The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-14
VOL. XLlll. IA.
TIE STEW ART 0BSEQClES.
rwo GOvERNORS iND Two FN-"o'-
EENORS AS ran ~ fH"HS'

che Wealth aud Strtnsih OF ''""' -
sentrd ~ the Mourning t"i''.s
.,a... nr Uc.nrct rhioushout the 'iy'
po,,,o ooi.ers and officials wearing Grape
,,o,,.i,.v.a stood a. the troi steps oi 'ne
So, ,n.,si,n. a, qhir v-fourth street anu
s,,,', .,.,,,,. "a early as o'clock Yesterday
..,.,, 60 Iovcs,Igate the claims OF all who
.n,,,nt admittlnce, blowing the ticket hold
A.. +, enter, and summarily turning away
hundrels of applicants who had no Tier
.t. A light rain was falling, aud the low
airing clouds threatened stcrm but the
uultitudcs that began to assemble ABOUT
Z o'clock Increased until, toward To- thirty
fourth stroet was almolt impossible, and fifth
.venue for thrce or four blocks was packed,
,idewalks aud thorO iehfarc. aud tho police had
,ome difYlculty In K .cpng ORDER. Inside the house
body Of young men fiom A. 1. stewart COS
,tnr.s were ushers pointing ticket holders Into
the several waiting rooms until the preparations
for viewing the body had been completed. In
,be front room on the Fifth avenue side of the
house wero about hundred se1ts, but not
many Of them were occupied, for many Of the
visitors, not having been In the Stewert mansion
before, took the opportunity to examine the
unpumbered articles Of art and beauty that
adorned tho apartment. over rich Drus-
sells carpc', as soft as sprlngy sod, the
ticket holders jostled each other to look at rare
and costly pllniin s, SUSPENDED by sllded chains
,o bars that matched them, and At marble busts
and bronze vases Of designs seldom seen in pub
No galleries. and hardly ever In private houses
The blinds were ali drawn down, and II the
aarkened room the moro minute and elegant
ornaments escaped notice but the paintings aud
,tatuary claimed attention second only TO that
tlyen to the velve,-draped cotiln In the main hall
resting on an embinknent OF tropical flowers
more than three feet high. Nor wss this the
oniy noral decoration around the conn. At the
head stood cross six feet hizh, and AT the foot
was A broken co'umn supporting violet wreath.
There were numerous stars and crosses OF ever
green's, tute rlses. tea roses. olive leaves, niles
Of the valley, and orange bios oms, and few
feet from the head OF the cJffn was second
broken column, bearing a card with the words,
Token u fespcct ana esteem from the en-
ployees ~ the wholesale establishment" On
the top OF the column whiie dove was IN The
,ci Of nying. Ona cushion ~ roses. vioets, and
hIies was the 1oral legend "our Friend"
AROUND THE COFFIN
& CO.'S employees Messr4 }. .. brown, W, r.
hahan. e. \. SchOuten, T.. Francis, r. Z. King
lnd A. l.. Stearns. Judge Hilton and Mr. Wm.
aucisd 0. Mi ate friend Of the family TO
the side ~ tho fin before other ticket holders
Uero permit 10 look uron tho remains. A
clock with revolving pendulum stood near the
eofin. and as 70 struck nine a number " clerks
who had been deiailed To act - ushers in the
onNfcns were 10 l''lNs lpT Auc Aluf.
upon the face OF their lare employer. IL was
pearly 10 o'clock before the visitors thnt 1lled
the sitting rooms we're allowed to move toward
che cniln. They were oNli-cd to pass through
aroom t. the left ot the hail. into n smaller real
apartment. and so ont, under y intings and
sIatuafy. 10 the upper end OF the nall, waere the
body lay In state.
The corIn T. Of English oak, lined with satin
and covered with rich black Lyons velvet. III,
borders and mouldings are gold plated. Lous
bars. gold plated. run along the sides. and bul
hon gold fringe, four inches deep, hang iron
the edge. OF tue cofln. The handles and nall
are OF gold. and when the upper q r. Of the lS
was unscr we'd. exposing the romans TO view,
solid SILVER plate was shown bearing the words