The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-19
VIII
Remains Of the Noted Temper
ance Worker TO Be Buried
at Chicago.
Memorial Services to Be Held
throughout Illinois the Day
of the Funeral.
Will Lie in States at Willard Hall,
Chicago, for a Day---Her
Useful Career.

CHICAGO, Feb. l9.-Formal services
over the remains of Miss Frances T..
Willard, president of the Worlds w.
{. 7. L, will be held i'll New York
Sunday. The body will then be SEN to
Chicago. Miss Katherine l.. steven
son. corresponding secretary OF the w.
&. 7. L., said it was the present lnten.
ton to have a committee Of Miss Will.
ards friends and ~co.workers i'll Chi.
cago meet the body between here and
New York, and act as an escort during
the journey West. The body will then
be taken TO Miss Wizards home in
Evanston. where on Thursday the
funeral will be held, probably from the
First Methodist church where Miss
Willard attended for years. 1t is pos.
sible that this part Of the programme
may be changed as the church is COM.
paratively a small one, and would
probably be totally inadequate to hold
the crowds that would wish to attend
the funeral of the dead temperance
leader, and for this reason it may be
that the service will be held from Chi
cago. The interment will take place
at Rose Hill cemetery. where Miss Will
lard's mother is buried.
Mrs. L. NJ. n. Stevens, national vice
president of the w. c. I. L.. Will, &C.
cording to National Secretary Mrs.
Kate L. Stevenson, carry on Miss VIII.
ards work for the present.
NO election will take place until the
next regular conventlon,' said Mrs.
Stevenson.
Mrs. Stevens and Miss Wizards sec.
rotary, Anna y. Gordon. with other
national officers, will accompany the re.
ain TO Chicago. The body will lie
in state for a day in Willard hall, in
the Woman's Temple building in Chi
cago, before being taken to Evanston
Mrs. NJ. T. Metzger, state vice presi
dent at large, and Miss Helen Hood
corresponding secretary Of the W. {
1. L., sent out a request to all thu
local unions Of Illinois, between 5O(
and 600 in number, for the setting aside
OF next Thursday, the day Of Miss Will.
ards burial, at Rose Hill. as a day O
memorial services by all those who can
not come to Chicago to attend tin
services.
Has Been "a Sufferer for Years.
Miss Willard had been i'll for abou
three weeks. DIR. Hill made the follow
ing statement:
Miss Willard had suffered SOM
years with profound anaemia, and OF
several occasions had been given up T.
die. Last summer she seemed to tax
on a new lease Of life and gained il
weight and strength SO that she wen
through her convention work at To
ronto and Buffalo, which was mos
arduous, and came out much bette
than was expected, but on her arriva
five weeks ago she was much pros
trated and readily took la grippe, whic.
attacked the stomach, liver, intestine
and later the nervous system. The dis
ease progressed favorably and in man
respects she had greatly improve
when the fatal issue came and ovel
whelmed the nerve centers. There wa
no cancerous atfectation Of ally organ
as has been stated"
There will be funeral services in Ne,
York city and later in Evanston, Ills
Miss Wizards home, where the bod
will be taken.