New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-19
FRANCES WIZARDS DEATH
- u.s CAST A SHADOW OF SORROW
ovrR arJ, PARTS OF THE WORLD.
MINERAL, SERVICES ARRANGED FOR To-MoFho"
rr THE BROADWAY TABERNACLE-THoU-
SANDS OF W C. T Z. MEMBERS AND
FRIENDS WILL ATTEND.

FRIENDS WILL ATTEND.
~. o,,s-al ~ Miss Frances f. Willard. who died
.a-v Yesterday morning az the Hotel Empire. Will
be held in the Broadway Tabernacle, Broadway
ana Tli-ty-fourth-st.. at o'clock on sunday
afternoon on Thursday following the burial will
take place at Evanston, Ill
Ms Mary Burt president Of the W. c. T. o.
n, Nsw-Yo-k state has sent notices OF Miss VII
,s-d's death 70 all W. c. T. L. branches in the
State Ms Catherine Willard Baldwin. a niece OF
Miss Willard and her nearest relative In this coun-
try will in conjunction with the National ". g l.
T. take charge Of the funeral arrangements Miss
wtrart's body was removed al O'Clock yester-
tav morning 20 Mrs Baldwin's home. at No. S
Clinton Place.
During the entire day cable dispatches. kilograms
ana g,hsr MESSAGES poured into the Hotel Empire.
Trsy came from and women OF all sorts and
condition. IN all parts OF the world. A steady
rream OF visitors. which started as early as
O'Clock IN the morning. was received all day by
Mrs L VI n. Stevens. vice-presdent-at -large Of
the n ". c. T U. A dispatch received from
Lady Henry Somerset. who said she would start for
Afisrtca al once there any chance of reach
Ing here in time her friend alive. A dispatch
was sent 10 Lady Henry. giving the sad news.
THE SICK wOMAN's LAST DAY.
Thursday morning the morning before Miss
Willard died. she stretched out her arms 70 Mss
Gordon who stood by her bed. and said:
who was standing by. assisted. and together they
raised the fran form. Miss Willard smiled and
SAID
There thar Will do" Then she took the doctors
hand and began 10 speak In the most eloquent
terms OF his skill and kindness. Doctor" she
said In closing Il shall remember your great
Kindness through all eternity. and I say God
bless you''
After the doctor left she said Miss Gordon:
Come. dear sing me my favori,e hymn" Miss
n -1.s eaA
but when she came TO the pronoun 'I' Miss
Willard Interrupted her.
NO Annie. dear" she said. mot r; say we
Christianity is not T; it IS we and 1t is our
Father
a little later Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman in.
Miss Willard exclaimed;
Why there's Clara" Then she addressed her
dear Clara" and as if imparting cher
ished biz OF news. said
Il have crept in with mother" Then she smiled
and seemed supremacy happy.
The last thing she took much notice OF was
HoHman's Christ" a picture which had been given
to her by Lady Henry Somerset, and hung on the
Wal hear the foot Of the bed. She called Miss
Gordon and said:
y want you 10 take this picture 10 Lady Henry,
but have engraved on the top Of 1t. Only the
Colder Rule q Christ Can Bring the Golden Age
Thee GO and sin No More. and don't forget 10
81 Holm ETt ere, ought to know that it
hoffman sho painted this beautiful head u,,u..a
AZ o'cock Friday afternoon Miss Willard
N4ged her hand slightly. looked up srnilingiy to
How helutiful TO be with Cod,
Taese were ner ast words After them she
tehk into gentle steep and az one minute aivi
III death say I those who saw it. She simply slept
away.
A, the deathbed were Dr. HIS. Mrs. W. W
BALDWIN. Miss Wizards niece. Miss GORDON. ner
;,Seisr and Mss Nag Powdey aeT ssgH' at
AFge Of the National Woman's Christian !entSrr-
e. Union and now ne new R Ts59sni Ms MS
Alice Gordon Guck and Mrs. Emile D. Maruh
THE DIAGNOSIS
Dr. HIS has made the following statement re-
g2rding the cause OF Miss Wizards death;
Miss willard had suffered some years with pro-
found ansinit and on several occasions tau pc"
given up 70 die Last summer she see4neu 10 '"ne
Weight and I'm strength so that she went through
Aef convention work at Toronto ana e ,,,ch bet,
ter than was expected. On her arrival mere KIN. ,y
week ago sne was much proslrateai n an ,omach.
liver lntestincs and later the nervous system
TIE disease progressed fav9raoy ana IN man ssye
came Overwhelming the nerve centres ana ile
VS. extinct There was no osn aeef u'es''''
Miss Gcrdon and Miss Powderly we're ai ,Ir,I
9yereome with grief bat they csP1 up Prevous to
,aat they seemed unable TO realize s Sid9 !oh'
Pened and Miss GORDON kept Kept sae aoW it can be
true" Miss Gordon said that az aI9ng sas .oud
not hrinS berseif ~ think that Miss Willard wouu
die and was not al an prepared for me Ihu, WI
though she knew just how III she was. da,h md
lard however insisted talking ABOUT os1 tg Tor
had FOR long time been gradually PfePar'is ~
II Once. when she was being iopeo o,,ia he lovely
white gown she remarked that IL wouin =" 80 tes
for shToud and IL IL IN this dres tnat sh 80 ali
N her coffin. She had peen entni reilly little
Through her sickness. and Kept nah'Ne '''''
JOKES 10 the very end. 49,, e..o-,, day and
Lady Henry Somerset has caDed evrry oa' il the
III she IS would have sailed for 'rriving
Doctor could given her any noPo ro,rieior ~
the hotel " Johnson quinn who - AZ A.1n asy
sliy with Mrs quinn, has ieiegiapiso orces OF the
hotel FOR Miss WIZARDS comfort Wheh the oIs ~
o. her death came. he telegrapheo h,', 70 ar
Miss Gordon not 70 remove the remains "'' ~
range TO have the funeral from the ho'eh
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
Telegrams kept coming IN all day yes'e'ua' ,r'
81 parts Of the world. the British woman -N"