The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-02
PRESIDENT ARTnUR,s FUNKRlL

! No Ostentatlous Ceremonies, sat Staple 1tftio1a;
In Which the People Join with sii1sre ior:
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1'he funeral 81 OK. President Atthuff g
Ted in New York on Monday. the 81 inst.
President Cleveland and Postmaster Con.
eral Villas arrived in carriage direct from
the train. at $50 q. M, and entered the
house OF mourning. j ':.! -:
l. Shortly utter Gov. Hill and judge Will.
lam Miller arrived and also alighted from
their carriages and entered the house. They
we're followed by the senate committee.
Sy this time there was y mighty throng of
people on the avenue, and the windows OF
the houses were filled with sad faces. There
was no service at the house.
AS the casket came in view Of tho 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 was NO display
Of pomp or: ceremony, no military music
ot procession, but tho mighty throne
Of borrowing people bore witness to
theit. love and respect for tho deceased
htatesmah: Next came out 81 the residence
Chester A. Arthur, Jr., the eoh OF the ex-
president: leaning on his arm, clad in gar.
lnents OF mourning, was his sister, Miss
Nellie Arthur. They passed Quietly to
their carriage, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McElroy. Then came tho 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, Westminster General Gres
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
derbil1, 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 Fl We carriages:
Over one hundred carriages filed with
friends who had been unable to gain ad-
mission to the house followed the proceS.
sion to the church:
The church on Fifth avenue has q seat
ing capacity Of 700, but there were nearly
900 present, large number being COM
PEELED to stand: Behind the pall.bearers,
on the left, were the president and mem.
bers of his cabinet, ex.Prcsdent Hayes.
judges OF the supreme court, senatorial
and aldermen OF New York, mayor and
aldermen OF Boston, Ancient and Honor.
able Artillery, Boston, and the Republican
central committee.
As the basket Was BORNE into the church
the choir formed into two files and the
clergynen passed between them, heading
the procession, intoning the opening lines
Of tho beautiful Episcopal burial service.
Rev. DR.. Parker Morgan then prayed for
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that the grief OF the children, thus bereaved
of their parent, might he assuaged. The
services were concluded with q benediction
by Rev. DIR. Morgan.
The casket was then borne to the street.
Over twelve hundred police men in full uni
form lined the route and occupied positions
where it was thought possibl. they might
be useful. During the services the
guard Ut honor, consisting Of six bat
teries from Governors island, marine
corps and sailors from the Brooklyn navy
hessec, were drawn up in line on the west
side OF Fifth avenue, facing the church,
the right OF the line resting on Forty fifth
street. 1t took but a few moments to
transfer the coffin from the learse to the fu-
neral car Woodlawn. The family and friends
then took seats in three drawing 70 ON
coaches composing the special train, and
at 1000 a. IN. 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 &. Blaine, Hon. John A.
Logan, Gen. B. F. Butler. Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, John
Jacob Astor, Gen. Schotield and staff aud
Senator John Sherman.
The remains were taken to the rural
cemetery OF Albany, and now rest in the
Arthur tomb, surrounded by the dust VI
his father, wife. etc.