The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-04-19
SIMPLE RITES.
They Mark the Obsequies OF tho
Late Samuel j. Randall.
The CEREMONIES AT WASHINCTO ron.
Tho Dead sta,esman's Many Nobie Quail
ities Euiogited-Ih. Remains Taken
to Philadelphia and Placed VA ~
vault at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
ME. EANDALL's FUNERAL

/ WASHINGTON, April II. The funeral
Of the late samuel j. Randall tool
/ place this morning at the metropolitan
/ Presbyterian church, Dr. Chester, pa,
tor, officiating. Previous to the III
neral the body lay in state in hcchurcl
and hundreds visited the place to look
for the last time ON the face OF the dead
statesman.
There was proruSion OF floral
tributes sent By friends to Mr.. Ran
dall's late residence and To the church.
notably from the White House and
members of the appropriation com
mittcc. An impressive sermon was de-
livcred at the church by Rev. DR..
Chester. who eloquently eulogiZed the
character and eminent public services
of the dead statesman. Rev. Dr. Mil
burn, the blind Chaplain of the House,
assisted DR.. Chester in the services,
which were distinguished by great sim
plicity throughout.
There was an immense attendance q,
the funeral, the assemblage being per
haps one of the most distinguished ever
EdIHtTtu u'T'. lN'-i l'Nlu'ht
Morton. Secretary lialford, members Of
the Cabinet, Senators, Congressme n
and men eminent in every rank Of life
we're present The ceremonies were
simple but extremely impressive.
The honorary pail bearers were
George W. Childs, A. }. Drexel, Alex
X. Mcclure, John Wanamaker, William
McMullen, Charles A. Dana, ex.Gov-
ernor Andrew q. Curtin. Senator Cor
man. congressman William ii. Sow
den, Congressman Blount. Senator Bar
bour and Dallas Sanders.
Just before noon the remains were
taken to the Pennsylvania railroad de-
pot to be conveyed to Philadelphia for
interment "a
BESIDES the members and relat ives Of
the family who accompanied the remains
to Philadelphia were the Senate and
House Congressional committees, the
honorary pall-bearers, nearly all the
members of the Pennsylvania delega-
ton in the House, and number of other
mem bers Of the House.
WAsHrNGToN, April l7.-The House
after reading the journal this morning
adjourned in respect to the memory of
Mr.. Randall.
LAID IN THE TOMB.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-THE flags
which have been waving for two days
past in honor of the Loyal Legion cele-
bration we're at half-mast in mourning
for the late Congressman Randall. A
train from Washington bearing the re-
mains arrived here about 2:30 o'clock p.
m, stopping at Ridge avenue station,
near Laurel Hill cemetery. The Samuel
j. Randall Associa ton, Meade Post, G..
A. r., and the James Page Literary AS
sociation were in waiting and the body
was escorted TO the Randall vault, which
already contains the remains of the
father. mother and brother of tho dead
Congressman.
Simple funeral services at the vault
were conducted by Rev. DR.. Henry c.
McCook and Rev. DIR. Chester, pastor of
Mr.. Randall's church in Washington,
and they were assisted by other
A quartette of members
of the Meade Post sang Nearer,
My God,a to Thee" as part OF
the exercises. A special train from the
city brought tn thousands to the cemetery
who watched with silent respect and
many tokens OF sorrow the final scene
at the dead Congressman's resting place.