The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-01

WASHINGTON, Jan. S0.-Ali that re-
msined earthly of James Gillespie Blaine
was laid away in its last tenement at Oak
Hill cemetery this afternoon, and the fu-
neral that preceded the simple rights ct
the grave was one of the most impressive
in his ory.
Great he was as a civic hero re-
DOwned as he was as q statesman, wor-
SHIPPED as he was as an American, and
EXALTED as he was as a man, the pomp and
pageantry OF power had no place in the
ceremony that attended his body to its
final rest No soldiery moved with slow
and solemn step to mingle its musketry in
final crash of fare well; there was no
blare OF brass, no roll of mufiled drums.
Through the streets and avenues, where
the people stood with uncovered heads.
the long procession, and representatives of
q sorrowful nation. paid the dead man the
| tribute of their tears.
Mr.. Blaine could not have a private
| funeral. Every effort was made to COM
| ply with his own understood wishes, and
with the expressed desires OF his family
in this regard. but the surging wave of
| public interest swept over the barriers i'm
| pOsed and made his private funeral on9
| of the most iu pressive of pubic demon
strations in honor OF the dead. The most
eminr Mt men IN the nation stood around
| his bier. All business in the nations cap
ital was suspended during the period
| when the funeral services were in progress.
| The presence OF the president and cabinet
and the supreme Judges and high officials
| of congress and of the diplomatic corps
was not more significant than the homage
OF the waiting crowds. who. in respectful
| silence, lined ths streets through which
the funeral cOrtege passed.
| The Services.
The ceremonies inside the house were
impressivey simple. Before the hour of
10 the invited guests began to arrive and
take their seats in the front parlor of the
mansion. There were no chairs reserved
except for the president and for the i'm
mediete family of the deceased Eleven
| o'clock was the hour named for the sim
pie service,of prayer which was to precede
| the removal OF the BODY to the church for
| the more public rites. Il was only few
minutes a ter that hour when the mourn
rrs entered and the president and dis
| tinguished cOncOurse rose TO pay fitting
honor and sympathy with the sorrow of
! the deceased statesman's relatives. The
| family WAS followed bv the Rev. DIR. Ham
lin of the Church of the Covenant, who,
standing beside the casket, in low tone
! delivered the presbyterian service for the
| departed soul.
AS he did so Mr. Walter Damrosch
! touched the KEYS of the piano TO a slow
| dirgs and the scene was an impressive one.
| Dr. Hamlin returned thanks to God that
| by His power this life was ended only
that the IIfe of immortality might be be-
| gun. He asked the Almighty that COM
| fort might come to every member of the
| stricken household, because the one that
| had gone out OF this life had gone to i'm
mortality. let the consolation that
comes from above fall teuderlY and sweet
ly upon them. Speak to them words of
comfort such as Thou alone can teach.
| This we ask in the name of our Savior.
| Amen"
This completed the brief and impressive
| services and the casket was clossd and
| tenderly borne to the hesrse. Solemniy
and in silence the family and the mourn
/ ing guests left the house which had been
go frequently invaded by the angel of
death, and the procession wended its way
| slowly TO the church.
| The Funeral Procession.
Outside the house the street was
thronged with spectators, who reverently
| dofled their hats SIS the pail bear ers depos-
tied their sacred burden in the hearse
and while the attendants Temporarily
buried it under as many flowers as could
be placed therein. The cortege then
/ started for the church. In tho
first carriage was the Rev. DR.. T. l..
| Hamlin, the officiating clergyman. Then
| came the pail ll-beRrsrs-SenatOr Hale of
Maine; Senator Frye of Maine; Senator
Morgan OF Alabama; ex-Spssker Reed of
Maine; Representative Boutelle of Maine;
Representative HIT OF Illinois. formerly
Mr.. Blaine's assistant secretary OF state;
Representative Bingham of Pennsylvania,
in which state Mr.. Blaine was
born Gen. Thomas Ewing OF
OHIO (second cousin of Mr.. Blainel;
John Hay, ex-sssistent secretary
of state; Joseph II. Nancy of Angus
ia, Me- Alma f. jerks and p. V. T.
Ely. After followed the immediate fam
ily of the deceased, who entered the car
riages in the following order: Mrs. Blaine,
Hattie Blaine. James q. Blaine. Mrs.
Damrosch, Mrs Emmons Blaine, Mrs. A bi-
gail Dodge, Miss Price Mr.. Blaine's nurss),
| Mr. X. e. Blaine and family and Mr..
| Hampton Denman of Missouri cousin of
the deceased Frank and Henry stan
wood and Walter Stinson. Horace STAN
wood. Augustus Stanwood and wife, Mr..
w. Ii. Hatch tneDhews of the deceased.
In the next carriages were Drs. johnson
and Hyatt the a ttending physicians in Mr..
Blaine's last illness. The distinguished
guests followed in regularly assigned or
der without confusion. The presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, where Mr.. Blaine
was a pew-holder, had been surrounded
with a rope to exclude all not specially in
| vited.
1t was exactly u when the slow and
solemn music announced the arrival of
the funeral party at the door OF the