The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-06
SOLDIERS FUNERAL
FRIDAY IS PLANNED
FOR FORMER JURIST
Great Dissenter' of Supreme
Court Succumbs Two Days
Before Gath Birthday
LIFE ENDS IN DEEP SLEEP
First Public Service 70 Country
in Blue Uniform During
Civil War Days
LIFE ENDS IN DEEP SLEEP

Civil War Days
Washington, March 0.-(A-Poace.
full death came Wednesday to Oliver
Wendell Holmes ut ais .. m. after .
Today illness.
Bespeaking the sentiments Of the
country, President Roosevelt lnourned
his passing In statement saying the
nation has lost one Of its first citi-
zens.
Funeral plans were shaped By re,a-
tives in the unpretentiosis Eye street
home where Mr.. Holmes Succumbod to
bronchial pneumonia while he slept.
On Friday, which would have been
his birthday had he lived, the m.
tons leaders will gather In All Souls
church to honor the man almost
universally hailed q one Of Ameri.
cas- foremost liberals.
Chief Justice Hughes and the otl1e9
men who served with him On the M
tons highest tribunal win b honor.
airy pallbearers. The burial, In Ar.
lington national cemetery, win Be .
military one in recognition Of tbs
grievous wounds he suffered q .
union soldier In the Civil War.
Most Peaceful Death
The full, rich life Of the retired
Justice ended serenely wednesday
morning in his old red brick house
q few blocks from the White aou9e.
His physician. Dr.. Thomas A. Clay.
tor, said 1t was the most peaceful
death I ever saw"
Holmes had diagented slnilingly d.
most to the last. Until he fell Wed.
nesday into the dsep sleep from which
he never reused. he had scofled q
the anxiety Of doctofs and friesd4
over his condition and weakly joshe4
his nurses.
The attack Of bronchial pueumoadA
developed from . cold contracted
February q on one Of his frequen4
drives through the country II q res,ts
ed automobile.
When Mark Howe, one Of his forms
er secretaries. stepped to the door a
the old house at 2:20 q. m. to tell Ne.
porters Of his friends death, Wief
was written deeply upon the youn0
mans face. He read . brief IN.
nouncement Of the funeral plans
and then rejoined the saddened group
inside.
Word Sent 70 White HouDo
A little later Professor Feli1
Frankfurtsr Of Harvard law school,
the aged juristis close friend, and
John q. Palfrey Of Boston, his husi.
ness representative. left for their no.
tel. James Rowe. Mr.. Holmes last
secretary, appeared ct the door once,
white and shaken. The others who
were at the bedside when the justice
died-Edward J. Holmes q Boston,
nephew: Mrs. Edward HolmesS
Thomas Corcoran, government attor.
ney. and Mary Donnellan, . faithful
servant, stayed on.
diately to the White House. PreE-
dent Roosevelt had kept closely II
touch with Holmes attendants during
his valiant fight to live.
Holmes first public service was In
the blue uniform Of federal forces
during the Civil War. He Wa
wounded three times and after peace
was declared returned to Harvard ct
the age Of %. Often In recent years
he had visited nearby scenes where he
fought long ago.
He hated the name by which he was
best known-"The Great Dissenter''-
perhaps because he knew that he
sided with the majority Of tho court
ten times as often Is with dissenters.
For close to half century he served
continuously Is Judge, state or fed
eral. and only the physical burdens Of
81 years finally forced him to write
his resignation. Beginning December
8. 1882, he was justice Of the Massa-
chusetts supreme judicial court for II
years and then chief justice for three
years. From that post he was ele-
waited to the highest court In Deem
Der, 1902, by President Theodore
Roosevelt. He wrote his resignation
on January II, 1882.
Reared In American Traditieas
Reared in an atmosphere Of the besl
American traditions, Justice Holmes
supported the rights Of man as para
mount to property rights. He inter
preted the laws Is vehicles for effect
ing mans will and consistently main
tanned throughout his long judicial
career an attitude which stamped him
IS . progressive Is distinguished from
that school Of thought commonly
called conservative or reactiooaxy.
He not only champloned what hl
considered the welfare q tn peop1A
but he fought 70 preserve state dght9
against the constant trend % s1tond