The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-31

detachment OF policemen, pressed closer
as the stir about the main doorway told
them that the services were over, The
procession was soon moving, and pass
ing through Georgetown, entered Oak
Hill cemetery through the east gate,
On the successive terraces that border
on the pathway leading to tho grave,
scores Of spectators were standing.
Many pressed forward TO pluck flower
from a wreath or column that adorned
the dead mans bier The floral trlb-
utes, SO numerous that Ave wagons were
necessary 10 convey them to the ceme-
terry, were arranged artistically back OF
the grave on huge strip OF canvass,
| Mud and melting snow were every
where under foot, and temporary plank
walks had been placed near the grave,
On these the family, friends and official
associates OF MIR. Blaine stood during
the last ceremony, Overhead the sky
was hidden by leaden clouds that fore-
Swallowed rain, AT one side, and near
the head Of the grave, so close that It's
roots almost encToached on the grave.
stands q tail hickory tree, partially de-
cSyed, With the exception Of Mrs,
Blaine, all the family and the relatives
were there. Behind them stood the
President OF tho United States, the dis
tiRauIshed pail bearers, members Of tho
cabinet, Vice President Morton and
many intimate friends and political
associates. Or, Hamlin read the
simple burial service ot the Prosby-
terlan church. This was followed
by MI eXtemporaneou PRAYER Then
came the benediOtion, and all that was
mortal OF James Gillespie Blaine was
consigned to earth. Tho interment
waa over fifteen minutes atter the cor.
tege enteredthe cemetery at half past
one o'clock. Slowly the crowd dis.
persed, President, cabinet, senators,
family-all entered their carriages and
we're driven away, all but one--Iames
G. Blaine, who 10 junior no longer, who
stood beside the grave Of his father un.
til the masons had brcked in the grave
and tho grave diggers had alled in the
remaining space. When all this was
accomplished he returned TO his carr
riago aud the last group OF spectators
dispersed.
The following is copy Of the burial
permit issued from the health Office;
CERTIFICATE or DRATH.
TO he Heath 0acer, Dtsrictof Colambia;
Permit No. ss,495. Date Of death,
January "a, 1903. Full name Of de.
ceased, James Gillespie Blaine. Sex
male. Age, sixty-two years eleven
months and twentyseven days. Color,
white. Married. Birthplace, Browns
vile, Pa. Nativity Of father, America.
Nativity OF mother, America. Place Of
death, II Madison Place. Cause Of
death, primary arterio.renal fbrosis
Chronic interstitial nephritis) !, chronic
catarrhal pneumonia; immediate, car
diac degeneration andE dilatation,
oedema OF lungs. Duration OF last
sickness, in bed with exception Ola few
days since November 10. 1892 Place
OF burial, Oak Hill. Date OF burial,
January so. Undertaken, Joseph Gawler,
(signed) WIN. W. JOHNSON, M. d..
FRANK HYATT, NJ. d.
The desire Of the friends who attend.
cd the services at the church to carry
away some memento Of the occasion 10.
suited In the complete stripping Of the
flowers from the pulpit and the organ
rail, almost before the ecortege had fairly
begun Its march to the cemetery.
The will Of Mr.. Blaine will be pro-
bated in Augusta, Maine, which washis
legal residence. The disposition he
makes Of his property Is characteristic
Of the confidence he always reposed in
his wife, and which was such q notable
feature Of the family relation. Every
thing left unreservedly to Mrs Blaine
she is to be sole executrix, and is not to
be required TO give any bond. Mr..
Blaine's estate will amount TO about
$S00,000. The will was executed several
weeks since, at about the time Mr..
Blaine was seized with the FIRST attack
Of heart failure.