The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-25
TO KEEP HIS ASHES.
lngersoll's Stricken Family Will
Treasure His Dust.
CREMATION FOR THE DEAD ORATOR
Simple and Private Funeral Services at
the Summer Home to the Strains Of
Wagner's Funeral Maroh-C Condolences
From Famous Men and Women.

NEW York, July 25.-simple funeral
exercises over the body of the late Rob-
ert G. lngersoll will be held at Walston,
the Ingersoll summer home at Dobbs
Ferry at O'Clock this afternoon. DIR.
John Clark Ridpath, who was for many
years close personal friend of Colonel
Ingersoll, will read the eulogy delivered
by Colonel Ingersoll upon his brother
Clarke. DR.. Ridpath will also read
"My Creed, " the last poem writtes: by
Colonel Ingersoll, and will afterward
make q brief address. Major O. j.
Smith OF Dobbs Ferry, a warm friend of
the great orator and lecturer, will read
other selections from Ingersoll's writ
ings.
Early Wednesday morning the family
will accompany the remains to Fresh
Pond, L. L., where the body will be Gre
mated. They will bring the ashes back
to Dobbs Ferry and they will be depos-
tied in an urn which will be surmounted
with the bust of Colonel Ingersoll, to be
made from the death mask made yes
terday by John Gray Bernard, the New
York sculptor. The only music that
will be heard at the funeral will be
"Sigfried's Funeral March,
The mail yesterday brought over 300
letters OF coincidence and kilograms con-
tinue to pour in from all parts of the
country. Among those received was
one from Julia Marlowe, the actress,
now in London, Eng. Another was
from Rev. r. 81. Pullman, who was a
personal friend of Colonel Ingersoll.
Many theatrical people sent letters
OF coincidence, among them HI. @. Bar
naby, Augustus Thomas, Nate Sails
bury and Stuart Robson. Telegrams
were received from the Brooklyn Philo-
sophical association, the American
Secular society and kindred organiza-
tions.
A wreath was received from the Bo-
hemian Free Thinkers and many beau
tiful floral offerings filed the rooms of
the lower part of the house. The fu-
neral will be private, and it is expected
that only those who were personal
friends of long standing will attend
and representatives of societies that be-
ieved as did the late Colonel Ingersoll.
Mrs. Ingersoll is SO ill that she is con-
fined to her bed. Members of the fam
lily say that the illness is due to the
prostration Of grief and the ceaseless
vigil that she has kept at the bier of
her dead husband since his death on
Friday. 1t is not thought that the i'll
ness will result seriously.
Colonel Ingersoll's daughters, Miss
Maud and Mrs Walston H. Brown, are
both on the verge of prostration. The
grief stricken wife and daughters, who
share the belief of the dead agnostic,
have begged only to be allowed to keep
the body with them as long as possible.
They have repeatedly refused to discuss
the final disposition Of the remains, and
it was not until yesterday afternoon
that they permitted Clinton B. Farrell,
brother-in-law and secretary of Colonel
Ingersoll, to complete the arrange
ments. When told yesterday that serv-
ices We're to be held today their only
remarks We're: $50 soon, cannot we
have him with us little longer?"