The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-01
PLANS FINISHED
FOR FUNERAL Of
SHERMAN
0bsequies To Be Held at Utica
Tomorrow Afternoon
BODY LIES IN STATE TODAY
Political Activity in Oneida County
Has Ceased and All Meetings
Have Been Abandoned.

Utica. N. Y, Nov. Arrangements
for the funeral of Vice-President
James S. Sherman practically were
completed yesterday The services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at z
o'clock in the First Presbyterian
church and will be attended by Presi-
dent Taft and members of his cabi-
net, senators and representatives,
foreign diplomats and government Of
ficials. 1t was at first announced
that the services would be held in
Christ church, of which Mr.. Sherman
was a member, but as this edif1ce
seats only about 700 persons and it
was realized that it would be too
small to hold the throng that would
desire to pay final tribute of respect
to the dead, the plans were changed
when Rev. Ralph w. Brokaw offered
the use of the Presbyterian church,
which has a seating capacity OF more
than 5000.
Rev. Louis II. Holden, Mr.. Sher-
mans pastor, will conduct the funer-
al service, assisted by Rev. M. w.
Striker, president of Hamilton col
lege, and Rev DR.. Brokaw, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church. An hour
before the church services there will
be a private service for the members
of the family at the Sherman home
on Genesee street.
The body of the vice-president will
lie in state from 3 p m. 10 p. m. to-
day in the rotunda of the county
building to permit the citizens of
Utica to take a last look at their
distinguished fellow-townsman. With
an escort of citizens representatives
of the chamber of commerce and 9th
er organizations with which Mr.. Sher-
man was identified the body will be
taken from the Sherman home this
afternoon and conveyed TO the county
building where it will rest upon a
catafalque. The Utica military com
panies will furnish a guard of honor
while the body is lying in state. At
8 o'clock a cortege will form and the
body will be returned to the Sherman
house.
The county building has been drap-
ed in emblems of mourning and flags,
as have many of the business houses
of the city. Business practically will
be suspended during the funeral SER
vices tomorrow afternoon. A tender
of troops from Fort Ontario at Oswe-
go for the funeral was received yes
terday from Washington, but it is be-
lieved that the members of the family
will decline ii, as they are known to
be averse to display and wish the
ceremonies to be as simple and un-
pretentious as possible.
Seats in the church will be set
apart for the Sherman family, Presi-
dent Taft and other dignitaries who
are expected to u ulsent as well as
for the business as-.0ictcs and init
mate friends of the i..s vice-presi-
dent. Admission to the Chdrch will
be by ticket as the auditor.4T ill be
hopelessly inadequate to hold the
many who wish to attend. At the
close of the services the body will be
taken to Forest Hill cemetery in the
southern section of the city, where
it will be placed in the beautiful Bah
cock mausoleum, which was compiet-
Gu Out IcCcutlgt anu WhSIc MIS-. oueI-
mans mother rests.
Mr.. Sherman's body, which will be
put in a plain but massive coffin to-
day, is said to show but few traces of
the long illness through which the
vice-president passed. Flowers in
profusion are in the room where the
body lies and there has been an al
most uninterrupted procession of
messengers to the house during the
day bearing messages of sympathy
to the bereaved household from every
quarter of the country and from
abroad.
Mrs. Sherman is bearing her loss
with fortitude. She was kneeling at
the bedside of her husband when the
final summons came, and remained
in the room the greater part of We'd
nesday night. Before he died, Mr..
Sherman had entrusted to his wife a
list of those he wished to act as hon
orary bearers at his funeral. Who |
they are has not yet been announced. |
The active bearers will be selected |
from the employees of the Utica trust |
and deposit company of which the |
was president.
Political activity in Oneida county |
ceased with the death of the vice
president Meetings which had been |
have been abandoned by |
all parties, who have Joined in |
mourning the loss of Utica's most |
citizen.
The honorary bearers we're an
last night, as follows: Unit
ed States Senator Elihu Root, Thorn
as r. Proctor, Charles s. Symonds,
William s. Doolittle, ]. Francis Day, |
George e. Durham, Charles B. Rog- |
ers, William t. Baker. Henry II.
Cooper and DR.. Fayette II. Peck All