The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-18
LAID TO REST.
The Funeral CT the Late General
Hancock
Attended by a Large COnCOurse Of
People.
Other Telsgraphio News of General
Interest.
The Funeral

NEW YoRK, Feb 1S.-GoYernor's Is-
land was visited bya raging storm and
banked with fog, and apparently Es iso-
lated this morning as . rock IN md
ocean. The roaring Ut steam whistles
and the occasional sUund of . distant
fog horn was the only Indication of its
nearness TO the great city. The military |
companies start at an early hour. The /
little steamer Atlantic brought over |
loads of officers in uniforms and cIti- |
zens in dripping Overcoats, ,PrI7ates |
who we're pacing along the brick walk
in front OF the hzaaqu4rlers looked dis
consulate enough in their wet uniforms.
Last evening everybody upon the island
was allowed 10 enter the psrlor ia which
General Haucoc1's bo1y lay and take q
fare we'll uok At his COuntenance. For
| nearly an hour 't1c IS priv It, g, SER
| wants and messengers filed by the coffin.
This muEnIng DR.. Janewey reported
that Mrs. Hancock had passed q rest
less night. but seemed better at day
| ureak. Her grief seems almost IoU
heavy Tor ner 10 bear Between seven
/ Anu SlHnL OSipCA LdC SOoHdS III upu
| drew up IN front OF the generate man
siou, Inen came y detachment OF 2UV
soluiers from the several forts and drew
up behind them. In the meantime the
| WIDOW OF General Hancock accompAD
led o. Mrs. Lieutenant Grlff1l AMI Mrs.
3 .uVier, entered The room In which Las
The nero aud took a paEting look at his
lace. Mrs. Hancock's grief was pot ii,
she kissed her husbands forehead,
while tears TELL fast from her overflo wing
eyes She then sunk into q chair and
would have fallen to the floor, had
kindly hands not came to her aid.
The coffin lid was then put In place
and the laurel wreath, brought to the
2 city by Colonel John 81. Weeks from
the Philadelphia division of toe military
e I.rder of the Loyal Legion, was laiC
e upon it. Six soldiers bearing a blacl
CLOTH covered bier came into the room
E and placing the coffin upon it. bore tn
., body out of the house. A detachment o
troops drawn up outside then moves
$ down the winding path to the steame
Q Chester A. Arthur, which was to receiv
{ the party.
Z The mourneTs were Lieutenant ant
Mrs. Critic, M. and Mrs. Merriam, Mi
d and Mrs BouvItr, Clunel Russell an
q wife, Mrs. w. F Ludlow. Mrs. Han
It cock, on the advice of friends, did nc
p leave home. Mrs. Bowler rename
)f with her. It was precisely $50 Whe
= the first gun fired at castle WIllIAI
l. doomed out over the bay, snnouncin
( that the boat WAS ready Co leave he
dock. The body had been placed IN th
II cabin. Near 1t sat the mourners and
IS few officers. On deck were gathered ID
q officers and soldiers. A moment late
the Chester A. Arthur" strung out I'M
" hn afpaHa6 fnR tho No
E York shore. The fog by this time hs
lifted sufficiently to give thOss on boar
l. the steamer q view OF the harbHr. Tt
,. passage across was so short that few We
q sells were met.
y, At 8 O'Clock the coffin which had res
IL ed for q few minutes at the barge off1c
u was lifted from the trestle by eight so
dIers who carried 1t to the heaTse wit
n four horses attached, which stood wal
es ing on the plaza. Four companies
g the Fifth artillery under command
lie Mai. Richard Jackson had preceded Il
N coffin and were drawn up in line on Il
re street, while the pail bearers stood Wit
uncovered heads as the coffin passe
ID All along Boadw way and Trinity churC
N to the barge office. policemen wei
ii placed numbering 800
re At an early hour people had began
ID gather on the streets through which ID
re procession would pass, but the rain ev
o. IDENTIFY had effect and the crowd gre
slowly less, while all who could fir
Is shelter sought such shelter as doorway
O. might afford. Decorations were fey
n consisting chiefly of hsgs. Alter Il
rs flag had been wrapped around the coft
troops broke into q column of com panic
al and prepared for the march to the chuFC
Or The pail bearers entered carriages an
followed. A military squad of pnlit
q cleared the way. After the hearse can
ne a long line of carriages with the tami
TO and friends and representatives fro
d. New York commandery of the mil
tarY order of the loyal leRiO
al society of the armv
Potomac; PlanDey post No. s. Maj
Steiner; George Washington post, Ge
eral Martin L, McMahoney; Rice pOG
rs Colonel Onderdonk, FBd Winfield Sec
ID Hancock post. Gust organized) Gener
10 Frazer. all under the command of Gel
= eral Lloyd Aspenwali The crowd
~ this time had enormous
l. increased and along State street and I
J. Broadway the people stood in piac
~ seven or eight deep. Many held ur
brellas and this added greatly To q
=, rush as the multitude surged with Il
~ funeral cortege. Il WAS nesriy o O'clot
70 when the march to Trinity began. The
as WAS no nj sic and only the foot falls
the police and military as they fell upC
IS pavement, broke the impressive stlenC