Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-10
TRIBUTE TO DEAD FRIEND
casket Containing Remains Of Major Handy
Decorated With Roses.
RecSpti5h of the Body mt the Penn
sylxAnia DepOt-Interment to
Made at Berlin, Md.

The remains of the late Maj. Moses P.
mandy arrived in this city over the South
eln railread at the Pennsylvania depot
! IRON Augusta, Ga. at 8 o'clock this mo. n
ing The, funeral party consisted of Ms.
Handy and Mr.. William Handy, son OF the
deceased, and Lieut.. A. C. Baker, United
States navy, who was associated with Maj.
handy in the work of securing for The
United States sufficient space in which to
display American exhibits at the Paris eX-
position, and Mrs. Baker. They were met
at the depot here by Mr.. Fred Handy,
brother of the deceased; Mrs. Handy and
son, Mr.. Julius Click of Chicago and Sena-
tor Mason. committee of the Gridiron
Club, consisting of President Frank II.
Hosford, Secretary Walter e. Adams, w.
E. Amin. W. b. Stevens and A. j. Stofer,
also met the party, and placed upon the
casket of their late associate a beautiful
floral piece of palms and roses, tied with
black and white ribbon, the colors of the
club Mr. Handy had been a member of
the Gridlron Club for nearly ten years,
and had he lived, would have been dec
GRATED at the annual dinner of the club,
January y, with the "ten-year medal
Interment Mt Berlin.
The remains will be taken on the ESQ
train this evening to Wilmington, where
the party, consisting Of Mrs. Handy and
son and Mr.. Fred. Handy, wife and son,
will stay over night, taking the O'Clock
train in the morning for Berlin, Md, where
the interment will take place. The cere-
monies at Berlin will be strictly private.
They will be held tomorrow afternoon in
the old Buckingham Church, the first
charge of the father of the deceased, Dr.
l. w. *. Handy, and the oldest Presbyte-
rian church in the country. The interment
will be in the old family burying grounds,
adjoining the church.
The funeral party left Augusta at 2:10
yesterday afternoon, and the trip was ac-
cCmplished without incident worthy of no
tice. There were at the station here, be-
side those noted, a number of the friends
of Maj. Handy, who were on hand to pay
their respects to the memory of the man
whom they admired for his many sterling
qualities.
The cause of Mai. Handy's death is Civ
en- as overwork in the last campaign, his
>arduous efforts in Paris in the interests of
the United States at the exposition and
the work of getting up the report on the
Paris trip to be submitted to Congress.
Lieut.. Baker. who was with Maj. Handy
all through this work and at the time of
his DEATH pays high tribute to the char
acter of the dead man. He was,' he said
today to a Star reporter. "a man of great
mind and character. His body served only
as a vehicle for his brain. AS an after
dinner speaker he was, in my opinion, I'M
eolaled, not on account of his oratory, for
l have heard better. but for the way in
which he could touch upon topics so IS to
make them entirely unohjectioHa5le to all
who heard him. His lightness Of touch in
this respect was marvellous. Maj. Handy
was caoahle of much hard work. His sue
cess in Paris stands out as an index TO his
power in This regard
Believed Trip Would BENEFIT Him.
When Maj. Handy left for Paris, accom-
panied by Lieut.. Baker and his wife and
Mrs. Handy, his physicians described him
then as being far from a well man. 1t was
thought at that time that the trip would do
him good, and that he would be enabled to
get some rest after his arduous labors in
the carlpagn just ended, but it turned out
to be exactly the opposite. When he ar
rived in Paris he found eighteen commits
sioners from other nations on The ground
ahead of him, some with million of DOL
lars at their disposal to secure adequate
space for their respective governments.
Mai. Handy had the sum of S23,uGt with
which to do the work. Such was his force
of character and his capacity for labor,
however that, although he had been in
Paris but two months, when he returned to
this country he had secured for the United
States as large space at the exhibit as
that accorded to any other country in the
world, and was the only commissioner at
the capital of France who managed to Sc
cure an absolute statement Of how much
ground he would have for government He
was taken i'll in Paris and his physicians
there advised that he be taken home. Up
on his arrival in New York he suffered Il
relapse. After recovering slightly he set
out for Chicago TO begin work his an
nual report.
While in Chicago II become necessary for
him to see the President, and Lieutenant
Bake" accordingly accompanied him t.
Washington. where he was again prostlat-
cd and forced to keep to his bed for nine
teen days. Then his physicians advised him
to go to Augusta, Ga, viii h he did. Will,
in Augusta his condition alternated H.,
was better one day and not so well tn"
next Major Handy was extremely sens-
tive about reports as TO his health and
would often telegraph to friends that he
vas feeling much better, when in reality il
vas only a slight change for the better
that those around him knew could not last
long.
Ma jor Handy was afflicted with Bright's
disease, which was further complicated BY
congestion of the kidneys and of the lungs
His heart was not equal to the task of
forcing the blood through these congeste,:
OF gans, and the end came slowly but sure
ly. Major Handy was given the tenderest
care under the watchful eye of Lieutenan.
Baker. The best medical attendance that
could be secured was always on hand. but
such was the nature of his aiiment that no
mortal help could avail him.