Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
HOyORS FOR MORRILL,
Dead Senator Will Receive Solemn Funeral
Rites Of the Senate.
'NTERMeNT WILL TAKE PLACE IN VERMONT
Family Receiver the Condolences Of
the Nation and Congress Will Ac.
cord Unusual Dignity TO the
Final Ceremony

" hOhlb WAN ahCu Cdily thib AAV III
| were completed today. The funeral cere-
mony will be held In the senate chamber
| on Saturday at 10 o'clock noon. Until then
the body win remain at the family residence
on Massachusetts, avenue and will be borne
to the capitol early Saturday morning. The
services. in the senate will be conducted by
Rev. q. Bradford Leavitt Of All Souls Uni.
tartan church. where Senator Morrill, was an
attendant for a number Of years. assisted
by Rev. DR.. Muburn, the blind chaplain Of the
senate. The. body will be taken to the. family
home at Strafford. VT, for burial beside that
Of Mrs, Morrill,, although 1t Will probably
be, entombed here for q time until the family
mausoleum, now under construction, 10 COM
I pleted. ..,+.,- s-... a. .n ~.
AT the family residence of the dead senator
there were many evidences Of affectionate
regard during the day. Senators and repre-
sentatives who had served alongside the
venerable statesman for years called to pay
their tribute of respect. Mr.. Proctor, the
colleague Of Mr.. Morrill, for the last" five
years, spent the morning at the house, aiding
In the last oflces to the deceased. DURING
the morning DR.. Swamp, the brother-inIaw
and Miss Swami, ster-in-law Of the SEN
ator and for some time a m OF the
household, arrived from Boston. Besides the
personal callers, man. messages Of condo
iencs came by telegraph The kilograms rep.
resented all sections, coming from California,
Connecticut, Philadelphia, the south and
west and all parts OF New England.
Large Honorary Committees.
sergeant-at-Arms Bright OF the senate
was at the house early in the day and took
charge Of the funeral arrangements. Owing
to the absence from the city Of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart and Speaker Reed, who to-
gether name the honorary committees from
the respective houses, there was some delay
In designating these committees. The vice
president and speaker we're communicated
with by telegraph and the committees will
be announced later. Eleven senators and
fifteen representatives probably will be
named, a number in excess Of that usually
designated. owing to the lifelong public
service Of Senator Morrill, and the desire
to have: many old associates represented in
the last testimony Of respect. It. ID, ex-
pected also thai Mr.. Hobart and Speaker
Reed will return for the service II their en-
gagemcnts will permit.
The ceremony in tie senate chamber will
be marked by those characteristics Of
solemn dignity usual on such occasions.
The casket will be first borne to the marble
room and. then, Immediately before the
ceremony. the active pallbearers, will bear
it to the senate chamber, where, It will
rest Immediately In !fyont Of the presiding
officers desk. The seats. in the front, CIRCLE
of the chamber will be reserved Tor the
president and members Of the cabinet.
Back Of them, on either side, the honorary
committees from the two houses, wearing
large Grape bands about the arm: will
be seated. Back Of them will be the mem
bers of the senate and Of the house. Tho
liunerNi tensi and leaves the capitol
from the. main entrapce on the east. front.
H. Vice President Hobart s.kefegrapheds he
would be- here to- attend the funeral. The
committee of, senators named by the vice
president to accompany the remains to YER
mont consists Of Messrs. Proctor, Allison,
Cockrell, Hoar. Morgan, German, Cullom,
Vest. J. P. Jones, Turpie, Aldrich,, Gray,
Chandler, Faulkner, Fairbanks, Wolcott.,
The house committee announced by
Speaker Reed is as follows: Representatives
Grout, Powers, Hit, Dingley, Mccall. Grow,
Bankhead, 'Catchings, Richardson, Foss and
Joseph Wheeler. The special train which
Will bear the remains to Vermont will con-
sist Of three cars, From Jersey City the
train will go north over the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railway to Mont
pelier, where an honorary escort win meet
It. The remains will be taken to
the cemetery there and placed in a vault
pending removal to the mausoleum now
under construction at Stanford. VT, the de-
ceased's ,fnal resting place. A number of
other senators and Representatives besides
the regularly appointed committees expect to
60 on the funeral train. e "