New-York tribune., 1900-12-25
EX-GOT. WOLCOTTS FUNERAL.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY FOR MAssACHU-
sETTs HoNoRED STATESMAN

Boston. Dec. A-Roger wolcott thrice elected
Governor of Massachusetts, and citizen honored
throughout the State. buried to-day
Mount Auburn Cemetery, after services at Trinity
Church. which included only the simple Unitarian
service and few hymns which were his favortes
during his life.
Hundreds of eminent citizens gathered in Boston's
most beautiful religious edfce to do honor to the
distinguished dead. while outside the brownstone
structure thousands thronged unable to gain ad-
mission yet willing to stand beneath the sombre
sky during the moment in which the last words
over the body being spoken.
Within the dim precincts of the church the
vice read by Mr.. Wolcott's pastor. the Rev.
Howard n. Brown of Kings Chapel. The funeral
would have been held from Kings Chapel doubt
less, had that edifce been capacious: but in
view of its somewhat limited proportions the of
Trinity was rendered to the family and CRATE
fully accepted.
Three hymns were sung. and after the service
the body borne through the silent multitude
and carried to its f1nat resting place in the
quiet of Mount Auburn.
There eulogy, there were no words OF
praise Of the OF the dead but tribute paid
by the silent OF statesmen Iurists National
State and city officials numerous delegations from
patriotic, historical and charitable institutions OF
which Mr. Wolcott had been member. and by the
great body of people which came together during
the hour of the fnal service
Within the church, hung with the long festoons
OF christmas green USED yesterday, the scent
of the rose and the violet from the abundance Of
floral tributes pervaded every nook Seldom has
Boston seen such elaborate array OF flowers
this morning banked in the ehancel OF
Trinity. BY 1o45 o'clock every one of the 100
seats occupied, and still an apparent
ly endless line of waiting citizens stretched away
from each door.
Those who entered the church were cared for by
a large staff Of ushers. Twenty of these ushers
had served on the staff OF Mr.. Wolcott during the
the State, while sixteen others among his
personal friends of a younger generation. The
ushers Governor Wolcott's staff Generals
Appleton Carter. Guild, wellington, and Colonels
Chappelle. Bradley. Robins King. Frye. Scutter.
Morgan. Dexter. Converse Locke, Sears. Billings
Sohier. Jewett and Stevens. The civilian ushers
f. c. Johnson, Henry Parkman. E. L. Davis,
S. D. Parker Charles Parker c. H. Fiske. Charles
Fiske J. E. Peabody. w c. Endicott, James Law
renee, Augustus p. Lorng, ]. Lacelle. A. w. Weld.
Randolph Coolidge. jr.. Henry Bigelow Louis
rockingham and G. B. Dorr.
The deep silence of the church broken by the
sound Of voice saying. IT the Resurrection
and the Life" and the clergyman, followed by the
eight pail bearers and the twelve honorary pail
bearers. and the family and friends of the deceased
passed slowly up the broad aisle. The body was
borne by eight members OF the class of 20 o.
Harvard Universty-Mr. Wolcott's class
Theodore rockingham, A. A. Lawrence, Louis
Curtis. William F. Wharton. w. w. Vaughan
Theophilus Parsons Henry Parkman and Laurence
Curtis Following the honorary pail bearers
headed by Governor w. Murray Crane with whom
walked Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the
Supreme Judicial Court. The other honorary pail
bearers were George H. Lyman, Collector of the
Port of Boston; Judge Francis c. Lowell. of the
United States District Court; Justice William c.
Loring. of the Massachusetts Supreme Court; Dr.
Samuel A. Greene, DR.. H. p. Walcott Colonel
Henry L. Higginson Thomas K. Lothrop. Lindsay
Prescott, Wolcott Jackson and Charles II. Parker.
The widow passed up the aisle leaning on the
arm Of her son, Roger Wocott. Jr., with her other
sons, Charles Huntington Wolcott, William Pres
Corneiia rockingham WoIcott. closely following.
VIII, WITH the end of the first Psalm came the hymn
Peyels familiar tune. A short prayer followed
tiers beaStfu hymn with seGce Gno on1 I4ng as Tnf Tbs
Benediction the music being by B. J. Lang. Kings
@ The rest rest of the ritual then read. and the
known For All the Saints Who from Their Labors
Rest. short prayer and the 6enediGtion closed
coffin was not opened
IT The burial was private at Mount Auburn. At
Unitarian Church, Milton, Ex-Governor Wolcott's
During the hour Of the funeral business, at the
State House and the City Hall was suspended and
The following is partial list of delegations and
officials who were present at the exercises in the
Lieutenant-Governor John L. Bates Attorney
Kimball. Adjutant-General Samuel Dalton. Rear
Afeasurer Arn Of the Boston city gop
ernment Algonquin Club, Massachusetts Bar As
ISOLATION Barnard Memorial trustees of the Bos-
ton Public Library Bunker Hill Association First
Corps of Cadets. order of the Cincinnati. Massa-
chusetts Civil Service Commission class of 10
Harvard University; Society of Colonial Wars and
the Colonial Society, nearly the entire State dele
cation TO the National Congress- the Governors
Council Of 1900. large number of councillors who
served during Governor Wolcott'S administration.
Daughters OF the American Revolution a COM
mittee of the Dorchester Historical Society the
Massachusetts, Electoral College of 1860, the First
Brigade staff committee of the officials OF the city
of Gloucester the staff of the late Governor Green
haIgh. committee of the Harvard Corporation. COM
mittees from both the Senate and House OF 1900
committee from the Loyal Legion. committee from
the Massachusetts Historical Society, judges of the
Municipal Court. the Nautical Training Commits
sion, a committee from the New-Engand Trust
Company. the, Boston, Police Commission com
mittees from the Republican Club and the Repub-
Hcan State Committee. Massachusetts Savings
Bank Commission Massachusetts, Sewerage Com
mission. committee from the st. Botoph Club,
justices from the Supreme and Superior courts.
the Boston Transit Commission, committee from
the Union Club, committee from the Unitarian As
sociation and a committee from the Woman's Re-
lief Corra