The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-06

terday Afternoon, to Look Upon
the Face OF the Dead Before the
Funeral Today-services at Christ
Church Today VIII BE Especially
Impressive.
The saddest chapter OF the mournful
circumstances surrounding the death of
Rt. Rev. Mahlon N. Gilbert, bishop CO.
ad5utor of the Episcopal diocese of Min
nesota, was closed yesterday afternoon,
when the deceased churchman's devoted
wife was brought to st. Paul from
Farlbault, Mimi, where she has lain
dangerously Ill during the period of her
husoands fatal illness and death. Mrs.
Gilbert reached st. Paul at o'clock yes
terday afternoon. She was brought from
Faribault by a special train furnished by
the Great Western railway for the pur-
pose.
Inc physicians decided yesterday that
MRS. Gilbert was sufficiently recovered
to make the trip from Faribault TO her
nome here without danger. President A.
3. Stlckney, Of the Great Western. at
once volunteered his services and placed
MS own private car at the disposal of
DR.. c. l.. Greene, the attending physician,
and a small party Of friends. The car
was taken out of st. Paul yesterday
forenoon.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Gilbert, DR.. c. L. Greene, J. H. Ames.
OF st. Paul. close friend of the family;
MIS-. 3. l. Stanton, an Intimate friend of
Mrs. Gilbert; Miss Wiggin. q nurse, and
the two daughters Of the late bishop left
Faribault for st. Paul Immediately
upon the arrival of the special train
Mrs. Gilbert was taken to the family resi-
dence. Is Summit court, attended by her
physician. her daughters and the nurse
She was still too weak to walk and show
ed traces Of acute suffering. She bore
up well under the ordeal and stood the
trip even better than the physicians an
ticipated.
Mrs. Gilbert's illness has been one Of
the saddest incidents Of the family be-
reavement. Dr. Rose, who attended her
IN Far1bault, was exceedingly anxious
lest the shock of her husbands death
should nave fatal consequences. Late
last night Dr.. Q. L. Greene was asked
for information concerning her condition.
+ He did not care to make a statement,
put intimated that at present indications
seemed favorable. During the bishops
illness she was unable to leave her bed
and, confined at Faribault, was compelled
10 dally near less and less favorable news
VA AAAAih oAiu lIidlIy Oh MS sudden death.
AT 10 o'clock the first service will be
held This will be at the Episcopal rest
oence and private, only the family the
ot1clat1ng clergymen and a few intimate
friends being present. Dr. C. D. Andrews.
or Christ church, will be in charge of
this service. and Bishop Tuttle, Of Mis-
souri, VIII assist in reading prayers. The
service Will consist OF prayers only.
Following this short service the body
removed fn Chric oh,
hearse will be followed only by the two
carriages containing the eight active
pallbearers and possibly a carriage or
two with the attending cIergymen.
Teh active pallbearers are Rev. T. P.
Inurston, Winona; Rev. c. G. Rollit. Red
wing; Rev. d. J. w. Somerville, Austin:
Dean Slattery, Faribault; Rev G. II
Mueller. st. Paul; Rev c. H. Ten Brock
Merriam Park; Rev. S. B. Purvis, Min
neapohs; Rev. c.. r. Taylor, LitchheId.
1hese eight men, the younger clergy
men OF Bishop Gilbert.s diocese. will ~con--
stitute guard of honor at the bier dur
ing the time the body lies in state Six
Will remain always beside the bier, two
being relieved every half hour. 49,
The catafalque upon which the casket
Will rest will be placed at the head OF
the main aisle, at the foot OF the choir
steps. The doors will be opened at IL
o'clock, and the public will be admitted
at the front door of the church and will
be allowed to pass in single file down the
nave past the catafalque, where they
may look for the last time upon the face
of the dead bishop. and out through
the tower door,
None Of those entering the church dur.
Ing the time the body lies In state will
be allowed to remain there until the fu-.
neral service.
The crowd will pass through the
church until o'clock, when the church
will be cleared and the doors closed.
About fifteen or twenty minutes will be
allowed for the clergymen present to
look upon the dead and then the doors
will be opened again to the public
No seats will be reserved in the church
except for the clergy.
Just before the service at the church
the body will be removed to position
in the middle of the chancel, where 1t
will rest in q mass Of green ferns and
palms. The only decorations in the
church will be the purple and white
hangings, cross Of Easter lilies and a
wreath of laurel; these latter symbohzing
the resurrection and the triumph.
The service Will be in charge of Bishop
futile, of Missouri, who will be assisted
by Bishop Edsall, of North Dakota, and
probably Bishop Milspaugh of Kansas,
and Bishop Nicholson, of Milwaukee; DR..
The music will be simple and impress
sive. r. Nelson Barber will preside at
the organ and the vested choir will sing
the funeral anthem and the musical por-
tons of the regular burial service.
A favorite hymn of Bishop Gllbert's.
my Faith Looks Up to Thee" will be
sung, and another hymn, which has been
selected as particularly appropriate. is
81 Need Thee Every Hour"
in attendance at the church service. and
who will also attend the body to the
last resting place, are as follows:
DR.. George r. Metcalf. for the Mime
sofa Veterans association to which the
bishop belonged; Henry P. Cpham, for
the bishops lodge. Ancient Landmark
No s. A. F. &: A. M; Rev. Dr.; Wilson.
Mary's hall: Rev DR.. Dobbin, of Shat
tuck school, for the church institutions
at Faribault; Reuben Warner and John
O. Adams for the vestry of Christ
church: Rev. DR.. Tanner. for the Breck
Red Wing: Judge Atwater, of Minneap-
oils. two of the oldest laymen in the do
cese and a member of the Minnesota
Society of the Sons of the Revolution;
B. G. Yates and G. A. Vandersluis, rep
resenting St Clements parish, ST Paul.
Rev. Ernest Dray, rector of st. Glenn
ent's is in charge of most of the detailed
preparations for the funeral.
A personal notice has been sent to ev-
cry rector in the diocese, notifying him
of the loss that has come upon 1t, and in
yiting his presence at the funeral. Should
the weather be bad today the burial ser
vice usually read over the grave will be
read instead in the chapel at the ceme-
tery but II the day is pleasant the flu