The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-13
FINAL TRIBUTE IS
PAID To CUSHMAN
Thousands Gather at Armory to View Face Of De-
parted Congressman and to Participate in I'm
pressive Funeral Servic es - Civic and Fraternal
Organizations Attend in Body = Public Build
ings Closed.

Never was there more impress
sive obsequies in Tacoma than
this afternoon when hands Of
friends gave back to earth from
whence 1t came the body of Con-
gresham Francis w. Cushman.
The armory was a shrine of ma
ture, and the casket resting on
beds of roses was the frontespiece
in a reproduction of corner of
Point Defiance park which Cush-
man loved so we'll and helped to
place at the disposal of this city
by his work In Washington.
Floral Tributes.
Great floral tributes from
friends and organizations were
placed about the body, silent trib-
utes of kindly thoughts and out of
this bower of natural beauty the
cold. white face of the dead in
placid, restful repose gave no
sign of recognition as thousands
marched to the casket to view for
the last time the features that
had for so many years been ia
miliar to them on the streets of
Tacoma.
From 10 o'clock until 1870 the
body lie in state in the armory,
and then were held the final pub
lie funeral rites.
The Services.
Thousands attended the cere-
mones. Solemn music by the
band, his favorite solo, Crossing
the Bar" by Prof. Charles Sher-
man; prayer by Rev. M. A. Casey,
the funeral oration by DIR. Alfred
w. Martin, a hymn by the quartet,
the euiogy by John l.. Wilson, and
a solo by Mrs. Othick formed the
order of service.
AS the band rendered a dead
march, the pall-bearers gathered
the casket from its bed of flowers
and 1t was taken by escort of
knights Templars to his late home
on North i street. Here private
services for the family were OBJ
served, and then the funeral cor
tege wound slowly to Tacoma
cemetery, where the earth closed
from mortal view the body of the
dead forever.
The family, the city, the state,
the nation wept at the bier of the
dead congressman.
Postoffice Closed.
Some business houses closed
their doors, the city. hall was 81
lent for two hours, the postoffice
was unopened. and the world IN
this vicinity seemed to stop for an
hour in the mad rush of progress
to pay homage to one who helped
to make the progress. A special
train bore the lumbermen from
their convention at Seattle to the
funeral, to show appreciation for
the service done their cause in
halls of legislation.
A long line of local clubs and
orders, including the Commercial
club, chamber of commerce, Ma
sons. National Union, Elks, Arc
tic Brotherhood, and others. ap-
-,eared in bodies to add the collec-
tive grief to their personal sor-
row at the loss of a fellow men,
Der.
1t was the largest funeral ever
leld in Tacoma, and brought tol
he grave friends from Alaska to
he Atlantic.
The Pallbearers.
The pa1ibearers at the funeral
we're: A. G. Mason, Dave Hug
gins, j. A. Pease, r. f. Laffoon.
L. F.. Gault, Fred Fogg, ]. L. Nc
Murray and F. e. Bunny.
IRA .
]. III. McGraw, John Arthur and
J. M. Frink, Seattle; Dan Crow
ley, Vancouver; Judge Edward
Spokane; Judge G. HI
Hanford, Seattle; Hon. Albert q,
Mead, Bellingham; A. s. Taylor,
Everett; Chief Justice Rudkin,
Olympia, and A. G. Foster, s. A.
Perkins, William Jones, II. 81
5riggs, J. T. Bibb. Mayor Linckl
ind Councilman j. b. Hawthorne.