Show FUNERAL OF JOHN BROOM captain ransford smith delivered tho the main alain address john broom was held a at th the e family residence on adams avenue on sunday afternoon tho tile attendance of mourning relatives and friends was very large and gave evidence of the esteem in which the deceased was waa held the services Ber vices were opened by a beautifully rendered hymn by a of ladies captain ransford lians ford smitha at the request of the deceased made during his lifetime del delivered I 1 vered an address in his usual eloquent manner lie began with the tile statement that a good man had departed this life and cited many instances to sustain him in the statement that the tile deceased was wag a good citizen husband A and nd father and the possessor of all those noble qualities which go to make up the true man the speaker up a also s so dwelt upon tho the enterprise shown by mr broom in the building of the broom hotel and then read a funeral fermor written by the deceased himself and commented upon the contents pointing out the hundreds of expressions pres ree contained therein which won went t lo 10 show tho vu puren reness ces of heart of the writer in closing the ca captain tain said lie believed the spirit of tto tho dead was present in the tile room and in a feeling manner ho he bade it good bye forever charles stayner also addressed tho the large gathering devoting most of the time to a dissertation on the beauties of spiritualism in which doe doctrine trine the dead was a firm ellever Ul believer lever his ilis remarks we were re of a eon consoling soling matuie and near the tile close were mere addressed exclusively to the family lainily the tile quartette then rendered another beautiful selection and the services were a at taneno an end the remains were viewed b by those who desired and the family took leave of tile loved one A long cortege followed the remains to the city cemetery where the tile interment was made wade in a i specially constructed grave built under tho the supervision of mr broom chimbel this last resting place 1 ace is is eo so built that the elements w irl have no effect whatever upon there the remains m 1 l ins and they will remain in ili the same c condition ondi tion for ce centuries it tu ri ea the floral designs were very beautiful and were veto the work of city gardener chi chipp p from whose greenhouses and garte garden they were selected after the funeral the set pieces were grouped and photographed |