New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-24
FTNERAL or GENERAL CROOh-


THoUs ANDS OF PEOPLE II CHICAGO LOOK UPON
TIE FACE OF THE DEAD.
Chicago March a3-By 3 o'clock to-day, the body
Il the late Major General George b. Crook had D''i
horne from among the thousands who loved nm mere
toward il, last resting place. in Maryland The
c.ues today AZ the Grand Pacific were impressive
purlnc the morning IL seemed a, though the ehuN
eft, cndcavorcd to obtain last look al tc i"'c o'
The dead General Through the parlpr "h're j" i''
In STATE the silent thousands passed nh'l' a. "0
,,c ~ ,h, service drew near the crowd became 50
large tha, police were staiond at the foot OF all ue
t,lrya,s with orders to allow no one to ascend u
,i ..,,s floor Tn, parlprs and halls on that ho"r
vcre n,uassable when the Rev. DR.. Mcpherson on"c'
,l nern. pr,ycr ~ the foot Of the stairs huhui"ds
,rowdcd the way. vainly cndeavorinS To near
, quartet from the second Prcsbyteri Church
choir sang at the close OF the prayer. pr i'o',''s
uo,ed the Nnciicth Psalm and chapter from '"o
In IN, course OF his brief but comforting remains
Professor swing then read most eloquent u'p"'c ="
m, dead Dr. NoPhcrson spoke coquently ana a-all
c-, nr,v,r Dr. clinton Locke closing the services
with the hcnediction -,
Mr., Crook who previous to the service ian ro
moiu.d with her sister and friends IN an a'J' '"-
room but had been present during the '"'"' "'"'
then took Captain King, arm ana iiu Ia, W." "'
the dead Then the coffin wa taken ITO" '"' ,,'
.,uoyea by the members Of the Loyal Legion "hie
49, ,., an, O.. Re, for the Weary" Nr> Crook ana
v re,ae were then driven quietly 10 the Baltimore
and Ohio station. ,
Tho funeral procession on lcavn- the hotel paS'e"
north In Clarl. 81. to Washington st. then 'dS' III
Washington st. 90 the station. the streets pens
,rovded the entire distance The tram o" WIN =.
IN, funeral party left the city at O'CLOCK 'oh''S'
- nine ,ar, the one containing the colin being III
the rear of the mail car. II Wa ehui'N 'o''''''
,,th hl,ck and the interior drapcd with Ameri-
can e,g, Tia, special Pullman car devoted l" nES,
,r... And III. escort heavily drapch IN pia' "A
D ,H. .~ tcri,r l.,pcd with narrow band, OF wh"
Ttc "n,,or, detailed to act a quart Of honor ana
who occupied -eat, IN tii, SPECIAL car, "vTc "
,,iu kennan The car viii start from Oakland 10
morrow night. returning win these nI'rr, anu rhe i'
special quart no" in chtrse oi th thr n"N s n,m
,ni,rr. arcompanyns Mrs. Crook VIII aci as pan,
hrarcr. Al oakland. The following gentlemen a'ifi
a, pail bcarcr- 10 day General Il. i, @ @liaSrI "
strong Wirt Dexter Marshall Field. W C. d. Erannl,,
John VI Clark Colonel !. y sexton Niliaih rem. rem.
- c. Grcacr &. u. Roys. John y. prahe. S9ioncI
James F. Wade, 3u Cavalry. , : \. General VI y:
General Robert williams L. : A.. Assistant Ndn'anl-
General John Collins. Of omaha p f. snd'naer.
Palmer and George /. Dunlap ........
Among other noted men present we're eN "1vernSr
rur,hard of Wisconsin captain Charles King. com,
mandant Of the Wisconsin Militia. and Colonel
roo, Ok a m m" "p' hatte Of Ho~cnud and wa~ in
ancc AT the funeral. not only A. rcpr'>entitVr oi
-nntaivr Of IN. citizen ~oldcrv. TO the necessity of
encouraging which General Crook was among fhe
nr, to call attention.
\ painful incident Of the services AZ the Grand
Pacific was the spread of a rumor that General
crank. aged brother. Walter Crook. had suffered q
.rokc Of paralysi, in The rotunda OF the hotel itS
had the GenrralS friend, hHstcncd Ia Mr. 'fppe
vhrn word came that the stroke had already resulted
fatally This caused stampede and the parl"f
where Mr., crook staying was douhlv guarded
lv l,dtc- tn p.vrnt one from breaking the new =.
~ me addnnal trouble 10 her. Investigation proved
that MIR crook was not dead. and had not been par
alyzed but that. not h'ng used 70 crowds. ana beng
.c,d and gricvcd. he had become ~ completely
dalcd and 50 feeble that he wa> unable 10 move for
time. -, i. .
Another touching incident was 4 visit paid IN u
bod, {, the coffin by General Crooh'S old comrades
and fellow officers. the members Of the military order
nf the Loval Legion. A. the head of This column ~
solder, walked cX President HAYES. General iiiNcr
,onLri hal, and hearty though his beard and hair
have turned white Hut he was sadly depressed
lie had lost close friend a man whom nc had io'cu
for