The Republican journal., 1897-04-29

formed line on Church street the right
resting on Miller street. The Masons and
| Bar filed ont and drew up in double line on
each side of the walk leading from the
| church to the street. The procession was
tnen folmed in the following order, the Ma
| sons and Grand Army on foot, the others in
carriages.
Thomas H. Marshall Post, G. A. r.
Free Masons.
Sergeant-at-Arms, G. S. Pierce, Washington,
D. G..
Body
Congressional Committee as escort to the
family
Family.
congressman and State Offices.
Waldo County Bar.
City Government.
Citizens.
The procession went up Miller street to
Congress, over Congress to Main and up
Main to Grove Cemetery, where the body
was deposited a the receiving tomb. From
the Gene terry the Grand Army and Masons
marched directly down Main street, while
the remainder of the procession returned to
the church and from thence to the Milliken
residence on Congress street under escort of
the Congressional committee.
The visitors left by special trains, the
Maine men at p. m. and the Congressional
party at o'clock. The Maine train was in
charge of Conductor Bodge and Engineer
Kendall of the Maine Central, and the Con-
gressionaf cars were taken out by the passen-
ger engine of the Belfast branch Conductor
Sullivan and Engineer Shaw.
Tuttle photographed the interior of the
church after the decorations had been ar
ranged.
BELFAST, Me, April %. Boston Globe
Specially Magnetic and whoe-soued Seth
l.. Mllllken. for II years representative for
the Sd district in the Maine delegation, was
laid at rest i'll the last sleep to-day in his be-
loved city of Belfast.
While his funeral was being held in the
white, seuare-towered Unitarian church
Sabbath calm rested over this rugged little
city by Penobs cots blue bay. Flags snap
ped at half mast at all the staffs in town and
from the spars of shipping in the harbor;
stores We're closed as mark of respect to
the city's distinguished son, now no more;
groups of people gathered on the street cor
ners and recalled stories of iolly, quick-wit-
ted Seth they loved ~. given name
while in the dim interior Of the modest
house of God a young minister pronounced
tie words of promise, 81 am the resurrec-
tion and the life, "Let not thy heart he
troubled" Death is swallowed M in vic
tory"
The signs of grief for the departed con-
gresham We're sincere. He was a man who
made many friends, and kept them. He was
known from one end of the district to the
other, in every hamlet and town. He had
done more for the district than any other
representative it ever had,
Vh4 rIu la1n Loaf
week until after the arrival of the train
bringing Congressman Milliken's remains,
and had the only correct list of the party ac
companying them, with the incidents at
tending their arrival. A few additional de-
tails concerning the sad journey may be re-
corded now. The funeral train arrived at
Boston at I a. m. Apri 21st, and the party
had breakfast at Youngs Hotel and took
short rest before resuming the journey. Mr.
Seth NJ. Milliken of New York accompanied
the party from New York to Boston. Mr.
Charles r. Milliken of Portland a relative
of the deceased Congressman, met the party
in Boston and accompanied it to Portland
Dinner was partaken Of at the Union Sta
ton cafe and the special cars We're attached
to the regular / 20 train. At Augusta many
distinguished men were at the depot, and at
Watervllle there was large crowd. At
Burnham junction the funeral car and the
private drawing room car, with the Congress
sional delegation and Mrs. Milliken and her
son, were shifted from the through train to
the train on the Belfast branch. Here the
party was met by the following committee,
apnOinfad bV the pitizaDs nf Ralfuat.
Sibley, A. l. Brown, W. B. Swan, I. w.
Pitcher, j. H. Howes, Fred T. Chase and
Frank Woodcock. These gentlemen were
met by Senator Hale, who conducted them
to the com partment Of the car occupied by
Mrs. Milliken. The scene when she met her
neighbors and friends was an affecting one.
In describing the journey the Maine cor
respondent of the Boston Herald said: son
every hand are heard words of eulogy for
Congressman Milliken and sympathy for the
bereaved widow and son and daughter
Railroad men We're particularly sad On the
mixed train from Waterville to Burnham
Congressman Mllliken was often passenger
and hardly ever did he ride in the coach end
reserved for passengers. He had always
rather be with the boys in the caboose
Many tedious ride has his good nature and
jolly wit beguiled''
At all the stations on the Belfast branch
there were large crowds of people, and at
Brooks there was a notable demonstrations
1t will be recalled that at the celebration in
Belfast Nov. 12th 1896 of the election of
Mckinley and Hobart two ladies', Mrs.
Maria NJ. Hobbs and Miss Vesta Rose, pre-
sented Mr.. Milliken with two splendid bas-
kets OF flowers from the people of Brooks.
These ladies are the daughters of two veter-
ans. On the arrival of the funeral train at
Brooks station these same ladies', followed
by quite number of the representative men
of Brooks, placed upon the casket of the
loved and respected Congress man two large
bouquets from the greenhouse of John H.
Gordon. Some twenty men, representing all
political shades passed through the car. each
placing bouquet of flowers on the casket
WASHINGTON, April q. The chaplain of
the house, Mr.. Coudon, in his prayer to-day
gave thanks that this nation was at peace
with all others and prayed that higher and
holier methods than war might prevail
everywhere. He prayed for the friends of
Representative Milliken of Maine, who died
SUNDAY and whose desk was draped in