Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-28
Remains of Mrs. Harrison Committed
TO the Grave.
MCUREING OF HER FORMER NEIGHBORS
Simple and Appropriate Ceremony
at Indianapolis.
REMARKS OF DIR. HAINEs.
THE SERVICES AT INpra>sroLrs.


formrr Home.
/ INpIANAPoIIs. oct 2S-The funeral train
bearing the remains OF Mrs Harrison arrived at
Columbus at ~ m. and departed nj I0S
slight delay wa caus,a by the bursting % one
Of the steam pipes under car. and a ucN sec
tiou Of hose had to he attached There was a
Misunderstanding 20 the time cf the arrival
q OF the train. and quite crowd gathered
al the station between midnight ana
II O'Clock. bat LEFT ON learninc n
would be- several hour late only a
. lev people were present uhcu the train rolled
I into the dcrot. Aboard there was nothing
asnr. only the traiumen. 10 indicate hie. all
I Others having retired. No one was permitted
s to enter car disturb the slunbcrs %
J the Distinguished party. 4 small dele
] CATION representing the officials of the OHIO
| state prison we're at the train aud handed .
porter n beautifu! wreath 10 he placed with
The other floral decorations In the car com
tanning the remains of Mr.. Harrl-uu
he wreath made by Col. Luther Hall ths,
PRISON florist, Who l. l nIt,d States pri-.,uer
/ from florida. In the center l. engro-.od tho
message from TIE oaicials e. President Harrison
/ which j. inscribed bv Chaplain Dudley. ana
conveys thoir mTathy aud the hope that God
/ may give HIM renewed strength In thIs hour Of
has great bereavement.
TLcre was "a change Of crews at tins point
The train ran al a loi-uroly rate % speed, which
] was Required in order % keep within the Hclcd-
nle which had been PREPARED.
wNrINs AT rHF STATION.
The people began 80 gather In the neighbor-
hood OF the railwa~ station here soon after :
O'Clock. hut il was more than an hour later that
! they appeared in any number. and even then
the crowd wa not large one Most Of tlo-e
composing 1t. men and omen alike. were either
/ in black or dH rk HYVaTrl some ~ the tnen
! had ,ncircied their arm with band 81 GRAPE
! The police had been instructed to refuse nd-
mission 20 the depot 20 all Nho had no actual
] business within. but there little occasion
/ for she exercise Of their authority. for the
l crowd was impressed with the rolemnitv Of the
occasion ard made no effort to get within
EN-Presidont HAYES OF the first OF
| the visitors of note hat arrived YESTERDAY 20
| reas b the depot. and he soon after followed
| by Gea. Schoiicld and wife. Secretary Foster
! and Mrs. Foster Charles l.. aud Mrs. Saunders
| of Omaha. brother and mother of Russell Harri-
1 sons wife; Thomas Scott Harrison of khnsa-
! City, brother OF the President and Capt. Nm.
| Meredith Of the buresu OF engraving and print
ing. These either took seats in the depot or
paced up and down the platform.
| little later a delegation from Chicago. COM
| prisiug Mayor Mashburue, Commissioner af
Works Adrich. Controller NAV. Corporation
Counsel Miller, Aldermen Bidwell. Mauu aud
Martin and City Clerk Van Cleve. reached the
depot and were passed inside. For the naNt
| twenty minutes the arrivals OF those in
| tending TO be part Of the funeral procession
! were NUMEROUS anu tlle NaltinH room vas vel
| filed. Outside in the roadway a line OF
| carriages four abreast and extending for q
| couple of blocks. The waiting throng had also
| increased and IL lined the sidewalk on Illinois
street as FAR as the eve could reach.
ARRIVAL or THE TRAIN.
At $40 the shrlll whistle of a locomotive. fol-
lowed by a commotiun on the part Of the en-
ployes of the depot gave evidence that the funeral
train was in the Yards. aud a couple Of mo-
ments later il rolled in and came 10 a full stop
! Immediately IN front OF the main gate diyidi q
the depot proper from the tracks.
| Vice President Morton WAS the first TO aight,
! and he closely followed by Postmaster Gen
| eral Wanamaker and Attorney General and Mrs.
Miller. Behind the latter chme the President
with Mrs. Mckee leaning on his arm. He had
| a careworn and grlef-stricken appearance and
his features seemed 10 be pinched and
that there were many ejaeuiations Of surprise
and regret from those OF his old neighbors that
| were in waiting.
| After the President Russell D. Harrison and
his wife. pr. Scott and Mrs. nimmick aligh,ei.
while in the meantime the remainder Of the
| funeral party had gotten of at the futher eigd
| of the cars. The President shook hands with
his brother and Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders in
kind of mechanical way. by this time the
| casket had been taken from the observation car
! and after the friends who had been ad'nitted
| to the depot bad formed in double line il WAS
borne 10 the hearse. The pallbearers were Dr.
II. Il. Allen. John H. Elan. Hugh Hanna. T.. Is.
| Martindale. Gen. Lew Wallace. Col. VI a.
| McIain. John H. Elder. Theodore Haughey,
Judge Wm. A. Woods. W. II. Pishbeck and
| Thomas 5. sharp.
| The President aud his daughter walk "a i'm
mediately behind the casket. with the members
of the family following, and the members q
the cabinet next. and the remainder Of the
party in the rear. After the caskct had been
placed in the hearse-every one in sight mean
while standing with barred head-some little
time was occupied IN assigning the mourners to
the carriages. and 1t was nearly an hour before
the cortege moved A detail of thirty police
| officers led the way. and was followed by car
ria6es containing the officiating divines. Rev. Dr.
| Haines and Rev. DIR. HYDE. The carriages con-
tanning the pallbearers preceded the hearre.
Then came the Presidents carriage and thoss
1 OF the members of the family and the members
| of the cabinet aud their ladies, Gov. Chase and
| the state officials, the supreme and appellate
| court judges, the ladies board Of managers cf
the Orphans Home, the delegation from Chi
| cago, Mayor Sullivan Of this city and city Off
cials and friends of the family.
| Ii was long line of vehicles. for the head Of
| the cortege had traversed nearly half Of the
| long route 20 the church when the last of the
procession was leaving the depot square. The
route was north on Illinois 10 Ohio, thence
east 10 Pennsylvania. Men and women packed
| the sidewalk for the entire distance from the
depot 10 the church in lmost unbroken
mass. and as the hearse cam, to view the men,
/ as though moved by one Common Impulse,
removed their hats and pod bareheaded until
the Presidents carriage had passed by. Prom
| Ohio street 10 the church the roadway was lined
| with the members of the various local posts Of
| the Grand Army standing in open order and
uncovered. About 5000 Of the veterans thus
evinced their sympathy for their comrsde in his
| oyerw helmng affection
SERVICES AT TIE CHURCH.
The services at the church commenced imme-
diately upon the seating of the congregation.
The interior Of the sacred edifice bad been
elaborately draped aud there was great pro-
fusion Of flowers and plants On either side Of
the pulpi; were magnificent pyramids OF white
chrsanthemums, surrounded bv majestic
palms. Baskets Of cut flowers depended from
the side lights around the interior. The
organ was entirely covered from the coruice TO
the top, in front and on the sides
with plated radisting streams Of black
and white. At either end Of the gallery
an American flag. the stars being covered
with Grape set with white stars. Heavy folds Of
draping ran the entire length of the edifce on
either side above the windows of stained elass
Smilax in profusion stretched between the
panels Of the walls. while the bases Of the organ
and Of the pulpit were banked with towering
palms and rare exotics. beautiful indeed had
the sanctuary been made by living and skillful