The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-22
LAST SERVICE FOR mrs. GRANT
DISTINGUISHEDC COMPANY HEARS
1T IN THE MAUSOLEUM.
Secretary Root. Gov. Odell. the Mayor and
Many Officers Present-Creat Guard
Of Police Outside, hut Previous Fin.
tOmbing Of the Body Kept Crowd Away

In a br1ef and simple service In the pres
ence Of distinguished company OF men
and women the body Of Mrs. Julia Dent
Grant. widow OF Gen. Ulysses s. Grant.
was committed to its last resting place
in the Grant mausoleum on Riverside
Drive yesterday morning. There were
less than two hundred persons in the tomb
during the service, which was conducted
| by Bishop Andrews of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church and Coadjutor Bishop Alex
ander Mackay Smith of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Pennsylvania.
The quiet way in which Mrs. Grants
body was placed in the sarcophagus be-
side that Of her husband on Saturday night
| robbed yesterdays ceremony of much
| Of its imprcssiveness, and was great
disappointment to many of those who had
been invited to the services. The crypt
looked exactly as it always has, save for
the beautiful display OF flowers piled high
| on top of. and around the sarcophagus
but all present knew that in the great reccp-
tacle of polished brown stone, which has
been empty since Gen. Grants body was
placed in the tomb rested the remains of
his wife.
With the body OF Mrs Grant. there came
from Washington nearly a hundred large
floral offerings. Yesterday morning fully
twenty pieces were added. They were the
membranes of friends of Mrs. Grant in
this city and gifts of Grand Army posts
here.
As soon as the wooden flooring that had
been used during the opening of the sar-
cophagus had been removed these flowers
were arranged in the crypt by members Of
the Grant Monument Association under the
direction Of Col. A. Noel Brakeman. They
made a magnificent display.
Four members Of L. s. Grant Post of
Brooklyn, three OF whom stood guard in
the crypt at the services over Gen. Grants
body in 1897. were on guard yesterday.
No one else was allowed in the crypt until
after the services, when Mrs. j. p. Newman,
the widow Of Bishop Newman Of Washing
ton. Gen. Grants old pastor, and herself
one Of the most intimate Of Mrs. Grants
friends, went down and placed a small
bunch OF white roses on the sarcophagus
Mrs. Newman, who is very old lady,
was very much affected during the service.
aud could not conceal her grief.
Admission to the mausoleum was re-
stricted to those who had cards of invita-
ton. Five hundred policemen guarded
| the approaches and, while the rain kept
thousands away, there was still a large
enough crowd to give the police all they
could do to keep people from slipping
through the lines.
The services were set for II o'clock Just
before that hour five carriages, containing
the Grant party which accompanied the
body from Washington, arrived. They
were General and Mrs. Fred ID. Grant,
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses $. Grant. Jesse Grant,
Ulysses >: Grant. Sd, Mrs. Nellie Grant
Lieutenant Commander Sharp, L. s. N;
Lieut.. Nolan. L. $. A.; Lieut.. l.. $, Morey,
L. =. A.; Mrs. Dreamer. Mrs. Corbin, j. +.
Casey and Mary Coffey, for many years
Mrs. Grant s personal attendant.
All were in deep mourning. As the party
mausoleum the police saluted and Gen.
Grant returned the salute. The family
went to the north end OF the tomb where
an inclosure for them looking down into
minutes later Bishop Andrews arrived
and then Bishop Mackay Smith. Bishop
Andrews wore frock coat, but Bishop
Smith wore the white and purple robes
Of his Office.
As soon as the Grant party were seated
the doors were opened to those who held
invitations and by II O'Clock about two
hundred persons we're present.
Elihu Root, Secretary Of War, represented
the President Gov. Odell. accompanied
in their uniforms. represented the State,
and the city Of New York was represented
by Mayor Low and his confidential secre-
tary. John c. Clark. Among others pres
ent ware:
10. Cen .. G,snytle y n IS Henryw Hay:
AssccistiqSp; cornelius n, Bliss, Gen Hoc
necie. Samuel sloan, Hanil.on Fish. GEN ZEN.
Q. o Howard, Gen Daniel f. Sickles, Con.
Re- ES" R and his @,n, Ger James Grant Wilson.
ment OF the East and all Of the active officers
q the R,ggaE army ststiSned u and around
a ES50qsn re'f'n b1 asGs JESSE csns
T sStg s sESTSs Gen Gen
Sssi.s re q Ssy TSIh "iysSsI!y kasoso
Commandant Of the BROOKLYN navy yard and
the members t~S e his st9!I Major Ivan Tailor.
cadets Vest FONT Number or
Ulysses Grant, 81. and a host Of other
men prominent In military and civil life.
Promptly at II o'clock Bishop Andrews
gave the signal for beginning the service
Gen. Horatio c. King, who was in charge Of
the Cathedral quartet. motioned 70 the
leader and the quartet sang Lead, Kindly
Light" After the hymn Bishop Andrews
rose and. standing at the rail Of the crypt,
! read the Methodist Episcopal e)mmittai
service. Then Bishop Mackay Smith took
his place and read the Protestant Episcopal
prayers for the dead. Afterward the Bishop
read Longfellow's poem -Amalfi, a favorite
with Mrs. Grant which she had requested
long ago to have read at her funeral
After the poem. the quartet sang abide
With Me-, and the benediction by Bishop
Andrews closed the service. No one left
the tomb until after the Grant party had
the family walked from the north end of the
tomb TO the south end and stood there for
a moment looking down into the crypt They
drove to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where they
kept TO their rooms for the rest Of the day.
Most Of the party will return to Washington
to-day.
After the funeral party left the mauso-
leum the public was admitted for an hour
and there was line Of people passing around
ans remained ON duty Until q o,clocL Inst