The Portland daily press., 1898-04-13
GUST BECOMES ASHES.
Miss Wizards Body Taken Quietly by
Friends to Graceland for lucinera ion.
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fChlcagO sunday llIDes-hSia ius
In fulillment of the expressed wishes
Of Frances Z. Willard her remains were
reduced to ashes yesterday morning in
the creinatory at Grassland by the direc-
ton Of Miss Anna Gordon, the faithful
friend and secretary Of the great leader
Of the white ribbon army.
A service of the simplest character at
tended the disposition Of the remains at
the crematory. Scarcely dozen persons
knew that thu casket, which reached
Graceland about 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing, continued all that was mortal OF tho
remarkable woman whose influence has
been felt all over the world. Miss Anna
Gordon and Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens, act
ing president Of the national w. @. Z.
u: Dr.. Nj, +. Terry of tho Carrot Bibli.
cal Institute and five OF six relatives Of
Mics Willard composed the party that &C
con,paniea tho casket from the receiving
vault in RosehiIl 80 Graceland.
CHAPEL A BOWER OF GREEN.
loving hands had converted Che little
chapel into a bower Of gresn. Masses of
palms filed the room So there was scarce
" enough space for the casket in the cen.
fer. 1t rested on q bier Of veraant foliage.
against which it's whiteness stood out
with striking effect. Standing near the
casket Dr. Terry offered n brief prayer
and then read few passages from the
scriptures, choosing from the words of
Isaiah and tire book OF Revelation.
Whan the short service WIS concluded
the casket was silently moved to the
Iittls room fellow TO be taken in charge by
the attendants. The sorrowing group
watched the transfer from thelr places In
the chapel, but Miss Gordon, yielding to
the grief tlat has weighed so heavily
upon her since Miss Wizards death, fol-
lowed the casket into tie little room.
Tho doors osed for "A few moments, anu
when Mrs Gordon came out the casket
was empty.
The ashes will be given into the keep
ing of Miss Gordon some time this morn
ing for inter1uent at Rosehiu.
SECRECY TO GAIN PRIVACY.
Notice was given by Miss Gordon o
week ago to the relatives of Miss Willard
that there would be private service and
interment on Easter Sunday, and it was
only for the purpose of preserving the
desired privacy that secrecy was enjoined.
DR.. Terry and DR.. Waters of the Second
Methodist church of Evanston will
otficiate today at the grave, and quartet
composed of Mrs NJ. DIX imbal, Louise
Whiteles, A. ID. Shaw and Samuel Mer-
win will sing hymns that were fayorltes
of Miss Willard.
Every precaution was taken to insure
secrecy concerning the cremation by Miss
Gordon and by others acquainted with the
desire Miss Willard had often expressed
with relation to the final disposition of
her body. 1t was the intention to keep
the matter secret until after the inter-
ment at Rosehill, but as soon as it was
discovered Yesterday that the plan had
failed no attempts were made to conceal
what had taken place.
Mrs Lillian M. n. Stevens, acting
president of the w. Q. T. q. since Miss
Willard S death. had the following to say
concerning the incineration and its ma
terial and moral surroundings and signif-
canoe:
10 the great multitude of friends and
followers of the late Frances e. Willard
this Easter Sunday will be day of min