The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-30
THE BLAINE OBSEQUIES.
The Friends Take a Last Look at
the Remains.
SERVICES AT HOUSE AND CHURCH.

Delegations Present from Maine, Nassa-
chusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.
A National Assembiage at the Church.
The Pail Bearers.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.-1he body of the
late eX-Secretary Blaine was removed last
evening at o'clock and placed in the par
lor on the north side of the second floor Of
his residence. The windows Of this room
open out upon Lafayette square, one of the
most delightful spots in Washington.
Across this plot of ground stands the
state, war and navy building, where the
dead man achieved his latest triumphs in
state craft and diplomacy. During the
afternoon and evening number OF Mr.,
Blaine's friends called at the house and
took last look upon the face of the de-
parted. The expression of the face was
peaceful, and the lmeaments of that well
known countenance showed but few traces
of the ravages of the disease that carried
him of
The casket was almost buried under the
mass of floral tributes which have been re-
ceiyed, many of them frolAa distance 1t
laid in the room where the first prayers OF
the funeral services were said by Rev. DR..
Teunis S. IIamlin, u. d.. of the Church of
the Covenant at II o'clock
Notwithstanding the fact that the fu-
neral was private the attendants upon the
services were truly national in their repre-
sentative character as If a president were
being buried The state OF Maine sent Il
delegation of fourteen, headed by Governor
C!eaves; Massachusetts had a delegation
of five members; the Union League club
of New York, sent twenty-five of its mem
bers to represent the organization, and the
Union League club, of Philadelphia,
twenty. From various other points in
Pennsylvania came delegations of various
societies and organizations. Altogether
hundred or more of these representatives
were present. Personal friends to the
number of siNty-iive were present from
various parts of the country. Mrs. Gar
field was there, and others from cities as
widely separated as Portland and Omaha.
The Maine delegation attended services at
the house Not more than forty or fifty
persons We're present there.
The services at the church as well az
those at the house were strictly private,
and no one was admitted who had not re-
cevcd an invitation. The family regretted
this much, as they appreciated the desire
and the motive of the people who paid
tribute of respect by their presence to one
whose life has been so closely identified
| with the history of the country. But the
! limited seating capacity of the church and
| the large number of delegations and ofi-
cials TO be provided for left no room for
the general public, who unfortunately
could not be accommodated.
The first eight rows of seats in the main
body We're set aside for the family, the
relatives and the pail bearers. Behind
| hem, in order, were seated the president,
vice president, cabinet officers Speaker
| Crisp and members of the supreme court,
with their families. In the rear of these,
senators and representatives, but no pro
! vision could be made for their families.
| On the south side of the church We're
seated the members of the various delega.
| tious, and on the north side the personal
| friends who had received invitations
The pail bearers We're Senators w p.
Frye and Eugene Hale, of Maine, aud John
| 4 Morgan, OF Alabama; Representatives
Thomas B Reed and G. A. Boutelle, Of
A;inc; Robert X. Hit, of Illinois, and
Henry II. Bingham, Of Pennsylvania; Gen.
1Tir fT5mas Ewing, d J. 2ll4t ~. n
Joseph II Maniey, Of Maine;
Alma L. jerks OF Brooklyn, II v. p Ely,
Of Boston.
After the ceremonies at the Church of
the Covenant, which were conducted by
the Rev. DIR, Hamin. the remains were
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