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The nation has lost one of its noblest sons, and we his neigh- bors feel keenest his passing away. Bloomington is in tears. The tenderest child, the bent old, those occupied in the professions and in business feel alike the spell of sorrow. There was only one Mr. Stevenson. Our loved city shall not have his like again. To him who has so exalted our community we cannot do enough honor. By virtue of my office as Mayor of Bloomington I commend the business men of Bloomington in their purpose to close their doors tomorrow between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock when the funeral will be in progress. JAMES COSTELLO, Mayor of the City of Bloomington. JUNE 17 Under the slanting rays of the afternoon sun of a beautiful June day, they lowered to its last earthly house the mortal part of Adlai E. Stevenson, while all the city mourned in the pres- ence of its people, and all the state paid honor through the pres- ence of its highest officials, and the nation sent its tribute of respect in the persons of some of its distinguished present and past officials. The simple service of burial a word of scripture and a breath of prayer followed several hours of more formal honors given ADLAI EWINQ STEVENSON 45 as the last meed of sorrow for the passing of a man whom his neighbors and fellow citizens ever held in high esteem. Early in the afternoon, incoming trains from several direc-

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