The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-06
DUST TO DUST"
OBsEQUIEs OF THE LATE sENA-
TOR MORTON.
Beautiful and Touching Floral Dec
oratiOns-The Funeral Pa.
geanl-The EulOgy by
DIR. BayIess.

lNDIANAPoLIs, November 5.-Ran
fell from daylight till noon. From
noon till dark it grew colder, with con-
siderable wind. The temperature hac.
fallen II degrees up to sundown. From
the opening of the court house doors this
morning until half.past ten an unlnLer-
rupted crowd movd through to view the
honored remains At that hour the pail
bearers took a last look and the cssket
WAS taken to the hearse and thence 10 the
residence, escorted by the military. Tne
frst room at the lett OF the hall was
gracefully draped with flags and mourn
ing emblems. In front of the mirror,
belw the front windows o! this room,
stood magnificent spray OF white flow
ers. In the centre OF the room fronting
the entrance, stood floral pillow with q
| ground of white and secondary purple
border, bearing upon the center in vio-
lets the word Rest" Immediately back
of this, beneath the mantel, WIS floral
medallion, having inserted ~ It's top 8
sheaf of full ripe wheat. This was bor-
dered with white roses, having opposite
the sheat and on the bottom o! The circle
Ms it lay the letter IN" in blue flowers,
the whole bordered with wreath Of
smilax. In the second room on the rIgh',
standing on the piano, stood a floral
| harp bearing the motto "Ou5 Friend
and the initials 90. 2. NJ" fsnked
on the right and left by two broken
floral shafts and in the rear by
portion of the decorations used at the
cour. house. In this room WAS also
placed a floral pillow, bearing the legend,
"Indana's Pride" from Judge Msrteu-
dale. In the third room stood an easy
chair, more eloquent in its vacancy than
all the floral tributes, draped with the
stars and stripes and mourning Colors.
In this room was also located shaft OF
laurel and Ivy leaves, surmounted by n
white dove, from whose besk suspended
wreath of smilsx and ivy, and the
motto, "a slight testimonial OF gratitude
we bear TO one who was. the answering
advocate of woman suffrage. Mrs
Francis Minor and Phoebe CoZzens of
st. Louis" In this room WAS also d.
posted floral pillow composed prncI-
pallv of tube roses, in the centre OF wnicE
appeared the motto "a Nation Mourns %
The cssket was deposited in the fourth
or east room, against the msntel OF which
rested an anchor Of tube roses and corns.
tions with the motto, "Rest," IN purple
immortelles, from the President and Mrs
Hayes, brought by Mr.. Burchard Hayes.
This was fsnked on one side by shield
of white roses, bearing on the centre the
initials 40. 2. M" in purple immortelles,
and on the other by al anchor from the
colored citizens of Philadelphia. As
soon as possible, after depositing the re.
mains in the room so familiar to him
in life, the house was cleared and
the family left for q brief hour with their
dead ard their grief. Upon the opening
of the doors the time WAS occupied prior
to the removal of the remains to the
hearse, by the committees from the Cab
met Senate, House OF Representative,
distinguished guests and letter carriers
in taking last look, after which the
funeral cortege formed according 10 the
programme.
The great organ which fills the space
in the rear Of the pulpit, cleaning mass
OF silver pipes set In n black walnut
frame work and walled in by broad de-
,cendng "a lery ballustrade', and the
pulpit frame mad flowing from
large, Grape loop at the top
two bread bands Of black, parting to the
right and left at the foot From The side
gas Jets In the gallery, stretched down to
the key bank OF the organ, are two i'm
meLse flags, the blue fields meeting in
the centre and their waving folds looped
and intertwined with Grape. In front Of
each of the large stained glass windows,
above and below through which the
light streamed as through prism, stood
three delicate silk guidons, crossed like
al escutcheon. At each OF the support
ing pillars of the gallery stood gold
starred silken banner Of the line, the blue
field at the top OF the folds turned around
the pillars on Grape bands. Along the
gallery ballustrsdes were stretched great
garrison flags, with Grape bands looPed
with Grape rosettes at each end
of the ballustrades. In the rear
of the pulpit stood 8 silk
standard band with Grape Over the
pulpit and stand lay another garrison
hag with black draping, comp etsly COW
ering the whole front, while the pulpit
itself had second covering of 8 silk
standard, the blue field resting just under
the Bible. On this rested noble star
Of white flowers, two feet from point to
point, and below it a broad Grape band
looped with black bows The altar rail
WAS covered with black trimmed with
smilsx, with knots OF white flowers The
decorations OF the church, in keeping
with the noble auditorium, were massive,
rich and abounding in a dignifed
simplicity, which blending with the
black walnut wood work and evergreen
snd upholstery did not distract attention
from the SAD scene itself, which was the
object of living interest. a large space
inside the altar rail, and be-
tween it and the pulpit and stand, was
cloaked with n mass OF the most
oeautf ful and touching floral decorations,
all gifts from at home and abroad.
At 1926 2, NJ. the great organ, wi h
William ID. Clark ~ the keyboard,
sounded the opening notes of Beethoven's
Funeral March (Op. 26,) on the death OF
the hero. Then came, in the order
named, The Farewell from "Jepths,
Handel; MsrChe Funebre, Chopin;
Lochery MOsis, from the Requiem "
Mozart; Funeral March, Mendelssohn;
Elegy of Tesrs, Schubert; Funeral
March to the Memory of o. p Morton,
W. II. Clark; Andsntc, Seventh Symph-
ony, Beethoven. The choir of $50
voices filed the space between the organ
and pulpit stretching around the
turn into the gallery sb We.
While The Farewell from "Jeptha"
was waillng ou! rom the or gan, the
letter carriers, gray uniformed and white
gloved, came 10 st the side doors. each
bearing the Drsl tributes which had
been sent TO M Morton's homestead.
On the stands u, me head and foot OF the
bier stood broken pillar of flowers, the
gilt of Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Ingram
Fletcher. Around the altar rail and on
each side of the pulnit stood q Ao,sI an