New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
PRESIDENT ARTHUR,S FUNERAL.
40 0stentatious Ceremonies, but Simple Services,
in Which the People Join With Sincere Sor.

IN winch Inc feOple -SOln Win sincere SOr'
row.
The funeral of exp President Arthur occur.
red in New York on Monday, the % inst
President Cleveland and Postmaster Gen.
eral Villas arrived in 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 OF
people on the avenue, and the windows OF
the houses were filled with sad faces. There
was o 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 was no display
OF pomp or ceremony, no military music
or procession, but the mighty throng
OF sorrowing 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.
Nellie Arthur. They passed quietly to
their carriage, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McElroy. Then came the following:
Mrs. Caws, Mrs. Haynesworth and Miss
Arthur, the sister OF the 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 II. Draper,
Secretaries Bayard, Whitney and Lamar,
pail bearers, ex-Postmaster General Ores.
ham, ex-Secretaries Lincoln and Cham
dler, ex-Postmaster General Hatton,
ex-Attorney General Brewster, Gen
N. Bliss, Robert G. Dunn, Cen George II.
Sharpe Charles L. Tiffany, Cornelius Van
derbil5, 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 ad-
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 lett, were the president and mem
bers OF his cabinet, ex-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 files and the
clergymen passed between them, heading
the procession, intoning the opening lines
OF the 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
OF their parent, might be assuaged. The
services were concluded with benediction
by Rev. DR.. 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 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 on the west
side OF Fifth avenue, facing the church,
the right OF the line resting on Forty fifth
street. 1t took but few moments to
transfer the coffin from the hearse to the fu-
neral car Woodlawn. The family and friends
then took seats in three drawing-room
CoaCneS composing Ine speClal tralu, ana
at 1000 a. m. the train slowly pulled out
and the journey to Albany was COM
Among the hundreds OF distin-
guished gentlemen present at the church
we're Hon. James G. Blaine Hon. John A.
Logan, Gen. B. +. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, John
Jacob Astor, Gen. Schofeld and staff and
Senator John Sherman.
The remains we're taken to the rural
cemetery OF Albany, and now rest in the
Arthur tomb, surrounded by the dust Of
his father, wife, etc.