New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-03
FUNERAL OF Mr.. SELIGMAN.
MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS AT THE
SERVICES.
ADDRESSES BY nABBIs GoTTJEU. AND SILVER
MANA REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF

ADDRESSES By RABIES GOTTUEIL AND SILVER
MANA REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF
PArIBEAREGs
Impressive funeral services were held in the
Temple Emanu-Fl Fifth-avc. and Torty-thrl-st..
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, over the body Of
Jesse Seligman. II was expected that the atten-
dance would be large. and 4 detachment OF police
we're present bur no one thought the throng would
be 50 great as that which crowded the temple ana
swayed backward and forward on the sidewalks
and street. Among those jostled by the throAg
was the Rev Dr. John Hall. OF the Fifth Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church; but finally he was recognized
by one Of the ushers and was conducted TO seat
Bishop H. G. Potter also in the congregation.
Some others there We're lsidor and Samuel
Normser S S Shafer Charles SteAbach. the rev
Dr. Cohen. president Of the NewYork Board OF
Jewish Minister'S; General Cecil Goode, OF Cncin-
natl: Dr. De SOFA Mondes. DR.. IIirsch and j. Blum
entha,. The Hospital Saturday and Sunday Associa-
ton was represented by !. r. de Frcce. On the
piatfoCm back Or the pulpit was group OF 10 chill
dren from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum In front
of the pulpit were massed more than fifty floral
pieces
At 10 O'Clock the members of the family quietly
passed by side entrance TO the seats reserved for
Them. The group consisted Of the widow. escorted
by her Theodor Seigman, and followed by
Henry Segman Albert Segman, the Misses Made
line Seligman and Alice Segman. Mrs. and Mrs.
Wassermann. James Seligman. the brother and
partner OF the dead banker; Professor j. X ~
Seligman. Isaac y. Seigman. Dewitt j. Selgman
and George w. Seligman Shortly afterward the
pallbearers. conducted by Rabbi Gustav Gotthel
and his assistant. Joseph Silverman Of Temple
Enanu- FL. passed from the entrance north Of the
pulpit the 'front.' entrance. The soft notes OF the
organ heard. and the coffin, covered with vio-
lets. borne in. followed by the pallbearers
Consp.cuously in front. with his head Of snowy
white hair bowed walked William W. Eyarts by the
side of Lewis May, president Of the congregations
THE PALLBEARERs.
The other pallbearers were Seth Low. Cornelius
y. Bliss Henry Rice. president Of the United
Hebrew Charities, John A. Stewart, oscar 5. Straus
ex-Nlinster 10 Turkey; General Horace Porter
Abram S. Hewitt Mayor Thomas +. Glroy, Eman-
ue Lehman, Thomas Doan, of Philadelphia; J..
CAM. Postmaster General John Wanamaker.
Carl Schurz Colonel Frederick y. Grant c. Bern
helm. president of the Home for the Aged; Colonel
John J. McCook, Abraham Wolf. treasurer OF the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum; John +. Dillon d. VII
lis James. A ID. Juilliard ex-Congressman Edwin
Ensten. Colonel William l.. Strong, William Wal
ter Phelps ex-Minister to Germany, II. Blum, presi-
cent of the Mount Sinai Hospital; Charles II.
imp. Of Philadelphia; Meyer Stern, secretary OF
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum General Benjamin +.
Tracy Simon W. Rosendale. Edward Lauerbach,
James McCreery, Meyer :. lsaacs, president Of the
baar. Edwin d. Adams. James H. Hoffman A. :
sol0mons vice-president OF the Baron Hlrsch Fund
Meanwhile delegation from the Union League
Club had entered and been assigned to seats Among
the delegates named were William II. Webb Sa-
lem II. Wales, $. p Avery Logan G. Murray,
James G. De Forest Henry c. Yale. Colonel Joel
Il. Erhardt. Sgourney w. Fay. II. J.. Horton Jo
seph Pool, VincenzO Botta, Jacob Wendell W F.
81 John, Stephen r. Lesher. g II. T. Coils. WIZ
lam |" Pomeroy. a. g. Hyde, John j. Lawson
Jonathan II. Crane. L. Is. Hnsdale Elihu Root;
J. Seaver Page. William Buchanan. Henry H. Plant |
Tiden Blodgett, Isaac Townsend Smith, {. T. Cook
Charles E. Whitehead, John Elderkn. Charles i. |
Roe. w. O. Riddle. +. Taylor. w. II. Brown. Dor |
man B. Eaton. Il. II; Moeran. John h Ciey Hugh |
Tousey W. T.. Schley. NJ. c. Addoms, Emerson |
Foote and J. Adriance Bush.
THE FUNERAL ADDRESS.
The services were opened by Harris G. Spargur. !
the cantor Of the temple, who read a psalm and |
then sang a dirge responsibility with the choir |
Rabbi Slverman delivered a funeral address Of
great eloquence. simplicity thoughtfulness and |
beauty OF rhetoric. He referred to Mr.. Segman.
which by some would entitle him to be called true
Christian. by others a true Mahometan and by |
others a true Buddhist. But" exclaimed the |
preacher. IL would call him typical American |
Jew"
A dirge was then sung by the choir consisting |
of A. ]. Davis. organist Frank Van der Stucken, [
Buckley Hills and Signor c. Bologna. An address. |
chiefly dreoted to the comforting of the family, |
and Meeting and Cast Thy Burdens were sung. |
long procession of carriages followed the hearse
to the BroOkEn sd Eey at East nn
simple services. The body was placed in the |
The Editor of 1.-THE American Hebrew" Philip
Cowan, yesterday received the following dispatch |
from Baron Hirsch:
"seHgman's memory will be cherished for his
generosity and large-heartedneSS A man could
wish higher praise.