Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-01-28
EE-PRESIDENT Hayes.
Buried With Simple Ceremonies at
Fremont, Ohio.
President Elect Cleveland and Other
Distinguished Men Present.


EI President Hayes was buried Friday.
The morning dawned bright The temp>ra.
ture during the n'git had fallen to 50 bessw
saro and every thing was white with frost 10
the morning high. The oaks about the fam
lily mansion at Spiegel Grove shone In the
sunshine, every twig with Its tracery Of
frost. A wide winding roadway through
the grounds had been cleared OF snow and
all forenoon thousands OF psrsous passed in
procession up TO the mansion.
At 9 O'Clock in the morning the school
children of the city, marching with the ma.
tional flag at their head and followed by the
civic societies o. Fremont passed through
the large dining-room at Spiegel Grove. The
casket, in black cloth, rested In the csntre OF
tn. room with no decoration but three palm
branches The silver plate bore the inscrip-
tion, Rutherford B. Eaye., January H.
1898" Ga bis breas. res ed the dscorst on OF
Of commander-in-chiet OF the 10y i Legion,
and the left lapel of the dress coat the decor
alton of the Army Of West Virginia. Across
the wide window. eat in the south en- OF
the room stretched q large American flag,
held in plac.s by punches of white and
yellow COS s and wreaths of heliotrope eK-
haling tn 'ir pc fu ne. The 10 Sers were
from President Harr son.
At2 O'Clock when the ssrv ces bsgan, there
were pres MT President-eiect Cleveland and
memt ers Of President Harrison's cabinet,
representatives OF the United States Senate
and House and the officers Of the army and
navy, sent to represent their departm snts
Governor Mckinl-y and his stat, members
OF the Ohio Ger eral Assembly and other rep
reese ltative bodies and frie d..
Rev. j. L.. Albrittor, OF the Methodist
Epi copal Church, of Fremo It, read tn,
twenty third Psalm, after hymn, and was
followed in prayer by President B ,chsf, rd
ID, D., who forty-fve years ago united in
marriage Lucy Webb and Rutherford Birch
ard Hayes, in Chill cothe, Ohio. Another
hymn, the Lords Prayer repeated impI es-
sively, and the simple religious services was
over. he ritu1l OF the Grand Army fol-
lowed the religious services at the home in
stead OF at the cemetery, as at first intended.
Beued ction was pronounced at the grave
by Chaplain Webster, of Eugene Rawson
Post.
The order OF procession to the cemetery
was as follows.
Honorary Pall-Bearers-Chss Foster, Gov
VIM McKinle ]. l.. NJ. Curry, (ex-mIn mis-
ter to Spain,l Maj. i. c. DAVIS, Gen. Wager
Swayne, Gen. M. +. Force and W. e.
Hayes.
Members Of the family and ex-President
Grover Cleveland, accompanied by William
Henry Smith, the nearest friend OF ex-Presi-
dent Hayes.
Attorney. General W. H. II. Miller, Post
MASTER General Wanama ser and Secretaries
Noble and Rusk.
Representatives Of the United States Sen
ate; delegation Of the House OF Rspresen-
.atives; representatives OF the officers OF the
army Representatives OF the several COM
manderes o; tn Loyal Legion; officers and
ex-ofiicers OF the regime ital association OF
the Twenty -tbird o. V. l.; officers and OK
officers Of the Gi and Army OF the Republic
o. Ohio.
Great numbers OF floral pieces we're sent
by friends, most Of which, on account OF the
delay in trains, arrived too late. Among
thoss that reached the res nee before noon
was verS large pillow composed OF lilies.
roses, hyacinths and ferns, with the words
LOYAL Legion OF the United States" in pur-
pie across the face.
President-elect Cleveland was accompau-
fed to Fremont by his private secretary.
The train was two hours iaie, and great
crowd had assembled to see Mr.. Cleveland.
Company K, of the Sixteenth Regiment, was
drawn up in two line., extend NJ from the
train 20 the carriage. Between these lines
Mr. Cleveland walked with Col. II. Z. Cor
bin, follow ed by Webb aud Orchard Hayes.
Mr.. Cleveland was driven I, the Ha, IS resi-
dence, where he was assigned TO q suite OF
pleasant rooms on the second fJor o,e by
the stairway. He expressed himself feeling
ly on the death Of &c eral Hay 81. between
the President-elect and General Hayes there
was the warmest frie dship. The presence
Of Mr.. Cleveland is the tribute to 0 personal
friend. 1t is known that General Hayes had
intended TO be present at the inauguration
Of Mr.. Cleveland, ali plans havi 6 teso
made, and in Wa hlngtol General haye,
was to have tecn IN, gu st o. Mr. Cs' eianJ
and Colonel CorDia-