Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-12
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Last Rites over tho Remains OF Hon
samuel j. Tiiden.

THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Last Rites over tho Remain OF Hon.
samuel J. Tiidcn.
Yonkers dispatches of the It'll give full dc.
tails of the funeral Of Samuel j. Til
den. THE early trains poured hundreds Of
notable citizens into town, and all bent their
steps in one direction to pay the last honors
TO one who had been high among them. The
residents joined in the pilgrimage, and the
host Of mourners that found Its way TO Grey
stone filed to oyerlowing the ample mans on
of the late statesman. Long before the fun
cral service began the caskct that was to contain
| Mr.. Tilden's body reached the house this
morning. 1t is made In two parts. The in
terror is OF copper with glass door Of its en-
tire length. The interior 10 decorated with
white ruiiledssatln. Tn, outside is of red
Spanish cedar and Is plainly ornamented
with oxldlzed silver. The plate Is of that ma
terial and bears simply the name samuel J.
| rillenn
At $3.50 the public were first limited TO the
mansion. The remains were placed on cata-
ralque situated In the center Of the blue room.
| The drapery Of the catafalque was black Grape
and cashmere In the meantime friends Of
the family began to arrive. The first train
from New York to bring any number was the
T:l5. From that time the people came by
scores. Among the first TO arrive at the house
| were Gen. Alex Hamiltol, Chas. A. Dana,
VIM II. Barnum, Samuel j. Randall, Teas
urer Jordan. and ex-Collector Murphy. An.
drew II. Green rec tiyed all and ushered them
into the arlor. Whom the people generally
| were admitted to view the remains they enter
ed the cast door and passed through the first
laror on the right to the blue room and
thence through the hall to the west or near
tie entrance. boquet of Gala lilies and
white roses lay near the head of the casket,
and at the foot was placed sheaf of palm I'M
der smIlax and victoria regina. All the flow
ers came from Mr.. Tilden' hot houses. The
last named was from a plant OF which there
are but three in America. BY . o'clock sever
al hua ired persons had vie wed the remains.
The rail- bearers were Samuel J. Randall,
John gelow, Daniel Manning, Smith NJ.
Weed, Charles A, DANA Dr. George l.. Mil
Ter, VIM. Allen Batter, Daniel Magone, j. b.
| Trevor DR.. Charles L. Simm n !, and Aaron j.
| Vandcrpoel ,.sis
The first formal delegation to arrive was
| from the Jeffersonian Club of Newark, N. j.
Soon after them Mayor Bell Of Yonkcrs and
| the Yonkers aldermen passed through and
| then ten servants Of Mr. Tilden's house, five
| men and five women, paid their last tribute.
| The men, without exception, shed tears as
| they gazed for the last time upon their late
| master. AT 9:4) President Cleveland entered
the mansion, accompanied by Secretary Of
War Endcott, and Private Secretary Lamont.
Geo. W. Smith, Tllden's private secretary,
| took the Presidents arm and found h i'm
| place In the line OF citizens Secretary Endi-
colt followed with Lamont. On reaching the
head of the bier the President stopped a
! moment or two and took an earnest look
at the face of the dead and passed
on to the hall and was escorted
among the family up stairs. SO also were
Secretaries Enlicott and Lamont Ten min
utes later the pail bearers descended the broad
staircase in the center OF the house that leads
directly to the room where the remains were.
Secretary Manning, leaning upon the arm of
John Bigelow, led the bearers. Manning
seemed rather feeble, his steps being by no
means sure as he came down stairs. The dele.
cation Of the various bodies followed the pail
bearers and took seats in the blue room aud
adjoining parlors. The Bar Association,
headed by Hon. VIM M. Evarts the New
York Board of Aldermen, Tammany Hall,
Irving Hall, the county Democracy and
others. President Cleveland entered the room
with Secretaries Eudicott, Whitney and I.c-
mont Following came members Of the family,
Til ems nephews and nieces. Governor Hill
arrived just as the ceremonies were beginning.
He was seated next to Mayor Grace. Hun
dreds of people collected In the hall on either
side Of the black Drapery that hung in front
Of the blue room, blocking up the entire pas
sage and extending out on the porches and
grounds In front and the rear OF the house.
Then the Rev. Dr. WIN. Tucker who had come
in from Andover, Massachusetts,, to perform
the ceremonies read the funeral prayer OF the
Presbyterian church. The choir OF the Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian church, which had
taken up a position at the foot Of the main
staircase, sang, "Abide With Me-" Rev. DIR.
Tucker next delivered short address on the
personal qualities Of the deceased. After
this address Miss Antonio Henne sang
very effectively, ''Ons Sweetly Solemn
Thought" and DIR. Tucker made another
brief speech. The choir sang Beyond the
smiling and the weeping" and the casket was
closed The body was borne out to the hearse
at 10: IS aud carried to the train for New Leb.
anon and the delegations followed with the
pail bearers in twenty five carriages. As the
casket was borne through the marble noored
hall, tie choir sang Crock Of Ages" Eight
OF Tidens employees carried the body. Among
them were the Captain OF the yacht Viking,
Gardner, and the valet and coachman Of the
dead statesman The President and his secre.
tary, Gov Hill, Mayor Grace and the delega-
tons followed to the carriages, but neither
boarded the funeral train. d.
All a'ong tn, three mile route to Yonkers
the sdes Of the road were alive with people
just as the cortege started from the house
brisk rain set in but this did not drive specta-
tors from the paths. Many sought shelter
under trees and awnings, some raised UNI
brelas ana some remained uncovered. When
the hearse passed between the crowd, hats
were raised aud other signs of respect were
continuously shown. When the depot was
reached members of the family, Miss Tilden,
Miss Gould, Messrs. Tilden and Charles T.
Mclean, with their intimate friends, Rev. DIR.
Tucker and several Of the delegation entered
the cars. The train left Yonkers at IL rs and
was due at New Lebanon, where the remains
were entered in the family lot, at $40. The |
services at the grave were of the simplest |
kind.
1t is unsettled whether or not the will will |
be read tonight II is rumored that 1t will !
be read at the old family homestead at New
Lebanon.
President Cleveland, accompanied by Sec
retaries Manning, Endicott and Whitney and
Lamont, left for New York at 1915.