Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-19
4 Great Nation MoQrns
MRS. ROSCOE CONkLINGi RECEIVES
 THE COUNTRYS SYMPATHY.

I Death Works Little Change in the App
 pearance of the Great Statesman-The | Funeral Arrangements Completed-The Interment to be in Utica.
 | NEW YORK, April 19.-From the earliest hours yesterday morning until late last night l telegrams letters and messages of sympathy | and condolence were poured in upon Mrs.
 Conkling, but the widow of the ex-senator
 was too much prostrated by her uncontrolla-
 ble grief to give heed to the kindly words.
 While the remains of the departed statesman
 lay peacefully in death the sorrowing widow and daughter sought relief in sleep
 Mrs Oakman, the ex-senators daughter, feared that the final shock would prostrate her mother, and she determined not to give way to her own grief. She was holding the nerveless and cold hand of her devoted father when he passed away When the faint pulsa- tion of the futtering heart ceased, the daugh- ter, still kneeling, placed the hand she held reverently upon her fathers breast, kissed it affectionately, pressed her lips in silence to his brow and hurried to her mothers side Mrs. Oakman raised the widow and, passing her arms about her waist to guide her, led her from the room.
 While the undertakers were engaged with their task they noted the fact that, despite the deceased's long and wearing illness, he had changed very little in his personal ap- pearance. Senator Conkling was 8 man of large frame and good flesh, and his features and form had lost little of their old time robust appearance. The lines of pain and disease usually so apparent in one who has suffered so much were not visible in the peaceful face of the dead statesman. His head was slightly turned to give an exposure of the right side and hide the scars left by the
 IL IL 1zcA As MT. Conkling lay silently in his casket he differed but slightly in appearance from the figure which, until few days ago, was so familiar upon the streets of the city. This Has great comfort to the many inquiring friends.
 When Mrs. Conkling finally awoke from the sleep of exhaustion into which she had fallen her daughter was already sitting patiently by her side. Many messengers had left telegrams of condolence, and hundred friends had called to offer their assistance and convey to tho widow their heartfelt sym pathy. The hall boy had allowed no one to disturb the sleep of the bereaved family, and the strictest quiet was preserved. When Mrs. Conkling had arisen Mrs. Oakman in- formed her of the messages and the callers. She expressed her great gratitude, but said hat she did not feel strong enough to see any friends, or have the telegrans read to her.
 Mother and daughter remained alone for some time, and when the former had become calm they returned to the room of death, where the undertalzers had already completed their work Mrs. Conkhng knelt by the side of the caskeU and Mrs Oakman wept by her mothers side. Together they remained in silent commune with the dead until Col. F. A. Conkling and Alderman Alfred R. Conk- ling, the brother and nephew of the de- ia+I +Ixy chamber The exchange of sympathy was sad but brief, and then the mourners withdrew to the library, the ex-sena,or apartments, to decide as to the place of burial andithe funeral arrangements.
 One of the first matters determined upon was the pail bearers They will be Hamilton fish, Judge w. D. Shipman, $. L. M. Bar LOW, Mayor Hewitt, Clarence A. Seward, Manton Marble, Senator John P. Jones, Sen ator J. Donald Cameron, Judge William J. Wallace Walter Church and Isaac H. Bailey.
 The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning, at 10 o'clock, ill Trinity chapel, West Twenty fifth street. The Rev. Morgan Dix will oficiate, assisted by other clergy men, and the service will be tho usual Episco- pal ritual Immediately after the funeral the remains will be taken to Utica, N. Y., where services will also be held ill Calvary chapel It was at first thought advisable to have tho funeral at MT. Conkling's old resi- lence in that city, but on account of the limited accommodations of the house the Cal vary chapel was settled upon.
 The services will be held in Utica at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and will be con- ducted by the Rev. Dr. A. B. Goodrich, the pastor after which the remains will be buried in the Forest Hill cemetery, where MT. Conk- ling's honored father now rests. MT. Conkling was not a regular attendant at any church in this city, but the tendency of the family is toward the Episcopal faith