Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-12-10
hENRY WILSON.
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The Rem1ins Lying I'm State
I'M the ROtunda Of the
Capitol.
The Funeral Ceremonies In
Senate Chamber.

The Funeral Ceremonies in
Senate Chamber.
From 10 O'Clock In the morning until
sunset Of the 25th an almost unbr0ken
throng Of men. women ard children pas
sel through the rotunda Of the Capitol
to view the remains Of the VICE President.
Tie body enclosed In q glass covered
casket. lay 10 state In low catsf.lque
directly under the center of the dome.
watched oyer by . guard Of honor de-
tailed from the marine corps.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
took place IN the Senate Chamber at thu
hour III 10 O'Clock a. m. of the 26th. Al
though the weather was very uniavorab.t
the crowd was great. and many were Ut
able to gain admission after 10 q. m. The
Senate Chamber was heavily dlaped in
mourning, and immediately in front oi
the Vice President 3 table, the cafafslqut
was places, the desks have all been re-
moved from the Chamber, seats were oil
arranged for the President and Cabinet,
Supreme Court. m mbers of the Sen .te
and House of Representatives and other
prominent persons. At 1915 q. M, thu
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, headed by Mr.. Middleton, thei,
clerk, entered and were assigned to The
front row of seats, on the right of the
Vice Presidents desk. At 1922 q. No.
the boty was taken from the rotunda t.
the Senate Chamber, preceded by the
Rev. DR.. Sunderland, Chaplain Of thu
Senate, Sergeant-at-srms French, thu
Committee OF Arrangements and pal
bearers, and followed BY The relatives Of
the deceased-amoug them Mr.. Cobalt
and wife. The casket was carried by ]:
soldiers and as soon as 1t was placed o,
the catatalque prepared for Its reception
two privates of the marine corps tool
pos ton a. the head and loot, and stood
at rest throughout the the entire SER
vice. Numerous crosses and crowns q
white flowers sent to the Capitol BY tn.
trends Of the deceased were placed on tn,
coffin.
As the body was brought into tn.
Chamber, all persons upon the foo,
arose, and Rev. Dr, Sunderland read the
passage:
LORD, MAKE ME TO KNOW THY WAYS
and other selections from the Scripture
Soon after tue casket was placed on the
|catafalque, the President, with Secretar-
les Fish, Bristow Belknap, Robson and
Chandler. enterrd. land were. assigned IL
the front row of seats opposite those &C.
!cupied By the Supreme Court, all OF whom
were clad in their robes of ofie The
COMMITTEES of Arrangements and the
Massachusetts, Committee occupied seats
Immediately in the rear Of the Supreme
Courts, aud behind them nesrly all the
members of the diplomatic corps. headed
|hy Edward ThortOn, who IL dean or the
oldest continued member of the corps.
and behind them were citizens of Mas
|sac:lusetts in Washington; on the other
side Of the Chamber the r. l.,ivrs If the
deceased were seated, in the rear of the
President and next to the members Of
Senate and House of Representatives
Among others on the floor were Adiu,an,
0-nerrl Townsend, Quarfermaster Gen.
rral Angels, Judge Advocate General
Holt and Assistant Judge Advocate Gen.
|eral Dunn, Major Generals Pecoust
Won Wick, Weir. Barnes. Humphry, and
other army offic rs; Commissioner Pratt
Fred. Douglass and others OF prominenc.
The chair OF the Vice Prsrident was va.
Cant and heavily draped in mourning; T.
w. Ferry, of Michigan. President Pre-
|trmp0re of the Senate, occupied . seat al
the Clerks desk. The officers OF tn.
Senate and COMMITTEES or Arrangements
wore white silk sashes gathered on the
lsft shoulder In black and white rosettes.
In spite OF the very Indictment weather,
the largest part Of those present were Ia
dies. Among those in the diplomatic
gallery we're Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Bristow.
All being in readiness, Mr.. Ferry, an.
nounced the eIvice would now begin.
The R.v. DR.. Sunderland, standing al
the Clerk 8 desk, then read Z bret re.
lection Of Scripture, after whish Rev. DR..
u. Z. Rankin delivered On eloquent dis
course.
When the address Wa finished, Rev.
Ur. Sunderland Offered q PRAYER end
pronounced the benediction. The coffin
wss then closed and the funeral coltrge
formed 10 the order prescribed, and pro-
reeded to the depot of Baltimore & Poto
mac r. R. Co,
THE PROCESSION.
The streets along the line of the route
were thronged with spectators, who stood
i" the cold. drizzling rain. Guns were
fired and the bells throughout the city
were ,tolled. At the depot the remains
we're given by Senator Thurman, on be.
half If the committee of arrangements,
to the charge Of the Massachusetts, com.
mittee, and placed on : special trsin,
which started for Baltimore ct $50 p. m
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-TEkBGBAR1RIC NOTES.
The Spanish negotiations continue to
be satisfactory.
The snow is retarding Spanish military
operations.
Charles O. Conner, the eminent lawyer
is seriously i'll.
The United States Cable has declined
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