Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-13
TRIBUTE TO THE NATIONS DEAD,
A State Funeral Given the Late
Senator Kenna.
Solemn and Impressive Services in
the Senate Chamber.
His Body Shipped to West Virginia fol
fnterment-GeneralB Buffers Re-
maihs Taken to Lowell,
Massachusetts.
BY the Associated Press.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 12.-Both the house
and eenate, soon after meeting today,
and without transscting any business,
took rect to attend the funeral of the
ate Senator Kenna of West Virginia.
The body of the late senator was con-
veyed to the capitol building this morn
ing in the midst of binding snow
storm. 1t lay in the marble room. The
members Of the family having taken
farewell view before the body left the
residence, the casket was not opened.
The casket was covered with black cloth,
on which lay bunch of palms and
roses, while at the foot was sheaf OF
wheat bound with palms and violete.
There were many other floral tributes
from members of the senate and house
and friends of the deceased.
In spite of the storm outside the gal
leries were crowded. Before the open
ing of the services the bier was placed
at the head OF the main aisle of the
senate chamber and the members OF the
lower house entered, lead by Speaker
Crisp, who took his place beside the
vice president.
General Schofeld, the commanding
general of the army, arrived unan-
nounced, and took seat at the end OF
the row reserved for the president and
bis cabinet. Then the diplomatic corps,
headed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, ar
rived, followed by the chief justice and
associate justices of the supreme court
of the United States, President Harrison
and memb bers of his cabinet, and the
Al
mourning,
priests, preceded by acolytes bearing
censers and tall wax candles, lighted,
marched down the aisle, followed by q
equad of capitol police in full uniform,
escorting and carrying the casket, which
ives covered with palms and flowers.
The prieets, with Bishop Keane of the
Catholic university, in his purple robes,
ranged Themselves about the coffin.
Father Donohue opened the religious
services by walking around the coffin
and asperging it with holy water. He
was attended by an acolyte waving a
censer, the fumes of which pervaded
the chamber. He read the funeral SER
vices OF the Catholic church, first in
Latin and then in English.
Bishop Keane OF the Catholic univer-
city then took his place at the head OF
the coffin and preached the funeral SER
mon. Be hind him on the desk of the
secretary stood o gilt cruci6c with gilt
candelabra on either side, in each of
which burned five large wax candles,
while opposite, at the foot of the coffin,
stood three altar boys robed in white
and red, and one of them holding tall
crucihx and the others, on each side,
bearing lighted candles.
In the course of his remarks, Bishop
Keane said: eat the request of his
eminence. Cardinal Gibbons, and his
representative on this solemn occasion,
it is my privilege to offer Senator Kenna
the cburch's tribute of respect and affec-
tion. His country has given, and will
yet give, fitting expression to the ap-
probation of the tireless energy. dis
tinguisbed ability and blameless in
tegrity with which he filled for
so many years the high Office
to which his fellow citizens had called
him Let it pe permitted to his mother
church to mingle her accents with those
of his country, to tell of those qualities
that made him near and dear to her
yea, the qualities in which lay the real
secret of sll his public work"
The bishop then discoursed on the
subject OF faith, and the good qualities
which living up to an ideal faith would
produce in man.
At the close of the sermon, which was
delivered with strong emphasis and
listened TO with the greatest interest by
the large assemblage in the chamb Der,
the priests again formed in procession
and retired by one of the side doors.
The family of the dead senator did the
same. The congressional committee in
white scarfs then sroee and left the
chamber by the main aisle, followed by
a squad of capitol police. bearing the
casket. Then the guests of the senate
left the senate chamber in the order of
their arrival, and the crowded galleries
gradually emptied. The senate then
adjourned till tomorrow at noon.
The hody cf the dead senator was
taken to the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road station. where it was placed in the
baggage car of special train.
The house, after returning from the
Kenna funeral exercises, adjourned as q
further mark OF respect.
After brief religious services at the
house, the train bearing the body Of
General Butler left ehington at :15
O'Clock this afternoon for Lowell, over
the Pennsylvania and New York and
New England roads. President Harri-
son paid a visit to the Butler mansion
this afternoon and viewed the body of
the dead general.