The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-11-26

The young daughter of the dead man was
overwhelmed with grief. When she was
led to the death couch of her father, she
wep* bitterly and was led away inconsola-
BILE. The son, who had been companion
to the father, burst into tears
As soon as the death of Mr.. Arthur was
made public many flags on public and
private buildings were placed at half mast.
The news of his death came as a great sur
prise, notwithstanding the alarming ru-
mors as to his health during the summer
months,
The funeral of the late ex-President will
take place on Monday at nine o'clock at the
Church of the Heavenly Rest on F;f5h
avenue and Forty-ffth street. Rev. DR..
Parker Morgan, associate pastor, will
ofnciate, assisted by Rev. DR.. Leon
ard, pastor of st. Johns Church,
which Mr.. Arthur attended during his
buried in the family plot in the Albany
Rural Cemetery.
General Arthur was in comfortable cir
cumstances, but he was not as rich as peo-
pie generally believed. He did not save a
penny from the S175,000 that he received
during his occupancy of the White House.
AS matter of fact, he made heavy drafts
upon his private income to meet the ex-
penses that he incurred while
President. 1t is no surprise, there
fore, say the friends who were closest
to him, to hear that his fortune
will not exceed SOC, 900. He owned several
valuable lots in this city, situated on Madi-
son avenue and on the boulevard. His for
mer friend, Tom Murphy, put him heavily
into real estate fifteen or sixteen years ago
in this city and Elberon, N. j., all of which
he held at the time of his death
There will be no service at the house. It
is the desire of the family that the funeral
service shall be simple. Major General
Schofield, commanding the division of the
Atlantic, called at the house and offered
the six batteries of artillery stationed in the
harbor as a guard Of honor to the body.
The offer was accepted, The regulars will
bring no music with them. No other military
or civic body will parade.
The pall-bearers had not all been selected
up to midnight All of the seven surviv-
ing members of Mr.. Arthur's Cabinet have
been invited to act, and it is probable that
five of his most intimate friends will be
added. The members of his Cabinet now
living are: Judge W. @. Gresham, Post
master General; Hugh McCulloch, Sec
rotary of the Treasury; Robert T. Lin
coin, Secretary Of War; William E. Chan
der, Secretary Of the Navy; Frank Hat
ton, Postmaster-General;H Henry NJ. Teller,
Secretary of the Interior; Benjamin Harris
Brewster, Attorney-GeneraL.
dispatch from Private Secretary La
mont was received at the Arthur home last
night saying that President Cleveland, Sec
rotary Bayard, Secretary Whitney, Secre-
tary Lamar and Postmaster-General Villas
will attend the funeral of Mr.. Arthur
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The Senators be-
low named will attend the funeral on be-
half of the Senate: John Sherman, George
F. Edmunds, John A. Logan, William B.
Allison, NJ G. Butler, James d. Cameron,
d. w. Voorhees,, Warner Miller, George c.
Vest, A P. German, Joseph r. Hawley
and James K. Jones.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The President has
issued the following:
''ExECUTIvE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov.
Is, 1SS6-To the People Of the United States:
1t is my painful duty to announce tse death of
Chester A. Arthur, lately the President of the
United States, which occurred, after an illness
of long duration, at an early hour this morning,
at his residence in the city of New York.
''Mr Arthur was called to the chair OF Chief
Magistracy of the Cnion by tragedy which
cast its shadow over the entire Government.
His assumption of the grave Guties was marked
by an evident and conscientious sense of his re-
sponsibilties and IA earnest desire to meet
them in patriotic and benevolent spirit With
dignity and ability he sustained the important
duties of his station, and the reputation of his
personal worth, conspicuous graciousness and
patriotic fidelity will long be cherished by his
ellow-countrymen.
In token Of respect to the memory of the de-
ceased it is ordered that the Executive Mansion
and the several department buildings be
draped in mourning for period of thirty DAYS
and that on the day of the funeral all public
business in the departments be suspended. The
Secretaries of War and Of the Navy will cause
orders to be issued for the appropriate military
and naval honors to be rendered on that day.
Done at the city of Washington this 18th
day OF November, in the year of our Lord 1885,
and Of the. independence of the United States
OF America the 111tn.
by the President: GROVER CLEVELAND.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The President
received the first formal announcement of
the death of his predecessor in his great of
fee from the late ex-President's private
secretary. Mr. Cleveland at once addressed
the following dispatch to Mr. Arthur's sis
ter:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov
IS, 1SS6.-Hrs. John E. lfcElroy, 1873 Lexington
d0eHae. Ae1C YORK city: Accept my heartfelt
sympathy in your personal grief and the ex-
preston of my sorrow for the death of one who
was my kind and considerate friend. The peo-
pie Of the country viii sincerely mourn the loss