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Show HEXKIUli (OX.M)ll'S FUSIUJAIi. lulerment or ttio Crmalno l.atertlay at foil loIo Ura try, In tho mlilrt of a bllndlni now. torm, the mortal tmnlita of (leiwial I', H. Connor wrroywterdayalternoon oinlmd to their lait earthly rctllntC pUco In Iheceimtery at Fort Doua-laa. Drapltc the Inclemoiicj of the wnilher a vrry lare iiumlvr of i-eraoua nartm-lied nartm-lied III tho alrrola anJ at thegrnloto n llnioi llieiutlilnry bb.iulo, aud tho coruKu warn line and Impoalu; one. Al 0 a. ui. Iho (juarJ of honor, reler-ana reler-ana of tboilvll war, under command of CoruiaJo II. A. Mpenr, ucoltid the rciaalna to Iho naJIrnc room or the Walker lloti.e, white they lay In atato until alter la o'clock. OuiliiR thn tluin houra It l titlmaled that fully 8000 aw 1 1 viewed them. The loom In which Iho body roled wat a prciirlitely dco-ratud dco-ratud tflth itiiameir, LuuIIhk and varloua tokena of mournlnic. 'I ImrHan and Bttlj4i wero alro lonaplououf. On ldeatala encawl lu Hack liroailcl jtli lliuc.Wthal Uii I laced, and Inrnie-dlatily Inrnie-dlatily behind It n lanepy m ranged or llaira ami crcf. 1 11 the centre w em floral oileili n frum tho I'alrlolln Hone nfAruerkM and lh t Ity I.IUial (.onimllUe, auriuouulcil by an Ami rb can ratio In Kill. At the head and foot wtrooiuulaot muaktta, the layonata ol which anvedathabgeia (or II lal oflerlDna 10m frlonda and relallvra. Un the 1 jot of tbo caakct trilwl the cha.au, ipauletttaaud aaord of 11 major Kt neral, andamattniricoiit floral Wleatll. A Kiiard from the 0. A, 11. poita alaotl around tho caakct, aud me todlam woreaUllouid at and about llio tloiira. The rcllglnut acrvlcea liegan at noon, wheu iho doora vcro cluacd to thriceneril public. They were ron-ducted ron-ducted by th Her. I'ullier Klely, of Iho llimau Calhollo Church. Mr.O.t', Uoo'lwlu delivered a touchltiK and ympalbelliaidnea, In tho rourre of hlch he pnld a liliili tribute of eulogy of the iletiael tfcieral. Tho flrtt iliiin of the ciercliea endeil, and the facv of the dead having beengiitodunfor the latt time 011 earth hy llio rolatlvoa and frleudo preaeut, Iho IM of thu caikel waa aorowod down. At n ilgnal from Tuneral Director Uoa,llie)itl bentera, Mayor (Itoto M. Hcott, Heury W, l.awrruce, Major Bllva, i: I :Kau,VII. liauilltlibauJa, Daulel lljnnr, A. J. .owe, Caitalu II. II. Hlover, J. V. Uoldwalto.riamuel .Mol.lnlnn, ileiiry rayneaiidCnpUlu J. V. Uroeuuiaii, look the rtallona aulgned lo them. Main atreet was thickly lliud with ipoclatora aa tbo iroceiuilon atartoil forth, tho orJLT belnj Iho tamo In nearly every detail ni prevlouly au-uounoed au-uounoed lu tho iiowaiapcrr. In con srfiueticoof tho laid weather, however, tho KiiIkIiU of Pythlaadld not appear In regalia, but the I'atrlotlo Houeof Ainerlcu woro their laMUllftil iahea of led, while and black. I'olluwlni the "rrKulara" caroo the Dophallir Kil'.ia, Dyer Illflea, Company A, riec-ondlnfautry, riec-ondlnfautry, Unlvonlly ladcla and the (I. A. It. tVito actluit at a iruaril of lienor to tho hiatae aud pallbcareri. Immedlatelr lu the rear of the hcanc, and led by Color-Ucarcr Htern, alowly walkld the horao Uuckaklu." Ila trapnlDga were ul a nillltnry charactar, a palrof military lHliblntiaui4.nded from the eMdlc, Then camocatrlena, Iwenty.flvo lu number, containing relative, frlrnda, luvlled guiala. Territorial Ter-ritorial and county and clly olllclala. Thomitdlvialou wat headed by the Klrat llrlgado baud, whlrh rendered Mendelaaolin'a Funeral March, and whli ll acted aleo aa the advance guard of the Knlghta of I'ythlai, nearly onebuodrid atroui;, and tho Tatrl. olio Hols of America. A platooon of police, Ian etroiiir, lu cuitiniaud ofHergtaut llrown, lead the van ot the cllliena' division. Flrtt came tho "Ulral" clly commlllee, headed by Judge I'owtra and C 11, Alleu. and neitthe I.lUnlilrum cori, forty In numtier. They wtru followed by thn I'lamltau Club, Colonel Murray In command, lu illttali'i tluthua. Tho llu.aara, mounted and In uniform, In thargo of Major HcluillI, followiil. Oocupylng tho 1 lace of honor weru thu Tlrltlnguilegallnnt, Ugden, Willi lla band, In the Ira!, the membern of the varloua "J.lbc-ral" ward cluba btlnglng uptherear. HtU'a baud headed thu la.l dlvliloo, which couiltlod or a platoon or itiltco lu cltlzuu'a clothia. niarihalid by Calalu Janny and Hergeant Donovau, aud the Irlth Atuerliau Ataoclatlon (IID atroug), wbUh farmed tho end ot Uioprocia-alon. Uioprocia-alon. At Peventh I'.aat tin et Iho local nth lltln and civic organisations withdrew, having first been drawn up In line Mil piatcd under review, 'I hen the oortrgn alowly weuded lu way lu thu reaerva tlou cemetery. Uuttlde the low pallii); which auinundt tho plat stojd Iho hlzleentu Infantry with arms at pro tent, and around Ihe grave hundreds of licrtona ba I cougregiited. Arrlvtd at the plate of Inlorment, a dlrkuvaa glvtn ly tho land, alter which 1'ott Commandir Whltuey of the J, II. McKean l'oit, (1..V.II., spoke at follow : "One by one, aa tbo yours roll on, wo aru caltoil totfaihor tu rullll tboao lat aad dullot of rieiott tooureornradeanf tho war. The preaeut, full (f thocaruaaud ploaauret of civil llfo, flua away, and wo look to thn lima w In 11, ahuuldor tu about dorou blmidy buttlerlelda, or around tho uuna of moti of war, wo fought tor our dar old Ut. Wo may Imlulgo the hope that the aplrlt Willi whhh, on land and aia, hardahlp, privation, danger were encouuteriid I y our dead barmie a aplrlt ucouui plain lug, nublr, manfully olKHllent lo the bo bk.uofduly, wbiireby bidaynur north ern hoiuea nro aeo ire, aud our loved onoa r .t In pc-iro under tbo uitta of tho llsg wlllprmo a Rlurloila Incentho to tbo joutli who, In theaaa lo come, tuny be ealle.1 to uphold the doatlulut of our country. At tho )iare toll on, we, too, al'ill have fiiusht our liaulea Ihroiigb Slid lio laid to riMt, our euola fullowlug the long oulumu to Iho realm, u1hii. aa grim di.ilb, hour by hour, shall lu.rk lla victim. 11 ua an lite that whon that tlmo ahall eome thneo we leutoUhlnd may atiyabote otirgravoa, Here Ilea the body of a IruiMiuuteu, bruto and earuett defendor of the lie public" Comrade Tatlock, laying a wrtath of cvargrcn on tin, CuQlu, raid: ulnbe. halfof tho Tittlglvo this Irlluli.n tmbotof nu iiiidylu luvo fur con. radesof the war." llealdo Ihe wreath wasptaceda rosob) Coniraaollaytut, whotaldt "rlymbol of purity. Woollor at thla lonely graven roac. May future geiitutloua emulate iho uubeltlth de votluu of eeu tho loweat of our heroes.11 Comrade C, 0. Fariisworth adding tt laurel leaf cloud tbo (I, A, II. eierciteaby rajltigi "Lstt token of ar fretlou froui toinrades lu arnn., we crown these reuisltis with a eymbolof vlctou1," Tho Pit Jather Mi. t I .1 n tew lines In l.ntlo. Hie catkit un ('.en low. n II11I1 the m and at tg ial t jl ii. I H.-Mi fall I re 1 battnllonl lira hi Aim' llu!" Tb, llring nf thu volleys coucluded tho ceremony, cer-emony, IM, galea were pretout from tlh'icn, 1'atk t'lty, I'lnllc, I'rnvo, and ither plan", llio Ogiloll delegation (nraouK whom waa ex-Mayor Klnel) l-"ll! ijulte numerous. |