The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21
THE LAST TRIBUTE
OF Respect to the Mortal Re-
mains Of Roscoe cOnkIing.
Solemn FUNERAL SERVICES
:, New York Clty-The Ceremonies
in Trinity Chnpel-Body Taken
10 r,.Ica on Special Train.
Distinguished Mourners.

xrwYonx, April9O.-Funeral services
,a w. held this morning in Trinity
CSand CS over the remains of Roscoe
CamLlipr From early morning drop
Oy ,"', min, FLAGS hanging ut half mast on
tbo g' CITY Hall and numerous public
r"l,djnrs, ~" as well IS private, reminded
%a oitilens of the metropolis that New
yo,t Wv was to bid farewell to-day to all
In, remained Of the distinguished
statesman @ aud jurist whose presence here
%.I been so welcome to the citizens.
' The hour fixed for the funeral services
80, 10 o'clock. Long before that hour
noooIe began to gather in Twenty-fourth
i,,sr,, r aud standing on the sidewalk OPP
"o.i,e thc house in which Mr.. Conkling's
Lo,Iy I lay in its coffin, silently gazed at
"" Wv; windows Of the room within which
tn' e." j;rI 4 detail OF police formed n
i;uo m on either side OF the stoop leading
tn,hc n' house and through the line there
were permitted to pass only the relatives
and friends OF Mr.. Conkling,
TUE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Shortly after o'clock plain hearse
or1 eleven carriages drove up"to the
'1oor I and from that time police stationed
y, oi,l,er end of the block prevented
n.yinrss ~ mss wagons and other vehicles from
ITiyius through. From the carriages
descended the pNll-bcarers and friends
"f Mr. Conkling's family, who entered
tho house and assembled to the room IN
whirh the body lay. The lid which
covcrrd the face Of the dead statesman
from view had been fastened in its place
soon after the body was received in the
c,sEct and was not removed. 0n the
co5i;n rested Il largcbunch Of whiteroses,
i;I;"s and inmOrtcllcs, whose fragrance
rcantcd the mir within the death cham
Lnr Below them was large green
,"roou, kuottcd with white ribbons.
A. g45 o'clock the coffin was lifted
from the stands on which it rested and
was borne from the room to the waiting
hrarsc by the undcrtakers assistants.
Walking on either side were the pail,
hearers, dressed in black and with broad
white scaris draping their bodies from
the shoulder to the waist.
TIE PALL-BEARLRs.
They were Judge Shipman, Mayor
Abram S. Hewitt, S. L. NJ. Barlow,
Cloencc A. Seward, Manton Marble,
Senator John ?. Jones, Senator j. Don
Cameron. Judge VIM. A. Wallace, Wal
tcrS Church and Isaac a. Bailey. They
entered the three carriages preceding
Tho hcarsr, and tho carriages and hearse
slowly moved up the street, while eleven
other carriages as slowly drew up one
Nv one in front OF the house. In them
entered Mrs. COnkling, supported byth
81 son OF Colonel Frederick A. Conkhng,
the brother OF the deceased stateman,
his daughter, Mrs. Oakman, and her
husband, Walter &. Oakman; his niece
and nephew, Miss Laura Conkling and
Alderman Conkling; his nephews,
Judge Alfred Conkling Coke and MIR.
Howard Conkiing, Col. Fred D. Grant
and his mother, Mrs. U. s. Grant; Mrs.
Jesse Grant and Mrs. U. S. Grant and
their husbands, and few other imme-
diale friends. Immediately after the
last carriage door had closed on its occu-
pants the funeral procession, simple
and gnostentatious rs that OF the hum
blest citizen, began its short progress to
the church on the adjoining block.
TO THE CHAPEL.
Led by the carriages containing the
pail bearers, it passed to Trinity Chapel
on Twenty-Gtth street, near Broadway.
One side of Twenty-ffth street was
already lined with carriages TINT had con.
vcvcd to the church numerous friends OF
Mr.. COnkiing's who were already seated
in tile church, awaiting the beginning.oi
the funeral ceremonies. Here, as IN
Twenty-iourth street, the sidewalks
were crowded with people. The coffin
was taken from the hearse and borne
into the church by the undertaker's US:
sistants. II was followed by the pail
bearers and in their turn slowly walked
the wife, the brother and other relatives
aud friends nl the dead Senator.
Slowly the procession walked through
the centre aisle OF the chapel. Thchuge
organ pealcd out its soft notes and the
choir boys chunted, 40, Paradise, 0,
Paradise, Every seat in the chapel
was filed and the aisles were crowded.
On the steps leading up TO the altar mag
nifccnt floral offerings were laid. The
caskct with its simple black covering
WAS placed on the bier in front OF the
altar. Upon it were placed SwreGths Of
immOrtcllcs and lilies, together with
punches OF white and purple lilies.
SOLEMN SCENES.
Everyone in the yast cdifce remained
standing till the chant OF the choir boys
WIS finished and then bowed their heads
in prayer with the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix,
who was the officiating clergyman. The
services were simple, and contrary to ex-
pectation, no sermon was preached. The
entire asscmblage arose after prayer and
joined in singing Crock OF Ages" This
finished, the Ch6irbOys arose and walked
slowly down through the aisle to the
music of FeltOn's Chant, followed by
the undcrtaker's assistants, the pail bear
Crs and the mourners. The friends fol-
lowed and the chants OF the choir boys,
who returned through the side aisles,
grew fainter and fainter until it seemed
10 die away into sort OF whispering
amen, and the services in New York oVOr
the remains Of the great statesman were
brought TO close.
The hcarsc, followed by the carriages
DcahHg the mourning relatives, was
driven 10 the Grand Central Depot,
where special train was in waiting to
,'"uyey the remains 10 Utica, where the
Gpa, services will be held.
ARRIVAL NJ UtIcn,