The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-31
LIEUT.. JENKINS FUNERAL
Al PIthburgh Yesterday N Patriotic T'ssti.
monial to the Memory ofone Of the Vic.

Al PItttbufEn hsslefuny " frtflouc Ietls
monlal to the Memory ofons OF the Vic.
tim. OF the Maine.
PITTSBURGH, March so.-The cities
Of Pittsburgh and Allegheny united to-
Jay In a loyal aud 1patrlotic splrl, and
paid the highest clvIl and military hon.
ors 10 the remains OF Lieutenant Friend
". jenkins. who perishsd on the United
states battleship Maine.
The public funeral accorded Lleuten.
ant jenkins remains was not 10 local
matter merely dictated by motives OF
local pride In n son OF this community:
n was a national affair and was the first
ou,pourlng OF the sentiments OF the peo-
rle, for this IA the first funeral OF q
victim OF the Maine that has taken
Mace oil American soil north OF
Key West. and Lieutenant ,Ien-
tns was the most prominent OF all
,hc 26S victims. From the time of the
arrival Of tho body In Pittsburgh, at
sos o'clock this morning until the yollcy
Of musketry over the grave In U%nlondale
cemetery, Allegheny. the manifestations
OF mourning and patriotism were mark
I'd In the two cities.
Flags were at half mast everywhere.
The tolllng OF bells, echoes OF minute
guns, the marked suppression OF the
b~oIsterousness OF ordinary days. the
strains OF funeral airs and the muller
roll Of drums told those who heard, but
did not see. OF the solemn event passing
this day. The funeral programme was
made 10 occupy most Of the day In the
execution Of It and the weather was
most favorable for It. First the body
was taken to Allegheny and placed in
state at 0 o'clock In the postofice corri-
dor, A squad Of division C. Pennsyiva-
MA Naval Reserves was the guard OF
honor. At II O'clock still escorted by the
military guard and q detachment OF po-
lccmen It was Drought 10 the court
house In this city, where It again laid In
state for Two hours.
While the people filed by the bier and
the bells tolled, the national guard or
farizatlons and the G. ~. r. posts as.
semhled In the vicinity. At 40 o'clock
the march to Allegheny was taken up.
The casket wac placed OIL a casslon and
the procession was headed by General
Wiley and staff OF the Second Brigade
y. G. P.
Then followed the fourteenth and
Eighteenth regiments n. Gti p, Division.
c, Pennsylvania Naval Reserves. Bat
terry &, Washington Infantry, Hibernlan'
Rifles, Grand Army OF che Republic and
NUMEROUS patriotic organizations.
Through n great concuurse Of men.
women and children the procession
marched slowly to Christ Protestant
Episcopal church, Allegheny. Here the
Impressive and beautiful Episcopal SER
vice for the dead was performed and a
tender sermon. full of lessons patriotic
and Christian was preached by the rec
cor. Rev. Robert Mech.
Then came the march to the cemetery,
the final service. the committing OF the
body 10 the earth, the firing OF the sa-
lutte. the closing OF the grave and the
placing at Its head of the American flag.
Among the many beautiful floral Of
tsrinSs was Al anchor sent by the class
Of Sc OF the United States Naval Acade-
my. Annapolis. and a b%attleship from
the Western University OF Pennsylvania.
from which the deceased graduated foe-
fore entering Annapolis.
Throughout the entire day not an &C.
cdent occurred ana the programme was
carried out to the letter without a hitch.
1t is estimated that during the short
wh';e the caskct was lying In state To-
Wo people In Allegheny and $4,000 in
Pittsburgh paid their respects TO the
dead. Owing 10 the limited time the