St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-06
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Funeral of Mr. and Dauch.
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Funeral of Mr. Il and Daugh-
ter From the White tousa.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The funeral
of Mrs. Tracy and her daughter, Miss
Mary Tracy. occurred to-day, services
being held at the executive mansion.
There was no time yesterday to send out
notices or invitations to the friends of
the family, and so a notice of the
funeral was inserted in the papers with
a request that it be consider by the
official and personal friends of the fam
lily an invitation for them to attend.
That this invitation was very literally
interpreted by the curious was proved
by the gathering around the White
house grounds at all early hour to-day.
By the time arranged for the funeral, Ii
O'Clock, there was jam at the gates
rounding streets were crowded
with carriages. The East room,
where the services were to be held,
WAS crowded. In the center of the room
were the TWO caskets ntaining the re-
mains of mother and daughter. side by
side. At the head of the Baskets was
placed a large spreading palm, the
branches of which hung In graceful
curves over the two biers. The casketS
were hardly visible because of the mass
of flowers which were heaped upon
them At IL o'clock the services began
with the singing by the Schubert quar-
tette of Il Cannot Always Trace the
Way" Then the procession of clergy,
followed by a
LONG LINE OF CHoRIsTERs
from DIR. Douglass church (St. John's)
emerged from the state dining room,
cinuinU fhpu nrncapdah
came Secretary Tracy and his son
Frank, Gen. Catlin. Robert Graves and
wife, the president and Mrs. Harrison,
Vice President and Mrs. Morton, Secre-
tary Blaine and wife; Lieut.. Mason and
Mr.. Raymond, naval secretary and phi
vate secretary respectively to Secretary
Tracy; off :ers of the navy and
bureau chiefs, army officers and
others. The regular Episcopal serv-
ices for the dead were recited by
DIR. Douglass, of ST. Johns. The hymn,
Jesus, Lover of My Soul" was then
rendered by st. johns chou. DIR.
Elliott read the lesson of the dead,
which was followed by the choir singing
Rock of Ages" in which those present
Joined. DIR. Douglass recited the Lords
prayer and gave final benediction, which
closed the services. Sixteen trim sail
ors stepped forward and bore the
caskets to the two hearses, followed by
the pall-bearerS. mOurnerS and relatives.
The pall-bearers were: For Mrs. Tracy
Secretaries Window, Proctor, Noble
and RuSk; Attorney General Miller,
Postmaster Gen raj Wanamaker, Ad-
mirals Porter and Rogers, Maj.-Gen.
Schofeld and j. S. F. Stranahan. For
Miss Tracy-Passed Assistant Surgeons
w. A. McClung and Robert Whiting,
and Passed Assistant Paymaster A. K.
NJ. Ray, Frank Lee, Frederick McKen-
The f0liowing-named naval officers
Lieut.. Commander Davis, Prof. j. r.
Solely. MEDICAL Inspector w; K. Van
Reipen and Lieuts. K. M. q. Brown, D.
Kennedy and J. f. Meigs, Paymaster II.
[. Wright and Passed Assistant Engi-
neer G. w. Rae. The hearses were each
DRAWN BY TWO WHITE HORSES.
They proceeded to Rock Creek ceme-
terry side by side. Upon the caskel of
Mrs. Tracy was the inscription: "De-
linda E. Tracy, born December /, 1926;
died February Sd, 1890" And upon
Miss Mary Tracy's casket: "Mary Far
rngton Tracy, born May 9TH, 1864; died
February Sd, 1890" Among those who
followed the remains to the cemetery
were the president and Frank Tracy;
Vice President Morton and Mrs. Harri-
son and Gen. Catlin and MIR. and Mrs.
Graves. The remains were placed. with
brief ceremony, in the receiving vaults.
where they will rest for the present.
Secretary Tracy. after the ceremony.