The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-23
REMAINS OF SENATOR CUsHMAX IA.
DAVIS INFERRED IN Ma
TIONAL CEMETERY
NO CEREMONY At BURIAL
Late Senator Himself Expressed De.
sire That His Grave should
Be in Airing
ton
FUNERAL STRICTLY PRIVATE

WASHINGTON. Oct. % = The noon
train over the Baltimore & Ohio railway
reached Washington on time today bear
ing the remains of Senator Cushman X.
Davis, of Minnesota, and Mrs. Davis 4
hearsa was in waiting, with several car
r1ages, and quickly the case was removed
from the car and, wrapped in a mourning
flag, started on it's last journey. The
small procession went up Pennsylvania
avenue, by the treasury building and
White house, and on out to Arlington
cemetery, in whose sacred grounds the
body of the distinguished Minnesotan now
rests by virtue of his military service
during the Civil war and the will Of his
widow.
1t is not strange that not dozen peo-
pie were at the station awaiting the ar
rival of the remains, for as little was
known here about Mrs. Davis intentions
as in Minnesota. She asked Col. Dan
RanSdell, sergeant-at-arm Of the senate.
to be put in communication with the
war department in order to secure u
burial permit, and conferred with several
of her own personal friends, but with no
body else
FEW AT STATION.
Capt. Henry A. Castle heard of the af-
fair through the newspaper men and
Mrs. Davis was glad to see him and in
vited him to ride to the cemetery in her
carriage. Nothing was done to spread
the word among the hundreds of people
who would have been glad Of an oppor-
tunity to pay a last tribute of respect to
the dead statesman. The arrangements
were in the hands of Edward H. Droop,
a Washington business man and Old
friend of the family He ordered the
carriages and secured the services of the
minister who oficiated at the grave. In
addition to Droop, Castle and Ransdell,
there were at the station Mrs. Alice R.
Willard, G. Schwartz, Miss Nessep and
Col and Mrs. Daniels, all Washington
people. Five carriages had been ordered,
but only three of them were used.
The only advance notice to the public
that Mrs. Davis was about to bring her
husbands body to Washington came in
the morning papers from st. Paul No
body here understands why this step has
been taken. it having been the general
understanding that Minnesota was to
erect a monument in memory OF her
greatest son and place his remains be-
meath it. AS soon as she had a chance
to speak to Col. Ransdell and Mr.. Droop
at the depot, Mrs. Davis, who is looking
very WELL notwithstanding the full
mourning worn for the occasion, said she
desired the funeral party to start for Ar
lington at once.
PORTERS AS PALLBEARERS.
So little attention had been paid to de-
tails that no pallbearers were selected,
and volunteer bearers were pressed into
service at the grave. From the Grain to
the hearse the casket was carried On
the shoulders of negro porters. The
funeral, at Mrs. Davis request, was
strictly private, and several photograph
~
fused admission when they stated that
they wished to get a picture of the in
terment. Last week Mrs. Davis COM
municated with the department quarter
master who has charge of Arlington,
and the usual formal order for interment
was issued Oct is. The grave was dug
yesterday All these matters were at
tended 10 quietly, however, and the pub
lie was startled when word came this
morning that the body was en- route and
would arrive at noon.
THE SENATOR'S OWN WISH.
A friend of the family explained Mrs.
Davis choice of Arlington today by say
ing that several years ago the senator
and his wife were driving through
Arlington. then in the full tide of its
famous summer beauty. The carriage
was stopped at the brow of a hill over
looking the river and city, and Mr..
Davis, pointing in the direction of the
quarters reserved for army officers, said
that when he died he should like very
much to be buried there.
The remark may not have been made
in full seriousness as expressing settled
wish, but Mrs. Davis evidently thought it
was. Besides. this friend added, Mrs.
Davis home is to be in Washington and
naturally she wants to have the grave
where she may see it when she desires.
SHUTS ST. PAUL OUT OF HER LIFE.
Notwithstanding this explanation, how
ever, there is a general feeling here that
Mrs. Davis is anxious to shut out of her
life all that part of it which relates to
ST. Paul, the city which caused her so
much bitter sorrow. She at first looked
favorably on the proposition to erect a
monument there. but when the legis-
lature failed to act last winter, she was
somewhat inclined to hold that city
responsible. Had its citizens been suf-
ficiently jealous, she believes, something
would have been done. Added to this
thought is the further knowledge that
since the legislature adjourned scarcely
anything has been done in ST. Paul
towards arranging for a monument or
any proper burial.
Meanwhile the body has rested in the
vault waiting action. Senator Davis has
now been dead almost year and Mrs.
Davis felt that she could not afford to
wait longer, especially as her personal
r-felag.