The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-26
A SAD COODBY.
Impressive Scenes at Ex-Presi-
dent Hayes Funeral.
THE HOST OF MOURNERS,
Winters White Mantle and Deaths Dark
Gloon Surround the Scene at Fremont

President-olect Cleveland and the Mem
bers of the Present Cabinet view and
Follow to the Grave the Remains of the
Distinguished Statesman-The Manner
I'm which the Funeral Cortege Formed.
FREMONT, o., Jan. 2l-On the crest
of snow-clad slope, by the side of his
beloved wife, the bier surrounded by his
children, president-elect, the members
of President Harrison's cabinet, repre-
sentatives of the army and navy of the
United States, delegates from both
houses of congress, the governor Of
Ohio, members of the legislative bodies
and masses Of military commands,
whose blue uniforms with scarlet and
yellow facings and bristling bayonets on
p landscape of driven snow added a
warmth Of color to the wintry scene,
the remains Of ex.President Rutherford
B. Hayes were laid to rest yesterday.
The entire arrangements for the OBJ
sequies had been placed in the hands Of
Assistant Adiutant General II. G. Cor
bin, L. S. A., and from the opening Of
the house in Spiegel grove to the crowds
of citizeus in the morning until the last
echo of the salute fired over the grave
late in the afternoon everything passed
off with military precision. The re-
mains of the eN-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 to gaze upon the
features which have grown so familiar
10 them all.
The Warriors Werc There.
Veterans Of many fields, troops of
school children marching in solid ranks
behind crape-bOuud American ColOrs,
farmers who had come for twenty miles
over all but snOwbOuDd roads, marched
for hours through the spacious hall to
view the dead. General Hayes re-
mains rested in a neat Crape-COyered
Casket, the corners rounded into COrin-
THAN columns, while the silver plate
bore the inscription: Rutherford 3.
Hayes, Jan. II, 1893. Across his breast
was the tri-colyrcd ribbon Of the mill
tary order Of the Loyal Legion, with
the insignia of the same, while on his
breast was the badge Of the Army Of
West Virginia. y spray of graceful
palms alone rested on the casket, while
on a fag-cOvered table We're the many
floral emblems which have arrived from
every part Of the country. While these
solemn scenes were passing at Spiegel
grove the town was filling with civic
and military delegatiODs distinguished
visitors and crowds Of neighboring vii
layers.
The members of the Sixteenth regi.
ment, Ohio national guard, under
Colonel Bunker, We're being rapidly
mobilized from Toledo, Sandusky, Clyde
and other points, while the members Of
Battery D, Of Toledo, the First City
troop, Of Cleveland, of which Webb G.
Hayes is a member, and which had acted
rs the personal escort Of President
Hayes on his return home from Wash
lngtOn twelve years ago, arrived during
the morning. Special trains bearing
Secretaries Foster, Noble, Rusk and
Postmaster General Wanamaker and
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Rathbun, representing the Ohio associa-
tion at Washington; Governor MCRin-
ley and staff and members Of the Ohio
senate and house, from Columbus came
soon afterward
Prcsidcnt-EIect Clevcland's Arrival.
1t was II o'clock when train No. 3, on
the Lake Shore, with the special car
"Grassmcre, bearing President-eleCt
Cleveland, reached the depot Company
D, of the Sixteenth regiment, under
Captain Crieger, had, with difficulty,
maintained an entrance way through the
crowd Mt the station, and came to a
"present arms as the presideut-elect
and Private Secretary O'Brien stepped
from the rear platform of the train.
They were met by Webb G. Hayes and
Colonel COrbn, and driven aJ once to
Spiegel Grove. The crowd was mo-
tiOned into silence as the carriage passed
through the crowded streets. The meet
ing between the pTesident-elect and the
members Of General Hayes family was
Impressive in the extreme. The sons Of
the late president and his daughter,
Miss Fannie, received him in the large
hallway, and Mr.. Cleveland clasped each
Of them fervontly by the hand, and re-
mained with bowed head. The expires
idents have been closer friends than the
public knew for many years, and Gen
sral Hayes had completed arrangements
TO attend the Inauguration Of Mr.. Cleve-
land next March, expecting to be the
guest Of Senator Sherman and Colonel
Corbin.
Tho Funeral Services.
1t was shortly past o'clock when the
funeral ceremonies began. The remains
had been carried into one Of the larger
rooms of the house, and the apartments
were filled with mourners and distin-
guished friends. The services We're eX.
tremely simple. Or. James w. Bash
ford, president Of the Ohio Wesleyan
university, in which both General and
Mrs. Hayes had long been greatly inter
ested and the Rev. j. l.. Albritton,
pastor of the Methodist church of this
sity, officiated, the latter reading the
twenty-third Psalm and the former de.
livering the prayer. A double quartet,
led by Professor Alfred Arthur and
David H. Kimberly, Of Cleveland, and
Mrs. Dorr, of this city, rendered two
hymns of which the ex.president had
always been extremely fond. Thess
were "When Peace Like River" and
sGod Be With You Till We Meet
Again.
The beautiful notes Of the hymns
6lled the spacious house as though frou
some seraphic choir and were broken
pnly by the occasional sobs of mourner,
while men who had faced an enemy on
hundred fields gave way to their pent-
up feelings.
Many Notable Men Present.
This closed the services at the house
and the remains were then carried &c
the hearse by the strong arms Of the
members of the Tsenty.third Ohio la.
fantry association. The honorary pail.
bearers were Secretary Foster, Cover.
nor Mckinley General Wagner SwAyue