The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-23
LIPELESS BODY RETURNED TO
THE DUST,
While a Nation SorrOWfully Laments
Bis Death-ManifestatiOns OF a
Detp bfectltn'
HE Is LAID AWAY WITHOUT
POhP,
But a Mighty ThrOng of Grief
Stricken People Pay a Grand
Tribute to the Departed.

bier OF GtDs Ouoo'oI n~iinh
President Of the United States. has
passed. The morning dawned bright
iv. aud the fret rays Of the rleing sun
stole auietly into the quiet avenue in
front Of his late residence. The closed
shutters OF The house and the black
crane on the door were the only signs
At that early hour that Deaths sickle
had been busy within. In the house
the family and friends Of the ex-PIesi'
dent were waiting in subdued grief ior
tho hour when the remains OF the
loved father and friend were to De
TAKEN FROM THRIR MIDsT FOREVER
Hundreds Of borrowing people be-
n 10 gather at on early hour, aux
ions TO testify by their presence tne
respect they bore to their iellow oltl-
zen ard former Chiei Magistrate
Shortly alter 7 o'clock Inspector
steers. with Capt. Ryan and 10 pc
lice, silently marched into i xipgton
avenue, followed by Oapt, Garland
and the picket police OF thirty men
from the Broadway squad. Inc poliGe
were posted along the avenue with I'll
rections to allow no vehicles 70 passDy
fine house. No people were allowed
on the esst side of the avenue from
Twenty-eighth to Twenty-ninth streets
except t6ose who had tickets oil adj
mission to the house. Carriages be-
oan TO arrive from every direction,
and soon the side streets were hlled
With them. BY s o'clock a vast
thropp. Numbering many thousands
OF people, bad gathered on the oppo-
site eide Of tho avenue, extend
ing for a block or more In
every direction. The crowd was
kept back by the police. On every
face there wss a deep expression o.
sorrow snd renPlo spoke only ,nloW
tunea. President Cleveland and Post
master General Villas arrived in a car
rage direct from the train at SEQ
O'Clock I'm. and entered the house OF
mourning. Many people uncovered
their hesds when the President
stepped out of his carriage. Shortly
after Gov. Hill and Judge William
Muller arrived and also alighted from
their carriages and entered the house.
They were followed by the Senate
Committee. By this time
rHERR WAS A MIGHTY THRoEG
on the avenue and the windows Of
every house were filed with sad faces.
There was no service at the house.
The few friends present Looked upon
the lace OF the dead early in the morn
ing, and the casktt was closed for the
last time. The mourners waited In
silent grief for the last moment. AT
$50 o'clock the black casket, covered
with palmet o leaves, sprays OF vlolets
and a wreath OF white roses, was lifted
by the undertakes aud borne from
The room. The silent form Of
CHRsTRR A. ARTHUR
passed through the door Of his earthly
tenement for the last time, and was
reverently placed In the funeral
draped hearse. As the Casket anne In
view of the people OF The street every
head wa bowed reverently, and many
eyes were filed with tears in the
throng thus hushed in the presence OF
death.
THERE WAS NC DISPLAY OF PoMP
or ceremony, no military music or
procession but the mighty throng OF
sorrowipg people bore witness Of her
love and reepect for the deceased
stateem an. Next came out of the
residence Chester Allen Arthur, jr.,
the son OF the ex. President, Looming
on bis ann, clad in garments OF
mourning, was his sitter, Miss Nellie
Arthur. They passed quietly 10 their
carriage accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
McElrny. Then came Mrs. Cave
Mrs. Hsynesworth and Miss Arthur
the sister Of the ex.President, Post
master Masten aud wife, Of Cohoes
N. Y, with their ton and daughter
President Cleveland, Postmaster GEN
eral Villas, Gen. Mattlu Il. McMahoT
and John Draper; Secretaries Whit
new and Lamar; the pail bearers, ex
Postmaster General Gresham, ex-Sec
Tetaries Lincoln and Chandler, ex
Assistant Postmaster General Hattou
ex-Attorney General Brewster, Lieu
tenant General Sheridan, DR.. Oorne
lius b AVnew, Cornelius N. Bliss
Robert G. Dun, Gen. Geo. ii. Sharpe
Charles L. Tiffany and Cornelius Van
derbilt Chief Justice Waite and just
ices Harlan aud Blatohford, Senator
Edmunds, Sherman, Vest and Cor
mau Gen. Stone and Gov. Hill.
II MouBSRRs FILLED TWENTIETH
CARRIAGES,
hut over 100 carriages were filed will
friends Who had been unable 10 gal
admission to the house followed ia
procession to the church. The pre-
csssion passed between long lines 9
police through Lexington avenue I
Thirty-iourth street, TO Madison ave
nue., 10 FJfty,sevonth street, to FIT
avenue, arriving at the church corne
OF Forty.fith mud street and Fifth ave
nue. at $3.50 o'clock am. The carriage
passed noiselesely by the lines of al
tilsrymen aud the marines formed /
line, and the mourners allghted an
entered the church. An a'ong tn
ST eel were long lines OF people VIII
waited In respectful eilence
VALE THE FUNERAL TRAIN PASSED.
Che exterior Of the church va
~eaborately decorated. The porto
over the entrance and the massiv
pillars supporting it were covere
with heavy black cloth draped in fel
I toons, hiding the stone entirely fr0I
view. A Grape covered national ia
hong ia artistic folds over the doc
caught up by rosettes and a sma
brass eagle. The walls OF the vest
bule were covered with black clot
arrange in plated folds, over whic
hung the nation co'ors covered wit
Grape. The decorations Of the int,
rior we're very simple aud tasteful
The first six pews on each side of til
center as . were reserved for th
family AID pail bearers. They wei
covered with Grape. The interior
.he chancel was cushioned with hlac
cloth, with the exception OF the alta
and reredos. 90 the altar prope.
resting on each eide o. the cross, WEI
lighted candles Below was place
the purple altar cross and blac
drsping4. The outer chancel, orga
loft, s.alls, le tern and pulnit Nei
dgap8o win black cloths. ThA bsl
tiema fIrt ON the right SIDE OF u
chu ch Va hont Of tue stalls was flle