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Show MSTINOOISB . I i icfifc m liviiv v " : t i V::&M0M i'wm) '- - . X i mTmi v Mm$$ ' X H i wWm dSiw - J x J- From thft Successful American. TUB LATE MAROTJS A. HANNA. J -6- IH Miiltitade Pays Final Tribnte to ihe Memory of Senator H Marcos A. HannaObseqi!ies of Statesnsan H Solemnly Magnificent. I ' -r -- f : f CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 19. Cleveland was again a city of mourning to- day. Buulness was practically suspended and a large proportion of the nopulatlon paid homage to the memory of their distinguished fellow cltl- zeu. Senator Marcus A. Hanna. ' Just four weeks ago today Senator Hanna left his home city for the ' 'lH Nation's capital, happy In the thought of his triumphant re-election to ! the highest legislative body In the land. His one ambition then, as he H himself stated, was to give to his country a season of uninterrupted I service. ! -f To a few friends, before his leave-taking, the Senator expressed a sen- ' timent that seems to have foreshadowed an event of the fur"ve. ! ' "i am tired and I think I have earned a rest. If I can go to Wash- Ington and simply aUend to my duties as Senator I ahall.be happy." 1 -h he said. -f- , H ---r-r -i-:f. -r:-r 4:-f-r H CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 19. Just as dawn began to break over the city today, to-day, thc doors of the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce auditorium, where the body of the late Senator M. A. Hanna lay. were reopened to a vast throng- of people who desired to view the face of the dead Senator. The long lines of people peo-ple stretched, away until they exceeded In length the five blocks reached during dur-ing yesterday afternoon. The early hour of opening the doors, to the chamber brought thousands of men with thoir dinner nails on their way to their dally work. In such numbers num-bers did they dome, however, that many were unable to1 remain In line and consequently con-sequently wero deprived of a last look at the face of the dead statesman. Eariy morning brought many excursionists excur-sionists from surrounding towns and lh?sc, too. helped to swell tho long line. Thousands who had hoped to have an opportunity to pass by tho bier of tho dead Senator abandoned the Idea when they caw how hopeless was their chance of gaining admission. THOUSANDS TURNED AWAY. Several thousand who stood In line waiting their turn were also disappointed disap-pointed when the doors to the chamber were closed at 11 o'clock to prepare for the removal of tho body to the church for the funeral services. At JO o'clock the members of the State Legislature, who recently chow Mr. Hanna to represent the commonwealth common-wealth of Ohio in the United Statos Senate to succeed himself, drove from their hotel to tho Chamber of Com-mcn'e Com-mcn'e In a body and looked for the last time upon the face of the dead statesman. states-man. During thc night many distinguished men pC the country arrived In Cleveland Cleve-land tc attend tho funeral service and thc early morning hours of today greatly great-ly augmented that number. The Washington Wash-ington ddegullqn arrived at 10:30 ,1 o'clock nnd was at once driven to thc 1 Hollenden hotel. I The party comprised Secretary Tnft ( IH of the War department, Secretary Wil- I IH son of the Agricultural department, IH Secretary Cortelyou of tho Commerco and Labor department. Commissioner , 1 Garileld. chief of tho bureau of corpo- f rations' In the Department of Commerce 1 and Labor; Senators Forakcr, Perkins, 11 Warren, Fairbanks, Scott. Bcverldgs, !, Klttrldgc, Cockrell, Bacon. Martin nnd , IH MoEnery. They wero accompanied bv j the secretary of the Senate, Charles , Bennett, B. W. Layton, doorkeeper; W j L. Cornelius, secretary to the sergeant- ) at-iirms, and several Senate attaches. ' The House delegation consisted Of I, Gen. Grosvenor, chairman? Van Voor- j; hecs. Burton, Morgan, Bedc, Southard, , Co.ss-lngham. Hlldebrandt, Kyle, Snook, )' Neviu, Warner, Garbcr. Roebcl. Jack- ' son, Kennedy, Longworth, Weemn, Bartlctt, Lucking, Wiley, Dalzell. Wat- son, Burke. Currier, Sherman. Roden-berg, Roden-berg, McCleary. Hemenway and Caldr-head. Caldr-head. ! Other distinguished personages were ' Gov. Durbln of Indiana and staff, J. Plerpont Morgan and party of New I York: George B. Cox and party of Cin- 1 clnnatl, nnd a number of business and 1 .social friends of, thc dead Senator from HB Chicago. Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburg 1 and New York. , Thc last rites were held this after- , noon at St. Paul's Episcopal church. During thin solemn occasion Cleveland , was silent. Nearly all business wan jH suspended. Street railways and steam HH road traflle on every line In tho city wa stopped for five minute.' from 1 to 1:05 H o'clock. People generally In all partn jH of the city bowed their heads In revor- jH enco for a brief space of time at that WITH BARED HEADS. j Thousands who were unable to view ; thc remains of the dead Senator .11 iH they lay In state in thc Chamber of 1 iH Commerce auditorium yesterday and 'H today, Hocked to the church doom to . , witness the conveying' of the black ens- l i ket, bearing the remains of tho Sena tor into the church. There they( stood ' with bared heads and moistened yes ' as tlie cortege moved into the edltlcc 1 where the last earthly tribute was , paid the dead. ' Promptly at noon the funeral cortege left the Chamber of Commerce bulld-; bulld-; Ing, preceded by a platoon of police for ' the church. Following the police came troop A as guard of honor. Then came carriages ' containing the pall-bearers, the Wash- , ington delegation, the Governor's staff, Chamber of Commerce committee, Loy-I Loy-I al Legion committee and delegations roprcEcntlng various civic societies. Prior to the removal of the body from tho Chamber of Commerce 'to the church the wealth of floral offerings which were banked about the audlto-; audlto-; rlum were removed to the church. There they were placed near the chancel. Admittance to the services at the church was by card and limited to S00, the seating capacity of the auditorium. Reservations on the center aisle were made for the family. Governor's staff. Washington delegation and other distinguished dis-tinguished guests. The church was filled long before tho hour for tho services ser-vices to commence and thousands lined 1 the street about the edifice. - - MRS. HANNA AND FAMILY. A few moments before 1 o'clock Mrs. Hanna, accompanied by her son Daniel entered tho church. She was dressed i In deep black and was heavily veiled. Other members of the family followed. fol-lowed. After a moment's waiting the light tramp of feet and voices of clergy ; announced the presence in the bulld-w bulld-w ing of the body of the dead. The clergy met the body at the entrance and as they preceded it up the aisle repeated y the usual sentences. The pall-bcarers ' ! who carried the remains were: Gov. Herrick, Judge W. B. Sanders, Andrew I , Squires, J. B. Zerbe, C. A. Grassciu. A. B. Hough, W. J. McKinnic and I Samuel Mather. "VV'ben the body had been placed upon ' f the bier and the pall-bearers seated, the u choir sang the thirtieth and ninetieth Psalms. President Pierce of Gambler i. college, an Institution of which Mr. r Hanna was a benefactor, read the lesson i which was from First Corinthians, fif teenth chapter, from the twentieth verse '. to the end of the chapter. The choir, under the direction of Prof. C. 23. Clemens, then sang- the hymn, "Lead. Kindly Light." Bishop Leonard then delivered the eulogy as follows: ; BISHOP LEONARD'S EULOGY. "We are gathered here today in this ! house of God for the last service of benediction over the body of our dls-' dls-' tlngulshed citizen, our kindly neighbor and our beloved friend. The Nation has honored him with Its civic function func-tion at the capital of the United States; the commonwealth of Ohio, by the hands of her Governor, has received him back into her care and keeping; the city has stood silently about his bier, reverencing his memory and sorrowing sor-rowing at hiy departure. And now the holy church would commit his body to the earth from whence It came and his soul unto the righteous Savior who redeemed re-deemed it and who loved it with an infinite in-finite affection. "It is not the time or place for extended ex-tended eulogy and praise; such words will be fitly spoken by. those well equipped for such a privilege. But there are certain qualities and characteristics charac-teristics of this man so highly regard-It regard-It ed by all classes of people that ought i assuredly to receive recognition in tho , midst of his friends and associates and I; at this solemn hour the testimonies J that have been given from many and I varied sources bjend togethor In a com-I com-I raon strain and harmony as they speak I of hi3 high Integrity, of his Inflexible I and dauntless purpose and his tender I true-heartedness. I KNEW AND LOVED HIM. I "Those who are assembled here need I mo inspiration for their love and estl-I estl-I matlon of this earnest helpful life. We I knew him well, we loved him well, we mourn for him with undiminished swr-row swr-row because we shall see his face no more. But we may caclf of us go forth Into the life God hath granted us, with added enthusiasm for our tasks and toils since we have noted how worthily he did his duty for others and we realize real-ize that the world he served is not unmindful un-mindful of his greatness and goodness, nor ungrateful for what he strove after and for what he accomplished. ' I "And first, the universal comment is upon his Integrity. This was a keynote in his life. I recall a fine, ringing address ad-dress he. made at Kenyon college last year when the degrees were being conferred con-ferred upon Its graduating class. And the thought of his heart found expression expres-sion in his eloquent words as he urged upon these men the essential importance import-ance of his high pure integrity. It is this word that is carved deep upon the stone that marks the lonjr business career. ca-reer. He wa3 not only honest, but he was fair and just In all his dealings. "He was respected by every one in his employ. Each man of the hundreds that looked up to him felt that in the master mind there always was the clear, unshakable element of Integrity. His field was an open one and his methods meth-ods were never degrading. And such a course, with such an actuating motive, invites antagonism of whatever is contemptible, con-temptible, false and selfish. And though the arrows fly swiftly, yet do they fall from such a shield harmlessly, and the champion sustained by his Integrity stands forth unscathed and triumphant at lairt. |