The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
sHERloAN.s FUNERAL.

sHER'oAN's FUNERAL.
An rAat h Mortal q the Late Ge.er.l a
the Army Quietly Laid to Rest at Arllns-
ton.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE last rites for
the dead were to-day performed accord.
ing to the ordinances of the Roman Catho-
lie Church for Philip Henry Sheridan, Gem
eral Of the army Of the United States, and
his body was laid to rest in beautiful Ar.
lington, the city Of the soldier dead.
The event was marked by q general sus-
pension Of public business. The ceremo-
MES 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 befltted the closing scenes in the life
Of SO great q 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, ID
an ancient edifice Of modest professions,
with succeed walls, and but for its CLASSY,
pillared front, would attract little atten.
ton from stranger.
1t is the most popular Catholic church
in Washington, and for many years it has
numbered among its congregations the
members Of many Of the foreign legations,
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 to their seats by ushers
dressed in full military uniforms, under the
direction Of Colonel John II. 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 the catafalque. Soon the joint com.
mittee 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 $40 the President and Mrs. Cieve-
land and Secretaries Fairchild and Villas
came in and took seats in the front pew to
the right Of the center aisle. Mrs. Folsom,
Secretary Bayard and Postmaster General
vicinity. About five minutes after the
Presidential party arrived Mrs. Sheridan
was escorted to a seat to 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 to a 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.
In accordance with the wishes Of Mrs.
Sheridan the funeral was a strictly mill.
tary affair, and the escort was formed
precisely as prescribed by the army regu-
lations for On officer of the rank of the 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 G.
A. R., Marshal Field and vice-President
Frank 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 H 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 q
view of the line were occupied.
As the caissOn came to a hault at the
grave the clergy in flowing robes headed
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 head, 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 staff and several other init.
mate friends Of the General. Tho 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 q 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.
1ictus, and ending with the chanting Of
DE Profundis" by the choir Of Dominican
priests, brought the religious features Of
he Obsequies to an end. The priests then
stood aside and remained in Q group near
The head Of the grave. Every breath was
lushed while the widow came q step for.
ward and for one brief moment looked
lpOn the casket which held her beloved
lead. As she turned away the other
nourners in q body paid their tribute Of
owe and respect and then at a signal the
lrtillery fired . salute Of seventeen guns.
The Legion Of Honor moved up in a line
md looked in upon the still uncovered
.asket and then filed away.
The great hollow square now contained
'ut one figure, that Of stalwart cavalry
'ugler who stood facing eastward, his
'ugle under his arm, at the head of the
grave. There was q hoarse command at
he left, echoed and passed on down the
inc Of infantry, a rattle Of steel, moment
I expectation and then the simultaneous