Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-05
BURIAL OF mrs. HARRISON
Mourning Thousands Follow to the
Grave.
Services Mt tho Church--Fayorite Hymns
OF the Deceased Suug-The Presi-
dent Takes n Last Lingering
Look.


morning resenbled the sabbath
There was an almost complete cessa-
ton Of business and the hour succeed
ing day break was unbroken by the
tramp OF the toilers on their way to
work. The evidences of sorrow in the
way OF mourning drapings had been
considerably added to during the
night and the route selected for the
passing of the eortcgc was fringed
without u break, save for the intersec-
tons of the streets, with somber black
and spotless white, n mute EXPRESSION
Of the sorrow of the community at the
close of the pure and lovable lie OF
one of its sisters.
People began TO gather in the neigh
borhood OF the depot oon after S
o'clock, bat IL was not until an hour
later that they appeared in any mum
bers- Most Of those composing the
crowd, men and women alike, wore
either black or dark apparel. Some OF
the men had cncircled their left arm
with q hand Of Grape.
Ex-Presidcnt Hayes was one OF the
first of the visitors of note that ar
rived yesterday TO reach the depot,
and he was soon after followed by
General Schoteld and wife, Secretary
Foster and Mrs. Foster, Charles l.. and
Mrs. Saunders. of Omaha, brother and
mother of Rus sell llarrison's wife;
Tom Scott Harrison, OF Kansas City,
brother OF the president, and Su perrin
tendent William Meredith, of tho bu-
reau OF engraving and printing. These
either took seats in the depot or paced
up and down the platform A little
later a delegation from Chicago, com
prising Mayor Washburnc. Commits.
sioner OF Works Aldrich, Comptroller
MAY, Corporation Counsel Miller, AL
dermen Bidwell, Maun anu Martin and
City Clerk Van Cleve, reached the de-
pot and were passed inside. For the
next twenty minutes or 80 the arrivals
of those intending TO be a part
Of the funeral procession were numer-
Gus, and the waiting room was well
hlled. Outside in the roadway was n
line of carriages four abreast and OK
tending for a couple of blocks The
waiting throng had also increased ami
it lined the sidewalk on Illinois street
as far rs the eye could reach. At 1920
the shrill whistle OF n locomotive fol-
lowed by commotion on the part OF the
employees of the depot gave evidence
hat the funeral train was in the yards
and "A couple of moments later it rolled
in and caIno TO n full stop Immediately
In front of the main gate dividing the
depot proper from the tracks. Vice.
President Morton was the first to alight
and he was co .ely followed by Post
master General WGnnmalSer an A.
torney General and Mrs Miller BE-
hind the latter came the president,
with Mrs Mckee leaning on his arm.
lie had q and grief S ricken
appearance, and his features seemed to
be so pinched and wan hat there were
many calculations OF surprise and re-
greet from those OF his old neighbors
that were in waiting After the pres
ident, Russell Is. Rarrison and his wife,
DIR. Scott and Mrs Dimmick aiighted
while in the meantime tho remainder
Of the funeral party had got
ten off at the further end of
the ears. by this time the casket had
been taken from tho observation ear,
and after the friends who had been ad.
mitted to the depot had formed In
double line, il vas borne to the hear,c.
The pail bearers were DIR. III. Il Allen,
John Il ELAN, Hugh Ham, T. Il Mar
tindnlc. General Lew Wallace, Colonel
NJ. q McLain, John X. Elder, Theo-
Woods, W. T. rTshBacf and Thomas
) Sharpe. The president and his
daughter walked Immediately behind
the casket with the members of the
family following, the members OF the
cabinet next, and the remainder OF the
party in the rear. After the caskct
had been placed in the hcarsc, every
J qua ht1a e.anl;n. .us.I -
heads, some little tine wa occupied in
assigning the mourners TO the car
riages aud it was nearly an hour be-
fore the cortegc moved A detail of
thirty police officers led tho way and
was followed by carriages containing
the officiating d~ivincs, Rev. DR.. ~liaines,
and Rev Dir Hyde. The carriages
containing the pail bearers preceded
the hcarse. Then camc the presidents
carriage and those of the members Of
the family, the members of the cabi.
net and their ladies, Governor Chase
and the state officials, the
supreme and appellate court
judges, the ladies' board OF
managers of the orphans home, tho
delegation from Chicago, Mayor Sulii-
van, of this city, and city officials and
friends Of the family. 1t was a long
line of vehicles. The head Of the
cortegc had travcrscd nearly half Of
the long route to the church when the
last Of the procession was leaving the
depot square. The route was north on
Illinois to Ohio, thence cast TO Penn
%sylvania.
Men and women packed the side
walk for the entire distance from the
depot TO the church in an almost un-
broken mass, and as the hearse came
into view the men rs though moved 10y
one common impulse removed their
hats and stood barchcaded until the
presidents carriage had passed
by. From Ohio street to the
church the roadway was lined with tho
members of the various local posts of
the Grand Army, standing in open
order md uncovered. About {, 200 OF
the veterans thus evidenced their sym.
plthy for their comrade in his over
whciming affection. The services ut
the church commenced Immediately
upon the seating OF tho congregation
The interior of the sacred cdilice had
been clabora,ely draped and there
was q great profusion Of flowers and
plants
Long before tho arrival of the
funeral train u large Of men
and women had assembled about tho
First Presbyterian church in anticipa-
ton OF being able to secure admission,
but the capacity of the cdiacc was
limited and hence it was found neccs-
snry to discriminate in favor of old
local friends and ncighbors of tho
tereaved family. These were admit
ted as fast rs they arrived by the
northern entrance and shown TO tho
pcws in the center ana rear OF the
edifice. The seats Immediately In
front Of the ru pit and extending
clear across the cdiise were reserved
for the relatives and those accompany
ing the cortcgc from the depot.
The northern aisle had been reserved
for the fifty members OF tho Seven
tcenth Indiana. General llarrison's
regiment, and the Veterans filed in
with bowed heads and slow and steady
tread. The throng on the avenue dec
o~rously fell back as the head OF tho
cortege approached. heads were barred
and tongues were stilled. Gently tho
casket with it's wealth Of floral trib-