The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-13
THE LAST SAD ACT.
NO RECALL DEroREr THE CURTAIN,
The Funeral Services or the Late j hn Nc
CuIIough-EIornI 1ribatSs to the Dead
TrngsdInn-The Religious ETsrcISSS
tSt. GeDTgo's HAiI-Thu Mou:uSrS.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l2.-The body Q
John Mccullough, the trlgediau, wa
committed 10 the tomb to-day and thu
tears Of thousands o. mourners who lovet
him US q friend or admired him as man
fell upon his coffin, fragrant with the per
iume OF flowers.
A: O'Clock this morning the doors o
St. Georges Hall were thrown open to tht
public, and great throns Of people, who
had been impa,iently waiting for admis
aion, began tlOcking in TO get glimpse O.
the dead. Six stalwart bluecoats KEEP
guard at the door, two more we're station
cd on the stairway, and inside the hallway
they were placed at convenient points oI
the large room. The crowd entered single
file through the cordons OF police and
treaded at slow funeral march up the
aisle on The righi-hand side.
The Casket rested on cataialque in the
front OF the hall. Beside il stood two po.
llCemen, wearing white gIOvea, and two
members OF the order Of Elks. with mourn.
ing badges. From o'clock until 1915
an uninterrupted stream Of people flowed
! in and tut OF the hall. The number OF
people who viewed the body in this way
is estimated at 5000.
The floral tributes were most elaborate
and beautiful. The coffin was placed in
front Of the stage, which is. on tho Arch
street eide Of the hall. A silver plate on
the lid bore the simple inscription: John
Mccullough, DEED November 5, 1885, in
his 53l year" On either eide OF ii g coffin
stood the guard Of honor. Tie stage was
decorated with trOpiCa! plants aud tlOwera.
To the right OF the cytlin was a large steel
engraving repre-, cuting the actor as he ap-
pGRred in the Gladiator" This was
draped in mourning. To the left was u
representation OF the actor in everyday
dress. The center OF the stage was
adorned with a large column OF ever.
greens, surmOunted by wreath OF white
roses. the tribute of the st. Louis Lodge
No. 8, Benevolent prOtet we Order OF
Elka, OF which John Mccullough was
member. The base Of the column was
broken by wh.t1 satin scroll, inscribed
with Marx AnionyS words, which the
dead actor himself 10 often uttered: "Elis
life was ntie aad the elements 30 mixed
i'll him tnat nature might stand up and
say 20 all the world, this WAS man."
BEAUTIFUL TESTIMONIALS.
Under the column was beautiful fora!
pillow, with the words "At Il ~" in pur-
pie immorte!lcs. 1t was sent by Mrs.
John Drew, Of tho Arch Street Theater,
where Mr.. Mccullough fist trod the
boards. Mary Anderson sent large
representation OF al he Gates AjAr," with
the le,,c's ~. NJ" in purple immotte les.
The Pittsburgh Lodge OF Eiks senta harp
rcstirr on g bed oi il)Rers. Many others
sent beautiful floral designs with their
cards.
When the hall was cleared Of the long
line OF people who came to view the re-
mains, it Immediately began TO ill up
again with those who held tickets Of ad-
mission TO the obs, Quirs. Almost the first
10 enter was delegation from the ACiOrb'
Fund Society OF New York. The members
were a.iired III black, and wore silk badges.
Then came dc!t CATION from Newark
There were two hundred members OF the
society present, all told.
An augmented orchestra was under the
direction CT Simon Hasser, and opened
the services, after which the Rev. Robert
Hunter read the Ninetieth Palm, and
then Miss Bertha Ricci, OF MCCaulPs
Opera Company, sang Nearer, My God,
to Thee" Rev. DR.. Mcintosh, OF the
Second Presbyterian Church, offered
prayer, and then W. II. Morton sang the
solo, after Toll Comes Rest" Rev. Or.
Hunter then delivered the address as the
family pastor Of the deceased.
THE rALLBgAREKS.
a. the conclusion ci the services the
remains were conveyed to the hearse and
the procession moved TO Monument Gem
etery. The pAllbearers were Elwin
Booth, Captain W. NJ. Conner, o! New
York, for 80 many years manager Tor the
deceased trsgadiar; Mathew W. Canning,
Of Philadelphia, formerly his agent; vii.
| liam J. Florence, William IL Thompson,
Of St LDuia, Prcsidcnt OF the BOatmGn's
Savings Bl k, aud custodian OF most OF
MrCuIlougl's funds; Henry Eimunds, Of
| WAlIArk's Thaater, New York, John b
Carson, OF Chicago, General Manager OF
the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
| RtiIroaG: William A. Johnson, II Phila'
delphia, the dead actors solicitor; Jsmes
W. Collier, Of the Union square Is. ~
Theater; Lester WalIack, Joseph Jetler.
son and John a. CoCkrell, OF the New
York World; Willie Winter, ofthe New
York TribuaS, and Joseph HawOrth, also
walked beside the hearso. There were
no {, ,ram,nics at the Gem ttery, the cIsket
being quietly placed in the vault.