The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19

grief. The music was appropriate, and
Rev. G. L. Conley, in the obituary ad-
dress, paid earnest tribute to the char
acter Of the deceased.
The employees of the Remington Type
writer company attended the services
in body, and a quartette composed
of former schOolmateS Of Mr.. Wood,
composed Of Roy Squires, George Egg
gleston, Burt AVary and Will Stillman,
sang Rock of Ages" Among the
floral pieces was a large pillow sent by
the employees of the Remington COM
pany, resting on a stand draped with a
huge American flag. Another huge
background of the pulpit was hung
with American and Cuban flags. Just
to the front Of the pulpit was a stand
bearing a picture of Private Wood,
framed with pansies and carnations.
Rev C. L. Conley, in his address,
said in part:
Our hearts are very sad today, as we have
assembled in memorial service for one who so
recently went forth from US, full of health
strength and vigor, and with all the hope and
anticipation of young soldier, enlisted in his
Brother John S. Wood, in loving remem-
brance of whom we have met, was the only
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Wood. He
was born at Hudson, Wis, Aug. g. 1878.
While he was yet a small boy his parents
came to live in st. Paul.
In early life he became awakened upon
the subject of religion. and his aged grand
father, who survives him. relates that when
his grandson was a boy of only ten years
and was accustomed to visit at his home he
would say: Now, grandpa, l want you to
pray before I co. And he recalls how on
one occasion, his grandson, with two other
boy companions, was greatly pleased and
interested as he took pains to read and ex-
lure.
Our young brother gave such evidence of
a change of heart that in May, 1889, he to e
gether with his only sister, Mary, was bap-
tized in this church. the ordinance being
administered by Rev. G. w. Brinstadt, who
was at that time pastor.
He attended the public schools of the city
until he was sixteen years of age, at which
fme he entered the employ of the Reming-
bon Typewriter company, OF this city. He was
with the firm from that time until the dav
he was mustered in, and during the years
Of service with them was always found
faithful and true.
we all loved and respected" and says fur
Their: In his long service with us we have
always found him honest and upright and
We were in hopes he might be spared to re-
turn to US" While In Honolulu our brother
in one Of his letters home, and he wrote to
his mother almost daily, speaks of his visit
ing the Remington people there, and how
they kindly placed at his disposal a horse
- and carriage, to visit any part of the island
that he might wish. 1t indicates in what re-
gard he was held by the company for whom
when the call came for volunteers to enlist
IN the war, waged in behalf Of an oppressed
people, our brother felt that 1t was his duty
to go. And his parents, though seeking at
first to dissuade him, yet because Of his ear
nest solicitation gave their consent.
lie enlisted on April 20, and was mustered
IN May Z, becoming member OF Company
D of the Thirteenth regiment of Minnesota
volunteers.
The day that the Thirteenth left St. Paul,
May IS, was sad day, indeed, of tears and
lie In- 4 ircfI.y
ing with our little girl in our arms in one
OF the stalls Of a building at the fair
grounds, and bidding our brother a last ia e.
well Il was hard to say goodbye" to him
ard to the other young men of our church
ana congregation who accompanied him,
Brothers James Hartley, Frank Beasom
Walter LANCE and Willie Pitch. May the
Lord be with them as they mourn in that
far distant land over the death Of beloved
But if it was difficult for us to say fare
we'll a hundred-fold more difficult must 1t
have been for parents and sisters and loved
ones to bid adieu to their solder boys;
The regiment left San Francisco June o.
and, after a short stop at Honolulu, arrived
in the Manila harbor July 81.
Our brother stood the trip WELL and was
among the strongest and healthiest OF all.
No news of his sickness had come until the
distressing information was telegraphed
across the ocean that among those who had
died of the fever was the name Of Wood, OF
Company D. 1t was entirely unexpected,
of the family, and to be endured only by the
grace and upholding power Of God.
The telegram Of the news Of his death
reached st. Paul Aug. 81 The exact date OF
our brothers death is not yet known. Let
tiers have been received from him since his
death, but written at a time when he was
strong and well. His death evidently oc-
CURED very near his twentieth birthday He
= was taken In the full strength and vigor Of
his young manhood, and under circums stances
which make 1t peculiarly hard for his rela-
tive and friends to bear. The hearts OF all
the bereaved family, that Gods grace IN
this dark hour may be sufficient for them
But that which gives the greatest consola-
ton at such q time as this is the remem-
brance of the upright life that he lived
and, above all, the knowledge Of the hope
the one "who loved us and washed us from
our sins by His own blood"
Morally our brothers. life was pure. AS
q young man in a large city, where there
are so many temptations for our youth, he
was exceptionally free from evil habits and
in the use Of liquor or tobacco, or uttered
profane or obscene language.
For his intimate friends he chose young
men whose companionship was wholesome
and free from communicating vices. Like any
young man who is full of vigor and physica
door exercise, especially that of wheeling
He had many friends, who admired his op
straightforward conduct. He was manly
young man, ready to help where his assist
ance might be required; kind to all ant
: no Shirker from what he considered his duty
Gl-d'v be beard his country's call and wa,
wiling to tel5e his life in his hand, as h
en- enlisted in q war In b~half Of hu.
mainly and against tyranny and oppression