Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-02-02


President informing him of his fathers
death. The President remained but 6
few minutes.
He left message of sympathy fol
Mrs. Blaine, saying he could sincerly
and thoroughly appreciate the great
loss which she had sustained.
This evening Mrs Blaine sent note
to President Harrison in response to
his message Of sympathy, which be
left this morning with Mr.. Blaine, Jr.
The visit of the President and the
Postmaster General was quickly fo..
lowed by calls from Secretaries Eikins,
Noble and Rusk and attorney General
Mille1 and Secretary Tracy, each OF
whom remained only a few minutes
and then repaired to the White House.
Robert Blaine, the brother of the
dead statesman, who has been faithful
in his attendance at the house of the
dying man, called with his family
about 125 80, when they left III tears.
One after another in a constant
stream the most prominent people in
official life have stopped at the house
and left words of coincidence with
members of the stricken household.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN.
AS soon as the reading of yesterday Is
Journal was ended In the Senate to-
day the announcement of Mr.. Blaine s
death was made by Mr.. Hale (Rep. }. OF
Maine, who has been for many years
one of the closest personal and politi-
cal friends of the dead statesmen, and
who said that the dread event would
carry sadness and mourning through
out all the United States, and would
awaken interest and sorrow wherever
civilized men.lived. His remarks were
followed by motion (made by MIR.
Cockrell, Dsm., Missouri) that the
Senate adjourn out of respect to the
memory of the deceased, and that me-
ton was declared carried.
The death OF ex-Speaker Blaine
brought the business of the House to
a sudden termination. A few com.
mittee reports were made, and then
after brief and affecting speeches by
Milllken, who represents Mr.. Blaine's
old district, and Holman, who served
many years with him in the House
and who has always been his personal
friend, the House out of respect to the
memory of the dead statement ad-
journed.
The Legislatures of New York,
Maine, Illinois, Indiana, North Caro-
lima and many other States adjourned
yesterday when the death of Mr..
Blaine was announced.
CLEVELAND SHOCKED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-President.
elect Cleveland arrived at 1.1O o'clock
this afternoon, from Lakewood, N. J.,
and was accompanied by Don. M.
Dickinson. At Elizabethport word
was received of the death of Mr.. Blaine,
and reporter who was on the train
informed Mr.. Cleveland of the states-
mans end.
"What," exclaimed the President
elect, dropping back his seat.
"You don't mean it, do you? When
did it happen, and how was his death
Tell me all about it," quickly asked
Mr.. Cleveland.
The reporter impaired all the infor.
nation he had received, after which
Mr.. Cleveland settled back into his
chair as If overcome by the sad news.
THE FUNERAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Mr. Blaine
could not have a private funeral. De-
spite every effort to comply with his
own understood wishes and with the
expressed desires of his family in this
regard, the surging wave of public In.
terest made the funeral one of the
most impressive of public defionstra.
tiod In honor of the dead. The most
eminent men in the nation stood round
his bier. All business in the nations
capital was suspended during the
period when the funeral services were
in progress. The presence of Presi-
dent and Cabinet and Supreme Court
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 the streets through which
the funeral cortege passed.
The parlor on the second floor, where
the body lay In its cedar casket, closely
sealed. was fairly embowered with
floral tributes. The casket itself rested
on huge bed of roses, vio.ets, palm
leaves and ferns, about nine feet long
by four feet wide, sent by Mrs. EN-
mons Blaine, the flowers giving the
of colors and design of an
Oriental rug.
A large ship of State, sent by the
Knights of Reciprocity, was near by,
and around the pedestals on which
the coffin rested were wreath of or
chids and roses from President Harri-