Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-30
MORTON'S LAST HOME COMING
Funeral Train to Reach Nebraska City
This Morning,
MANY TO PAY LAST TRIBUTE TODAY
state omcers Adopt Resolutions and
Flags VIII FIont at Half Mast
First Services Held at
Lake Forest.

NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., April 29-(spe-
cial Telegram. The preparations for the
funeral OF the late J. Sterling Morton are
complete and the city stands waiting for
him on his last home coming The special
tran bearing the body Of Mr. Morton and
the funeral party from Chicago is sched-
uled to arrive here at about $3.50 in the
morning. following the regular train from
the east
The train will be met by an escort OF
citizens and a detachment from Company
c, who will act as a guard of honor during
the time the body is lying in state. The
remains will be taken to the public library
building, where they will lie in state until
1880 o'clock to afford his friends the op-
portunity OF looking for the last time upon
Morton's face.
The pupils of the public schools will be
taken to the library to say farewell TO
their old friend. Each grade will be mar
shaled by the teacher in charge to avoid
any delay or confusion. The Board of
Education, the city council and other or
ganized bodies have arranged to pay tribute
to the dead in a similar way.
Service at ArbOr Lodge.
At II 30 the escorting party will again
take up the body and bear 1t to the house
at Arbor Lodge, where the funeral services
will be held at 2 o'clock. The ceremony
will be that Of the Church of England
and will be conducted by Rev. Knicker-
booker OF this city and Rev. Eason Of
Lincoln.
From Arbor Lodge the procession will
move direct to Wyuke cemetery, where the
illustrious Nebraskan will be buried beside
his wife and son, Carl.
The honorary pailDearers are: n. 5.
Harding, Colonel W. L. Wilson, d. P.
Rolfe, ]. J. Hochstetler, Robert Payne, DR..
George L. Miller, Ex-Governor r. w, Fur
mas and Judge A J. Sawyer. The active
pallbearers will be A. P. Stafford, F. l..
Burdick, John Nordhouse, A. T. Richard
son, D. A. Maccuaig Fred HELLER, r. o.
Marnell and ]. w. Steinhart.
special train from Lincoln will bring
the governor and his stan and a number OF
Mr.. Morton's friends. A number Of his
friends, including the Burlington officials,
will come down from Omaha at noon.
Messages Of coincidence continue to
stream in from prominent men and women
all over the land. Among those received
were those OF ex-President Grover Cleve-
land and Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, who
| at present are at Stuart, Fla.
In tonight's Tribune 1t is announced that
the Conservative, the weekly review started
by Mr.. Morton upon his return from Wash
ington and which he has always spoken
of as his last work, will be discontinued
with this weeks issue.
Resolutions Adopted at Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 2s.--(special Tele-
gram.)-The following resolutions we're
adopted by the state officers this morning:
hi ffa
moned from among us our dearly beloved
fellow citizen, j. Sterling Morton, and
Whereas, The bast efforts of his life We're
dedicated to the noble purpose of conserv;
| ing and promoting the moral and physical
welfare Of the people of Nebraska, and
exerted snd amd PPnryng iG n
| ence on society and labored with Christian
and TTnceasng dgende IN hS the
Industrial institutions Of this state, and
Whereas, BY his loyalty. Psss1stIsm, M
brought moral prestige to the state and
shed luster on its citizenship and
presaive afi eoe Example, whose emulation is we'll
| calculated to stimulate the nobler at
tributes OF human, character, and
| one of its best and most illustrious citizens,
one who in his life stood guard over It's
siderate OF its general welfare; therefore
Resolved. By the officers of the execu-
! tive department of the state of Nebraska,
| that. as testimonial of respect. the trans
action of public business at the state
April 80, for the remainder OF that day.
said day being the time set for the
mast on the. capitol and that the executive
| officerS of the state participate In the per-
! formsnce of the final rites, and be it
Resolved, That, as, evidence of our
esteem, sorrow and bereavement, these
resolutions be filed with the Department
of State and become part of the public
| records OF the commonwealth ana that a
copy be furnished to members OF the fam
| lily of the deceased
Hold Services in Lake Forest.
CHICAGO, April 2s.-Funeral services
over the late ]. Sterling Morton, former
secretary OF agriculture were held at the
First Presbyterian church at Lake Forest
today. Rev. DR.. J. X. Mcclure, pastor Of
the church. of1ciating.
Relatives and friends from Chicago were
taken to Lake Forest on a special train To
| attend the services.
After the services in Lake Forest the
body was brought to Chicago in Paul Nor
toms private car and tonight at O'Clock
was taken to Nebraska City on a special
train over the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road.
| Mr.. Morton's three sons, together with a
| large number Of relatives and friends, ac-
companied the body to the dead states
mans old home. Nebraska City will be
reached tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock
and the body will lie in state at Arbor
Lodge until o'clock in the afternoon,
when the funeral services will be held.
Message from Roosevelt.
Among the expressions OF sympathy re-
ceived at the Morton home at Lake Forest
| were the following:
| President Roosevelt am greatly shocked
and grieVed at the death OF your father.
| respected and admired your father a
| public man and loved him as a friend.
| sympathlze deeply with you and feel that
the country has sustained a real and great
loss.
Former President Cleveland is on hunt
ing expedition in Florida and a message
announcing the death Of his former cabinet
member had not reached him, II Ia thought
late last night, The following message
from Mrs Cleveland was received by Mark
| Morton yesterday morning:
| l have forwarded your sad news TO my
| husband In Florida, Pray accept my
| warmest sympathy.
other telegrams were
Former Attorney General Harmon OF Gin
cinnati-Sympathy and coincidence to all OF
YOU from all OF uA
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