Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-22

NEW YORK, Aov 1.-The arrangements
for the funeral Of the late eN-President
Arthur are being RAPIDLY perfected although
the details ar no. Yet completed Decorators
began work OF the Church of the Heavenly
Rest on Fifth avenue Saturday for ths
| obsequits Of Monday. A large American
flag bordered with heavy panels aud festoons
of Grape has been draped over the porch and
the chance lectern and pulpit viii be
swathed i'll black and gracefully draped
catatalque Is being constructed The church
has fine Interior and the mourning effects
will be necessarily heightened by cut flowers
and palms
The casket will not BE- opened in the church
nor at any time after it leaves the Arthur
residence All who seek 10 view the remains
viii have TO 10 50 at the house Sunday or
very early on Monday morning. Gen Ar
thur was strongly opposed to the custom of
allowing the remains of distinguished people
to lie in state and frequently condemned it.
The commlttal will not hc said at the church.
This will be pronounced by the Ri Rev. DIR.
hoana, bishop of the diocese of Albany, al
the grave in Rural cemetery III the after
noon.
The following gentlemen have been ap-
pointed 10 represent the chamber of com
merce at the funeral: President James NJ
Brown, ex-PresilentS Low and Ba5cock, an !
Vice Presidents Smith and Fiske
Arthur's devotion 10 the memory of his
wife has been the theme Of much comment
III the newspapers as well as among his
friends. Every morning a fresh basket of
flowers was placel by hi, orders before her
portrait, and in his busiest dav he always
had time to spend few moments contem-
plating it.
Every Sunday morning President Arthur
walked across lafayette PARK to 81 Johns
church, little, oldfa .hioned, brown
ouildlng that Is known as the
Church of the Presidents A tender
romance connected this quaint old
church with the presidents wife In 1853
Ellen Lewis Herndon, the daughter of the
heroic Capt Herndon OF tue navy. lived in
Washington with her mother She WAS a
beautiful and interesting sri, AMI one of the
sopranos in st Jobu's chor One SUNDAY
she sang a solo At the afternoon service \
young laUyey from New York happened to
be that day in Washington, and had gone
into the church lie heard the touching
voice and saw the singer The young lawyer
was Chester Arthur, and III l>5y be aud
Ellen Hernion were married
The heroic stony of her father is ueJ
known After seeing every sou! that could
h. saved on hi, siahlny >hip-tna Central
American the bnltS, be went below, and
putting on his uniform as United States
officer went down CALAMITY with his snip 4
monument to commemorate HIM was erected
at Annapolis while Mr. Arthur was presi-
dent: Nj Arthur took his son with him one
day and went quietly - Annapolis. The
father and son Ac"t together before the
shaft with uncovered heads and r..ycient
words
His teniernes5 for his wife memor, AMI
for everything that was associated wish her
was very marked Her family was much
attached to him and often visited him at the
White HOUSE 4 small picture of her was
always kept on his mante Her death was
sudden. She earn from i reception with
slight cold, which developed into pneumonia
and killed her within two dtvs Al who
knew her speak Of he beauty AMI accom-
plishmentS One Of IN. last act VI President
Arthur before leaving Washington was hav-
ing memorial wiG.oH placed IN ST Johns
church 10 commemorate thu wife of his
youth