The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-12-16
PRESIDENT ARrHUR,s FUNERAL.

/ PRESIDENT ARTHUR's FUNERAL.
No DESTINATIONS Ceremonies, but Simple Services,
in Which the People Join with Sincere Sor.
row.
The funeral OF ex-President Arthur occur.
red in New York on Monday, the 20 inst,
President Cleveland and Postmaster Gen
eral Villas arrived in a carriage direct from
the train at $40 a.. m, and entered the
house OF mourning.
Shortly after GOV. Hill and Judge Will.
lam Miller arrived and also alighted from
their carriages and entered the house. They
were followed by the senate committee.
BY this time there was a mighty throng ol
people OF the avenue, md the windows oil
the houses were filled with sad faces. There
was no service at the house.
As the casket came in view Of the peo-
pie in the street every head was bowed rev-
erently, and many eyes were filled with
tears in the throng thus hushed in the
presence of death. There, wal no display
of pomp or ceremony, no military music
or procession, but tho mighty throng
Of borrowing 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
their carriage, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McElroy. Then anne the following:
Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haynesworth 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 H. 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.
eral Sheridan, DR.. Agnew, Cornelius
N. Bliss, Robert G.. Dunn, Gen. George II.
Sharpe, Charles L. Tiffany, Cornelius Van
derbilr, Chief Justices Waite, Justices Har-
Ian and Blatchford, Senators 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 pall.bearers,
on the left, were the president and men,
bers OF his cabinet, x-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 flies and the
clergymen passed between them, heading
the procession, informing the opening lines
OF tho beautiful Episcopal burial service.
Rev. DR.. Parker Morgan then prayed for
the blessing of God upon the family. and
that the grief Of the children, thus bereaved
services were concluded with a benediction
by Rev. DR.. Morgan.
The casket was then borne to the street.
Over twelve hundred police-menin full uni.
form lined 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 OF the. west
side OF Fifth avenue, facing the church,
the right OF tho line resting on Forty fifth
street. It took but o few moments to
transfer the coffin from the hearse to the fu-
neral car Woodlawn. The family and friends
then took seats in three d~rawing-room
coaches composing the special train, and
at 1000 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
Logan, Gen. B. +. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Hon. Chaunceys M. Depew, John
Jacob Aston, Gen. Schofield and staff and
Senator John Sherman. 80
The remains were taken to the rural
cemetery of Albany, and now rest in the
Arthur tomb, surrounded by the dust Of
his father, wife, etc.