The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-02-11

| lnHS, JnerB was no ulSOrueT OF COLI
fusion observable On the contrary,
there was marked air of decorous
solemnity attending even the outside
demonstrations The ceremonies inside
the house were grand in their sim
picity. Before the hour of 10 invited
guests began to arrive and take their
seats in the fragrant and foral-be-
decked front parlor of the mansion
/ There were no chairs reserved except
for the president and for the immediate
family of the deceased.
Eleven o'clock was the hour named
for the simple service of prayer which
was to precede the removal of the body
to the church for the more public rites.
1t was only few minutes after that
hour when the mourners entered, and
the president and all the distinguished
concourse rose to pay fitting honor
and sympathy to the sorrow of the de-
ceased statesman's relatives.
The family was followed by Rev.
DIR. Hamlin, of the Church of the Cove
nant, who, standing beside the casket,
in low tone delivered the Presby yterian
prayer for the departed soul.
AS he did so Mr.. Damrosch, the de-
ceased's son-in-law, touched the keys of
the piano to slow dirge,
Dr. Hamlin returned thanks to God
that by his power this life was ended
only that the life of immortality might
be begun. He beseeched the Almighty
that comfort might come to every MEM
Der of the stricken household, because
the one that had gone out of this life
| had crOnn IN 1itv ha
consolation that came from above fall
tenderly and sweetly upon them" he
concluded. "Speak to them of comfort,
such as thou alone can teach. This we
ask in the name of our Saviour, Amen"
This completed the brief and impress
sive Services and the casliet was closed,
and tenderly borne to the hearse. Sol
emnly and in silence the family and
the guests left the house, which has
been so frequently invaded by the an
gel of death, and the sad procession
wended its way slowly to the church.
The decorations at the church were
very rich and effective. The terrace
formed by the pulpit and the rail sepa-
rating the organ gallery from the plat
form afforded q background for stril1-
ing massing of plants and cut flowers.
On the edge of the pulpit cut flowers
were arranged in ribbon 10 or IL inches
in width.
The blooms comprised roses, lilies of
the valley, azalias, carnations and hya-
cinths. Below this ribbon, and suspend
ing from it across the pulpit, were short
festoons of smilax.
The front of the organ was covered
with curtains of smilax ropes draped
from the apex of the instrument to the
candelabra on the side walls of the or
gan loft. The space in front of the
pulpit in which the coffin lay was en-
tirely covered with the floral emblems
which accompanied the remains from
the house. These were disposed in
such a way as to heighten the effect of
the stationary decorations.
| The relatives and pall-bearers 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
the supreme court, with their families
The Spanish legation and nearly all
the ministers from South and Central
America, as well as many senators and
representatives, in addition to those
present at the house.
Among the senators were Sherman,
Sawyer, Carey, Voorhees, and Morrill,.
Chief Justice Fuller joined them just
before the services began. On the left
of the church were delegations from
the state of Massachusetts, from the
Union League clubs, of New York and
| Philadelphia, and from various points
in Pennsylvania.
Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot
| Lodge and eX-Representative Mark
Dunnell, of Minnesota, were with these
| delegations. 1t was exactly at 10
o'clock when the slow and solemn organ
music announced the arrival of the fu-
neral party at the door of the church.
AS the sad procession moved up the
aisle Mr.. Walter Damrosch, Mr.. Blaines
son-in-law, who was at the organ,
played an improvisation made up of
several themes of hymns which Mr..
Blaine loved.
Alhpresent rose and remained stand
ing as the funeral party moved down
the aisle. DIR. Hamlin, the pastor,
walked at the head of the mourners,
and holding in his hand an open book
containing the ritual of the Presbyte-
rian worship, read as ne advanced Sc
lections from the Scriptures.
Behind him came the honorary pail
bearers, two abreast, Senators Hale and
Frye-the representatives of the dead
mans beloved state--leading the way.
The body-bearers moved at most rev
erend pace toward the chancel, where
they deposited the casllet amid the pro-
fusion of flowers.
The family followed the body and
took the front seat on the left, near
the remains They linelt with their
heads bowed in prayer and remained
in this attitude for some time
Distant kinsfolll, relatives, intimate
friends, the president and his cabinet
and the other members of the funeral
party who We're at the house came in
after the family, and were seated in the
pews.
When all were seated the peals OF the
organ cease and DR.. Hamlin, rising
from his place in the pulpit, began the
church services with the reading Of
selections from the Scriptures.
The reading finished, prayer was of
fered up by DIR. Hamlin. At the close
of the prayer, the funeral procession
once more formed and the body was
conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery, and
there laid Ia rest.
At Kentucky's Capitol.