Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-05-17
WATERFOWL, JEFFERSON SATURDAY. MAY y. 1902
DEATH OF LIEUT..
COY. JESSE STONE.

Funeral Services at the Congregations
nrch.-Eloquent SermOn.-State OFF.
GERS and Members of Legislature in At
tendance -Proclamations of Gov. La
Toilette and Mayor Brusenbach.-Let
ters of Coincidence.
Last Sunday evening at SIT o'clock,
after more than three years of notice
ably failing health that during the past
year developed into cancer Of the stOm-
ache, Lieutenant Governor Jesse Stone,
one Of the best known and best beloved
citizens OF our city and our state
passed out of the here into the here
AFTER As the news Of his demise spread
throughout the city and state, tokens
OF sincere mourning for the great pub
! llc loss as we'll as private bereavement
were evidenced at home by the Mayors
proclamation and flags at half mast on
every flag staff in the city while the
Governors S proclamation and hosts OF
teiegrams from all over the state and
nation showed more clearly than words
how universally the dead had been re-
spected and how generally mourred.
Senator SpJ0ner's tribute is but syn
nopsIs Of what scores Of others said as
truthfully and scarcity less eloquently:
"He was Able, Honorable, Devoted and
LOvabie."
No heart thrObbing with sudden
sense OF the untimeiy loss Of true and
appreciated friend could have inspired
a more expressive OF more fitting trib-
ute to the genuine worth and real man.
hood Of him whose death we are called
upon to mourn. The best monument to
his memory abides in the hearts of
those to whom he has been a friend
with all the term implies in thous-
and ways, and the keen sense of their
great personal loss will become more
acute as his absence brings out in
stronger reiIef the sum total of his I'M
selfish work and generous acts.
His was a character to study, to re-
we're, to emulate, and each may we'll
ask himself Shall we ever meet his
like again?"
On Wednesday, the day of the funeral
the body lay in state at the home resi-
dence on Washington street until re-
moved to the church, and hundreds of
visitors from at homie and abroad took
the opportunity to testify by their pres
ence the sorrow so generally felt and
expressed. Special trains from Milwau-
kee, Madison, Oshkosh and the South
brought hundreds of sympathizing
friends who came to pay in person
their tribute OF love and respects. GOV
ernor La Toilette and personal staff
and the whole corps of State officers.
with many OF the department en-
ployees came on Madison special. Ex-
Governors Hoard, Peck, Upham and
Sc0tield, EX-Lieut. Gov. Emil Baensch
and Fairchild, State Senators Hage-
meister, Reynolds, Green, Anson, De-
VOs, Eaton, Roehr, O'Neil, Weed. Hat
ton, Whitehead, Harris, Kreutzer, Mil
Ter, BisseIl, Munson, Stout, RiOrdan and
Jones with Elk State Senator Pierce and
Kempf, aud Chief Clerk w. L. Hauser.
There was also a large delegation of |
members OF the assembly present.
The funeral was held under the aus
plceS OF the Masonic order at the Con-
gregational Church, Rev. VIM. Fritz
meier officiating. Interment in Oak |
Hill Cemetery.
At the Church the selections, Crock of
Ages" and Nearer My God to Thee
were appropriately rendered by Mrs. C.
K. Field, soprano, Mrs. Edward Sproesser,
alto, Will Spr0esS0r tenor, and Max Rohr, |
bass, with solo eyes That are Weary" by |
Mr.. Sproesser.
The pail bearers were: Active: W. d.
SprC eSser, John d. Throne, Ed. Nav,
Geo. W. Webb, Geo. W. Hill, Geo. Hawk
ins.
Honorary: Ex-Governor Geo. W. Peck.
of Milwaukee; Z. W. Keyes, of Madison.
j. NJ. Whitehead of Janesville; H. j; |
Evans, Of Chicago; George Lugee, of |
Madison; ;J. B. Treat, af Monroe; Col. A. |
Soliday, S. M. Eaton, .Edw. j. Brandt, C. |
W1ggenhorn, Herman j. Strauss and |
Herman Wertheimer. of Watertown.