
The pallbearers were Charles Theodore Rus
sell. Joseph b. Russell and Henry E. Russell,
brothers of the Governor. and Ferdinand L. Gill
PIN w D. Swan and Bertram Williams. The
following acted as body bearers Sigourney But
Ter. William Farnsworth George S. Bird. Nor
ris Gray. Dr. William n. Swift. George X. Cobb.
Edward Woodman. Edward NJ. Parker. John
F. Tyler and Frank Brainard 1t is estimated
that 10000 persons looked at the body before
1t was taken TO the church.
members of the Governors Council. and men,
bers Of the Council when Mr. Russell was Gov
ernor, Adjutant-G General Dalton General Champ
lin and Colonies Davidson. Carter. King and
Capelle Of the Governors staff: J. S. c. Knowl-
ton. Of the Supreme Judicial Court. and Chief
Justice Parmenter and Associate Justices Ely
and Burke, Of the Municipal Court, of Boston,
the Judges OF the Superior Court members of
the STAFF of Mr.. Russell during his terms as
Governor. members Of the class Of - at Har-
ward. Of which Mr.. Russell was member; rep
resentatives of the Boston Bar Association
members Of the Cambridge city government
and Of Mlzpah Lodge of Masons. embers of
the Democratic State Committee. delegates from
tie Young Mems Democratic Club, OF Massa-
chusetts: Justices McIntire and Lawton. OF the
MiddIesex Probate Court representatives of the
Middlesex Bar Association, representatives OF
the Mayors Club. representatives of the Union
and other social clubs Of which Mr.. Russell was
q member. and officers of the Shawmut National
Bank, of which he was a director.
THE CHURCH SERVICES.
1t was nearly o'clock when the procession |
reached the Shepard Memorial Church. where |
the final services were held Within the edifice |
flowers were banked on either side Of the chan |
rel and emblems of mourning hung on every |
were reserved for the family and immediate |
friends. Directly behind these on the right. sat |
President Cleveland. Governor Wocott and two |
members Of his staff, while the front rows OF |
The right outside aisle were occupied by men, |
bers OF the press Directly behind the President |
and the Governor sat the Justices Of the Superior
Court Of Massachusetts and the exmembers
Of the Senate and House. Behind them were |
seated ex-members Of the Cambridge City Coun- |
GIL and in the rear Of these were the members
Of this years Senate and House. the Cambridge |
city government. members OF the Boston CITY |
government, and committees OF the governments |
u other cities Of the Commonwealth
The singing at the church was by choir
taken from the boy choirr Of ST. Paurs Church,
Boston. and the Appleton Chapel and Christ
Church. Cambridge. assisted BY the AlbionsMale
Quartet of Boston. AS the body was carried !
into the church, i Heard oouha Oh .oi ice
reading Of Scripture by the pastor. the Rev. |
DR.. Alexander Mackenzie. Forever with me |
Lord" was then rendered by the chorus Is , Ai.es
4 Voice from Heaven" by Henry Donlan, the |
boy soprano.
THE MINISTER'S TRIBUTE
DR. Mackenzie then delivered a beautiful ad-
Dress in which he said:
We are not here for eulogy. The smitten nerves,
the stricken hearts not yet still enough TOT US 10
tell In formal sentences the meaning of this life or to
gather the teachings which are its bequest In our
bewlderment the first clear thought which touches
our grief is OF the brevity OF the years which are
tod Length Of days would indeed bave been length
Of influence and the extension of fame Yet Gays
cannot measure iife nor set bounds 10 its course.
The rules OF lie which ne taught or Practsed Others
will make their law. The superb Idea OF mannood
which he presented will be clothed In other Forms;
Along III trod others OF less daring Will ma
their way
Here was q strong mans work. and this and more
he did making life it's end TIL the close fell
silently above and set It's seal upon II. He had
MOI sprung 10 his high station. There was no RAPID
transition in his forty years. The revelation OF him
self came TO himself the day comes. from dawn
10 noon steadily and without observation. |
He was well born and well trained He grew up in
home where learning and piety dwct openly to-
gether In every room Through the common schools
and the common college he came to the profession
Which his birtnright and his choice. STUDYING
and learning he passed from rank 10 rank In the |