Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-26
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Simple, But In.pr essive Funeral Ceremon-
les at Trinity Chapel, New York-The
Remains Taken to Utica, Where They
Will Finally Rest.
New YORK, April 20.-The casket con-
tanning the remains of Roscoe Conkling
was borne out of his apartments at No. 8
West Twenty fourth street at 9:45
a. M, to-day and taken to Trinity Chapel
in West Twenty fifth street, where the
funeral services were held at eleven
O'Clock. The family and few of the
more intimate friends took a 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
command of Captain Reilly, was sta
toned on the sidewalk. At nine O'Clock
the crowd began to gather about the
residence, and at the church there was a
positive jam. At precisely 9:45 a. M, the
casket was borne out of the house. The
pail bearers followed, led by Senator
John P. Jones and Manton Marble.
The others were Isaac Fl. Bailey,
Mayor Hewitt, Clarence Seward.
ex-Judge Shipman, S. M. L. Barlow,
Hon. w. j. Wallace, Walter S. Church
and Senator Cameron. The pal1-bearers,
together with Drs. Sands and Barker, oc-
cupied the first three carriages. The
mourners entered the carriages in the
following order: Colonel Conkling with
Mrs. Conkling and Mr.. and Mrs. Oakman
in the first carriage; Alderman Conkling,
Miss Conkling, Judge Coke and Mrs. Link
leyn in the second carriage; Herbert
Conkling, Mrs. Coleman, Fred Grant
and Mrs. U. S. Grant in the third;
Secretary Fairchild and Mrs. Conkling's
sister and George c. Gorham with Mrs.
Fred Grant, in the fourth carriage. The
procession moved directly to the chapel
of Trinity Church, which was already
crowded.
The grand tones of the church organ
struck up funeral march as the process
sion entered the church. The casket was
placed in the center of the middle aisle.
The pail bearers took front seats on either
side and the mourners directly in the rear.
Three magnificent floral pillows were
directly behind the casket. The service
of the Episcopal Church was read by Rev.
Morgan Dix. No sermon was preached.
The music as presented by the regular
choir of the church was: 1.-The process
sional-''O Paradise; 2, Crock OF Ages;
3-processional 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 in
the hearse. Among those present were
Postmaster-Genera Dickinson, Senator
EVartS, General Stewart Il. w oodIord,
General Donohue, General Horace Porter,
Judge Edward Pierrepont, Roswell P.
Flower, Senator Warner Miller, Senator
Spooner, Colonel Tom Ochiltree, David
Dudley Field, Rufus Hatch, Commission
er Shields, Henry L. Clinton, T. G. Acton,
Colonel 7. A. Hamilton and Asa B. Kel-
logg. A delegation of citizens from
Utica, committees from the State Legis-
lature, Congress, the New York Bar Assoc
citation, the New York Club and the Man.
haitian Club were present. From the
chapel the procession was driven to the
Grand Central depot after the brief cere-
mony which lasted less than an hour.
The cortege arrived at the Grand Gem
trail depot at :05 a. m. The casket was
borne in the first Wagner car next to the
engine. where twas placed in an oak case
prepared to receive it. This oak case had
on its cover a brass plate, on which was
engraved