The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-01

OS Va tC lRt4DAs WlkQ the dead Tl
prayers for the dead, according 70 the ritual Of IN
Protestant Episcopal Church, occupied 4 yeTv M
tie while. and then the family and servants. VIII
stood around the room, advanced To look Tor ~
last time on the placid face. The death 81 Colons
scott was simply a dissolution, ard nejthe
pam Nor any Of the accomplishments of re
tease OF lie had left a tracs upon his feat
ures. 1t was remarked as strange by those VIII,
knew him intimately and afsw him ate
death that there should not be a crease or wTinkl.
on ms face 10 tell of all he had encountered d
his life. Wars alarms. fortunes fuetuations m,
burden of great responsibilities. the Derfis of moi
domestic Affections. bodily pain, and the hard
uphill struggles OF youth, all these had beer
passed through. and yet, as he lay dead. a sm,l,
as sweet as "A girls played around his mouth. anf
MS FEATURES were as noble and benign a. they ever
were, even in his best years. Tenderly tbsy looked
upon him through a mist of tears. and then thf
comm was closed There were no glarinc flower,
laid on II, although the fading fragrance of rose.
IN other r0oDs penetaied everywhere like
incense; A silver plate bore his name and the
dates OF his birth and of his death. Two palm
orsncnes lay across the lid. typical of immortality
ana lasting remembrance
Besides the family and the clergy there was
none else at the house but the pail bearers. These
were George B. Roberts, President of the Pennsyi-
Yalla Railway Company; A. J. CasSatt, First Vice
president: Frank Thomson, General Manager:
yOnn L. Green, who for many years was Colonel
SCOTS Private Secretary and assistant in the dj-
whom the Colonel Entrusted all his private
affairs In late years; George ID. Krumbharr,
Secretary and Treasurer OF the Texas and
ODAPoh aL0 1O4OlCl liza
b. Fordney, of Lancaster, a very old friend.
Alta O'Clock the carriages. sixteen in number,
left the house for the cemetery. where they ar
rived a little after 5 O'Clock, and drew ND in the
shaded avenues adjacent to the place of burial
The lot is large and located near the cemetery on
a null. 1t is Enclosed with heavy copiags of white,
end Is unmarked by any monument or tombstone.
IL contains but a single grave-thao of his son,
Thomas A.. Scott, and who died two years sgo, BY
as his father. This mound has a fiat slab bearing
the young mans name. Three oak trees form a
triangle In the lot, and in the center Of this TRAN
gle Colonel Scott was buried. He named the trees
himself, calling one of them Penn.
the second Pan. and the third Pitts.
having in recollection the three great systems OF
was ideDtifed-the Pennsylvania, the Pan
and the Pittsburgsand Fort Wayne. The grave
was dug very deep and so imoedded with. flowers
that not a particle OF the earth was visible. A
solid mass Of soft white flowers lay below. and
the sides were hidden to the surface behind
fringes of pretty foliage filled in with buds and
blossoms OF spring. The earth that had been ding
up was also heaped over with branches and
masses of bloom. Near the lot on different sides
are the burial places OF several OF Colonel SCOTS
relatives, and the monument over John Edgar
Thompson, his predecessor rs President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Is in sight.
During the hour before the burial the employees
OF the Company and Others who were anxious to
pay the respect of their presence arrived in great
numbers, sometimes coming in delegations and
taking up positions together in a solid body.
Many came from the city in carriages, which they
left outside. The greater number came in special
trains from points South, East and West, from
beyond Pfttsburg and east of New York and south
OF Baltimore. AL the great avenues of wealth.
and intelligence and everything that goes to make
up prosperity and the useful were represented
The bench, bar, press. pulpit, the great manufac-
turing interests, the General and Municipal Gov
ernments, all the railroad corporations and nearly
every pnblic institution had their representatives.
ney General Wayne MacVeagh. Schuyler COlfax.
Simon Cameron and Senator Donald Cameron
were among the public men.
Az " n-OaaGutnv nfnrnd y 1Aa 70.
one raised their hats. Bishop Stevens, who con-
Quoted the burial service. led the way. He was
accompanied by Rev. DR.. swope, Of Trinity
Parish, New York; Rev. Charles A. Maison, OF
st. James, Kings ESsing, and Rev. W. W. Taylor,
of ST. stephens Church, of Clifton Heights, near
Colonel SCOTS country residence; These assisted
In the services. The members of the family, in
Guiding the grandchildren, several in number &C
compenied by their nurses. stood around the
grave. The air was so still that the dropping of a
leaf might have been heard. The sun shone into
the grave Illuminating its floral lining. The
handful of earth YVES scattered, the last solemn
prayer uttered. and then the family returned to
their carriages. As gradually the space was filed.
some little girls who had been visiting elsewhere
with their mothers came forward and threw
handnls of loose flowers upon the earth with
which the grave Was filled.
The Charges Against Secretary Blaine.
The New York sun, of Saturday, prominently
prints the following Washington special:
The object OF Mr.. Blaine's recent visit to New
York was twofold. Which Genes hrst each reader
may determine for himself:
He has been caught in the Star Route swindles.
Hence his business IN New York WAS urgent, as
well as private and personal.
Weeks ago Brady and Dorsey gave Mr.. Blaine
notice that If the proceedings against them were
not stopped they would ~foreclose onthim. | con-
clude Blaine has not been able to stop the pro-
ceding. Hence the beginning of the foreclosure
against HIM. His visit to New York was to fix
This Is the shossst way to tell the story, and it
is none the less true for being short"
There is more OF the same sort coming"
1t has been a matter of current rumor here for
fortnight that there was an attack to be made
on Blaine in connection with the Star Route
frauds. The Sun dispatch above quoted has at
least attracted Secretary Blaiues notice, and he
denies it. Postmaster General James also denies
truth. He Is quoted as saying there is nothing
in the Star Route developments TO disturb NJ.
Blair e.
On the contrary TIE Posts Washington special
says:
Referring to the charge that Secretary Blaine
has been found to be implicated in the Star Route
10 fix up things etc.. Mr.. Bl-ine informs me
that the story Is an entire invention, and he be-
Iieves that 1t was started to affect the contest at
Albany. Mr.. Blaine went 10 New York Monday
night and was there on Tuesday only. His visit
one of private business simply. From 10 a
IN. to 6 p. M. hs was m the office OF Alexander &
Green, in the Equitable Building, or In the off ce
Of the Richmond and Allegheny RailToad COm-
pany in the United Bank Building, corner of Wall
ana ~brOadWaE. he lett tnat DulIdlng after OIL
o'clock. in company with I. o. French, President
Of the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad. He
saw no political leader, office holder, editor or re-
porter during has stay.
Attorney General Meyeagh authorizes me to say
that his name might be used in connection with
his charge, instead of Mr.. Blainc's, with equal
jnstness and pnoprety; and says: The charge is
~groundless"
Postmaster General James, who was with the
Attorney General when he made TO me this state
nent, said that he concurred fully in it, and
added: The charge is utterly false"
Deyoured by Dogs.
A Little Rock special OF the 2Sth to the Globe
Democrat says
The details OF Q horrid tragedy are reported to-
from Hoodruf County. A little boy named
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