The times., 1899-04-11
THE DEAD JuR1sT HoNoRED.
for the Funeral o
the Late stephen j. Field.

Arrangements for the Funeral of
the Lnte stephen j. Field.
The funeral of the late Justice Stephen
]. Field will be held in the Church of
the Epiphany Thursday morning at 10:30
o'clock. The services will be conducted
by Bishop Satterlee and Rev. DIR. Nc
Kim. pastor of the church.
The funeral, while simple in ceremony,
will be one of the most impressive held
in Washington in recent years. President
Mckinley and the members of his Cabinet.
the Justices of the United States Supreme
Court and District bench, the Diplomatic
Corps, and many other distinguished per-
sons in Washington and from other cities
will attend The remains will be placed
temporarily in a private vault in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
The resting place has not been definitely
decided upon. The father of Justice Field
and his two deceased brothers, David Dud-
ley and Cyrus W. Field, and several other
members of the family, lie buried in the
cemetery at Stockbridge, Mass. 1t is the
wish of the surviving brother. Henry NJ.
Field that the remains be placed in the
family vault at that place. The life OF
Justice Field, however, was spent prin-
cpally in California and Washington.
and it is probable that his remains will be
buried either on the Pacific slope or in
this city. Already Mrs. Field has re-
ceived many requests from prominent peo-
pie of San Francisco and other parts OF
California urging that the remains be
Inferred in that State. Mrs. Field will
/ probably spend the remainder OF her lie
in Washington and she is desirous OF
having her husband buried here.
Mrs Field was the recipient yesterday
of several hundred letters and teiegrams
of coincidence. They came from every
part of the United States and two from
Europe President and Mrs. Mckinley
we're the first TO remember the grief
/ stricken widow in her sorrow, and the
| earliest visitor yesterday morning was a
messenger from the White House, who
carried a large box of white roses and
| lilies and a letter expressing the sympathy
| of the senders. Cards We're left at the
| Field residence from the Vice President
! and Mrs. Hobart. the members OF the
| Cabinet. and from every embassy and le-
| cation in the city.
Yesterday Chief Justice Fuller formally
! informed his associates of the death OF the
venerable jurist. and adjourned the court
! out of respect to his memory, with the
| following beautiful sentiment:
1t becomes my sad duty to inform the gentle
men of the bar that oiryestcrddy Sunday evening
Mr. Justice Field passed from this life He died full
OF years and honors and attended by all that
should accompany old age.
His judicial career has been unexamplcd ii
length and distinguished service, and he occupied
a seat upon this bench for longer period thar
any Of its members f,om the beginning Hi
labors left no region OF Jurisprudence uneNplored
! and now that he rests from them his works
! will follow him. Ills rctiment when he saw port
approaching was 50 recent that he hardly seems
| to have been absent and his death comes home t
us more kcenly. As 4 mark of respect to hi
memory the court will stand adjourned until to
I morow.
Immediately after adjournment the
bench in a body called at the Field resi-
dence. which is but a short distance from
the Capitol Th> members of the Supreme
Court will act as honorary pallbearers at
the funeral
The Justices of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia also held a meeting
in general term yesterday and adjournsd d
the courts out of respect to the memory
! Of the dead jurist.