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THE LAST TRIBUTES.
Funeral Services Over Remains of
the Late Col. Ingersoll.
SERVICES SIMPLE In THE EXTREME.
Extracts from the Writings of the
Dead Man Are Rcad by Close
Personal acknowledgements
to BE Cremated.

New York, July 26.-The funeral ofthe
late Robert G.. lngersoll took place
Tuesday afternoon from Walston,
Dobbs Ferry, where he died on Friday
last. No clergyman was present to con-
duct the services; there was no music,
and there were no pall-bearers. The
body lay on a cot in the room where he
died. 1t was enshrouded in white, and
just one red rose placed on the breast.
About the cot were banks of floral
tributes, sent by friends, wreaths and
punches of blossoms.
Theservices We're held at four o'clock.
Mrs. Ingersoll sat beside the dead, and
beside her were her daughters, Mrs
Walston II. Brown and Miss Maud In
gersoll. They were very much agitated,
and wept almost continuously. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. p. Farrell were present, and
Charles Broadway Rouse, Col. Inger-
soils oldest friend, occupied chair by
the side of the bier. There were some
40 others present, and they remained
standing throughout.
His Last Poem Read.
The intense silence was then broken
by DR.. John Clark Ridpath, who in a
voice full of emotion said: .My friends,
it is a very sad duty to read in the
presence of the dead the last poem
written by Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, en-
titled Declaration of the Free" This
poem Col. Ingersoll had read and al
tered in some of its parts only few
hours before he was stricken down."
Maj. o. j. Smyth, who resides in
Dobbs Ferry and who was close per-
sonal friend of Col. Ingeysoll, then,
without preliminary words, read an
other extract from Col. Ingcrsoll's writ
ings, entitled "My Religion"
DR.. John Elliott, of New York, read
the funeral Grafton delivered by Col.
Ingersoll over his brothers dead body.
A Pathetic Scene.
This concluded the short and simple
services. Nearly all present took a
parting look at the dead and passed
out. After they had gone Mr.. Rouse
arose from his chair and, as he is totally
blind, passed his hand over the face of
his departed friend, and said: Per
haps he Is better now. No one can I'M
derstand it," Mrs. Ingersoll said to
him: "The colonel wanted you to put
your hand upon his heart" and suiting
the action to the word, she directed his
hand to the left breast of the deceased.
Mr.. Rouse asked what she was going TO
do with the remains. II can't give him
up" she said. 81 can't put him in the
ground. l can't bear to think of it.
We're going to bring him back home"
To BE Cremnted.
The body will probably be taken to
Fresh Pond, L. l., on Thursday for ere
NATION, but this arrangement is subject
to change.
| Many View the Remains.
During the morning there were many
visitors to look upon the face OF the de-
ceased. Among them were several old
colored servants of the family who
had come from Washington and took
four days off or paid their expenses to
| do honor to their benefactor. Among
these were two former buffers of the
family. One old man, who was a bag.
gageman on the railroad, came from
down on Long Island, others came from
Chicago, Syracuse and Buffalo. Many
additional kilograms Of sympathy
were received Monday, one of then
being from Gen. Miles. Floral tributes
were received all the morning, and
there were two rooms full of them. A
| photograph of the body was taken il
the afternoon just as it lay surround
ed by these Aow.ers. 1t took three
quarters view Of the face.