The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-13

Win the Tags OF the city at half mast,
WIN business all but suspended and
badges OF sorrow Oh a score Of doors of
tho leading commercial Institutions OF the
vices of the late Thomas u. Dee
The rich and the poor, the young and
the old. the learned and the unIearned
all creeds and ali classes united in one
common effort to pay respect TO his mem
orN- hundreds of public school children
marched as guard OF honor for the cas-
ket and after IL had been deposited in the
tabernacle, where the services were held,
they streWed blossoms over IL. The high
est official I'm the state the highest auth
ortty in the church TO which he belonged,
both were there to publicly express their
sense of personal and public loss.
lhe casket was tende>rly reverentIy car
business friends. captains Of industry
uniting IN a last service for their beloved
SSrnfnander he Weber club. the board
OF education. the bankers. the city coun-
81 81, Ihe district court, all paid homage TO
II is Doubtful if ever before in the state
tnerc has been such array OF floral
offerings at the bier of the dead. 1t
seemed as il every possible design which
florists could prepare had been utilized
llInG and again. SO great was the array
pl flowers, varying in design from the
tdIse ana elaborate pieces to the humble
handful of blossoms. that il became, in the
tdbernacie. where part Of them were
Drought, "A problem how TO station them
ABOUT the casket. The auditorium was en-
tifeiy too small to contain the crowd or
those who would have attended but hun
ufeus waited without through the services
anu followed the body to the grave. Dur
ing the morning hours there was "A con
slant stream of callers at the home,
friends passing through the room where
the body reposed and looking for the last
tiine on the face of their dead.
At = little after l o'clock the funeral
cOrtege left the home. At the Ogden river
bridge long line of pupils of the public
schools With their teachers. met the pro
teSSiOn and marched ahead to the taber-
nScic; where they formed in two ranks,
aIlowing the remains and. the mOurners
10 pass through. After the casket had
been deposited before the speakers stand
ron Gin
the north entrance and out at the south.
As each child passed flower was
Hltiy. IN seemingly endless column the
little ones marched past. Imperceptibly
The pile OF blossoms grew and grew until
thG caSket Was covered and the blossoms
icH 10 the floor, but still the children
passed dropping. dropping blossoms OF
every hue. their sweet fragrance filling
every corner of the spacious place
The interior Of the tabernacle was dec
Grated in a remarkably effective and
Charles j. Ross. Along each side and
across each end were hung folds OF white
cloth. gathered into loops with sprays or
fefn az regular intervals. A large flag.
stretched along the arched hallway of the
Ilortn entrance through which the casket
over each other entrance was an artistic
drsping of flags, and directly in front OF
me Speakers stand was a large picture
OF Judge Dee surrounded with the national
President Shurtliff of Weber stake pre-
sized Ihere were few absentees from the
Iabernacle choir President Charles r
Middleton offered the opening PRAYER
The choir then rendered God Moves in a
+SNyster1ous Way His Wonders TO Per-
Charles c Richards. his voice vibrant
Win the emotions of a friendship of
over more than three decades.
referred 10 the fact that the first occa-
sion of his association with Thomas u
Dee was in the establishment and main
ttt,iE.iice OF a tree public library in Ogden
tnlrty-ilNe years ago The speaker told
| then of the service Of Mr.. Dee as SUPER
mtendent of the Mound Fort Sunday
School FOR twenty-One years. served as
bishops counsellor for twelve years. his
! work in managing municipal affairs as
we'll as of the state. and asserted that
formed anu 10y ally per
a casual meeting with Judge Dee"
said he. gave no idea Of his real worth
put 20 know him we'll was to know that
ne was one Of the nobIest men of God"
Mr. Richards Justified his right to spe,ak
as an intimate friend by stating that in
4 thirty years OF close association he had
mat he knew had not been granted. nor
had the dead man ever made a request of
him that he did not grant.
DR. f NJ. Conroy. speaking from the
standpoint of personal friendship. and
As a fellow member of the board of edu-
cation with Judge Dee, made a short ad-
dress. He had known him but a COM
paratively short time. he said. but i'm
that time had come to respect and honor
him He related instances showing the
fidelity to the public trust imposed in
Judge Dee; and OF his long, patient per
D
lie schools.
I'm Memorism." an adaptation Of Ten
nysou s words sung to music composed
eleven years ago by Squire Coop for the
funeral services of Reese Dee So. Of
Judge Dee, WAS impressiVely sung by
Mrs. Allison. Miss Flowers. Fred Tout
and Charlton Ferriu.
Governor John 4. Cutler spoke briefly
saying that h. wished i'm a public manner
/ 20 testify that the state in the death Of
! Judge Dee, had lost a splendid. conscien-
/ nous and successful public servant and
| mat he had personally realized A great
! loss in the death Ofa true man and friend
Miss Mitchell rendered a solo, Some
/ Time Won UuderSt and %
| 49, President Joseph +. Smith spoke of
thomas =. Dee church man and
/ told of the rewards assured to Those
/ who, Ike him. had fought the good fight
! softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling"
was the concludins musical number sung
by Miss Mitchell and Mr. Ferrin Bishop
] George Romncy OF Salt Lake offered
prayer
| The pallbearers were eight in number
! - follows: David Eccles. H. H. Spencer
/ George II. Matsou, .. W. Nibley. y. 9
/ Flygarc. Joseph Geoghegan. II. H Ro-
} lapp and William III. Watts.
Fire in Bank BUILDING.