The sun., 1898-10-02
BAYARD,S BODY
LAID At REST
Impressive Funeral Rites Wit
messed by Several Thou
sand People.
THE CITY WAS IN MOURNING
Business suspended and Flags at
HalfNIast--Notable Pall-Bear..
ers-.Cleveland's Estimate
of Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard.
THE CITY WAS IN MOURNING

Bayard.
Delaware's illustrious son, the de-
y parted Thomas Francis Bayard, sleeps
the sleep Of death in Old swedes church,
yard. :,
In the presence of thousands who had
known the great statesman in life, to
MANY of whom his figure on the streets
81 this city was familiar, the body was
G laid away in the Bayard family vault in
akhe historic churchyard at Seventh and
Church streets,
While the body was being committed
"a the grave the city mourned. Flags
E1ipere at half mast and draped in mourn
lhe. business houses were closed and
6roctically all business was suspended:
multitude of people early assembled
g va Swedes' Church, where the body
had een taken the night before, on its
krri2al from Dedham, Mass. But the
hurch was not thrown open to the pub
"a. az it had been decided not to open
The casket and permit the people to view
the remains. All morning the crowd
Fingered around the old building waiting
for the time of the brief funeral process
sion from the church to the grave.
A Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday
morning Mrs. Bayard, Mrs. Samuel d.
Warren and Miss Florence Bayard went
to the church and arranged the flowers
sent by the family upon the casket. The
I latter rested upon a catafalque in front OF
the chancel. The many floral tributes
which were placed around the casket
were as follows: Wreath of palms, or
chids and ivy, from Mrs. Butler Duncan;
large bunch OF roses from Phoebe A.
Hearst; large bunch of red roses, from
the Bayard Legion; wreath OF ivy, from
\ Mrs. Josiah Lee Johnson of Washington,
ID. g.; wreath of ivy, from Mrs. Charles
Us. Fairchild of New York; wreath OF
iiyy, Larz Anderson, Washington. Mrs.
XBayard sent large wreath of flowers
and ivy. -, :,
At l.45, the historic church was filled
by those for whom seats had been re"
served. In the seats usually occupied
by the choir of Old Swedes were seated
the honorary pail bearers: Former Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, former Secretary
Of the Treasury Charles S. Fairchild;
Ebe w. Tunnel, Governor of Delaware;
Chancellor John r. Nicholson, ex-As-
sistant Secretary of State George l.. Rives,
Of New York City; John V. Craven and
y Thomas Craven, of Salem, N. j., and
Judge Ignatius G. Grubb, DR.. James A.
Draper, and Henry G. Banning OF this
city.
On the right of the main aisle sat the
vestry of Trinity parish: DR., Horace
Burr, Charles M. Curtis, Tighman
Johnston, Joseph Swift, Aylmer Robin
son, Thomas E. Carpenter John >.
Grohe, Charles A. Cook, Edward L.
Candy and s. G. Biddle.
Mayor McLear, members OF City Coun-
ellis, and city officers. marched from the
City Hall to the church, and were given
seats reserved for them. Near them were
seated members of the New Castle
County Bar Association, representatives
Of the Delaware Society Sons OF the
American Revolution, and Committees
representing the Bayard Legion and the
Young Mems Democratic Clubs and a
\ delegation from the Young Mems Repub-
lican Club. Members of all these organl.
zations marched up the main aisle and
back, passing by and taking look at
the casket.
Former President Cleveland arrived at
Delaware avenue station 1886 o'clock by
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He rode
in the private car Of the President Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwest railroad,
which was detached at the station, and
held to await the return ofthe party.
Accompanying president Cleveland
were Former Secretary Of the Treasury
Charles s. Fairchild, Former Secretary Of
War Daniel S, Lamont and Former Sec.
! retorv Of the Interior David M. Francis
OF Missouri.
u d The Cleveland party was driven from
the station to Delamore Place and from
Their proceeded to Old Swedes Church
with tie family.
4 Frederic Emory, Chief Of the Bureau
Of Foreign Commerce, who had peer
4 delegated by Secretary of State Hay, rep
resented the State Department: j,
Members of Mr.. Bayard's family ief'
Delamore Place in time 10 arrive at the
church at 2 o'clock, and at 2.l2 the
burial services began. They comprised
simply the Prayer Book service for the
burial of the dead Of the Protestant
Va Episcopal Church. They were reac
y Jointly by the Rev. g. W. Douglass o
Tuxedo Park, N. j., who. as rector OF st
Johns P. E. Church, Washington, per
formed the marriage ceremony OF Mr
and Mrs. Bayard, and Rev. Martin b
Dunlap, rector Of Old Swedes.
DR.. Douglass opened the services BY
reading from the Episcopal Prayer Bool
as follows: -.
II am the resurrection and the life
\: saith the Lord; he that believeth in mi
though he were dead, yet shall he live
and whosoeVer liveth and believeth il
me, shall never die." =.
II know that my Redeemer liveth
4 and that He shall stand at the lat t'er day
upon the earth. And though after m!
skin worms destroy this body, yet IN m!
fesh shall see God, whom l shall set
for myself, and mine eyes shall behold
and not another" -,
1--WE brought nothing into this world
and It is certain we can carry nothing
out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hati