Huntsville gazette., 1889-03-30

PIE lmnoftelleS was Embedded the senti-
ment:
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Say not good night, but in some
brighter cline bid me good morning"
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large wreath of white roses from JUS
tlce Matthews surviving comrades Of the
Commandery of the District of Columbia,
Order of the Loyal Legion, was promi-
nent on the music stand.
Inere were in attendance a large num-
Der OF prominent persons in all ranks of
official life, besides many family friends
IN the private walks of life. Among the
earliest arrivals were the members of the
Supreme Court who had seats in the room
where the bier stood. In this room were
also the President and Vice-P President
members of the Cabinet and the family.
The presidential party gathered at the
White House at half-past twelve O'Clock,
and arrived at the residence just at the
hour fixed for the beginning of the serv-
| lces-one O'Clock. They came in the fol-
lowing order: President Harrison and
Mrs. Blaine; Secretary Blaine and Mrs.
Mckee; Postmas ter General Wanamaker
and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison; Secretaries
Window, Proctor, Rusk and Noble; At
torney General Miller, Private Secretary
Halford and Russell B. Harrison.
General Schofield represented the army
and Admiral Porter the navy. Among
those who were present were Senators
Butler, Hoar, Farwell, Sherman, PAYNE,
Evarts, Morrill,, Hale, Henderson, Cock
rell and Paddock. Ex-Senators J. E. Nc
Donald and Conger ex-Speaker Carlisle,
Representatives Mckinley, Springer,
Cabot Lodge, Butterworth and Cox; In
State Commerce Commissioner
Schoonmaker, ex-Attorney- General Gar
land, Judge Davis Of the Court Of Claims,
Judge, Hager and Bradley, of the Dis
trict Courts, Judge Wylie, ex-Secretary
Hugh McCulloch, General Horatio King;
Rev. Fl thsr P. 8. Cooney, of Indiana, who
was Chap lain Of Colonel Matthew'S regi-
ment in the war; B. H. Warder, Prof.
Alexander Graham Bell, MIR. Carter, the
Hawaiian Minister; Colonel John Hay,
Admiral Calhoun, President Wellington
of the Columbia University, and Rev. Mr..
Wynkoop.
The services, which were conducted by
Rev. T.. S. Hamlin Of the Church of the
Covenant, pastor of the deceased, and
Rev. DR.. Leonard, rector Of the ST. Johns
Episcopal Church, were brief. DR.. Ham
lin began with a short invocation, and
closed with the Lords prayer, in which
many persons present joined. The Schu-
bert male quartette rendered Jerusalem,
the Golden," Justice Matthew's favorite
hymn. DR.. Leonard read Paul's assertion
and description of the resurrection, in
the fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle
to the Corinthians, beginning at the
twentieth verse. Then the quartette
sang "Abide With Me-" and DR.. Hamlin
made closing prayer.
The remains were taken to the Balti-
more & Ohio station, the cortege being
formed as follows: Revs. Hamlin and
Leonard, members Of the Supreme Court,
and ex-Justice Strong, who accompanied
the Court, acting as pail bearers; body
bearers, Thomas Welch, Ananias Her.
bert, VIM. A. Taliafero, John Craig,
Archibald Lewis and W. II. O'Brien,
messengers of the court; family and rela-
tives; committee of the Loyal Legion, Dis
trict Commandery, Generals Ab5alom
Baird, Byron M. CutcheOn and Reuben D.
Mussey: Colonel John S. Williams. Med
ical Inspector VIM. K. Won Ripen and
Major John w. Clout, friends of the fam
| lily.
The party that accompanied the re-
mains to Cincinnati was composed OF the
following persons: Mrs. Matthews, Nor
timer Matthews, Paul Matthews, Miss
Matthews, Miss Eva L. Matthews, Mr.. C.B.
Matthews, Henry c. and Mrs. Webb, Prof. :.
Moffatt, of the chair of church history
in the Princeton College, and DR.. Henry
Moffatt, his son. [Messrs. Webb and
Moffatt are brothers in-law of the de-
ceased;l Justices Lamar, Blatchford, Gray
and Harlan; Reporter j. Bancroft Davis,
Marshal j. NJ. Wright, Assistant Marshal
w. H. eardon, and w. R. Spear, under