The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-08-21
Laid AT REST.
Funeral Of Ex-Governor
Newell Held at Allen
town Yesterday.
STATE HOUSE CLOSED
Salute Fired from the Ar
senal DR.. SWANS
Sermon.
Especial to ..The Jersey city News."l

TRENTON, Aug. 21, 1901-Former Gov
ernor Newelps body was laid at rest yes
terday afternoon in the burying ground
at Allentown. The casket was borne to
the grave by six of the dead ex-Gover-
nor's Oldest and most intimate friends,
and among the honorary pallbearers were
many of the most prominent men in the
State.
Official recognition Of the last sad rites
was accorded by the closing of the State
House doors at noon, and at the hour of
+ interment salute of honor was fired.
The mourning at the entrance to the
capitol building will remain in position
for thirty days.
The funeral party left the Trenton
House at noon and at Greenwood Gene
terry met the hearse, which led the way to
Allentown. During the last week the
body of the dead Governor has been in
the receiving vault at Greenwood, but the
burial was near his lifelong home at
Allentown
The party besides the honorary pail
bearers, included:-Mrs. John N. Jordan,
Mrs. McMeks, of Elizabeth; Mrs. Will
liam H. Tracey, of Hoboken; John N.
Jordan, Jr., and William A. Newell of
Mount Holly.
The funeral services were held in the
old Presbyterian Church at Allentown at
2 o'clock in the afternoon. They were
conducted by the pastor, Rev. George
Swain, D. D., assisted by Rev. Mr.. Bah
cock, of the Baptist Church of Allentown.
DR.. Swain delivered the sermon. The
discourse was able, earnest and appropri-
ate He dwelt upon the useful and un-
selfish life of the deceased and how he
had devoted himself to serving others in
every social rank.
The speaker touched upon the value
of the dead mans public services, and
said that by devising and bringing into
being the benefcent system of life
saving with which his name twould be
fndissolubly connected for all time, he
had erected a monument for himself
greater than any marble.
The casket was opened at the church
and a great crowd viewed the remains.
The body was exceedingly well pre-
served.
Many of the business places of Allen
town were closed. The church was
crowded by friends and mourners and
there was deep feeling manifested among
the people. The casket was adorned
lodge of Hightstown, of which DR.. New
ell was a member, was present in large
numbers and placed many testimonials
of esteem on the casket.
About fifty persons from this city at
tended the funeral. The carriers were
from among the neighbors of the de-
ceased, including several of his profess
sional brethren.
They were DR. P 4,,E B Pumyea, Dr. c;sa1n- John
Spaulding, Horace Ford and Forman p
Wetherill.
In the list of honorary bearers were in
ycluded Governor Foster NJ. VOORHEES,, for
mer Governor George T. Werts, former
United States Attorney General John w
Griggs, Cortlandt Parker, Justice J.
Franklin Fort, DR.. Austin Scott. president
min Howell, Adjutant General A. c. Oil
phant. State Comptroller William S. Han
cock, Senator G. Asa Francis, N. S. Rue
John S. Applegate, James A. Bradley,
Henry j. Trick, Senator E. c. Hutchin-
son, ex-senator George 7. Cranmer, Will
lam Cloke, Charles 8. Tunis A. L. Mo-
reau, Charles w. Deshler, and George
Wild. Mr.. Griggs was not there and there
were one or two others who failed to
respond to the invitation
Senator Francis last year introduced in
the State Senate resolution recognizing
Governor Newell as the founder. of the
United States life saving service. Assem-
blyrnan George Wild offered a similar res
olution in the House.
Before leaving the Trenton House for
the funeral the honorary bearers were
entertained at luncheon, given by Mrs.
John n. Jordan, the deceased'S daughter.
Mrs. Jordan endured the ordeal we'll
She will remain at Allentown for some
time yet.
In his day Governor Newell had been
the greatest man of his commonwealth
He was associated with makers of the
nations history; he was a member of the
national congress; he was the White
House physician when Abraham Lincoln
held the fate of "a nation In the hollow OF
his hand.
Mrs. Jordan received messages of sym
pathy from Hen. Robert Lincoln. who
talked with her for some time over the
telephone; Hon. Cortlandt Parker, who
was a personal friend of the late ex-Gov-
ernor and President Scott, of Rutgers
College.
The funeral was under the joint drec-
ton of Pouson & Coleman, of this city.
and Undertaken Leming, of Allentown.
Representatives of the Odd Fellows of
this city held abbreviated services at the
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