The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-28
CAMDEN MCURNS
Grief at the Death Of Cen
eral Sewell Displayed
On Every Hand.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Will Be Buried With Military
Honors President Roose-
velt Condoles With
the Family.

Especial 10 Line efSey -lty NEWS.
CAMDEN, Dec. 2S, 1901. Camden is to-
day plunged in grief at the death of her
distinguished citizen, General William J.
Sewell. Flags are displayed at haif-ma.'t
son all the county and city buildings, the
public schools, the Third Regiment Ar
mory and the boats of the ferries of the
West Jersey Railroad Company of whicn
the dead General was the President.
From many Of the private houses flags
hung at half mast in compliance with
request by Mayor Hatch. who as soon as
the Generals death was announced or
dered the bell on the Cit yI1all tolied six
ty-seyen times, General Sewells age, and
requested the citizens to lower sheir hags.
BY order of the Governor guard from
the Thir dRegiment, which the General at
one time commanded, was mounted IN
front of his house.
United States Senator Kean. the dead
statesman's colleague and close personal
FRIEND Governor Foster NJ. Voorhees,.
Senator Edward c. Stokes and Adjutant
General E. c. Oliphant called al the Sew
ell residence yesterday afternoon 10 offer
their condolences and arrange for the
funeral of the General. Mrs, Sewell, al
ways opposed to ostentation and display,
desired the obsequies to be as quiet and
as private as could possibly be arranged,
but she yielded to the desire for mill
tary funeral, because of the Generais
public career. Details of the obsequies
had not been completed last night, but It
is probable that the burial will take place
on Tuesday next, the last day of the year
with religious service in st. Paufs T.
r. Church. of which the General was fol
years vestryman. Interment will pc
made either in Harleigh or old Coles
town cemetery, some miles out of Cam
den famous because in the little Episco-
pal church located there General Wash
ington had worshpped in Revolutionary
times.
So soon as news of the Senator's death
was wired to Washington, President of
the Senate Frye appointed the following
committee of Senators to attend the
funeral:-IIis colleague from New Jer-
sey, Senator Kean; his fellow members
of the Committee on Military Affairs,
senators E1kins, Ha@ley, Proctor, Bur-
rows, Warren, Scott, Quarles, Bate,
ockreH, Pettus and Harris; his associates
on the Committee on Enrolled Bills (of
which Senator Sewell was chairmanJ,
Senators Hanna, of Ohio; Foster, Of
Louisiana. and in addition Senators Platt,
of New York; Platt, of Connecticut; Cul-
lom, Hale, Aldrich, Penrose and Turner,
Speaker Henderson of the House of Rep
resentatives, all the mebers of the New
Jersey delegation, Messrs. Loudenslager,
Gardner, Howell Salmon, Stewart,
Parker, McDermott and Fowler
Messages of coincidence to the be-
reaved family came from all parts of the
country yesterday and last night. Among
these was telegram from President
Roosevelt, who had known General
Sewell for years and many of the Sena-
tors and Congressman; President A. J.
Cassatt,a a ndv ice presidents of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, who had been
Presidents Sewel1's associates for such a
long period .and many men prominent in
nation and State. There were, too, many
callers at the Cooper street residence dur
ing the day.
DR.. Taylor stated yesterday that so
long ago as two years he had advised
Senator Sewel to cast work aside and
take long rest, but he sturdily refused
to give up his duties at Washington and
in the railroad office, or to ignore the
demands of political interests upon his
time. He seemed to prefer to die in har-
ness and went courageousy on, despite
the knowledge he must have possessed
that he could not stand the strain much
longer.
The Board Of Directors of the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad, at their
meeting yesterday, which was presided
over by First Vice President Charles E.
Pugh, appointed committee of three,
with power to increase it's number, to
prepare suitable minute upon the death
of General SeWell, president of the COM
pany. The committee consists of VIII
liam Bettle, Samuel H. Grey and Benja-
min F. Lee.