Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-09-30

p.tar Mimi, Sept. 23- The
,,5y Of John Albert johnson, sixteen
rovamor of Minnesota, was this
,.,.noon lowered into grave in the
r.aa cemetery here, and lies beside
that Of his mother,
To those who have come from the
h.+bos+ corners Of a great common
rs,rlb to pay, for the fourth time, the
...bost and this time the saddest,
..;bnta at their command, there is
t,,oa the realization that in the place
oftbe man there is left them but a
memory, to rouse the noblest ambi-
+ons, the truest patriotism.
rrder leaden and sullen skies, with
srH}e rain falling, Governor Johnson
ras buried to the sound of cannon,
tbe singing of simple hymns and in
tba nresence of a vast concourse Of
moprning citizens, who came from the
length and breadth Of the state,
marched through the streets to the
governors own church, and then again
the whole length of the town out to
Green Hill cemetery, where the gov
enor has been laid to sleep, under a
mound of roses.
1t was not an ordinary funeral, not
even the customary funeral that might
be accorded some other state execu-
tive. Capitol officials stood around
tie grave, senators, members Of the
hase, city officers the state over,
delegations whose homes stretched as
far as Minnesota, asmuch honor might
have been shown to any governor.
Special trains rolled in all day,
some preceding, others following, the
funeral train from the capitol, which
arrived about noon. Neighboring towns
were depopulated. Farms were de-
serted through the length and breadth
q Nlcolet county and beyond; even
this might have followed the death of
some other widely known and admired
man.
st. Peter itself was in mourning.
Bells tolled incessantly. Schools, in
satutlons, business, the little indus
'Fles OF daily life, all stood still, and
'iepe, drawn shades and closed doors
were On every side, as any city might
" itself to honor the memory Of it's
greatest man.
but there was more than all these
N the funeral today at ST Peter To
'ue stranger it was a thing of wonder,
wat the death of one man, however
great and f9mous, could bring such
"ueSpfead sorrow, not formal, but
F''SOnal and overpowering. Business
.'S n0E suspended today in St. Peter
1''n sense Of duty. Instead there
aa'g over the little town a sense Of
'''''ole and indescribable loss. It was
s''Nlng Tor its greatest character.
pa' y lar more for its truest friend.
yoooy knew him. Everybody
- '''m' 10 these people he was
l great because he was governor,
sl' governor because he was great
i. H. because here he had grown from
nj. '''.e uneducated boy by pluck and
Hi, '"''ilatlon and manliness into a
=, ,.,'onaI figure, and While he grew
,rs. - never sacrificed friend or com.
Promised a principle.
s.. =, % only today that St. Peter real.
ass nss. What Governor Johrson,s 5 dsatf
sna.5a. s9a,'., IN their efforts to express thei,
it ra,, .o,'1' s. Its citizens are saying tha,
ai.d ! De'ter for the town to have
hi , ,,'an he. II is as if a whole cit,
fstbss ss'aenly found itself deprived Of !,
i j a.e.,' ''o'her, or an only son. |,
saaa.. sslalne alo that the incoming thou
We're ,t...' y'uy sad in their own grief
s''' '"nthsd in mourning colors