The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-04


Wunern1 NJ Gcnerai Crook ns Oakland. Nd
"a Large Concous,>- 81 rsoplr tr<~snts
Inslusllng = Large Representation 80 the
War Depart Nrnt. Prominent Gtttfsns
aud Others Veterans ~ she civil Was
Out La Horcr-
RAiriMorn. Nd. March a..-The
suns special from Oakland. Md. says:
General George Crook. II. :. A.. was
buried horc yesterday. The arrange
mcnts for the funeral we're made by NJ.
n. v. ofyutt ~ Oakland. who for many
years had bscn an intimate friend Of
General and Mrs. Crook. The trains ar
irving from East and West were crowded
with persons who came 70 pay the last
tribute 81 respect 10 the dead General.
The following officers and others ar
rived from Washington SUNDAY night
70 be present ~ the inicrmcnt; General
samuel Beck. Assistant Adjntant-Gen-
cral. ". = A.. Lieutenant Charles y.
Schotcld; Captain Geo :. Anderson, Of
the Sixth Cavalry: Captain John q.
Eourke. Of the Third Cavalry, Who was
formany years Mjutant under General
Crook. all u whom represented the War
Department: w. j. Hancock. supern-
fcndcnt Of tho Wells-fargo Express at
New York. and Mrs. Hancock; Con-
rrcssmen Mckinley. Of Ohio. and Dor
sey. OF Nebraska. and General Nathan
Col, OF West Virginia.
On the mourning train were Captain
W. 4. Griiliths and others from Cumber-
land.
Grand Army Hall was drapcd in
mourning, and Oakland Post presented
h very handsome floral tribute. The
+ funeral train did not arrive until two
F.. o'clock in tho afternoon -four hours
A late notwith standing dispatch was
sent out from Baltimore claiming that
4 il had arrived at ten o'clock and that
the funeral occurred at eleven. There
was large crowd at the depot The
Y funeral party occupied special car.
Z which was sidc-tracked. The casket
4 was opened at the railroad pla form.
and the large crowd present had an OPP
4 portunity to view the remains. The
I procession was then formed, with the
Grand Army men in front
The services at the grave consisted in
reading a few passages OF Scripture
from the Nineteenth chapter OF Job and
the Fourteenth chapter OF ST. Johns
Gospel. and prayer by Rev. }. f. Mof-
fatt. and the bcnediction by Rev. J. W.
w. Bolton Of the Methodist Episcopal
-hurch.
Owing to the dislike Of General Crook
FOR display the army officers were in citi
zcns clothes The only persons in uni
form were the six soldiers who bore the
.ael,.+ ~, ifS ~-xStiucr rfacn
Assistant Adjutant-Gcnera Carbn
mad charge OF the funeral party. and
there were with him Colonel + d. iieyer,
lnspcctor-t;c .-cral. Colonel l.. H. stan
ton. Of the Pay Department: 9. NJ. Ran
Hall: Major 4. 5. Roberts and Lieuten-
ant kcnnon. Of General Crooks staff:
and Mrs. John = Collins. Of Omaha.
Ex-Prcsident Hayes also accompanied
the party as far as Fostoria. o. and his
son. Webb Hayes. came on TO Oakland.
The floral tributes we're numerous
and handsome. An express wagon was
pressed into service TO haul them to the
cemetery.
The veterans Of the late war living In
Oakland and neighborhood attended
the funeral in force There was almost
total suspension OF business, and the
people turned out en- massc and accom-
panied the remains TO their last resting
place. Mrs. Crook and Mrs. Reed. her
sister. will remain here for several
davs 4 I least