The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-02-08

| hearBe and while the attendants beh-
porarily buried it under as many flow
ers as could be placed therein. The
cortege then started for the church. In
the first carriage was Rev. Tunis Ham
lin, the officiating clergyman. Then
came the pall-bearers-Senator Hale OF
Maine; Senator Frye, Maine; Senator
Morgan, Alabama; ex-Speaker Reed,
Maine; Representative Boutelle, Main0
Representative Hit, Illinois Formerly
Mr.. Blaine's associate. secretary OF
Btate); Representative Bingham, Penn
sylyania, in which state Mr.. Blaine was
born; Gen. Thomas Ewing, Ohio Second
cousin Of Mr.. Blaine); John Hay lex
assistant secretary Of state); Joseph II.
Manley, Augusta; Almet +. jerks and
p v. 7. Ely.
Afterwards there followed the imme-
diate family Of the deceased who filed
the equipages assigned them in the
following order: Mrs Blaine, Miss
Hattie Blaine, Mr.. James g. Blaine,
Jr, Mrs Damrosch, Mrs Emmons
Blaine and Miss Abigail Dodge
Mr.. R. G. Blaine and family and Mr..
Hampton Denman OF Missouri, cousin
Of the deceased), Frank and Henry
Stanwood and Walter Stinson, cousins
Of the deceased).
Horace Stanwood, Augustus STAN
wood and wife, Mr.. W. H. Hatch,
(nephews of the deceased
The distinguished guests followed in
regular order without confusion.
The decorations at the church were
very rich and ELUSIVE. The terrace
formed by the pulpit and the rail sepa-
rating the organ gallery from the plat
form afforded background for a
striking massing Of plants and cut flow
ers
The space in front OF the pulpit in
which the coffin lay was entirely COW
cred with the floral emblems which ac-
companied the remains from the house.
These were disposed in such way as
to heighten the effect Of the stationary
decorations.
The relatives and pall-bcarers occu-
pied the first eight rows OF seats In the
main aisle. Behind them were seated
the president, vice president, cabinet
officers, Speaker Crisp and members OF
i the supreme court, with their families
! Intermixed with them were Baron
5 Fava, Dean Of the diplomatic corps, Sir
J Julian Pauncefote British minister; the
new Russian min ster, Prince eoncatu-
zen, representatives Of the French, Ger
} man and Spanish legations and nearly
all the ministers from South and Cen
tral America as well as many senators
/ and representatives in addition TO those
present at the house.
Among the senators were Sherman
: Sawyer, Carey, Voorhees,, Morrill,, Wash
: burn, PETER and CoclSrell Five OF thu
justices Of the supreme court headed b.
; the venerable Justice Field, arriveC
: early. The others were Justices Gray
, Blatchford, Brown and ShiraA Chic
Justice Fuller joined them just befor'
l the services began.
On the left, Of the church were dele
{ cations from the state OF Massachu
. setts; from the Union League clubs o
. New York and Philadelphia and fror
various points IN Pennsylyanio.
, II was exactly at 10 o'clock when tn
:. slow and solemn organ music an
. nonnced the arrival OF the funeru
party at the door of the church. A
: the sad procession moved up the aisl
: Mr.. Walter Damrosch, Mr. Blaine
son-in-law, who was at the organ
: played an improvisation made up G
= several themes OF hymns which MI
\ Blaine loved All present rose and n
: mained standing as the funeral part
4 moved down the aisle. Dr. Hamlin, th
= preacher, walked ut the head Of th
: mourners, holding in his hand an ope
r book containing the ritual Of the Pre-
y byterian worship as he advanced rea
selections from the scriptureA Benin
r him came the honorary pail bearer
Q two abreast, Senators Hale and Fry,
n the representatives of the dead man
Q beloved state leading the way. III
Q body bearers moved at a measure
pace towards the chancel rail whel
d they deposited the casket amid the pr,
u fusion Of flowers.
y The family followed the body an
:, took the front seat on the left near Il
Il remains They knelt with their heat
bowed in prayer and remained In tn
70 attitude for some time. More. distai
u kinsfolk, relatives, intimate friends, u
'i president and his cabinet and the 9th
&, members Of the funeral party who we
~ at the house came in after the fami
l. were seated in the pews reserved 4
Y them. When all were seated the de-
peals Of the organ ceased and Dr. Har
= = lin, rising from his place on the pulp
70 70 began the church services with d
=. ~ reading OF selections Of scriptures
~ ~ Their reading finished, prayer vi
'. :" offered up by Dr. Hamlip. At Il
go go close Of the prayer the funeral proce
~ y. sion once more formed and the boz
~ 10 was conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery nj
- there laid TO rest
~ AUGUSTA. Me-, Jan. Sl.-While q
-. last honors were being paid over I
- remains OF the late James @. Blaine
~ Washington yesterday afternoon, reg
- lar funeral services were held In I
ho Congregational church In this city
IA that the people among whom the
a. loved statesman began his career mig
hs attest their regard for him ns m
and their sorrows at his death. 7
"A church was filled, over 1000 persons
- ing present, including the clergymen