The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-21
BURIAL OF MR.. HAYES.
IMPRESsIVE SERVICES OYER THE
DEAD LX-PRESIDEyT.
PresideDt-EIect Cleveland and Many Other
Distinguished Persons and
Officials Present.

beloved wife, the bier surrounded by
his children, President-elect, the mem
bers of President Harrison's Cabinet.
representatives of the army and navy Of
the United States delegates from both
houses Of Congress. the government OF
Ohio, members OF the legislative bodies
and masses Of military commands whose
blue uniforms with scarlet and yellow
facings. and bristling bayonets on a
| landscape of driven snow, added a
warmth of color 20 the wintry scene,
the remains OF ex-President Rutherford
b. Hayes were laid to rest this atler-
noon.
The entire arrangements Of the obse-
| quies had been placed in the hands OF
! Assistant Adjutant- General II. c. Corbin,
4 United States army, and from the open
| ing Of the house, in Spiegel Grove, TO
the crowds OF citizens In the morning till
! the last echo Of the salute fired over the
| grave late in the afternoon, everything
passed off with military precision. The
remains of the ex-President lay in the
| large family dining-room during the
| morning. where an escort OF Grand
| Army veterans stood guard while the
| people Of Fremont and its surrounding
towns were permitted 10 gaze upon the
| features which have grown so familiar
to them all. Veterans Of many fields,
troops of school children. marching in
solid ranks behind crepe bound American
| colors; farmers, who had come for twen-
| ty miles over all but snow-bound roads
marched for hours through the spacious
| hall TO view the dead. General Hayes
remains rested in neat crepe
| covered casket, the corners rounded into
| Corinthian columns. while the silver
plate bore the following inscription:
Rutherford b. Hayes,
| January II, 1888"
| Across his breast was the tri-colored
| ribbon of the military order OF Loyal
| Legion, with the insignia of the same,
| while on his breast was the badge or the
| army Of West Virginia. A spray OF
| graceful palms alone rested on the cas-
| ket. while on a fag-covered table were
the many floral emblems which had
arrived from every portion Of the coun-
| try.
II was II o'clock when train No. 3, on
| the Lake Shore. with the special car
| "Grassmere," bearing Presdent-elect
| Cleveland reached the depot. Company
| d, of the Sixteenth regiment. had, with
| difficulty, maintained an entrance way
through the crowd at the station. ana
| came to present arms as the Presi-
dent-elect and Private Secretary O'Brien
| stepped from the rear platform Of the
train. They were met by Webb C. Hayes
and Colonel Corbin and driven at once 10
| Spiegel Grove The crowd was mouoned
| into silence as the carriage passed
| through the crowded streets. The meet
| ing between the President-elect and mem
| bers of General Hayes family was I'M
| nressIye I'm the extreme. The sons OF the
| late President and his daughter, MISS
| Fannie. received him in the large hall
way. and Mr.. Cleveland clasped each Oh
| them fervently by the hand, ana re-
| olained with bowed head. The two eX-
1 Presidents have been closer frlends thaii
1 the public knew, for many years, ana
| General Hayes had completed arrange
| ments to attend the Inauguration OF MT.
| Cleveland next March, expecting 10 De
the guest of Senator Sherman ana Coiohei
| Corbin. -. -.
,,,narai cerrnonies began. The remains
| had been carried into one OF Inc larger
rooms Of the house, and the apartments
were filed with mourners and dlsun-
! e,,ished friends. The services were eX-
| tremely simple DR.. James W. Bashtor''
president of the Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
| sity in which 10th General ana Mrs
HAYES had long been greatly Interested
| and Rev. ]. L. Albritton, pastor OF the
| Methodist church of this city, ofhciated'
|
| and the former delivering the prayer. A
double ouartette led by Professor Alfred
| Asthur and David H. Kimberly, OF CleVe-
| land. and Mrs. Dorr, OF this city, rendered
| two HYMNS of which the ex-President had
| alwavs been extremely fond. These were
when Peace, Like q River and "God
be with You TIL We Meet Again
| The beautiful notes of the hymns filled
the spacious house as though from
hrDlx
| the occasional sob of mourner, whhe
men who had faced an enemy on hun
| dred fields gave way TO their pent-up
| feelings This closed the services at the
| house. and the remains were then carried
10 the hearse by members of the twenty
third Ohio Infahtry Associatiol l. The nom
orary pall-bearers were. Secretary fos-
Ter. Governor Mckinley. General wagner
S,yavne. of New York: Brigadier-General
Josie Breckenridge, United states army |,
| Captain Howell, United States Navy;
| Congressman Haynes, DR.. Culver ana
General Jacob d. Cox, of Cincinnati.
| relieving them came President-elect
Cleveland and Mr.. William Henry Smith
as a special representative of the family
Postmaster-General Wanamaker and
Secretaries Rusk and Noble, members or
the United States Senate and House OF
Representatives, Colonel George ID. Rug
| giles. Lieutenant-COlcHtl MAI Sieili - AIuu-
lnpton. United States Army; Commodore
David McComb, Henry ID. Pierce. ex-Sec-
retary of State OF Massachusetts,; Colonel
Edward I. Bouve and Colonel A. A. Rand.
NJ the Massachusetts, Commandery OF the
J,oval Legion; officers and ex-officers OF
the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Association, Commander l. F. Mack and
officers and ex-officers of the Grand Army
of Ohio, Governor Mckinley ana stan,
Ohio State officials, trustees OF the Ohio
State University, officers of Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home OF Xenia and
Sanduslsy, mayors of Fremont, Cleveland
and Toledo, with members OF the councils
of those cities came next. Then came
tie military parade under Colonel Bunker.
Including the first city troop OF Cleveland
and Toledo cadets, the Sixteenth regi nent,
National Guard, and Battery d, of Toledo.
The civic societies followed and he cor
tege took I'D its way with muffied drums
under the frost-clad trees and snow-cov-
cred roads to oalswood cemetery. The GER
emony here was brief, Commander Green,
of Eugene Rawson Post. Nc, z. of this
ci.v. reading the soldiers burial service
from the ritual Of that order.
Silent and motionlesS the troops stood
nj parade rest on the marble-like mound
as the remains of the ex-President were
| lowered to their last resting-place beside
that COMPANION who had been closest and
dearest to him in life. whose meeting
smile had wooed him across deaths dark
river into lands of everlasting bliss.
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