New-York tribune., 1902-12-22
FUNERAL OF MRS. GRANT.
RRIEF .SERVTCE At TOMR
Nation, State, City, 1f,my and Nauy
Represented by MOurners.

The funeral service yesterday held in Grants
ron,h in Riverside Park. over the body Of Mrs
1uIia Dent Grant. the wife OF General Ulysses s.
Grant was simple and brief. Those invited to
attend numbered about 80 The army and
navy, political and civic life, and the trustees
of Grants tomb, were represented by the hushed
gathering. who stood in circle seven deep
-ound the enclosure that looks down into the
crypt.
Al the northern extremity of the tomb were
AIRS Grants relatives, who had come from all
na-ts OF the country. and in the centre of the
marty the two clergymen who conducted the
service took their position. Outside the rain
Cell steadily. hut long line of people gathered
an tbe east side of Riverside Drive long before
the service began and waited patiently in the
rot 2 few obtaining shelter in the doorways of
-he Photographic galleries till the service was
ended when they We're permitted to enter the
tomb.
The rnassing of policemen was impressive. The
nlaza in front Of the tomb was thick with them,
and they extended for block south from One
hundred and -tweIIty-fifth-st. They were day
mfr, men called from all parts OF the city, and
were under Inspector Kane.
Carriages began bringing the mourners at
1870 a. m and they continued 10 come till the
afteen minute service completed, at 11:30
q m.
The Grant party consisted of General Fred
arck Dent Grant and Mrs. Grant. Mr.. and Mrs.
z s Grant Miss Grant. L. s. Grant. Sd. Jesse
Grant Mrs. Sartoris. Miss Sartoris. Mrs. Corbin,
Mrs Creamer. Lieutenant Commander Sharp,
F Casey. Miss Julia Dent Grant, Hugh Grant
Smith and Mary E Coffey, for many years Mrs.
Grants maid. The two sisters Of Mrs Grant
were physically unable to come from Washing
ton.
The service began with Cardinal Newman's
bymn Lead. Kindly Light which sung
by the Loyal Legion Quartet. who stood half
way down the steps leading TO the crypt, and
whose voices fioated out, it were, to the
circle of people above them
Bishop E. G. Andrews. of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. read the commitment service, af-
Ter which the Episcopal prayers for the dead
were read by the Right Rev. Alexander Mackay-
Smith. Protestant Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor
of Pennsylvania, who formerly rec
tor of ST Johns Church, Washington, where
Mrs Grant attended service He also read a
poen entitled Land Beyond the Sea-, which
had been a favorite of Mrs. Grant, and which
she had requested should be read at her funer-
al The quartet then sang abide with Me-,
and the service was brought to close by the
benediction pronounced by Bishop Andrews
L s Grant Post, G. A r., was the guard
of honor. and three of the four members who
service at the funeral of General Grant
4 cluster of electric lights suspended from the
ceiling shed light into the crypt The sar-
cophagus OF Mrs. Grant hidden by seven
wreaths and several punches Of leaves and
flowers roses predominating- That of General
Grant had vase of white roses on it, just over
the chiselled lettering The circle Of the crypt
was covered with floral designs sent by various
Grand Army of the Republic posts
At the close of the service Mrs j. P Newman.
widow of Bishop Newman. the friend of Cen
eral Grant, admitted to the crypt
Every branch of the government, national,
State and municipal was represented by the
rnourners Secretary Root, Governor Odel and
Mayor Low being among them. Others there
were General Rowe and staff, Martin Goss, Colo
mel Berry L 6. A. General J. C Clarke. A. l.
Webber Colonel E. W. Bass L. s A, Mrs. John
A. Logan Major L. C. Beckett, ]. Edward Sim
mons Charles V. Fornes, Jesse y. Sellgman,
General T H Hubbard, Colonel John J. McCook,
J. b. Taller. Commander Wilcox, Samuel F.
II Riplev. Iispenard Stewart, Major H. l.
Swords Thomas ]. O'Brien, J. Frederick
Pierson. Henri Geirand. Commander A j. Gold
man. Gustav f Schwab. John A Murray. Com
rnander ]. l. Soaring, ]. NJ. Thompson Captain
l. B. Lewis Chancellor H NJ. MacCracken, HIS
Excellency Kogoro Takahira, Colonel w. H.
whalen, Borough President Jacob A cantor
Charles f. Innes, Charles E. Kidd, George W.
Kidd. Captain F. C Hadley, Major Ivan Taylor
Admiral Barker and staff. Of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard: Commander Isaacs General James Grant
Wilson Commander Grant Nelson. Colonel A
Noel Brakeman, General H L. burnett anu 'ei
ator John Kean, of New-Jersey-
Many pernbers of the Grant Monument Asso-
citation were there including General GrenVlNe
II Dodge president; Henry w hayden
secretary; Cornelius y. Bliss. General dora'lo
c. King, c. O'Reilly, c. n. Taintor Andrew Cai-
negie, Samuel Sloan, Whitelaw Reid ana many
others Of the eighty trustees
The details of the service were in charge Of
Colonel A Noel Brakeman
Four policemen will guard the tomb TIL TINS
morning.
All throughout the afternoon, notwithstanding
the character of the weather, hundreds OF per
sons visited the tomb, some walking and others
in carriages and automobiles