Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-08
invites Bereaved Woman to Stay at
White House.
POLITICIANS AND DIPLOMATS LEAVE CARDS
Constant Stream of MOumers Pay Homage
to Former Speaker.
FUNERAL is FIXED FOR TUESDAY NEXT
Famous Leader VIII he Laid to Rest
from Unitarian Church in His
Native City in state of
Maine.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE remains Of
Thomas Bracket Reed left here this after
noon for Portland Me-. where the inter-
ment Will take place on Tuesday after
noon.
The casket was placed on a special train,
leaving Washington at 1850 and running
as the second section Of the Federal ex-
press, scheduled to arrive at Portland to-
morrow.
Accompanying the body we're Mrs. Reed
Miss Catherine Reed, Amos l.. Allen, Mr..
Reeds successor in the house; Asher c.
Kinds, Mr.. Reeds parliamentary clerk
while speaker. and Augustus G. Payne Of
New York, a lifelong friend At Mrs
Reeds request there we're no ceremonies
of any kind and at Portland they will be
Of the simplest character
President Pays Respects.
During the entire day there was a stream
OF sympathetic callers at the Arlington
hotel, where the body Of Mr.. Reed lay
awaiting removal to the railroad station.
| They included President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
members of the cabinet. the senate, house
OF representatives and diplomatic corps.
Many persons in private life also called.
Neither Mrs. Reed nor her daughter saw
any OF the visitors, who simply left their
cards. 1t was not generally known that
| the body would be taken from the city
! today and President Roosevelt had invited
Mrs. Reed and her daughter to be his
guests at the White House pending it's re-
moval, which invitation, however, they felt
| compelled to decline.
| The body was enclosed in a casket with
| heavy oxidlzed extension handles, and on
/ the top was solid silver plate, on which
had been engraved the following simple
| inscription:
| Thomas Bracket Reed
| October is, 1889; December Z, 1902.
The casket remained at the hotel until
about T. when it was brought downstairs
and lifted into the hearse, the under
takers assistants and the employees OF the
hotel acting as body bearers. Then, with
| out ceremony or display OF any kind, IL
was removed TO the station. On the. casket
| rested two floral offerings, one from the
| widow and the other, enclosed in a long
pasteboard box, from Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt Sends Roses.
Mrs. Reeds Offering was a large wreath
Of violets. American Beauty roses and or
chids sprinkled with Lilies Of the Valley,
while that from the White House was an
assortment of white and pink roses, with
maiden hair ferns loosely thrown together.
Soon after the body left the hotel Mrs.
Reed and her daughter, Mr.. Payne, Mr..
! Allen and Mr.. Kinds were driven to the
special train. Among those at the sta
tion were Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Justice
McKenna of the supreme court, General
Draper of Massachusetts and Repre-
sentatives Hit and LittleHeld. The spe-
cial train carrying the funeral party was
made of the composite car Brutus the
sleeper Harvard and day coach.
Mr.. Littleheld expects to go to Portland
to attend the funeral and Representative
Burleigh, who is there already, is also ex-
pected TO be present.
The arrangements for the obsequies have
been left in the hands of Joseph W.
Symonds and John c. Small. an old neigh :
Dor Of Mr.. Reeds. So far as yet arranged,
the funeral will take place some time on
Tuesday afternoon. from the First Parish
Unitarian church. Of which the Rev. John
Carroll Perkins 10 pastor. The interment
will be at the Evergreen cemetery.
House VIII Adjourn.
The house will adjourn soon after assemb.
ling tomorrow as a mark of respect to Mr
Reeds memory. This course was decided
on tonight.
Immediately after approval of the Journal
James S. Sherman IN. " will be recog.
nized to present resolution OF condolenc,
and the house, after adopting 1t, will ad.