Show r GEN KI BALL BURIED Military and Civic Honors Befitting His Career OLD GLORY HIS SROUD MANTT KA1DSOME AND APPRO PBIATE FLOEAI TRIBUTES Funeral Conducted By the G A I Posts and the Masons Discourse of Rev Josiah McLain Touching Death Bed Incident Belated General Nathan Kimball wa buried yesterday with honors civic military and fraternal befitting his distinguished distinguish-ed career From 10 oclock until 1 the remains lay In state at the home of the dead soldier and a stream of friends passed in and out of the doors The old warrior was simply clothed in a suit of the dark blue and lay shrouded in the stars and stripes while decoration on the coat lapel rested his only oration the plain badge of the Grand Army of the Republic Flowers in abundance were there from ths most elaborate pieces of the florists art to the simple nosegay The postofflce department gave a magnili1 postotc cent star and crescent the various pets of the Grand Army likewise contributed con-tributed appropriate pieces There was one especially appropriate design a arumhead with Taps worked across the center in blossoms There were no services at the house The Masonic order and the Grand te Army of the Republic had joint charge of the remains the active pall bearers lelns members of the G A R and the honorary pall bearers members of the Masonic fraternity Behind the hearse Thomas Kinney the generals faithful friend and nurse led a horse accoutred in the trappings of General Kimball the fame that he used in war time the same saddle and bridle the same field glass case and saddle bags and even the boots of General Kimball worn inactive in-active service The horse too was as nearly as possible like the old black charger which earned fame together with General Kimball In the days of 64 The audience room at the church was crowded to tho very doors and even in the adjacent Sunday school rooms people sat throughout the services as ark a-rk of respect though they could hardly have heard a word of the ceremony cere-mony The choir sang Nearer My God to Thee after which Rev T C Iliff gave S the opening prayer Rev Charles F Richardson read the scripture beginning Blessed are they that mourn and delivered a brief prayer at the end Preceding the funeral sermon lr TJlrich sang Jesus Lover of My Soul THE FUNERAL DISCOURSE TH Rev Josiah IIcLain said in part I Friends neighbors veterans and citi to zens we are gathered here today pay our tribute of respect to the memory mem-ory of General Nathan Kimball our friend and neighbor I esteem It one of the privileges of my life to stand hereto here-to speak by the invitation of his family fam-ily for I was his friend I knew him intimately I loved him and honcred him taught my children to love him and honor him Judging from this company com-pany assembled here you also loved and honored him Well you might for i j as a neighbor he was kind and true asa I as-a citizen he always had an intelligent interest in public affairs I S Nothing could call him from the field of battle I is not my purpose at this I point to enter into the details of this wonderful career farther than to say so far a I know the record he never lost a battle although the leading spirit I in more than 2 severe engagements He commanded the respect and confi I denoe of Americas greatest man Abraham I Abra-ham Lincoln I of Americas greatest I i general U S Grant that lie was repeatedly re-peatedly honored for his bravery repeatedly i I re-peatedly honored by his state that he II commanded the profoundest respect of the officers and men who served under II j him But what more could we say I this is honor enough But beyond all this General Kimball 1 Kim-ball had peculiar charms upon every true American For in the time of the Amerian tme t I nations peril he gave up business and all personal interests and gave all that j God had given him to the defense of i his country I The sneaker then reviewed some of I the principal events in the life of the deceased and then passed to the consideration I con-sideration of some of the characteristics character-istics that had made him what he was General Kimball was known among men to be a man of great personal courage That he possessed this characteristic i char-acteristic to an unusual degree his whole life will bear witness His patriotism almost amounted to a religion Indeed I heard him say in al public address that was all the religion he wanted I was not a blind patriotism patriot-ism he knew something about his country her history and her great men I His knowledge of our public men from 1S4C till the day of his death was most remarkable Any man who loves freedom dom any man whose heart thrills at the story of the men who risked all for freedom social political and religious must be a patriot I see before me many veterans You are here today to follow another comrade com-rade to his last resting place One by one your ranks are being diminished I i whl not be long before the last one I must be called your journey here ended end-ed My prayer is it may come in peace to you all You have mae your record j rec-ord your deeds are written in history and will be read with profound interest by the Exonerations to come I A DEATHBED INCIDENT I The pastor of the church Rev Charles F Richardson followed and j related in a touching and very effective effect-ive manner an incident which occurred the day before the decease of the gen oral Right in connection with the remarks j re-marks Just made by the speaker said Mr Richardson I may be permitted perhaps to speak of probably the last act of the gererals life I called to see j 1 him the day before he was taken from J us with my little 6yearold son Clarence Clar-ence The general always called him Charlie On going Into the room Clarence said General I came to see I you putting out his hand to shake that j of the general The general seeing him j called out to his granddaughter Irene to bring in old glory Irene brought in a beautiful picture done in high color col-or of the flag Said the general charlie Char-lie I want you to take this from General Gen-eral Kimball its old glory L want you to grow up to love it and keep it j till you die Goodbye Charlie and said Mr Richardson this is why I loved him this Is why you loved him I for this devotion to his flag this devotion F devo-tion to his country And I doubt not hat were we to hear his voice today A he would say to you and me Here Is old glory I want you to love it to keep it till you die Let us do this i J even to the end when we shall stand in i the presence of the Great Captain of i the universe and render a account of the charge that has been committed to I usINCIDENTS OF THE DAY j The pall bearers for the Masons were j F J KieseJ J W Abbott H T Snyder I Sny-der S L Ives M Richardson and I John Conllsk I i Comrade Croger oneof the pall bearer 1 bear-er for the G A R was in the first company which Nathan Kimball I recruited and of which he was made captain The pal bearers for the G A R were Comrades Craeger and Farnsworth Farns-worth Salt Lake Breedon Wardlelgh Boreman and Condon Ogden The sword carried on the saddle of the horse led behind the hearse was the one worn by Captain Kimball in the Mexican war and by General Kimball in the civil war John B McKean post of Salt Lake contributed a handsome floral design In the form of a harp The drumhead was from the Ogden posts Among the well known Salt Lakers present were Judges Miner and Hiles C S Varian and Rev T C Iliff S The Chinese of the city were represented repre-sented by two carriages and followed the remains to the cemetery The postofllce employees led by Postmaster Post-master Islaub marched In a body At the grave the Masonic fraternity performed the funeral rites of that order or-der The G A R ritual was then read and the earth was thrown over the coffin while the bugle sounded taps |