New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-22
THEY MOURN MISS WILLARD.
FROM FAR AND NEAR BORROWING HEARTS
SEND MESSAGES OF LOVE

cEND MES5AGES OF LOVE-
Many flowers and messages of sympathy were
received yesterday at the Hotel Empire by the
friends of Miss Frances e. willard and there were
also many callers Among the flowers were roses
from DR.. Cordelia Green. Of Catskill ~ Y who
was Miss Wizards physician last winter and Miss
Cornelia Dow. daughter of Neal Dow. A letter
of coincidence came from Mr. and Mrs. John d.
Rockefeller and Colonel George n. Balm. of Ken
lucky. and John G. Woolley. OF Chicago. called
Colonel Balm addressed a large audience in Massa-
chusetts on Sunday evening. and when he men,
toned Miss Wizards name a wave OF emotion
swept over the assembly. and many broke down
completely
All the flags In Chicago will fly at half-mast on
Thursday from 10 a. m. until 2, during which time
Miss Wizards body will be lying in state at VII
lard Hall. This interval includes the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union hour OF prayer. IL
O'clock which Miss Willard instituted. All the
public schools in Chicago will be closed on Thurs
day.
Miss Wizards body lay yesterday at the home OF
her niece. Mrs. Woodward NJ. Baldwin. No. IS Clin-
ton Place. 1t surrounded BY floral offerings.
and the coffin was covered with the white silk flag
that draped 1t at the funeral. The body was taken
TO Chicago last night by special train which LEFT
this city at o'clock Many Of the flowers were
sent with 1t, and will surround 1t on Thursday at
the Temple
savings to the cause she 30 dearly loved. Her es-
tate was not large one; amounting entirely TO
only $N,VJ, >3,UV OF WnlCn was the recent blLt VI
the women OF America to her, but she left It
all TO the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
II the union refuses to take 1t. i will be divided
Gordon. and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary b. Will
lard, who is living in Germany. At their deaths
the estate will revert TO the Womans Christian
Temperance Union.
Mrs Wizards friends are now recalling the fact
that in her young womanhood she sad
II do not wish to 90 TO heaven like peasant to
a palace, but like a child to It's fathers home,
One OF the first kilograms received by Miss VIII
lard's friends after her death was the following:
The world Is poorer and there will be mourning
In all the land, while heaven Is richer for the de-
depths OF my grief for this great loss send
to you who were nearest her, her beloved Anna 70
Mrs. Baldwin and to Mrs. Stevens my heartfelt
sympathy MARY Il HUNT"
Chicago. Feb A.-The body of the late Frances e.
Willard will reach Chicago about a. m. Wednes-
day from New-York over the Lake Shore Railroad
The coffin will be taken to Willard Hall, In the
Temple Building and the body will lie In state
there until late In the afternoon. when 1t Will be
taken to Evanston The funeral services Will be
held at the First Methodist Church. Evanston,
Thursday. at II a. M The sermon will be preached
by the Rev Frank M. Bristol .
kilograms were received to-day from Lazy
Henry Somerset to have palms and white roses
laid on the casket In her name The MANITOBA
Union telegraphed that lilies and wheat be gwen
in its name. The interment Will be private Inc
body will be taken to Rose Hill and placed in re,
ceiyinR vault until suitable site can be selected
for the permanent interment