Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-31
THE REMAINS IN WASHINGTON.
Procession of Distinguished Men from the
Station to tho House.

WASHINGTON, January 90.-The President
and the members of his Cabinet assembled
nj the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station
this afternoon at 4. is o'clock for the pur-
nose of receiving the remains OF Secretary
Window. whom they last saw alive on
Tuesday at the regular meeting OF the
Cabinet. The remains were brought IN
special car attached to the regular train
leaving Jersey City at 1l;30 O'Clock and az
irving in Washington at 4:3O O'clock. II
arrived promptly on time. andw received
by n most distinguished assemblage, in
Guiding nearly all the leading public Off
cials In Washington. All the bureaus. d.
visions and branches Of the Treasury De-
partment were represented by their princl-
Dal officials and many of the clerks and
subordinate employees. These all assem-
bled at the Treasury Department at
o'clock and proceeded to the railroad sta
ton in body.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
consisted of the President, Yice-President
Morton. Secretary and Mrs. Blaine, Secre-
tary Proctor, Unconstitutional Wanna
maker, Secretary Noble, Secretary Rusk,
General Schofeld, and Solicitor-General
Taft. The entire party, headed by the
the end of the platform and stood with
heads uncovered while the casket contain
ing the remains were removed from the
car and placed on stand prepared for 1t.
II was then taken in charge by eight men,
bers of Company b of the Treasury Ma
tional Guard in uniform, under Lieutenant
Moore, and borne slowly to the hearse
through a passageway OF which the rail-
road train formed one side and long line
of people the other. Attorney-General
Miller, Secretary Tracy. Solicitor-General
nd "a mi "a ~
York Board Of Trade and transportation
who accompanied the remains from New
York were among the first passengers TO
alight from the train. They Immediately
joined the group surrounding the Presi-
dent. The committee was composed of
the following-named gentlemen: MessrS
Ambrose Snow, Darwin X. James, James
Talcott, +. b. Thurber, W. II. Wiley, Seth
Thomas. and Norman 3. Bentley.
The PROCESSION.
When all was IN readiness the procession
was formed and moved out of the station
in the following order: Body-bearers with
the casket on their shoulders, the
President and Mrs. Blaine, the Vice-Presi-
dent and the Secretary of State. the Secre-
tary of War and the Postmaster-G General.
Rev. DR.. Hamlin (pastor of the Church Of
the CovenanD and Secretary Rusk, the At
torney-General and the Secretary of the
Interior, General Schofeld, Senator Pad
dock. and Representative Dunnell, Assist
ant-Secretary Solely and Solicitor-General
Taft, Assistant-Secretary Spaulding and
Treasurer Huston, Comptroller Gil
kersou, Second Auditor Patterson, Fourth
Auditor Lynch, Commissioner Holiday,
Register Rosecrans, Senator Washburn,
and MISUNDERSTANDING Willetts, and q
long line of Treasury officials numbering
several hundred. Carriages were provided
for all. and the cOrtege. headed by two
mounted policemen, moved slowly by way
of Pennsylvania avenue, Vermont avenue,
and Massachusetts, avenue TO the Secre-
tary's late residence, No. 1922 Massachu-
sets avenue, where the stricken family
were sadly awaiting its arrival.
AT THE RESIDENCE.
The President and all of his family fol-
lowed the remains into the house and
waited in the back parlor while the under
taker and his assistants placed the body in
the front parlor and opened the top half OF
the lid 80 as to expose to view the Score
tary's familiar features. Mrs. Blame re-
manned with the President and was the
only lady present when the latter and all
the members of his Cabinet and others who
had accompanied the remains from the
station were ushered into the chamber OF
death and looked upon the cold unmoved
face of their distinguished associate. The
scene was u sad one aud brought tears 10
the eyes of several Of the distinguished
| party. Nothing was said, however, and
the party passed out of the house as quiet
| ly as they had entered IL.
THE BEREAyKD WHY AMI DAUGHTERS.
When the room was cleared the bereayed
| widow and her daughters visited il IN pri-
vate. While Mrs. Window was kneeiine
over the easket, sobbing convulsively, the
British Minister appeared at the front door
and left message OF coincidence for the
| family.
The transfer of the remains from the
station to the house was made quietly and
with as little effort st display as possible.
The great esteem felt for the deceased
however, was shown by the size and char.
acter of the crowd that turned out &c
honor his memory.
SPECIAL REGRETS or sXwsPAPER-xKN.
Mr.. Windows death viii be specially
| deplored by newspaper-men. He was &C.
cessibls to them at all times and seemed
| to take pleasure in assisting IN their work
| He believed that the public had right tC
know what the executive department.
were doing and he never declined reasona
! BILE requests for information concerning
| the business OF the Treasury Department.
Newspaper-men, therefore. naturally re-
garded HIM as q good friend and VIII al
ways cherish his memory. They, as vel
as all who had business with him, viii ties