The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-02-03
AMID FLOWERS
Mr.. Blaine's Funeral Could Noe
Be Private. ::
Thousands Pressed Around the Bier
to Honor His Memory,
for the Mole Nation Mourned Htm-ths
Casket showered With FLORAL Onertngs
Md the Tolling of the Bcil tine
Remains Boroe to the Grave. t

| private oue. In the ordinary ecpx4 II,
The yNosxi& Every effort was fihEssk
comply with what was known to BE- biz
own understood wishes, and with the
esrressad a~si-c ~ NJ. family " .a;;s
regard, but the surging wave of public
interest swept over the barriers i'm
posed and made his private funeral one
Of the most impressive of public dem
onstrations in honor OF the dead The
most eminent men in the nation stood
around his bier.
All business in the nations capitol
was suspended during the period when
| the funeral services were in progress
| The presence of the president and the
| cabinet and supreme judges and high
officials of congress and of the diplo-
matte corps was not more significant
than the homage OF the waiting crowds
who, in respectful silence, lined the
streets through which the funeral cor
,eSe passed. The parior On the second
floor, where the body lay in its cedar
easheL closely sealed, Vas fairly en-
powered with floral tributes.
The caslet itself rested on a huge
bed OF roses viole,s, palm leaves and
ferns sent by Mrs. Emmons Blaine,
aboat nine feet long by four feet wide,
the flowers artistically giving the com
bination of colors and designs Of an ORR
! entail rug A large ship Of state sent
by the knights of Reciprocity was near
! By and around the pedestal on which
! the coffin rested and the coffin itself
were n wreath OF orchids and roses from
| President Harrison, wreath of white
roses and violets from Mrs Zach Chand-
Ter, n simple wreath 81 violets tied
| with ribbons from James g. Blaine
| jr., garland of violets from Mrs Eu.
gene Hale (which was placed on the
casketJ; wreath of roses and violets
from Mr.. Louis Dent, consul TO Kings
ton, Jamaica formerly Mr.. Blaine's
private secretary; large wreath of
violets and white orchids from Mrs. X.
= HIT: an immense wreath o. white
| flowers with long strcamers of ribbon,
from the diplomatic corps; a cross of ivy
leaves and violcts, from Henry Cabot
| Lodge; a wreath of lilies of the valley
and palm leaves, from Mrs Whitelaw
Reid; wreath of roses from Mrs En-
mons Blaine; large cross and spray OF
lilies from Mrs DIR. Loring: a bunch
white. roses from Gen. l-,-f. q. /
palms and violets from Secretary Tract
ivy cross, sprayed with white rose,
from Mrs. Audcnrcid; wreath of ivy
sprayed with red roses from Mr.. and
Mrs John II. Mclean, and many more.
The parlor. not at any time very com
modious one, was far too small for tn,
distinguished mourners who, by invita-
ton. sought access to IT,
II is now known definitely that
Blaine did not die Catholic. Although
he sent for Cardinal Gibbons, he wa.
lid not offer TO administer the consola
ton Of the Catholic church. DR.
OGormon, of the Catholic university,
states positively that the statesman did
not receive the last sacrement
Shortly before II o'clock President
Harrison entered the Blaine mansion
accompanied by Mrs. Mckee and Pri
vate Secretary Halford and Lieut.. Park
or. The vice president was accom-
panied by Mrs and Miss Morton. Their
came the members of the cabinet-Sec
rotary of State Foster, Secretary of the
Treasury Foster and family, Secretary
Elkins and family, Secretary Tracy and
family, Secretary Noble and family
Postmaster General Wanamaker ant
family. Atty.Gen. Miller and family
Secretary Rusk and family.
The chief justice Of the United States
newly arrived from the funeral of hi,
late associate, Justice Lamar, was &c
companied by Mrs and Miss Fuller
Closely following them came Mrs Hit
Miss McComb, Miss Loring, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, senator and
Mrs Cameron, Miss Cameron, Senator
and Mrs. Chandler, Gen. and Mrs Parke
Mrs Eugene Hale, Mrs. T. 5. Hamlin
Mrs. Alex. Rodgers, Senator and
Mrs. Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. John
r.. Mclean, Gen. r, A. Algel
and Mrs John A. Logan, Mrs John
Hay, Mr. and Mrs +. c, Newlands, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Mr.. and
Mrs Gordon Cumming, Representativ,
and Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Mr.. an6
Mrs Howlands, MIR and Mrs. Marcellu,
Bailey, Mrs. Audenreid, Mr.. and Mrs
H. Dunnell, OF Minnesota Ex-(iov
and Mrs Perhnm, of Maine; Sir Julian
and Lady Pauncefoote, MIR. and Mrs.
Francis u, Loring, Senators Gordon
and Voorhees,, Speaker Crisp
Representative Holman and MI
~. T. Devine (Mr Blaine''
stenographer in the preparation
of his Twenty Years of Congress-
Representative Blount and MIR Charles
Emory Smith, editor Of the Philadelphia
Press and ex-minister to Russia; Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Dingley, Reprcscn
tative Millikcn, Mrs. Frye, the Main,
delegation Of fourteen gentlemen
headed by Gov. Cleaves, and Mrs +
Fessenden, of Connecticut; Senator and
Mrs. Henderson, Senators Allison Me
pherson and Sherman, Senators Coclirel
and German, Senators Aldrich and Nor
rill, senator and Miss Dawes Senator
lloar, Senator and Mrs. Washburn
Senator Ransome and Gen. Blair
Judge and Mrs Wylie, and many others
Not all of those who had been re
que5ted or had received invitations Il
the house could obtain admission in thu
mansion, and many perforce Remained
in the long line OF carriages which filled
the adjacent streets. The immediate
mourners grouped around the caske
were the widow, her married daughter
Mrs. Damrosch, Miss Hattie blaine
Mr.. }. e. Blaine, jr, Mrs. Emmon
blaine, Miss Abigail Dodge Gail Ham
ilton), Mr.. Blaine's cousin, Mr. L. q
Blaine, brother of the dead statesman
and his wife and daughter; Mr. lianp
ton Dcnman, OF Missouri, a cousin o
Mr. Blaine; Frank Henry and Augustu
Stanwood, and Walter stonston, AM
w II, Hatch, all nephews Of the dc
ceased eN-secretary,
Though concourse of several thou
sand people occupied Lafayette square
facing the Blaine residence, and though
the doors and windows OF the house nd
joining We're thronged with spect' tors
aud the double line of carriages-laO o.
more in Misunderstanding far a!onl
! the broad surface Of Pennsylvania