Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08
The Funeral Ceremonies in the
Senate Most Impressive
Republican House Caucus Hurrying
Things With View to ADJOURN
ment by July Is.
Many Congressman Anxious to Get to their Dis
tricts for Couple of Weeks to Fix
up their Fences.
Funeral Ceremonies of senator BECK.

Beck, late United States senator from
Kentucky, were borne at 10 O'Clock this
morning from the residence of Repre-
sentative Breckenridge of Kentucky to
the capitol. They were accompanied by
the senate and house committee of ar
engagements and honorary pail bearers
named by the Kentucky delegation yes
terday. Arriving at the east front of
the senate building, the senators and
pail bearers left their carriages and
| forming in two lines, with Senators
Blackburn and Evarts at the head, the
casket was borne from the hearse by
detail of eight of the capitol police up the
! steps and into the marble room where II
was visited by several hundred persons
before its removal into the senate cham
Der. The casket was covered with black
cloth and bore silver plate with the
words flames Buruie Beck, born Feb
ruary Is, 1922; died May 8, $780," On
| from Mr.. and Mrs. c.. R.
! Breckenridge, and glass through which
the face and bust of the deceased
were visible was wreathed with lilies of
the valley. The features of the late SEN
| ator were unchanged, and chow natural
| he looks'' was the involuntary exclama-
| ton of all who looked upon him who
| were acquainted with him IN life,
| number of floral ributes were brought to
| the senate chamber and displayed on the
! clerks desk. The senate chamber was
| opened to the public at l0:l5 and at u
| o CLOCK the senate was called to order bv
| President ingalls,. The floor of the cham
| Der has been supplied with chairs for
members of the lower house and other
officials invited to attend the services.
| The pall-bearers and members of the
! family, with Invited guests, and senators
seated themselves at the left of the pre-
siding officers desk. After reading yes
| terday's journal Mr.. Blackburn present.
! ed the order of ceremonies and il was
| read and entered on the journal. At
! i2:45 the honorary pall-bearers on the
| part of the senate were announced by
! the president pro TEN. as follows: Messrs.
Morrill,. Sherman, Hale, Allison, Mo-
Pherson, Vest, Pugh and Gibson
Five minutes later the members of the
house of representatives took seats to the
right aud left of the chamber in the.rear
OF the senators, who stood teFsFeeeiS62
them. Speaker Reed was esS6rted to
place at the right of Presidei4 pro TEN.
Ingalls,, then followed the chief justices
and associate justices of the g4npE9ase
court, preceded by Marshal Wright and
Clerk Mckinney, who were seated at the
right in front OF the representatives.
The diplomatic corps was represented bY.,
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British mlnistsfy
and members of the Chinese, Japanese
and Brazilian legations. Five minutes
later President Harrison and members of
his cabinet were received, the assem-
blage rising. At .0S the casket was
borne into the chamber. It was
proceeded by Chaplain Butler and ex-
Chaplain Bullock, the senate and
house committees wearing white sashes
and black rosetIes, the honorary pail
bearers wearing white sashes, fastened
with rosettes. Following the casket came
Mrs. Goodloe, Senator Beck's daughter,
aud Maj. Goodioe, her husband, and
friends of the family, who were seated at
the left of the casket, opposite the presi
dent and his cabinet. As the process
sion moved down the aisle the chaplain
read from the burial service beginning:
81 am the resurrection and the life. -
The prayers and ceremonies lasted less
than fifteen minutes. Members of the
joint committee of the two houses were
added to the procession as it filed out of
the senate chamber. The coffin was
borne out by detail of capitol police.
The members of the family were followed
close afterwards by the president and
cabinet, justices of the supreme court
and members of the diplomatic CORPSE
The floor and galleries we're soon empt1an
of spectators, and the senate, at / S5 ~
was declared adjourned until II o'0fbck /
tomorrow.
The casket was borne to the bearse
49, A.. 4. - ., sa1 tn
tween two lines composed of members of
the senate and house committees on ar
rangemeuts, who stood with uncovered
heads. The rest OF those who were to
accompany the remains to the Baltimore
and Potomac fell into line and the pro-
cession started, Proceeding the hearse |
were members of the house and senate |
committee on arrangements on foot, and ]
following 1t were the family in carriages,
the president and members of HE cabi- |
net in carriages, and members OF the /
senate and house OF represen-
tatives on foot. The process
sion took its way slowly around the
senate side of the capitol and up Penn
sylvanis avenue toward the railway sta
ton. Upon its arrival at the sta
ton the pail bearers, joint congress- +
Ionnl committees and members of the
senate and house OF representatives VINO
escorted the body to the station were
drawn up in two lines. The casket was
then carried through the station and
placed on the exact spot the deceased
senator fell when stricken down within
heart trouble last Saturday. Thereas
remaiHed for few seconds, when, pre-. 4
ceded by honorary pail bearers, 1t wsES
carried through the station gate dQseif
the long shed and placed in hwy +
outer casket in the compartment
car of the special train rendered by the
Chesapeake and Ohio road. The train
was composed of three vestibuled Pull
man cars, and was devoid of any dra-
perry except in the interior Of the car,
where reposed the remains, which was
trimmed simply with black bunting.
Those who accompanied the body to Ken
lucky besides the family and friends of
the deceased We're the committee OF ar
rangements of the the senate, allHftAs
Kentucky delegation IN congress exceps3;
Representative Goodnight, ex-Cougress-
man h. b. Thompson. Lieut.. Young Of
the navy, and some OF the honorary pall7S'
bearers. The train started on gts3eAr-
nov anil Is eDhPd- /