The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-21
C0NKLING'S FUNERAL.
THE OBSEQ QUIESAT TRINITY CHURCR
YES7ERDI

No One But the Friends and Family Al
lowed to see His Face-List of the Pail
vice.
New YORK, April 20-The casket con-
tanning the remains of Roscoe COnSling
was borne out of his late apartments al
No 9 West Twen,y-tOurth street, at 945
o'clock this morning and taken To Trinity
Chapel, in West Tweniy.fifih street
where the funeral took place at 10 clock.
The casket was severely plain. At the
foot of the casket, on the top thereof,
was handsome wreath of laurel in the
centre of the pillow white roses and
lilies of the valley, and at the head a
bouquet of sweet scented psnsies.
The family and few of the most intl-
mate friends took look at the face Of the
dead before the casket was taken from the
house No one else was allowed to see
the face A platoon of police under the
charge of Police Captain Reilly wes sta
toned on the sidewalk TO control he
crowd. At9 O'Clock the crowd began to
gather about the residence. At the
church, subsequently, there was positively
jam. At precisely 9:4j the casket was
borne out OF the house.
THE PAIL BEARERS FOLLOWED,
lei by Senator John z. Jones and Man
Ton Marble. The others were Isaac ii
Bailey, Mayor Hewitt, Clarence Seward,
ex-Judgc Shipman, ) L. VI Barlow, Hon
W. j. Wallace, Walter 6. Church, aud
Senator Cameron The pall-bearers, to-
gether with Drs Sands and Barker, occu-
pied the first three carriages. The
mOurner- entered the carriages in the fol
lowing or.,r: Colonel Conklng with
Mrs. Conkling, and Mr. and MIS-. Oak
man in the first carriage; Alderman
Conkling, Mis-, Conkling, Judge Coke
and Mrs. Linklyn in the second carriage,
Herbert Conkling and Mrs. Coleman and
Colonel Fred Grant aud Mrs. | 5. Grant
in the third carriage Secretary Fair
child aud Mrs Conkling's sister aud
George G. Gorham, with Mrs. Fred. ID.
Grant, in the fourth carriage.
THE PROCESSION MOVED
directly TO the chapel of Trinity church,
WITCH was already crowded when they
reached H. Many had been turned away
The steps Of the Hoffman House and the
brOwnstOne front houses across the
street were crowded with admirers OF
the late Senator as the procession moved
away.
The grand tones OF TIE church organ
struck up a funeral march "a the process
sion entered the church. The casket was
placed i'm the centre of the middle aisle.
fhe pall-bearers took front seats on
either side, and the mOurners directly in
the rear Three magnificent floral pill
lows were placed directly behind the
casket. The service of the Episcopal
church was read by DR.. Morgan Dix. No
sermon was preached.
The music as presented by the regular
choir OF the church was |. The process
sional. 80, Paradise; , Rock OF Ages,
Cleft for Me B. Professional hymn,
abide with Me-
The last was sung by the choir Of boys
while the procession filed down the
aisle and the casket was being placed III
the hearse
Among those present were Postmaster
General Dickinson, Senator Eyarts, Cen
eral Stewart l. Woodford, Elihu Root
Judge D0nohue, Colonel }. }. McCook
General Horace Porter, Surrogate Kan
som, Joseph II Choate Judge Edwards
Pierrepont, Roswell p Flower, Senators
Evart2. Jones, lIi-cock, Cameron, and
Spooner. Warner Miller, Colonel Ton
Ochiltrce George G.. Gorham, Hallet XII
bourn. David Dudley Field, Rufus Hatch
Commissioner Shields, Henry l.. Clinton
+. c. Acton, Colonel T. \. Hamilton, anC
Asa Bigclow Kellogg
A delegation Of forty-three citizens o
Utica, committees from the State Legis
lature, Congress, and the New York Ia
Association ani delegations Of the New
York and Manhattan clubs were present
From the chapel the procession wa
driven to the Grand Central Depot.
Tomorrow the remains will be exposed
TO public view at Utica, between II am
| o'clock, before they are taken to Gal
vary church, where Rev. DIR. Goodrich
will preach the sermon at2 o'clock in th