New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
JUSTICE MTLLERS BURIAL.
ATT, KEOKUK FOLLOWING TO THE GRAVE
THE BODY OF IT'S EMINENT TOwNsMAN.
THE CITY DRAPED IN MoURN1NG-THE BODY
LYING IN STATE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND
VIEWED DY THOUSANDS FUNERAL
SERVICES AT CHURCH AND TOMB.

LYING IN STATE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND
VIEWED DY THOUSANDS - FUNERAL
SERVICES AT CHURCH AND TOMB
Kcotuk Iowa, Oct. 1s-A special car left the city
at . o'clock this morning, conveying cominttee VI
citizens who went to Burlington to meet ms FANNY
and friends accompanying the body Of Justice Mer'
and TO act as an escort to the body to this CITY, lid
funeral train left burlington a. 40 O'Clock, and ar
rived hero shortly after o'clock. 1t was met at ING
station by the honorary pabcarcrs. body bearers 'ar
ous committees having I'm charge the funeral arrange
ments Company A, ID Regiment /. y. W.. Iorrenoo
Post G.. A. R.-thc two CARNATIONS having been oeic
Gated to act as an escort Of honor and several Thousand
citizens. The body was borne to the Federal buiIa
ing which had been draped In mourning. The comm
was conveyed to the courtroom in winch the oos"
Justice had frequently presided. and was placed upon
handsome cataslque. The face OF the belo'eo Iur'''
Was exposed TO view during the few hours he oooy
WAS living I'm state 1t viewed by several thousahd
persons.
The city put on mourning out OF respect to the inen
orr OF the honored dead Public and private buildings
we're covered with black, but high wlno during te
carly morning destroyed many OF the oecorauohs
little after p. ill., the body was remo'tu
from the Federal Building to the Unitarian Ihh0"
All along tho line OF march over when the ruhersi PRIV
cpssion moved flags were displayed at half-mast. lie
sides the distinguished who accompanied the body
from Washington, there were many Others assemoieu
hero 10 pay their last tribute OF respect to man WHOM
they held in the highest esteem. The supreme Court
Of the state represented, and there were fargo
DELEGATIONS OF attorneys from all the states included IN
the circuit that was presided by the dead Justice
Among numerous kilograms received, regretthg III
ability IA attend were messages from Governor Boes
and Secretary Noble.
At . O'Clock the funeral services were held IN the
Unitarian Church, OF which Justice Miller had been
member The church Is a small one and was eh'ircV
inadequate TO accommodate even small part OF u'e
thronC that crowded about it long before the doors
we're opened. The funeral procession was headed Ds
the oricatIng clergymen, who led the way up the
central aisle followed by the palbearers bearing the
coffin. In few minutes the family cntcreu' WIN
chief Justice Fuller and wife, Justice Brewer A'oor
nccGencral Miller, and relatives and intimate lrehus
OF the family. Then came members OF inc supreme
Court and the various bar delegations, after WHICH
came the people Of the city, filling the edihce Ihere
were many handsome floral tributes In ADDITION "
those that ACCOMPANIED the body from Washington
They came from the local and visiting bar ASSOCIATIONS
from the state Supreme Court and from Close
friends of the dead Justice. The services were opceu
with an organ voluntary, all andante by och"oer''
after which the burial service was read by the hev'
z. IIassall OF the Unitarian Church. prayer l'i
lowed by the Rev. Mr.. Mcllwain, OF the EpiScopai
church and then a male quartete sang tho anthem
:. Consolatono The funeral address was delivered Dy
the Rev. r. IaSsall, who spoke feclihgly VI '''o
many virtues, the pobe qualities and the grea'
,bi,tv OF the man whose body lay before nm.
The ouartctte then sang Lead, Kindly Light ana
Mr. Ilas,all after praying God to sustain ana suppot
these who had been greatly bcreayed IN the JOSS Oh
husband father ard friend, pronounced the cenedlc
ron. while the organls. played Becthoven'S "fuhera
March,
The coffin was then removed from the church and
deposIted I'm the funeral car. al the procession moved
toward Oakland Cemetery, where the boay was paceo
in the family tomb. The funeral procession was the
most imposing demonst rltion ever seen here IL WIS
headed by a band.
Then came Company A, Cd Regiment, l. n. W. ,
Grand Army Posts: sons Of Veterans Camps; schooi
officers and children; the Mayor and City Council IN
carriages local committees, in carriages; the honorary
palbcarers in carriages the funeral car, containing
the body drawn by four black horses the FAMILY
Federal and State officers and invited guests member,
Of the bar local. State and Circuit ply Sciahs ana
tudr Ats OF medical colleges here lodges OF Masons
and other societies the Fire Department cltzens gu
foot and citizens In carriages. -, ,,.
Al the cemetery the services were OF the sinlplet
doecrinton: 4 short burial service rccted by the
rev Mr. lassa the benedicon pronounced, ana
then tho coffin wa. lowered into the grave.