Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17


card of admission 10 give to some
one.
The body was placed in casket
yesterday morning and during the day
hundreds of people called to view
for the last time the face of the
statesman, soldier and jurist. Among
these were cabinet members, and all
of the members of the Georgia dele
cation in Congress.
The body will be taken to the Cap
itol at IL o'clock tomorrow morning
and placed in the marble room direct
ly west of the Senate cahmber and
where Senator Bacon was wont to
stroll during sessions and to greet
his friends.
The Official Program.
The Senate will convene at noon
and just before l o'clock the House
members will file into the Senate
chamber, after the President, who Is
expected to attend, and the Cabinet
members have taken their places di-
reilly in front Of the Presidents chair.
The body will be brought into the
chamber promptly at 1880 by detail
of Capitol police and placed directly
in front of the Speakers chair amid
a bower of flowers and palms. The
Vice President will preside, after
which the Rev Forrest ]. Prettyman,
chaplain of the Senate, and Bishop
Alfred Harding, of the Episcopal
Church, will conduct service ritual
istic in character. No music will be
heard and no eulogies will be spoken.
The funeral party will then leave at
4:45 o'clock for Atlanta on special
train.
The Senate will be represented by
NJ
Overman, of North Carolina; Chiffon,
Of West Virginia; Fletcher of Flor
ida; Pomerene, of Ohio; Thomas, of
Colorado; OGorman, of New York;
Vardaman, of Mississippi; Gallinger,
of New Hampshire; Root, of New
York; Nelson of Minnesota; Brande-
gee, of Connecticut; Page, of YER
mont
/ Georgia Delegation Coming.
The House will be represented at
the funeral by the entire Georgia del
egation, who will go on the special
train, and the following in addition:
Representative Ferris, Mann, Payne,
Gardner, Anthony, Willis, Dyer and
Prouty.
Last night Augustus Octavius Ba-
con, grandson of the late Senator,
reached Washington from the Uni
student in the law department. He
was met at the station va messen-
ger from the Capitol and went direct
ly to the Netherland.
kilograms of coincidence and SYM
pathy continue to pour into the Of
fees of Senator Bacon at the Capt.
toll. He lived quietly at the Neither
lands, where he spent the greater por-
ton of his time while in his suite in
his library, and so numerous have
become the kilograms that instruc-
tons were given the telegraph COM
panies OF send all kilograms to the
Capitol, where Colonel John T. Boz
feuillet, secretary to the late Senator,
has detailed messenger to receive
and receipt for them until he has time
to examine their contents.
Leaves Home to Grandson.
The last will and testament of SEN
ator Bacon is expected to be probated
next week at Macon. He is known
to have bequeathed his library to the
University of Georgia, Of which he
was one of the trustees, and his home
in Macon to his grandson.
The late Senator died a poor man.
his charitable spirit and liberality as
to public enterprises having consumed
his entire salary OF $500 per annum.
The arrangements for the funeral
are regarded elaborate, regardless of
/ the announced plans for simplicity.
The Government pays all expenses of
the funeral, and Congress in the ap-
preparation bill adopted at this Con-
gress will vote years salary, or
| $500, to the widow.
SIaton to Issue Proclamation.
| Governor Slaton expects to issue a
| formal proclamation some time Mon
| day morning. The flag at the Capitol
| dutters at half mast, having been
| lowered when the news Of Senator
| Bacon'S death was received in Atlanta
Saturday afternoon.
Governor Slaton's tender of the Cap
| itol for the body of the dead Senator
to lie in state as a tribute to his
| services to Georgia has been accepted
by the family. The Court of Appeals
will adjourn Wednesday out of re-
spect to Senator Bacon's memory.
The following telegram from Mr..
| Boifeuillet was received at the exec
utive mansion Sunday night:
Senator Bacon's daughter, Mrs.
Sparks, asks me to convey to you for
herself and family their heartfelt
gratitude for the kind telegram ex-
pressing your sympathy in their great
bereavement
Will Arrive Wednesday.
She was touched deeply by your
tender of the Capitol for the remains
to lie in state, and she accepts the
offer with deep sense Of the appre-
citation of the high honor you would
then pay the memory of her father.
The funeral party leaves Washing
ton on the Birmingham Special over
the Southern Railway Tuesday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. reaching Atlanta
Wednesday about noon.
THE body can be taken directly to
the Capitol and there lie in state until
80 o'clock, when 1t will be carried
to the Southern train leaving for Ma
con about $3.50 p. m
SIaton Issues Proclamation.
In a proclamation issued by the
Governor Monday, the following ar
engagements in honor of Senator Ba-
con We're announced:
THE flags on the public buildings Of
this State shall be hung at halfstaff
during the next 80 days.
arrangements will be made for the
body to lie in State in the rotunda Of
the State Capitol between the time Of
its arrival in Atlanta Wednesday
morning until departure for Macon
that afternoon.
Permission is given to such organ
izatidns of the National Guard as may
desire to do SO to act with the honor
airy escort; and the Adjutant General