Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-12-24

of the senate: Messrs. PETER, Dolph,
Paddock, Ransom and Palmer.
| The senate then, on motion of Mr..
| Sherman, took a recess till p. IN.
| Shortly before l o'clock the cabinet
officers and assistant secretaries of the
executive departments began to arrive
and were shown To the presidents
room. Among them were Secretary
Blaine, Secretary Rusk, Assistant Sec
rotary of War Grant, Solicitor-General
Taft and Assistant Secretaries of the
Treasury Spaulding and Nettleton-
The president, accompanied by Private
Secretary Halford, arrived few min
utes past and joined the others in the
presidents room. Mrs. Harrison, es-
corted by Lieut. Parker, of the navy,
occupied seat in the reserved gallery.
A 1920 Capt. Bassett, the doorkeeper,
announced the speaker and members OF
the house. The speaker was escorted
by Sergeant-at-Arms Valentine to the
seat on the right of the vice-pre sident
and the mem bers filed in and took seats
assigned to them on the democratic side
OF the chamber. The number included
many of the older members of the
house who had known Senat) u Plumb
for years. Five minutes afterwards
the members of the diplomatic corps
some twenty-five in number-not
wearing their official un forms, arrived
and were shown their seats in front of
the members of the house. They were
followed by the chief justice and
justices of the supreme court who took
seats in front of the diplomatic corps
At exactly half-plst Capt. Bassett an
nouncei the presence of the president
of re United States and his cabinet.
The senators and spectators stood up
to do them honor las they had done
also in the case of the diplomatic corps
and of the supreme COURT. President
Harrison and the members of the cabi-
net were shown to the arm chairs on
the right of-the area-President Harri-
son nearest the central aisle and Mr.
Blaine next to him.
At 1:40 the committee of the house
escorting the body of the dead senator
appeared at the main entrance, and,
while al in the chamber stood up, the
procession moved up the aisle, the
haplain recitlng the ope ling senten-
ces Of the funeral service: 81 am the
res IRE ii N and the life, saith the
Lord, - and the casket, which was borne
by capitol p lice, was deposited on the
cataialque in front of the clerks desk.
There have been several changes in
the personnel of the house committee
hat is to accompany the remains to
Il Of
oppOrt unity to consult all of the MEM
bers of the committee he designated
su day, some Of whom found it inn
possible to 90. As finally constituted
the Jmmttee consisted of Messrs.
Funston aud Br derrick, of Kansas; Cate
and Peel, of Arkansas; Youmans, of
Michigan; Post, of Illinois, and Cogs-
well, If Massachusetts.
The floral decorations consisted of
sheaf of palms and large bunch of
orchids seat by Senator QUAY, wreath
OF white carnati ms and roses from the
T val legion of Washington city, pill
l,w of ivy leaves with the corners de-
corated with violets and roses sent by
the senator's friends here. Resting on
the lid of the casket was a wreath of
white immortelles from Chief Clerk
Stocks, of the treasury department
The chaplain finished from the clerks
desk the reading of the funeral service
and appropriate selections from the
Scriptures, closing with the recitation
of the poem:
Oh, to be ready when death shall come;
Oh, to be ready hasten home.
ha
which he offered thanks for a risen
Saviour, for reigning Lord and for
kingdom that shall survive death. The
strong and noble man had fallen, but
had left the rec I'd of a useful life.
When the prayer was concluded the
vice-president rose and said: "The
sergeant-at-arms, under the directions
of the committee, will execute the or
der of the senGte and escort the re-
mains of the late Senator Plumb to his
home in Kansas"
Then with the whole assemblage !
standing in respect for the deceased, |
the procession was reformed and the |
body of the dead senator was borne out |
to be taken t. the railroad station.
The body, preceded by the con-
gressional committee, was then carried /
the corridors to the east front
of the capitol and thence down the
many steps of the marble stairway to
the hearse.
Following the remains came the SEN
ators and representatives. who formed
by twos with VicePresident Morton at
the head accompanied the body on
foot 70 the station.
The president and his cabinet and
other distingui he'd persons were ush-
cred to their carriages and Joined the
procession
The march to the station occupied
a little less than half an hour. The
march was through the capitol grounds
TO Pennsylvania avenue to Sixth street
to the Pennsylvania railroad station.
Crowds of Peep passing on the avenue
stopped to view the procession. Ar
irving at the station the members of
the senate and many other friends Of
the dead Sc ator went inside and ranged
two lines along the side of
he car in which the body was to be
placed. The casket, preceded by the
committee, was then
to the car The congress
'ional committee had special car for
heir use during the trip. The two
,ars were attached to the Columbian !
express train, which left the city at S:25 {
,'clock. The body is expected to ar :
i've at Emporia, Kan, Wednesday J
lfternoon. The home funeral serv' ces
ire to take place on Thursday. :
mOUnNlNG IN KANSAS.