The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-25
INGERSoLL OBSEQUIES TO-DAY.
Wife and Daughters Frustrated With
Grief

| New York, July 24-Mrs. Robert G
lngersoll, the widow of the late Col.
onel Ingersoll, is so i'll that she is con-
Ferry, N. Y. Members of the family
| say that the illness is due to the pros
| tratlon of grief and the ceaseless vigil
tLiat she has kept at the bier Of her
| DEAD husband since he died on Friday
Dr. Judson was called this afternoon
and has been in constant attendance
slce 1t is not thought that the illness
Will result seriously. Colonel IngersolPs S
daughters, Miss Maude Ingersoll, and
Mrs. Watson H. Brown, are both on the
verge of protsration. The grief-strick-
en- wife and daughters, who share the
pellef OF the dead agnostic, have begged
only to be allowed to keep the body with
them as long as possible. They have re-
peatedly refused to discuss the final dis
position of the remains and it was not
until this afternoon that they permit
ted Clinton B. Farrell. brothers, in law
and secretary of Colonel Ingersoll, to
complete arrangements When told this
afternoon that services would be held
tomorrow the only remarks We're 80
soon, cannot we have him with US a
little longer?"
AT 4 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon the
funeral services, simple and yet i'm
presslve, will be held at "Walston," the
lngersoll home. No Christian minister
VIII officiate and no funeral sermon will
be preached. DR.. John Clark Ridpath,
VINO for many years was close per-
sonal friend of Colonel Ingersol will
read a eulogy written by the colonel at
the time of the death of his brother,
Ebon DR.. Ridpath will also read my
Creed" the last poem written by Col
onel Ingersoll, and will afterwards de-
liver few personal remarks. DIR. Rid
path held directly opposite views to Col
onel Ingersolrs and they frequently met
to discuss their religious views. Major
o. j. Smith of Dobbs Ferry, warm
friend of Colonel Ingersoll, will read
other selections from the coloners writ
ings
Early Wednesday morning the whole
family will accompany the remains to
Fresh Pond, l.. l., where the body will
be cremated. The family will bring the
ashes back to the home at Dobbs Ferry
and they will be deposited in an urn
which will be surmounted with the bust
of Colonel Ingersoll to be made from
the death mask made to-day by John
Grey Bernard, the New York sculptor.
The only music that will be heard to-
morrow afternoon will be the Siegfried
Funeral March. which in no way sug-
gests the Christian religion. The mail
to-day brought over 300 letters of con-
dolence and kilograms continue to pour
in from all parts of the country. Among
those received to-day was one from
Julia Marowe, the actress, now in Lon
don, Eng. Another long one was from
the Rev. r. II. Pullman, who is now
in the Thousand Islands and who was
a personal friend of Colonel Ingersoll
Many theatrical people sent letters Of
coincidence, among them being H. c.
Barnaby, Augustus Thomas, Nate SAILS
bury and Stuart Robson. Among those |
who called at the house to-day was
Judge C. D. Wait of Chicago, and Mr. /
and Mrs. j. B. Purifier of Binghamton. !
A wreath was received from the Bohe |
mian Free Thinkers, and many beauti-
full floral offerings filled the rooms of |
the lower part of the house.
The funeral will be private and it is
expected that only those who were per-
sonal friends of long standing and rep
of socities that believed as .
did Colonel Ingersoll will attend it.