Evening journal., 1901-07-25
many ERIENDS
AT COOPER BIER
Service in Home Was Par
ticuIarIy Pathetic
BAR ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
Minute Is Followed by Many RHlO.
gisIic Remarks by Members Of
The Association

Members oi the legal fraternity ana
'a host Of other friends surrounded tne
bier OF the late Peter l.. Cooper. Jr..
this afternoon. and heard loving trib-
ute paid by the Rev r. A. McCardy to
the life and character OF tne man
whose life had been cut off at a ume
when It was most promising The SER
yico was conducted in the Cooper
home. No. 1lOi Jackson street. ana
was characterized by such solsmnlly
as IS unusual in this community.
Every body seemed to mourn
The omaciatci remains of what in
/ life was a robust. Jovial body. lay IN a
cioth-coverod caskct heavily silver
mounted. Disease had robbed the
lc1Intmancc of its natural EXPRESSION
and not a few of the friends who look
led on could believe for a time that the
lbCdy was thar of Mr. Cooper. Sweet
lsccnted flowers On every side told a
story OF love and helped to rob the
lsiu8ticl OF much Of its gloom. They
lWcre from Cirarl College the VIII
lmingon Press Club.th Hartmann and
Fchrenbach Brewing Company. Eden
Lodge. !. O. o. T.; the Young Mems
democratic Club Miss Anna Taylor
Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Bayard Hoisel
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Black Evans
Miss MacFadden. Mr.. and Mrs. Hart
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Mar
tin. Harry l.. Evans. Miss Nancy
Young
The body was carried from the house
Eby William S. Hilles. r. Bayard Heisel
lNictcr B. Wooley, Andrew c. Gray.
j. Harvey Whiteman and Charles b.
Evans. Judges OF the State court acted
as honorary bearers Temporary in
tcrmcnt was made in the Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery. Tomorrow
1.-THE body VIII be removed TO German
town for intevent in Ivy Hin Gene
tery there.
BAR ASSOCIATION ACTS.
The New Castle County Bar Associa-
tiCn assembled i'm the county court
room at 1870 o'clock Judge George
lGray, OF the United States District
court. acted as chairman. and William
T.. ku-tz as secretary. Judge Gray am
lnounccd that the meeting mad been
lcalled TO take suitable action on the
ldcath OF Mr.. Cooper. one of the asso-
ciation members. whereupOn II. IA.
Ward. Benjamin Nields. Victor b.
| lWo0lley. Charles b. Evans. John Bigg
land William S. Hillos were appointed
Ia committee to frame a minute OF re-
lspect They reported as follows.
Tho bar OF New Castle county are
here assembled TO pay just tribute to
the memory and worth Of cur de-
ceased member. Peter l.. CoOpc. Jr..
recognizing in him a strong lawyer. "a
true friend and a tender and loving
husband. AS a lawyer ne brought 70
the discharge OF his professional du-
ties trained ability. sincere devotion.
Jealous advocacy. and a broad com
lprehmsiye understandings
AS deputy Encouragement he dis
lchargcd his duties with courage. abil-
ity and untiring patience. having a
lconscientious conception OF his re-
lspcnsiblity % the state ana the peo-
lnlo Die served. AS acitizcn he strived
always to see his duty and to perform
lit unosteniatiously and With the moral
icOuraRo of am honest man. TIE was a
lmanly man. of sturdy character and of
lgtcrling qualities.
! Young though hc was. DC left behind
him the example of a pure. useful and
hcnorablc life. and a memory that win
Hong be cherished with respect and ar
fCction by his associates at the bar His
IHTnfh fnruafrfuf n F.sf.. q
lyet so fun Of usefulness and promise.
has brought forth universal expressions
of sorrow. Therefore be It
Resolved. That the Bar of New Cas-
tile county express their appreciation
lof the many virtues and manly quail
tiles that made up his life, their sorrow
a his death and their sympathy and
loondolence with the members Of his
family in their great bereavement
Resolved. That a COPY Of these reso-
buttons be transmitted 10 the family OF
the deceased. and that committees be
lsppointed by the chair present the
same 10 the various courts in this
IState
Resolved That this meeting now
ladlourn and proceed in a bcdy 20 the
funeral as a testimonial Of their re-
epect and regard
The resolution was seconded with re-
marks by Mr. Woolley. Mr. Nields. Mr..
Biggs. Mr.. Hilles. Mr.. Evans. MIR.
Whiteman. Mr.. eisel and Judge GRAY.
\ The remarks of Mr.. Evans. in particu-
lar, We're touching He said:
1T would be impossible for me 20 ex-
press in words how deeply I feel the
less OF my dear friend The stGte has
lest cne Of its most useful citizens: tho
bar one of i,s brightest and mast
promising members lie was mv tqiei
land trusted friend. / knew Mr.. COOper.
s think. very intimately. In the early
mari of 1909. now more than EIGHT vea,s