Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-02
AT REST IN OAK HILL.

| Streets Of the Capital flushed Into ST.
Ionce While tho short bat Impressive
Services are Being Held in Homo and
! CLurcll-The Nation's Highest Onicials
| Attend the Ceremonies.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Mr. Blaine could
not have private funeral. Every effort
was made to comply with his own under
stood wishes, and with the expressed desires
of his family, in this regard, but tho wave
| of public interest swept over the barriers
imposed, and made his funeral one of the
most impressive of public dem nstrations in
| honor OF the dead.
| The most eminent men in the nation
stood Ground his bier, and all business in
the national capital was suspended during
| the period when the funeral services were
in progress. The presence Of the president
and cabinet, the Supreme Court judges and
high officials of Congress and of the diplo-
matte corps, was not more significant than
the homage of tho waiting crowds who, in
respectful silence, lined the streets through
| which the funeral cortege passed.
The psrlor, on the second floor, where
the body lay in its cedar casket, closely
sealed, was embowered with floral tributes,
and the casket itself rested ON bed of
roses, violets palm leaves and ferns, about
nine feet long by four feet wide, sent by
Mrs. Emmons Blaine. The flowers, arts
| tlcelly arranged, gave q ombnation of col
ors and the design Of al Oriental rug. A
large ship of state, sent by the Knights of
| reciprocity, was near by. Around the pc
oestals on which the coffin rested, and upon
the coffin itself were
WreatRs CT Orchids and Roses
F-a
roses and violets from Mrs. Zach Chande r,
E. simple wreath OF violets, tied with ribbon,
! from James G.. Blaine, jr.; garland of
violets from Mrs. Eugene Hale, which was
placed on the casKst; an immense
wreath Of white flowers with long stream
ers of ribbon, from the diplomatic corps;
cross OF ivy leaves and violets from
Henry Cabot Lodge; a wreath of lilies Of
| the valley and palm leaves from Whitslaw
| Reid; palms aad violsts from Secretary
Tracy; and many more designs too uumer-
ous to mention.
The psrlor was far too small to properly
accommodate the distinguished mourpers.
The president entered, accompanied by Mrs.
| Mckee, Private Secretary Halford, and
Lieut.. Parker; the vioe-presidsnt was &C.
compsnied by Mrs. and Miss Morton, then
came Secretary Of State Foster, Secretary
OF Treasury Foster and family, Secretary
Elkius and family, Secretary Tracy aud
family, Secretary Noble and family, Post
master-Gsnsral Wanamaker and family,
Attorney General Miller and family, Sec
rotary Rusk and family.
The chief Justice Of the United States,
who had just arrived from the funeral of
his late associate, Justice Lamar, was ac-
companied by Mrs. and Miss Fuller. Closely
following came senators and representatives
and their families the diplomatic corps and
many others. Not all of those who had
requested, or had received invitations to thu
house
| Could Obtain Admission to the Mansion,
and many remained ia the long line of car
rages which filled the ad jacent streets. The
immediate mourners grouped around the
casket were the widow, her married daugh-
ter, Mrs. Damrosch, Miss Hattie Blaine,
James G. Blaine, jr., Mrs. Emmons
Blaine, Miss Abigail Dodge, r. G.
Blaine, brother Of the dead statesman and
cousins and nephews Of the deceased.
| A conoourse OF several thousand people
occupied Lafayette square, facing the Blaine
residence, and the doors and windows Of
houses adjoining were thronged with spect a
tators and double line OF carriages, 100 or
more in number, extended far along the
broad surface OF Pennsylvania avenue in
front of the treasury, war, state and navy
department buildings
| The ceremonies inside ths house were
marked in their simplicity Rev. DR.. Ham,
lin of the Church OF the Covenant, standing
beside the cssket, in u low tono delivered
the prayer, as Walter Damrosch accompa-
MED it with solemn drgs on the piano.
This completed the brief and impressive ser
| vices and the casket was borne to the hearse.
Solemnly the family and mourning guests
| left the house which had been so frequently
| inv aided by the angel OF death and the aad
procession wendell its way slowly to the
church. Outside the house the street was
thronged with spectators who rsverently
DOTTED their hats as the pail bearers deposit
ed their burden in the hearse
The Procession to tho Church.
The cortege then started for the church.
| The honorary pail bearers were Senator
Hale OF Maine, Senator Frye of Maine,
| Senator Morgan OF Alabama, ex-Spe aker
Reed Of Maine, Representative Boutelle OF
Maine, Representative Hill OF Illinois, Rep
ressntativs Brigham OF Pennsy iyania, Gen.
Ewing of Ohio and John Hay.
The interior o. the church was profusly
and beautifully decorated with hundreds of
designs and elaborate arrangements of flow
ers, palms, ferns, etc. The space in front
OF tho pulpit in which the coffin lay, was
entirely covered with floral emblems which
accompanied the remains from the house.
As the procession moved up the aisls,
Walter Domrosch played on the organ an
improvisation made up Of several themes OF
hymns which MIR. Blaine loved. All pres
emit rose and remained standing as the
Funeral Party Moved Down tho Aisle.
Dr. Hamlin tho pastor, walking at the
head reading the scriptures Behind came
the honorary pail bearers, two abreast and
tho body bearers moved at measured
space toward the chancsl rail- where they