New-York tribune., 1886-07-30
II. q. THOMPSON BURIED.
v,vy WELL-KYOwN MEN ATTHE FUNERAL

funerals OF few mer OF his years have been marked
bv the presence of so many we, prn nrimc
eefhse he lad won the ad nird on of hundreds or
orominent men in al walks of ie through M ms MsAnc
mi manipulation Of his fellow men IN the ne'u VI
nolitcs. and these hun lreds brayei the almost uh-
kearable heat of one of the warmcst DAYS OF iIio IT,
season to pay their last tributes OF TeSpect 10 IT,
memory. Politicians naturally predomina'cu tn hn
tns tas, iH[CnSS fe% Years s' Of w his lie were passed
almost exclusively among men of that class nnr
there were many present whose names have never
been associated with strife for ~ thc
patronage Nor We're the Pan1 PoieaH' a1 men U and
Irving Hall adherents were almost as pch'i'" -
the County Democrat. .,;.orost
about the Worth House Little knots ol cui]thh ~
gathered upon the corners and gazed aa al VIM rnc
dows which Ind from their view the nna3 'G5
preparations for the services platoon ., I'D
policemen from the Twenty-ninth Precinct naItn1u
down broadway aud were stationed by cap.aiihh
Williams in positions where they oests c1od co5,d
handle the expected crowds ne Nai'nn nhon r' ihot
ot;cei eio ,rvnJ few minutes later The house o
The New-Ams,criam Club INVEST twenty -fonr'n-Ss' l
had hern chosen as the meeting place LOT the 'cIe
o nau Uce fron ihc various organizations of which
sr. Thompson was member; and ths rapidly
flled with sobrr-faccG men In black ATTIRE uPou
roie rrht sleeves were pinned balges of mourr-
inc While the family and immediate friends were
gathering IN he Worth House. messengers ann w2g-
Sns laGen wthfOra: ributeS, were constantly arrlV
YmgaI Trinity Chapel. These deposited IN the
chanccl until Its rail and the reading desks
within il were lost to view amid the banks OF I'm,
martclies lilies roses chry SAINT hcmumS vio cts and
carnations wrought INTO approprlate dealEns.
From the Department of Puonc Wo1Ks s cam. "a a
broken column niue feet in height and from the
County Democracy Executive Committee came an
other six feet tall The Notwithstanding i.o Ginb
flowers. The blossom Cllb sent a pillow, cross
and crown. the state Democratlc Commute" & m Oh
Ajar" and A. Bigcow Kcllog, large harp. @ % a
handsome piece Inscribed The Golden "al", wa,
attached card upon winch was TINS sen'incHH, Y,
"IhcIcmocrdcy o. san Francesca wecps at the Ma
tons loss of its greatest young man. -, ,
While the crowds were fling into Trinity Chapei,
the SIDE aislcs OF which were thrown open u tnc
pubic. a few minutes after 10 O'clock there were
assembled III the dimly lighted paIlorad)'nlne ine
bedroom IN which MIR. thompson dlcd Nr ana No.. MIs
tbr rd~ad political chcftain; Mss Cora THOMPSON
then ughter; Dr. and Mrs. fanney. of Ravens- rs
and Mrs. Ludlow, and Mr.. and Mrs. }. keanedy
Smythc, unclcs aud aunts; Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
smythc, Conrad f. >nytne, Francis l.. ,ln,ni Meiman
Ogden Ogden and I'''Sn, !ir. , and Mrs. William, F.
TAYLOR cousins; the pall-bearers ana dozeh 1
intaatc friends. TO these the Rev. Dr. Seward, OF
tie Church of the New Jerusalem, If winch NI.
Thompson trustee, read the Swedcnoorgm,an m
funcral service At the close OF this service the
colln was borne through an uncovered throng
formed III two lines either side of the Walk TO
TRINITY Chapel a hundred yards distant. The pail
chaplain of the 7;h Regiment aud rector OF -.
Johns Church, the Rev. DE- 5 b. smith asSiSIaHr oir
met the coffin at the door. and as they rlarched up
the centre aisle in advance Of 1t the choIr sang ty
professional hymD 80 Paradise! y faiaulse.
fyery inch of space IN the auditorium WAS occu-
Iied and hundreds stood IN the church yard ana the
in front OF during the long seryfe. of ,ho
centre aisle and on the other side were the pail
bearers designated by broad saShcs Of olacE aud
white Grape. Tney were GILBERT VI: @pelr jr,
Jnirc Iruax Secretary of the Navy William {.
Whitney. Mayor Wlaa X Grace, Distrlct-At-
torucy r. b. Nsrtin@. Police Conmlssoner John H.
I,l, AID, aud
Power cx-Controller Allan CamDOell, Surveyor H.
: Beattie and Richard A. cunningham. Edwald
WAS prevented bv snnstroke, and Mr.. Cunniugham
was substituted. Directly behind the pali-DGaIeIS
aud family were the repreNentatNes OF tnG noaL Az l
OF Aldermen Department OF fuDhc Works. the
New.Amsieriam Club Executive Committee OF
the County Democracy, the Tammany socety'
Manhattan, New-York. Blossom, Lambs C0hey
Island Jockey and Gentemen's Driving Clubs.
Montgomery Lodge f. and NJ, and theassemby
Gislrct organizations Among those III ana aOou, o,,
fhe church were Sheriff hugh j. Grant, county
Clerk James A. Fack. Police Commissioners Porter,
McClave and French, Commissioner OF Taxes
Michael J. Coleman, street Cleaning tomml sSiOner
James ;. Coleman, John j. OBren. John Brlen,
CHAIRMAN of the state Democratlc ComWlttee
Commissioner Rollin M squire. A; Bigeo" henoeg'
Baruum, Electrical subway Commissioners JACOB
Hess and Theodore Moss. ex-senator trG9enck
Gibbs Judge Ambrose l.. Mcneil. Vincent Z. heene.
Fire Commi> >sloners Richard Croker, Henry ID Pur-
roy ana Elwood smith. Dock Commssloners JOSEPH
Ko~h and James Matthews Commissioners OF
Charities aud Correction Thomas ;. Brennan,
Henry II. Porter and Charles L. Simmons. Charles T.
Bacon GPvefn2r His former law paTner, aHT,c ana
Flyun and his partner Charles H. Fields; Aque
duct Commissioners James L.; Eld.way anc
Charles Barnes Collector +. l.. Hedden, Edwaic
Iduterbach. eX-kegister Augustus l. (ocnaTty
theodore 4. Hamilton. George lLoutIell, MyroL
Campbell Controller Edward Y. Loew. Coroners
Levy. Nugent Messemer and Eldman, k1oeTt 1
McCord, thomas CieaIy, Thomas r. MaIsh, C9m Cn
rick McCabe, William p. Mitchell, Justice ord
ex-Comnlssioner Patrick keenan, Arthur ). NC
Qnadc, Thomas j. Costigan. Alderman MasteIson
ex-Supe intendent OF Police James }. kelso. parb
Commissioners John d. Cnmniins, Andrew Whlt'
Coudtv' including Mayor Whitney, ex-Mayor How
ell. Hugh Mclaughlin. thomas Carroll, kegste
Murtha ank Justice Cullen. ,.,. ~ c;., ~,
After the service, in which both Dr. smith an'
h$%ps SsaSsT On, Sly sna Goa sn. to with 5rss Ss
were sung the choir moved slowly down the centi
aisle followed by the pail-bearers. While a few
Intimate friends were taking parting io9k al th
face of the departed leader James }. helso. "hC
acted as marshal. tOrmed a procession III lwchty
ftth-st. AT Its head was a platoon OF police pre-
ceding the Executive Committee of the Count.
Democracy, the Department OF iubiIc Works dee
CATION. the Jefferson Club headed by >. Mccartney
Gd Hickory ASSOCIATION u tLe n,i'I u hes
marched on the sidewalk abreast OF the hcaIse AM
carriages containing the family, trends, PAL
bearers and Board OF Aldermen. be route was u
Flfth-ave. to Forty-oecond-st. and to the Ofan'
Central Station where a special train was ready I
carry thc 1une1dl party 10 NoOuid"H-
Al Woodawn station the procession was re
formed to escort the body to ITS las
resting place plot on one q
the highest portions of the cemetery. Her
DIR. Seward read a bref burial service. The oI
pressive Leaf was keenly felt by the funeral party
burng the services AT the grave ex-Superlntend
eut James j. kclsO was overcome but alter r'
stora,ives had been administered at rcighbonn
house he was sufficiently recovered to accompan
the party back TO tie CITY,
THREE THOUSAND POUNDS OF POOR TEA
LAWYER who sad that he represented a ina
named Ejsnau in New-Jerscy, went to the SAN
tarv Ihueau Yesterday and showed Dr. Cyrus EdsO
.I..o L. ILL LlI 4 LIZ.