Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-02-06
The Remains Of ~Ex.Secretary Win
dom Taken to Their Last
Resting Place.
There Was an Air of Genuine and
Universal Mourning Through
g. out the Capital City.
The Funeral Was Simple and With
out Any Attempt at Display
or OstentatiOn.
A City of Mourning.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The national
capital was truly a city of mourning to-
day. The executive departments and their
various branches were closed all day and
congress did not assemble until 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The flags on the white
house and all other public buildings were
displayed at half mast and so were those
of hotels and other business establish
ments throughout the city, and the large
granite columns of four fronts of the trea-
sury department were heavily draped in
black. These honors were paid to the
memory Of the late Secretary Window who
was stricken down in the full tide of his
usefulness on the Goth ult. and whose re-
mains were committed to their last resting
place to-day. The navy department
and the department of Justice
were also draped in mourn
ing in memory Of the other
distinguished men who had been high in
the councils Of the nation. The Grape on
the navy department was in honor of ex-
Secretary Bancroft, and the black bunting
on the department of justice in honor Of
eX-Attorney general Devens. They served,
however, to add to the generally solemn
and funeral aspect of this city to-day, on
the occasion of theo bsequies OF Secretary
Window. There was an air of genuine
and universal mourning throughout the
the church where the last rites were Der
formed and along the route taken by the
funeral procession were crowded with
men, women and children, who stood in
respectful silence, many OF them with
barred heads, as the mournful cortege
passed. The funeral was simple in char
acter and without the least attempt at dis
play or Ostentation. The only sell. blance
to MILITARY hon0rs was in the presence of
sixteen members of the treasury branch of
the national guard of the district. They
acted as body. bearers and marched beside
the hearse on its journey to the cemetery.
During the forenoon the body of the dead
secretary lay IN an open caSket in the front
d~rawing-room OF the family, residen ce on
thrown open to the public between 8 and
II o'clock, and there was a constant stream
Of callers during these hours, including
nearly all OF the officials and employees of
the treasury department, by whom Mr..
Window was greatly beloved. At IL
O'Clock the house was closed to visitors
and soon after the brief religious services,
lures, were conducted by Rev. Dr.. Hamlln,
pastor of the Church OF the Covenant
(~Presbyterian). These services were pri-
vate and the only persons present were
members OF the afflicted family, zeal rela-
tiveS, the president II members of his
cabinet and the vice-president, with the la
dies of their families, and a few personal
intimate friends. The funeral services at
the Church of the Covenant began at IL
o'clock. While exceedingly simple, they
were profoundly impressive. At the con
clusion OF the church services the funeral
procession reformed and the remains were
conveyed to Rock Creek cemetery and
there inferred.