Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-23
LAID In AN HONORED GRAVE
With Simple Service the Remains of the
Ex-President Are Placed at Rest.
CROWDS ATTEND THE FUNERAL.
Many Distinguished Persons Pay the
Last Tributc OF Respect to the
bamentcd Dcad-Thc Inter-
mcnt at Albany.
Funeral of Ex-President Arthur.

gan to assemble at an early hour this morn
ing on Lexington avenue, in the vicinity of
the Arthur residence, where the dead body of
the ex-president ot the United States lay in
state. Day broke with a clear sky, presaging
n clear day. Shortly after o'clock picked
body of police, numbering 80 men,
were posted along Lexington avenue,
with directions to allow no vehicles
to pass by the house. NO people
were allowed on the east side OF the avenue
from Twepty-eighth to Twenty ninth street,
except those who had tickets of admission to
the house. Carriages began to arrive from
every direction and soon the side streets were
numbering many thousands of people had
gathered on the opposite side OF the avenue
extending for a block or more in every direc-
ton.
President Cleveland and Postmaster Gen
eral Villas arrived in a carriage direct from
the train at 500 a. NJ, and entered the house
of m9urnins Shortly Nate after Cover Governor Hi
mittee. BY this time there was a mighty
throng of people on the avenue, and the
windows of every house were filled with sad
faces.
There were no services at the house. The
few friends present looked upon the face of
the dead early In the morning and the cas-.
ket was closed for the last time. At $50 the
black casket covered with palmetto leaves,
sprays of violets and a wreath of white roses,
was borne from the room and was placed
In the funeral-draped hearse. AS the casket
every head was bowed ,reverently and many
eyes filed with tears. Next came out of the
residence Chester Allan Arthur. jr., son of
the eX,president Leaning ON his his, arm ,,N clad
They passed to their carriage, accompanied
came Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haynsworth and
Miss Arthnr sister of the eXpresdent
| Villas, General Nj. s. Mcmahon and John ii.
! Draper, Secretaries Whitney, Bayard and La
| mar the pall-bearers. ex-Postmaster General
dler, ex-Assstant Postmaster General
| Hatton, ex-Attomey General Brewster,
| Lieutenant General Sheridan, Dr. Gorne.
| hus Il. Agnew, Cornelius N. Bliss Robert
| Tiffany and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chief
| Justice Waite and Justices Harlan and
Blatchford, Senators Edmunds, sherman;
Logan Eyarts Hawiey Morrill, Vest I'M ahd
| The mourners filled twenty-five carriages
and over one hundred carriages were filed
with friends, who had been
S"aOlS souse foosWea ssaa the e'Poss TO
the church The procession passed between
long lines of police through Lexington ave-
nue. and Thirty-fourth street to Madison
| avenue, to Forty y-seventh street, to Fifth ave-
| nue. arriving at the church at 80 a. IN.
The carriages passed by, the artillerymen
| and marines formed i'll line and entered the
| thr0ngs of people. The interior of the church
was elaborately decorated. The portico over
| the entrance and the immense pillars sup
cloth draped in. fes;oons, hiding the stone
entirely from view. Grape covered the ma.
tional flag hung over the door, The walls Of
the vestibule were covered with black cloth
hung the national co!ors covered with Grape.
| The decorations of the interior were very
simple. The first six pews @ on each side side OF
center r aisle be fsmy W Ss
eel was, cushioned with black cloth.
On the altar proper, resting on aI cross, were were
pie altar cross and black drapings The
outer chancel organ loft stalls, the lectern
and pulpit were draped with black cloth.
The. baptismal font on the right side
lilies and ferns. In the center was placed a
small palm tree. branches of which draped
gracefully over the flowers. The sides of the
which hung long strings of smilax and maid
| EMS hair ferns. From the front of the gallery
in the rear of the church hung festoon oil
| black cloth.
The hour set for the funeral was o'clock,
but at large numbers of people had gathered
| in front of the church. A few minutes be-
| fore the doors were opened and the uShcrs
were stationed at the entrances 10 show the
| people to seats.
The church has seating capacity of 700,
but there were nearly 900 persons present.
AT the portals Of the church the casket was
met by the surpliced choir, followed by the
clergy, wearing their collegiate hoods. AS
the casket was borne into the church the
choir formed into two files and the clergy
men passed between them leading the pro-
cession intoning the opening lines of the
Episcopaian burial service. When the pro-
| cession, reached the chancel the chOristers
filed into their stalls and the audience took
part Of the psalm, Lord, Let Me Know Thy
| End,n-the congregation standing. Rev.
Dr. Ealsford read the lesson commencing
with the words, Now is Christ risen M = m from
Thee" was Joined in by the large congrega-
tion. The services were concluded With the
benedictlon by Rev. DIR. Morgan. The choir
ssinaa sa p hymn of he Ss WR ahq Me- began the
| After the services the undertakers assist
ants lifted the casket on their shoulders and
slowly filed out OF the church. followed by the
pail bearers, members of the family, the pres
ident and his cabinet Governor Hill and his
staff and representatives of the army and
navy, Meanwhile the throng outside the
ShTfa GSsr hpd greatly aT1aEgeants fFeassq ths
police were made OH an elaborate
scale. Over twelve hundred men III full
winter uniform lined the route and occupied
might be useful. All travel ON Madison
avenue was. suspended for over all
hour while the services were progress
ing, and the avenue was filled
| above and below the route with long lines OF
horse cars ana vehicles of all kinds. During
the service the guard of honor, consisting OF
six batteries from Governors Island, marine
corps and sailors from the BrOOklin navy yard
and the United States steamer Tennessee were
drawn upin line on the west side of Fifth
avenue, facing the church, the right OF the
line resting on Forty-iifth street. On each
side OF the church for two blocks police Were
formed to block the side streets and the ave
nue. in double file.
When the funeral service ended the troops
wheeled by companies INTO columns, followed
by the sailors and marines. After the caske
was placed in the hearse, the cortege, u
''Chopin's Funeral March,, passed slowly be
tween the long lines of police through
forty-ifth street to Vanderbilt avenue. Al
the Grand Central depot the Chicago limited
train was ready to start when the sound 0i
muffled drums was heard and the troops ap
peared marching in columns of four. They
drew up in line facing the depot and pre-
sented arms. 1t took but few minutes
to transfer the coffin from the hearSe to The
funeral ear ''WOGdlawn." The family ant
friends then took seats in the three drawinl
room coaches composing the special train
At 1000 the train slowly pulled out and th'
| journey to Albany was commenced,
Among the hundreds of distinguished gen
tlemen at the church were James g. Blame
! John A. Logan General Il, II. Butler, Rev