Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-02-02
BRIDGEToN, N. j., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1893.

/ by Mrs. Mckee and Priyate Secretary
Halford and Lieutenant Parker. The
Vice-President was accompanied by
Mrs. and Miss Morton. Then came the
| members of the Cabinet with their
families. Chief Justice Fuller, newly
arrived from the funeral of his late as-
sociate, Justice Lamar, was accom-.
panied by Mrs. and Miss Fuller.
The immediate mourners, grouped
around the casket, were: The widow,
{ her married daughter, Mrs. Damrosch; +;
Miss Harriet Blaine, Mr.. James g.
Blaine, Jr., Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Miss
Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamiltop), Mr..
Blaine's cousin; Mr.. r. G.. Blaine,
brother of the dead statesman, and his
vile and daughter; Mr.. Hampton Den.
man, of Missouri, cousin of Mr.. Blaine;
Frank, Henry, Horace and Augustus
Stanwood and Walter Stinson and W.
Fl. Hatch, all nephews of the deceased.
Eleven O'Clock was the hour named
for the simple service of prayer which
was to proceed the removal of the body
to the church. Rev. DIR. Hamlin, of
the Church of the Covenant, standing
beside the casket, In a low tone deliv-
cred the prayer. As he did so Walter
Damrosch touched the keys of the
piano to slow dirge. Then the casket
was closed and tenderly borne to the
hearse and the procession wended its
way to the church.
Spectators outside the house rever-
ntly doffed their hats as the pail
bearers deposited their sacred burden
in the hearse. The honorary bearers
were Senator Hale, of Maine; Senator
Frye, of Maine; Senator Morgan, of
Alabama; ex-Speaker Reed, of Maine;
Representative Boutelle, of Maine; Re-
preventative Hit, of Illinois (formerly
Mr.. Blaine's Assistant Secretary of
State); Representative Bingham, of
Pennsylvania, in which State Mr..
Blaine was born; General Thomas
Ewing, of Ohio, second cousin of Mr..
Blaine; John Hay, ex-Assistant Secre-
tary of State.
AT THE CHURCH.
1t was exactly twelve o'clock when
the slow and solemn organ music an
nounced the arrival of the funeral
party at the door of the church.
Mr.. Hamlin, the pastor, walked at
the head of the mourners, and holding
in his hand an open book containing
the service of the Presbyterian wor-
sbp, read as he advanced selections
from the Scriptures.
The family followed the body and
took the front seat on the left near the
remains. They knelt with their heads
bowed in prayer, and remained in this
attitude for some time. More distant
kinsfolk, relatives, the intimate
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 reserved for. them. When
all were seated the deep peals of the
organ ceased, and DR.. Hamlin, rising
from his place in the pulpit, began
his church services with the reading
of selections from the Scriptures.
The Lords Prayer was than re-
peated by the pastor and a part of the
congregation, and the benediction
was invoked upon all present, and at
12.45 O'Clock the church services
closed; the casket was raised and
placed once more in the hearse, all the
distinguished concourse standing as
1t was borne from the church.
MRS. BLAINE PRosTRArED.
It was then noted that Mrs. Blaine
was not among the mourners, as had
been supposed. Among so many
deeply yelled figures her form had not
heretofore been missed, but 1t was
now whispered that overcome by grief
she had remained at the house. Prior
to the starting of the funeral process
sion from Lafayette Square. Mrs
Blaine had requested to be left alone
for few minutes with her honored
dead. The parlor had been cleared
for this purpose, and when Mrs.
Blaine emerged after from five to ten
minutes silent communion with her
grief she made her way, supported on
the arms of her son and daughter,
Miss Hattie, left the room where her
husband had died and there gave way
to her grief In utter prostration.
Mrs. Hale and other sympathizlng
friends followed her to the death cham
Der, but their friendly ministrations
were of no avail, and Mrs. Blaine was
compelled to remain behind.
AT REST AT OAK HILL.
The procession was soon moving in
the direction of the cemetery, headed
by platoon of police. 1t moved
westward out N street to Twenty.first,
thence north to P street, crossing
Rock creek into Georgetown. At
Twenty eighth and P streets the COR