The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-10
0BsEQU|Es N THE SENATE
Continued from First Page,

"A L. Church. Rev Dr. Duff Y and The chap
lain OF the House. A place had been re-
served next to the Vice President for
Speaker Reed. but MIR. .ieed was not in
the city this morning.
Rev. DR.. Johnston, in the opening prayer,
referred TO the long and valuable serv-
ises Of this great Statesman, who wss
now a memory; TO ms rare qualities OF
leadership la the co0iiseis OF The nation.
The other incidents in the religious
ceremoniai Were an orthodox prayer, the
recitation of st. Paul's sermon on the i'm
mortality of the soul, the Lord's prayer,
and the benediction, which was po-
nounced by the chaplain OF the House
When the benediction mad been pro-
nounced, Mr. Bate moved that the Senate
adjourn.
The Vice President declared the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow at noon, but That
announcement was changed to Monday
at IL O'Clock.
The assemblage In the Senate and gal
leries then dissolved and the formal fu-
neral was over.
The remains Of Senator Harris were
borne by strong and faithful arms from the
nome that he loved TO the marble chamber
OF the Capitol. T his room was ghostly IN
it's wilderness, formal in its grandeur and
it rang with an echo for every word that
was whis pered there and for every step
that fell upon the pale, marble floor.
The body was taken from the home last
night. As the hearse reached the Senate
end of the Capitol detail of Capitol po-
lice surrounded it and accompanied the re-
mains to the Marble Room. where the body
was TO lie in state till the time for its
removal TO the Senate chamber
The neavy black casket. resting On
tIusses of black cloth, In the still whitcBess
OF the room made solemn picture. Lights
burned dimiy. Two Capitol policemen stood
as sentinels One stood at the head and
The other at the foot OF the casket. The
bright buttons of the uniforms glinted in
the vague light of the place
At midnight they were relieved by a
fresh detail and these watchers stood by
the body till O'Clock this morning. 1t
was dreary watch. Occasional sounds
OF the street pierced the great stone
walls. The tread of the watchmen pa
trolling all the corridors of the building
echoed and reechoed up and down AMI
shadowy, lonely halls.
A third relief stood guard above the body
from s to 1 a. m, and at the latter hour
the Casket was transferred to the Senate.
II was understood that the public would
ne permitted TO view the remains, and at
a very early hour people began to gather
about the closed entrance TO the Marble
Room Many were friends OF the dead
man, and many were drawn there by that
morbid curiosity which many men have
10 hook upon scenes OF death. There was
a hum OF whispering about the door. The
expertant throng was discussing the vir-
"reminiscences OF his youth; some were de-
taiing some incidents in his political ca
reer. some were telling of his goodness Hs
Friend and benefaCtor.
The doors opened slowly at Q O'Clock and
for two hours the thronc passed through
There was that strange hush which comes
over a crowd OF people when in thepresence
OF death. No one spoke. They would
walk slowly up To the casket, pause for
a second to look into the dead face and
and move slowly on Only the sound VI
breathing and OF shifting feet marred the
stiffness. though sad and half-sRppressed
sigh now and then struck sorrowfully upon
the ear.
Old people preponderated in this pro
cession OF mowners. Many OF them Were
very old men with STOPPING shoulders, bent
hacks. and who depended largely for sup
port on stout canes Some OF these men
mad been associated with Senator Harris
for many. many years.
Some OF the mourners were old women,
and many of them appeared, from their
raiment. to be very poor. There were
some Young people In the throng whom
the Senator had patted on the head and
dandled On his knee when they were chill.
dren. There were some 10 whom he had
been good and had extended a helping
hand toward preferment in civil lite A
few people dropped flowers on the coffin
as they passed. Here and there In an eye
q tear would twinkle.
Great masses OF flowers began to arrive
at the Capitol early, and these were stored
In the room of the sergeant-at-Arn rms until
they We're transferred TO the Senate cham
Der.
when the body was removed. the public
serged into the room, and life flowed ON
as before.
The body OF Senator Harris will lie In
state this Afternoon in the Senate chamber
until & O'Clock tonight. It will then be
escorted TO the Pennsylvania station 10y
ScrEeant-at-Arns Bright.
The Congressional delegation will NEE,
the body at the station and ACCOMPANY
il TO the train.
The train VIII leave for Nashville q,
lilo O'Clock tonight, and will arrive there
at 6 O'Clock Monday morning. The train
is to be in charge of Col. W. GTeegtr
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
The body will lie In State at Nashville
on Monday, an d the train willleave there at
8 o'clock in the evening. 1t will arrive
in Memphis at O'Clock Tuesday morning
The panty which viii accompany the body
will go On three special cars attached to a
regular train. 1t consists of the commit
tees from the Senate and House and the
family OF Sen ator Harris
The family VIII consist or Mr. Edward X
Harris, senator Harris eldest son; Mr.. Ed
ward Harris, and their SON.. Mr. Charles
Harris and two children, and Mr.. James
Harris.
The Senate committee is as follows
Bate, waithall, Berry, Deboe, Turpie, K vie,
Alien, Clifton and Wetmore The House
committee con sists of McMillin, Richard
son, Gaines, Hepburn. De Almond, Car.
mack, Notion, Rice. Pierce, Stokes, and
NeCleIland.