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

MOST Impressive 1uneral ferNlCes were
held at the Temple Emanuel, 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 ut 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. Fuzzy
2,0OJ perlons were In the building when
the hearse bearing the body OF the late
banker arrived at the Fifth avenue en-
trance from the Seligman residence, on
East Forty-sixth street.
1t was accompanied by members Of the
ba nker' family, all of whom were In
deep mourning They preceded the
coffin into the Temple and were escorted
to the seats reserved for them at the
head of the centre aisle, Among them
, TsFs Mrs son se''s"@ Thfeo 5he w''0w Xlb "ft
seligman. Mrs. Emma wasserman,
Misses Alice and Madeline seligman.
Hillman, Mr.. and Mrs, jefferson $;
Seligman, Washington S%eligman. Alfred
Seligman, MIR n Mrs. Dewitt J. Sellg.
man, David l.. Einstein and Mr.. and
hlIS - ~ llii'lill'l'
Tn crowd made way for the mourners
and the coffin to pass In. The casket was
completely enveloped in n covering OF
violets and smilax, interviewed.
Upon the altar was "A chorus or 100
boys from the Hebrew Orphan, Asylum.
The front Of the altar. was buried under
a profusion of white blossoms and pots
To the left OF the centre sat the
pall-bearers. The full list is as fol-
lows: Seth Low, Cornelius N. Bliss,
Abram S. Hewitt, Thomas F. Gilroy,
John Wana maker, Carl Schurz. Col.
John J.. McCook; Edwin Eipstein,
Evarts, Edward Lauterbach, Meyer s.
%Isaacs, Charles Cramp,. Col. +. d. Grant,
ex-Judge John J. Dillon, Henry Rice.
Emanuel Lehman. Louis Cans, Col, w;
Wright and James McCreery.
Seats were also reserved for a dele
CATION of sixty members OF the Union
fle up the avenue from the clubhouse
at 1%hirty-ninth street. with Gen. Hor-
ace Porter al the e These are
the members who composed the delega-
ton:
william II. Webb, Salem II. Wales.
s. p. Avery, Logan C. Murray. James
c. De Forest, Henry C. Yale, Col: Joel
R +; : E5nar Gose sIhSoPPG ooi. y M; Tay' R Il; /,
Jacob Wendell, William =. sa. John,
stephen X. Losher, w. H.. Falconer, Or.
VIM: Argyle Watson; John F. Plummer'
Ii. Crane, Il. ID. Hinsdale. Elihu Root,
:; seayer Page William buchanan;
James A.. Hayden, Edward 4: Wickes
Henry Yale, Charles +. Roe. w. o.; Rid
die. James. A. Parsons. John Scott Boyd
Walston H.. Brown, IL. II. Boeran, Henry
Redlpw GeOrga II. CRIME. ,JOhn Elder.
kin, George Harral, Richard Butler
!; s.; RarnEs les Frssd dSn TGsaX}li sy
rem, Thomas b. Clarke, G. c. Tiffany,
Samuel Shothar. John Sloane. y. +
sehley,, 8. D. Mum, Henry Thompson,
NJ. C. Addoms, Emerson Foote. Charles
II. Coffin and Herbert =. Brown.
There were also present delegations o
the officers and employees of the man!
charitable and benevolent and other or
CARNATIONS In which Mr.. Seligman wa
Interested, and to the support Of whicl
Among them are Mount Sinai Hospi
tai. the Aged Hebrew Charities, HON,
for Aged and Inflrm Hebrews. the Rus
sian-American Hebrew Association. II
Orphan Asylum, the Purim Associa
ton. the independent Order Q
Il nal Brltn, SanlthTlUW IOT tleDTeN
Children. Ladies' Auxiliary Society O
Mount Sinai Hospital, the Hebrew Tech
meal Institute. the Montefiore Home an
many others. Places We're reserved 70
all these.
1 the vast audience were the head
of many OF the leading banking house
and financia Institutions of Wall stree
among whom were noticed representa-
tives from the houses OF DreXel, MOI
gan < Co, Lazard Freres. /. & s. Worn
ser, Knauth, Nachod Il Kuhne. Lader
burg, Thalman Il Co. Kuhn. Loeb
Co., Julius Hallgarten & Co.. and other,
The musical programme prepared fo
the occasion under the direction of tn
!, organist of the Temple, was simple, we
impressive. A solemn dirge was sun
while the casket was being borne u
to the altar.
The funeral services were conducte
by Rev. DIR. Gottheil and his assistan
the Rev. DIR. Silverman. The latter frs
made a long address in which he eulc
noble character, simplicity of III,
!, generosity and philanthropy, and d,
' clared that humanity had suflere
I an i~rreparable loss in the death of NJ
!, Seligman. DR.. Gottheil followed hi
with a brief address, in which he dive
l more upon the purity OF his privat
life and the social and domestic qualitie
of the dead philanthropist.
The ceremonies We're not complete
until nearly noon. The body was take
to Salem Fields, Cypress Hills Gene
terry, for burial.