Charles A. Dana Laid at Rest

Many Prominent Men Gathered at the Funeral Services in St. Paul’s Church, Glen Cove.

PLATT AND CROKER THERE.

Cuban Flag in Immortelles and Roses, Sent by the Junta, One of Many Floral Tributes.

ORCHID WREATH FROM TESLA.

GLEN COVE, L. I., Wednesday. — The body of Charles Anderson Dana was laid away in St. Paul’s churchyard here to-day. Many prominent men gathered to pay the last respects to the man whom personally they knew as a friend. Richard Croker and Thomas C. Platt, laying aside their political differences for a day, met beside the grave.

A special train of five cars, leaving New York at ten o’clock, carried the party to Glen Cove Station, where they were met by carriages. As the train arrived the tolling church bell announced the arrival of the funeral cortege — a hearse, followed by twenty-two coaches.

SERVICE BY DR. HUNTINGTON.

The pretty little Church of St. Paul is situated on a hill and is approached by a shaded, winding road. The choir met the funeral party in the chancel, while Richard Hoffman, of New York, softly touched the organ keys. The procession moved up the aisle, led by the choir and the Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Grace Church, and the Rev. John Gammack, of St. Paul’s. The pallbearers were Thomas Hitchcock, Edward P. Mitchell, Judge Willard Bartlett, W. M. Laffan, Chester S. Lord, Mayo W. Hazeltine, Benjamin F. Tracy, J. H. Wilson, Professor Sargeant and Franklin Bartlett.

Following the pallbearers came the family — Mrs. Dana, leaning on the arm of her son, Mr. Paul Dana, then Dr. W. H. Draper and Mrs. Paul Dana and the other children, grandchildren and other relatives.

The service was read by Dr. Huntington, preceded by the chant “The Lord Let Me Know Mine End,” with J. N. Helfenstein, choir master of Grace Church, at the organ, and A. Hobart Smock as soloist. The hymn “Peace, Perfect Peace,” was sweetly sung by Harold Yale and Harry Smith, boy soloists of Grace Church choir. Following the prayer by Dr. Huntington, the choir sang, “I heard a voice from heaven say, Come unto me and rest.” The choir led the procession to the grave, singing “Jerusalem the Golden.”

TRIBUTES FROM CUBANS.

Hundreds of persons had been unable to find standing room in the church, and the porches and vestibules were crowded. With bared heads, as the clouds grew more dense and threatening, the mourners listened as Dr. Huntington committed the body to the grave. The choir singing “Asleep in Jesus” and “Nearer My God to Thee.” During the services, mention was made of Mr. Dana’s respect for religious institutions and consistent Christianity.

Massed at the altar and surrounding the casket during the services were numerous floral offerings, among them a wreath of roses from Paul Dana, a Cuban flag, in immortelles and roses, from the Cuban Junta, bearing the inscription, “The Champion of Cuba for Thirty Years,” and another from the Cuban Revolutionary Society, inscribed, “El Amigo de Cuba;” a wreath of orchids, Mr. Dana’s favorite flower, from Nicola Tesla, and a white cross from the First brigade.

Among those who attended the funeral were Edmund Wetmore, Amos J. Cummings, Murat Halstead, John D. Crimmins, L. O. MacDaniel, Judge Smyth, Judge Wilmot T. Smith, Franklin Fyles, General C. H. T. Collis, Elihu Root, W. B. Hornblower, Frank L. Babbott, Bourke Cockran, Judge Addison Brown, Benjamin Wood, W. Butler Duncan, Thomas Fortune, Leonard Jacob, John Bogart, Judge Wilmot T. Cox, Theodore Roosevelt, P. T. Barlow, former Senator Townsend Cox, Richard Croker, General Jose Sanguilly, General T. Estrada Palma, Senator Thomas C. Platt and Daniel F. Kellogg.