The Portland daily press., 1893-01-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Mr.. BIains's Family Decide Upon q
Private Funeral Today.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR IN
VESTIGATION OF PANAMA
EXPENDITURES.

Blaine Services to be held at Church of
Covenant-Admission VIII Be by Card
Doings of Congress Saturday.
WASHINGTON, January 29.-The deco
rations of the Church of the Covenant
for the funeral of Mr.. Blaine will be un-
der the charge of George Fl. Brown, pub
lie gardener. There will be palms and
ferns from the agricultural department
and botanical gardens and cut flowers
from the propagating gardens in the de-
public buildings and grounds of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The designs are not
yet complete, but they will include the
banking of the rail which divides the
choir gallery from the pulpit. Large
quantities of flowers have already been
sent to the house, and these with what
may come later, will doubtless occupy
all the available space Labout the
chancel rail that can be spared
for their accommodation. The follow
ing gentlemen will act as ushers: Messrs.
Robert S. Chiffon, Horace Washington
Clifford Richardson, W. w. Stevens,
Sevellon Brown, Andrew Allen, William
HAYWOOD, Sydney Smith, Frank C. Par
fridge, Capt. A. G. Tyley, Capt. Alex
ander Rodgers, Lieut.. Buckingham,
Lieut.. T. S. Rodgers, and DIR. Francis B.
Loring. The church of the Covenant
contains TO seats, but this number can
be increased to about 1000 by the use OF
chairs and stools. hence the necessity for
confining the admission to the building
on the occasion of the funeral. as with
out some such restrictions ten times the
I,or 1r,o,,11 xyo;p1u ctriv ivp for aTtla
The main body of the church will be
reserved for members of the family and
immediate friends and the families of the
President, vice president and members
of the cabinet.
The body of ex-Secretary Blaine was
this evening removed to the parlor on
the north side, on the second floor OF
the residence. The windows of this
room open out upon Lafayette Square.
Across this plot of ground stands the
state, war and navy buildings.
During the afternoon and evening
number of Blaines friends called at the
house and took the last look at the face
of the departed. The expression OF the
face is peaceful and the lineaments
showed bnt few ravages of disease. The
casket is almost buried under mass of
floral tributes. 1t lies in the room
where the first prayers of the funeral
services will be said by Rev. DR.. Teunis
S.. Hamlin at III tomorrow. Although
the funeral will be private one, attend
ance upon the services will be as truly
national in it's representative character
as if a President were being buried. The
State Of Maine will send
delegation of IA headed by
Governor Cleaves. Massachusetts will
have a delegation of five. The Union
League Club of New York send 25 mem
bers, and the Union League Club of
Philadelphia 20. From several other
points in Pennsylvania will come delega-
tions from various societies. Altogether
a hundred or more of these representa-
tives will be present. Personal friends
to the number of IS have notified the
family of their intention to be present
from various parts of the country. The
Maine delegation will be invited to at
tend the service at the house. Not more
than 40 or so persons will be present
there. The services at the church, as
we'll as those at the house, will be strict
ly private, and no one will be admitted
family regret that this must be so, as
they appreciate the desire and motives
of the people who would pay tribute of
respect, by their presence, to the dead
statesman, but the seating capacity of
the church is limited, and the large num-
Der of delegations and officials to be pro-
yided for leaves no room for the general
public. The first eight rows of seats in
the main body are set aside for the fami-
ly. relatives and pall-bearers. Behind
them. in order, will be seated the Presi-
dent, Vice President, cabinet officers,
Speaker Crisp and members of the SUI
preme court, with their families. In the
rear will be senators and representatives,
| but no provision can be made for their
| families. On the south side OF the
church will be seated members of the
various delegations, and on the north
| side personal friends who have received
! invitations. Applications for tickets to
| the church have already been received,
| which, if granted, would leave no room
| for even the family.
The pall-bearers will be Senators Frye
and Hale of Maine and Morgan of Ala
| bama. Representatives Reed and Bou-
| telle of Maine, Hit of Illinois, and
| Bingham of Pennsylvania, General
| Thomas Ewing of Ohio, John Hay of
| Washington, Joseph H. Manley of Maine
| A. F. jerks of Brook. yn, and F. V. P.
| Ely Of Boston.
Congress.
| In the Senate, Mr. Camden of West
| Virginia was sworn in as successor to Mr..
| McKenna, deceased
| Mr.. Chandler offered resolution call
| ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
additional information regarding United
States quarantine regulations at New
York and other ports. Senate went into
executive session and shortly after adj
| journed till 2 p. m. Monday.
In the House, Mr.. Catchings of Mis-
souri, offered aresolution providing that
special committee of five be appointed
to investigate and report as to what sums
of money, if any, were expended by. the
Panama Canal Company, directly or indi-
| rectly, for the purpose of preventing op-
position in this country to it's plans, or
| for securing acquiescence, also as to con
| tracts and relations between the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and Southern
| Pacific Railroad Company, the Transcon-
| tinental Railroad Association and other
railroads with regard to traffic by way of
| the Panama Canal. Adopted.
The House then proceeded to the con-
| sideration of sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill in committee of the whole and
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