The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-22
GONZALES IS BURIED
Two thousand People Attend
the Funeral.
With TIE Exception Of Wade Hampton'S Obs.
ques no Such Funeral Ever Seen in
South Carolina.
(By the Associated Press.)

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 20.-About two
thousand people attended the funeral of
N. G. Gonzales at Trinity Episcopal
church at four o'clock this afternoon,
packing the galleries, aisles, VeStibuleS
and every part of the building. About
300, unable to find standing room within,
remained outside, Drawing cold misty
rain which froze as it fell. With the
single exception of the funeral OF General
Wade Hampton, by the way, 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 quarter OF
a century. The exceeding severity OF the
weather considered, it was remarkable.
Governor McSweeney, Ex-Governor ana
President Pro Tempore Shepard, of the
Senate, now presiding in the absence of
the Lieutenant Governor, most of the
members OF the General Assembly and
State officers, scores of leading men from
every part of the State were present.
Newspaper men from Charleston,
Greenville, Sumter, Newberry and other
larger towns attended. All business
places in Columbia were closed during
the funeral hours.
Bishop Ellison Capers of the Diocese
Of South Carolina, assisted by Rev.
Churchill Satterlee. rector of Trinity, and
Rev. Dr. Samuel NJ. Smith, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Columbia,
offciated.
The line of vehicles in the funeral pro-
oI,rxl .fx nnlyC II
headed by a carriage containing four of
the active pall-bearers, close associates
of Mr.. Gonzales in his newspaper work.
The hearse followed it and afterwards
came the remaining pall-bearers. family
and friends in carriages. The honorary
pall-bearers were:
Ex-Associate Justice A. G.. Haskell,
DR.. ]. w. Babcock, Superintendent of the
State Hospital for the Insane: Prof. II.
Means Davis. of the South Carolina Col
lege; State Senator and eXSecretary of
State ]. .. Marshall, DR. B. w. Taylor
John p. Thomas, Jr., w. H Lyles,
Charles Ellis, Julius H. Walker and John
A. Crawford, all residents Of Columbia.
Floral tributes were sent from individ-
uals. societies, newspapers and organiza-
tions 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 impress
sively said and the great concourse was
deeply and manifestly affected. The
lesson from the fifteenth chapter of
Second Corinthians was read by Dr.
Smith and the prayers were said by Mr..
Satterlee. Entering the church and pre-
ceding the cortege, the Bishop pro-
nounccd part of the committal, later con-
Guiding it at the grave. This variation
from the usual order was made on ac-
count of the severe weather conditions.
The hymns sung during the service by
the choir and congregation We're:
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 half
distant, a large part of the assemblage
attending. There the services were con
cluded and the interment made, the
Bishop pronouncing the benediction. AT
the grave asleep in Jesus" Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" and Peace, Perfect
Peace" were sung by the choir and a
quartette from the Musurgia, a local
society, rendered GOD be With
You Till we Meet Again" and finally,
Good Night"
The funeral has been the single incident
of the day connected with the tragedy
Colonel Tillman has made no statement
and his friends remain reticent rumor.
thought to have originated outside OF
Columbia that he intended to resign, or
had resigned, was entirely without
His successor, Colonel John
T. Sloan, with Governor Hayward, Will
be inaugurated at noon tomorrow