The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-29
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The Ceremony Of Justin S. Morrill, to Be
Held in Senate Chamber

Washington, Dec. 2S.-ArrangementsI
for the funeral of the late Senator Nor
rill of Vermont were completed today.
The funeral ceremony will be held in
the Senate chamber on Saturday next
at y o'clock noon.
Until then the body viii remain at
the family residence on Massachusetts
avenue, and will be borne to the capitol
early Saturday morning. The services
at the Senate win be conducted by Rev.
E. B. Radford Leavitt, of all Souls
Unitarian Church, where Senator Nor
rill was an attendant for a number of
years assisted by Rev. DR.. MilIburn,
the blind chaplain of the Senate. The
body Will be taken to the family home
at STAFFORD, VT, for burial alongside
the remains of Mrs. Morrill,, although
it will probably be entombed here for
time, until the family mausoleum now
under construction is completed.
At the family residence of the de-
ceased there We're many evidences Of
affectionate regard during the day. SEN
ators and representatives who had
served alongside the venerable states
man for years called to pay their tri-
butte Of respect. Mr. Proctor the coll
league of Mr. Morrill, for the last five
years, spent the morning at the house
comforting the members of the family
and aiding in the last offices to the de-
ceased. During the morning Dr. Swami,
the brother-in-law and Miss Swami
slster-tnIaw of the senator and for some
time a member of the household, ar
rived from Boston. Besides the personal
callers. many messages of coincidence
| came by telegraph from all parts of the
country. The dispatches from old
| friends in Vermont breathed that warm.
| personal esteem which was felt for the
senator at his home. The kilograms rep
| resented all sections, coming from Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Philadelphia the
south and west and all parts of New
| England.
| Sergeant Arms Bright of the SEN
ate was at the house early in the day
and took charge of the funeral arrange
| ments. Owing to the absence from the
city of Vice President Hobart and
| Speaker Reed, who together name the
| honorary committee from the respec-
tive houses, there was some delay in
designating these committees. The
vice president and speaker were COM
municated with by telegraph and the
| committees will be announced later.
| Eleven senators and fifteen represen-
| tatives will probably be named, a num-
| Der rather in excess of that usually
designated, owing to the lifelong pub
| lie service Of the deceased and the
desire to have many old associates rep
| resented in the last testimony Of re-
spect. 1t is expected also that Mr. Ho-
bart and Speaker Reed will return for
the services, if their engagements will
permit.
! The ceremony in the Senate chamber
| will be marked by those characteristics
of solemn dignity usual on such &C.
casions. The casket will be first borne
TO the marble room and then immedi-
ately before the ceremony the active
panbearers will bear it to the Senate
chamber, where it viii rest Immediate
! ly in front of the presiding officer 8
desk. The seats in the front circles of
the chamber viii be reserved for the
president and members of the cabinet
Back OF them, on either side, the hon
orary committees from the two houses
wearing large white crepe bands about
the arm, viii be seated Back of them
| viii be the members of the Senate and
of the House. The funeral cortege will
enter and leave the capitol from the
main entrance on the east front.