Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-07
THE FUNERAL AT GREYSTONE.
The President at TiIden's Bier.
MEXICAN BRAVADO ON THE BORDER
CONFUSION IN ENGLISH POLITICS.
An ex-Secret Service Officers Tragic Death
THE FUNERAL AT GREYSTONE.
scenes ut the Tilden Mansi0n-Dis-
ttngutshed Men DO Honor % the
Dead.

Win neaVy and damp clouds brooding over
Greystone. where the body of tue dead states
man was lying in its funeral robes awaiting
burial. In this city the public buildings were
closed, aud emblems OF mourning were dis
played on almost every house. The early
trains brought large crowds TO attend the OBJ
sequies, and the roads leading to the late home
OIL the deceased were thronged with mourners,
among whom were many notable citizens.
Long before the services were begun the house
and spacious grounds OF Greystone were hlied
to overfowing. Early in the morning the
casket arrived, and the body reyerently
placed therein, and was removed from the
room in the second story in which il was first
placed 10 the blue room on the first floor. This
was not accomplished until eight O'Clock
and IL was not until that hour that
the general public were admitted to the man.
sion. The remains were placed on q catafalque
In the center OF the room. The drapery OF the
the entire room was draped in sable. BY this
time the friends OF the family had begun TO
arrive. The first train from New York 10 bring
any number was the 200, but from that time
on the people came 10y the scores. Among the
hrst to arrive at the house were General Alex
ander Hamilton, Charles A. Dana, Daniel
Magone, John Il. Trevor, eX-SenatorWllliam IL.
Barnum, Samuel j. Randall, Treasurer Jordan,
eX-Coiiector Murphy and ex-Assemblyman
Morrow. MIR. Andrew IL. Green received all
and usherea tnem into the parlor. When the
people generally were admitted to view the
remains, they entered the east door, passed
through the first parior Oh the right to the blue
room, and thence through tue hall 70 the west,
OE Ttaf entrance.
THE REMAINS
The body was seen to be attired In q full dress
suit, with a white pink in the button hole. A
white tie surrounded a standing collar. The
right hand was crossed over the breast, and the
head lay partly on the right side. The fea-
lures, while showing SOME emaciation, did not
suggest that the dead man had under gone any
extended or considerable physical suffering.
Among those who passed in the long line to
Rasit, ake last = ooS at ,9e remains were surveyor
Lekevre, of Ohio; Congressman Stahlnecker, of
this district 4. y. Perrin, clerk of the court of
appeals; Park Commissioner john ID. Grim
minis: john ID. Traphagen, John Bigeiow Smith
NJ. Weed, DIR. George l.. Miller, Oh the Omaha
Republican; VIM. Allen Butler, DIR. Charles Il.
Summons and Col. John :. Fellows. There were
only two floral pieces on the coffin. A bouquet
OF cala lilies and white roses lay near the head
OF palm, under smilax and victoria regina. All
the flowers came from Mr. Tilden's hot houses.
The victoria regina came from a plant OF which
there are but tpree in America BY O'Clock
several hundred persons of both skies, white
and black, Christian and Jew, rich and poor.
had viewed the remains,
THE PALL-BEARERS.
The pall-bearers were Samuel j. Randall,
John Bigelow, Daniel Manning, Smith NJ.
Weed, Charles A. Dana, DIR. George L. Miller,
William Alien Butler, Daniel Magone, j. b.
Trevor, DIR. Charles f. Simmons and Aaron J.
Vanderpoel. The first formal delegation to
arrive was from the JefIersonIan CLUB, of New
ark, n. j. Soon after them Mayor Bell, OF Ion-
kers, and the fonkers aldermen passed through,
and then the ten servants-five men and five
women-paid their last tribute. The women,
without exception, shed tears as they gazed
for The last time upon their Late master.
THE PRESIDENT.
At $40 O'Clock President Cleveland reached
the mansion. He was accompanied by Secre-
tary of War Endicott and Private Secretary La
mont Mr.. Geo. w. Smith, Mr.. Tilden's private
secretary, took the Presidents arm and found
a place in the line of citizens. Secretary Endi-
colt followed with Mr.. Lamont. On reaching
the head OF the bier the President stopped q
y,ls, nr IN M q xanrn l...,ly
the lace OF The dead, passed on TO the hall, and
was escorted TO where the family were assem-
Mr. Lamont. Ten minutes later the pail
bearers descended the broad stairway in the
center OF the house that led directly to the
room where the remains were.
SECRETARY MANNING,
leaning on the arm OF Mr.. John Bigelow led
the pall-bearers. Mr.. Manning seemed rather
feeble, his steps being by no means sure. As he
came down The stairs Mr.. Bigeiows assistance
was by no means unnecessary. The delegations
from tie various bodies followed the pall-bear.
ers and took seats in the blue room adjoining
the pariors. These Were from the Bar assoca-
ton, headed by Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts; the New
York board OF aldermen, Tammany hall, Irving
hail, the County democracy aud several other
President cleveland entered the room with
Secretary Endicott, Secretary Whitney and
Mr. Lamont Following next came the men,
bcrs OF the famly-Mr Tildens nephews and
nieces. Gov. Hill arrived just as the cere-
monies were beginning. He was seated next
10 Mayor Grace. The hundreds OF people col
Looted in the hall on either side of the black
drapery that hung la front OF the blue room
blocked up the entire passage and extended
out on the poTches and grounds In front and at
the rear OF She hour.
THE SERVICES.
Then the Rev. Dr. Wm. j. Tucker, who had
come from Andoyer, Mass, to perform the
ceremonies, read the funeral services of the
PresDy terian church. The choir of the Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian church, which had
taken up position at the loot of the main
staircase, sang abide With Me-.
THE FUNERAL ADDRESS.
The Rev. DIR. Tucker next delivered a short
address on the personal qualities of the de-
ceased. The reverend gentleman spoke with
great feeling, that several times evinced itself
in choking his utterances. He said he would
not undertake TO speak of Mr.. Tilden's public
lite and great public qualities. The press had
done that with judgment and aptitude, but he
could not hefp thinking OF and referring To Mr.
Tlden's generous hospitality. None who had
Tucker continued:. "A friend wrote to me
Of an eminent physician, that nothing
ing of death. as that We suddenly fail to COM
mUnicate with those who have been all in all
to us. Death is the withdrawal OF affection and
love in the time that We need ii. 1t is an irre-
parable waste. great mind cannot be re-
placed; what the mind grasped, the books from
braced will remain, but the ~ process
of reasoning, the power to foresee and appre-
ciate is gone. 1t is like the destruction OF fine
library or the loss of a precious jewel Few men
have been of such greatness OF mind in this
generation our deceased brother. Whether
he considered men or plans he was always WISE
saaacious aud honorable whom all loved to
listen to and to honor. There was a fine con-
structiveness Of ideas in mis- reasoning that
made his a great mind. A great light is
gone out That is the meaning OF death-some-
thing is wasted. Does death mean any more
than an interruption Of his communication
with us? No; according to his simple .aith this
mortal must put on immortality. There are
obligations to live again there are to die.
He was q simple, broad, clear believer In our
faith. In that faith we surrender our death.
The eternal Is the refuge"
After this address Miss Antonia HEM sang
very effectively, ''One Sweetly Solemn Thought
and DIR. Tucker made another brief speech. The
choir sang beyond the Smiling aud the Weep
ing" and the casket was closed.
BORNE TO THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
The body was borne out to the hearse at 1850
o'clock and carried to the train for New Le-
banon. The President, governor, mayor, cabi-
net officers and delegations followed, with the
pall-bearers, In twenty-five carriages. As the
casket was borne through the marbIe-1oored
Mr.. Tiiden's employees carried the body. Among
them were the captain of the yacht Viking, the
gardener, the valet, and the coachman OF the
dead statesman.
The President and his secretary, Governor
Hill, Mayor Grace. and the delegations followed
the casket in carriages, but neither boarded
the funeral train. Along the three mile route
TO Youkers, the sides Of the road was alive with
people. just as the corsege started from the
house brisk rain set In, but that did
not drive the spectators from the paths.
Many sought shelter under the trees and avn
tngS some raised umbrellas and some remained
han ho0 aod kxossv