The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-03

/ he has 6XHlDlteu WlSuoiu, his great
warm heart drew men to him, and those
who have met him have learned to love
him. and / bring you the love we bear
him speak for the states unutterable
Hon. Clarence Hale of Portland was the
| introduced to speak on behalf OF the Gum
berland County bar. MT. Hale SAID; u
Thought / could not refuse to say WORD
| for the bar. after the words that nave
been so tenderly spoken on behalf OF the
state. MIR. Freeman came to my once
| in 1876 to study law / have known MIN
| in his studies, in his life work. In the
practice of law. with him in his family
He acted with fidelity in all his deal1nes
We bring to you all and to the fanny
the love and sympathy Of his frlends;
! Mr.. Charles L. Marston then spoNe oh
beh alf of the town and the church. Mr..
Marston said: Ny reason for standlng
here Is because of my friendship Tor tne
man who has gone. Some OF you knew
him better than I. His life to you Is an
open book. We have known him as
friend, as neighbor, as citizen. We
life full of activity, but it has closed.
lie was identified with everything that
was good in the town. No man was
! listened to with more attention or had
more influence than he. He always had
word of welcome and encouragement
for all. We shall miss him in all his
relations Ito us. His record is one that
we all will strive to follow. We loved
him as neighbor, and as brother OF the
church.
E Rev. 4. P. Barwell of Wellesley, Mass, ,
an intimate acquaintance of the family,
was called upon to speak for the family.
Mr. Farwell said
cit is better that on such an occasion
as this that we should not tell what a
| great lawyer or statesman he was. but
what a good man be was and how he
loved the world. His life has passed from
us here, but 1t has gone to better one.
| If there was word of comfort the de-
ceased could speak in the last hours of
his life, he spoke it; il there was q dec
be could do. be did it, There was no cant
| in his Christian life. He hated false
Christianity. I never knew life more
straightforward than his. He carried his
Christian life into the wreck. The time
shall come, believe. when we shall see
him again. We loved him and we think
| of him still as our living friend whom
| we are glad to love-"
The services concluded with the bene-
diction by Rev. DIR. Jenkins.
| The floral tributes were beautiful and
| were arranged in front of the pulpit
The floral tributes included the follow
ing: Gates ajar, roses and lilies, IN
scribed in purple letters; FINS. from
thu Governor and Council; pillow Of roses
and pinks, Frank M. Hoyt and Harry
NJ Merrill; tablet of roses and chrysan-
themums inscribed in purple letters, :" Il:
D. f.; "Sans Peuret Sans Reproche. :
from the Cumberland bar; bouquet OF
roses from the Fortnightly club bouquet
of roses. Portland club.
The body of the deceased was to arrive
in town last evening and the burial is to
occur at Riverside cemetery at the con-
venience of the family. The pail bearers
appointed for the occasion were Messrs.
| Ivory E. True, +. W. Buchanan. Walter
B. Allen. Charles L. Marston, Chas. q.
Woodman, John Walker.
Thea following were those of the state
officials in attendance; Executive depart
ment: Adjutant General John I. Rich-
aIus; Deputy Secretary of state Oraman-
del .Smith, Messenger N s. Purin-
ton, Treasurer B. NJ. Simpson, State Su
s,erintendent of Schools W. W. Stetson,
Insurance Commissioner S. w. Carr,
Railroad Commissioners Col. J. b.
Peakes and B. f. Chadbourne, Bank Ex-
aminer r.. e. Timberlake, Labor Com
missioner S. W. Matthews, Assessors
George Pottle and Otis Hayford
Councillors Hon. E. 4. Marshall, Hon.
r. C. Boothby, Hon. E. F. Spotford Hon.
Councillor Wainwright Cushing, tension
Agent e. G. Milliken. The following
were the members of the Cumberland
County bar: Hon. Isaac w. Dyer, Judge
Robinson, f. II. Hartford, A. q. Dresser.
G. L. Hutchinson. S. W. Bates, y. II.
Colley. Hon. George Seiders, y. V. Chase, W.
f. Dunn, Hon. II. B. Cleaves, Hon. j. p.
Baxter, r. I Whitehouse. John A. Hink-
ley, WI. Knowlton, Z. l.. Talbot, E. E.
Heck bert, Hon. S. L. Larrabee. B. v.
Matthews. &c. F. Tompson, George +.
McQuillan, T. l.. FERRIS, W. 9, Chapman.
Geo. 3. Emery, +. III. Ray, J. III. Drum
mond, Jr., e. Q. Reynolds, Geo. @. Hop
kins, Deering, John H. Card, Deering;
Judge Haskell, Judge W. P. Wnitehouse,
W. III. Ingraham, Eben Winthrop Freeman.
Other prominent PEOPLE IN attendance
from out of town were: H.. K. Haines
o. P. Smith, Jerry Buxton, VIM. ii.
Moulton, Bion Wilson. Portland; G 5,
whitney, Gardiner; J. M. Gooding, Sher-
if S. d Plummer, Geo. B. Murch, regis
ter of Deeds; HON. J.. w. Wakefield, Bath;
Judge Sanford L. Fogg, Bath: Chas. Nd.
Morse, Portland; R. s. Norton, Portland;
John M. Taylor, steamb boat inspector;
six teachers from the Maine School for
the Deaf; +. II. Morrill,, Hon. c. NJ. Wat
erhouse, Westbrook; VIM. M. Marks,
Charles G. Harmon, Portland; Rev. /.
A. Flint, Falmouth; David Pratt, Port
land; W. e. St. John, q. l.. Buchanan,
Portland; Andrew Halves. Deering; II.
s. Osgood, Portland; A. 3. brown, +
H. King. Il. S. s. Mcclellan, B. Minslow,
III. F. King, r S. Davis, Portland; w.
e. Fogg, ID. c. Brewer. Frseport.