The Washington herald., 1910-12-09

Boston. Dee &-Before the body of
Mary Baker G. Eddy was laid at rest in
a receiving vault at Mount Auburn Gem
etery early this morning. the issue be-
tween George w. Glover, her only son.
who had come on from his home In Lead,
S. Oak. to attend the funeral. and the
directors Of the Mother Church as to the
final disposition. Of the body of the former
head OF Christian Science was fairly
joined
Two hours before the funeral was held
In the Eddy house. Glover told Archibald
Mcclellan. chairman of the directorate,
that the fact that services would be al
lowed TO continue as scheduled was not
10 be construed by the directors as in
dicating the sons assent to the ehoiee OF
Mount Auburn Cemetery as the site for
Mrs. Eddy's final resting place He did
not approve Of the directors choice OF the
Boston cemetery instead OF some place IN
the neighborhood of Concord. n. H..
Glover said. and he indicated beyond
a shadow Of misapprehension that unless
his wishes. hitherto ignored. were con-
suited, he would seek legal aid in as
sorting the right OF one OF kin to the pos
session Of the body of his mother.
My mother once told me-" Glover said.
when he was in conference with McClel-
land and Gen. Henry NJ, Baker before the
funeral, that, since she had been born
in the neighborhood OF Concord and mad
lived there so many OF her years. that
was the place where she wished her
body to rest after life had passed. I
insist that her wishes should be respected
in this matter"
Directors stand Firm.
During the time that Clover was hurry
ing with his son and daughter from his
South Dakota home the directors,
through Alfred Farlow. their official
spokesman, had reiterated the statement
that Mrs EDDY had never thought OF
death: that she had never spoken 70 any
enc OF the contingency which arose when
she breathed her last on the evening OF
last Saturday. and that she had never
expressed any wish concerning where
she was to be laid when death claimed
her.
That matters between Glover and the
directors have come 10 a serious pass
was further indicated late tonight, when
it became known that ex-senator Will
lam f. Chandler who was chief of coun-
sci during the institution of the next
friends a" suit against the trustees OF
Mrs. Eddys estate in Concord during
March. 1907, is expected 70 cone down
from Concord TO have a conference with
Glover and Ebenezer ]. Foster EDDY,
Mrs. Eddy's adopted son, in Boston to-
morrow. Euch a conference was ar
ranged yesterday when Chambers son
came down from Concord with a lawyer,
who had also been one of Glover's coun-
sci in the Concord litigation, and when
d conference between Glover and the two
was held
Ebenezer Foster Eddy has told the
members of the board OF directors that
he stands with his foster brother in the
contention that Mrs. Eddy's body should
rest where she herself had once said that
it should. Until Glover himself preached
the protest against the action OF the
directors in completing arrangements for
the interment or Mrs. Eddy without con-
sutation and according to a scheme that
did not suit him. none OF the heads OF
the mother church who were in Glover's
company from the time he was met at
the train yesterday until the funeral
hour had so much as mentioned the fact
that the arrangements had been COM
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