The morning times., 1896-10-04
IN THE CITIES OF THE DEAD
Glimpse at Some CT The Gene
terieS of Washington.
ARE FULL OF INTEREST
Monuments to Men of National
Repure at the Congress
Sional-At OAK Hill.
ARE FULL OF INTEREST
aside by side, tne high ard low.

aside hy side, Tie high and low.
Auu ncn ana poor shall equal lie"
ASSOC irCla: Arnug,OI ,Le IIlI4t resting
place OF the uations honured dead, and
Witch il regarded rs ,lie TTealest apd most
Dcau,IIul ceIEciery III tie word, Washing
TONS cemeteries Will Compare lavOragly
with the greatest Gem cIcTics Of otter
large cldcS throughout the Urited States,
and in many reSpcc.s are far superior TO
many much more pretentiouS than those
10 the District.
Washington has the advantage of num-
bcriug ai.OnE j. S dead - me OF tie greatest
mcH Which lime ana events nave produced,
and whose n0ues are hunored names in
history.
People all over tie CBi.ed States are in
tcrcste'l in tie men who today stand fore
mos. III tie affairs Of the government, and
tlcgencrationst to come willrcvercthc names
OF ttcSc EeD as we today reverence those
OF the great men who lic Lur!ed, not only
IN tie cemeteries here, but elsewhere.
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.
A cemetery around which centers no
Uahic ami historic memories is the Washing
ton Parish Cemetery. or, as it is more
extensively known. Congressional Gene
terry. This rity or the dead is located
IN Southeast Washington. an the Lanks of
the Eastern Branch, aud contains III all
forIy-eIght acres Of land. three of which
have rot yet been used at all for burial
purposes. IL is the oldest cemetery in the
District The Eain entrance is un Georgia
ayenue. which ruIS rom pOnL east OF
the Arsenal grounds 10 tie District prop
erIy on which the iail and alGnshouSc are
located. The history or Ute a gres>onal
Cemetery is Il long aud interesting one,
and has about il memories that are as sa-
cred To- the people Of the United States as
Arlington Itself
The washington tCongressionaD Gene
terry WAS established in 1907. Conmo-
dOre Thomas TiHgey. with others. bought
the land some ting Before t!;at year. i'm
proved its appearance aLd made IL appro-
pirate for burial purposes. AS a hurying-
grOuuh il did lot conie up to their cXpecta-
tinuS. and shortly after i5G7 it was turned
over 10 the authorities Of ChTist's EpiSco-
pal Church. who have maintained ii ever
sEcc.
$ncr tile establishment of the ccHcteT-
its list oT S.lri.r innat1il ut:s has been a,idcG
to untu To-Day the remains OF $1,000 or
Henry Harrison and Zachariah Taylor were
buried there, but tLc.r remains we're aftc:-
ward removed. Mrs Dolly Madison, wife
OF james Madison, was buried there fet-
rgary II, ls5c. and removed January II,
IS5S. 10 Virginia. Oftsc m'uy distinguish
ed men who stli le in it, iES9sUrc are
Vice Presidents George Clinton aud FL
bridge Gerry.
Tne grave Of Attorney Gcucrai william
Writ, who served from 1917 TO 1879, c
among the number. Parker ipshur, Sec
reIary of War in ls4i and secretary of
State in lS43, who WAS killed by tie ,x-
ploSion OF gun at tie proving gT"unCs on
the Potomac River, is also hCr!cd here
George Graham, once Il Secretary OF War,
is counted among tie inhabitants of this
city of tie dead. Tie noted Indian chief
tain, Pusti- ti-ma-ta-!ia. a wise and eloquent
Chuctaw. Il delegate to Il convention held
IN this city in the early ''u's. i also buried
here. Among his last words while lying
on his Ceathhad Were: when am gone
let thehc .tlns lie fired oveF me
DANCED AT A FUNERAL.
Other graves of especial n1.r Irc those of
Col. Truman Cross, the first man killed