New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-01
president and Members OF
Every Branch Of Govern
ment Will Attend the
Funeral Tomorrow.
SERVICES WILL BE SIMPLE
podv of Vice President to Lie
!, State for a Few Hours
To.day-Universal Sym
pathy Expressed for
Mrs. Sherman.

1-,ica \. Y. Oct. 31.-Arrangemen's
Cor the funeral Of ViCe-President James
g sherman practically were compie'eu
,o-aay. The services Will be he'o y"
saturday afternoon at 2 O'CLOCK Al '"'
rlrst Presbyterian Church ana VIII NC
at+er5ed bv President Taft and MEM
..rs ~ his Cabinet, Senators and KEEP
resentatives, foreign diplomats anu
government officials.
II was at first announced 'ha' "'o
L.vvices would be held IN |n'ls'
cCx,,r,b ~ which Mr.. Sherman was
member and treasurer, but as una
hprding seats only about seven nun
I'D nersons and It was realized that
!, you'd he TOO small to hold the throng
that would desire to pay final tribute
ot rsspect to the dead, the plans were
L,oneea when the Rev. Ralph w. Bro
h-.r offered the use OF the Presbyterian
Lchr-ch which has a seating capacity
M more than three thousand nc
ny 1.ouis H. Holden, Mr.. sherman's
nas,or. will conduct the funeral ser
&c. assisted by the Rev. DIR. NJ. W.
sryker. president Of Hamilton College
and the Rev. DR.. Brokaw, pastor OF 'ne
PRESBYTERIAN Church.
! An hour before the church services
th.rn will be a private service for the
members Of the family at the sherman
nome. in Genesee street.
(: The body OF the Vice-President VIII
i,,s in state from to 8 p. m. to-mor-
row in the rotunda OF the county ouilu-
bns, to permit the citizens OF utica 10
i,oLa q last look at their distinguished
s.o,,ov toWnsman. With an escort or
io,,,zens. representatives Of the Cham
her Of Commerce and other organiza-
{,,ons with which Mr.. Sherman was
identified. the body will be taken from
tho Sherman home tomorrow after
Noon 10 the county building, where 1t
will rest on a catafalque. The local
military companies will furnish guard
of honor while the body is lying in
state. At 9 o'clock the body will be
returned to the Sherman home.
The county building has been draped
In mourning. as have many OF the ousi-
ness houses Of the city. Business prac-
nca,v will be suspended during the
funeral services.
Avsrse TO Display.
A tender Of troops from Fort On
tario. at Oswego. for the funeral was
received to-day from washington but
it is believed the members OF the Fam
ily will decline II, as they are known to
be averse to display and wish the cere-
monies to be as simple and unpreten-
tious as possible.
Seats in the church will be set apart
for the Sherman family, President Taft
and other high officials, as well as for
the business associates and intimate
friends Of the Vice-President. Admls-
sion TO the church will be by ticket, as
che auditorium will be entirely made
ouAte to mold the many who wish to at"
tend.
After the services the body will be
taken to Forest Hill Cemetery, in the
southern section of the city, where 1t
will be placed in the beautiful Baocock
xmausoleum, which was completed re-
gently and where Mrs. sherman's
mother rests.
Mr., Sherman's body is said TO show
fev traces of the long illness through
vhich the Vice-President passed.
Flowers In profusion are in the room
xhnsa the body lies and there has been
IA almost uninterrupted procession OF
messengers to the house during the
Gay 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
me bedside Of her husband when the
Anal summons came, and she remained
n the room the greater part of last
A.Sht.
Left List OF PalIbearers.
ar Sherman had intrusted toi his
wife a list of the persons he wished TO
sot as honorary pallbearers at his
funeral. They are Senator Elihu Root,
Thomas r. Proctor, Charles S. Sy-
monds, William S. Doolittle, J. Fran
els Day, George r. Durham, Charles
B. Rogers, William 7. Baker, Henry
H. Cooper and Or. Fayette H. Peck.
All are Uticans except Senator Root,
whose home is in the neighboring viii
iage Of Clinton.
The active bearers will be selected
from employees of the Utica Trust and
Deposit Company, of which Mr.. Sher-
man was president.
Political activity in oneida County
ceased with the death of the Vice.
President Meetings which had been
scheduled have been abandoned by all
parties, who have Joined in mourning
the loss of Utica's most distinguished
citizen.
Mr. Shermans death has had the eff
feet Of recalling to the people of this
city the fact that they had seen COM
paratively little OF him for the last
year. He left here for Washington
early I'm December, 1911, and was so