The evening world., 1894-05-02
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 PAIL Bearers.

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, Ca.
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
2,0oJ peraons 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-siNth street.
1t was accompanied by members of the
bankers 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
were Mrs. seligman, the widow; her
s three So Henry; rheoSmG MRS A AIISSeerrtt
Misses Alice and Madeline seligman,
Edward W~asserman.. Miss Theodore
Hiliman. Mr.. and Mrs. jefferson s.;
Seligman, MIR and Mrs. Dewitt J. Sclis.
man, David l.. Einstein and Mr.. and
Mrs ] |Bcrnhclmer.
The crowd made way for the mourners
and the coffin to pass In. The caSket was
completely envelopcd in n covering OF
violets and smilax, interviewed.
Upon the altar was a chorus or 100
The front Of the altar was buried under
a profusion of white blossoms ana pots
OF lowering plants.
To the left Of the centre sat The
lows. Seth Low. Cornelius n, Bliss,
oscar s. Strnus, den. Horace Porter.
Abram s. Hewitt, Thomas r. Gilroy,
John TI y. MarcoE,. c EIwi s'hT Einst cH,.
William Walter Phelps, Meyer Stern,
Gen. Benyamin +, 1rary, William NJ.
!Evarts. Edward Lauterbach, Meyer $.
ex-Judge John j.. Dillon. Henry Rice,
Emanuel Lehman, Louis Cans. Col. W.
J.. Strong, Lyman Blum, j.. Hood
Wright and james McCrecry,
Seats were also reserved for q dele
cation OF sixty members OF the Union
League club. which marched In double
Me up the avenue from the clubhouse
at 1~'hirty,n'n,h street, With Cen; H"r.
the members who composed the delega-
ton:
William II. Webb. Salem H. Wales,
S. 7. Avery, Logan G. Murray, James
y. Erhardt. Eiigourney W, Fay, y. l.
Horton, Joseph Pool NIncenzo liotte,
Jacob Wendell; William = Sa. John.
G. ii. Il. Coils, William j.. Pomcroy,
A. G. Hyde. John j.. LAWSON. Jonathan
u. Crane, r. u. Hinshale.,. Elihn Root.
Henry, 2. Plant, TiIden Rlodgett, Isaac
James A.. Hayden, Edward A. Wickes,
Henry Vale. Charles +, Roe. w. q. Rid
die. James A. Parsons. John Scot Boyd.
| Walston II. Brown. L, II. Roeran. Henry
Rediow. George +, crane, John Elder
kin, George HorraIs Rtchnrd .Rn,ler,
norman T. Eaton, John n; CIlicy,
II. Adams. Hugh y. Camp, J. $. War
rem, Thomas Il Clarke, e. e. Tiffany,
Appleton. william .Tousey., W. T.
Schley. .. y. Mum, Henry Thompson.
NJ. G. Addoms, Emerson Foot", Charles
III. Coffin and Herbert T.. Brown.
There were also present delegations ol
the officers and employees of the many
charitable and benevolent and other or
CARNATIONS in which MIR. Sellgman was
Interested, AMI to the support Of which
he contributed.
Among them are Mount Sinai Hospi
tai, the Aged Hebrew Charities. Homo
sian-Amerlcan Hebrew Association, tn
Young Mems Hebrew Association, tn,
Hebrew ShcltcrinE Guardian Society
orphan Asylum, the Purim Associn
tltll, lN' lhl'l'll'l'Il ''Ifl ~
iFnui Firth, S.nItarium for Hebrew
children. Ladies' Auxiliary Society -
Mount SINAI Hospital. tin" Hebrew Tech
meal Institute, the NlOnteiiorr Home ant
many 9th 'rs. Places were reserved .inI
all these.
In the vast audience were the head
of many of the leading banking house,
and inan"ia Institutions of Wall Strert
among whom Were noticed representa-
tivcs from the houses of DreXeL, Nor
gan & Co., Ia2arl freros. |. n s. Worm
Ser, knauth. NaChol n Kuhne. Laden
burg, Thalmnn 4 CO.. Kuhn. Loeb 4
Co. Julius Hallgnrten n 60. and others
The musical programme prepared ia
the occasion under the direction of tn
organist OF the Temple, was simple, We
impressive. \ solemn dirGe was SUM
while the caskct WAS being borne III
to the altar.
The funeral services were conducte,
by Rev. DIR. Gotthcil and his assistant
the Rev. DIR. Silverman. The latter frs
made a long address In which he eulo
gized the dead banker for hi
noble character. simplicity OF lii,
generosity and philanthropy, and de
Clared that humanity had sufferc
an irreparahle loss in the death of MI
Seligman. Dr. Gottheil followed hin
with a brief address, in which he dwell
more upon the purity of his privat
life and the social and domestic qualitie
of the dead philanthropist,
The ceremonies We're not completed
until nearly noon. Tho body was thkcr
to Salem Fields, Cypress Ilills Gene
terry, for burial.