Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-08
RurIAI Of the Great Den-
oeratic Leader.


oRs diroetiuu 70 pay che laas honor "a
nne who had been high nmonQ them.
Residents Joined II tha pilurimaQe and
the host u m0uKners thaf found IL
wAy 30 0reyztona n.lea b ovsrhouine
TIE aanpls mansion Of the late states.
man iong before the funaEal asrsiee
began.
1hs caaket Ghaa waa 20 esniain III
Dc 3 body reached the house thii
morninQ- ll h made ID tWo paKam. Ihe
snteRioE ID Of c0ppez, with q glass door
1he satire AenGth % the interior 4
decorated with white sufted satin. IhE
eater part u of red Seanish cedar, and
is plainly eFaamented With oxid dEsd
silver. 1he plate Is Of that material,
aad bears simply the name Samuel J.
fiidnn in soEipe.
AZ $50 the puhlso were fraa admitted
10 the manson. The ramains we're
placed on q catafaiaua situated ID shs
centre of the blue roon. The drApsry
81 he eatafalque saa blaok crnpe go
eashmess. AAeautima she friends Of
train from New York % bring any num-
Der vas TIE TIA From that time peo-
pie came by the se0re. Among the nraf
% arrive at she house were General
Alexander HamiIfo Ohaxles A. Dana,
Wm. H Barnum. 8amusl J. Randall,
Treasurer Jordan and ex Oolleetor Mar
pay. Andrew II. Green rsooiVod all
and ushersd them al into the parior.
When the people generally uere admit
ted b vieW the remains, they entered
tie east door, pansad thraoRh the drst
paElaF on the EiQht 30 the blue room.
and themes IhroaGh the ball 20 the west
rear entrance.
A bouqnst of Gala lilies aud white
roses lay noar the head Of the caskea
and e the foot vas placed q sheaf Of
palm under smilax and victoria reginas.
All the n0Usra came from Iilden'B hot
house. 1he ies1 named was from 4
plant ok which there are bot thKae In
AmerieA. By 3 o'clock several hundred
persens bad viewed The remains.
The pail bearers Wero Samuel ]. Ran
dali, John BiReloW, Daniel Manning,
5. h. Wood, Charles A. Dana, DR.. 0eo.
L. Miller, Wm. A. Batter, Daniel Ma
gone. J. b. Trevor, Dr.. @. 3. simmons
and Aaron J. ganderp0ei.
The FIRST formal delegation 10 arrive
was from the Jederssnian Club Of New
ark. Nee Jersey. Soon after them,
Mayor Bell Of fonkeFs AID the f0nkers
Aldermen passed throagh, and then The
ten servants of NE. 1ilden's house, Ave
men and i've women, paid their last
tribute. TIE women without exception
ehed tears as they gazed ior the last
time ON their laio master.
AT $40 Presidents Cleveland entered
the mansion accompanied by Secretary
of War Endicott and Private Secretary
Lamont. George w. Smith. Tilden's
private secretary, took the Presidents
arm and found 9 place Ii the line Of
sitizsns. seoretary Radieott followed
with Lament. On reaching the head
moni or two, took an earnest look at the
face Of the dead and passed on 70 the
hall and was escorted among the fan
ily up stairs. So also we're Secretaries
Endioolt and Lamont.
Ten minutes later the pallhearers de-
snended the broad staircase 10 she cen
ire Of the house, which leads directly
into tha room where the remains Wers.
Secretary Manning, leaning upon the
arm Of Mr. John Rigelow, led the
bearer. Manning seemed rather tee-
bic, bis steps being By no means sure e.
he came down The stairs. Three deleRa-
tions from various bodies followed toe
pallbsafeFs and took eats IN the Blue
Room md adfsining parloFs. Amqng
them were the Bar Association, headed
by Hon. Wm. N. EFarts. the New York
Board Of Alderman, Tammany Hall,
Irving Hall, the Ooanty Democracy and
others. President Cleveland entered
The Eoom With Secretary Endio0ti, SEQ
Fetafies Whitney aud Lamont fOlloW-
inQ. Next came the members Of the
family, Tilden'g nepheWs and niooes.
Governor Hill arrived jusf as the osFe-
monies aore beginning. He was seated
next 20 Mayer Graoe. Hundreds OF
people were oolleeted in the hall en-
either aide Of the black drapeFy that
hung q fr0nt Of The Hue Room, block
ing up the passages and extending Gus on
tne p0fohss and grounds in front and -
The rear Of the house.
Thea Rev. Dr.. Wm. J. Tucker, Whe
had cone from An9oveE, Mass, 20 per-
fern the oore roniea. read the funeral
prayer Of TIE PraAbyteriam Church.
fhs choir Of the Madison Avenao Pres
hytarian Church, watch had taken Up
& position at the foot Of The main stair
ease. sang, abide With Ne" Rev.
Ticker next dsiivexed q ahoFi address
on the peFsonal auaiisiss o. she deooased.
After this add, esa Miss Antonio Heune
aAnn very effsntively, saOno Swsetly
Solemn Th0aQht, and Dr.. Tucker made
aanQ, Beyond the Smiling and the
WeepinR,s and the eaakst vas closed.
Ths body vas borne out 20 the hoarss
at 100 and carried 20 the train feE
Naw Lebanon. The President,
tha Governor, the Mayor, tie
Oahines 0fieeEs and the delegations
followed with the pallhaarers in twenty
i've carriages. As the easket was borne
thFoagh tas marble doorsd ball, ths
ohoir aang "Rook Of Aga" Eight 81
Tildsn's employees carried tho bodg.
Amona them thsFe weFs the Captsin o.
ths yacht Viking. and tbe eaFdnaF,
Vaiss and coachman of the dead states
man. The Presidents ana bis Secretary
and the delegations followed 10 TIE car
riAess, but mons Of them boarded the
funeral train.
Just as tha oortsaa started from fhs
houss Z bFisk rain 81 In, bat this did
not drive he spectators from the paths.
Many sought shelter under the trees
and awnings, sou1e raised uuefeiies.
and some were answered. When the
henrBa passed between the crowd hats
we're RAISED and ether signs of respect
we're ooutinncualg ahSWu. When The
pxooanion rsaehsd ths stations the
menhefs 81 ths family, the Misses Til
dsu, Mss Gould. TIE MeastA Ifldsn
and ChaFlea r. MaMean. with their N
innate friands, Rev. Tucker and several
81 tie dslsaMfiona eu3eEe1 ne eaFs.
Ths train left at 11.l6.
President Cisyeland. ana8mpanied by
Secretaries Manninq. Endiogti and
Whitnsy, lsft hsrs fer New York at
AZ HEU IEa4Noz.
Grosps d psople uatshed The funeral
train a. & uhirioa fFem f0nksrB . Nes
Isabanun. Ihe men answered tnelE
hazds a The train pasaee, ard al mani
tested 3 deep infsreaa In ths days mel
anehaIV event. Whea the faneral train
FoiletR fnto ths hstis heayily drapsd
slstion q Nsa Letaaon a 8st5 ,. n,
- ward hack q the dspot was hiied
.ssh usspta. Profaaad siisnos rslened
whiis ths bisF w4a being paced - 3
stain hearss that @as IL readiness baek
AZ the atnfirn- The Eshicis was bf01E1i
frnza PSttnfaid, Mas, fOE Ne ooesslon.
A. mrmrsta nrNniw az ronWHVnMcGH we're