| Show DEATH AND FUNERAL OF GENERAL r P E CONNOR general patrick E connor died at the walker house last night at after a severe illness of three weeks duration at his bis bedside were his four sons P E connor jr of couer dalene maurice J connor of ophir H G connor of san sail francisco leco and eugene F connor they had bad known that the end was near for some time and patiently awaited its arrival the remains were taken in charge by th utah undertaking company and are now being prepared for burial in the midst of a blinding snowstorm the mortal remains no of general P E cou connor nor were yesterday afternoon consigned to their last earthly resting place in the cemetery at fort douglas despite the inclemency of the weather a very large number of persons assembled in the streets and at the grave to witness the military obsequies and the cortege was a long and imposing one at 9 a in m the guard of honor veterans of the civil war under commard of comrade B A spear escorted the remains to the reading room of the walker house where they lay jay in state until after 12 during the fhe three hours it is estimated that fully people viewed them the room in which the bouy boty rested was appropriately decorated with streamers bunting and various tokens of mourning the TheS stars and stripes were also conspicuous on pedestals uede enem edlu black broadcloth the casket had bad been placed and immediately behind it a canopy was arranged of flags and crepe in the centre were floral offerings from the patriotic sons of america and the city liberal surmounted by an american eagle in gilt at the head and foot were stands of muskets the bayonets of which served as hangers for floral flaral offerings from trienes and relatives on the toot of the casket rested the chapeau crapeau epaulettes epaul ettes and sword of a major general and a magnificent floral wreath A guard from the G A B R posts stood around the casket and custodians were stationed at and about the 1 doors the religious services began at DOODS noon when the doors were closed to the general public they were conducted by the rev father kiely of the roian catholic church goodwin delivered a touching and sympathetic address in the course of which he be paid a high tribute of eulogy of the deceased general i the first portion of the e exercises ended and the face of the dead having been gazed upon for the he last time on earth by the relatives and friends present the lid of the casket was screwed down at a signal ignal from funeral U director actor ross boss the pall bearers bayor george M scott henry W lawrence wrence major silva ed egan william husbands daniel dunne A J lowe captain D B stover J W Gold walte samuel mc glndon henry payne and captain J W greenman took the stations assigned to them mein main street was thickly lined with spectators as the procession started forth the order being the same in nearly every detail as previously announced in the newspapers in consequence of the bad weather however the knights of pythias did not appear in regalia but the patriotic so sonson america wore their beautiful sashes of red white and black following the regulars 11 came the denhalter rifled dyer rifles company A see sec ond end infantry university cadets cabets and the G A B R posts acting as a guard of 1 honor to the hearse and pallbearers pall bearers I 1 immediately in the rear of the hearse and led by color bearer ste stern rn slowly ff walked the horse buckskin its trappings were of a military characters character a pair of military boots being suspended from the saddle then came carriages twenty five in number containing relatives friends invited guests territorial rit orial and county and city officials the next division was headed beaded by the first brigade band which rendered funeral march and which acted also as the advance guard of the knights of Pit pythias hlas nearly one hundred strong and the patriotic sons of america A plato oon of police ten strong in command of gerge sergeant antl brown lead the van of the citizens division first came the liberal 9 city committee headed beaded by judge powers and C E allen alien and next the liberal drum corps forty in number they were followed by trie tle flambeau club colonel mu murray rray in command in citizens clothes the hussan Hus sars mounted andin and in uniform irk in charge of major schultz sea u it z 4 followed occupying the place of honor were the visiting delegations delegation ogden with its band in the lead the members of the various Li iberal I ward clubs bringing bridging up the rear holds banu nd headed beaded the last division which consisted of a platoon of police in citizens citizen Is clothes maish marshaled aled by captain janny and sergeant donovan and the irish american association strong which formed the end of the procession at seventh east street the litia and civic organizations withdrew having first been drawn up in line and passed under review then the cortege slowly wended bended its way to the reservation cemetery outside the low paling which surrounds the plat stood tho the sixteenth infantry with arms at presen tand around the grave hundreds of persons baa congregated arrived at the place of interment a dirge was given by the hand after which post commander whitney of the J B mckean post GA spoke as follows one by one as the years roll on we are called together to fulfil fulfill these last sad ditlea of respect to our comrades of the war tie present full of the cares and pleasures pleasure ot of civil life fades away and we look to the time when shoulder to shoulder on bloody battlefields or around he be guns of men of war we fought for our dear old flag bag we may indulge the hope that the spirit with which on land and sea hardship privation ri dangers were encountered by y our dead heroes a spirit uncomplaining ng nobly manfully obedient to the be h bests ests of duty whereby today our northern homes are secure and our loved ones rest in peace under the segis of the flag will prove a glorious incentive to the youth who in the ages agas to come may be called to uphold the destinies of our country As AFA the years roll on we toog too shall have fought our battles through and be laid to rest our souls follow following ipg the long column to the realms above air grim death hour by hour shall marli mark its victim lot let us so live that when that time shall eoma come those we leave behind may say above our graves here lies the body of a truehearted true hearted brave and earnest defender of the republic comrade laying a wreath of evergreen on the coffin said in be half of the post poet I 1 give this tribute a symbol of an undying love for comrades of the war 22 beside thi the e wreath was placed a rose by comrade haynes who said symbol of purity we offer at this lonely grave a rose may future generations emulate the unselfish ns elfish devotion of even the lowest of our hero heroes eti 11 comrade Comra deCO C 0 farnsworth adding a laurel leaf closed the 0 AR exercises by saying I 1 last token of a affection f from comrades in arms we crown these remains with a symbol of I 1 I 1 victory the rev father kiely recited a few lines in latin the k as then lowered into the graves grave abhat al A signal colonel rose said fire by battalion battalio Dl bead aim fire fired I the firing bring of the volleys concluded the ceremony delegates were present from ogden park city provo and other places the ogden delegation among whom was ex mayor kiesel being quite numerous |
