The Washington times., 1901-09-27
LAID TO REST AT OAK HILL.
Funeral Services Over the Re-
mains of Judge Wilson.

| DR.. Teunis s. Hamlin EuIogixcs the
Eminent Dead, Jurist-PrOminent
| officials Present MT the Final Cere
| Funeral services over the remains of
Judge jeremiah M. Wilson were held at
the Church of the Covenant yesterday
afternoon at o'clock Rev. Dr. Teunis
| S. Hamlin, pastor of the church, conduct
ed the services and delivered a brief ad-
dress. The honorary pallbearers were Sec
retary Wilson. of the Department of Ag-
ricuIture: Gen. John NJ. Wilson, Chaplin
| Brown, President of the Bar Association;
Mr.. Justice Brewer. Senator McComas.
Judge C. c. Cole. Admiral Dewey, Rear
Admiral Schley. William Thompson Har-
ris, Justice Bingham. Judge Morris,
George E. Hamilton; General Sherwin, of
Boston; Horace s. Cummings. U. N. Be-
theI, Joseph H. Crawford. Thomas r.
Jones, l.. P. Shoemaker, r. Ross Perry.
and ]. ]. Darlington.
The active pallbearers, all chosen from
active members of the bar in Washing
ton, were 4. w. Van Dyke, J. NJ Nolan.
John b. Henderson. jr.. Charles Frailey.
James w. Greer. w. J. Lambert. William
IT. S. Curtis, and Frederick z. Chaplin.
| The members OF the District bar met
| at 80 at the rooms of the association and
proceeded in a body to the Church of the
Covenant to attend the funeral service.
| The church was completely filled with
the friends of the late jurist, one section
being reserved for members Of the bar
and another for the officers and employees
of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company, who were present in a
| body. Judge Wilson at the time of his
death was the president or that corpora
tion.
Among the prominent persons present
were Lieutenant General Miles, Secretary
Root, Admiral Ramsay. Mr.. Foster, ex-
Secretary of the Trea sury; Captain Park
er, Captain Rayner. Commissioner II.
B. F. Mcfarland, c. C. Glover, G. T.
Dunlap, President of the Capital Trac-
ton Company; Justice Kenna, of the Su-
preme Court; Judge Shepard, w. D.
Davidge, ex-District Commissioner Doug
lass. Captain Lemly. A. P. Hanna. Dr.
Huehling, retired Medical Director, U. S.
N, and Mrs. Huehling and A. A. Hueh-
| ling. The latter has been associated with
Judge Wilson in some of his most import
| ant cases.
The ushers were Garry Brown, H. w.
Van Dyke, T. ]. Pickett, C. C. Tucker.
| C. II. Bates and p. T. Berry.
| Among the many beautiful floral trib-
| Utes were: A wreath of lilacs of the VAL
| Icy, orchids and galax leaves, sent by the
employees of the Chesapeake and Potomac
| Telephone Company; wreath from Ad-
miral Schley, and a magnificent floral de-
I sign from the Bar Association of the Dis
! trict.
| The honorary paIlbearers, preceding the
| active Yallbearers with their sad burden,
entered the church a few minutes past
O'Clock, and passed slowly up the aisle to
| the seats reserved for them. while the or
gan pealed in solemn tones. Those pres
ent stood as the coffin was borne into the
church. and at the same time the Rev.
| DR.. Hamlin recited, II am the resurrec-
| tion and the Iife." ,i
AS soon as the body was placed at the
| chancel the burial service was read. Dr.
Hamlin addressed the congregation briefly
in eulogy of Judge Wilson. He said in
part: r-lhA
| The greater facts Of Judge Wilson's
career are known to all present, and need
not be formally rehearsed. The members
| of the bar who are present know far bet
| ter than / do the measure of his emi-
| nence and how it was attained. They
know the story of his industry, fidelity
and success
DR.. Hamlin then gave brief sketch
of Judge Wilson's earlier life and con-
| tinued:
aside from our personal friendship to-
ward Judge Wilson, we residents of the
District of Columbia owe him specific
debt of gratitude for the present form
| of the government of the District. 1t was
in his sagacity and foresight that the
present system had Its origin. Four years
in Congress is but n brief time for any
| man to leave his impress on that body,
and 1t Is significant that Judge Wilson
was selected as chairman of the commit
tee that had this work of investigating
| the affairs Of the District in charge.
Judge Wilson'S name has been con-
| nected in an honorable manner with most
of the great cases coming before the
courts of the District, and 1t is gener-
ally conceded that he stood at the head
of his profession as criminal lawyer.
and was without comparison in the art
of examining witnesses"
After dwelling at some length on Judge
Wilson's prominence in his profession, DR..
Hamlin concluded as follows:
But In the years to come, when one
or two shall recall his great law successes.
there will be many who will speak-and
many more who will think In silence-of
the unfailing gentleness of character
which was manifest In his address and
manner. and Of all those traits of love
ableness which come direct from the
heart.
And while the shock on learning of
the sudden death Of our friend was great,
does not the wish come to us that We, too,
may die in the harness? What better
can there be than to fall while doing. In
cheerfulness, that work which God has
given us to do? So with him. after his
more than three-score years and ten of
noble, useful, kind, and loving life, death
comes as very crown to his earthly
deeds"
At the conclusion of Dr. Hamlin's ad-
dress. Frank z. Reside sang Lead,
Kindly Light" The congregation Joined
the pastor in repeating the Lords Prayer
when the serices closed.
After the ceremonies In the church the
remains were conveyed to Oak Hill Gem
etery and privately inferred.