Evening journal., 1902-08-30


body to mourn his loss, I feel that each
man feels an individual loss.
God had endowed and covered him
over with the mantle Of youth and
never-dying enthusiasm. and /
can say he was as young at sixty as /
he was when / first knew him. Age
made no change in him. The enthusi- |
asm of his early life was there. God
tempered the winds TO him.
Then followed a brief eulogy by
Robert c. Fraim. who had known Mr..
Bird for thirty years II was a warm
tribute Of love to one who had always
been kind and courteous, and above
all a friend.
Sentiments of Younger Men
Representing the younger members
Of the bar. Howell S. England said:
Always on an occasion Of this kind,
when we are gathered here to pay our
last tribute to the memory Of a de-
parted brother do l experience the in
adequacy Of words to describe the
character of him we mourn, or to givel
expression to our feelings upon his
decease. But never before did 1 ex-
perience that inadequacy so painfully
as now.
"Mr Bird was man OF so unique a
character that we fail at the threshold
to attempt to portray him. His cordial
greeting on the street. at the bar OF
this court, or In the privacy OF his Of
Of wit, his inimitable gift of repartee,
his clothes always so spotless and never
the same suit twice, his manner. his
personal magnetism, all these win re
main with us in memory as long as
we live. but how can we describe them
He was a student OF men and
things more than OF books No mem
Der of this bar had a more varied
knowledge Of the principles Of ma
chinery, the arts, trades and occupa-
tions of men. nor OF the subtleties Of
human nature itself, than had Mr.. Bird
And it was this knowledge, coupled
with a methodical mind that was per-
feet master OF it, wherein lay his great
success as a lawyer. 1t will seem a
tame term of Court unenlivened by a
case tried by Mr.. Bird.
But he is gone; we shall see him
no more, but we who knew him 50
well and so long will miss him while
memory lasts. And yet l find it inn
possible to say goodbye to Mr.. Bird,
the anecdotes he told, the things be
said and did. better than all anecdotes
are living in my mind forming now, as
they always Will form, a cherished
part of my possessions.
And If. as wise ones tell us, we
pass on after death into another life
beyond. OF this / feel assured there
waits us in that other life a hearty
whole-souled welcome from our depart
ed friends"
Judge Spruance adde da few words
Of eulogy and then in accordance with
the resolution, appointed the following
committees to present the resolution:
to the several courts OF the State:
\. Superior Court, Benjamin Nields anC
II Andrew L. Sanborn.
/ Chancery Court, H. H. Ward anJ
! Alexander b. Cooper
Supreme Court, John Biggs an'
4 William T.. Lyman.
/ United States District and Cirucui
n Courts, Willard Salisbury and William
u M. Byrne.
After the association had planned L
/ attend the funeral in a body, Franci
II. Honecl1er moved that the meetinl
adjourn.
Among the members of the bar pres
ent were:
Judge George Gray, Judge l.
:, Grubb. Judge W. c. Spruance, Judge K
I G. Bradford. William S. Hilles, Franci
II. Hoffecker, Sylvester d. Townsend
Jr.. Thomas Davis, James W. Ponder
Victor b. Wooley, John II. Rodney
James H. Hoffecker. Willard Salisbury
William Il. Lyman, William +. Kurt
David j. Reinhardt. Lilburne Is. Chand
Ter. Charles f. Curley, Robert A. Rich
2 ards. Christopher l.. Ward, Harry I
! Joslyn, John p. Neary, Henry c. Con
! rad Josiah Marvel. Robert c. Fraim, 7
d Bayard Heisel, Baldwin Springer, Her
/ bert j.. Rice, Daniel o. Hastings, Alex
{ ander b. Cooper, Francis NJ. Walker
Horace o. Eastburn. Josiah Marve
d Hugh c. Browne, Harry Whitemar
!. John F. Brady. Julian c. Walker
;. Howell S. England, Walter II. Haye.
: Frank c. Speakman, Robert Penning
I ton. Leonard +. Wales, John P. Nieldi
G. W. Smith. Edward w. Coocl
l. Charles w. Swayne.