The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-13
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE
FUNERAL OF LYMAN M. DARLING.

In the presence of a very large assem-
blage Of people. which included men and
women OF all classes OF society. the flu
neral Of Lyman Morse Darling was held
at ! o'clock today. The spacious and
beautiful residence Of the deceased was
fiiled tong before the services begun and
IN that company the rich and the poor.
the humble and the exalted, by whom Ly
man Darling had alike been known and
honored. together mingled in one common
sorrow.
The employees OF the Darling Fertilizer
company. OF which Mr.. Darling was
president. were present In body. The
members OF the Pawtucket Business
Mems association were quite generally
present
The Improvement association OF Paw
tucket and Central Fails, Of which Mr.
Darling was president. was also very
largely represented.
Aside from these organizations the va
rious banking institutions and manufac-
turing concerns OF Pawtucket with which
the deceased had been identified, were
represented by their directors and Of
6cers
The following institutions were closed
between and 2 o'clock as a mark OF re-
epect and also TO allow the attaches OF
the same 10 attend the funeral:
The Pacific National bank. Pawtucket
Gas company Pawtucket Electric com
pany. Slater Trust company and Paw
tucket Institution Tor Savings
Besides large numbers OF representa-
tives from all these organizations there
were present a large number OF business
and professional men from this city and
even as far distant as Chicago.
I'D. N...a .
ed I'm the large drawing room at the right
OF the hall, In the midst OF mass Of
floral offerings. beautiful beyond descrip-
tion. The richness Of the flowers was es-
pecially noticeable, and their arrange
ment By O'Connor Of this city. created n
scene OF great beauty even in the pres
ence OF death. Among the offerings were
the following;
A beautiful basket Of lilies Of the val
ley from the Pawtucket Electric Light
company. a large bunch Of American
beauty roses from the Slater Trust com
pany. large wreath from the Pawtucket
Institution for Savings. beautiful bas-
ket Of Kaiserinc Victoria roses from the
Pawtucket Business Mems ASSOCIATION. a
beautiful basket OF lilies from Colonel r.
NJ Litteheld. and also from Colonel II. a.
Pierce. superintendent OF the Electric
Lixht company. a beautiful wreath OF
gioxinlae from Mr. and Mrs. T.. Charles
Francis OF Woonsocket. and also a
wreath from Mr. and Mrs. woodars of
pawtuckot
magnificent standard wreath came
from the w r. Bartlett company of this
city and also q large basket OF roses from
Mr. George Williams and wreath 81
ealax leaves and asters from Mr. Ffske.
both members Of the w. y. Barrett COM
pany.
There was also n very beautiful wreath
Of white roses from Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hsyies, and a bank ~ pink roses from Dr.
Wheaton.
Among the family flowers were the
following: A mound of roses from II g..
and r. q. Darling of New York a mass
~ cut flowers from the Darlings of Chi
cag0: basket of lilies from Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucius Daring; large wreath of pink
ROSES from the immediate family; n
wreath of roses from Mrs. Edwin Darling
and basket of iiilies Of the valley from
Gilbert Darling.
Asids from al these there were many