The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-08-04
ORIGINAL DUST.
The Ashes Of Robert q Inzrrsoll in q
Beautiful Urn.
Ou One Side Of the Funeral IRA !. inscribed
"kobsrt g. ing-r-oii;" on tho Othsr,
"rhis Urn Hold. the Du.t,ths
Heart, tho Memory"

WI "''u az hls loInc IN DODDS Ferry.
n. T.. Friday afternoon, OF apoplexy.
NEW foEk @u.y 20. The funeral of
the late Robert o. lngersoll took
place Tuesday afternoon from Wal.
s,on' DobOs Ferry. where he dicd on
Friday last
NO clergyman was present TO con.
duct the services; there was no music
anu there were no pallbearers. The
body lay on a cot In the room where he
died. IL was enshroudcd in white and
Just one red rose placed on the breast.
About the cot were banks of floral
tributes sent 10y friends wreaths and
punches OF blossoms.
The services were held at o'clock
Mira IngerSoll Sat beside her dead and
beside her were her daughters, Mrs
Nnlston and brown and Miss Maude
lngersoll They were very much agi-
tated and wcpt almost continuously.
Dir. and Mrs {. L. Farrell were pres.
cnt and Charles broadway Rouse. Col.
lngerso!rs Oldest friend. occupied a
NH"ii W Att hiAN % INC DICT
There were some 20 others present.
aud they remained standing through.
out The intense silence was then
broken by DR. John Clark Ridpath,
who in voice full of emotion said:
my friends, IL Is "a very sad duty to
read IN the presence OF the dead the
last poem written by Col Robert q.
lngcrsoll, entitled. DECLARATION OF the
Free This poem Col. Ingersoll had
read and altered In some OF its parts
only few hours before he was strick.
en- down. Maj q. J. Smy,h, who re-
sides in Dobbs Ferry and who was a
close personal friend OF Col. Inrersoll.
then without preliminary words read
aao,her extract from Col. Ingersolrs
writings entitled "My Religion.
Dr. John Elliott. of New York. read
tie funeral Grafton delivered by Col
Ingersoll over his brothers dead body.
This concluded the short and simple
services Nearly all present then took
a parting look at the dead aud passed
8AAf shAs Atbhh' afPAt 4EbhA MS ttlNtEs
and. a. lac IL totally blind. passed his
hand over the face OF his dead friend.
Many additional kilograms of sym
patty were received Tuesday. one of
them being from Gen. Miles
Floral tributes were received all the
morning and there were two rooms Of
them.
Photograph OF the body was taken
Tuesday afternoon jus, as IL lay sur
rounded by these flowers. IL took .
thrce-quarier view OF the face.
NEw YoRK. July IS The body of
Col Robert g. lngersoll was cremated
a, Fresh Pond. L. l., Thursday. The
body was placed in the retort at 1850.
aud at o'clock all that remained was
ashes
There were no services At the crema-
tory. Even the organ. which is usual
ly played while a cremation Is going
on. was silent This was at the re-
quest 81 the family. There was a
crowd about the building, and n num-
btt bht NJ ono
except the members OF the family and
two members OF the cremation society
were admitted.
The body was removed from Wal
ston soon after y o'clock and taken to
the Dobbs Ferry station where fu.
neral car was waiting. The body was
placed in the car and the members of
the family aiso entered it. The body
was inclosed In a black coffin, which
was unrelievcd 10y handles or plate.
On the trip To the city Mrs. Inger-
coll and the family sat about the bier
aud on the top OF the coffin rested
wrcaths Of roses and evergreenS Tho
party reached the Fresh Pond crema-
tory at 1880 o'clock. The coffin was
not opened in the columbarium.
Those present stood around it for
a few moments and then 1t was car
ried to the incinerating room. Mrs
Ingcrsoll bore up better than IL was
expected she would. When the retort
had sufficiently cooled. the cradle was
drawn out anu tHt aAuuln soahtu snccb
was opened. The ashes were then
placed in the usual canister and then
In the urn. Both were sealed and the
urn taken In charge by the Ingersoll
party. The return trip was then be-
gun. Mrs. Ingersoll bore up well.
TIE funeral urn is u beautiful one
wound with laurel leaves and berries
10 has relief and set with cypress
leaves fashioned OF green bronze. 1t
is oval and set on red periphery base
that rests on brass plate. On
one side is the simple inscription,
Robert q. Ingersoll."
On the other, in French, are the
words: This urn holds the dust; the
heart. the memory"
Made His own Funeral Preparations
LooASsroRT, Ind, July 2s John
a MI In