New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-25
D. B. HILLS FUNERAL
Many Prominent Men Pay Re-
saects to Dead Ex-senator.
GOVERNOR WHITE ATTENDS
Three Branches of State Govern
ment Represented at Ser
vice in Albany.

.,,s,, oct. Z4-The funeral n David
-.,ne;f HrI took place ~ O'Clock this
,f,ernoon in ST. Peters church There
ms no eulogy-just the burial service ~
she Episcopal Church. conducted ~ t0e
Re- " W B8ttershsll. the rector me
choir sang Lead. Kindly Light and
NON the Iaborer-e Task Is Ger closing
with the occasional hymn, Peace. Per
feet Peace " - fhe coffin Was borne from
the church.
The church was crowded 10 the doors.
Men we're rlere 7ho had stood with the
dead man in many = hard fought political
campaign. a. sell ~ men who had opposed
him bitterly
The three branches OF me state govern
ment were representative executive by
Governor White and several state officers,
the iudi-iar. m chief Judge cullen n
the Court oi Appeals and other Judges, ans
the legislative by special committee from
the Senate and Daniel u. Frisoie. minority
leader in the Assembly Members Of the
Democratic State Committee. headed b
Chairman Winfield A. Huppuch. attended
in Il body As did the Albany County Bar
Association and the Albany County Demo
cratic General Committee.
Body Removed in Funeral Car
The little group 81 mouruers who fol-
lowed the body TO the Delaware 4 Hudson
station. where il was placed aboard the
funeral car Woodlswn. after the service.
included D.. A L. I'LL. of Dexter. No. a
brother. Lawrence u. Hill Of Maiden, No.
q nepheq., Ritor Durfey. Of Waverly. y. Y,
= cousin. and Peter J. NanVfller. Mr.. Hill 5
secretary. who had been associated with
the Senator for eighteen years. The fu-
neral car was attached to the train leaving
Albany for ElnIirs al $50 p. m. The burial
VIII be FL Mentour Falls Mr. HIS birth
place. tomorrow
The honorary psllbearers. who numbered
some Of the dead eK-Senator's most init
mate friends and political associates. in
.luded Judges Irving 9. Nann and Fred
erick Collin. Of the Court of Appeals: JUS
tice Alden Chester, Of Albany. Edward Muir
phv ar eK-Init States Senator. Troy. eX-
Chief Judge Alton g. Parker, Of the Court
OF Appeals. Norman T. Mack, chairman OF
The Democratic National Committee; John
a. Dix, Thomas NJ Osborne, eX-Justice ID.
Cady Herrick, If Albany: ex-Lieutenant
Governor William r. Sheehan, John e.
Etsnchfeld. Charles A. Collin, who Was
Governor 5ill's legal adviser, DR.. Joseph
II. BRYANT, eN-Prcsident Grover Cleveland's
physician. and John A. Sleicher OF New
York. -. L. Kellogg. OF Cortland. ex-Con-
gresham n. II. Rockwell and William II.
Lowell OF Elmira, and W. Caryl Ely Of
Buffalo.
Members of Staff with Governor.
Resides Governor White. who was accom-
panied by Major George &. Treadwel his
military secretary, and Adjutant General
Koenig. Secretary Of State: Thomas F.
FenneH Deputy Secretary Of State and Re
publican nominee for State Treasurer. w.
II Hotchkiss. State Superintendent Of In
surAnce. and others.
The committee from the Senate. accom-
panied by Sergeant-at-Arms Charles Hotal-
ing. included Senators Bracket, Of Sara
toga: J5rattan. Of Albany. and Schlosser. Of
f7ishtiH LANDING Senators Grady. Frawley
and cullen. cf New York. the Democratic
members. did not attend
Prominent among the Democrats present.
aside from the psllbearers, were Charles
= Murphy. leader Of Tammanv Hall:
Chairman Huppuch and Secretary John A
Mason Of the Democratic State Committee
Public Service Commissioner John N Car
Isle, Timothy s. Williams. who was secre-
tsry to Mr. viii when he was Governor;
Rastus s Ransom. former Surrogate Of
New York County. boyhood friend Of the
dead Senator. and Daniel r. Cohalan
William J. Corners, former Democratic
state chairman. vino is at Lakewood. \. J..
suffering from slight indisposition. sent
John Mahar 10 represent him.
There were tears i'm the ewes Of all the
employees At Nolfert's Roost when the body
WAS removed this morning to ST. Peters
Church. where il lay in state from IL
until half an hour before the funeral ser
vices began.
Many floral pieces were received The
democratic State Committee sent large
design with the star-the emblem Of De-
mocracy-W i'm the centre Of blue
Niolcts
The democratic State Committee. at A
meeting Al the Hotel Ten Eyck prior to the
funeral adopted resolutions expressing its
heartfelt sorrow and regret at the unex-
pected death of that sterling Democrat and
Uuselfish patriot David Bennett Hill
r,lmira. \. Y. oct 24.-The body Of ex-
Governor David d. Hill viii lie in state
I'm the city Hall in Elmira from to $50
tomorrow morning and he viewed by mis-
townSpcople before being taken 10 Montodr