The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-07
The Remains of E~x.Secretary Win
dom Taken to Their Last
Resting Place.
There Was an Air of Genuine and
Universal Mourning Through
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 today. The navy department
and %s1e the also department 1snsa &, of % }1sti1e
ing i'll 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
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the occasion of the Obsequies OF Secretary
Window. There was an air of genuine
and universal mourning throughout the
whole city, and the scene in the vicinity of
the church where the last rites were per-
formedsand 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 m0urnful cortege
passed. The funeral was simple in char
acter and without the least attempt at dis
play or OstentatiOn. The only seMblance
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 III an open casket in the front
drawing-room of the family, residen ce on
thrown open to the public between 8 and
IL 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 MI.
Window was greatly beloved. At II
o'clock the house was closed to visitors
including prayer and reading of the scrip
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 tho afflicted family, near rela-
tives, the president and members of his
cabinet and the vice-president, with the la
dies of their families, and u 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.