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Show LAID to his rest. Obsequies Over Daniel Haunter Wells. The Impressive Manner in Which the Tabernacle Was Decorated. The funeral services over the mortal remains of Counselor Daniel Hammer Wells were held in the Tabernacle at Salt Lake City on Sunday, March 29th, commencing at 12 noon. The immense building was crowded. The great organ was covered with white draperies drap-eries .flowing from tjie ceiling to-the pannel above the organist, the large gilded pipes alone being visible. At the bottom of these draperies hung, in full view of the audience a large portrait por-trait of the deceased framed in white tulle and green ferns. The railing of the dais, its front, the steps leading to it and the pulpits were also draped in white. Flower pots were ranged around the entire platform. Below the dais was stationed a large white-covered white-covered table studded with flowers, the resting place for the coffin. These were the only decorations of the building. build-ing. Not a speck of black was noticed in these emblems. They all betokened sadness over the loss of the departed hero but no mourning as if for on3 who would not be found again on the other side. These decorations were the work of Mrs. Zina D. Young and Mrs? 1. M. Home and their aids and Mr. Henry Dinwoodey. There were seated on the stand be low the choir in tbc first seat President Wilford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon. Of tbe Quorum of the Twelve Apos-r ties there were Loronzo Snow, Franklin Frank-lin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Ileber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, Anton II. Lund, and Abraham II; Cannon; Patriarch, John Smith. Of the first Seven Presidents of the Seventies, Jacob Gates, Seymour B. Young. C. D. Fieldsted, John Mor- gan. 15. II. Roberts, and George Reynolds; Reyn-olds; of the Presiding Bishopric, William B. Preston, Robert T. Burton and John R. Winder. Promptly at 12 o'clock the beautifully beauti-fully deep tones of the magnificent organ pealed forth under the skillful hands of Prof.; Daynes, aunouncing the arrival of the funeral party. The vast auditorium was packed and as the party entered the congregation rose as one man in respect to the presence of death. It was a solemn moment. It bore testimony to the universal sorrow of a whole, people assembled to do honor to the dead. Not a sound was heard as the white casket was slowly carried, from the south entrance to its place. : When de-: posited and the pall bearers were seated the congregation resumed their seats. The casket was then decorated with ornaments of flowers. . One was a beautiful harp of ivy and Uilies. Another An-other represented the cross and crown. Boquets and sprays were strewn appropriately ap-propriately around the casket while a beautiful white dovo with outstretched wings as if ready to soar to the realms on high, carrying an olive leaf in its be-k, surmounted the whole. Prest. George Q. Cannon called the assembly to order. Prayer was offere I by Elder W. C. Dunbar After this the choir sang, "Rest for the weary soul." President Woodruff addressed the congregation. He referred to the active ac-tive life of the deceased his honor and integrity, and obserred . that he had been closely allied with all the Prophets and Apostles connected with this church during the period of his life and h3d been true and faithful to his mission and his priesthood. He closed with a general exhortation to all to be true to their covenants, that when their lives closed they might inherit in-herit eternal life. r Apostle Anton 11. Lurid referred to his intimate association' with the deceased de-ceased at the Manti t. Temple, and spoke in feeling terms of the comfort and consolation he had 'derived from his wise counsel. Apostle F. D. Richards gave a glowing glow-ing account of his personal knowledge ot deceased for a period of fifty years, referring to the early troubles of the church and the deceased's connection with them. Spoke of his life's labors, and passed a high eulogism upon both his public and private character, "Young people," said he, "read the obituary of Icf-'1'1 IT 'ST Vt'TTT-"1! see P,-t choirtjfi impressively rendered twoverses of vOh, -my Father, Thou that dwellest." Prest. Geo. Q. Cannon read from the fiftieth to the seventieth paragraph of section 70, Doctrine and Covenants, and observed that the same was descriptive de-scriptive of the future of the beloved brother whos.e remains now lay before them. "The world has been better," said he, "for Daniel II. Wells living in it. Look at him from what standpoint stand-point you may, and there was something some-thing to be admired in that man." Apostle Ileber J. Grant then read a letter from Apostle Moses Thatcher, who regretted his inability to be pres-sent. pres-sent. The choir then sang "Look up and put your trust in God." Apostle Lorenzo Snow pronounced the benediction, which brought the services to a close. The cortege was remarkable for its length, the hearse being followed by over sixty carriages filled with people. The dedicatory prayer at the graye wa offered by Apostle F. M. Lyman. General Daniel Hammer Wells was born at Trenton, Oneida Co., New York, October 27, 1814. He was a son of Daniel Wells, the fourth governor of Connecticut. In 1826 his father died and with his mother he moved to Ohio in 1832, and to Illinois the following fol-lowing year, taking up his abode at Commerce, afterwards known as Nau-voo. Nau-voo. '"Squire Wells" was the name by which he was known to that community, commun-ity, and he was even then noted as a man of strict integrity with a high smse of justice and impartiality. The Nauvoo temple was built on a tract of land sold by him to the people when they were seeking refuge from the Missouri mobs. In August of 1846, when the people were in direst extremity, ex-tremity, he joined the church. His great aid during the following few months until the pioneers reached Utah, will never be forgotten by the Mormon people, and will form one of the brightest incidents on the saddest page of the history of the church. In 1818 he came to Utah and his record here is well known. On March 27th, 1852, he received the rank of lieutenant general of the Nauvoo Legiou. He was a member of the legislative assembly for several terms. In 1857 he was appointed second counselor coun-selor to President Young; held the position of superintendent of public works until 1865. He was elected mayor of Salt Lake City in I860 and in thac capacity on several difficult occasions oc-casions maintained the dignity of his office and prevented serious conflicts and disturbances, lie held the position po-sition of mayor until 1876. In 1879 he was imprisoned under contempt pro-1 ceedincs for refusing to answer questions regarding the rites of the Endowment lionsp. II is answer was characteristic: "I declined to answer because I am under moral and sacred obligations to not answer, and it is interwoven in my character never to betray a friend, a brother, my country, my God, or my religion." In 18S4 he took a mission to Europe returning in 1SS7 and took charge of the Manti Temple as president in May, 1S8S. That position he held until his death. Squire "Wells leaves a family of twentv-five children and twenty-five grandchildren, |