Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-02
ORIGINAL DUST.
The Ashes of Robert G. Ingersoll in a
Beautiful Urn.
On One Side of the Funeral Urn Is Inscribed
"kobert q. Inrersoii;'' ON the Other.
-rhis Urn Holds the Dust; tho
Heart, the Memory"

y. Y. Friday afternoon. of apoplexy.
NEW YORK. July 21.-The funeral of
the late Robert &. Ingersoll took
place Tuesday afternoon from Wal
ston. 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 pallbearers. The
body lay on IA cot in the room where ne
died 1t was enshroudeG 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
The services were held At 4 o'clock.
Mrs Ingersoll sat beside her dead and
Wulston and Brown and Miss Maude
lngersolL They were very much agi-
taied and wept almost continuously.
Mr. and Mrs c. Z. Farrell were pres
ent and Charles Broadway Rouse. Col.
lngersolPs Oldest friend, occupied
chair by the side of the bier.
There were some 40 Others present
and they remained standing through
OUT. The intense silence was then
broken by DIR. John Clark Ridpath,
who in voice full of emotion said:
My friends, 1t is very sad duty to
read in the presence of the dead the
last poem written by Col Robert G..
lngersoll' entitled, Declaration of the
Free" This poem Col. Ingersoll had
read and altered in some of it's parts
only a few hours before he was stricl.
en- down. Mai o. j. Smyth, who re-
sides in Dobts Ferry and who was a
close personal friend of Col. Ingersoll.
then without preliminary words read
another extract from Col. Ingersolrs
writings entitled My Religion.
DIR. John Elliott, of New York, read
the 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 and passed
out. Mr. Rouse arose from his chair,
and, as he is totally blind, passed his
hand over the face of his dead friend.
Many additional kilograms of SYM
pathy 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 just as it lay sur
rounded by these flowers. 1t took a
three-quarter view of the face
New YORK, July 2S.-The BODY of
Col. Robert q. Ingersoll was cremated
at Fresh Pond. l.. l., Thursday. The
body was placed in the retort at 1850.
and at o'clock all that remained was
ashes.
There were no services at the crema-
tory. Even the organ, which is usual
~ played while a cremation is going
on, was silent. This was at the re-
quest of the family. There was a
crowd about the building, and a num-
Der demanded admission, but no one
except the members of the family and
two members of the cremation society
were admitted.
The body was removed from Wal
ston soon after Q o'clock and taken to
the Doobs Ferry station where a flu.
neral car was waiting. The BODY was
placed in the car and the members of
the family also entered it. The BODY
was inclosed in black coffin, which
was unrelieved by handles or plate.
On the trip to the city Mrs. Inger-
soil and the family sat about the bier
and on the top of the coffin rested
wreaths of roses and evergreens. The
party reached the Fresh Pond crema-
tory at 1880 clock. The coffin was
not opened in the columbarium.
Those present stood around it for
a few moments and then il W. car.
ricd TO the incinerating rooru. Mrs.
lngersoll bore up better than il was
expected she would When inc retort
had sufficiently cooled, the cradle was
drawn out and the alumni soaked sheet
was opened. The ashes were then
placed in the usual canister and then
p "a the urn. Both were sealed and the
Urn taken Ia charge by the Ingersoll
party. The return trip was then be-
gun. Mrs. Ingersoil bore up well.
Inc funeral urn is beautiful one,
wound with laurel leaves aud berries
IN oas relief and set with cypress
leaves fashioned OF green bronze. Il
Is oval and set on a red periphery base
that rests on br;.ss plate. On
one side is the simple inscription.
Robert g. Ingersoll."
On the other, in French, are the
words: This urn holds the dust; the
heart. the memory"
Made His Own Funeral Prss.y.tto,..
LoGANsPORT, Ind. July 2s-John