The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30


thousands of people, many with bowed
| and uncovered heads. The casket. pre-
coded by the President and Cabinet, was
borne by the artillerymen to the East
room, where the services took place. The
great apartment was deliberately festooned
for the solemn occasion. Seats were re-
served for the immediate kinsfolk of the
dead man, for the President and Mrs.
Cleveland and for the members of the
Cabinet and their wives.
Within the solemn, black-robed circle
stood the standards for the catafalque,
resting on black seal rug. At the upper
end of the place where the catafalque was
to rest stood large wreath bearing the
cards of the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
1t was of white roses and white rhododen-
drons, tied with white ribbons. Alongside
this was another superb wreath from the
State Department of white and red roses
and Gala, tied with purple ribbon.
Conspicuous for its rare beauty was a floral
tribute from the foreign representatives.
1t was in the form of large crescent
wrea tn of orchids, lilies of the valley,
American beauty roses and carnations,
tied with bow of large ribbon, with the
words diplomatic Corps" in gold letters
thereon.
A few moments before 10 o'clock the
family of the deceased, except Mrs. Ores
ham, were ushered into the green room,
| whence through an open doorway they
had a plain view of the catafalque. At a
| sign from Colonel Wilson the crowd in the
center divided and the casket, borne by
| eight stalwart sergeants of the Fourth
| artillery, under the command of Captain
Charles D. Hall of the Nineteenth In
| fantry, was borne to the East room and
| placed upon it's supports. The floral trib-
| utes were gathered by the ushers and
| heaped in profusion upon the black sur
! face of the casket.
! By 9:45 o'clock the East room.:was nearly
filled. All the members of the diplomatic
| body were apparently in attendance, with
| the exception of Minister Weckerlin of the
Netherlands, who is absent from Wash
| ington. The menu ers of the Supreme
Court came in singly. Mr.. Thurber, the
Presidents private secretary, gave his arm
to Justice Field, who was very feeble. In
the rear of the diplomatic body were seated
the general officers of the army and navy,
with their ladies.
Again the crowd divided and the Presi-
dent and Cabinet entered, President Cleve-
land heading the party, with Mrs. Cleve-
land upon his arm. They took their places
standing at the head of the casket at the
| right of the south windows. Bishop Hurst
then stepped forward. A hush fell upon
the company and the clear voice of the
clergyman rang out the words:
II am the resurrection and the life"
The service was remarkably simple and
free from ostentation. 1t was the full
burial service of the Methodist Episcopal
church. practically the same as that of the
Church of England The quartet sang
very sweetly Cardinal Newman's hymn,
LEAD, Kindly Light The entire service
lasted but fifteen minutes
The Bishop, when it was concluded,
stepped to one side, after inviting those
| who cared to do so to look upon the face of
the eminent deceased. OF this invitation
every one in the room took advantage.
The few Senators who were in Wash
| ington were given very prominent places.
Senator Stewart was in the very first row.
The State Department sent an imposing
| delegation, consisting of all the employees,
down to the hum blest messenger. The
personal friends of the late Secretary COM
cupied by officials.
The ca.ket remained open in the East
room for an hour. Miss Kate Field was
the last person to look at the face of the
dead before the caske. was sealed and
the march taken up to the railroad station.
| The carriage with Mrs. Gresham and her
| daughter Joined the funeral ccrtege at the
Executive Mansion. The hearse, fol-
lowed by short procession of a
| dozen carriages, moved from the
White House gate and halted in front
OF the troops, which were drawn up in
line. The troops saluted. General Ruger
and his aids lifted their hats and the
famous Marine band played Nearer, My
| God, to Thee" To this music the military
| detachments marched past. When the last
| company had gone by the carriages with
the President and Mrs. Cleveland and the
members of the official household fell into
| line. The relatives drove privately to the
station.
Three bands played dirges along the line
of march. The sidewalks and windows
were crowded, and the flags on all the
| buildings were at halfmast. The column
reached the station shortly before noon.
When the hearse drew up to the sidewalk
the Marine band played 'Safe in the Arms
of Jesus"
| The funeral train, made up Of five Balti-
more and Ohio and Pullman coaches, was
| one of unusual magnificence. 1t started at
1915 and is scheduled to reach Chicago at
|