The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-21
GONZALES AT REST
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS. DESPITE
THE RAIN AND COLD,
PRESENT AT THE FUNERAL.
DISTINGUISHED MEN AMONG THOSE
ATTENDING.

Services Were Begun at Trinity
Church and Concluded at the
Grave-BishOp Capers, Assisted by
Other CIerEymen, Conducted the
Services Many Floral Tributes
Were Received-The Funeral the
Only Incident in Connection with
the Tragedy.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 20.-About g.
900 persons attended the funeral of Mr.,
N. G.. Gonzales at Trinity Episcopal
Church at o'clock this afternoon,
packing the galleries, ais1es, vestibule
and every part of the building. About
300, unable to find standing room with
in, remained outside. Drawing cold,
misty rain, which froze as it fell. With
the single exception of the funeral OF
Gen. Wade Hampton, a devoted friend
of Mr.. Gonzales. held in the same
church last April, the assemblage was
the largest and most representative
seen in South Carolina in the last quar-
ter of a century.
The exceeding severity of the weather
considered, it was remarkable. Gov.
insolvency, ex-Gov. and President Pro.
TEN. Sheppard of the State Senate, now
presiding in the absence of the Lieu
tenant Governor, most of the members
of the General Assembly, and state off,
GERS. and scores of leading men from
every part of the state, were present.
Newspaper men from Charleston,
Greenville. Sumter, Newberry and 9TH
er larger towns attended. All business
places in Columbia were closed during
the funeral hours.
CIergymen Who OmcIated.
Bishop Ellison Capers of the diocese
of South Carolina, assisted by Rev.
Churchill Satterlee, rector of Trinity,
and Rev. DR.. Samuel M Smith, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Columbia, officiated.
The line of vehicles in the funeral
procession stretched for six blocks. II
was headed by carriage containing
four of the active pallbearers, close as
sociates of Mr.. Gonzales in his news
paper work. The hearse followed it,
and afterwards came the remaining
pallbearers, family and friends in car
Ex-Associate Justice A. G. Haskell, Or
IN Babcock, superintendent of the
State Hospital for the Insane; Prof r.
| Means Davis of the South Caroline
College, State Senator ]. @. Marshall
DR.. B. w. Taylor, John P. Thomas, Jr.
W. H. Lyles, Charles Ellis. julius H
Walker and John A. Crawford, all resi-
dents of Columbia.
Floral tributes were sent from in
"A
izations all over this state, and from
beyond the state. No greater number
or more elaborate has ever been known
in the state.
The funeral service was most i'm
pressvely said, and the great con-
course was deeply and manifestly af-
fected. The lesson from the fifteenth
chapter of II. Corinthians was read by
DR.. Smith and the prayers were said
by Mr.. Satterlee.
Entering the church and preceding
the cortege, the Bishop pronounced
part of the committal. later concluding
it at the grave. The. variation from
the usual order was made on account
of the severe weather conditions.
Many Hymns Sung.
The hymns sung during the service
by the choir and congregation were:
Lead, Kindly Light" Nearer, My
God, to Thee" and abide With Me-"
At the conclusion of the latter the
casket was again placed in the hearse
and taken to Elmwood Cemetery, one
mile and a half distant. a large part
of the assemblage attending. There,
the services were concluded and the
interment made, the Bishop pronounce
ing the benediction. At the grave
ASLEEP in Jesus" Jesus, Lover of
My Soul and Peace, Perfect Peace"
were sung by the choir and quartette
from the Musurgia, a local musical
society, rendered, God Be With You
Till We Meet Again." and finally,
Good Night"
The site of the grave is the summit
of, a lofty hill, at the base of which,
sweeping a half-circle and in full view,
is the Congaree river.
The funeral has been the single in
cident of the day connected with the
tragedy Col. Tillman has made no
statement and his friends remain re-
ticent. A rumor thought to have
originated outside of Columbia, that he
intended to resign or had resigned,
was without foundation. Col. John
Sloane, his successor, with Gov. Hey
ward will be inaug1Irated at noon to-