The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-03
PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S FUNERAL.
M Ostentstious Ceremonies, but Simple Services,
in Which the People Join with Mncere sor'

No Ostentatious Ceremonies, but Simple Services
In Which the People Join win Mncere sOr'
row.
The funeral OF ex- President Arthur occur
red in New York ON Monday, the ~ lnst'
President Cleveland and Postmaster Gen
eral Villas arrived in a carriage direct from
the train at s 20 a. IN, and entered the
house OF mourning. q u,u
shortly after Coy. Hill and Judge Will
lam Miller arrived and also ~aEghted from
their carriages and entered the house. Ihey
were followed by the senate committee.
By this time there was a mighty throng OF
people on the avenue, and the windows OF
the houses we're filled with sad faces. There
was no service at the house.
As the casket came in view OF the peo-
ple in the street every head was bowed rev
e~rently, and many eyes were hlled with
! tears in the throng thus hushed IN the
presence OF death. There was no display
OF pomp or ceremony, no military music
or procession, but the mighty throng
of ]sorrowing people bore witness to
their love and respect for the deceased
statesman. Next came out OF the residence
Chester A. Arthur, Jr., the son OF the ex-
president; leaning On his arm, clad in gar
ments OF mourning, was his sister, Miss
Nellie Arthur. They passed quietly to
their carriage, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McElroy. Then came the following;
Mrs. Caws, Mrs. H~ayneswoTth and Miss
Arthur, the sister OF the ex-president; Post
master Masten and his wife, OF Cohoes, n.
Y. with their son and daughter; President
Cleveland, Postmaster General Villas, Mar.
tin P. Mcmahon and Henry II. Draper,
Secretaries Bayard, Whitney and Lamar,
pail bearers, ex-Postmaster General Ores.
ham. ex-Secretaries Lincoln and Chan
dler, ex-Postmaster General Hatton,
ex-Attorney General Brewster, Gen.
sral Sheridan, DR.. Agnew, Cornelius
n. Bliss, Robert G. Dunn, Gen. George H..
Sharpe, Charles L. Tiffany, Cornelius Van
derbilt, Chief Justices Waite, Justices Har-
Ian and Blatchford, Senator's Edmunds,
Sherman, Logan, Evarts, Hawley, Morrill,,
Vest and German and Gov. Hill.
The mourners filled twenty five carriages.
Over one hundred carriages filled with
friends who had been unable to gain adj
mission to the house followed the process
sion to the church.
The church on Fifth avenue has a seat
ing capacity of 700, but there were nearly
900 present, a large number being com
PEELED to stand. Behind the pail bearers,
bers Of his cabinet, ex-President Hayes,
Judges OF the supreme court, senatorial
committee, governor and staff, mayor
and aldermen OF New York, mayor and
aldermen Of Boston, Ancient and Honor
able Artillery, Boston, and the Republican
central committee.
As the casket was borne into the church
the choir formed into two files and the
clergymen passed between them, heading
the procession, i~ntoning the opening lines
OF the beautiful Episcopal burial service.
pny Tr porEar MnrOap them nray pl for
the blessing OF God upon the family, and
that the grief OF the children, thus bereaved
Of their parent, might be a~ssuaged. The
services were concluded with a benediction
by Rey. DIR. Morgan.
The casket was then borne to the street.
Over twelve hundred pUlice-menin full uni
form ined the route and occupied positions
where it was thought possible they might
be useful. During the services the
guard of honor, consisting OF six bat
teries from Governors island, marine
corps and sailors from the Brooklyn navy
yard and the United States steamer Ten
nessee, were drawn up in line on the west
side Of Fifth avenue, facing the church,
the right OF the line resting on Forty-ffth
street. 1t took but a few moments to
transfer the coffin from the hearse to the fu-
neral car Woodlawn. The family and friends
then took seats in three drawing-room
coaches composing the special train, and
at 1909 a.. m. the train slowly pulled out
and the journey to Albany was COM
menced. Among the hundreds OF distin-
guished gentlemen present at the church
were Hon. James G.. Blaine, Hon. John A.
Logan, Gen. B. f. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, John
Jacob Astor, Gen. Schofield and staff and
Senator John Sherman.
The remains were taken to the rural
cemetery OF Albany, and now rest in the
Arthur tomb, surrounded by the dust Of
his father, vile, etc.