Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-25
COL. INGERsOLL's FUNERAL.
will Be Private. Today. With Such Cere.
monies Is Ne Would Wish.

New York, July A.-Mrs. Robert G..
Ingersoll. the widow of the late Col. In
gersoll, is so i'll that she is confined
to her bed at her home near Dobbs
Ferry, n. y. Members of the family
say that the illness is due to the pros
tration of grief and the ceaseless vigil
she has kept at the body of her dead
husband since his death, Friday. DR..
Judson was called, this afternoon. and
has since been in constant attendance.
1t is not thought that the illness will re-
suit seriously. Col. Ingersolrs daugh-
ters. Miss Maud Ingersoll and Mrs.
WalstOn II. Brown. are both on the
verge of prostration.
The grief-stricken wife and daugh-
tiers, who share the belief of the dead
agnostic, have begged only to be al
lowed to keep the body with them as
long as possible. They have repeated
ly refused to discuss the final DISPOSE
ton of the remains and it was not UNI
til this afternoon that they permitted
Clinton B. Farrell. brother-in-law and
secretary of Col Ingersoll, TO COM
plete arrangements. When told, TINS
afternoon, that services would be held,
tomorrow. their only remarks were. so
soon?" Cannot. we have him with us
little longer?'
At 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. the
funeral services, simple yet impressive,
will be held at ''Walston,' the lnger-
soil home. No Christian minister Will
ofiiciate and no funeral sermon will be
preached DR.. John Clark Ridpath.
who was for many years close per-
sonal friend of Col. Ingersoll, will read
a eulogy written by the colonel at the
time of the death of his brother Eben.
DR.. Rfdpath will also read My Creed"
the last poem written by Col. Ingersoll,
and will afterwards deliver few per-
sonal remarks. DR.. Ridpath held di-
rectly opposite views to Col. Ingersoll
and they frequently met to discuss
their religious views. Major o. j.
Smith of Dobb's Ferry. a warm friend
of Col Ingersoll. will read other seec-
tions from the colonel's writing.
Early Wednesday morning. the whole
family will accompany the remains 10
Fresh Pond, L. l., where the body will
be cremated. The family will bring
the ashes back to the house at DObb's
Ferry and they will be deposited in
an urn which will be surmounted with
the bust of Col. Ingersoll. to be made
from the death mask made, today, by
John Grey Bernard, the New York
sculptor. The only music that will be
heard, tomorrow afternoon. will be the
"Siegfried Funeral March," which in
no way suggests the Christian relig-
ion.
The mail. today. brought over 300
letters of coincidence and kilograms
continue to pour in from all parts of
the country. Among those received
were one from Julia Marlowe, the
actress now in London, Eng. Another
long one was from the Rev. r. II. Pull
man. who is now in the Thousand Is
lands. and who was also a personal
friend of Col. Ingersoll. Many theatre
cal people sent letters of coincidence.
among them being II. c. Barnabee.
Augustus Thomas, Nat Z. Salisbury
and Stuart Robson.
Among those who called at the house,
today, were Judge c. ID. Waite of Chi
cago, and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b. Puffer of
Binghamton. A wreath was received
from the Bohemian Free Thinkers and
many beautiful floral offerings filed
the rooms of the lower part of the
house.
The funeral will be private and it is
expected that only those who Were
personal friends of long standing and
representatives of societies that believ
ed as did Col Ingersoll will attend it.