The evening world., 1894-05-02
SELIGMAN FUNERAL,
Thousands at the Temple Emanu
Ell to Witness the Services.
Delegation Of Sixty Members from
the Union League Club.
Statesmen and Business Men Among
the Pall-Bearcrs.

Most impressive funeral services were
held at the Temple Emanu-El, at Forty
third street and Fifth avenue, this
morning in commemoration of the late
Jesse Seligman. the banker who died
on April % at Cornado Beach, Cal.
| The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock.
At that hour the Synagogue was crowded.
The aisles and galleries were packed with
persons, and many hundreds were clam
oring for admission at the entrance Fully
1905 persons were in the building when
the hearse bearing the body OF the late
| banker arrived at the Fifth avenue en-
trance from the Seigman residence. on
East Forty sixth street
1t was accompanied by members Of the
bankers family. all Of whom were in
deep mourning. They preceded the
! to the seats reserved for them at the
| head OF the centre aisle. Among them
were Mrs. seligman, the widow; her
! three sons, Theodore Albert
selgman, Mrs. Emma wasserman
Misses Alice and Madeline Seligmnn.
Edward Wasserman; Miss Theodore
seligmnn, Washington Seligman, Alfred
Selgman, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt ]. Selig-
man. David l.. Einstein and Mr.. and
| MrS j BeTflnplIneT.
The crowd made way for the mourners
ard the coffin to pass In. The casket was
completely, enyeloped in covering OF
violets and smilax, intertwi ined.
boys from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
The front OF the altar was buried under
a pro fusion Of white blossoms and pots
To the left OF the centre sat the
pallbearers. The full list is as fol-
lows. Seth Low, Cornelius n. Bliss
Apram $. Hewitt, Thomas F: Gilroy.
John J. Mccook, Edwin Einstein.
en Wla% RsDSmn watsr Fheps Tssv M1yeT Wam sserT r
isaacs, Charles cramp, coI +. d. GRANT,
ex-Judge John J. Dillon, Henry Rice,
Emanuel Lehman. Louis Cans, Col. w;
Wright and James McCrecry.
! Seats were also reserved for dele
League club, which marched in double
hle up the avenue from the clubhouse
at Thirty-ninth street with Gen. Hor-
ace Porter at the head. These are
ton:
t William II. Webb. Salem II. Wales,
IS; J.. Avery. Logan G; Murray; James
Rf Rrhnpd Dfs' sEourney Esny g W y'f Fay So 'Gr
jacob ''' wendell si, William IFS r sS. John,
stephen r., Losher, w, II. Falconer. Dr.
! A. q Hyde, John d. Lawson. Jonathan
II. Crane, Il; d. Hinsdale, Elihu Root,
Henry ,. Piant, TlIdcn H!odsstt. Isaac
James a. Haydon, Edward 4: Wickes.
Henry Yale, Charles f. Roe, w. O; Rid
die, James A. Parsons, John Scott Boyd.
Walston II. Brown. f. II. Boeran. Henry
Bedlow. George F. Crane. John Elder
f" sSeoFRs Ksrne. aaTFa FredaTsH GfHird T"Her her
Borman ,; +; Eaton; Jqhn y, ciI!ey''
II. Adams. Hugh n. Camp. J, s; War
samuel shothar, John Sloane. p. i.
Appleton. william Tousey... w. T.
Schley. o. ID. Mum. Henry Thompson,
NJ, c. Addoms. Emerson Foote. Charles
II. Coffin and Herbert y. Brown.
There were also present delegations OF
the officers and employees OF the many
charitable and benevolent and other or
ne contributed.
Among them are Mount Sinai Hospi
tai the Aged Hebrew Charities; Home
for Aged and Infrm Hebrews, the Rus
sian-American Hebrew Association, the
Young Mems Hebrew Association, the
Hebrew Hebrew sheltering Gpsrdian p society sitSy
h'nai Firth, Sanitarium for Hebrew
Children, Ladies' Auxiliary Society o
Mount Sinai Hospital, the Hebrew Tech
meal Institute, the Montenorc Home an6
many others. Places were reserved foi
all these.
In tine vast audience were the head,
of many of the leading banking houses
and financial Institutions OF wall street
among whom were noticed representa-
tives from the houses of DreXel. Nor
gan & Co., Lazard Freres. |. S S. Worm
ser, Knauth, Nachod n Kuhnc Laden
burg, Thalman Co.. Kuhn. Loeb &
Co., Julius Hallgarten & Co.. ana others
Tho musical programme prepared fol
the occasion under the direction Of tn.
organist of the Temple. was simple, We,
impressive. a solemn dirgc was suns
while the casket was being borne W
to the altar.
The funeral services were conducte,
by Rev. Or, Gottheil and his assistant
the Rev. Dr. Silverman. The latter tirs
made a long address in which he eul)
gizel the dead banker for hi
noble character, simplicity OF life
generosity and philanthropy. and de
clared that humanity had sufferr'
an irreparahle loss in the deeth of Mr.
, Seligman. DR.. Gotthel followed hin
with a brief address. in which he dwell
more upon the purity Of his private
life and the social and domestic qualite
of the dead philanthropist.
The ceremonies were not completed
until nearly noon. The body was taker
to Salem Fields, Cypress Hills Gene