Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-08-16
sHERIpAN.s FUNERAL.


All THAT Il Mortal OF the Late General Of
ton.
WASHINGTON, Aug. i2.--The last rites for
the dead were to-day performed accord
ing 10 the ordinance Of the Roman Catho-
lie Church for Ph | Henry Sheridan, Gem
eral Of the army OF the United States, and
his body was laid 20 rest In beautiful Ar
lington, the city Of the soldier dead.
The event was marked by general sus-
pension OF public business. The ceremo-
nies throughout were in keeping with the
character Of the man. The strict adhe-
renee to an almost military simplicity In
the arrangements, the heavy wheeled cais-
son for his hearse which had seen service,
best befitted the closing scenes in the life
OF 80 great a soldier.
St. Matthew'S Church, where the re-
mains OF General Sheridan had laid In
state since Thursday afternoon, and where
the principal burial services were held, Is
an ancient ediace of modest pretensions,
with succeed walls, and but for its CLASSY,
pillared front, would attract little atten-
tion from n stranger.
IL is the most popular Catholic church
In Washington, and for many years IL has
numbered among its congregations the
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Cabinet members, Senators and Congress-
men.
At nine O'Clock the doors were thrown
open and those Of the large crowd passed
inside who had tickets OF admission. They
were conducted 10 their seats by ushers
dressed in full military uniforms, under the
direction Of Colonel John Nj. Wilson OF the
corps OF civil engineers.
| Among the prominent persons present
were Senators ingalls,, Edmunds, Evarts,
Jones, OF Nevada, Sawyer and Far
well and Justice Harlan and wife. Atabout
$3.50 the pail bearers, headed by General
Sherman In full uniform, entered at the
left Of tho catafalque. Soon the joint COM
mittce of Congress appeared and was con-
Quoted to seats reserved for them In front
and to the right OF the catafalque. -Four
of them occupied General Sherman's pew.
About e:40 the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land and Secretaries Fairchild and villas
came in and took seats i'm the front pew 10
the right OF the center aisle. Mrs. Folsom,
Secretary Bayard and Postmaster General
Dickinson followed and were seated in the
vicinity. About five minutes after the
| Presidential party arrived Mrs. Sheridan
was escorted 10 \ seat 20 the left and near
the casket. She was deeply vailed.
Cardinal Gibbons delivered the sermon.
Before the completion OF the services the
caisson and the Generals horse were re-
moved 10 point near the church en-
trance, and after the caSket had been
| placed on the caisson the column was
formed by wheeling to the left and moved
en- route far enough to permit the forma-
/ ton Of the column of carriages In the
rear.
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| Sheridan the funeral was a strictly mill
tnry affair, and the escort was formed
precisely as prescribed by the army regu-
lations for an officer OF the rank of tho de-
ceased.
The pail bearers were: General Sher-
man, Secretaries Endicott and Whitney,
| Speaker Carlisle, Senator Hawley, Gem
eral Augur, General McFeely, General
Wesley Merritt, General Joseph Fuller,
Mr.. George w. Childs, Colonel Charles p.
Lincoln, department commander Of the e..
| A. r., Marshal Field and Vice. President
Fsank Thomson, Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
The Joint Congressional committee was
composed of Senators Hawley, Mander-
son, Cullom, Stewart, Hampton, Gibson
| and Gray, and Representatives Hooker, OF
Mississippi; CutcheOn, OF Michigan [;
Wheeler, of Alabama; Henderson, OF Illi-
nois; Cox, Of New York; Grosvenor, of
Ohio, and McShane, OF Nebraska.
The route was by II street TO Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Arlington road by way
of the aqueduct bridge. Crowds lined the
entire route, and all available places for a
view of the line were occupied.
As the caisson came TO hault at tine
grave the clergy In flowing rol es headed n
procession from the carriages TO the grave.
Bishop-elect Thomas F. Foley, Of Detroit,
brother Of Bishop Thomas Foley, OF Chi
cago, who married General Sheridan, was
the officiating priest His assistants,
acolytes and trained choir OF Dominican
monks numbered more than a score in all.
Next came the pall-bearers, General Sher-
man and Secretary Endicott, Speaker Car
Isle and Secretary Whitney walking at
the hend, and behind them, leaning heavily
ON the arm Of Colonel Sheridan. came the
grief-stricken widow. The mourners in
cluded John Sheridan, brother Of the de-
ceased, General and Mrs. Rucker. parents
Of the widow, her brother and sister, and
the military stan and several other inti-
mate friends Of the General. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland and the commit
tees Of the two houses OF Congress with
bare heads followed the mourners.
With sprig Of fir plucked from a neigh
boring branch holy water was sprinkled
over the grave and the casket was lowered
by the sergeants.
The regular burial service, beginning
with the canticle Of Zachary or the bene-
dictus, and ending with the chanting Of
"De Profundis" by the choir Of Dominican
priests, brought the religious features Of
the obsequies TO an end. The priests then
stood aside and remained In a group near
the head Of the grave. Every breath was
hushed while the widow came a step for
ward Rnd for one brief moment looked
upon the Caske. which held her beloved
dead As she armed away the other
mourners In body paid their tribute OF
love and respect and then at a signal the
artillery fired salute Of seventeen guns.
The Legion OF Honor moved up In a line
and looked in upon the still uncovered
casket and then filed away.
The great hollow square now contained
but one figure, that OF stalwhrt cavalry
bugler who stood facing eastward, his
bugle under his arm, at the head Of the
grave. There was hc1rse command at
the left echoed and passed on down the
line OF Infantry, rattle Of steel, a moment
Of expectation and then the simultaneous
fash and roar Of 300 muskets. Again and
again the vOlley was repeated. Then the
bugler came 10 attention, raised his bugle
10 his lips and blew TAPS" the signal for
flights out" the military equivalent for
good night. The mourners then slowly
left for home and the body Of the military
hero was left 20 its solitude.
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Blaine to Visit Kansas City.
NEw YORK, Aug. l2.-The Kansas City
delegation chilled ON Mr. Hlaine NJ i,fs bofel