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Show SENATOR LAID TO REST. Service of Marked Simplicity Attended Attend-ed by Many Notables. WASHINGTON. Conn., April 25 To attend at-tend the funeral of Senator 0. h Piatt, tegular and special trains brought hundreds hun-dreds of visitors to this village today Among them were members of ongress Senators and Vice-President Fairbanks, who was present as the representative of J 'l est, I lit i.i.i. v i It I'h. Congregational church, where the s. rvlcea were held, was entirely too small for the crowd. In keeping with the marked simplicity Of all the funeral arrangements, th, altar decorations c.uislsled main!-, id branches i f evergreen and mountain laurel, banking bank-ing the altar rail Across the organ at the fool Of the pulpll a laig.- Ain.-rlean tlag vva draped i-nd immediately above the music rack wan a large wreath, sent In behalf of President Rons-Veil. At the conclusion of the services Vlce- Pusldent I-'. ill hanks ns I In- 1 pr. si 1 1 1 ,it I . of the Nation, Was the first to pass out of the chin . h. the nu mbers of the family, fam-ily, the National delegation and tin other members followed The coffin was placed in an evergreen wagon The Interment was in the village cemetery. |