St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-14
The Remains Of Gen. Hancock Buried
Beside Those of His Daughter Gone
Before. at Norristown, Pa.
Al of the Ceremonies of an Impressive
Nature, Though Conducted With
out Military Pageantry.
Occur on Tuesday--Tele2ram
from Cleveland and Tilden.
Tribute TO the Memory of the Dead
Statesman by the Congressman
OF the Empire State.
Cen. HANCOCK buried.

hearse, followed by the carriages contain
ing the pall-beaTers, arrived at Trinity
church at 10 o'clock. A number of eminent
civilians began TO throng the church after
o'clock, among them AlgemOn S. Sullivan
and DIR. w. c. McWilliams and hundreds
of Others. Shortly before 10 O'Clock the
vestry door opened and Sexton Brown
emerged at the head of the procession OF
whIte-nobed chOnsters, who marched
solemnly to their seats within the ehancei:
Following them came Rev. Arthur Hill and
Rev. Anketell of Trinity parish. The boom
ing OF cannon and the solemn pealing OF the
church bells announced the arrival OF the
cortege at 10 o'clock. and Sexton Brown
preceded Rev. Morgan Dix and Rev. l.. IL.
c. Goodwin down the main aisle 10 the
front door, where the casket and pail
bearers were. The procession moved along
slowly up the aisle TO the altar, the clergy
men in front of the casket. and immedi-
ately behind them came Gen. Sherman and
Secretary Bayard. As they wended their
way to the chancel the words, Il am the
resurrection and the life" which came from
the minister's lips. were heard distinctly
throughout the structure. After the four
gentlemen above mentioned came
EIGHT sTALwART SOLDIERS
bearing the magnificent casket, and on
either side of the boys in blue marched the
other pall-beaTers in the following order:
Gen. p. Sheridan, Gen. W. B. Franklin.
Gen. A. ii. Terry, Gen. Nelson a. Miles,
Gen. w. f. (Baldy) Smith. Gen. John
Newton, Gen. James Frye, Gen. j. NJ.
Schoield. Gen. o. 3. Wilcox, Gen. Francis
| Walker, Mr.. j. NJ. HartshOrn, Col. W. p.
Wilson and Maj. w. d. w. Miller. On the
casket was an American flag, and on the
| top of this was Gen. Hancock's sword in its
gold scabbard, and his major generals
chapeau. Following the pall-bearers came
| Lieut.. Griffin and his wife. who was dressed
in deep mourning. and who led her four-year-
old daughter by the hand. With them was
little Russell Hancock. the grandson Of the
| dead hero. The casket was deposited on a
catafalque in front of the altar. and the
pall-beaTers were allotted the first two pews
on either side of the main aisle. The choir
then chanted Lord, Let Me Know Ny
End," after which Rev. E. III. Goodwin, OF
Governors Island, read the lesson which
was taken from First Corinthians, goth
verse. The choir then sang Rock of
Ages and then gathered
AROUND THE COFFIN,
where Croft's burial service was rendered in
an impressive manner. The anthem, Il
Heard Voice from Heaven" was sung by
/
the Lords prayer. after which the funeral
procession reformed. and to the strains OF
| the Dead March IN Saul. F" which was feel
ingly plaed BY Organist Messitte, marched
down the aisle TO the main entrance, where
the casket was once more, placed in the
hearse. After the services eight non-com-
missioned officers lifted the steel casket TO
their shoulders and replaced it in the hearse.
The funeral cortege then returned in the
same order as before TO the barge office,
where the steamer Osseo was in waiting TO
convey the funeral party to jersey City,
where special train was waiting TO convey
the party TO NorriStown. The relatives,
near friends and pall-bearers occupied the
rear car. while the forward car contained,
besides the remains. the military escort.
and the two intermediate cars contained the
division officers and friends. Promptly at
1850 the train drew out of the station, the
crowd. many of whom were ladies, stand
ing with bowed heads.
AT THE GENERALS OLD HOME.
YOUNGSTOWN, Penn, Feb. Is. - The
funeral train bearing the remains of Gen.
Hancock made the journey from Jersey
City to this place without untoward acci-
dent. All along the route the people. men.
women and children were out to see the
passage Of the black-robed cars, testifying
their respect and honor for the brave de-
fender of the Union. AT Philadelphia COM
mlttees representing the LOYAL Legion and
the citizens awaited the train. Among the
distinguished Pennsylvanians there gath
cred were Gov. PattisOn and ex-GOvs.
Short and Hartranft. Proceeding thence
the train reached NorristOwn at 2:40 d. IN.
The procession was at once formed, con-
sisting of the pall-bearers the town council.
the Hancock veterans of Philadelphia, ZOok
Post G. A. r., Masonic organizations and
citizens. The procession filed through
Main street. which was crowded with peo-
pie, to the site of the tomb on the hill over
looking the city. Several thousand
and the Loyal Legion and Zook
Post formed Gordon around
the tomb to keep the crowd back. The
hearse at length reached the curve neal
the sepulchre. and the blue-coated ser
geants of the Fifth artillery lifted the
heavy casket. and eight on a side, with re
liefs at hand. slowly led the way around
the last bend of the generals last journey
The bearers had allghted and formed il
lines on
EACH SIDE OF THE REMAINS.
Secretary of State Bayard walked ever
with the head of the coffin, and half hi:
colleagues followed, while Gen. Sherman
led the file on the opposite side. with Sec
retary of War Endcott next to him. Gen
Sheridan was next behind Mr.. Bayard
There was no pause at the entrance of tn
tomb, the regulars carrying the casket di
rectly inside, where they placed it in th,
niche that was awaiting. AS the bod,
: passed through the gateway of the tom
the first of the salute was fired from tn
hillside by Light Battery F of Fort Hamil
ton. Then came forward a blue
coated messenger from the widow
He bore two wreaths of whit
Marguerites. Upon one in purple i'm
mortelles was the word Daughter" an
the other bore the word Husband" Th
\ upper right hand niche was opened, an
upon the casket of the generals daughte
Ida was placed one of the tokens from tn
widow, while the other was placed upo
e the generals casket The marble block
4 were set in position and sealed. Then. a
v the regulars withdrew from the sepulcheI
i bugler came ont from the ranks and
$ standing upon the gentle slope, sounde
a the last TAPS for Gen. Hancock. TIL
bearers re-entered their carriages, the gat
of the tomb was fastened, the thousand
melted away through the snow-wet path
and down the hillside to the town, and ID
} last rites were ended.
A STEEL CASKET.
e WINFIELD, l.. l., Feb. 1s.-A ste,
n casket. similar to that recently made to +,
d ceive the remains of President Garfield, hs
# been ordered from a metallic burial con
J. pany of this place by friends of the La
e Gen. Hancock.
Honored by the French.
J., NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 13.-The produc
v exchange was closed to-day and the fiaa