The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-06
FUNERAL oBsEou1Es
OF the Late Senator oliver p. Morton.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5.-Froup the
opening of the court house this morning
until half past ten an uninterrupted throng
moved through, viewing tae honored re-
mains. At that. hour the pail bearers
took last look, when the easket was taken
to the hearse and thence to the residence,
escorted by the military. Tie casket was
deposited in the fourth or east room,
against the mantel of which rested an
anchor OF tube roses and carnations with
the motto rest" immortelles, from the
President aud Mrs. Hayes, brought by
Mr., Burchard Hays. This was fianked on
one side by shield of white roses bearing
in the centre the initials 20. P. NJ" iD
purple immortelles and the other side by
an anchor, from the colored citizens of
Philadelphia AS soon as practicable after
the depositing of the remains for the last
time 10 the room SO familiar TO him 10 lite.
the house was cleared and the family left
for brief hour with their dead and their
grief. 50
At 1925 the great organ, with VIM. Ii.
Clarke at the key, sounded the opening
notes of Beethoven's Funeral March on
the Death of Hero" Then came in
order the Farewell from Jephtha," and
funeral march to the memory of O. 2.
Morton. by VIM. FL. Clarke. The choir,
consisting of $50 voices, filed the space be.
tween the organ and the pulpit, stretching
around the turn into the gallery
above. While the Farewell from
Jephtha" was wailing out
from the organ, the letter carriers
came in at the side door, each bearing
floral tributes, which had been sent to the
Morton homestead on two stands. At the
head and foot of the bier stood broken
pillar of flowers. Around the altar aud on
each side of the pulpit stood floral anchor
from President Hayes and a Tyre and pillar
from Mrs Hayes, and an anchor from the
colored citizens of Philadelphia
At one o'clock the remains were brought
into the church, preceded by the officiating
clergymeD, aud followed by the pail
bearers, Hon, E. B. Martindale, Hon. j.
NJ. Tyner, DR., W. g. Thompson, ex Gov
ernor Conrad Baker, Gen. James A Eden,
Hon John I'll. Kibbey, Hon. Henry Taylor,
and Hon. A. j. Porter, followed by the
family and relatives
At lilo the choir sang the anthem,
| Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He
shall sustain thee" At IL clock Rev.
Mr.. Myron read from the scripture, from
the first to the ninetieth psalm, anu closing
with the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastics
at 1925 prayer by Rev. Dr. Henry Day
of this city; at 1855, an anthem My
faith looks up to Thee" At 40 sermon
by Rev. Jas, Bradford Cleaver, from Sec
oDd Samuel. second chapter, part of the
seventh verse-''Saul is dead" at 2:2s
the anthem, And am only born to die?'
at 2;30 eulogy by Rey DR. J. II, Bayless
pastor of the church 10 which the cere'
monies took place.
After the henediction by Presiden
Tuttle, of Wabash College, the casket wat
removed to the hearse and the funeral pro
ceSsion moved, under command of Gen
Lew Wallace. 1t was o'clock when tht
lOdd Fellows ceremonies were begun
which was necessarily shortened by tbs
lateness of the hour. The remains wer,
deposited in the vault at the chapel a
Crown Hill cemetery.