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Show houses and dwellings similar tokens of mourning are to be teen. LAID JT REST. The Last Sad Kites Over the Remain Re-main of the Late Secre- s tary of the Treasury. The Day was One of Genuine Mourning at the National Capital. FLAGS FLYING AT HALF MA8T- The Funeral was Severely Simple ' W ithout Attempt at Display . or Ostentation. The Strikingly Beautiful Floral Tributes Evidences of the E'teem in Which Hi was Held- THE PEACEFUL FACE OF THE DEAD. Viewed by Borrowing Friend at It Lay la Statala tha rainlly Drawing Jtooin The Service. Washington, Feb. 2. The national city is truly in mourning today. The executive departments and their ' banches have been closed all day, aud congress did not assemble until 2 o'oloik in the afternoon. ' The flags on all public buildings are ; displayed at half mast; also those of the hotels and business establishments throughout the city, and the large col-. col-. umns of the four fronts of the treasury , department arc heavily draped in black. t These honors were paid to the nmn-ory nmn-ory of the late Secretary Wiiidom, vliose remains were committed to their last resting place toduy. The navy department and the department depart-ment of justice are also draped in honor of ex-Secretary Bancroft and ox-Attorney-General Devens. The streets in the vicinity of the church where the last rites were per1 formed were crowded with men, women and children who stood in respectful silence, many of them with bared heads as. the mournful cortege passed. The funeral was simple in character and without the least attempt at display dis-play or ostentation. Tho only semblance sem-blance to military honors was the pres- ence pf sixteen members of the treasury t branch of national guards of the Pis- !. trict.who acted as body bearers and marched beside the hearse. The 'civic (funeral was so largo, however, as to be . a striking evidence of the people's v great love and esteem for the dead statesman. ; J . ', ,4 -. During the forenoon the odf bfHlia . , de.id secretary: . lay Jn open casket in '' J!lw fitylf drawing room, - The iae n'i I ,",ie'xpTession.l'he' sombre b!ack cover-" cover-" : ing of the casket was relieved by a profusion pro-fusion of beautiful white flowers In va- ' fious desrgns, tributes of lovTng friends. 4 V On the casket ' the ; only decorations were crossed palm leaves and a crepe of violets around the upper end of the lid- The floral offerings were beautiful , . and numerous.. President and Mrs. '' -f" Harrison sent a large wreath of violets 'and liics of the valley, encircled by a band of purple ribbon, crossed with a . ' gheuf of wheat; Vice-President and Mrs. t - Mi.rton sent a beautiful wreath of Kng-lish Kng-lish violets, roses, lilies of the valley and asparagus vino; 8'-c-retary and Mrs. Blaine, Kn t ir , li:ie and palms; Fred Bracked, white I roses and asparagus vines; The secretary secre-tary of the navy, a cluster of brides - roses, plumes and asparagus vines; the i union league club of Minneapolis, crosses of roses and lilies of the valley i with a wreath of violets; Secretary and Mrs. Kusk sent a wreath of azaleas, roses and lilies with ferns. The governor gover-nor of Minnesota and Mrs. ' Merrium, bunch of calla lilies; Mrs. Lewis of Washington ladies Mount 'Vernon association, design of palm leaves and roses with lilies of the valley ; officers and employes of the register's office of the treasury department, floral fuc simile of the treasury seal and representation rep-resentation of scales and key. The Ik. use was thrown open to the public between fi aud 11 o'clock, during which time t here v:is a constant stream of people! passing through. At the latter lat-ter hour the house was closed to visitors visit-ors and soon after the brief religious i services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Hamil, pastor of the Church of the (Jovenatit. The services were prtvaie, the only persons present being the members of the afflicted family and their relatives, the president, vice president presi-dent and members of the cabinet, with their ladies. The funeral services at the Church of the Covenant began at 12 o'clock and while exceedingly simple, they were profoundly impressive. The attendance attend-ance comprised all the leading officials in Washington and their families, including in-cluding the president and cabinet, the diplomatic corps, tho justices of the supreme court and the court of claims, senators, representatives nod s officers of the army and navy, ,'the-Ohio ,'the-Ohio society of New York was also represented. re-presented. The church was crowded and there was an immense crowd surrounding sur-rounding it that could not gain entrance. en-trance. The church was devoid of decoration except that of the beautiful floral pieces previously mentioned, which were ! tastefully' arranged in front of the pulpit pul-pit platform. The pew formerly occupied occu-pied by the deceased was heavily draped in mourning. The services consisted of singing by a 1' uartette and a number of prayers. Ir. Hamlin then reviewed the dead statesman's life, ortrayiug how, while lollowing a farmer's lite. Windom's ambition am-bition led him to espouse the profession of law. He traced Wimlom's course through the house and senate, paying high eiilooiims to his ability as a senator sena-tor and representative. At the conclusion of the church services ser-vices the romaing were conveyed to Rock Creek cemetery and there in-terred. in-terred. , New York, Feb. 2 The United States treasury olliivs in this city were 'closed today lind draped with mourn-ing mourn-ing as a tribute of respect lo the memory mem-ory of the lats Secretary Windom. The flags ware lowered to half mast on' ail public buildings and on many prjvate j |