Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-12-12


Last Thursday was day OF general
mourning in Ellsworth. On that day
distinguished assemblsge OF public men
from ell sections of Maine gathered to do
the last sad honors for Chief Justice An
drew p. Wiswell, joining here with citi-
gems Of Ellsworth to whom he was more
than Judge. During the hours of the
funeral, business was practically sus-
pended throu ghout the city, and the
schools were closed 'or the afternoon.
The remains of Judge Wisweil arrived
here Wednesday night from Boston, and
were taken at once to the residence onMain
street They were accompanied by Mrs.
Wiswell, her brother, DR.. Robert II.
Greene, OF New York, with his wife, and
Miss Elizabeth Peters, OF Boston, Mrs.
Eugene Hale and Chandler Hale. from
Washington, Judgs Clarence Hale and
Col. Frederick Hale, of Portland, and Mrs.
George p. Duston, OF New Bedford, Mass.
The services were held at the house at
o'clock Thursday. Rev. DIR. John s.
Sewau, OF Bangor, a longtime friend OF
the family, officiated, his remarks showing
an intimacy with and an appreciation of
the personal side of Jud ,e Wiswell. The
service was extremely simple, fitting the
quiet dignity OF the life which had gone
out.
There were many magnificent floral
pieces, the bar of every county in the
State being thus represented, with others
from business and educational institutions
with which Judge Wiswell was connected,
and from personal friends.
The pail bearers were A. W. King, At
torney General H. E. Hamlin, Judge John
A. Peters, OF Ellsworth; Col. Frederick
Rale, OF Portland; L. B. Deasy, Of Bar
Harbor, and o. F. Fellows, OF Bucksport.
L. NJ. Moore, M. Y. McGow1 and Henry H.
Higgins, from the First national bank Of
which Judge Wiswell was president, acted
as ushers.
Following the service, the remains were
taken to Woodbine cemetery for inter-
ment in the family lot. A large number
OF friends, including many of those pres
ent from out OF town, accompanied the
remains to the cemetery.
Relatives and family friends present
from out OF town, in addition to those ac
comparing the remains here, were Mrs.
John A. Peters, Mrs. Charles Peters, Miss
Frances r. Peters, DR.. and Mrs. William
C. Peters, Miss Frances Means, Mrs. B. b.
Thatcher, Of Bangor; George N. Black,
Charles Pi.nam and Harold Pltman, Of
Boston.
nong State officials and other promi-
nent men present from out-of-town were:
Go.ernor William T. Cobb, with his chief
of staff, Adjutant- General Augustus B.
Farnham, and private secretary. N. 8.
Purinton; Justices L. A. Emery, William
P. Whitehouse, Albert r. Savage, Fred
eri,k A. Powers, Henry G. Peabody and
Albert M. Spear, OF the Mime supreme
court; George Fl. Smith, of Houlton, re-
porter OF decisions; c. o. Barrows, Port
land, stsnoyrapher to chief justice; Judge
Clarence Hale, OF the United States Dis
trict coart, Portland; Franklin A. Will
son, Fred H. Appleton, Judge Louis C.
Stearns, Judge Charles A. Bailey, John r.
Mason, P. H. Gillen, OF Bangor, and
Judge Charles J. Dunn, of Orono, q COM
mittee representing the Penobscot county
bar; Arthur s. Littlsisld, OF Rockland,
representing the Knox county bar; W.
f. Walz, dsan OF thu Bangor law school,
representing thu faculty, and e. J. Emery,
of Bangor, representing the student body
Prof. e. A. Cooper, representing Bucks
port seminary, OF which Judge Wiswell
was trustee; ex-Attorney General William
T. Hsinss, W4tergille; Morrill, N. Drew,
Portland, Speaker OF the Maine House of
representatives.; Harry r. Virgin, of
Portland; State Railroad Commissioners
Joseph B. Peakes, OF Dover, Benjamin F.
Chadbourne, OF Biddeford, and Parker
Spofford, OF Bucksport; State Liquor
Commissioner Justin NJ. Leavitt, Port
land; Gen. Charles Hamlin, NJ. c. Pierce,
Edwin G. Merrill, Isaiah K. Stetson, John
f. Robinson, Il. B. Towle, DIR. d. A. Rob
inson, q. II. Bartlett, l.. d. Candage, F. o.
Vickery, Bangor; Frank M. Higgins,
Limerick; Beecher Putnam, Houlton /;
County-Attorne Ii. T. Powers, Fort Fair
field; Stephen c. Perry, Portland; l.. G.
Hsycock, Cherryfield; c. s. Whitney, Gar
diner; @. vey Holman, New York; Eu-
gene A. Holmes, Caribou; Fred j. Allen,
Sanford; Seth NJ. Carter, Lewiston: A. d.
McFaul, Machias; l.. b. Deasy, K. s.
Clark, Charles III. Wood, John E. Bunker,
b. u. CLARK, Albert II. Lyman, Charles B..
Pineo, Elliot N. Benson, Monteile w. Abb
bott, IL. l.. Graham, William Fennelly,
DIR. George A. Phillips, DIR. d. w. Bunker,
DIR. J. T. Hinch, A. P. Alley, Bar Harbor;
Judge o. p. Cunningham, Oscar f. Fell
lows, Bucksport; Elmer P. Spofford,
Deer Isle; Judge T.. f.. Chase, Bluehill