The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-03
MOURNING FOR MORTON.
Indiana Preparing Final Honors
for The Dead.
Funeral Arrangements Being Made on an
Extensive Scale.
Resolutions Of Respect and Sympathy Ten
dercd TO the Family OF the Deceased
Statesman.

indianapolis, Nov. 2-The citizens
meeting convened at 0 O'Clock, Mayor
Caven presiding. The committee on
resolutions asked until tomorrow be-
fore reporting. A general committee
of arrangements of twenty-five was ap-
pointed. Invitations to attend the fu-
neral of Senator Morton were ordered
to be issued to President Hayes and the
cabinet, the Judges and officers of the
Supreme court, Gen. Sherman and 9TH
er army officers and the Governors of
the several states. 1t was further re-
commended that the surviving soldiers
of Indiana, the independent military
organizations of the state and the
United States soldiers within the state
be also invited to attend the funeral,
and that the Soldiers meeting, about
to be held in this city, be requested to
take charge of all the arrangements.
1t was further recommended that the
Masonic Fraternity, Odd Fellows and
other benevolent and voluntary organi-
cations of the state and the officers and
students of the institutions of learning,
ETC., be invited to attend. 1t was also
recommended that all citizens of the
state not embraced in the following
enumeration be cordially invited to at
tend the funeral and to follow to the
grave the remains of their great friend
and fellow-citizen. And the family of
the deceased Senator are most respect
fully requested to allow his remains to
be deposited in state in the great hall
Of the court house, to remain there un-
der a guard of honor during such time
as may be agreeable to them.
The committee of arrangements have
fully agreed upon the programme of
ceremonies for Sunday and Monday,
and have assigned to several sub-com-
mittees their respective duties. Gen.
Lew Wallace, who has been selected as
chief marshal, is here tonight select
ing his staff assistants and arranging
the line of march.
Th eorder of services at the church
on Monday is announced as follows:
Chants by the choir, Scripture reading,
by Rev. Myron w. Reed; opening
prayer, Rev. Henry Day, d. D.; hymn,
sermon, Joseph Bradford Cleaver; an
them, by the choir; eulogy, Rev. J. II.
Bayless. d. D.; prayer, Prof. w. X.
Hushour, hymn and benediction.
The Grand Master and Grand Patri-
arch of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of Indiana, have issued circu-
lars, calling upon the various lodges
and encampm ents in the state to take
action on the death of their late broth
er Senator Morton.
Military companies from the several
cities in the state have signified their
intention of attending the funeral.
At a meeting of the German Veteran
Association here this morning, a reso-
luton was passed, inviting all the SOL
diers of Indiana to meet them at their
headquarters, Mozart hall, in this city,
Monday next, to pay their last tribute
of respect to the great war Governor.
The railroads will all run excursion
trains on Sunday.
The City Council this afternoon
passed an appropriate resolution decid-
ing to attend the funeral in body, and
ordering the necessary money for ex-
penses.
The family of Senator Morton have
received n large number of kilograms
of sympathy from prominent persons
and personal friends, including Presi-
dent Hayes and Vice President
Wheeler.
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