Daily Republican., 1886-11-23
Arthur In His Grave,

The funeral services of the lao &,
President, Chester Allan Arthur. too
! place Oh Monday at the Episcopa
IOhurch of the Heavenly Rest, Ney
York, and the interment was made a
the Rural Cemetery, Albany. No eseor
was permitted except the guard o
honor, composed of artillerymen of tn
regular army and marines, and the OF
sequies were conducted in the sim pies
manner possible. No address was de
livered at the church or grave Tn
esteem In which Mr.. Arthur was hel,
was, however, displayed to q marke,
degree by the many thousands of cisi
zens who, with uncovered heads, wit
neste ed the passage of the funeral cor
tege.
THE FUNERAL CORTEGE.
There came out of the residence Ches
ter Alan Arthur, Jr., the son Of the ex
President. Leaning on his arm, clad In
garments OF mourning, was bis sister
Miss Nellie Arthur. They passed oui
city to their carriage, accom- panied by
Mr.. and Mrs. McElroy. Then came
Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haines worth and Miss
Arthur, the sisters of the ex. President
Postmaster Masten and his wife, oi
Cohoes, with their son and daughter
President Cleveland, Postmaster Gen.
eral Villas, Gen. NJ McMahone and j. Fl
Draper; Secretaries Bayard, Whitney
and Lamar; the pail bearers, Ex.Post-
master General Gresham, Ex ,Secreta.
ries Lincoln and Chandler; Ex-Pcst.
master General Hatton, Ex-Attorney
General Brewster, Lieutenant General
Sheridan, DR.. Cornelius Agnew, Cor.
nelius N. Bliss, Robert G Dun, General
George II. Sharpe, Charles r. Tiffany
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ohief Justice
Waite and Justices Harlan ard Blatch.
ford, Senators Edmuncs, Sherman,
Logan, Evarts, Hawley, Morrill,, Vest
ano German, General Stone and Cover.
nor Hill.
The mourners filed twenty. five car
| riages, but over one hundred carriages
filled with friends who had been un-
able to gain admission to the house fol-
lowed the procession to the church.
The procession passed between long
lines of police through Lexington ave
nue. to Thirty-fcurth street, to Madison
avenue, to Forty seventh street, TO
Fifth avenue. arriving at the church
Of the Heavenly Rest. corner of Forty.
fifth street and Fifth avenue, at 8. 30 q.
m.
The funeral train was composed Of
an engine and five cars. 1t left New
York at 1901 O'Clock, and followed
closely behind the Chicago limited. The
traih was composed OF the composite
car "Woodlawn," the Presidents car,
No. 4SS, the drawing-room cars "Nsw
York" and "Aroostook, )" and srpokir q
car The casket rested In about the
same position as did the one containing
the nf
when taken from Albany to New York
last year. In the front compartment of
this Car were detachment of marines
and infantry in the charge Of the body.
The Presidents car was occupied by
the pail. bearers, the "New York" by
mourners and relatives, and the "Aroos.
took" by distinguished friends.
The funeral riain reached the oeme-
terry at 40 p, m. AS the casket was
borne from the Car to the hearse the
guard of artillerymen and marines and
tte pail bearers were drawn up in
double lines, through which the body
was carried. Judge Gresham headed
the pal-bearers wieh ex-Secretary Lin.
coin. Behind them came ex- Attorney
General Brewster, ex-Secretary Chan.
dler, Lieutenant Gsuosai cseridnn,
Frank Hatton and Cornelius Wander.
bilt.
The scene as the casket, enclosed In a
plain, oak box, was lowered into the
grave was most impressive. Four or
five hundred men and women stood with
unct vered heads and In reverential at
titudes around the lot. At the head OF
the grave was Bishop Doane clad in
the full robes of his office. Around
him we're the mourning relatives, W b lie
below the sarcophsgus over Mrs.
Arthur's grave were the distinguished
pail bearers, Judge Gresham and Mr..
Brewster being prominent in the fore
ground. AT the end of the line at their
left, hey ond the foot of the grave, was
Governor Hill.
The ceremony of burial was simple
but impressive. Bishop Doane, taking
some earth from that thrown up from
the opening In the ground, dropped
three handfuls on the oaken board of
the outer box, reclting the while the
beautiful committal service of the Epis-
copal Church. After this ceremony the
Bishop offered prayer and pronounced
the benediction. Earth was then
thrown in the grave and pressed down,
and when the dusk of evening began to
settle on forest and hill, deft hands
covered the newly made mound with
sheets OF sod, over which were placed
fragrant and exquisite flowers.