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Show HID 11111 BESS. 7b s 0bssquies ; .bp caru Wind 3Ie,Voineu and Children Earc Tiif.lv Meads as the Cor lege Passes.; E!eq;ant Floral Tributes Sent-by Sent-by t!i3 Dlstingui'Shetl . FsSsn of th a Watson. The Voeping Mother and ChiJdreri Take Their Last Loo&at the Casket. Washington, Feb. i-T'deXatiotiul C ipitai was truly a city of mourning to day. The Executive departments and their branches were closed all day and Congress did not assemble until, '2 o'clock iu tlie afternoon. Flags' otr all tne public buildings were displayed at half-mast; also those of tire hotels and business establishments throughout through-out the city, and the large columns of the four fronts of the Treasury Department Depart-ment were heavily draped in black. Tise.se honors were paid to the hisiu-ory hisiu-ory of the late Secretary Wiiidoui, wiiose remains were committed to their last resting place to-day. The .Navy Department and Dep.nriment of Justice Jus-tice were also draped in mourning in honor of ex-Secretary Bancroft and ex-Attorney General Stevens. The streets in the vicinity of' the church where the iast sad rites were performed were crowded with nifii,. women and children, who stood in re-, speciful silence, many of them with baied heads, as tho mournful cortege missed. The funeral was simple in character art! without the -least, attempt at-tempt at dispiar or ostentation. The only semblance to military honors was ihe. prcsm-tv of sixteen emo r; of ihe Tiv.jsmy ib-an- ii 2sa-ona! 2sa-ona! Guard o" t he I) siri.-i .win act d is body hearers u: 1 iaarciie 1 besiue the hearse. The civic funeral was St large, however, as to be a striking evidence evi-dence of the people's great" love arid esteem, rr- nir. . ...mtrrnr "dead Secretary lay in an open caskej in the family drawingroom. . The face of the deceased wore a calm and peaceful peace-ful expression. The somber black covering of tlie casket was relieved Py v profusion of beautiful white flowers in various designs, tributes of loving friends. On tne casket the only decorations dec-orations were crossed palm leaves and a crepe of violets around the upper end of tlie lid. ' . - The floral offerings were beautiful and nnmerons. The President and Mrs. Harrison sent a large wreath of . violeis, lilies of the va-llsy, encircled bv a band of purple ribbon and crossed with a siieat of whcUt; the Vice-President and Mr-'.. Morton sem. 'a. beautiful beauti-ful wreath' of English violets, roses, lilies of tiie vaihy and asparacus vine; Secretary .and Mrs. Biaine, Boater Boa-ter liiies and" palm, Fred Bracket t, white roses an i aspaiagus v iisct,.-ca,-retarv of the Navy, a cluster of brides" roses, plumes and asparagus vines: Union League Club of Minneapolis, ciosses of roses and lilies of the valley, with a v.reath of violets; Secretary and .Mrs. Busk, a wreatb of azaleas, roses and lilies, with buns; the Governor Gov-ernor of Minnesota and Mrs. Morrison, a bunch of coila lilies; ladies of the Mount Vernon Association, a design of palm leaves ana roses, with lilies of the valley; officers and employees of the Register's office, Treasury De-nartment. De-nartment. a floral fac simile of the treasury seal and .representation of scales and keys. The funeral services at the Church of the Covenant began at 12 o'clock. While exceedingly simple, thoy were profoundly impressive. The attendance attend-ance comprised all the leading officials in Washington and their families, including in-cluding tiie President and Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corps. Justices of the Supreme Court and Court Qf. Chums, Senators, Representatives and officers of the army and uavy. The Ohio Society of New York was also represented". repre-sented". The church was crowded and there was an immense crowd ?ur-rouuding ?ur-rouuding It that could not gain M i tr;m CP. A company of old soldiers from the National Soldiers' Home, the grounds of which adjoin the Rock Creek cemetery ceme-tery on the east, had obtained permission permis-sion to witness the closing ceremonies, and, accompanied by General Wilcox, governor of tlie borne, and other officers, offi-cers, .they were drawn up in doublo line at the entrance of the gate, and as the long cortegs passed and wound its way under tiie dark folinge of overhanging' over-hanging' evergreen trees that border the principal avenue, the home band, which headed the column of veterans, played "Nearer, My God. to Thee." The grave was on tlie side of a gently-sloping gently-sloping hill, a littls to the vresfand north of the center of the grounds, and just at the foot of a towering oak. The services at the erave were impressive im-pressive Following the casket, which had been carried to the side ot the open grave, came the members of the Cabinet, t wo by two, ami after them Mrs. Windom. leaning heavily on tho arm of her son. Then came the two daughters, and following them relations rela-tions and friends. Mrs.- McKce- on tlie arm of the President, Private Secretary Sec-retary Ilaliord and other meinber.3 of the President's official household were among those who came e: !;-!-. Who-: all had res-died -.he side of the grave, Dr. II a in! in read a hort chapter irwm the Bide. ;-:id then invoked divine blessing upon the stricken family, lie thank.! God for the good example which the (bur! Secretary had set for the wvrhl, and urr-yed Hist. tlie. peace which all innierstunding might sustain nd comfort those, who niourti his lost.. After the casket was lowered, the weeping mother and children .stepped to the side of the grave, took their last look at the violci-hiJeu casket, and then turned away. The procession quickly reformed and returned to the city. . |