Evening journal., 1901-11-27
TRIBUTES PAID
TO MIR. RUMFORD
Bar Association Adopts ReSO-
IutiODS Of Respect
ATTENDED FUNERAL IN BODY
Bishop Coleman and the Rev. Hubert
". Wells Conduct Service
at the Grave

Funeral service over the body ofl
Charles G. Rumford was held in his
late residence, No. 14O1 Market street,
a this morning, Bishop Coleman and the
Rev. Hubert w. Wells, officiating. The
n Bar Association Of New Castle county
@ attended in a body.
Interment OF the body was made inl
n the Wilmington and Brandywine Gene
y terry.
The honorary paE-bearers were Dr.
Il Linton Smith, Judge George Gray |
Il Judge |. c. Grubb, T.. Johnson, William
Il Lea. Eugene DUPONT, William Jones
& Preston Lea, Willard Salisbury Colo-l
q mel LaNIotte Chief Justice Lore and
& Judge Spruance.
BAR ASSOCIATION PAYS RESPECTS
In the county court room at 10l
\ o'clock this morning, the Bar Associa- 4
I tion of New Castle county met and
n eulogized the deadl wager. City Soliei-l
\ tor d. J. Reinhardt was elected secre-
tary of the meeting, and called it tol
I order. Benjamin Nields was elected
n president of the association.
4 Messrs. Salisbury, Bird, Wooley,l
\ Bayard and Curtis We're appointed al
n committee to draft resolutions of re-
Il spect The committee reported as fol-
lows
Notice Of the death Of Charles G..
Rumford is received by the bar of
New Castle county with deepest sor-
row and we are met today to show our
respect for his memory. His cordial,
pleasant and courteous manners; his
ability and gentleness, his personal
and professional integrity and his
scrupulous fidelity to his clients inter-
ests Justly entitled him to the high
place he held in the esteem Of mem
bers OF our profession and the COM
munity in which his life was passed.
it is therefore resolved. that, eyinc-
ing our appreciation of his pure char
acter, high professional attainments
and ability, as we'll as the deserVedly
prominent place he held in the life OF
this city, we today attend his funeral
in a body as members Of the profess
sion he so honored and adorned, and
that the chairman of this meeting be
instructed to appoint committees of the
bar Of the county to officially notify
the courts of the State and the United
States Courts for the district of Mr.
Rumfords death, and request that a
suitable minute thereof be made upon
their records.
In submitting the resolution, Mr..
Saulsbury said
Knowing so we'll Mr.. Chairman,
how out of line with his wishes and
the beautiful simplicity of his life.
elaborate or extended eulogy of Charles
G. Rumford would be- | almost hesi-
tate to speake the few words in which
| must render some small tribute to
the memory of my friend.
"Others know more of his earlier life
but it has, I think, been my privilege
to know him as we'll and enjoy as close
friendship with him for the last TWEEN
ty years as any other here.
Nearly that long ago, but just adj
mitted to the bar, | occupied san office
adjoining his. and from that time few
days passed until the last years when
Physical inirmities often kept him al
his house, in which we did mot sec
eadh either. During those years a firm
friendship ripened, and its incidents
shall always recall with pleasure. Gen
tie and kindly always, doing his
every duty as a matter Of course, anC
doing it we'll, it was a long time be
fore ! knew that he had volunteered
when his country needed men to sery,
Il know as well. how and why hl
went into the army as ii. had been to
gether. He saw it as a simple duty an,
was willing, if need be. to die for
cause in which he believed. If he coul,
perdhance help to a right solution.
'He believed we all believed, his ser
vice in the war had broken him ID
health, yet none of us ever heard on
word Of complaint anger or regret
He was as able and sound a .awye
as any at this bar. In careful. corree
and conscientious work for his client
no one excelled him. and no one CAV
better service CIR advice, avoiding a.
display His tastes did not run t
work in courts, but had he been upo
the bench. as many OF us hoped some
time he might be, Charles G. Rumfor
would have been a great Judge.
His mind was clear. his judgmen
even, his abilities and temperamer
just those, | think, to qualify him fC
judicial place
He hated sham and show, and ther
was not an unsound spot, not a twiste
or distorted fibre in his mental {
moral makeup. of sweet and Who'll,
some thought and disposition, he live
his life, beloved by friends honore
and respected by all who know hin
until he passed to his eterng
life, where mortal pain and physic'
suffering may no more follow him.
Can one say more than that
was ever loyal, steadfast and unfa
terng friend, scrupulously exact an
honorable i'm every personal and pr,
fessfonal re.ation, a patriotic gentl
man-and such he was"
Tributes were paid to the memcl
of Mr. Rumford by Messrs. Bird. En-
land and Nields, and ii was remarks