Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-03
NOW AT FINAL REST
Edward ROsewstsr 0Onsiepsd te Earth in
Presence Of Many Thousands.
MAsoNS HAVE CHARGE or SERVICES
Ceremonies in Bee Building Attract Psopl.
from ALI Over the State
HIGH AND Low PAY THEIR LAST TRIBUTE
Men and Women of Every Station kipxls
Their Grief at Bier.
SIMPLICITY KEYNOTE or EXERCISES
Vast Procession Follows Fallen
Leader 20 Forest Lawn Cemetery,
where He is Given Back
Men and Women of Every Station kipgls
Their Grief at Bier.
SIMPLICITY KEYNOTE OF EXERCISES

W hNoNtas
Edward Rosewater's mortal remains we're
followed to the grave yesterday by n long
cortege of sorrowing relatives and friends.
while many thousands of his fellow citizens
lined the streets along which the procession
moved, paying mutely their last tribute to
the dead man, who IL 50 generally mourned.
The public services at The Bee building
during the afternoon were attended by all
who possibly could be accommodated.
Among these were men in high oficiaI and
social position, kings and princes In the
world of commerce and politics. and the
humblest Of his fellow citizens were there.
too, with associates of his lifetimes work:
men and women who loved him and hon
ored him and who testified by their pres
ence to the affection in which they bore his
memory. At the grave the services were
also attended by large multitude.
The body was brought from the family
home on Douglas street TO the rotunda OF
The Bee building at exactly 12 O'Clock, and
It lay until o'clock. when the services
were conductedN At 4:35 o'clock the way to
Forest Lawn cemetery was taken up. and
! there. as the sun was sinking to rest.
symbol of the dead mans life. the casket
was lowered to the grave.
Honored In Death.
Edward Rosewater asleep in death, by
the spirit of that same force which drew
TO him the decreptt old man in want, the
rich man in the fullness OF his prosperity,
that made him the champion of the peoples
rights. drew also to his bier thousands OF
his feiow-citizens eager to look for the
last time upon his face and, in their hearts
to lay the laurel wreath OF their estimation
and love. In that long. solemn procession
that filed through the vast rotunda OF The
Bee building yesterday afternoon. and the
other thousands unable TO gain admission,
was a type OF every life that goes to make
up the sum total Of the human race The
rich and poor, the high and low. the old
and young. men, women and children, alike
bowed their heads and passed under the
rod In tribute TO strong true man who
had spent his life for their cause. The
sad faces, the moistened eyes reflected the
UNIVERSAL sorrow. ~ sss
! In a recent address. delivered soon after
his return from Rotne. Mr.. Rosswster said
he went abroad largely for the purpcse OF
knowing what the people OF his Beloved
| city and state would do and say OF him.
after am gone
His emery Answered.
| Could he have opened the eyes, which
| the finger OF death had closed. for just one
moment yesterday, and beheld the anxious
| thousands gathered TO do him honor he
could have known and felt to the full ex-
| tent the boundIess love and admiration
that will live long years after him. with
his brother Masons leading in the final
rites, following were his associates In busI-
ness, his friends Of every department of
4 life, the banker. the merchant the trader
| the doctor, the lawyer. the artist, the arti-
the lahorar ark o,..l
many so old they approached his bier with
unsteady tread and many so young they
had TO be lifted by mourning mothers to
| gaze into face whose pallor they could
not understand. +.
| 1t was such an outpouring OF fellow
men that stood ready to give back the an
swer to those inquiring lips, now mute
| forever.
! 1t was the general expression that Mr.
Rosewater's countenance looked natural
This was the source of much satisfaction.
The making OF the death-mask Saturday
had marred the features only slightly The
death-mask. incidentally was made by j.
Laurie Wallace and presents an excellent
likeness.
Crowd Gathers Early.
Long before the services began. even as
| early as II o'clock In the forenoon, peo-
! pie began TO gather on Farnam street in
/ front OF The Bees home, where lay the
/ founder OF both-the paper and the build
| ing. And lines of people began filing into
| the building soon as the doors were
/ opened at noon to view the body and out
| again upon the street. Gradually the
crowd swelled until II fairly covered Far
nam street on both sides half way from
! Seventeenth to Eighteenth and with 9
line extending back down Farnam to Six.
teenth. this being the line that was lead.
| ing into the rotunda where the casiet
| rested. The courthouse grounds were lit.
orally covered with people. just as they
are during the Ak -sar- Ben parades, and
thousands OF these people were wholly
unable to get into The Bee building to
view the body or witness the ceremonies
| Inside the building was every person
who could be accommodated. First. the
members of the family had quietly been
| seated In the onices of the Updike Grain
company, along the east side, where they
| could see and hear all. The spacious
| court--one, OF the prides of Mr. Rose
waters life-was a solemn chamber of
| mourning, and 1t was somber with the
! imposing tokens OF DEATH The doral
! tributes were noble, mingilng In their
fragrance the grief IN the grave and the
hope in victory over death. The court on
every floor was filled. stairways in front
/ ana In the rear dho Ohnccp On the biOcu All
were thronged. The speakers stand was
In the rear Of the rotunda and the words
OF eloquent tribute could be heard dis
tinctly as they reverberated throughout
the large interior.
simplicity the Keynote.
Simplicity. chief element Of the mans
life, characterized all the proceedings
though with such vast assemblage they
could hut be elaborate In volume; but
/ they were not In detail. The one keynote
| OF ali the addresses betrayed the essen.
tial feature Of the oecasion-a stricken
| people come TO pay reverence 10 man
| they had. through all the turbulenee and
| din OF earthly strife for long years. found
| 90 be a man, true-hearted and devoted 70
their cause and their interests. though al
| times criticised because misunderstood
yet a man Of such valor and such eour.
age that he lived undaunted In duty and
died unsullied in character Al the bier