Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-02-08

| demonstrations The ceremonies inside
the house were grand in their sim
| plicity. Before the hour of 10 invited
guests began to arrive and take their
seats in tho fragrant and foral-bc-
declIed front parlor of the mansion.
There were no chairs reserved except
for the president and for the Immediate
family of the deceased.
Eleven o'clock was the hour named
for the simple service of prayer which
was to precede the removal of the body
TO the church for the more public rites.
IL was only a few minutes after that
hour when the mourners entered, and
the president and all the distinguished
concourse rose to pay fitting honor
and sympathy TO the sorrow of the de.
| ceased statesman's relatives
The family was followed by Rev.
DIR. Hamlin, of the Church of the Cove
nant, who, standing beside the casket.
in low tone delivered the Presbyterian
prayer for the departed soul.
As he did SO Mr.. Damrosch, tho de-
ceased's son-in-lew, touched the keys of
the piano TO n slow dirge.
DIR. Hamlin returned thanks TO God
that by his power this life was ended
only that the life OF immortality might
be begun. He beseeched the Almighty
that comfort might come TO every mem
Der of the stricken household, because
the one that had gone out of this life
had gone to Immortality. LET the
consolation that came from above fall
tenderly and sweotly upon them," he
concluded. Speak TO them of comfort,
such as thou alone can teach. This we
nslS in the name of our Saviour, Amen"
This completed the brief and impress
sive services and the caslet was closed,
and tenderly borne 10 the hearse Sol
EMMY and in silence tho family and
the guests left the house, which has
been so frequently invaded by the an
gel OF death, and the sad procession
wendell its way slowly TO the church.
The decorations at the church were
very rich and effective. The terrace
formed by the pulpit and the rail sepa-
rating the organ gallery from the plat
form afforded n background for a strilk-
ing massing of plants and cut flowers
On the edge of the pulpit cut flowers
were arranged in ribbon 10 or II inches
in width.
The blooms comprised roses, lilies of
the valley, azalias, carnations and hya-
cinthS Below this ribbon, and suspend
ing from it across the pulpit, were short
festoons of smilax.
The front of the organ was covered
with curtains of smilax ropes, draped
from the apex of the instrument TO the
candelabra on the side walls of tho or
gan loft The space in front of the
pulpit in which the coffin lay was en-
tirely covered with the floral emblems
Nsrhf .s.. 4 "a
the house. These were disposed in
such way as TO heighten the effect of
the stationary decorations
The relatives and pall-bearers occu-
pied the first eight rows of seats in tho
main aisle. Behind them were seated
the president vice-president cabinet
officers, Speaker Crisp and members OF
the supreme court, with their families.
The Spanish legation and nearly all
the ministers from South and Central
America, as well as many senator's and
representatives, in addition TO those
present at the house.
Among the senators were Sherman.
Sawyer, Carey, Voorhees, and Morrill,.
Chief Justice Fuller Joined them lust
before the services began. On the left
of the church were delegations from
the state Of Massachusetts, from ths
Union League clubs, of New York and
Philadelphia, and from various points
in Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt. Henry Cabot
Lodge and ex-Representative Mark
Dunnell, of Minnesota, were with Thea,
delegations 1t was exactly n ~
o'clock when the slow and solemn organ
music announced the arYivnl of the fu-
neral party at the door OF the church.
As the sad procession moved up the
aisle Mr.. Walter Damrosch, Mr.. Blaine's
son-in-law, who was at the organ.
played an improvisation made up Of
several themes OF hymns which Mr.
Blaine loved.
All present rose and remained stand.
ing as the funeral party moved dowr.
the aisle DIR. Hamlin, tho ,iastor
walked at the head of the mourners.
and holding in his hand an open book
containing the ritual Of the Presbyte-
rian worship, read as he advanced Sc
lections from the Scriptures.
Behind him came the honorary nail
bearers, two abreast, Senators Hale and
Frye-the representatives of the dead
mans beloved statc-leading the way.
The body-bearcrs moved at a most rev.
crend pace toward the chanccl, where
they deposited the casket amid the pro-
fusion OF flowers.
The family followed the body ana
took the front seat on the left. near
the remains. They lsnelt with their
heads bowed in prayer, and remained
in this attitude for some time.
Distant kinsfolk, relatives. intimat.
friends, the president and his cabinet
and the other members OF the funeral
party who were at the house came in
after the family, and were seated In the
pews
When all we're seated the peaIs OF the
organ cease and DIR. Hamlin, rising
from his place in the pulpit, began the
church services with the reading OF
selections from the Scriptures.
The reading finished. prayer was Of
fered up by DR.. Hamlin. At the close
OF the prayer, the funeral procession
once more formed and the body was
conveyed to Oak Hnl cemetery, and
there laid to rest
At Kontucky's Capitol
FRANKFoRr, KY. Jan. 81. The Ken
lucky Legislature held memorial services
Monday upon tho death OF Hon. James
g. Blaine The two houses met In ioin,