St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-08
and five women paid their last tribute.
The women, without exception,
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and five women paid their last tribute.
The women, without exception,
SHED TEARS
as they gaZed for the last time upon their
dead master. At $40 President Cleveland
reached the mansion. He was accompanied
by Secretary of War Endicott and Private
Secretary Lamont Mr.. George Smith,
Mr.. Tiidens private secretary, took
the presidents arm and found a
place i'm the line of citizens Secre-
tary Endicott followed with Mr.. La
mar. On reaching the head of the bier
the president stopped moment or two,
took an earnest look at the face of the dead
and passed on to the hall and was escorted
among the family upstairs. So also were
Mr. Endicott and Mr.. Lamont. Ten min
uUes later the pall-bearers decended the
broad staircase in the center of the house
that leads directly to the room where the
remains were. Secretary Manning, leaning
upon the arm of Mr.. John BigelOw, led the
bearers. Mr.. Manning seemed rather
feeble, and his steps were by mo means sure
as he came down the stairs. Mr.. Bigelow's
assistance was necessary. The delegations
from various bodies followed the pail
bearers and took seats in
HE BLUE hOOM AMI IAhLOhSs
THE BAR ASSOCIATION,
headed by the Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts, New
York board of aldermen, Tammany Hall,
Irving Hall, the County Democracy and
others were present. President Cleveland
entered the room with Secretary Endicott,
Secretary Whitney and Mr.. Lamont Fol-
lowing next came the members of the FAM
lily, Mr.. Tlden's nephews and neces Gov.
Hill arrived just as the ceremonies were
beginning. He was seated next to Mayor
Grace The hundreds of people collected
in the hall OH either side of the black drap-
cry that hung in front of the
room blocked up the entire
passage and extended out into the
porches and grounds in the front and rear
of the house. The Rev. Dr.. William j.
Tucker, who had came from Andover
Mass, to perform the funeral services, read
the funeral prayer OF the Presbyterian
church. The choir of the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian church, which had taken up a
position at the foot Of the main staircase
sang abide With Me-" The Rev. Dr.
Tucker next delivered short address OH
the personal qualities of the deceased. The
reverend gentlemen
SPOKE WITH GREAT FEELING
that several times evinced itself in choking
utterances. He said he would not under
take to speak of MI. Tilden's life and great
public qualities. The press had done that
with judgment and amplitude. But he
could not help thinking of and referring to
Mr.. Tilden's generous hospitality. No one
who had ever partaken of it would fail to
appreciate it. DR.. Tucker continued:
A friend wrote me not long ago. referring
tie the death of eminent physician, that
nothing was so plan in an attempt to give the
meaning of death as that we suddenly fail to
com municate with those who have been all in
ali to us. Death is the withdrawal Of affec-
ton aad love in the time we need it. 1t is an
irreparable waste. A great mind cannot be
replaced. What the mind grasped, the books
from which it learned and the facts
embraced will remain, but the pro-
cess of reasoning the power to foresee
and appreciate is gone. 1t is like the de-
struction of a fine library or precious
jewel. Few men have been of such great
ness of mind in this generation as our de-
ceased brother. Whether he considered men
or plans, he was always wise, sagacious and
honorable, whom all loved to listen to and
to honor. There was fine constructiyeness
OF ideas in his reasoning that made his a
great mind. great light has gone out.
That is the meaning of death, something
wasted. Does death mean any more than an
interruption of his communication with US?
No. According to his simple faith, this NOR
tai must put on immortality. There are OBJ
He was simple, broad, clear believer in our
faith. In that faith we surrender our dead.
The eternal is thy refuge.
After this address, Miss Antonio Henne
sang very effectively, 'Gne SweetlY Sell
emn Thought" and DR.. Tucker made an
other brief speech. The choir sang BE
You'd the Smiling and Weeping" and the
casket was closed. The body was borne
out to the hearse at 1880 and carried to
THE TRAIN FOR NEW LEBANON.
The president, governor. many cabinet
officers and delegations followed with the
pail bearers in twenty-five carriages. AS
fOored hall, the choir sang Rock of
Ages" Eight of Mr.. Tilden's en-
ployes carried the body. Among them
were the captain Of the yacht Viking, the
gardener, the valet and the coachman of
the dead statesman. The president and
his secretary. Gov. Hill, Mayor Grace and
the delegations followed in the carriages,
but neither boarded the funeral train.
Along the three-mile route to YOnkers the
sides of the road were alive with people.
Just as the cortege started from the house
brisk rain set in, but this did not drive the
spectators from the paths. Many sought
shelter under the trees and awnings, some
raised umbrellas and some remained uncov
cred. When the hearse passed between the
crowd. Hats were raised and other signs
of respect were continuously shown. When
the depot was reached the members of the
family, the Misses Tilden. Miss Gould, the
Messrs. Tilden and Charles F. Mclean,
with their intimate friends, Rev. DR.. Tucker
and several of the delegations
ENTERED THE CARS.
Groups Of people watched the funeral
| train as it whirled along the route from
Yonkers to New Lebanon. The men I'M
| covered as the train passed, and all mani
tested deep interest in the days mean-
choy event. When the funeral train
rolled into the little heavily-draped station
at New Lebanon at 3:45 p. M, the Sward
| back of the depot was filled with people.
T he Congregationalist church is situated
about one-cighth of a mile from the sta
tt on. 1t is plain, white wooden structure.
Mr.. Tilden contributed largely toward the
ere elton of chapel addition to the edifice,
which is being built. Profound silence
rel gned while the bier was being placed
in the plain hearSe that was III
re adiness back of the station. The vehicle
vas brought from Pittsfeld, Mass. for the
occasion. An ample supply of conveyances
were in waiting, and in few minutes the
cortege moved toward the church. which is
opposite the homestead. The population of
New Lebanon and surrounding towns had
seemingly turned out ell masse. The Rev.
Mr.. Burrill, pastor of the Congregational
church. assisted the Rev. W. S. Tucker in
the services at the church. The remains
were permitted to lie in state in the church
for an hour. The bier was then
CARRIED TO THE HEARsE
by Mr.. Tilden'S personal attendants and the
silent procession moved slowly up through
the sombre appearing village, with its shady
streets and large elm and willow trees.
Beyond the town, a quarter of a mile to
the village cemetery, which is just across
the railroad on rise of ground, the pro-
cession halted. After the brief ceremonies