National Republican., 1878-01-23
THE DEAD KING.
An Imposing Ceremony and an 1mmenss
Crowd at 81. AIoysius' Church.

An Imposing Ceremony and an Immense
Crowd mt 81. Aioysius' Church.
The ceremonies at the st. Aloysius Church yes
terday were Of an imposing order. The solemn
Interest in the proceedings could not have been
greater II II had been the real funeral Of dead
king, instead Of empty rites In honor Of amonarch
who lived and died several thousand miles away.
Though II was announced that the service would
begin at halfpast ten the crowd OF people began to
arrive At the church more than an hour before that
time AZ halfpast ten o'clock the church was
crowded, and at leas, thousand people were out.
side OF the doors trying TO gain admittance. The
doors were then closed and those outside patiently
waited through the hour and a half that was occu-
pied in the ceremonies in order to get glimpse at
the lignitaries, members Of the diplomatic corps,
IN their brilliant uniforms, aud others as they
passed out --
within the church was such as is rarely gathered
together, either In this or any other country. The
representatives Of foreign countries were there,
dressed N the full panoply Of court attire from the
which covered the head Of Turkeys ambassador.
less gaudily attircd than these, yet none the less
Of iii nation r PreSdent II,yes w eeeomnsnied 5S
Mrs. Hayes; Vicc.presdcm Wheeler, the members
Of the Cabinet ChiefJustice Waite, Of the supreme
Court of the United States; speaker Randall, Gen
eral Sherman, Senators Conkling. Thurman, Ferry,
Davis OF West Virginia, Chrlstiancy; Representa-
tivcs Garfield, forney Williams Of Wisconsin,
OF Representatives, Judges OF the District courts
officers of the different Executive Departments, and
large number Of the fashion and eite m q the city
present in full force, attended by the Marine Band
and carrying the banner OF the society and the flag.
of the United statt.s and Italy. The society acted
rs the guard Of honor
THE DECORATIONS
were superb. platform about twenty fectsqunre
| extending from the altar railing across several
rows of pcws, covered with black Cloth and pro
hisely strowed with flowers, formed the basis for
terracc.shnped dais, similarly dccked IN mourning
| drapcries, the sombrcness OF which was relieved
% 81 & ihc s%n ns ni, eops W,
this and elevated upon handsomely carved sup
ports, stood the casket II was plain, yet rich IN
| appearance, the silver trimmings cleaning out
from under tie graceful drapery Of the italian
triColar, sweeping le9toons Of heavy black iringe
and gnrands Of smilax, GALA lilies, azalieS, and
Itn'ys crown, aud just below the latter two cavalry
| ssbrcs were crossed. proiuse display OF mavnif
gent floral crosses rare c&otics, aud other hot
house products, as we'll as u number Of rich can
dc,gbrls surrounded the catafalqne, while in the
background loomed mp the beautiful altar Of white
The music was exceptionally fine. the choir ren
dcring Mozart's Requiem Mass. The mass wa'
read by Rey. Father MgEwcn, cccbnnt and Rcy
Fathers jenkins and Simeon, assistants. The ChOil
wGs colnpnsed Of the following Indies and Evnt!e
men: Mr II; G. sherman. org1nIst and director
Mis- Mills, Mis- Echhyrn, Mis-. Elliott. soprani
] Mrs. Sherman, Miss EiChhOrn. Rlu; Mr.. Pugh, Mr
| Burnett, Mr.. MUnc tnnOri: Mr.. Cannon, Mr.
! Widncy Mr.. Blois. Mr. llickOx, buSSi.
80 sGlutHrts." from Wagner was rendered b,
Miss Mills. Mn. sherman. Mr.. rugh, md Mr.. Gan
| non.
THE SRowD.
| The crush at the doors before the ceremonies wa
terrible. 4 line of police officers was sretchc,
acrO.s the strP;, but, Us a large portion Of thOs
cruwdng and pushing toward the doors wer,
!ndies, they Cuuld not always use force to keep Lncl
the mas that pressed upon them. several ladic
fiinte In the crowd. The crowd was equally q
great after the services were concluded but pass
ugc was kept open down the steps aud to the curb
where the carriages were driven. The people die
not all gvt away irnm the ChnfCh uulil an hOu
a'ter the conclusion Of the rites. Many remRinct
u get better opportunity Or insPec'iug the can
iaIguc and decorations, aud quite Il number o
iSdiCs pluckcG sprgs Of evergreen to kccpas sOurt
!ny,