Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 30, 7 Malaki 1891 — SHERMAN'S FUNERAL. New York's Farewell to the Dead. The General's Son Conducts the Services. The Kemsins Now on the Way to St. [Illegible] Sau Francise to show Her Respect [ARTICLE]

SHERMAN'S FUNERAL.

New York's Farewell to the Dead.

The General's Son Conducts the Services.

The Kemsins Now on the Way to St. [Illegible] Sau Francise to show Her Respect

New York, Feb, 19.—Hew £ork pai<! every poaiilile tribute of respect to the inemory of Gen?ral Shermau. Tbe dawn of bis fuueral day opeued bright and clear. Th® courts remained c!osed and the exchangb» c!osed at noon. General bu«iness waa brought almo*t to a standstill, and all who cou!d do 80 ceased their cuily qccupations to do honor to the 4©ad »oldi9r. Af an early hour people be gan to assemble in tha st;aet opposite tbe residence of Gem>ral >Slierman. From alinost every Louae and along tbe street the Amōnean flag floated at half-mast. Th#r€ were but visitors in the early ht»ara of the morniog. Only the mosi fri«nds and a few old sol:Uers were admi ted, and tha latt«r were obligtJ t6 ahow certificatea that they a«rved in the army. R«v. Thomas Bhertuan, the son whoae arrival waa so anxi«asly wait-1 •d. arrived at the bouse at 1:30 iliU morning. Just after tal. ng eaily[ breakfast this nior.aing with the i Umily h« took a !ast look at the reJ hl» faih*r. ! A f©w aainutt;? b<<!or® 11 o'cl»<jk Urge floral ihiekl waī r«o*jived at ihe! house from thu We*t Point C»deta I The »hi«ld was aix foet in height andj foor feet broa l, wa» made of| •whiU and bluu imm.u Uilea aad oalla lili«s. | At 11 o'eloek SecretarieB Blaine,! Proctor amd Ru.sk aud Generala! O Brien, Homer and Ewing *rrive*l| at the houee Pre*ident Harri«un' wiil not look upon the remaiu,s, of' th* G«neral. family &ent an iiivitatiou Lo'

him th"j raorning, but th« Presideut kindly repliecl that he preferred to koēp with bim remembrances pf the 0enerāT whil® ā!i"ro. He didnot wiah to »ee him in death wh.ea their assQ£ja.tions had boeu so warm ,aad genial. At noon every doorstep alōng Sfcv«nty-first street was crowded with interissted spectators and the .wiu- ! dows W9re filled witL «xpectant faces. Ab«ut 12:25 o'elpek a. caiseon drap«d in black and drawn by four horses was drawn up in front of the Sherman house. The horses wore mounted by regulars and an army oflScer was in charge. Behind the caisson was an orderly leading a black oharger, whieh bore the military trappings of the Gēneral. A black relvet covering almost hid the horse from view, but the boots and saddle were plaiuly eonspicuous. ; The services of prayer began at ! noon and were over by 12:30 o'eloek. Prayer was read by Kev. Father Sherman. Close to the castet stood the other son, P. T. Sherman. Iu, th* fro»t parlor were all. the other members of the family, Secretary Biaine and wife aud Mrs. Damrosch. Father Sh«nnan waa assisted by Jiev. Father Taylor andtwo other priests. Father 8hertuan in conductinglthe simple services read from the Scriptures the passage beginning: "I am the resurrection and the life. ! ' After these two selections woi'6 sung fiom the oratorio of "Elijah." Father Shermau again read jrom the Scriptures, aud the "Miserer" from Mendelssohn was givexT Prayvr was then offered by the spp, and th'e service8 were, conducted with muslc. There w*re about 150 persons present at the servioes, the greater number being rel»tives, but among the friends were Grant and Senator Cameron. Before the arrival of tby hour foi fuueral procession to start carriages oontaining prominent officials in the military and. civil service arrived at fche houae. Amoag tlie visitors were George W. Childs. Drex:«I, Hiram Hitclicock, Chauucey M. Depew, ex-Presidents Cleyeland and Hayes, Joseph Choate, Eear-Ad-miral Braine, Geueral Schefield and Governors Pattison aud Bulkely with th.eir staffs. The Senate e«mmittee eame in a body, weariiig the usual slgns of mourning, and after them eame tlie large eommittee from the House. It was c!ose o» to 2 o'eloek whenPres-! ident Harrison and Lieutenaqt Ernst, his aid-de-camp, reached the houae. AH along the line of march from start to finish there waa on«grand crush, and walking in the stre«ts traversed was a!most an impossibility. It appeared as if eTjery reaident of York and tbe surr#unding cities had turned out to , gaze upon the casket that contained the reinains of the gre-at General. Along the wall of Central Park f ifty-niuth street, crowds of people were seatedandatthe circle wheie the' eolumn began to tissume definit«j shape, the sea of bobbing heaxU was simply indescribable. i All along Fifth avenue a m»ss ofi people lin«d the sidewalks and steps,; and windows and balconies ou the thoroughfare were occupied ūntil J after 6 o eloek, when the last of th« j dirge-pla) ing bands went by. The | weather was co'd aiul disagreeab!o, j but there was oo apparent dimiuui tion In the numbei*s of the crowd un- | tii the vpry last The grizzled old Grand Army men formed a striking fealure of the procession. Many of them walked qn crutehes. The caissou on whieh restod th« body wai» received every-whei-e with uncovered heads, and where th« crowd had beeu noisy it was iustantly hushed wheu the objeot of all this military dispUy approached.

lu Fiftli aveuu« £roiu T\s«ut) -&ec<ind to FouriooniIi i»tr«eta th« erush o(p«opU vr»»6ogro»t th»t tbemouat<?d poliee had great (iiiHeull,) ia cldjMĪpg th# passsge, At Washiugtoa squ;ire »11 exc«pt the iegular uiilitary aacorti jirere dismis«»6d. Tho cai6soa witL| . this esoort then iuroed intoBroad l jw*y and down io Cia*l str««t. fromj j whieh \>oiui the lvir\ w*j> soou m&do. | Thore thegates w«ro throwu ojieu aud the caisaon driveu »boavd the lH>at. C8oorted l») Lafa.vetto Fost uuder Geueral Tiela. A few uiiuutes|, l*t«r th« funer&l parh \vas abo*rdJ, the boat, aud it swuii£ out iau>j

I the strepm tlie great fuaeral and la»t tribufce wliieh the ui«tropulis could pay wus uver. Wli«n the boat reach©d Jersey Caty another thrpng ol thousaads of people was met. A large force of poliee and tho fourth Ntttional Guard of New Jersey, were drawn up between the ferry entrance and the north end of the*depot, beyong whieh stood the apeeial train. Thie militaiy presented ama, colors were lowered, the drum corps played a dirge and the church bells tolled the caisson passed from the boat to the train. A guard of honor from the NewJersey Natio*al Guard was on hand to acoompany the remains Uirough the Btate. The funeral train was mad« up of Beven ean». The remains were eonveyed iii a eombination cars. The othera were oocupied by the guard of honoii ! Congrerfsional cojnraittees and the iamily. The combination car was festooned haavily with biack draperies. The other cars weea. less elaborately draped. The train left Jersey City at 6:45 r. u.