The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-03
NO OSTENTATION.
The Body Of the Late Secretary
John Hay
Is Placed in the Cleveland Cham
Der of Commerce.
SIMPLE CEREMONIES.
CEREMONIES.
Will Mark Final Service to the
Dead.
Casket Will Not Be Opened to
Public View.

Cleveland, July 3.-Covered by
palms and wreaths of roses and bios
SONS of the sweet pea, the casket con-
tanning the body of John Hay was at
IL o'clock this morning placed in the
auditorium of the chamber of COM
merce where it will remain under mill
tary guard until $50 o'clock Wednes-
day morning, when it will be taken to
Wade chapel in Lake View cemetery
for the last services that it. is possible
for his family and his countrymen to
render to his memory.
The train which brought the body
of Mr.. Hay to Cleveland was the Lake
Shore limited, due in this city at 6:55.
At the little suburb of Chenille, five
miles from this city, where Samuel
Mather, a brother-in-Iaw of Mrs. Hay,
resides. a short stop was made and
the funeral car, together with the car
in which members of the Hay family
had travelled, was detached from the
train and placed on a siding. There
was nobody at the station when the
train arrived save two or three rail-
road employees and a few newspaper
men, The first one to alight from the
car was Samuel MatheF, who was fol-
lowed closely by Mrs. Mather, and
then came Mrs. Hay, heavily yelled.
She walked alone, requiring no assist
ance. Two automobiles were waiting
the arrival of the party and no time
was lost in departing for the residence
of Mr.. Mather which is situated about
one mile from the station. The two
automobiles swept away from the sta
ton in cloud of dust leaving the flu
neral car in care of Conductor Joseph
Pitcher of the Boston & Maine rail-
road. who has come through with the
train from Newbury, N. H.
The train remained in Chenille IN
til 10 o'clock. when in charge of Off
Gals of the Lake Shore road and I'M
Hay family, all of whom remained at
the residence of Mr.. Mather, it was
run down to the union depot in this
city, arriving at 1913.
Awaiting the arrival of the funeral
train in the depot were the members
of the committee appointed at last
nights meeting in the chamber of
commerce.
the restless line of cavalry, Clevelands
famous Troop A, under command of
Captain Schof1elds which will act as
military escort throughout the funeral
ceremonies and will furnish the guard
of honor which night and day will be
distin guished dead until it has been
placed in the final resting place in
Lake View.
Committee Takes Charge.
Immediately after the car came to
stop, the committee marching two and
two, entered into a line in the rear of
the car. Under the command of Lieu
tenant Otto Miller of troop A, four ser
geants of the troop together with two
corporals formed in double column be-
hind the committee. Falling back tow
ard the sides of the car, the members
of the committee gave way to the de-
tail of non-commissfoned officers who
advanced to the end of the train and
received from the undertaker's assist
ants the caSket upon which rested two
crossed palms tied with a broad ribbon
of royal purple and an enormous wreath
of pink roses and white sweet peas. The
cavalry at once wheeled into columns
in advance of the hearse and as soon as
the members OF the committee had ia
ken their places in their carriages the
line of march was taken up for the
chamber of commerce, about one mile
distant. The escort proceeded at a slow
march requiring about 20 minutes to
cover the distance.
Not over two hundred people were
at the depot when the funeral train
arrived and a crowd of possibly twice
that number was gathered in front of
the Chamber of Commerce building
when the cavalry arrived at the door,
way. Wheeling his men in a line to
one street, Captain Schofield
again brought them to present arms
while the six non-commissioned Off
through the broad entrance of the
Chamber of Commerce building and
down the long hallway, which was alb
soIutely deserted save for the presence
of a solitary sentry, VINO stood mo-
tionless with his carbine. presented I'M
til the funeral party had passed along.
The casket was borne into the audi
torium where it was placed upon d
low bier, the black of which was re-
Ieved by the folds of the national
flag, which was draped across it
Back of the bier, which was placed in
the identical spot where the body of
the late Senator Hanna lay in state,
was a bank of towering palms and a
large number of other plants were
cropped tastefully around the hall.
Guards Are Placed.
-Four sentries were at once placed
on guard and a detail of policemen
stationed in the outer hall. The civic
and military guards will be present
every instant of the day and night I'M
til Wednesday morning when the body
will be taken to Wade chapel in the
vices. BY the request of Mrs. Hay the
casket will not be opened during the
time it remains in the chamber of
commerce and the public in general
will not be admitted to the room in
which the casket rests.
In addition to President Roosevelt,
who is to arrive at o'clock Wednes-
day morning, the local committee has
been advised that the representatives
of banks, ex-Secretary of War Root,
all the members of the present cabinet
except Secretary Taft. ex-Secretaries of
the Navy Long and Morton, ex-Secre-
I 49,