Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-01-27
EZ-PRESIDENT HAYES.
Buried With Simple Ceremonies at
Fremont, Ohio,
President Elect Cleveland and Other
Distinguished Men Present


Ex.President Hayes was buried Friday.
The morning dswned bright The tempera-
ture during the night had fal'en 10 50 below
zero and ove.y thing was white with fros- ia
the morning Ugh. The oaks about the fam
lily mansion at Spiegel Grove shoae in the
sunshine, every twig with its trac'ry OF
frost. A wide winling roadway through
the grounds had been cleared of snow and
all forenoon thousands of p lsons passed in
procession up TO the mansion.
At 8 O'Clock in the morning the school
children of the city, mar ching with the ma
tional flag at their head and followe by the
civic societies OF Fremont, passed through
the large dinng-room at Spiegel Grove. The
casket, in black cloth, rested in the centre OF
tn room with no decoration but three palm
branches. The silver plate bore the iascrip-
ton. "Rutherlord b. Hayes, January H.
1897 On hi, breas rs ed the decorat on OF
of commander chief of the 10y 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 Ell OF
the room stretched a large American flag,
held in places by lunches OF white AMI
yellow ros IS and wreaths of heliotrope ex'
haling tn .ir peIfun The toTers were
from President Harrison.
At2 O'Clock when the services bagap, ther1
were pres mt President-elect Cleveland and
members of President Harrison's cabinet,
representatives of the United Stste' Senate
and House and the officers of the army and
navy. sent to represent their departments.
Governor NJ, Kinlvy and his staff, msmoe
of the Ohio General Assembly and other rep
reseatatve lcdies and frle d.
Rev. j L. Albritton, of the Methodist
Epi copal Church, of Fremont, read th'
twenty-thrd Psalm, after hymn, aud was
followed in prayer by President icnst' rd'
d. D., who forty-fye years ago united IA
marriage Lucy Webb and Rutherford Birch
ard HAYES in Chill cothe, Ohio. Another
hymp. The Lords Prayer repeated lllp'es-
sively, and tho simple religious service was
over I he ritull OF the Grand Army foi-
lowed the religious services at the nome III
stead of at the cemetery, as at first intended.
Rened ction was pronounced at the grave
by Chaplain Webster, of Eugene ha"son
Post.
The order of procession &c the cemetery
was as follows.
VIM. McKinle j. i. NJ. Curry t.X.mnls'
ter to Spain) Mai. L. G. DAVIS, Gen. Wager
Swayne, Gen. NJ. +. Force and w. E.
Haynes
Members of the family and exPresldent
Grover Cleveland. accom- anied by William
Henry Smith, the nearest friend OF eX-fresl-
dent Hayes. n.
ATTORNEY. General W. H. H. Miller, Post
master General WanamaAer aud Secretarles
Noble and Rusk. c.c
REPRESENTATIVES of the United states cen
/ . H. Of RanrlCGD-
fatiyes representatives Of the officers o. the
army .renresentatives OF the several COM
manderies OF tn. Loyal Legion; officers ana
ex-officers Of the regmeItai ASSOCIATION OF
the Twenty third O. Y. l.; officers and ex-
officers of the G. and Army OF the Republic
0. Ohio. -.
Great numbers OF floral pieces were sent
Inv friends. most Of which, on account Oh Inc
DELAY in trains, arrived too late. Among
those that reached the res nee before noon
was very large pillow composed Oh lilies,
roses, hyacinths and ferns, with tne "orus
Loyal Legion OF the United STATES Ih Pui'
pie across the face.
President-el Cleveland was accompan-
led to Fremont by his private secretary.
The train was two hours lac, and great
! crowd had assembled 10 see Mr.. Cleveland
! Compsny K, of the Sixteenth Regiment, was
| drawn up i'm two lines, extend ng from the
/ train 70 the carriage Betweel these lines
Mr. Cleveland walked with Col. II. q; Cor
bin, follow ed 10y Webb and Birchard Hayes
! Mr.. Cleveland was driven to the Haj es rest
dence. where he was assigned to a suite OIL
pleasant rooms on the second fl )or o'e py
the stairway. He expressed himself ieellne,
| ly on the death Of &c eral hayes; Between
! the President-elect and General Hayes there
was the warmest friendship. The pres' nee
of Mr.. Cleveland is the tribute to personal
friend. 1t is known that General Hayes had
intended to be present at the inang uration
of Mr.. Cleveland, all plans hayi Teen
made, and in Washington General hayes
was to have teen the guest OF Mr. C'eNelana
and Colonel Corbin.