The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-23
LAST RITES WILL BE SAID AT
MINNEAPOLIS
Impressive Ceremonies of Episcopal
Church to Be Given BY Number of
CIergymen; Remains Are to Be Con-
veyed to Dixon, Ill.,, Where They Are
To Repose Alongside Those of Wife
Who Died Some Months Ago
From Mondays Daily.


of the Episcopal church from all
parts of Minnesota, from Colorado,
Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa and other
states, are expected to attend the flu
neral services of Bishop Samuel c.
Edsall in Minneapolis tomorrow. The
funeral will take place from ST.
Marks church at 2:30 p. m. The
body will lie in state at the church
from IL a. m. to 2 p. m.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at the church at 10 a. m. tomorrow
for members of the family visiting
bishops and rectors. In st. Paul at Z
a. m. tomorrow there will be req
uiem mass at st. Pauls on the
hill, with the rector, Rev. E. l.. Ro-
land, officiating.
The body will be taken to Dixon,
ILL.,, tomorrow night, to be buried be-
side the bishops wife, who died four
years ago. His two sons, Lieutenant
James K Edsall and Samuel Harmon
Edsall; his daughter, Mrs. Mary l..
Heatherington of Bound Brook, n. j.,
and a cousin, Miss Caroline EelS of
Dixon, ILL.,, accompanied the body to
Minneapolis from Rochester yester-
day.
Remains Go TO Illinois.
The funeral train arrived at 2 p. m.
The body was taken to the bishops
home, where it will remain until 9
a. m. tomorrow.
Every denomination of the city was
represented at the commemoration
services in Calvary Episcopal church,
Rochester, at 8 a. m. yesterday. The
body of Bishop Edsall lay in state at
the church throughout Saturday night,
and hundreds of persons filed past the
bier. Rev. H. Wurtele, rector of the
church, conducted the service.
From the church, the funeral cortege
moved through crowded streets to
the railroad station.
An escort of clergymen will &C
company the body to Dixon as repre-
sentatives of the diocese. Rev. An
drew d. Stowe, secretary of the do
cese, will be one of the escort.
Suffragan Bishop Acts.
Authority of the diocese yesterday
was vested in Rev. Frank McElwain
of Faribault, suffragan bishop, by the
standing committee of the diocese.
The standing committee, which
met at the parish house of st. Glenn
ents church, took no action with ref
erence to a special meeting of the
council to select Bishop EdsalPs sue
cessor. This will be done at the reg
ular annual meeting of the council,
May % and "a.
The Honorary Pallbearers.
The list of honorary pallbearers in
cludes all members of the standing
committee, which is composed of
Rev. A. G. Pinkham of st. Paul,
president; Rev. S. l.. Palmer of Still
water, Dean F. S. Kramer of the
Seabury Divinity school, Faribault;
Rev. w. T. Remington, James A. Pet
erson and C. B. Lyon of Minneapolis
and w. G. Whitehead and V. M.
Watkins of st. Paul. All but Mr..
Watkins, who is out of the city, at
tended the committee meeting.
Following are the other honorary
pallbearers: Rev. A. D. Stowe of
Minneapolis, Rev. C. c. Rollit of Min
neapolis, Rev. w. P. Remington of
Minneapolis, Rev. G. H. Plummer of
Lake City, Rev. w. G. Pope of st.
Paul, w. H. Lightner and r. E. Van
Kirk of st. Paul, c.. NJ Harrington, J.
R. Vanderlip, V. H. Van Slyke, H. R.
Lyon, A. r. Rogers and DR.. H. Nc
Morton of Minneapolis. ..ar .a
Pastors Active PalIbearers.
The active pallbearers are: Rev. c.
E. Haupt and Rev. Edwin B. Wood
ruff of st. Paul, Rev. E. n. Schmuck
and Rev. S. S. Kilbourne of Min
neapolis, Rev. Arthur Chard of Hast
ings and Rev. A. e. Knickerbocker of
Redwing.
A guard of honor composed of
clergymen with their vestments will
stand at the bier the three hours the
body will lie in state at st. Marks
church tomorrow. Rev. w. S. Howard
and Rev. G.. J. Childs of st. Paul
and Rev. F. D. Tyner, Rev. F. S.
Drummer, Rev. J. w. Bagot and Rev.
Guy Menefee of Minneapolis will
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