The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-22
LAST TRIBUTE
OF RESPECT TO
GOV. JOHNSON
Body Lies in State in the Capi-
tol-Was Viewed by
Thousands
IATERMEhT WILL Be MADE
At St. peter TOMORROW
Special Train Will Carry the Body
From the Scene Of His Triumphs to
That Which Saw His Early Battles
With Adyersity.

Win AdyerSlty.
st. Paul, Sept 22-The body of
John A. johnson, late governor of
Minnesota, lay in state at the capitol
today and the people of the twin
cities and from the nearby towns
were given an opportunity to take
last look upon the face which they
all knew so we'll in life.
Led by Mayor Lawler, the members
of the common council Of St. Paul.
the Ramsey county officials, the heads
of the various departments and em-
ployes marched in body to the capi-
tol at noon to look for the last time
on the face of Governor johnson.
All day long steady stream of
people marched one by one between
the files Of militiamen. past the casket
and silently paid their last tribute of
respect to the dead governor. Long
before the doors of the capitol were
thrown open at 10 o'clock the people
began to gather. They came from all
classes of society and from all parts
of st. Paul and vicinity, for all at
some time or another had seen him in
life, some had felt his hand clasp and
nearly all had heard him speak.
Chief among the early callers were
the employees of the state, the clerks
and assistants and stenographers,
men and women from the various Of
fees. who in their daily work had
come in personal contact with the
governor. To many of them his
death was personal sorrow and was
evidenced by the tears which stream
ed from their eyes.
All branches of commercial and
manufacturing activity will pause to-
morrow for five minutes during the
funeral of Governor Johnson. The
action planned is state wide and all
cities and towns have been requested
to follow the lead of the twin cities.
This action was decided upon after
a conference between the different
commercial organizations of st. Paul
and Minneapolis. The railroads of
the state and the city railways of St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth will
stop running for five minutes during
the funeral hour out of respect to the
memory of the late governor.
The body will be accompanied to
st. Peter by the st. Paul city officials
and the members of several local
lodges. fraternal organizations and
personal friends of the late governor.
The funeral will be held from the
Presbyterian church at st. Peter and
the interment will be in the family
cemetery.
All night long the casket stood in
the executive reception room where
in days gone by Governor johnson
had greeted SO many with smile
and hand clasp. Around the bier
stood a guard of the militia. Short
ly before Ii o'clock the casket was
moved to the rotunda under the mar
BILE dome and the doors were opened
to admit the throng which passed
silently by. The body will lie there
nll day until $3.50 o'clock tonight,
when the doors will be closed. At
9:15 tomorrow morning the casket
will be taken to special train which
will convey it to st. Peter, Minn.,
There will be no religious services
at the capitol. The body will be es-
corted to the railway station by ten
band of 100 pieces.
The active pall-bearers have been
selected from amng the governors
closest personal friends. They are
Frank A. Day, who was his private
secretary; F. B. Lynch; T. D. O'Brien,
associate justice of the supreme court:
T. T. Young, former attorney gener-
al; A. c. Weiss, manager of the Du
luth Herald, and Jim G. Wise of Man
kato. The honorary pall-bearers in
clude the four living ex-governors of
the state. L. F. Hubbard, John Lind,
Samuel r. Van SAINT and Knute II el-
son, with Gov. A. O. Eberhart, G. NJ.
Scarf, chief justice of the supreme
court, Governor John Burke of North
Dakota and President Cyrus Northrup
of the University of Minnesota.
Arriving at ST. Peter tomorrow. the
body will be taken to the Presbyterian
church where the services will be
held.
Watterson's Tribute.
Paris, Sept. 22.-Col. Henry Waiter
son, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, who Is visiting Paris, was
greatly shocked when informed of
Gov. Johnson's death.
II knew Gov. Johnson we'll from
his early manhood" said Col. Wat
terson. Gle did me the honor of
calling himself one Of my boy In
the summer of 1907 made sincere
effort to convince the thinking Demo4
Gratis that his nomination would give
us the only chance Of election in