Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-01
From EARLY Afternoon TO Six
O'clock Two Uninteunittent
ines Of People File by
Coffin
81 ORAL TRIBUTES IN
GREAT PROPULSION
0nk -Four Associates Of Late
Senator's Early Days Still
Survive in City Of Spring
field, ii Is Said,

.os,i,a JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WtFEl
snringGeld, Ill. Jan. 3l-The body
n shelby N. Culom lay in s2te here
,o1oy n the capitol which was built
during his administration as governor
From one to Six O'clock there We're
Two unntermittent lines filing past
looking for the last time on the last
American staicsman Of Llncoln's day
Last night ana this morning the
more intimate friends viewed the
body at the home VI Mrs. Charles
Ridgcley, mother of the late senator's
son-in-law, william r. Ridgeley in
consequence If which the merely curi-
Gus predomlnatcd in the lines today
The streets were deep under snow
when the coffin was taken from the
Rldgeley homestead. AS it was borne
cut Of the old fashioned library 70 the
street. it passed q relic Of civll war
DAYS when Cullom was actively sup
porting war Governor Yates in the
gigantic task at the head of which
was another Springfield statesman
Abraham Lincoln.
i Is part of a tree which stood be-
tween Inc union and confederate lines
at Chckamaugu and cannol ball. sew
eral canister shot, pieces Of shell
and mnumerablc bullets were embed
dcl in IT,
owing to the depth Of the snow,
the military guard was not required
to escort the hearse from the home 10
the state house. it was followed by
two closed carriages bearing the ten
pain bearers and a third vehicle With
The floral tributes.
The coffin was placed on a platform
dTaped with the national colorS
around which were banked wreaths
sent hy distinguished friends Of the
late senator At the foot Of the cof-
Fin stood the bronze figure OF
woman, illinois Welcoming the
World" on this was placed the
great wreath Of orchids presented by
the members of the Lincoln memorial
commission. on the bier was Presi-
dent Wilson'S wreath Other memor-
bal offerings wcrc from Robert Y. Lin
coin. Charles W. Fairbanks former
vice president. who served many years
In the senate with Cullom, ana from
The State National bank Of Spring
field, Of which Mr. Cullom was presi-
dent when. thirty years ago, he be-
gan his long service in the senate
There were IA least two figures OF
interest i'm the lines which filed slowh
through the capitol today, Josiah
Beard and Col John A. pattec' aGet-
ysburg veteran, who followed Linz
coin TO Oak Ridge cemetery forty-nino
years ago. as one of the great military
escort under Gen. Joseph Hooker. To-
morrow he will be in the Cullom train
Beard is s. years old, two years
Older than the late senator at the time
Of his death.
Il think | was the fist man here 10
be introduced to Mr.. Cullom when he
came here with letter of introduce
ton to Lincoln In 1853 said Beard.
Il was state fair week and he ana
friend Of mine named Whitmore hal
Just arrived after being delayed up
The line 10y a train wreck
ot Culloms intimate associates OF
early days In THE city only four sur
vNe They are DR. William Jayne,
John w Bunne, Dr. George w. Pass
held and William Ridgeley. Excepting
Ridgeley ali were confined TO their
homes by tie storm today ana IL is
doubtful II they will be able TO at
'ehd tho funeral tomorrow.
Despite the nationwide tribute to