The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-02-17
CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB.
Scenes Of the Burial Of Win
field S, Hancock.
DREARN WEATHER.
As the Hero was Laid Away-Populsr
0utpouring But no Pomp
or Display.

| banked With Il 'ng. WAS apparently hs
| isolated this '.nrpiig rs IA rock in md
ocean. The roaring al steam, whistles and
| tho OccasOua! t,~iaut io. bells, were the
! only eviGcuG,:. III it1 fl..,,rr"-4 to Il great
city. TIL M ,;trY co.',r> was astir at an
| early i.,,;i:. and ,i.s, little steaner
| "Atlap'ir, whici, dart, - and fro between
the Battery and lie pier on the Island.
| brous!i; over loads of officers in uniforms
| and ci:i2' i'll dripping overcoats. The
privates, VIII" were pacing along the brick
walk in !r,,t of headquarters, looked dis
| consolats enough in their wet uniforms.
Last evening everybody UPON the Island
| was allowed to enter the parlor in which
Geu. Hancock's body lay. aud take fare
| we'll look at the dead countenance. For
nearly an hour, officers, privates, servants
and messengers, filed blythe coffin land many
eyes were filled with tears at the solemA
| spectacle.
THE GENERALS WIDOW.
This morning DR.. Janeway reported that
Mrs. Hancock had passed a resi- less night,
but seemed better at daybreak. Between
| Z and O'Clock the guards OF honor drew
| up in front OF the house, then came a de-
| tachment Of two hundred soldiers from the
forts, and drew up behind them. In the
meantime the widow, accompanied by Mrs.
Lieut.. Griswold and Miss Bouvier entered
| the room i'll which the hero lay, and took
parting look at his face. Mrs. Hancocks
! grief was pitif:Il. She kissed his forehead,
while tears fell fast from her overhowing
eyes. Then she sank into q chair and
| would have fallen to the floor had not
kindly hands come to her assistance. The
coffin lid was then put in its place and
| laural wreath brought to this city by the
Philadelphia division of the Loyal Legion
was laid upon it. Six soldiers bearing a
black cloth covered bier came into the
| room and placing the coffin upon it, bore
the body out OF the house The detach.
ment OF troops drawn up on the outside
then moved down the winding path to the
steamer Chester A. Arthur which was to
| receive the party. Mrs. Hancock, on the
advice OF her friends, did not leave home.
Miss BOuvier remained with her 1t was
precisely 8 O'Clock when
THE FIRST GUN FIRED
at Castle William boomed out over the
bay announcing that the boat was ready
to leave her dock. The body had been
placed in the cabin, and near it sat the
lourners and few officers. On the decks
moment later the ''Ch 'ster A. Arthur
steamed out in the stream and steered for
the New York shore. The fog by this time
had lifted sufficiently to give those on
board the steamer the first view they had
Of the harbor. The passage across was 50
short that but few vessels were met. At
9 O'Clock the coffin which had rested a few
minutes at the barge office, was lifted from
the trestIe by eight soldiers who carried it
..AL IL
which stood in waiting at the plaza. Four
companies Of the Fifth Artillery viewed the
coffin and were drawn up in lins on the
street, while the pallbearers stood with
uncovered heads as the coffin passed. All
along Broadway from Trinity Church to
the barge Office policemen were placed num-
bering about eight hundred. At an early
hour the people had began to gather on the
streets through which the procession would
pass.
RAINY WEATHER
But the rain eviden tly had an effect. and
thc crowd grew slowly, while all who could
find shelter sought such enclosures Us door
ways and awnings might afford. The deco
rations were few and far between consisting
chiefly Of flags. After the flag had been
wrapped around the coffin the troops broke
into columns OF companies, and pre-
pared for the march to the church, the pail.
bearers entering carriages and followed the
military. A squad Of police cleared the
way and after the hearse came Il long line
OF carriages with the family and friends and
the representatives from the New York
Commandry OF the military order OF the
Loyal Legion, the society OF the Army
OF the Potomac, Phil kearney Post No.
g. George Washington Post, Rice Post. and
Winfield Scott Hancock Post, all under the
command OF Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall. The
crowd had by this time enormously in
creased, and along the street, ana up Broad
way people stood in places seven or eight
feet deep. The route had been changed.
and it was nearly 10 O'Clock when the
march began in the order abOye described.
There was no music and only the footballs
OF the police and the military as thoy fell
upon the pavement broke the impressive
silence, though from far away across the
water came the booming OF the minute
guns. It was precisely 10 o'clock when
TRINITY CHURCH WAS REACHED
by the carriages containing the pail
bearers, who followed the hearse into
the sacred editice in this order: Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State;
Gen. Sherman, Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan, Maj.
Gcn. Schofield, Gen. Franklin, Brig. Gen.
Fry, Brig Gen. Terry, Big. Gen. Miles,
Brig. Gen. Newton, Brig. Gen. Wilcox, Gen.
Francis Walker, Mr.. Hartshaw, Col. VIE
ser and Maj. Miller.
Trinity Church bore no traces Of mourn
ing, save @ white cross on - black ground,
which rested upon the pulpit. Various
floral gifts were tastefuly arranged at the
altar-rail and the intei stices in the reading
desk we're filled with small floral designs.
When the procession reached the church,
n N~1xr 80
at the door of the church and preceded the
casket as it was borne up the aisle, followed
by the pall-bearers. The casket was borne
by eight soldiers. On the ca-ket was Gen.
Hancock's swocd, in it's golden scabnard.
and his ohapeau. Following the pail.
ers came Lieut.. Griffin and his wife, who
was
DRESSED IN DEEP MOURNING.
who led her four.year-old daughter by tho
hand; with him was Russell Hancock, grand
son uf the dead General. Tide casket was
deposited on q catafallue in front OF the
altar. The choir chanted, "Lor Let Mo
Know My End" after which Rev. Mr..
Goodwin, OF Governors Island read the
lesson. The services were concluded by the
reading of the Lords Prayer. by Rev.
Morgon Dix. The procession reformed.
marching down the aisle to the main en-
placed in the hearse.
After the services tho funeral cortege re-
turned in the same order us before to tho
barge Office, where the steamer "Osco" was
in waiting to convey the funeral party to
Norristown. Promptly at 11:5O the train
drew out OF the station.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BURIAL.
NoRRIs1owN. Pa. February 13.-Ths
Hancock obsequies in this city will be Of
the most informal character, but it is safe
to say that scarcely ii public organization
in the city but will be represented in the
procession which will attend the body to
the cemetery, where it will be quietly de-
posted in the vault beside that of his
beloved daughter. The city is thronged
with people from the surrounding country,
even at this early hour. The only services
at the grave will be an artillery salute.
HIS FINAL REST.
NoRRlsrowN, Pa. February 13.-The
ceremoni-s here were carried out as pre-
viously arranged, and the services at the
grave consisted simply Of a salute of thir-