The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-09-20
From a STAFF Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
Faribault, Mimi, Sept. 20.-The city OF
Faribault, the state of Minnesota, the
entire northwest pause to-day to drop
flowers on the bier of the Right Rev.
Henry Benjamin Whipple, bishop of the
Episcopal church Of America, but a man
distinctly above any creed.
The funeral OF the bishop brought to
this city a distinguished concourse of
churehmen, a special train, which left the
twin cities this morning, carrying 265
people. Every train to reach the city
brought with 1t men and women whose
heads were bowed in grief, and who came
to look theft last upon the dead whom
they had loved and revered in life and
whose death had sanctified.
Delegations of Indians.
From Birch Coolie came thirty-nine
full blooded Sioux Indian communicates
of the Protestant Episcopal church, under
the leadership of their rector, Rev. H.
w. Sinclair, himself Sioux. The White
Earth reservation sent twenty eight Chip
PSWaS Will lAG1I udL1NG EGCIOTs new
Frederick Smith. Other delegations
brought clergymen from practically every
parish in the diocese. The Great West
ern special was tied up at South st. Paul
and was one hour and fifteen minutes
late. fact which made it necessary to
delay the services.
The entire city is in mourning and the
flags are at half mast and all public build
ings are hung with black At Shattuck
Military Academy, the flag is half-masted,
institutions were founded by Bishop Whip
pie, the building is appropriately draped.
Students from both attended the services
this afternoon.
Eight Bishops of the Church.
The distinguished visitors from outside
the city include eight bishops of the Epis-
copal church. Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri;
Hare of South Dakota; Morrison, of Du-
luth; Grafton, of Fond du Lac; Millspaugh,
of Kansas; Leonard, of Ohio; Morrison, of
Iowa; and Edsall, of Minnesota. Arch
bishop Ireland. of st. Paul, sent his per-
sonal representative. This is thought
other faith had been so honored by the
Roman Catholic churSh in the northwest
possibly the first instance of the kind In
the United States.
Simple Services.
The afternoon services at the cathedral
consisted solely of the burial ritual Of the
Episcopal church The cathedral was
hung with purple and white, the mourning
NOlOr hiShOnC Tho n1lnit and chan
eel rail were veiled in the states colors.
The altar was in white and the chancel
was piled high with profusion Of flowers.
In front was placed the casket covered
with purple velvet in which the dead man
lay.
Long before 2 o'clock, the hour set for
the service, the pews and aisles of the
cathedral were filled with people. The
funeral procession formed in the guild
house in the rear and marched into the
cathedral through the west entrance. First
came the vested choir, then the clergy,
followed by the bishops, all in white. At
ter them came the casket, supported by
its pail bearers: Rev. Henry St. Clair, a
Sioux clergyman of Birch Coulee; Rev.
Frederick Smith, Chippewa clergyman of
Red Lake; Rev. Stewart B. Purves and
Rev. Olaf E. Tasteen of Minneapolis; !;
Rev. George H. Ten Brock of st. Paul;
Rev. Charles c. Rollit of Red Wing; Rev.
G. G. Camp of Faribault, and Rev. H.
Plummer of Lake City.
Beneath the Altar.
The beautiful burial service was then
read by the bishop, beginning with the
words OF st. John: Il am the resurrec-
tion and the light" and closing with a
benediction. The coffin was lowered into
q vault constructed beneath the altar,
where Mrs. Whipple intends to erect a
marble memorial. AS the words dust to
dust, ashes to ashes" met their ears men
and women in the congregation burst into
tears and sobbed aloud
Seats had been reserved in front for the
family and for the Indians whom the
dead bishop had loved, and for whom he
had done so much. During the services
the Sioux Indians sang Asleep in Jesus
in their native tongue. The recessional
hymn was Nearer, My God, to Thee"
An Overflow Meeting.
Outside at the overflow meeting, the
Chippewas sang a native hymn. In the
church the students Of st. Mary's Hall
sang their school hymn, always favorite
with the dead man.
Among those in attendance were dele
gates from the Society of Colonial Wars.
Sons of the American Revolution and
other patriotic organizations. H. ]. Up
ham OF 81. Paul represented the State
Historical society, of which Bishop Whip
pie was an honored member.
Early this morning Bishop Edsall held
a communion service in the oratory of the
Episcopal residence for members of the
family. Later two communion services
were held in the cathedral. The Indians
attended the first of these services, and
as they advanced to the chancel gazed
their last upon the calm features of the
man who had been so much to them.
The boasted stoiCism of their race was
forgotten and squaws and braves alike
broke down ana wept.
Among the Indians here is Emme Jah-
boWh OF White Earth, the first Indian or
dained by Bishop Whipple He is an old
man, hite-haired and bowed by years.
The services affected him greatly, and he
wept with the others
SincIair's Tribute.
Two of the Indians, Rev. H. w. Sin
clair and Rev. Frederick Smith, acted as
pallbearers. In speaking of Bishop Whip
pies work among the members of his
tribe, Mr.. Sinclair said: Bishop Whip-
pie baptized, confirmed and ordained me
as he had done my father before me. The
love for him had by our people was truly