The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-18
EXERCISES ar cEMErERY.
Multitude of Mourners Followed Re
mains to Grave.

mains to Grave.
Fully 10000 persons saw the funeral
procession. They lined the streets from
the tabernacle grounds to the cemetery,
or watched from windows, porches and
front yards.
A bout 2:15 o'clock the tabernacle be-
gan to pour forth its volumes of people.
Already the streets were well lined,
while in the vicinity OF the Brigham
Young monument there was a .congested
mass of humanity. The stream from
the tabernacle min gIed with these. and
made the streets Well-nigh inpassabie
about the corner. Old. men and young
men, ageda women and girls, toddiing
tots, babies in arms or in carriages
waited for the first sight ofJthe funeral
cortege, while boys climbed trees, shed
roofs or telegraph poles to get a
glimpse.
Tt was a simple pageant. First came
! Chief Of Police Hilton and Bishop John
r. Winder the chief marshall, on horse
/ back Following. them were twenty
white-gloYed policemen in uniform, in
Guiding SergeaDts Burbidge and Brown,
Joseph F. smith was in a carriage fol
lowing the police President Snow did
not take the fatiguiI1g "trip to the ceTne-
terry. going directly from the Tabernacle
( 10 the Beehive house After President
Smiths carriage. came the two convey
ances bearing the twelve apostles. and
after them the hearse. with the hand
some white plush sides of the, casket
/ showing through the glass sides of the
/ vehicle, the silver handles, glistening
( where the bright sunlight struck them.
4 Following the hearss were two car
riages loaded down with flowers, the
! lofHer pieces topping and swaying
! with the jolting OF the carriage A tall
crescent and Tyre and an urn lowered
/ above the other pieces, while white
I doves could be seen nesting in the
solid bed of flowers.
After the floral pieces were the closed
i carriages bearing members of the fam
( ily. = earryali being filled with the
I grandchildren Then came the various
church dignitaFies. the general sunday
school board, the general board of the
I Y. NJ NJ. l. A., the Relief society board
and members of other. church societies
4 the rear being brought up by citizens IN
( Carriages There was no ponlp nor dis
I play. and the cortege was not as long
as might have been supposed. 50 many
u people going to the cemetery in ths
/ street cars or on foot. There were II
! all ffty-nine carriages In the process
sion.
\ All along Brigham street and y
u street to the cemetery the throngs stood
or sat and watched the procession.
1 Three boys racing ponies along Brig
| ham street beside the cortege causec
/ the only inishap of the day They
| heightened the team drawing the car
rage containing President Joseph T
/ Smith. The animals started and
! swerNed but they were caught at th'
i head before they had time to run away
/ A wheel was broken, however, ant
President Smith and Mrs. Smith wer.
obliged TO dismount and finish in am
! other carriage the ride TO the cene
terry.
In front of the cathedraI the polio,
= stopped and were drawn up on eaei
side OF the road until the procession
went by.
At the. cemetery. there was jam, az,
some confusion, in spite of the efforts
Of the policemen and special watchmel
who eudeavored to- keep the driveway
and the lotFcleaf.s They succeeded il
keeping the iotzclear for the mourners
/ but il was only by cOnstan { VI giiance il
pushing back the crowds thar wer
pressing forward for an opportunity Z
hear the final services. 4 large pro
portion of them felt "A deep personal IN
terest in the departed president. an
were sorely- disappointed that they coui'
get no nearer.
The Cannon lot IS on Sixth avenue
a. comparatively open space. from whicl
there Is a clear view OF the snow-cov
cred Wasatch mountains and the vale.
at their feets Pressed about this 10
the crowd silently waited While the car
riages drove up. and their occupant
dismounfed. The members of the fam
lily alighted and stood about the plail
| metal-Iined box that rested on plank
| over the open trench next to the gray
&. of President Cann0ns first wife. Elk
abeth II. Cannon. The women wer
yelled The mems heads were barred.
a passageway was made through I'll