The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

of the vice presidents character and of farewell He said:
 eIn solemn and united mourning, but
 with calm devotion, we meet in this house of faith to remember whose form is here in all the mysteries of death. While we share in the public sor- row, yet the high dignltaries of the state are met with us in keen human sympa- thies to make an adequate tribute of manly regard and affection to the name of a faithful fellow servant and an en- deared companion.
 We mourn the vice president but most we mourn the man. The community gathers to have part in the these oe- votional exercises, ahvare that one is gone who was for long years their peer, ! but also one whose citizenship led him to cordality and kindness toward all, making him counsellor and helper of in- numerable men.
 Tn your names I assure all this house. hold of your alert and profound heed for their distress. In the family name thank you for swift communion of spir- it's which identifies your grief with theirs as you put out to them such warm hands. l speak also for that college circle which had devotion to an alumnus-elect and one of the trustees whose zeal and labors he shared. I speak also as an intimate and sorrowing friend of him whom we shall never hear more nor see more.
 With utmost brevity 1 may recite his consistent and influential career and his honors All these things are legbly written in the past Our hearts revere them. Nor can we ever forget them. Least of all may l lead you with foot steps into those sanctities of domestic love whose legacies is so manifest and enduring in the spiritual self of man.
 Here 1t is remembered his courage and patience were prominently keen in that goblet of peace from which he slipped. For long years he has confessed his Master before men.
 Gods servant, great heart, gentle friend, farewell; we, the pilgrims of the minority still living in tents, hall thy secure abode among the majority, where shadows are impenetrable. Let the nor tal put on immortality. Thanks be to God for every good fight ended, for every victory won through pain. for the captain of our kingshp of self control. guiding by angel hands to where beyond these voices thrice we believe is peace eternal"
 Sons Support Mrs. Sherman
 = The funeral party left the church. as # had entered to the music of Mendels- aohn's march. the audience standing as the casket was borne out. Mrs. Sherman was supported on either side by her sons as she walked slowly down the aisle. Her carriage preceded that of President Tatt in the long line that made it's way to the cemetery through streets lined with peo- pie.
 There was no attempt at display and the procession was not ever headed by q detail of police. Major Hhoades, in the uniform of an artillery officer lent the only color to the sombre hues of the presidential party.
 Thousands of persons were at the ceme- tery in advance of the cortege and watched silently as the long procession wound It's way up the hill to the rnausoleum. After the services at the tomb President Taft and party were buried in automobiles to tie railroad station. The Presidents private car had heen sidetracked and crowd. gathered ortside, watched him as he sat at the window and chatted with Mr. Fairbanks and others. When the congressional spe- cial. to which the car was attached, pulled out of the station at 5:A o'clock for New York there were subdued cheers for the President. who bowed his acknowledge ment.
 Business in Utica was practically sus- pended during the hours of the funerai and several factories closed their doors