THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1910.
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OREGON
HONORS
STATESMAN TODAY
Business to Cease During Fu
neral Services Over Late
Jurist's Body.
BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE
"Cast Rites to Be Witnessed In Trin
ity by Public, Representative Cit
izens Paying Respects by At
tendng City Hall Closed.
Lovingly borne by tho&e who were
proud to call themselves his friends,
the body of him who has fittingly been
called "The Grand Old Man of Oregon"
will be taken to Trinity Church this
Bf teraoon.
In that edifice, where Judge George
H. Williams was accustomed to bow
his head In obeisance to his Maker, a
simple service will "be 'held, beginning
at 2 o'clock.
For a scant hour or two today the
business of the city will be stilled,
Schools will be closed, the City Hall will
empty its throngs. Many business
houses will close their doors, although
the stores In the main business streets
"will still do business.
In Trinity " Church will be gathered
many men from all grades of life.
Lawyers, business men and children
will sit side by side for a few minutes
while the solemn service of the Epis
copal Church is read by Bishop Scad
fling and Rev. A. A. Morrison.
Funeral Most Representative.
Probably there has never been a
funeral In Oregon at which public bod
ies will be so generally represented.
The city commercial "bodies, the City
Council, members of the bar and many
clubs will gather at their respective
places of assembly and proceed ' in
bodies to Trlnjty Church.
Men representative of the state and
city activities have been proud to num
ber themselves among the pallbearers.
Th honorary pallbearers selected by
Miss Williams are: Governor Benson,
Judge W. B. Gilbert. Judge J. B. Cle
land. Mayor Simon, H. W. Scott, John
McCraken. William MacMaster, C. F.
Tteebe. W. D. Wheelwright and C. A.
iJolph.
The active pallbearers are- younger
men but are still among those honored
with a personal acquaintanceship of
the late judge. They are: C. E. S.
Wood, James Laidlaw, I. A. Lewis,
Thomas Scott Brooke. F. T. Dodge, C.
0. Schnabel, G. W. McMillan and R. L
Gllsan.
There has not been nor will there
lie any public exhibition of the face
of the late statesman. But a few close
friends were permitted- to take that
last, lingering look of respect upon
the features of the man the Nation
has honored, the man who was the
friend and confidant of Ulysses S.
Urant.
Burial Will Be Private.
Following the service the body will
tie burled in Riverview Cemetery. But
it few near and personal friends will
be there.
Attorney Frederic V. Holman called
the attention of the Circuit Court to
Judge Williams- death, suggesting
come action be taken. It was decided
that the bar as a body show their re
spect to the departed judge by attend
ing his funeral service in a body.
To that end members of the bar will
meet In Department No. 1 at the Court
House promptly at 1 o'clock today.
Headed by the Judges they will then
proceed to Trinity where a space has
been reserved.
The Multnomah Club will send a
mass gathering. The Chamber of Com
merce and the Commercial Club mem
bers will also proceed In bodies, and
St Is believed that delegations from a
number of the schools will attend.
One of the pathetic incidents of the
service will be the presence of F. X.
Alatthieu, Oregon pioneer of '42. and 92
years of age. who yesterday said he
-would go to Trinity to pay his last sad
farewell.
Clubs to Attend Funeral.
The board of governors of the Com
mercial Club will attend Judge Wil
liams' funeral. Suitable resolutions,
eulogistic of the dead statesman and la
menting his death, will be framed by a
committee composed of Edgar B. Piper,
Colonel James Jackson and F. S. West.
The board Includes the following: Harvey
TBeekwith. president: Edgar B. Piper,
Vice-president; J. C. Ainsworth, treas
urer: W. J. Hofmann. secretary: Theo
dore B. Wilcox. C. C. Colt. Colonel James
Jackson, George Lawrence, Jr., Roger B.
Plnnott. F. H. Ranson. F. S. West. George
W. Simons. F. I. Fuller. T. W; B. Lon
don and Lloyd J. Wentworth.
, Similar action was taken by the board
'of trustee of the Chamber of Commerce.
Judge Williams was an honorary mem
ber of the organization, the only one
In the state. The board of trustees is
composed of the following: William Mac
Maatr, president: F. C. Knapp. vice
president; Edmond C. Glltner. secretary:
Harvey Beckwlth, C. E. Curry, Rodney
L. GlUran. H. M. Halter, Ben Selling and
Charles T. Whitney.
PEATH IS LOSS TO XATIOX
t
Judge Williams' Influence Tended
Toward Ideal, Says Clackamas.
OREGON CITY. .' Or., April 5. The
Clackamas County Bar Association today
Adopted resolutions- In respect to the
memory of the late Judge George H.
Williams. The resolutions were reported
by the committee J. E. Hedges, r.
lAtourette. George C Brownell. V. R.
Hyde and J. L. Campbell. They declare
that Judge Williams' influence7 has
tended strongly "toward idealism in citi
zenship, in official life and In govern
ment, and that Influence will continue to
be felt while this Nation shall endure,"
and conclude:
Resolved. That In the death ef t.eorice H.
Williams the members of this association
are bereft of one whose professional life it
has ever been a privilege to emulate; the
rommunlt of his residence a companion
'ht-se ideal method of itfe and kindly dis-
Bonitlon. both lastlngr even through the twt
Kht of his existence, are un example
fcorlhy of the highest emulation: the .late
and Nation a citizen whose ;lace 1U not
and cannot be filled.
FILMS TELL' LIFE OF FLY
Object Lessen to Be Given in Moving
Picture Theater.
All the grewsome horrors of fly life
will be vividly depicted at a private
exhibition of a film on the "Life of
fc i?it, to bo exhibited at the Bijou
Theater on Seventh street between 10
and 11 o'clock. Thursday morning.
Dr. Ralph C Matson. state bacteriol
ogist. Dr. Wheeler, city health officer,
the members of the state board of
health. Dr. Holt C. Wilson and other
physicians will be present.
The film shows the delicate antennae
of a fly touching first the remains of
a piece of putrefied meat, then hover
ing over sewage and refuse, finally
finding its resting place on the rubber
nipple of a baby's milk bottle, there
to deposit its load of poison germs.
Magnified several thousand-fold, the
pictures of the fly are .so true to life
that for sheer horror they would be
hard to surpass. As an object lesson
to those who encourage the presence
of files and discourage their wholesale
slaughter the film will prove a benefit.
While there is no question that those
seeing the film will be stirred to action
as they have not been stirred by the
warning words of medical men.
The private exhibition will be open to
members of the medical profession. The
film will be exhibited at the Arcade
Theater and this private exhibition is
telng given In the Bijou by reason of
superior lenses there that make that
theater better for what will be purely
a scientific demonstration.
DR. STRATTON PASSES
VETERAN EDUCATOR OF ORE
GON' DIES AT SALEM.
Ex-President of Two Universities,
Who Aided in Building of
Taylor-Street Church.
Dr. Charles Carroll Stratton, 77 years
old, an Oregon pioneer of 1854, and an
1 1 ..,?lsaS3 W.
Dr. Charlen Carroll Stratton Pt
neer Educator a ad Clrtryman
of the Pacific Coast. Who la
Dead.
educator prominent all along: the Pacific
Coast, died in Salem. Or., Monday, after
a lingering: illness of several months.
The funeral se twice? will be held this
morning: at 10 o'clock In the Taylor
Street Methodist Church. Rev. Benjamin
Young; will preside over the services and
will be assisted by Dr. Cline, Rev. John
Flinn and Dr. Osmon Royal.
Dr. Stratton was born in Mansfield,
Tiogra County. Pa., In 1R33, and was of
Puritan ancestry. In 1837 his family
moved to Indiana, and in 1854 he crossed
the plains with his mother and eiR-ht
brothers and sisters, the father having;
preceded them in 1852. The family set
tled In Salem.
The early education of Mr. Stratton was
obtained in the farm and district schools
of Indiana. From early boyhood he was
drawn toward the ministry, and upon
his arrival in Oregon, he entered Wil
lamette University and completed the
sophomore course. He then entered the
ministry.
In 1867 he was Instrumental in build
ing: the new Taylor-Street Methodist
Church here. After passing; his exam
ination at Willamette University he was
elected to the chair of natural science
In that institution. He was subsequently
elected a. delegate to the general confer
ence, which met in Brooklyn. N. Y., in
1872. The following Autumn he was ap
pointed to the pastorate at Salt Lake
City, where he passed three years. In
1S77 he was elected president of the Uni
versity of the Pacific at San Jose, Cal.,
and filled that position for ten years, in
creasing the roll of students from 150 to
600 and greatly improving th financial
condition of the university. During this
time he usually preached at two serv
ices in the churches of Oakland, San
Kranciseo and el se where. Under these
manifold labors his health failed, com
pelling his resignation from the presi
dency. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was
conferred upon him .by the Northwest
University of Evanston. 111., in 1879.
About the same time his alma mater hon
ored him in like manner. In 18S0 he was
elected from California to the general
conference of his church in Cincinnati.
Dr. Stratton was elected chancellor of
Willamette University in 181U, holding
that position for a "year, resigning to ac
cept the presidency of Portland Univer
sity which closed later.
Dr. Stratton was married in Salem. Or.,
in 1860 to Miss Julia E. Waller, a daugh
ter of Rev. Alvin F Waller, one of the
early Methodist missionaries who arrived
in Oregon in 1840. Mrs. Stratton died
two years ago. Their children, Harvey
Gordon Stratton. of Spokane, and Miss
Mary E. Stratton, of St. Johns, survive
him. Mrs. P. L. Ltllis, of Portland, is
his sister.
PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR
Albert Hess to Publish Hose Festival
List of Events.
Albert Hess, publisher of the pro
grammes for the Lewis and Clark Fair,
the Jamestown Exposition and the A.-Y.-P.
Exposition at Seattle, will pub
lish the programme for the Rose Fes
tival. It will be got out during the
festival week and will give the daily
events.
"The programme will be 98 pages and
the cover, with illustrations of the im
portant events, making- a beautiful sou
venir as well as a pamphlet of general
information. There will be only 26
pages of advertising in the book," said
Mr. Hess.
While there will be no official pro
gramme of the Rose Festival this year,
Mr. Hess in his enterprise liaa the per
sonal well wishes of the management.
"Weare willing to do everything we
can for Mr. Hess." said Manager
Hutchin. last night. "He has our good
I wishes and we believe in his ability
Uto get out a beautiful as well as valu
able programme.
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LIFE WELL SPENT
Old-Time Friends of Late
Judge Williams Talk.
EULOGIES FROM ENEMIES
Political Opponents of Oregon's
Noted Statesman Declare He
Lived Ufe of Honest Politi
cian, and Won Them.
"He was my friend."
That Is the keynote of the remarks
made yesterday by thoae men in port
land who were contemporaneous with the
late. Judge George H. Williams. While
Bome of them were political enemies,
they, one and all, confessed to considering
the judge as their warmest friend. As one
of them expressed It, "the Judge pos
sessed all the faculties that make for a
man's friendship; few that made for his
enmity."
There are but few now living of the
period of Judge Williams. And of these
the news of the judge's death had so af
fected them that it was difficult for them
to even express their thoughts, so much
had their emotions taken possession of
i them.
.My oear. deal xneno. one Dy one me
bright stars fall,' moaned Ben Simpson
when informed of the death of his friend.
A bare week ago Judge Williams had
been the guest of Mr. Simpson, at the 92d
birthday party of the latter. On that
occasion Judge Willliams walked up the
many steps of Mr. Simpson's residence
with a sprightly air.
"Death" Is Discussed.
Among the questions d.iscussed was
that of death. "Some day," said the
judge, "there will be a knock at your
door, which you will not answer. Those
who enter will And you have passed away
happily In your sleep. That is the way I
want to die.'
That the judge's wish regarding his
passing to the "Great Beyond" should
be so shortly answered was the most af
fecting thought that troubled Sir. Simp
son. "Everybody was. his friend," he said.
"I know him to have been one of the
best of men. He called on me. to my
great gratification, a week ago. He talked
as he used to in the old days. He cracked
jokes he has not told for years and dis
cussed, as he discussed years ago in
Washington, and as he has discussed all
his life, plans for the 'benefit of his coun
try. "He was a true, full-blooded American.
And he was my friend."
Mr. Simpson said he went with the late
Senator Mitchell to Washington to inter
view the Senators reported to be oppos
ing Judge Williams nomination for the
Chief Justiceship of the United States
Supreme Court. With the exception of
Conkling, he said, every Senator promised
to use his Influence in the judge's favor.
"Had Williams left his name before the
President," said Mr. Simpson, "his ap
pointment would, I am certain, have been
confirmed.'
"I was a farmer, he a judge." said F.
X. Matthieu, sole survivor of the Cham
poeg convention of 1843 and Oregon pio
neer of '42. "So I was not his friend.
But he was mine.
Best of Statesmen Was Late Judge.
"He was the best man in Oregon. I
have seen many statesmen. He was the
best of those I knew, but as I never
moved in the circles he did, I can only
say I believe him to have been the best
man in the United States. I do not know
it; I surely believe it. He could have
made a fortune, but he was no grafter.
He was that man, alas, so very rare, an
honest politician and statesman.
"He had every high bffice he wanted.
He could have been President, but he
certainly did not want it. He was the
friend of the oppressed and the poor. He
was the friend of those in misfortune.
And. best of all, he was an honest man,
and that is for what I can respect him."
Iafayette K. Grover came to Oregon
two years prior to Judge Williams.
He was elected Governor of Ore
gon in 1870 and re-elected in 1874,
resigning in 1876 ' on election to
the United States Senate. He
was one of the committee appointed to
welcome the judge to Oregon, when he
came as Chief Justice of the Oregon Ter
ritory. Mr. Grover was also on the
Judiciary committee of which Judge Will
iams was chairman. Although Mr. Gro
ver had been so upset by the tidings that
he was confined to his bed and could not
see visitors, he sent the following mes
sage as an appreciation of the departed
Judge:
"I regard him as one of the foremost
citizens of the state and Nation. While
we differed uolitically, we were always the
warmest of friends. I regret hist death."
TAFT SENDS SYMPATHY
CONDOLENCE IS TELEGRAPHED
TO MISS WILLIAMS.
President Extols Departed Jurist.
Captain Butt Also Sends Mes
sage Civic Bodies Act.
"THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington. E
C. I have Just heard of the death of your
honored father and I extend to you my
sincere sympathy. Tour father and mine
were old friends, both having been in
the Cabinet of General Grant. I enter
tained for your father the highest respect
for a man, a jurist and a member of so
ciety. He was a son of whom Oregon
may well be proud.
"WILLIAM H. TAFT."
This was the telegram sent yesterday
by President Taft to Miss Nellie Will
iams, daughter of the man with whom,
a few months ago, he chatted and joked
In a room in the Good Samaritan' Hospi
tal. The courtesy then shown by Presi
dent Taft caused Judge Williams rapid
and remarkable recovery, said his phy
sicians. It is 30 years since Judge Williams was
in Washington, and those who were his
compeers have passed away. Of fhe
members of the United States Supreme
Court in 1872, when Judge Williams was
Attorney-General of the United States,
there 1b not one living. To many in
Washington it no doubt came as a sur
prise to know that the Judge was living
until Monday morning. That, perhaps. Is
the reason why the official telegrams of
condolence have been few.
The first message received was. from
Captain Archibald W. Butt, military aide
to the President, who telegraphed: "Have
Just learned of your sad bereavement.
Xeepest sympathy and sorrow for you."
While official resolutions of condolence
will be submitted later to the Commer
cial Club and sent to Miss Williams and
relatives of the veteran jurist, the di
rectors of that organization met yester
day and extended their condolence offi
cially. The message of sympathy was:
"The board of governor, of the Com
mercial Club desires to express Its deep
regret for the removal, by death, from
club membership and association of
Judge George H. Williams, of National
fame and irreproachable character. In
the fullness of years and 'accomplishment,
his work well done, he passed quietly to
the Great Beyond, there to hear the
plaudit. 'Well done, good and faithful
servant.
That resolutions may be transmitted
fittingly a number of Portland bodies
have appointed special committees to pre
pare resolutions. As representing the bar
of the state. Judge Morrow appointed the
following to frame resolutions. Judge
Gilbert, of the Federal Court; Judge Cle
land, of the Circuit Court: Frederic V.
Holman. Charles W. Fulton. C. E. S.
Wood, Mayor Simon, Charles J. Schna
bel, president of the Multnomah County
Bar Association.
This committee will report to Judge
Morrow Saturday. April 16. Then formal
resolutions will be adopted and eulogistic
speeches made.
Similar action is being taken by the
Chamber of Commerce and by various
clubs with which the departed judge was
identified.
At the residence of Judge Williams on
Eighteenth street there was a long pro
cession of callers anxious to leave their
cards as a token of their respect. Many
uncovered as they passed the house, and
even in the pouring rain it was not un
common to see persons, bareheaded, stop
to talk a moment of the virtues of their
friend. Judge Williams.
The Dalles Mourns Officially.
THE DALLES, Or., April 5. (Special.)
The City Council has adopted resolu
tions of condolence upon the death of
Judge Williams and ordered that the
flags upon the city buildings be placed
at half mast during the hours of the fu
neral, as a mark of official mourning.
Supreme Court Adjourns In Memory.
SALEM, Or., April 6. In memory of
the death of George H. Williams, the
Supreme Court today adjourned until
next Thursday. The court will attend
the funeral.
ST. JOHNS GETS GRAND JURY
Hindu Probe to Be Held at Scene to
Save Expense,
Investigation by the April grand jury
into the riots recently held over the
Hindu labor trouble In St. Johns will
be held in the Peninsula town instead
of in this jelty. Arrangements to this
effect have been completed by District
Attorney Cameron.
This step is taken to prevent the
great expense which would occur to
the County of Multnomah if all the
witnesses were subpenaed to Portland
to testify. The witness fees and mile-,
age it is calculated, would reach sev
eral hundred dollars. Application
has been made to the Mayor of St.
Johns for a room in the City Hall and
It Is thought that a place will be given
the Jury in the city building.
Deputy District Attorney Garland,
who will have charge of the investi
gations, says that all of the people,
who will be required to appear before
the inquisitorial body, are employed
within a short distance of the City Hall
tnd that the investigation will be much
facilitated by having the hearing there.
Schooner-Master Loll Resigns.
NEWPORT. Or., April 6. (Special.)
Ernest Loll has -resigned his position
as master of the vgasoline schooner
Condor', which plies between Portland
and Taquina and AJsea bays. He is
succeeded by the ex-captain of the
launch Eva. Not long ago, with three
other men. Loll weathered one of the
worst storms ever seen on the Pacific
Coast in the small schooner Condor.
His miraculous escape was heralded all
over the Coast by seafaring men.
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