New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-07
FUNERAL OF SENATOR BECh.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE EXERCISES IL THE SENATE
CH\MBER-THE BODY TAKEN TO KENTUCKY.

| PLAIN AND SIMPLE EXERCISES N TIE SENATE
CHAMBER-THE BODY TAKEN TO KENTUCKY.
Washington. May Cspccian-Thc funeral Of senator
/ Beck al the Capitol to-day plain and simple as
any official ceremony of the sort could well be.
Funerals in the Senate and in the House Of Representa-
tiye> generally formal thar impressive ana
today's exercises were scarcely less stih and IN
sympathetic than usual. The services lasted only
| about twenty minutes and the body was then taken
! to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station and
| the funeral train started at once for Kentucky.
The hour set for the services in the senate Chamber
was O'Clock, and before that time most OF the sen
ators were IN their seats in Informal session. Places
had been radc the floor for the expected guests the
| whole of the Democratic side of the being re
served for members of the House the supreme Court
| and the Diplomatic Corps. The Vice President was
absent and senator ingalls, presided in his stead. In
the open >cmicrclc below the secretary desk chairs
were arranged for the President and the Cabinet and
for the members Of the funeral party The desk Itself
wa, MALI hidden with flowers. \ bcauti:u! wreath Of
Easter lilies. white carnations and white and yellow
roses bore the card of Mrs. Harrison. There was u
wreath of ivy from vi. and Mr.. Logan Tucker and
other pieces from Mrs Vance Miss Laura Il. Cox and
Mis-, Laura billiard Patterson. shortly before 1 o'clock
the Assistant ALARMS announced the arrival
Of the house OF Representatives. speaker Reed ana
Clerk Mcpherson headed the long procession. The
speaker took seat alongside senator ncall, at the
wee llcSiGcitN desk ana The rest OF the Representa-
tivcs found places the hack Of the Chamber. The
Justices OF the supreme Conf the to arrive
- ell dressed in their long bach gowns. Then camc
several member, 81 the Diplomatic Corps. sir Julian
Paunccioc ana the >w-s Minister conspicuous at the
front OF the party. The President and secretary
Blaine. arm in arm. next appeared. and behind them
camc secretaries WINDOW. Proctor Tracy AID I;u,k
and Postmaster General Wanlmakcr. secretary Noble
and Attorney General Miller absent.
Finally funeral marty came in 4 hi walking
slowly up the corridor behind the backshroudcd coffin
first the Committees Of the senate and the House.
then the honorary senatorial pail bearers anu the pail
bearer, who 20 with the body to Lexington and
last Of all the dead senator, immediate relatives.
His daughter Mr.. Goodoc. and Major Goodloc were
accompanied y Mr.. ". &. T. Erc,hlurdsc and fcw
other friends, The honorary pail bearer, were sen
aor, Morrill, ShcrmaL. Hale Allison. McI'hcr>on Vet.
Pueh and Gibson. ON the funeral committees were
senators Blackburn, Harris. kcuna, Dawes, Evarts
and Mdndcr-on and Representatives ". {. l.. Hrcchn
ridge, Holman, I'"unt. Bland, Hatch. Wilson, Of Ken
lucky; Banks. DuuncI and Luitcrvorih. Al wore
white sdshc, aero, their shoulders WITH ro,citc, %
black. The pailbcarcr, to go on to Kentucky vcr'
". Il. smith. l. e. Washington. q. %. >tcalcy, Philip
Is. Thompson, j. Fletcher Johnson. Blair lee, j. g.
ErcoMnudsc. Colonel H. G.. Wutcr>mith Major ". =
Tucker and j. - Inmnle. ~ speaker Carlisle came
IN late and took seat among the h"puhlttu senators
Michigan, s1'in Of Mlnnc'oid ana 'h"s"hm "i N''th
Carolina.
The service, vcrc IN charge Of the Chaplain Of the
senate. the Roy. Dr. j. g. hutler Who "A, A''.'t,d l5
the Rev. Nr. Bullock. au ~ 'haplhu ~ th" Hon."
brief prayer Dr. Butler then read from the fifteenth
chapter 81 The First EpI-tl" To- the Corinthians ana
10 addrc,- and 40 music. Immediately al.r the l,,t
PRAYER The funeral procession reformed "nd moved
thence down TIE step, az the ea, front - the tnp"'
ON the plaza carriage. Ncfr waiting for ~" drt" O"
iIou-c preferred e. vain down tie ivrf.c .a doubt,
PIE nrhind the h"'r'". Ah""t ulril member % iH"