Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-01-25
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
January II, 1898.

On his breast rested the beautiful
decoration of commander-in-chief of
the Loyal Legion, and on the left lapel
OF the dress coat the decoration of the
Army OF West Virginia. Across the
wide window seat in the south end of
the room stretched large American
flag, held in place by punches of white
and yellow roses and wreaths of many
colored heliotropes, exhaling their pen
etrating perfume on the freezing air.
The bitter weather and delayed trains
prevented many of the most beautiful
horal pieces from reaching the resi-
dence until the hour of the funeral,
The order In which the funeral pro-
cession moved was as follows:
Honorary pall-bearers; Charles Foster,
j. L. McCurry, eX-minister to SPAN; Sen
at6r Calvin S. Brice, Maj. Z. C. Dawes,
Gen. Wagner Swayne, Gen. NJ. f. Force
and William E. Haynes: members of the
family; eX-President Grover Cleveland,
accompanied by William Henry Smith;
members CT the cabinet; Attorney General
w. IL. II. Miller, Secretary 5. B. ElkinS,
Postmaster-GeneralW anamaker and Sec
tarerleS Noble and Rusk; represPn-
tatives of the United States Sena,e;
representatives of the House; repre-
sentatlyes of the United States army;
Breckenridge, Gen. George D. Ruggles,
Gen. M. [. Ludington, Capt. Tasker
n. Bliss, Of Gen. SchOheld'S staff; repre-
sentativeS of the United States navy;
Capt. Howell, Commanders Dickens and
Houston; representatives OF several
communicates of the reglmental aSSOcIa-
ton of the Twenty-thlrd Ohio Volunteer
Infantry; officers and eX-OfficerS of the G..
A. +. OF Ohio: Gov. William Mckinley
and staff; members Of the General AS
sembly of OHIO. and all the civil officers of
the state in the order of precedence; mayor
and Common Council Of Fremont; mayor
and Common Council OF Cleveland; mayor
and Common Council of Toledo: mayor
and Common Council of Sandusky.
Two rooms of the mansion, through
which the January sunshine was stream
ing, we're filled with q most distin-
guished company when the simple fare
well services of the dead President be-
gan at 2 o'clock in the south parlor and
the large bed chamber in the
rear of it, long occupied by
Gen. Hayes, were President-el
Grover Cleveland, the members of
President Harrison's cabinet, repre-
sentatives of the United States Senate
and the officers of the army and navy
sent to represent their departments.
Here, too, the family were seated.
The room is of medium size, with three
large windows. Above the mantel,
where glowed a fire of natural gas, is a
fine portrait Of Gen. Hayes daughter,
in early girlhood, and several por-
traits of Mrs. Hayes, taken at
different times, are notable feat
ures of the room. Across the
wide hall in the large north parlor and
the library to the rear of it were Gov.
Mckinley and his staff, the members of
Ohio General Assembly and other rep
resentative bodies and friends. In the
far north end of the room many were
Gto q of of jch cd
men being too great to permit the seat
ing of all. In the front hall were
grouped the double quartette under the
leadership of Prof. Alfred Arthur, of
the Cleveland Conservatory of Nj usic.
a member of Gen. Hayes old regi-
ment, which with Mrs. F. H.
Dorr, Of this city, sang the hymns
chosen by the family, with tenderness
and feeling. The Rev. J. L. Allbrittin,
ing between the doors of the parlors in
the expansive hall, read the 23d Psalm
after a hymn, and was followed in
prayer by President J. W. Bashford.
ID. D., who, some forty-fve years ago,
united in marriage Lucy Webb and
Rutherford B. Hayes, in Chillicothe, 0.
Another hymn, 1.-The Lords Prayer"
repeated impressively. and the simple
solemn services at the house were over
The body-bearers lifted the remains,
and bore them from the hushed man
sion amid sobs and falling tears.
GEN. HAYES PLACED IN THE TOMB.
The long, sad procession wound out
through the native forest of Spiegel
Grove, which the illustrious dead had
nourished with such loving care, down
Birchard Avenue and out Bucklahd to
lakewood Cemetery, where, after the
brief and simple ritual of the Grand
Army of the Republic, all that was
mortal of Rutherford B. Hayes, nine
teenth President of the United States,
was committed to the tomb. The Gen
erals body lies beside the remains of
Mrs. Hayes. who died two years ago.