The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-25
FUNERAL0F Mr.. SHERMAN
Brief Services Held at tie Dead
Statesman's Late Residence.
The Remains Escorted to the Penn
sHlvnnin Railroad Station by "a
Battalion of Cavalry ind u Battery
of ArtiIlcry-The Finnl ObscGuies
to BE Held ut Mansfield Today.

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Escorted by cavalry and artillery, NOV
| ing in time to the wailing strains OF fun
| eral march. the remains of the late John
Sherman were yesterday taken to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station and there
placed aboard train bound for Mansfield,
Ohio. the dead statesman's old home. Fun
cral services were held at the X Street
residence shortly before the cortege took
up the line of march for the depot. Today
! the remains will be laid to rest in the
Mansfield cemetery, beside the grave of
Mrs. Sherman.
| There was notable gathering of promi-
nent public men at the funeral services
in this city yesterr The services be-
gan shortly after o'clock. Before that
time a battalion of cavalry from the Fifth
Regiment at Fort Myer, the mounted band
of that regiment, and battery Of artil-
lery from Washington Barracks, all under
the command of Colonel Rafferty,. of the
Fifth Artillery, arrived at Franklin
Square. The cavalry drew up on the south
home. At / o'clock carriages were con-
stantly arriving and depositing their oc-
cupants at the door of the house. After
entering they were assigned to seats in
! the hallway, in the library, and in the
rooms adjacent to the drawing room, in
which the casket rested. Into this room
were shown the members of the Diplo-
&c h,
! State, Treasury, and other Departments
and the members of the Cabinet. Repre-
sentatives of nearly all the foreign coun-
tries were present.
| The casket was supported in the centre
of the drawing-room by two black pedes-
tails which stood upon black fur rig.
| A silver plate bore the simple inscrip-
| ticn, May 10, 1S23-October 22, 1900"
On the casket were placed in prOfusion
/ beautiful flowers, the offerings of sympa-
/ thetic friends. All about the room and
on the mantels were placed exquis te
floral pieces. A huge bouquet CT roses
| was sent from the White House.
The Rev. Mackay- Smith, of St. Johns
Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. E. E
Paddock, conducted the services. The flu
neral service of the Episcopal Church was
followed out. with but one deviati; n. Dr.
Mackay-Smith repeated the closing verses
of Tennyson's lode on the Death of the
Duke of Wellington" During the service
supplied quartette from the choir Ct St.
Johns Church, under the direction of II.
H. Freeman, rendered with beautiful and
impressive effect Rock Of Ages" Peace,
Perfect Peace" and Lead, Kindly Ii sht."
At the conclusion of the service those
friends of Mr. Sherman who desired to
look once more upon his face were per-
mitted to do SO, after which a detail of
soldiers carried the casket from the draw
ing room to the hearse. They were pre-
coded by the honorary pallbearers. The
procession, headed by platoon of police.
was then formed. The Fifth Cavalry Band
| followed Immediately after the platoon Of
police and in front of the cavalry which
preceded the artillery. Then came the
hearse drawn by two jet black horses and
| followed by carriages. From the house
the cortege moved eastward on X Street
to Twelfth, and thence south to Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to Sixth Street, where a
! turn was made to the south to the Penn
sylvania station. Here the casket was
placed in one of three special coaches
that were attached to the regular train,
which left at 1880 o'clock.
At Pittsburg special train will pro-
coed directly through to Mansfield, which
| will be reached at 10 o'clock this morn
ing Canton will be reached at an earlier
| hour. and there the Presidents special
car, the Lucania. will be attached to the
train, and the President will attend the
funeral and intern ent in the afternoon at
Mansfield. Upon the arrival of the train
at that point 1t will be met by Governor
Nash, of Ohio, with his staff, and also a
military escort of portion of the Ma
tional Guard of Ohio. The casket will be
escorted to the Episcopal church, end
there 1t will lie in state till 2:30 O'Clock
this afternoon when the funeral services
will be conducted by the Rev. DR.. Put
nam. lnterment will be made later be-
! side the grave OF Mrs. Sherman, who died
last June large number of prominent
men will be in attendance. A number OF
the members of the Republican National
Committee, who are at present in Chicago,
will attend, as will also number of Mr.
Sherman's friends who reside in Cleve
land. Ohio.
Following is list of those who accom-
panied the funeral party: Mr.. and Mrs.
James l. McCallum, Gen. and Mrs. Nelson
A. Miles. Mr.. and Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, of
New York; MIR. and Mrs. Frank Wiborg,
of Cincinnati: Captain and Mrs. Reber,
William X. Otis, of New York; Mrs. Paul
Thorpdike. of Boston: Misses Lizzie Sher-
man and Edith Douglass, Messrs. Charles
NJ. Sherman of Chicago +. Tecumseh Sher-
man of New York. E. ]. Babcock. John
Hoyt, Myron NJ. Parker. Charles Hoyt, DR..
w. W. Johnston, and A. A. Adee.
The White House. according to the Pres
ident's proclamation. was closed yester-
day to visitors in honor of the memory Of
the late ex-Secretary Sherman. The en-
ployes of the State Department were ex-
cused from duty SO that they could have
an opportunity to attend the funeral
services.