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oortAge from verandas and along the side

cort.ge from verandas and along the side
walks in. perfect silence. :,
Long before the cortege reached the old
was heard, and long after the procession
PASSED the tolling of the he'll softly came
TO 1t. The cortege reached Lake View
Cemetery at II O'Clock.
Troop leading, the cortege wound
through the white roads and rassed the
situated on an eminence commanding a
sweeping view of the cemetery. 1t came
to stop In front of Wade Memorial Chapel;
The President and Vice President. followed
Passed slowly into the chapel, small
beautiful with q kind Of ragan Beauty.
To the front, just before the marble
altar. the casHet was carried by the non,
Commissioned officers Of Troop A and placed
draped across the casket and the flowers
we're heaped around 1t. Six tall candles
burned in front OF the casket.
Mrs. Hay and the members OF the family
d dah arrived and were waiting for the pre eSe
left Of the altar, Mrs. Hay was with her son
Clarence. James W. Wadsworth, Jr.. OF
Geneseo. N, y. husband Of Alice Hay,
who was too i'll to come, and Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Mather. the latter sister OF Mrs
funeral On the right Of the altar the
President, the e-President and Mr.
Root sat together, The other members
Of the Presidents party found seats on the he
ps sh Of the he ohSpe There were about 200
When the Presidential party was seated
DR.. Hiram b. Meldrum began the service
He il the | aston Of the Old Stone Church.
and he was assisted by the pastor emeritus.
the Rev. DR.. H. c. Haydn The service
abort Na1Ar,,pn roaH from
the Scriptures and DR.. Haydn made the
prayer, an earnest invocation that pro-
foundry move the President and every one
else that sat in the chapel, Both pastors
Haydn. lifelong friend of Secretary Hay.
was 30 greatly affected that at times. In
making the prayer and reading a poem
from Whittier offerin,y consolation to the
living on the sorrow that comes with death,
his voice broke.
1t was noon when the simple service
ended. Mrs. Hay and the members Of the
family passed out Of the church behind the
casket and tho Presidential party followed.
The carriages took them a short distance
was prepared. 1t Is one Of the most beauti-
full spots In beautiful Lakeview. Within
stones throw towers the tomb OF President
Garfield
Trees surround the grave and towering
the sraveside while Dr. Meldrnn and Or.
Haydn read the short service. The Presi-
dent and the Vice President, the members
Of the Cabinet. Mr.. Root and Mr.. Morton
and the others Of the party formed a group
service the coffin sank below the surface,
The voices Of the choir chanting the
hymn, the deep voice of the preache in
toning the service, the serenity and quiet,
ness Of the place the sadness OF IT all had
their effect on every one. The President
nd 6e nn effort conceal it MIR,
Roots cheeks were marked with tears.
At the conclusion of the service Mrs.
Hay and the memi ers Of the family drove
Immediately home and the President started
the cemetery he thanked the pastors of
the church and shook hands with Gov.
Herrick of Ohio and Secretary Nletcaif,
who was leaving his party to go to Montreal
and bade farewell to the representatives
| Of the city Of Cleveland.
| The President and the members of the
party that came with him from New York
| drove rapidly to the Union Depot and
boarded the special train, There was
another crowd at the station, but the same
President departed as he came. az he de-
sired to go and come. with no demonstra-
ton on the part of the people. A few min
utes after o'clock the special pulled out
| Of Cleveland and ran into the country about
scheduled to depart for the East.
At the Union Depot the President babe
pood-by to Vice President Fairbanks, who
was leaving Immediately for his homo In
| Indianapolis: to Justice Day, to Lyman j.
Gage and others who had received him
upon his arrival in Cleveland, While. the
special waited on a siding near Whee'ock,
| in the deep woods that shaded the train
| pleasantly. the President and his party
, had luncheon. At $40 o'clock the special
started for Jersey City. 1t will reach there
| at o O clock tomorrow morning.
The President will return at once to
Oyster Bay, taking Long Island Railroad
boat from Jersey City to Long Island City,
boarding there a Long Island Railroad
specal train and arriving home at II O'Clock
in the morning. He will he accompanied
by his secretary, William Loeb, DR.; his
stenographer, Mr. 1.atta, and Secret Ser.
vice Officers Tvree and Sloane, assigned
to duty with the President at Oyster Bay,
TIE President suffered a. little fatigue
but expressed himself eager for few good.
hard blood circulating tramps and rides.
| where he Joined it last night.
Mr. Root and Mr.. Morton will bid good-by
70 the President at Jersey City. The other
members Of the party, the present members
Of the Cabinet. will leave the train at West
Philadelphia and return to Washington.
Secretary Hitchcock leaves Washington
| the latter part Of this week for his summer
home in New Hampshire In the White
| Mountains. where he will spend a month.
| Postmaster General Cortelyon will leave
soon for a months rest. Others Of the
! Cabinet expect to get rest by the first OF
| August.