Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
LYING In STATE.
General Crooks Remains at
the Grand Pacific.
large Throngs Eager to View
the Body.
Arrangements for the Funeral 1hi'
Afternoon Complete.
List q Honorary l-Bearers-M Message
of Condoience-The Army IN
Mourning.
Associated Pre-. Dispatches. }

Associated Press Dispatched
CmcAeo. March 22.-The body OF
General Crook is lying in one oi the
parlors Of the Grand Pacific hotel, clad
in the full uniform of his rank and with
the national flag drawn over the casket,
ON which also are placed the chapeau
and sword of the deceased warrior.
since the parlors were opened to the
public this morning there has been great
throng present, anxious to view the re-
mains. Mrs. Crook was quite i'll last
night and this morning from nervous
prn-traiion. but was much improved this
afternoon. A great many telegrans oi
coincidence have been received from
prominent people in different portions OF
the country.
The Funeral Services.
-::.e funeral services will take place
tf,,-a.vrow at O'Clock, Rev. DR..
Mcpherson, OF ~ Second Pres
byterian church, officiating, as
sisted by Rev. DIR. Locke, Rev. DIR.
Thomas and Prof. Swing. After the
services the procession will move to the
Baltimore and Ohio depot. The pro-
cession will he composed of police; the
First. Second and portion OF
the Fourth regiments of infantry
Illinois National Guard; Battery ID;
members of the Loyal Legion, and 4
large number OF members OF the &. "A.
X. The funeral car will be attached to
the 2 :55 train, and will reach Oakland,
MARYLAND, at 10 O'Clock on Monday
morning. There the interment will be
private. The members of General
Crooks staff will accompany the re-
mains. together with six non-commls-
stoned officers detailed from Fort
Sheridan.
Honorary PaIl-Bearers.
The list of honorary pall-bearers at
tomorrow's services will be as follows:
Colonels Wade and Stanton, Generals
Morgan and Williams, u. :. A.. john
Collins. Of Omaha; General sooy smith,
Potter Palmer, Ex-Prcsidsnt HAYES,
Marshall Field, w. c. ID. Grannis. Writ
Dexter, Colonel J. b. Sexton, Judge II.
:. Tuthill. Mayor ID. c. Cregier, John b.
Drake. Z. r. Studebaker, j. Frank
Lawrence, George Dunlap, Judge Walter
q Gresham. John B. Carson, General
W. f.. Strong. John NJ. Clark, William
Penn Nixon. II. j. Mcfarland, {. ID.
Roys.
General Schofield has been ordered to
take command OF the Department OF the
Missouri. in conjunction with his pres
ent command. until future orders. Gen
eral Schofield will remain in the East.
Secretary Proctor's Orders.
WAsrISGToN, March 22-The Secre-
tarv ri War issued an order to the army
today. announcing the death OF General
Crook. 1t recites the gallant services OF
the deceased, and expresses apprecla-
ton of the great loss sustained Dy the
service The order concludes as follows: {:
General Crook was as truthful and sim
core as he was fearless and brave, these
combined qualities admirably fitting
him for the duties in which he was so
long engaged upon the frontier. lie
conld treat with the Indians successfully,
Tor their faith in his honesty and
counsel was as strong as tnelf
lear of his courage and sagacity i'll the
field. He was true soldier: good
citizen: faithful to duty, upright in pur-
nose simple and modest in his de-
meanor towards all; his life and ex-
annie NAV well be commended to all
younp men. and especially those OF the
army in which he so honorably served
The flag will be placed at haif-mast at
all military posts and stations, and thlr-
teen minute-guns will be fired on the
day of the receipt of this order, and the
badge OF mourning will be worn Tor
thirty days.
Fraternal sympathy.
New York, March 22.-At special
meeting of the National Board OF Man
ayers OF the Sons of the American kev-.
olution today, resolutions i'll memory OF
General Crook, who was member OF
the order, were adopted, and Bishop
Cheney, OF Chicago; Hon. w. III. In
calls. of Indiana; Governor Buckner, OF
Kentucky; Hon. w. III. Drearly,, OF
Michigan, and Hon. Horace Ruble OF
Wisconsin, were appointed committee
to attend the funeral, to represent tbe
National Board of Officers.
Crooks Ancestry.
BALTIMORE, March 22.-Francis A..
Crook, president of the Equitable In
surance Company, a cousin and intimate
friend of General Crook, has a recent
letter from the General, in which ne re-
fers to the family legend that their great
ancestors had fought in the battle OF the
Bovine. OF them one went to England
and the other came over with LORD bai-
timore, establishing the family IN TINS
country.