The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
All Stores Will Be Closed
 Tomorrow While Services Are Being Read.
Entire City Battalion Has Been Ordered to Water bury to Act as Escort to Remains-Departure Will Be By Special Train, at 11:25.

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 Be By Special Train, at
 11:25.
 Special from United Press.)
 Hartford, April 23.-AH day to-day
 thousands of citizens of the state that
 he loved so we'll passed through the line of soldiers at the state capitol two by two, pausing momentarily for a last look at the features of George Leavens Lilley, Governor of Connecticut, who breathed his last on Wednesday. Be fore the body of the late Governor left the executive mansion on Pennington avenue there was a short prayer ser vice at which the Rev. James Goodwin of Trinity Church. Hartford. an older brother of the executive secretary. of ficiated. MT. Goodwin read passages from the fifteenth and twenty-thlrd psalms. from Revelations 3, 4 and D and from II Timothy. 4. ), and ' and offered several prayers from the Episcopal service prayer book This service was attended by the commit tees from the Assembly and by the Governors staff in addition to the family and the household servants. While it was going on. the first com pany Of the Governors Footguards and the First Company Governors s f1OTScGuaTOS StOOu III lAiC rain outside and a second detail from the footguards guarded the doorway of the executive mansion
 At the conclusion of the service. tenderly and amid the hush of a great sadness, the body of the dead Cover nor in the mahogany casket, was borne on the shoulders of six stalwart Sergeants from the fOotguards to the waiting hearse which was drawn by four coal black horses. The Cover nor's staff and the committees from the Legislature accompanied the hearse down the driveway to the street where the escort headed by platoon Of po- lice took up the march for the capitol to the strains of funeral march by the footguard band. The route was straight down Pennington avenue to .Asylum street. through that to Ford street and then under the Memorial Arch to Trinity Church and to the north drive of the capitol grounds.
 Hundreds Of people stood in the rain outside of the executive mansion and thousands awaited the arrival of the certege at the capitol, standing with barred heads in a pouring April rain while the casket was transferred to it's position under the dome.
 The body. arrived at the capitol about II 80 a. m. and was borne through. the next door to the low bier under the shade of the Catafalque Immediately beneath the dome of the building The detail of troops lined up on either side. of the pathway leading directly through the building. From the north to the south door was Company F Of the First regiment of the Hartford City Guard. Details from the company also guarded the foot of all stairways lead ing to the second floor of the capitol and all of the building except the ground floor was closed after noon. Upon the arrival of the body it was viewed first by Lieutenant Governor Weeks. Executive Secretary Goodwin. Attorney General Holcomb. Comptroller Bradstreet and other state officers and then by the committees from the House and Senate who had formed the honorary escort from the executive mansion.
 At o'clock the north doors were thrown open to the public to enter in two single files which separated upon reached the Catafa1que, one passing upon either side of the bier and then directly out of the south Goor. The space beneath the dome was draped in sombre black but outside on the ground floor of the capitol the drap- fngs are in purple and white. giving more cheerful appearance Masses of flowers in all designs have come from relatives friends. state and city of ficials and organizations of every de- scription throughout the state and from outside the borders of Connecti- cut.
 nor's footguard surrounds the bier.
 The funeral which will be held to- morrow promises to be one of the larg- est in the history of the State. Every honor possible will be paid the memory of the dead Governor from the time services begin at the north entrance of the capitol at 10 a. m. until inter ment is made at Waterbury cemetery at D. m. Bishop Chauncey B. Brew ster will conduct the services in the capitol and there will also be present the Revs. E. Frederick Sexton, chap lain of the Senate; Franklin Country
 ,1o,x, M a r. son L. Phillips, chaplain of the. Horse Guards; Rev. James w. G1pdwin, chaplain of the two companies of Foot Guards. and the Rev. John l.. Lewis of Waterbury.
 g Owing to the troubles incident to transportation half of the State militia will attend the services in Hartford and the other half will meet the body vices at the capitol the procession will start for the Union Station and will leave there as soon after noon as pos sible. There will be a special train consisting of three parlor cars and three coaches for the family, members of the Legislature and the honorary pail bearers, one car being reserved ex- clusfvely for the family. More trains will transport the troops which will consist of the First and Second com paIlieS of the Foot Guards and one company of the Horse Guards. The Clark Commandery of the Knights ,TemplaT, Will also return to water bury with the troops and the Washing ton Comn1andery of Hartford may ac- company them. It was decided that the arrangements for a. Masonic ser vice at the grave when Governor Lil- ley is buried will be eliminated and he will be buried with the military ser vice.
 Immediately on the arrival at Wa terbury the troops will assemble nd together with the militia. static ed there will escort the body to St. Jof l's chapel, where services will be h. d. As the church is very small the m, in floor will be reserved for the memb, IS of the family the legislators and t ie visiting Governors. The interment will be made about 4 o'clock at which time every person in the State is re- uuested to cease from their labors for five minutes as a mark Of respect to the dead Governor. The honorary bearers selected will be:
 Secretary of State Matthew H. Rog- CTS; Comptroller Thomas D. Brad I- Da%