The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-31

Treasury National Guards in uniform, un-
der Dieut Moore, and borne slowly TO the
hearss through the passage-way. of which
the railroad train formed one side and O
long line Of people the other.
THE ESCORT.
Attorney General Miller, Secretary Tracy,
Solicitor General Hepburn and the commit
tee Of the New York Board of Trade and
Transportation. who accompanied the re-
mains from New York, were among the
first passengers TO alight from the train.
They Immediately joined the group sur
rounding the President. The committee
was composed Of Ambrose Snow, Darwin
r. james, James TalcOtt, f. B.
Thurber, w. II. Wiley, Seth Thomas
and Norman S. Bentley. When all was
in readiness the procession was formed and
moved out of the station In the following
order: The body bearers with the casket
on their shoulders; the President and Mrs.
Blaine; the Vice President aud Secretary of
State; the Secretary of War and POST
master General; Rev. DIR. Hamlin, pastor Of
the church of the Covenant, and Secretary
Rusk the Attorney General and Secretary
of the Interior and Gen. Schofield; Senator
Paddock and Representative Dunnell, As
sistant Secretary Soley and Solicitor Gen
eral Taft, Assistant Secretary Spaulding
and Treasurer Huston, First Comptroller
Gilkerson, Second Auditor Patterson,
Fourth Auditor Lynch, Commissioner
Holiday, Register Rosecrans, Sena-
tor Washburn aud Assistant Secretary
Willets and long line Of treasury officials.
numbering several hundred. Carriages were
provided for all, and the cortege, headed
by two mounted policemen, moved slowly
by the way of Pennsylvania avenue, Yer
mont avenue and Massachusetts, avenue to
the esecretary's late residence, No. 1922 Massa-
chusetts avenue, where the stricken family
were sadly awaiting its arrival.
LOOK AT THE PLACID FACE.
The President and his official family fol-
lowed the remains into the house and waited
in the back parlor while the undertaker
and his assistants placed the body in the
front parlor and opened the top half of the
lid 50 as to expose to view the secretary's
familiar features. Mrs. Blaine remained
with the President and was the only lady
present when the latter and all Of the MEM
bers of his cabinet and others vino had
accompanied the remains from the station
were ushered into the chamber of death
ana looked upon the cold, unmoved face Of
their distinguished associate. The scene
was a sad one, and brought the tears to the
eyes of several of the distinguished party.
Nothing was said, however, and the party
passed out OF the house as quietly as they
had entered it.
ALONE WITH THEIR DEAD.
When the room was cleared the bereaved
widow and her daughters visited it in pri-
vate. While Mrs. Window was kneeling
over tile casket sobbing convusively, the
British minister appeared at the front door
and left a message Of coincidence for the
family. The transfer of the re-
mains from the station to the
house was made quietly, and
with as little effort at display, as possible.
The great esteem felt for the deceased, how.
ever, was shown by the size and character
of the crowd that turned out to honor his
memory, Secretary Windom's death will
be specially deplored by the newspaper men.
He was accessible to them at all times and
seemed to take pleasure in assisting In their
work. He believed that the public had q
right to know what the executive de-
partments were doing, and he
never declined reasonable requests for
information concerning the business Of the
treasury department. The newspaper men,
therefore, naturally regarded him as a good
friend, and will always cherish his memory.
They, as well as all who had business with
him, will testify to hisgentleness of manner
and kindness of heart 1t is expected that
an order will issue from the white house to-
morrow canceling all official receptions and
entertainments for the remainder Of the
season,