The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-03

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NV Yonx. Nov. as--The funeral Of ex-
president Chester A. Arthur took place
TODAY with ceremonies Of tho most OK
trcmely simple nature. Excepting the
crowds that blocked tho streets IN inc
vicinity OF the family residence and along
the route 70 tho church. there was little 70
Indicate that man who had been ~ tno
head OF tho Nation was being laid away -
his final resting place.
Al an early hour this morning squads OF |
policemen began 70 arrive In the vici5ity
81 the Lexington avenue mansion, ana 70
stretch themselves along tho route 70 keep |
tho way clear.
A few minutes after eight o'clock rresi-
dent Cleveland was driven up to the aoot'
accompanied by Secretaries bayard, ny
| ney, Lamar and Postmaster.eseneral llas:
the parlor was soon filled with eminent
| rco,,le. wno came 70 do reverence TO the
| memory Of the dead.
| At $40 q. m. the caskct was taken from
| its stand and conveyed down stairs 70 the
| hearsc. As the CONN was carried down
| the flight Of stairs leading 70 the 'front.'
| hall. the pall-bearers walked down the
steps 10 the street, and proceeded TO car
riares that were standing ahead OF the
hearse. They walked two abreast ana
were lead by President Arthur's Score
tarv. Walter X. Gresham and Robt. !. LIN
coin. The others were ex-Secretaries W. -
Chandler and BENJAMIN H. Brewster: OK
First Assistant Postmaster-Gencra Frank
Hatton: General Philip H. Sheridan anu
General George II. Sharpe; DR.. Cornelius
r.. Agnew, and Cornelius n. Bliss, Iorner
ius Vanderbilt, Robert Q. Dun ana Cnaries
L. Tiffany. All wore scarfs Of black ana
4n0uiUCT
down to the waist
After the cssket had been placed IN the
hcarse the chief mourners came. In the
. frst carriage were young Chester A. AT
} thur and his sister Nellie, followed by mrs.
McElroy. General Arthur's sister, with an
/ | escort. and after her came Mrs. Carr ana
Mrs. Haynesworth. also sisters OF the &c
ceased. All were escorted down the steps
| by ex-Narshal McMichnel, who had charge
) | of the arrangements.
After the hcarsc had moved on lew
PAGES, President Cleveland took his piac'
!. in the carriage few PAGES behind It. ~
was accompanied by Postmaster-Genera
Villas, and Secretaries Bayard ana WHIT
. ney followed. Secretary Lamar and ten
. eral w. T. Sherman came next. Cnie
a Justice Morrison r. Waite and Justice
a Harlan and Blackboard took seats In IN
"a next carriage. and Senators Edmunds
h Logan and Evarts followed. Senator
Hawlcy and German were next IN line an
: after them was Governor Hill. In otne
Z. | other carriages were Surrogate Rollins
!" President Arthurs law partner knevai'
= Elihu Root, VIM. Dowd, Horace Russo
I and few others.
2 The procession moved up Lexingto
ID avenue and at Thirty-fourth street turne
Madison avenue, which it entered and pr
- ceedcd to Forty-sevcnth street, and thent
O. TO Fifth avenue and the church OF u
W Heavenly Rest on Fifth avenue near Fort
n, fifth street
- The casSct was met At the door by y
y surpliced choir and clergyman singing u
~ professional hymn, "Asleep IN Jesus.
- The services were conducted by Rev. ID
~ Parker Morgan, rector Of the churc
~ Rev. r. w. Babcock, his assistant: Re
DR.. W. a. Leonard. OF st. Johns Churc
washington, and Rev. DR.. George Raint
ICE ford. OF st. Georges Church Rev 1
on Leonard opened services by reading frc
the fifteenth chapter Of the First Epistle
:, paul TO the Corinthians. The choir IN
sang the anthem: LET Ne Know
vi End
q After the reading Of the hymn, "Near
- Nv God TO Thee II was sung by :
choir. and was followed by the anthem
on Heard Voice from Heaven" and
'eo hymn Thou art Weary"
Rev. DR.. Morgan read the burial servi
zen and the exercises closed by the singing
tes the recessional hymn abide with ne"
The coffin was then lifted from the ca
salouc. and was followed by the p,
bearers, mourncrs, Congressional
army and navy delegations TO the hearse
waiting. The funeral escort Of soldi'
zen and sailors at once fell into line. and
band played the funeral dirge while
Of coffin was born from the church 70
the hearsc. The procession from the church
the Grand Central depot then started.
,eer when the procession reached the DC
:. the casket was removed from the hca
and transferred to the funeral car.
funeral train consisting OF the funeral I
Vanderbilts palace car. drawing-rc
m car ana a coach--four cars started i'm
diately for Albany.
tor, AT THE CEMETERY.
r., At1:5O D. m. the funeral train drew y
Rural cemetery. Simplicity marked ey
tan feature Of the ceremony. The pall-beal
the took up their positions on both sides 81
road. The guard Of honor, consisting
~ detachment OF four men and Lieutel
Nv, Of the Fifth United States infantry 4
~ Governors island, and q Lieutenant
four sailors from the United st
steamer Vermont. formed beside the
'ary door. and the plain cloth-covcrcd ca
'ncn was drawn forth and placed within
hearse. The pall-bearers entered
the carriages.
SUM The procession formed with squa
police under Sergeant Gcelan Of the
a a Precinct at the head Of the pall-beai
lids followed BY the hearsc; then the mo
crs carriages In the first were &c
-. Chester A. Arthur, Jr., and his 81
vi Miss Nellie, with Mr.. and Mrs. job
McElroy. BY the time the procession
=. gan It's march TO the grave scarcely
2 hundred people were in the grounds.
ton, A Bishop Doanc reached the col
pc. passage, sAshcs 70 ashes," and the e
igan dropped upon the CONN. young Art
little who had been wonderfully composed,
JASON seen TO culver with suppressed emo
His sister by his side bore up with sur
lin. ing fortitude until the final amen ia
,ood. been said, and the attendants cast the
o,cd shovclful OF Garth into the grave,
she turned away and burst into
Her brother turned with her and tog'
y. - they sought their carriage. Tho
.o'n was filled up, tho roll Of sod replaced
mucn WV crosses placed ~ the head an
rtn a n