New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-10

large crowd of people waiting To see Inc com" ""'
Its attendant procession pas. il WAS h"'N' NAV
the crowd was largely composed oil lAb"rmS p'"P'
and pei sons Of the poorer class. Ihey ""' WIZ
ing clothes and many Of the men had tools III 'he''
bauds All stood and looked with quiet and respect
,ui attention and no man among them remained
covered ~ the hear,e passed. Two carriages WIN
the palbearcfs preceded the hear'e. HE gar
rages Of the muUrDcrs followed II. ana th'h came
the members Of the Players on foot, In thl' "I"''
the procession moved along th" south ana "'a' S'''
Of ,,ramcrcy Park through Twenty frN'-si. I" hr"'u
way and Flith-avc., up ia" avenue ana '"'""e'
Twenty seventh-st. 10 Madisonave ana then "'c"
through Twcnty-ninthst. TO the church
At rur CHURCH OF THE TRNNsFIrUENTloN.
The exclusion Of all persons not having cards Of
admission from the church 80 rigid TINT, WINE
the Luldlng WAS completely filed. 1t was not uh
comfortably crowded. The sidewalks on bo,h smea
OF the street were crowded with people from 'H'
church TO Fifth.ave.. and for mn equal distance -
the east Of the church. Here the c"mp"'i''oh :"
the crowd seemed to lie IN general OF NOR" Welt"
do class of people than that In ''rainri'y IarA'
Til. crowd gathered early. and stayed till long AFTER
the funeral process had LETT the church OH lis way
to the railway station
Only three floral tributes displayed in the
church. II had been the rule that there should W.
none but 1t would not have been easy 10 '''u'' ~"
mittance 10 these one of them was a hug" Nr''
acton, already mentioned being represented ny
Clement Scott Across the Tyre were strung brohd
,iblnns bearing the words From brother actors
Of Edwin Booth "e all loved him. y large s''r
mounted on d standard. altogether about ceh' lc''
high. had the words Actors Fund.- ana pillow
from the Edwin Forrest Lodg". Actors order oil
Friendship. Dor, the familiar Good night sweet
prince" These two pieces were also ch'e"S Vi io''
and were designed b. iIoiheiincr.
THE PROCESSION At THE CHURCH
The procession reached the church at 10 90 O'CLOCK
and met at the gate by Bishop fo'''i anu '''
assistants. the Rev. Dr.. George IL. Iioughion ia"
FACTOR ~ the church: and the Rev. &. ". Eipham OF
Washington Bishop Potter aud Dr. loughton are
members Of the Ilaycrs. The pdllbehr'iS were
Joseph jefferson, a. VI. Palmer ext mel ""Suor
Charles T. DAILY. Eastman Johnson Horace i"""ru
Furness, William B-pham and Thomas ia'i''S N"'''"'
Mr. Aldrich took the plac" Of Parkc "oH"h WHO
was too far away 10 attend. II WAS h'reu 'Ia'
Joseph jefferson would be- unable to BE- present lie
looked worn and weak from hi recent sio"icSS' D"'
nix health Is No doubt improving. a. Is shown In
deed by his being present at all.
The coffin was Of light oak. rather pihh' but win
carved corners and polished brass mo'hu"ss IL"
inscription upon 1t Edwin Booth born Nov"m
her 49, 1893: died jun :. 1885, ON Ia" lid rested
a wreath Of laurel, fastened with purp" riDboh. y
larger wreath Of laurel. white roses and palms was
o.rr,.d hehind the coffin ~ II entered the church.
The mourners who followed the collin were Mr. ami
Mrs Icna,his Groe ,man, the dead mans son-n law
and daughter and Mrs Anderson Dr. Joseph booth'
Edwin Booths brother: Mr.. Whliam lhSpIhih' MIS-
rispham and Mrs d.. Wees: Mr. and Mis-. Magonisi"
and their Two daughters 'r>'oh 'Erhe' Jun"'
Erutns Booth. sidney Booth ana their mother. Mrs.
Agnes Booth schoeiir: Mr. ana Mrs bryan Douglas
and Mrs. Alfred GrO,snan Inc members oi the
l,v.rs foIlowcd thc,c led by james Lewis and
Judge Joseph F. Daily As the procession entered III"
church the organ played Chopin'o funeral march. and
AZ II p,.sd ont after the service 1t played the deaf
march I'm SAUL The organiSt was }. =. Dol.
SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT
The meml,cr-, OF NJ. Booth, family occupied the
front pews ON the right OF the middle aisle and the
representatives of the Actors Fund, Henry c. Miner,
~ " Ianlev Antonio Pastor and II. A. lockwood.
sat behind Them TIE plll-bearers had the front
seats ON thc left with The Players behind them.
Ioces were also reserved for large representation
from tile Actors order OF Friendship and for "A dele.
eo,iou M f,ur,.eu from Mr.. Booths Masonic lodge,
headed by Valentine Denzcr Charles BARNARD rep
resented the American Dramatic Authors Association
Of which II. * the secretary In the absence Of the
president Dronson Howard. Among those in the
church were John Sclpeiel, Mrs. benjamin \. Baker
! Alexander Hrovn Joseph Levy, Mr. and Mrs T.
T. Kidder Cbandos Fulton. Mrs. Louisa Edrldce
Henry T. Abbey Mr.. and Mrs. sydney Roseufcii
Marshall r. Wilder F. +. Maclay. LOU, Aldrich
Edwin KNOWLES Lester Quincy, Roland Reed Alloy
ander Fisher. UerLert Millwurd. william F. Owen.
Eugene Jepson Mr AMI Mrs. Arthur n
Chase. Ormond II. Butler. Alexander sal.