River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-25

jesse Spalding. The coffin was of oak COW
cred with black cloth, and with no orna-
mentation save the silver plate with sim
pie inscription The countenance was pale
and emaciated but not more SO than was TO
he expected after months of pain and suf-
/ fering. President Cleveland and Post
master General Villas arrived at the house
at 20, followed by other members of the
cabinet, Judge VIM. Miller and Gov. Hill
and they were followed by the Senate Com
mittee
There was no service at the house, save
the final parting with the dead by the
members of his family. At $3.50 the black
/ casket, covered with palmetto leaves,
sprays of viOlets and wreath of white
roses, was lifted by the undertaker's as
sistants and borne from the room. The
, silent form Of Chester A. Arthur passed
through the door of his earthly tenement
for the last time, and was reverently placed
IN the funeral draped hearse. As the
casket came IN view of the people in the
street every head was bowed reverently,
and many ewes were filed with tears in the
throng thus hushed in the presence of death
Next came out of the residence Chester \.
Arthur Jr., the sou of the eX-president;
leaning ON his arm, clad in garments OF
mourning, was his sister, Miss Nellie
Arthur They passed quietly TO their
carriage accompanied by Mr. and Mrs
McElroy.
Then came Mrs Caws, Mrs Haynesworth
and Miss Arthur, the sister of the expires
luGnls Ih>Litdsltf MdSAtn anu MS vile Oh
Cohoes, ~ Y, with their son and daughter .
President Cleveland, Postmaster General
Villas. Martin I. Mcmahon and Henry III.
Draper, Secretaries bayard, Whitney and
Lamar, Lientenan, General sheridan,
bert. G. Dunr, Gen. George H.
Sharpe, Chas. l.. tiffany and Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Chief Justice Waite and JUS
tees Harlan and Batchford, Senators Ed
munds, sherman, Logan, Evarts, Hawley,
Z
The mourners filled y carriages, but over
100 carriages filled with friends who had
been unable TO gain admission to the house
followed the procession to the church. rs
corted by six batteries ofartillery, furnished
10y Gen. SchOtield, the short procession com
menced TO move. All along the route heads
were barred as the hearse came into sight,
and many eyes were dim. The exterior of
the church had been draped with black. A
single American flag suspended over the
portico indicating the national character of
the obsequies. The chancel, reading desk
and pulpit were also obscured with drapery.
1 Admission to the edifice was by ticket, of
which about nine hundred were issued.
| The board of aldermen met at the Wind
scr hotel at 30 and marched to the church
/ in a body, and committees from the cotton
mercantile and other exchanges and public
/ bodies were present in their official capaci-
/ ties The casket was met at the entrance 10y
Rev. DIR. Morgan. rector of the church, and
/ Rev. W. \. Leonard, of st. Johns church,
| Washington, who repeating the well known
/ Episcopal service commencing, Il am the
/ resurrection and the life" headed the pro
| cession up the aisle to the chancel. The
SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES
of the Episcopal church were then proceeded
with, the musical portion consisting of pro
cessional, offertory and occasional hymns
| including Abide With Me- and Nearer,
/ NV God, 10 Thee" brief address
eulogistic of tho deceased as presi-
dent and as a private citizen was de-
| livered by the Rev. DR. Parker Morgan
! At its conclusion the audience rose TO its
! feet, and while the organ rendered the
/ weird mournful music of the dead March
/ in Saul, the casket with its few family
I mOurners in the rear was borne down the
| aisle to the hearSe at the north door, the
vast crowd occupying every inch of ground
/ within sight, again manifesting its respect
/ bv standing with barred heads. When the
/ friends and relatives had entered the car
| riageS the procession at once started for the
| Grand Central depot, while the crowd turn
| ed its attention to the distinguished people
/ who slowly emerged from the editice.
/ Special cars had been reserved on the 1890
/ train for Albany for the mOurners and the
| remains, and there was no delay in starting.
/ The train reached Albany at 20 p. m,
and the funeral party was met by the
/ Common Council in a body, the Grant
| club and other delegations and escorted to
/ Rural Cemetery. where the last ceremony
! took place, Bishop DOane of Albany
| officiating. In addition 10 The sarcOphagus
of Mrs. Arthur and the grave of a young
son that died in 1863 there also lie buried
| the father and mother and a sister of the
| eX-President, and the father of Mrs. Arthur.