Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-11

other officers. Many more kilograms were
received, among them were the following:
CINCINNATI, o., February 10.
Mrs. Winfield Hancock:
The sad intelligence of the death of
your noble husband fills with grief the
companions of the Ohio Comusndery of
the Loyal Legion, nov assembled here.
We tender you our heartfelt sympathy in
your bereavement
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Commander.
GREYsToNE, YoSKERs, N. Y.
DEAR MRs. HANCoCK:--You have my
earnest sympathies in the bereavement you
have suffered in the death of General
Hancock. The country has lost an earn
eat soldier and accomplished commander
and one its valued citizens.
lament this sad event as a personal
sorrow. D. D. lLDEN.
THE FUNERAL.
The body will be taken from Governors
Island to the Battery on Saturday morning
by the steamer Chester A. Arthur. All
| officers connected with tbs post and as
many soldiers rs can be spared will accom-
papy the remains. The funeral procession
will proceed up Broadway to Trinity
Church where tine services will be conduct
ed the Rev DR.. Morgan
snd his assistants. There will be
no military music whatever in the process
sion and tn only troops in the line will be
these from Governors leland. The staff OF
the late General will follow the hearse.
! The ceremonies at the church will be OF
the simplest character possible. There
will be no address The services will be
similar in character to those used at the
funeral Of Vim. H. Vanderbilt.
The body will be taken to
Jersey City where special
train will take the funeral party to Phila-
delphia The train will arrive at Phildael
phia at | As o'clock Here the Philadel-
phia division of the military order of the
Loyal Legion will Join the party and &C.
company the body to Norristown where
| the train will arrive at 3 ?. m. Gen. Han
cocks remains will be placed in the family
vault A brief service will
precede the burial In accordance
with General Hancock's wishes
the funeral will be of the simplest charac-
ter. Gen. W. D Whipple, who is now the
highest military officer stationed at Cover
nor Island, has received large number
of applications from military and civic
bodies for permission to take part in the
funeral procession. 1t is probable that
noue of these will be accepted, as the pre-
Session will not De q formal one.
THE HANCOCK NAUsoLEUN.
NoRRlsTowN, Pa. February lO-Re-
mains will be inferred in the Generals
uausolsum, Montgomery Cemetery. The
cemetery can properly be termed the burial
ground of the Hancock family. The
Generals brother, John, many years ago
purchased lot therein in which lies the
remains of his seven children. The ad.
Dining lot vas purchased by General
Hancock and his twin brother Hillary
and in it they placed the remains Of their
parents. By the side of the latter lies the body
of Winfield Scott Hancock, Jr., the Gen.
erals grandson and nAmesske who died
when an infant in the summer of 80.
! News Of his death reaching General Han
cock the same day ne was forutally mott
fed Of his nomination for President. In
'S3 General Hancock built handsome
mausoleum. The only member OF the
Generals immediate family now entombed
in the mausoleum is his daughle' Ada,
who diJd IN I5-
MOURNING AT wELLsBURI.
Special to the Register.
WrLLsnuRG, W. Va, February l0.-The
news of the death Of General Hancock was
received here last evening and crested
general SORROW. Pierpont G. A. K. called
& meeting and hung large tlsg drsped in
mourning in front Of their hall over the
street.
THs WAR ORDER.
! WAsHlSGToy, February lO.-A general
order was issued to-day from the War De-
psrtment expressing sorrow at the death OF
General Hancock aud ordering the flag
10 be placed at half mast at all mill.
,sry posts and stations ard
thirteen minute guns to be
fired on the day afier the receipt Of the
order and the usual badges OF mourning 10
bs worn for thirty days
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
WAsHINGroy, February lO.-lu the
House to-day Mr.. Blanchard, Of L:pisiansI
. offered d series Of resolutions Of respect in
regard to General Haucocks death, AID
the House adjourned
TIE OHIO LEGISLATURES ) ACTION.
+ CoLuuRUs, February lO.-The Legisla
,Yre adopted resolutions to-day respecting
me death of Gen Hancock, and ordering
Hsga at hslfmast uatil the obssquis!.