Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24


of Aldermen of that city and by Charles M.
Matthew and Lieut. Reginald F. Nicholson,
representing Mr.. Corcoran The remains were
then taken to the City Hall, where they lay in
state in the Governors room the following day,
being viewed by thousands of people, after
which they were forwarded to Washington on
a special car
At the old Baltimore & Potomac Depot,
where Garfield was shot just two years before,
the funeral car arrived scheduled on the
morning of the gath, and The Star that after
noon told of its being met by the committee
designated for the purpose and of its tenn
porary disposition, as follows:
March 24-The remains of John Howard
Payne, the author of Home Sweet Home the
brightest jewel in the coronet of simple songs
arrived in this city shortly after o'clock this
morning. There no one at the Baltimore
& Potomac depot when the train arrived exc
cept Mr.. w. w. Corcoran and the undertaken.
Mr.. Gawler. Mr.. G. M. Matthews and Lieut.
Nicholson, who had accompanied the remains
from New York, stepped from the train and
greeted Mr.. Corcoran. The undertaken, with
the assistance of some of the railroad employees
lifted out the coffin, which was inclosed I'm
wedge-shaped foreign looking box of wood
heavily bound at the sides and corners with
straps of wrought iron On each side were
three iron handles. The box was covered with
a black pail and draped with an American flag.
ut was borne at once to the hearse, followed
by Mr.. Corcoran and his two representatives.
and, taking carriages, the entire party accom-
panied the remains to Oak Hill, and saw them
placed in the chapel. This morning, shortly
after 10 o'clock, Mr. Corcoran drove over to
Oak Hill and superintendent the removal of
the outer box which encased the hardwood
coffin The original coffin, when exhumed in
Tunis, was found to be greatly decayed. Be-
sides the bones of the dead man, it contained
traces Of the colonel's uniform in which Payne
was buried. The contents of the decayed coffin
were put in a leaden coffin and the whole in-
closed in the hardwood caSket The latter Will
be exposed to view in the chapel and will prob
ably remain there for some days before being
removed to the vault"
ON the following June g. 1888, the anni-
versary of the poets birth, the funeral
procession was formed at the old building Of
the Corcoran Gallery OF Art, at the northeast
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth
street, where the remains had been conveyed
that they might lie in state the night befores
The time set for the line to move was O'Clock.
and the route by way of Pennsylvania avenua
over the bridge and to the cemetery, the pro-
eesSion being arranged as follows:
CHIEF MARSHAL.
Brevet Maj. Gen. r. B. Ayres, q. s. a
Aides: LeutS. George Mitchell, Sebree Smith
and Lotus Niles cd Artillery, U. 8. A.
Aides MesSrs Harrison H. Dodge, Robert s..
Chew.
Band
The National Rifles
Col. J. o. p. Burnside.
The Union Veteran Corps
Capt s. e. Thomson.
Light Battery ed Artillery
Capt. John I. Rogers, u. s. A.
Band
Washington Light Infantry Corps
COL w. G. Moore.
Band.
Artillery Battalion (2d Artillery
Col. L. L. Langdon q. 8. A.
The officiating cS&NR.
HearSe bearing remains Of John Howard Payne.
PallbearerS
Gen. j. @. Parke, u. s. A.
Comdr. w. G. Temple, u. 8. ~.
Hon. Clayton McMichael
Gabriel Harrison, ESQ.
COL Thomas L. Casey, q. 8. A.
Hon. William A. Maury
Prof. Spencer r. Baird
Mai. A. S. Nicholson, u. s.. n q.
The relatives of John Howard Payne.
The Orator Of the Day.
The Poet Of the Day.
The President Of the United states.
Members Of the Cabinet.
Members Of the Diplomatic Corps.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices q
the Supreme Court of the United StateA
Clerk and Marshal.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices q
the Supreme Court OF the District of Columbia.
Clerk and Marshal.
The Chief Justice and Judges Of the UnitoA
States Court of Claims, and its clerk.
Members of the Senate and House q
Representatives.
The Commissioners of the District Of Columbia
and secretary.
Mfr. Corcoran and his family.
1.-THE committee Of arrangements: James q.
yelling, LID, chairman; Mr. Charles M. Mae
thews, secretary; Hon. James b. Edmonds, Mr..
Samuel H. Kaufman, MIR. Anthony Hyde,
IT q A.
Clark Mr.. SeveIIOn A. Brown, Mr.. r. B. Me
Ciuire Admiral David d Porter. IL S. NJ: mr..