The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-02
FINAL H0N0RS PAID TODAY TO
 VICE PRESIDENT
President Taft and Large Repre- sentatiOn From Congress Among MOurners at Simple Funeral Services For James SchOOlcraft Sherman

Utica, N. r., Nov 2-In the pres : ence of the President of the United
 States, members of the cabinet, the Senate and House, representatives of the diplomatic corps and men and Wo-
 men of every walk in life, final honors were paid today to James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice President of the Unit ed Sta les.
 In deference to the wishes of Mrs Sherman, the funeral was without dis play. Simple, unostentatious services were held in the First Presbyterian church and the offer of a, guard of
 regulars to escort the body from the church to the cemetery was refused i As far as possible the funeral was as simple the dead man would have liked and the public services were
 made as brief as possible under the President Taft and party, the mem bers of the Senate and -sof the House
 and the distinguished party from Washington, reached this city at one o'clock They were met by Thomas Proctor and a committee and taken directly to the Sherman home in up-
 dent had a few brief words of sympa- thy with Mrs. Sherman and her three sons. Soon after the President reach ed the home, private prayer services were held beside the coffin at which were present only the members of the family and MT. Taft. They were led | Dy LIT. LOUIS dOlQSn, DaSLOr or CnTESL Reformed church, of which the Vice President had been treasurer
 As soon as the prayers were over. the coffin was carried to the hearse byterian church. The active bearers | were employees of the Utica Trust and
 Deposit Company. of of WI which is MT. sher-
 bearers were all Utica men, with the exception of United States Senator Elihu Root, and included Thomas R. | rR.- ~ Q -@Vs% ! tie. J. Francis Day, G. E. Dunham, c. B. Rogers, w. T. Baker, H. H. Copper and Dr. Flayette H. Peck.
 There was no formal escort from l the request of Mrs. Sherman. The l President and members of the mourn
 Ing nhgs. Hsrty L Rrsseded ,s the body to to l, the ditoriun having been reserved for them. Behind the mourners were Seated the representatives of the Sen l the edifice was filled with personal friends of the dead man.
 1 The services in the church were con- ducted by Rev. Dr. Holden. assisted 1 funeral oration was delivered by Rev. M. w. Stryker, president of Hamilton i College, of which institution MT. S1ler-
 man had been for many years a trus- i tee. Rev. Stryker's oration was a foroeful appreciat ton of MT. sherman.
 He spoke of the latter's youthful days I life, and of his career of unselfishness and faithfulness to duty. The minis I ter dwe1t at considerable length on l the perfect home life of the dead man which, he said, was an Inspiration to i all
 l There was special music by a dou- ble quartet of male singers and by the choir of Christ church.
 | The public services were compara- l lively brief. At the conclusion the President and his party left the church 1 by a side entrance, going into Coium- 1 bia street that the enormous crowd l in the edifice might be avoided. The l casket was then removed to the wait I ing hearse and the cortege passed out 1 by the Sherman home to Forest HHl
 cemetery.
 At the cemetery, the body was de posted in a crypt in the beautiful tBabcock Mausoleum recently conplet- 1 ed by the late Mrs. Carrie Babcock, | Inother-in-1aw of the Vice President,
 whose body was placed in it only three l weeks ago.