Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-03

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a wreath of lilies Of the valley and palm
leaves from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid; IL
wreath of roses from Mrs. En-
mons Blaine: a large cross and
spray of lilies from Mrs. Doctor Loring:
a bunch OF white roses from General
Alger: sage palms and violets from Sec
rotary Tracy: ivy cross sprayed with
white roses from Mrs. Anden Reid, Il
wreath OF ivy sprayed with red roses
from Mr.. and Mrs, John r. Mclean
and many more.
The parlor. not at any time Il very
Coumodiou> one. was far too small for
the distinguished mourners who by i'll
vitation sought access TO it.
At thc Blaine Residence.
The president entered. accompanied
by Mrs. Mckee and Private Secretary
Halfori and Lieutenant Parker. The
vice president was accompanied by Mr..
and Miss Morton. Then came the men,
ters of the enthusiastically of State
Foster. Secretary of the Treasury
Foster and family. Secretary Elkins and
family. Secretary Tracy and family.
Secretary Noble and family. Postmaster
General Wanamuker and family, At
1olney General Miller and family, and
Secretary Rusk and family. The chief
justice OF the United States. newly ar
rived from the funeral of his late
assistant justice. Lamar. accompanied
by Mrs. and Miss Fuller. Closely fol-
lowing them came Mrs. Hit. Misses
Macoh. Miss Loring. Mr.. Andrew Car.
ne@le and Miss Carnegie. Mrs. Cameron.
Miss Cameron. Senator Cameron. Sena-
tor and Mrs. Chandler. General and
Mrs. Parke. Mrs. Eugene Hale. Mrs. T.
E. Hamlin. Mrs. Alexander Rodgers.
Senator and Mrs. Wolcott. Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Mclean. General R. A.
Alger and Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs.
John Hay, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. New and
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Mr..
and Mrs. Helen Gordon Cummings,
Representative and Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland, MI. and
Mrs. Marce]lus Bailey. Mrs, Audenreid.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. H. Dunnell of Mime
sofa. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Berham of
Maine. Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote,
Mr.. A. G. Tyler. Mrs. Francis E. Loring.
Senators Gordon and VOORHEES,. Speaker
Crisp. Representative Holman and Mr..
j. T. Devine. Mr.. Blaines st%enographer
in the PREPARATION of his Twenty Years
in Congress-" Representative Blount.
Charles Emory Smith. editor of the
Philadelphia Press. and ex-minister to
Russia: Representative and Mrs. Ding
ley. Representative Milliken, Mrs. Frye,
the Maine delegation of fourteen zen.
tlemen, headed by Governor Cleaves
and Mr.. S.R. Fessenden of Connecticut,
Senator and Mrs. Henderson. Senators
Allison. Mcpherson, Sherman, Cockrell
and German. Senator Aldrich and Mr..
Merrill. Senator and Miss Dawes, oena-
tor Hoare Senator and Mrs. Washburn,
Senator Ransom and General Baird.
Judge and Mrs. Wylie, andmany others,
Not all OF those who had requested or
had received invitations to the house
obtained admission to the mansion. and
many perforce remained in lifelong line
Of carriages which filled the adjacent
streets.
The immediate mourners, grouped
around the casket. We're the widow her
married daughter, Mrs. Damrosch, Miss
Hattie B.. j.. Mr.. j. G.. Blaine, Jr..
Mrs. En- OF Blaine, Miss Abigail
Dodge, Gail Hamilton, Mr.. Blaine's
cousin, Mr.. R. G. Blaine, brother of the
dead statesman, and his wife and
daughter. Mr.. Hampton Denman, of
Missouri, a cousin of MI. Blaine, Frank,
Henry, Horace and Augustus Stanwootl
and Walter Stonson, Mr.. w. H. Hatch.
all nephews of the deceased statesman,
Though a concourse of several thous.
and people occupied Lafayette Square
facing the Blaine residence and though
the doors and windows Of the houses
adjonrning were thronged with the spec.
tstors and a double line of carriages 15O
Or more in number. extended far along
the broad surface Of Pennsylvania
venue in front of the White House.
the treasury, the war. state and navy
department buildings. there was no dis
order or confusion observable. On the
contrary there was a marked air of dec
orus solenlnity attending even the
outside demonstrations.
Grand in Simplicity.
The ceremonies inside the house were
grand in their simplicity. Before the
hour of 10, the invited guests began to
arrive and take their seats in the fra
grant and floral bedecked front parlor
OF the mansion. There were no chairs
reserved except for the president and
for the immediate family of the de-
ceased.
Eleven o'clock was the hour named
for the simple service Of prayer which
was to preccde the removal OF the body
to the church for the more public rites.
1t was only a few minutes after that
hour when the nlourners entered ana
the president and all the distinguished
c~o1lcourse rose to pay fitting honor and
sympathy to the sorrow of the de-
ceased statcslnan's relatives.
A Prayer and "a Dirgc.
The family was followed by the Rev.
Dr. Hamlin, Of the Church of the Cow
enant. who, standing beside the casket.
III a low tone delivered the Presbyterian
prayer for the departed soul. AS he did
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