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Show jCAPT. BROWN IS LAID AT REST Simple hut Impressive funeral services serv-ices for Charles Canfield Brown, the pteran police officer of Ogden, were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the I Tabernacle. The services were at i tended by the entire police forco of the city, with a largo representation from Ihe sheriff's offire. and there were present officials of the Mormon church from different parts of the state The flora! tributes were numerous 1 mI beSutiful and bore evidence to the res pec I in which Captain Bro-v.i I was held As arranged In the Tabernacle Taber-nacle about the casket they served j is a Bllenl vet eloquent expression of the community's love. At 12 o'clock noon the police gath ered at the station and marched to the residence at Madison avenue ami Twenty-sixth street, where they were met b the representatives from the sheriff's office The officers took a :. Bl look at ihclr fellow officer and friend, as i b o body was lying in state surrounded by (he numerous floral of ferings W hen It came time for the cortege to proceed to the cemetery, each of (he officers and deputies was given one or more floral designs and all lined up on each side of the walk leading to the house There were 30 officers in the line and. wilh the offerings of-ferings held before them, a wall of t'owers was created leading from the I ' Mir to the sidewalk After President Henry McOune of the high prions had uttered a prayer; the casket was closed and was earned ear-ned by the pallbearers through the ranks of tho pollre to the hearse The officers then followed after tho cas ket and took a position ahead of the cortege hearing the masses of flowers flow-ers The pallbearers, all intimate friends of the docoaeed. were the following: Thomas K Browning, former chief of police; Henry E McCune, T. S Browning. Fred J Brown, W. C. Cm pun James M. Barlow and W. F. Newman The cortege after leaving the home moved along Madison avenue to Twenty Twen-ty fifth street and thence west to W ashington avenue When Washine ton avenue was reached the pollen and sheriffs took a position in front "I ihe hearse and the cortege continued contin-ued to Ihe Tabernacle At the Tabernacle the flowers were borne by the officers through the south door and were arranged In front of the pulpit The police then took the seats reserved for them on the south side near the front Beautiful and Inspiring music was rendered by the organist as the casket cas-ket covered V ith a blanket of flowers was borne Into 'he Tabernacle and placed before the pulpit Bishop H C Jacobs of the Fifth ward, where Captain Brown had lived lor a great many years presided over the services, which were pcued with a solo and chorus. I Know That My Redeemer Lives,", by Walter Stoph- ds The chorus consisted of the following fol-lowing : Mrs Myrtle Higley Min Agnes Warner. Miss Stelh Wright. Miss Mary Ma-ry Jacobs. Jed Ballentyne, Leo Mad-son. Mad-son. George Douglas and Walter Ste phens Following the song. President John Watson offered prayer. Bishop Jacobs Ja-cobs then introduced as th1 first speaker Bishop B G. Thatcher of Logan. Lo-gan. Bishop Thatcher in a few worosi told of his acquaintance with cptain 1 Brown He said he firsi came to know him just before he left for his late mission to the Netherlands "At that time," said the speaker, j "Brother Brown came to me in Salt Lake as I was getting ready to leave and he asked me to call on his son' who was then laboring In the Netherlands. Nether-lands. lthough our conversation did I not last more than one hour, 1 gained ! the impression from our talk that Brother Brown was imbued with great faith He radiated such a feeling ofj goodness that I felt as though 1 had j known him all my life." Going on, tl speaker said that since returning from his mission he had become better acquainted with the captain and his family and he had never met a more noble or home loving lov-ing man Following the talk of Bishop Thatcher, Mrs Warner Bang "I Have Read of a Beautiful City," assisted by the double quartette Bishop Jacobs was the next speaker speak-er In a short announcement he regretted re-gretted that Judge Rolnpp could not he present at the services. Bishop Jacobs told of his intimate relations with Captain Brown and also al-so of his friendship for Francis Brown, the father The speaker paid an eloquent elo-quent tribute of respect to the members mem-bers of the family, stating that he never had the pleasure of knowing better men and women. He referred to the fact that Mr Brown was content to do his duty In a humble position, yet nevertheless tilling every position he occupied with credit to all concerned lie told of the many church duties performed and of the cheerful nature ihat the olficer possessed. Turning to the members of the fam II y, Bishop Jacobs comforted them Witt the knowledge of the future happiness hap-piness in store for all in the next world Following the duet Jesus. Lover of My Soul, by Jed Ballentyne and Miss Wright, President C. P Mlddleton J spoke. "I have paid tributes of respect to many members of the Brown, the Can-fleld Can-fleld and the Anderson families, said i're:;idenl Middleion. "and when in the course of duty I speaK at the fu- j neral services of some member of those families I again pay a tribute of i respect to the memories of those who! bave gone before. Consequently, when I stand here. I do not say that I ami palng a last tribute of respect." The speaker related several inci- dents in the life of the departed, telling tell-ing of his early connections with the police department of the city. Among the other speakers were Apostle Charles W Penrose of Salt Lake and President L W. Shurtllff, who comforted the members of the family by kind words and at the same time paid eloquent tributes to Captain Brown. The remaining musical numborb were: "O Death, Where Is Thy Victory? by George Douglas and ehoruB, and a duot, "That Sweet Story." by George Douglas and Stella Wright, with the chorus. mong the numerous floral offerings offer-ings were a large star and crescent from the police department, and an elaborate crescent from the sherifl -office |