Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-03
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10 Ostsntatioas Ceremonies, but Simple Services.
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The funeral 81 ex-P resident Arthur occur.
red IN Nav York on Monday, the % inst.
President Cleveland and Postmaster GEN.
.sral Villas arrived in q arriage direct from
the train at $40 q. M, and entered the
house Of burning. ;' \ q .5}'
Shortly after Coy. Hill and Judg 90 Will.
lam Miller arrived and also alighted from
their carriages and entered the house. They
wore followed by the senate committee.
4 BY this time there was a mighty throng Of
people on the avenue, and the windows Of
the houses were filed with sad faces. There
was no service at the house.. ss's
Az the casket came in view OF the peo-
pie in the streeb 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 borrowing people bore witness to
their 5 love and respect for the deceased
statesmah. Next came out OF the residence
Chester a. Arthur, Jr., the SON OF the ex-
president: leaning on his arm, clad in gar
menta Of mourning, was his sister, Miss
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 ex- president; Post
master Masten and his wife, Ioi Cohoes, N.
y, with their son and daughter; President
Cleveland, Postmaster General Villas Mar
tin p. Mcmahon and Henry n. Draper,
Secretaries Bayard, Whitney and Lamar,
pail bearers, ex-Postmaster General Ores.
ham, ex-Secretaries Lincoln and Chan
dler, +. ex-Postmaster General Hatton
ex-Attorney General Brewster Cen
oral Sheridan, DR.. Agnew, Cornelius
N. Bliss, Robert G. Dunn, Gen. George H.
Sharpe, Charles L. Tiffany, Cornelius Van
derbilr, Chief Justices Waite, Justices Har-
Ian and Blatchford, Senators Edmunds,
Sherman, Logan, Eyarts, Hawley, Morrill,,
Vest and German and Gov. Hill
The mourners filed twenty five carriages.
Over one hundred carriages filled with
friends who had been unable to gain adj
mission to the house followed the process
zion to this church.
The church on Fifth avenue has a seat.
ing capacity OF 700, but there were nearly
800 present, q large number being com
PEELED to stand. Behind the pail bearers,
on tho LETT, were the president and mem
bers of his cabinet, ex-President Hayes.
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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 tho church
tho choir formed into two files and the
ciergymen 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
of their parent might he assuaged. The
services were concluded with O benediction
by Rev. DR.. Morgan.
The casket was then borne to the street.
Over twelve hundred police-menin 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
uessee, were drawn up in line ON the west
side Of Fifth avenue, facing tho church,
tho right OF the line resting on Forty fifth
street. Il took but few moments to
transfer the coffin from the hearse to the fl-
neral car Woodlawn. The family and friends
then took seats in three drawing-room
coaches composing the special train, and
at 1909 a. m. the train slowly pulled out
and the journey to Albany was COM
menced, Among the hundreds OF distin-
guished gentlemen present at the church
we're Hon. James G. Blaine, Hon. John A.
Logan, Gen. B. f. Butler, Rev. Henry Ward
.Beecher, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, John
Jacob Aston, Gen. Schotield and staff and
Senator: John Sherman.
|&4tT The remains were taken to the rural
cemetery Of Albany, and now rest in the
Arthur tomb, surrounded by the dust Of
bis father, wife, etc. -