The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-07
The FUNERAL SERVICE.
Col. Van Slyck's Funeral Attended
by Many Citizens.
DR., BABC0CK 0FFlCIATE1,
Members OF tho CITY Council and the
Masonic Bodies were Present In Large
Numbers-The Rhode Island bar and
School Board Also Represented.

The funeral of City Solicitor Nicholas
Van Slyck wa according to arrangements
of strictly private nature. The Masonic
fraternity, of which he was past grand
master, the city government, school COM
mittee, the Rhode Island Bar and the
Board of Pharmacy were all represented
at the house, No. Young Orchard ave-
aue, where the services were held. The
Rev. Charles III. Babcock, rector of Grace
Church, read the simple burial service of
the Episcopal Church, after which oppor-
tunity was given the friends to look on
the features of the departed.
The only persons to accompany the body
to the grave, besides the immediate rela-
tives were sixteen of the Thirty-second
degree masons, who were chosen by Grand
Master George III. Kenyon. They were
DIR. George n. Kenyon, Stillman White,
Judge George NJ. Carpenter, Joseph o.
Earle, Newton ID. Arnold, Edward l..
Freeman, the Rev. Henry w. Rugg, Edwin
Baker, George l.. Shepley, Henry c. Field,
DIR. j. &. Budlong, Elton A. Cook, Eugene
Stevens, j. Il. Tillinghast and +. c. Dan
forth.
The burial service was the simple SER
vice of the Freemasons, but without re-
W
taste of the deceased and was performed
by the above named Masons, quietly and
without pomp. Thus were the remains OF
the beloved lawyer and gentleman laid to
his last rest.
The front room of the Van Slyck house,
in which the body lay, was almost a COM
plete mass of flowers, number OF
punches Of Gala lilies, large basket of
roses and lilies and many artistic designs,
the beauty of which it Is impossible to
describe.
The city government in response to an
invitation met at the reception
room in the City Hall, at Ills O'Clock,
after all the offices in the building had
been closed, and were conveyed in car
riages to the house. Seven out of the ten
aldermen were present and among the Of
ferings should be mentioned beautiful
of which Col. Van Slyck was past
commander, n Masonic triangle OF roses
and lilies. cross of pure white lilies. an
other cross OF lilies and blush roses, an an
chor of Marechal Neil and white roses
and lilies, "a magnificent pillow of violets
resting on the coffin. About thirty OF the
forty Councilmen were present. More
than half the school board
were also there, and the bar was largely
represented. Members of the General AS
sembly were also present.
present were Gov. Ladd, Lieut.. GOV.
Stearns, Mayor Potter, ex-Mayor Smith,
Chief Justice Matteson, Judges Rogers
and Douglas, Judge George NJ. Carpenter
of the United States District Court. Quar-
termaster General Dennis, ID. Russell
Brown, District Attorney Gardner, the
Hon. Ellery Wilson, Gen. Charles X.
Brayton, Edward Hilton, past grand COM
mander of Oliver Commandery, Lynn,
Mass, and {. L. Bowen, representing the
Grand Commandery of Massachusetts.
The several flags on all the city build
ings have been at half-mast to-day. as the
city mourns the loss OF one who will be
long missed and whom it will be diff
cult task to replace in his relation to the
city. The burial was in Swan Point Gem
etery.