New-York tribune., 1884-02-17
MR. ROOsEyELTs SAD AFFLICTION.
IL. hDOSI.N Iii . C[1A| ~ AiNtAO-"
FUNERAL OF Ills WIFE AND MOIHER-AFFECTlNG
crDvrcrs N Dp UNI'S CHURCH.

FUNERAL OF HIS WIFE AND MOIHER-AFFECTlNG
SERVICES IN DIR. HALLS CHURCH.
Two collins on each of which rested wreaths OF
ilmnortees and violcts, were borne down the cen
tire aisle of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning: lhey were
placed on the right and left side OF the pulpit and
ibe funeral services of the mother and OF the wife
of Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt began: Every
pew was occupied. In the front peWs sat Theodore
Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt, Mrs. Douglas Robin
son ir and Miss Roosevelt the children OF one OF
the dead women. Beside them were seated Mr. and
Mrs Robert Il. Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs HIlb0urne
r. Roosevelt John +. Roosevelt W. Il. Roosevelt,
Alfred Roosevelt, Frederick Roosevelt, Henry +.
Roosevelt, w. J. West Roosevelt, James A. Roose-
While the funeral procession moved down the aisle
the choir sang of, Rest in the Lord!
conducted the services. In his address he referred
10 the extraordinary affcton which had befallen
Assemblymen Roosevelt in losing his wife and
ties with which the elder Mrs. Roosevelt had been
identified for number of years, and said that her
work at last was done. Her children had grown up
10 he her pride under her wachfu eyes and she
was content. Ii was but trite over six years ago
tina. her husband had been been borne TO his grave
In the rpeness of age. But the young wlfel She
had everything to live tOr-a mothers hOpes a
wife's love and the friendship Of all who net her
one might say: "Ihey were lovely IN their lives,
aud in death they were not divided" ,
Several hymns were sung by the choir under the
and then the Funeral March from Beethoven was
PLAYED as the dead were earned from the church.
The bodies were Durlcu IN OltenNOOu
Among those present at the funeral were Speaker
Sheard Senators Esty and otis General Hustled,
General Heath, Colonel :. ". johnson, Assembly;
men Jobes Van Allen, Van Cott, Lewis, Kent and
Dean, John Jacob AstOT, Hamilton Fish, Chet
Justice DAILY, John Austin Stevens Henry Dresers,
Van Rensselaer, Cruger, }. II. HaSswelI; Mr.. Ogden
Assis ant Treasurer Acton eX-MayOr Grace, Eras-
Dr. Howard Crosby, John 5. Kennedy, Joseph H.
Cbcate John !. O'Brien Robert Gordon, IL. W.
Alexander, Oliver Hamman, John w. Knox, j[; II.
g. Marquand, John II. Taller, Frederick w: Hollis,
and w. NJ +. Round the secretary OF the hatl0nal
Prison Association, with delegation OF the mem
bers Of that organization.
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN HORSEMAN.
Information of the death of Charles Weeks,
age 33, well-known hOrseman, was received at
the Bureau of Vital Statistics yesterday Mr..
Weeks died on Friday evening IN his stable, No.
225 West Fifty-eghth- ST., where he had apartments
adjoining the boxes Of his fayOTite horses lie had
been suffering from Brights disease for several
months. but he had superstitious belief
that SO long as he, could Keep on ms
fee: lac could prevent the disease from gaining
pnwer over him and he persisted IL going about ms
stable every day until Friday afternoon. untli re-
Gently hc was a Washington Market butcher.
When Commodore Vanderbilt was alive Mr. Weeks
had many races with him on the road. A taVorlte
sniIaal which Mr, Weeks drooye in those days lays
was known as the Blue Mare Ioa Sae oonid mao
pass her the road. Mr. Weeks Degah
last year 10 bGid large and expensive DoaIo-
ing stable. which proved too heavy load for him
never married but had lived alone in his stable
pany years. He was member Of the Gentlenen's
Driving Association. of the Elks Society and or
two or three social clubs. His life had been eccen
trio for several years. but not In q way TO cause
much remark His body will be buried tomorrow.
EFFECT OF DRINK ON A WOMAN.
Mrs. Mary Leigh, ladylike woman age thirty
fye who formerly moved In the Test society, was
brought before justice Walsh, Ia Brooklyn yester-
day charged with habitual drunkenness, by two
isdiss of the Church of the HolyTrinity. When ber
Commitment to the IDebriates Home was signed she
shrek cd with sharp and sudden pain, and begged
70 be allowed to 80 free saying toat she would die
her that she was cny going to Fort Hamilton to be
cured. The nearly crazed woman called down the
vengeance Of Heaven ON all who had hand in her
years ago leaving her a fortune. She married aud
had one son. and then her husband died, TINS loss
weighed heavily on her mind and she took to drink