The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-31

San Francisco, Jan. g1.-Er.-l b.
flags at half mast, the United So.
transport Thomas entered this 49,
today bearing the remains Ut Gen.,
Henry w LawtOn, Major Errr
gan, Jr, Lieutenant Beuue-- ana Dr.
l. Armstrong. In the cabin .f o.
Thomas there were about twenty r--
sengers, including Mrs Lar-rI .-.
her children. -
The vessel was met at the Ce7-.
Gate by General Shafter and Tfar..-
ant Wilson, Major W. u. Tglg..
brother-ln-law Of Airs. Lu-.r. EoT.-,
Bentley, a friend of the L.-.r fl---.'
and Captain Barneson Of the 5rar,r.-,
service The Thomas was r.,-.4 b.
the quarantine authorities and G.r.--
ShaftGr then escorted Airs. I.su-a- s-5
her children TO the home .f friends
The CaSkets containing the bodies --.-.
landed at the transport dock and ra-.-
taken 10 an UndeTtaker's under an I'd.
cOrt Of artillery. The funeral arrsr-..
mentS have not yet been .gmu.a-.f
though it has been decided Thar -,
funeral services Will be held here
Arrangements have been mgEa 81,
convey the bodies Of Gen. Lawtar Mai
Logan and DR.. ArmstrOuE iu sua7f.r
train. General Shafter has been 81
Cially detailed by the secretary us Mar
to accompany the remains east. The
train is to consist of o baggage car d
composite car and two Pullmans. TFs
bodies viii be placed in the composite
car and there Will be a guard of irf7r
trymen. One of the Puilmaus viii fs
placed at the disposal Of General Law.
tons family. General Shafte~ and
Lieutenant Wilson viii be acc1mur-
dated in the same car. The other lsris
for the widow and children of Main
Logan and relatives and friends. Mis-
Armstrong, who arrived on the Thomas
will accompany the remains Of her hgs-
band east.
The following arrangements wes
made tonight by General Slater The
remains OF the dead officers win be-
under guard at the undeTtdker's until
next Thursday evening. They viii then
be taken to the funeral train, ATTENDED
by a military escort. The train Whte.
is scheduled to leave at $3.50 p. m. VIII
arrive at Chicago Monday forenoon. A.
Chicago the body of Major Logan
which will be met there by Mrs. John
A. Logan and Mrs. Tucker. his mother
and sister, viii be transferred 20 the
Baltimore & Ohio road and cOuEey-l
to Youngstown, O.. where it viii be
inferred. The hour for the funeral has
been fixed at p. III. Tuesday.
From Chicago the body Of General
LawtOn VIII be carried over the Penn
sylvania road to Fort Wayne. Ind
where the body will lie one day. Il
viii then be taken to indianapolis
where it will also lie in state an entire
day. From thence it viii be taken 70
Washington for interment
DR.. Armstrong; body will be carried
on the LaWtOn train from Chicago
When the funeral train passes through
Sacramento, the capital OF this state
Governor Gage has directed that the
flags on the state buildings be at half
mast and that a salute OF thirteen guns
be fired.
Regarding the plan to erect a mcru-
ment to General LawtOn n Indiana
polls, friends Of Mrs Lawt5n ann5unce
that she has not yet fuzzy considered
the matter and that it is her desire tle
monument ! held in allegiance
Mrs. Lawton is Thankful.
Until she reached this city, Mrs. Law
ton knew nothing of the fund raised by
the American people. The news was
taken aboard by Pilot Reed and CON-
municated to Mrs. LawtOn by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Edwards, the dead soldiers
adjutant general.
oh, how kind, how kind" she sob
bed, and completely overcome, she sank
down upon divan and cried Ike q
child.
1T had always been HenTy's am0,-
ton and mine" she said presently 20
have a home for the children, but / had
despaired of it,
More she could not say. Everybody
in the cabin came forward and con-
graduated Mrs. LaWtOn in turn.