The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
HANNA FUNERAL.
Services Held in Senate Cham
ber of National Capitol.
Attended by High officials of
This and Other Nations.
IN CHARGE OF DR.HALE
Chaplain of the Senate Conduct.
ed the Ceremonies.
House of Representatives At
tends in a Body.

Washington, Feb. 17.--In the presence
of the grief stricken family of many
friends whose sorrow was scarcely less
pronounced, of the senate and house
of representatives, of dignitaries from
all the other branches of the govern
ment and of the chief official represen-
tatives of most of the foreign powers
| the funeral of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna took place today in the SEN
ate chamber, the scene of his most re-
cent activities and of his entire official
life. The spectacle was imposing and
quite in harmony with the public esti-
mate of the great mans services to
his country and the world. The cere-
mony was dignified and simple in con-
sonance with his character.
The senate chamber lent itself nat
uraIly to the occasion. 1t is especially
barren of decorations and the dark fur
niture, heavy walls and Subdued light
were quite in keeping with the sorrow
full proceedings which were the occasion
of the gathering. Seldom has more
distinguished body of people been col
lected in Washington to do honor,
either to the living or the dead, and
rarely has there been witnessed here
more impressive proceeding The floor
of the chamber was filled with the rep
resentatives of the official life of the
IldliOfldl Capital lle 6dlicIlSS Will ptO-
pie from all the higher walks of society,
including the families of officials and
many persons of distinction in the pro-
fessional and business world. The hall
is not of great dimensions and admiS-
sion to the galleries was SO regulated
that there was no crowding. The de-
mand for tickets was such that if it
could have been met the space would
have been filled many times over.
PRESIDENT IN FRONT RANK.
In the front rank of the eminent as
semblage gathered Immediately after
the bier of the departed statesman sat
the president. He was fanked by the
members of his cabinet, all of whom
had been closely affiliated with Senator
Hanna by ties of friendship and politi-
cal association. Nearby were the chief
| justice and the associate justices of the
supreme court of the United states,
garbed in their black robes of office
which fitted well into the scene of sor-
row. There were scarcely any absen-
tees from among the members OF the
senate. Each and all of them were Wis
IDLY affected and it was not difficult to
detect in their sorrowful countenanceS
the sense of personal loss that all felt
in Mr.. Hanna's death.
The desk of their late colleague was
heavily draped.
The religious ceremony was fittingly
placed in the hands of DR.. Edward
Everett Hale, chaplain of the senate,
giving it an official character while
preserving its solemnity and insur1ng
it's simple dignity.
The ceremony began shortly after II
O'Clock, but the gallery doors were
thrown open long before that hour, and
the galleries were occupied mostly by
! ladies' The casket was borne into the
chamber by a squad of capitol police,
headed by Sergeant-at-Arms Randall
of the senate and was Immediately fol-
lowed by the official commission with
Senator Foraker and General Grosvenor
at the head Slowly the little procession
moved down the main aisle of the
chamber and the caSket was tenderly
placed upon the catafalque which was
to hold it.
The hall was banked with flowers
which had been sent in great profusion
by friends. There was a large wreath
of orchids surrounding cross of vio-
let's from the president.
The senate contributed an immense
wreath of orchids, carnations, roses and
violets, the Republican association of
Ohio another almost as large and the
Gridiron club of this city another,
which was of striking beauty
SENATE CALLED TO ORDER
Senator Frye as president pro tenn
pore stood in front of his chair as the
body was borne to its resting place. All
the people in the galleries rose as II
with one impulse as the casket was
borne to its place. The pail bearers had
scarcely retired when the senate was
called to order and the senators who
had entered took their seats upon the
fall of the gavel of the president pro
tenn. Immediately afterward the house
of representatives, with Speaker can
non at its head, was announced, and the
members of that body filed slowly IN
taking the seats previously assigned TO
them the senators and visitors IN the
galleries rising.
Speaker Cannon took his place at the
lett of President Pro Tenn Frye. Then
came the ambassadors and ministers
from foreign countries, who were given
the seats next to the front row of the
senate chamber and they were immedi-
ateIy followed by Admiral Dewey and
Major General Gillespie representing the
navy and army. The chief justice and
| associate justices of the supreme court
were ushered into seats on the Demo-
cratic side.
President Roosevelt and members of
his cabinet were then announced and
all present rose without waiting for
the tap of the gavel. The presidential
party were escorted by Colonel SymonS
and Commander Winslow in full uni
form. The president and his cabinet
occupied the front row of seats at the
right of the presiding officers.
Twenty minutes later Mrs. Hanna,
J leaning heavily upon the arm of her
| son, Daniel R. Hanna, entered the
chamber and took seat in the front
row on the left of the presiding Off
Ger. She was followed by her daugh-
terS ana their nuSDaldS ana OlHer
members of the family and immediate
friends, all of whom were given seats
in the immediate vicinity of the cas-
ket Every one present rose as the
family entered and remained standing
until they had been seated. President
protein Frye then addressed the sem
ate, saying:
Senators. you have solemn1y and
lovingly dedicated this day to an OBJ
servance of a proper funeral ceremony
over Marcus A Hanna, late a dis
tinguished member of this body. and