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Show BURIAL -OF-MRS. ROSE ! Scathing Talk by. Rev. Peter A'Si'mpkin. LARGE CR9WS ATTENDS Beautiful Music and Profusion '".''.v. cf Flowers. . . Striking Lesson. JJrwn From the. Do-'plorhble Do-'plorhble Tragedy hy the'Offlci-'' the'Offlci-'' nt'ing Minister. Another act of the Rose murder dra-ma dra-ma was enacted yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Maud Rose, who was so 1 foully murdered by her husband on Christmas day, was tenderly laid away fl In her last resting place. As for her relatives and kin, there were none pres- ent, but conslderato people of the city left nothing undone. The large crowd that attended gazed eagerly around to get a glimpse of the murderer and the ;; little child, but all in vain, for the for- mer was locked up In his cell at the county jail, while the latter was at the Children's Home-Finding association Hl amusing itself with childish sport. l Promptly at 3 o'clock the Rev. Mr. Simpkin took his heat in the pulpit and the large crowd, consisting almost Hji entirely of women of all classes and age?, which had been gathering for more than an hour and now extended far out into the street, Instantly became silent. The Nineteenth ward choir sang, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burn- Rev. Mr. Simpkin read the burial service and concluded with a fervent 1 wrayer, declaring: "We have met to- day to pay a last tribute to a life that was untimely snatched away from the pains and pleasures of this life and sent to render Its account to God." The choir sang "We Need Thee Every Hour." This hymn, as well as the for-Hl for-Hl mer one, was rendered with the deep- est feeling and contained thoughts and H. sentiments especially fitting and ap- propriate to- the occasion. I The Rev. Mr. Simpkin spoke briefly, I in part, as follows: "We are called to- I gether on this solemn occasion by one ,1 of those tragedies which are bocoming Hj ; .iltogether too frequent in this city of churches, meeting-houses and temples tragedies that are becoming, too com-J com-J mon among this people." As the speaker continued he seemed ' to become thoroughly disgusted with I he thought of the blackness of the aw-ful aw-ful deed and alluded to the murderer in brief as follows: "A deed so black, so bloody and so sensual casts a shadow of shame- over -all our Christian pre-tenses. pre-tenses. It is a deed blacker than any 1 beast of the ileld ever brought to pass Hh :nd the boldness of this lustful sensual- H ncss which sent this woman away be- fore her time is slckeningly disgusting," The speaker sent an appropriate shot Hl it the curiosity seekers present when ! he said: "We are here today not as Judge or jury to blame or palliate a hu-HL hu-HL man failing, but rather because duty or a desire to pay one last tribute calls us, and those who are here for other purposes should cover their blushing faces with a mantle of lasting shame ttfid with hidden faces leave." Hi The speaker spent the remaining i time in dwelling upon the principle jl "That sin when it hath conceived Hl bringeth death," and he said, "I am HT unwilling that you chould leave this place, without laying before yourselves thelcsson which centers itself in this 1 experience, and you will, if you are wise, remember that everything that has blossomed out of the red flower of Hj1' hist or a failure to master one's self Hl has wrought death." H1 He concluded as follows: "And now l 1ft us pay our last tender reso'ects to lhiy cold form, because it is that of a woman, and whatever failings she. HL who was robbed so suddenly of her life Hh one who ought to have loved her 1 , oven to death, may have had, they, too, H; have passed yonder." H) The beautiful oak casket was not 1; opened after the services, although many persons had previously requested j : privilege of viewing the remains. The small funeral cortege proceeded to Hie City cemetery, where the Rev. Mr. Simpkin conducted the last sad rites. Through The Tribune Mrs. J. H. Stone expresses thanks to those who so ; generously donated means whereby the general funeral expenses were de- frayed and likewise to those who con-trlbuted con-trlbuted so many elegant and beautiful flowers and furnished the music. |