Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-25
A LAST TRIBUTE.

sive Services Over the Remains Of the
Late Roscoe Conkling. s
: New York, April 21.-Funeral services
were held In Trinity Chapel over the re-
mains of Roscoe Conkling. from
early morning dropping rain. s*,aden
flags. hanging at half-mast, on the
city hall and numerous public Lui lings
as we'll as private, reminded lie c1.izens
of the metropolis that New York was to bid
farewell to all that remained of the dis
tinguished statesman and jurist whose
presence hero had been so welcome
to the citizens The hour fixed for
the funeral services was 10 O'Clock.
Long before that hour people be-
gan to gather in West Twenty
fourth street. and, standing on the side
walk opposite the house in which Mr.
Conkling's body lay In its coffin, silently
gazed at the windows Of the room In which
he died A detail Of police formed line
on either side OF the stoop leading to the
house. and through the line there were
permitted to pass only relatives and
friends Of Mr.. Conkling. Shortly after 8
O'Clock plain hearse and eleven carriages
drove up to the door, and from that time
police stationed at either end of the
block prevented business wagons and
other vehicles from driving through.
bearers and friends of Mr.. Conkllng's
family, who entered the house and as
cended to the room in which the BODY Law.
The lid which closed the face of the dead
statesman from view, had been fastened
In Its place soon after the body was re-
ceived in the casket and was not removed.
On the coffin rested large bunch of white
roses, lilies and immortelies whose fra
GRANGE scented the air within the death
chamber: Below them was large green
wreath, knotted with purple ribbons
At 9:45 o'clock the coffin was lifted from
the stands on which it rested and was
borne from the room to the waiting hearse
by the undertaker's assistants Walking
on either side were the pail bear
ers, dressed in black, and with
broad. white kcarfs draping their
bodies from the shoulder to the waist
They were Judge shipman, Mayor Abram
s. Hewitt S. L. NJ. Barlow. Clarence A.
Seward, Manton Marble, Senator John P
Jones, Senator ]. Don Cameron, Judge
William A. Wallace, Walter S. Church
and Isaac H. Bailey They entered
the three carriages preceding the
.hearse and carriages, and the hearse
slowly moved up the street, while
all other carriages as slowly drew
up one by one in front of the
house. Into one of them entered Mrs Conk-
ling, supported by the arm of Colonel
Fred A. Conklng, the brother of the de-
ceased statesman, his daughter, Mrs
Oakman. an dher husband. Walter G. Oak
man; his niece and nephew, Miss Laura
Conkling, and Alderman Conkling: his
nephews, Judge Alfred Conkling Coke and
Mr.. Howard Conkling; Colonel Fred D.
Grant and his mother, Mrs q. s. Grant;
Mrs Jesse Grant and Mrs u s Grant, j.
and their husbands. and few other immer.
date friends
Immediately after the last carriage
door had closed on its occupants, the
funeral procession, simple and unostenta-
tious as that of the humblest citizen, be-
gan its short progress to the church on
the adjoining block Led by the carriages
containing the pail bearers, it passed to
Trinity Chapel on Twenty fifth street,
near Broadway: One side of Twenty-fifth
street was already lined with carriages that
had conveyed to the church numerous
friends Of Nh. Conkling, who were already
seated in the church awaiting the begin
ming of the funeral ceremonies Here, as
in Twenty-fourth street. the sidewalks were
crowded with people.
The coffin was taken from the hearse
and borne into the church by the under
takers assistants It was followed by the
pall-bearers, and in their turn slowly
walked the wife. the brother and other
relatives and friends of the dead Sem
ator:
Slowly the solemn procession walked
through the center aisle of the chapel The
huge organ pealed out it's soft notes and
o Paradise" Every seat in the chapel
was filed and the aisles were
crowded. On the steps leading up to
the altar magnificent floral offerings were
laid The casket with it's simple black COW
ering was placed on the lier in front of
the altar Upon it were placed wreaths
of immortelles and lilies, together with
punches OF white and purple lilies
every one in the vast editice remained
standing till the chant of the choir boys
was finished, and then bowed their heads
in prayer with Rev. Morgan Dix, who was
the officiating clergyman. The services
were simple, and, contrary to expectation,
no sermon was preached
The entire assemblage arose after prayer
and joined in singing ~Rock of Ages"
This finished, the choir boys rose and
walked slowly down through the
aisle to the music of Fenton's chant,
followed by the undertaker's as
6lStanCS, the pall-Dearers ana the
mourners The friends followed, and the
chants of the choir boys who returned
through the side aisles grew fainter and
fainter. until it seemed to die away in a
soft whispering ~Amen," and the services
in New York over the remains of the great
statesman were brought to a close
The hearse, followed by the carriages
bearing the mourning relatives, was driven
direct to the Grand Central depot, where
special train was waiting to convey the re-
mains to Utica, where the final services
will be held.
The casket was placed In the buffet car,
which was almost filed with choice floral
offerings Secretary Fdirchild was the
bearer of warm verbal messages of sympa-
thy and coincidence to Mrs Conkling from
President and Mrs Cleveland
SAN DlEGO's BIG DAM COMPLETED.
1t Is the Largest In. This Country and Cost
Nearly Million.
SAN DIEGO, Cal April 21.-The compile
tion OF the great Sweetwater dam and Ma
tional City water works was formerly OBJ