The evening world., 1890-07-15
TO HONOR The PATHFINDER.
Preparing for an Imposing Fu-
neral for Gen. John @. Fremont.
J Services at st. gnatius's Church To-
BIorrow-National Mourning.

Inc lueR OF quiet, uuObNeuthtlOuS
funeral for Major-Gen. John Charles
Fremont has been modified in Difference
TO the wishes Of the host of old friends,
admirers and fellow patriots Of the Path
finder, and the obeequies will be attended
with considerable circumstance to- morrow
at 10 O'Clock at the Protestant Episcopal
Church of st. IRnatius, SO West Fortieth
street
The Pioneers Of 1S49, the Fremont and
Dayton Central Union Of 1855, and Clark
son Post. G. A. r.. Washington, of which
Gen. Fremont was o member, have
signified their intention Of sending
delegations.
These pall-bearers have been selected {;
Gen. w. T. sherman, Gen. o. o. Howard,
Rear-Admiral Braine, ex-Gov. Rodman
L. Price, Major George p. Edgar, who
was on Gen. Fremont's staff In Missouri;
Col. Floyd Clarkson. Deputy Commander,
@. A. r., and four members of the
Pioneers Of l849-Mark d. WILDER. Will
lam Colligan, James E, huffman and
Francis d. Clark.
The body Of Gen. Fremont has been
embalmed. aud now rests in casket on
the second floor of the Thurber residence
40 West Twenty fifth street.
Sexton Albert Meurer Of Trinity Chapel
has charge of the funeral. but as Gen.
Fremont attended st. Ignatius's Church.
Rev. Arthur Richie, will perform the
funeral rites, delivering an address Of
eulogy. The body will be placed in o
vault at Trinity Cemetery. It's final dispo-
sition has not yet been determined upon.
The only members of the Generals fam
lily who will be present at the funeral will
be Lieut.. j. @. Fremont, ir., U. s. N.
Mrs. Nina Fremont Porter, niece and
adopted daughter of the dead General;
her husband. Col. II. NJ. Porter. of the
American Bank-Note Company, and DIR.
W.. j. Morton, the Generals physician
and friend.
The stricken widow, Jessie Benton
Fremont, and her daughter Elizabeth
are living ut st. James Park, Los Angeles.
Cal, about the only property which the
General possessed at his death. OF
course they cannot be present, and II is
not probable that the second son, Lieut..
Frank Preston Fremont. u. 8. A., who
Is ut Fort Douglas. Wyo., can be here.
President Harrison has issued q procla-
nation in which he recounts the life-work
OF Gen. Fremont, and reminds the nation
of its debt to the man who made path
ways over the Rocky and Sierra Nevada
Mountains, and orders the flags at half
mast on the day OF the funeral on all
Government buildings.
Flags wore placed at half-mast oil over
New York as soon as the Generals death
became known.
b. F. Mnnierre and George P. Edgar.
3s,a, sh
Central Union of 1856, formed in New
York directly after Gen. Fremont's nomi-
llation for the Presidency by the then
how-born Republican party, have sent
his message to Mrs. Fremont in Cali
ornia:
n Accept the sympathy OF the Old Guard Of
1sSs. Future poets and historians will
nsun ly honor Fremont
I le President has wired his condolences
to lrs. Fremont in the following words
To Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont:
beg TO extend to you my profound sym.
Pathy in your great sorrow, The death Of
his great and unique public services, and
will excite regret that the nation did not give
All earlier and more constant expression OF
BENJAMIN HARRIsoN.
There were many callers ut the house
where the body of Gen. Fremont lies to-
Gay. Among them was Walter ii. Shupe.
nown 10 the world as Father Colum-
ia." Gen. Fremont had Q desk IN Mr..
hupe's Office at 10 Broadway, but the
eneral had not visited II for several
Ieeks. July Gen. Fremont addressed q
ote to Dear Father Columbia" ex-
leining why he had not been at the
hice. 1t is in Q firm, legible hand for
pan past seventy seven years of age.
Mr.. Shupe was associated with Fremont
tho publication of the Nel0 Nation in
pa. when Fremont was nominated q
Pcond time for President by Republi-
ms who were dissatisfied with President
pnco'n's administration. Gen. Fremont,
Dweyer. finally concluded that il would
National calamity to defeat Mr..
incoln, as his candidacy was bound to |
b. and he withdrew, after having spent
small fortune in the preliminary cam
paign.
It. Buchanan Read painted life-size |
portrait in oil OF Gen. Fremont, and it is
how on free exhibition at the rooms of
the New York Artists Union, 10 East |
Fourteenth street.