Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — LAID TO REST. [ARTICLE]

LAID TO REST.

-Ho». Ex-Secretary -<>t th« '' Treasury. Tueod4jr( was attended by hundreds of .promwent people, including the Fresident ami cabinet. Tfae body lay in /trie at the house of his son at Albany; and was viewed by the populace of tfiie' entire surrounding county.. A|i W& railroads carried great Albany from every part of the Bt|fte,and it*is doubtful whether the city .ever had, such a concourse of promiiymt people within its gates. AU carnet pay jfeßbute of respect to the dead. The Fresident and cabinet called at the hduae at 12.80 and were given a privateinterview with the widow and viewed the remains of their former friend and associate. The pall bearers were Chas. JT. Cauda, Sidney Webster, Senator Gorman, of Maryland, C, J. Jordan, Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Manton Marble, Judge Rufus W. Peckham, Simon W. Rosendale, Erastus Corning, John H. Vaft”Antwerp, Hon. Roscoe Conkling, abd Pascal P. Pratt. The services were held in St. Paul’s church and were very impressive,. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Albany.