The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-17

mirror and melody of flowing waters, to
sleep with his patriotic father. And as
the clouds at evening hang upon tie
bosom and eternity towers Of Blach
mountain, 50 will q shadow Of sorrow
rest upon the bosom Of all his people.
But the light of his life, with the cay
rays Of mourning, will dispel the gloom
from the mountains and their hearts.
And nov, | can only venture, in the
nam Of lhe stricken senator, the gen
tl@st sympathy, to send 10 the noble and
devoted woman, who for months, by day
ard night, with unWear'ed vigilence, has
stood by him like an angel OF light and
love, our heartfelt confidence aud ten
derness, and to hold up to his brave son
The ever living beacon OF their fathers
life. He expired, sOlaced in the arms and
affections of his wife and children II Y
our Almighty Father in his supreme an
Infinite gOcdnes bestOw upon thlm his
strength and comfort"
Mr. Ransom then offered the usual
ISSOlu-IOuS uSCldIiHS tit SICdt Sblt'"
with which the senate has heard Of the
death Of Mr.. Vance; providing for a
committee of nine senators TO taxi order
for experimenting the fuGeral 70 day ;
for the removal Of the remains from
Washington to North Carolina iG charge
of the sergeant-at arms and attended by
the committee; that the proceedings be
communicated to the house Of represent
tatiVe and that that body be Invited t.
attend the funeral and TO appoint a CON
mittee TO act with the Senate committee
TIE resolutions were sgreed to and the
vice president announced the appoint
ment of the Senate as follows:
Ransom, George, Gray, Blackburn,
Coke, Chandler, Dubois, White and
Henderson.
Further resolutions were offered by
Mr.. Ransom and agreed to, ordering in
v~itations to be extended to the president
of the United States and the members Of
his cabinet, the chief justice and assistant
Justices Of the supreme court f the
United States, and major-general COM
manding the army and tAe senior ADMIRAL
Of the navy to attend the funeral to day
Senators Morrill,, Of Vermont; Sher-
man, of Ohio; Harris, Of Tennessee, and
Mcpherson, Of New Jersey, were APP
pointed by the vice-president as pail
bearers, and then a recess was taken uatil
$3.50 p. II
When the Senate re-assembled at 80
the galleries were packed with eager
spectators, the ladies generally wearing
s0mbre costumes The seats on the floor
had been r~earranged, the chairs Of sena
tors being brought together more closely
than usual and over a hundred plain
Oak cOlOred wooden chairs being placed
in the Hobbies at the rear Of the TWO
sections. Large leather, cTims0n-cOlored
upholstered arm chairs for the family Of
the dead senator to the left of the vice
president and for the president and mem
bers CT MS cabinet to the right, stood
within The area. On the secretary'S desk
was an immense floral piece representing
the broken trunk Of a galiX tree, a North
Carolina growth, around which roses
and other flowers were tWined. And
along the walls at close intervals were
arranged pottcd plants OF palms ard
evergreeus, with tall North Carolina
pines on each side Of the vice-preSide1t's
and an tnI ,,o1ro IN tho oInc ~,
hind it. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartcris,
Gen. Grants daughter, occupied a front
seat in the gallery to the east of the re,
porter's gallery.
Then the ambassador Of England to
the United States" was announced, and
all present stood up while Sir Julian
PauncefCte was conducted to his place.
The president, who appeared to be
fairly we'll and active, took his seat on a
red morocco covered arm chair at the
head of the line of chairs in the first row.
Next to him sat Secretary Gresham, and
then came Secretaries Carlisle, Herbert,
Smith and Attorney General Olney. At
the end Of the row Sir Julian PAunce
tote sat, and near him Bishop Ktane,
of the Catholic University.
The religious observances were begun
with prayer and the reading of scriptu-7
raj selections by Rev. DR.. Moses D. Uose,
of Richmond, Va.
At $50 the casket containing the re
mains of the dead senator vas borne into
the chamber by a squad of uniformed
police and placed on a bier in the
area. 1t was preceded By the committee
Of arrangements Of the two houses, the
members of which wore white seats
The top of tne caSket was covered with
a pr0tusion of roses and lilies. Shortly
the deputy sergeaut-at-arms,
Mr.. Dayton, announced The arrival at the
main entrance o the chamber Of the
speaker and the m mbers of the house of
representatives The vice president and
enatOrs stood up and remained standing