The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-19

Mrs. nee Spends the Last Half Hour
with Her Husbands Body and Takes
the Last sad LOOK at His Face-Inci-
dents of the Day in nAshevilIe-Governor Of
Jarvis May Re the Successor.
Lsouthern Associated Press
AsHEVILLE, n. G, April 18-At the
hour of noon today the remains of the
late Senator ZebulOn = Vance were de.
posted in their last resting place over
looking the beautiful French Broad
river. The funeral train arrived Just af-
ter dawn from Raleigh with the commit
tees of both houses Of congress, the gov
crnOr and other officers Of the state, with
three cars of distinguished friends of the
dead senator NOtwithetanding the late
hour when the train passed Hickory
H0rgant0n and other stations, large
crowds pressed into the funeral car to
view The remains The body was de
posted in the First PRESBYTERIAN church
at 3 o'clock ard from time until half past
eleven, people from his native county of
BunCombe passed to take a last look. An
immense crowd Of Con federate veteran 8
followed by the different frateral 0rraDi-
zltiOns, filed by Mrs Vance spent half
an hour in private with her dead hu,-
band, and asked that she be the last one
TO see his face. The procession was then
formed, reaching almost from the church
to the cemetery, a distance Of two miles
The crowd that marched out to Law him
away is estimated at 10000 Friday will
be observed here as a memorial day for
the whole state and an immense tlrong
is expected.
The crowds that thrOnged the stations
along the way to Asheville delayed the
train by their urgent demands to see, at
least, the casket and they piled the funeral
car with magnificent floral offerings
Each hamlet added beautiful flowers
marked Prom the Ladies to Our Zeb,"
and when Asheville was finally reached,
and the funeral car was opened for the
last time, it required the aid of a COM
pany of militia to remove the floral trib-
utes. The Asheville Light Infantry es-
COrted the remains from the train to the
church and mounted guard over them,
while the crowd passed to take last look
at the beloved, familiar face. The scene
was especially touching when the Con
feGerate veterans took leave of the old
commander.
After these came several Of the sena.
tors old slaves. The procession to the
cemetery was formed in following order
Mounted police, AsheVille Light In
Gantry, Bingham cadets, pail bearers in
carriages, special escort Of rough and
ready guards surrounding the family
of the deceased, congressional committee
governor and staff, city and county
officials, Masonic order, Survivors Asso.
Citations, Grand Army of the Republic
Odd Fellows, knights of Pythias, Royal
Arcanum and knights Of Honor. These
were followed by different labor organi.
2atlons and the entire fire department
The procession, both civic and military
numbered about ten thousand, while
thousands looked on as spectators. The
streets through which the procession
passed were draped in mourning, and
from the front of the county court house
hung a large portrait of the dead Sena
tor,;while stretching from the belfry or
both sides to the ground were cords
from which waved the marine signals
which spelled We Mourn for Zebulor
Vance"
The ceremony at the grave was ex-
ceedingly solemn and was conducted BY
Rev. DR.. Campbell of the first PresbYte
rian church, after which the burial offer
ings were gracefully placed and thu:
North Carolina buried a son, whose
place may be partly filled in the council
halls of the nation but never in the
hearts of her people The special which