Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-27
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The last rites over tie late President VETO
concluded yesterday sad his remains deposited
10 vault al Lake View Cemetery rctr CleTcs
land, Ohio. 1t is estimated that over two hun
drtd and fifty thousand persons gathered in the
vicinity of tho pavilion in which the burial chs.
kat was deposited. and although scarcaly one in
hundred could get near enough to hear what
was said or to participate 10 tho services, yet
tho vast lhroDg stood urdar burning FUN for
TWO hours wbilo tho rtqaiems were sung, The
prayers ssid and the euIogits pronounced. and
probably fifty Thousand persons followed the
funeral procession TO the Cemetery, four miles
distant from tho park. The Rev. Isaac E.rett,
OF Cincinnati, DELIVERED an eloquent address,
aud several cergymon took part in tho cXer-
! erclses. The dav was oppresslvcIy bot. aud tho
| organizations suitarcd greatly until hbout the
| time tho procession reached tho cemetery, when
the rain camo down in torrents drenchcd every
body not under cover, and thoroughly saturated
! the funeral oar and the outside of the oiskat.
AS tho various organizations returned from the
! cemetery they presented moat woeiul appear
| once. The handsome uniforms ard reRalias of
| the troops ard Masonic bodies weIo about
ruined. Tho suffering from the exromo heat
! and the. storm was very great. and 1t ia feared
that many will bo Frustrated with sckaess in
consequence.
At Mrs. GarGclds suggestion. tho cuket
containing tho body Of tho lato President will
be enclosed in Ell iron Gage. then oDuent wall
| will DO built around it of sufficient strength, TO
resist all attempts to remove tho body. aud of
dlmoDslons long enough TO tcra tho bsso of
| tho proposed monument. The mayer uf tho
| city hiss dolSIlcd police torco to b, On duty
continuously untli the foal intermont. Tho steps
to tho vault We're carpotcd with lljUers, md gu
both sides OF tho entry woro anchors OF tubu
roses atd Cross Of whito smilGx. aud ever
green testoonod above. A hesvy block canopy
was stretched over the stcns from which tho
exercises wcro conducted. Tie rrtaHay vas
aIched over With black, with appropriate 10 TO-
scrlptlons. On the Keystone wcTo tho words
Como to rost; on ono sido were the words
Lay him to rest whom We have learned to
love; % tho Cthor "Iav him 10 rest whom
Wo haVo learned to trust" 4 massive GROSS Of
| ovcrgrcens issued from tho centre CT tho e. e..
Iho pathway from tho csrriago-way where tho
cortcgo stopped into tho vrult Was covered with
ocdai; on tho top of this was scattered white
! Immortclics. tuberos,s. etc. Right 10 front OF
tho gate at the ontranco to tho vault was spread
largo pieces OF carpet covered With tuberogcs
and other white flowers. This was covered
over with canopy of deep black brosIclcth.
Just outside tho vault at tho cato there was q
GROSS OF elegant white ll)Rcrs. with tho motto,
dead. but not forgotten"
largo amount of money was rails, Il in the
way OF ono. dollar subscriptions towards tho
erection Of Garfield monument in Lake Wow
Cemetery, and the projectors toe o.r.a;n TIM.
from one TO two huodrcd thousand dollars will
DO raised within the next sixty dsyv.