Evening journal., 1892-10-26
A World Pours Out Its Sym
pathy to President Harrison.
THEFUNBRALATTHB WHITE HOUSE
Private Services WIN BE Held Tomorrow
Morning and Then the Remains of Mrs.
Harrison WIN BE Taken to Indian-
apolIs for Interment in Crown hin.

full folds fall to the stone doorsteps, and
this, with the drawn blinds and the alb
sence of the flag overhead, is the only out
ward sign of the presence Of the great mys-
terry within.
1t has been decided to have the funeral
services here held on sa1ursday, and then
the body will be taken - indianapolis The
casket selected for Mrs. Harrisons inter
ment is of cedar, covered with black cloth.
with oxidized silver bars along the sides
and across the ends. On its top will be
silver plate bearing the inscription, Caro-
line Scott Harrison, wife of Benjamin HIar-
rison,n and the date of Mrs. Harison's
death
The funeral services will be private as
the following note sent TO the press asso-
Citations will explain: "The services viii be
private and very simple No invitations
have been issued to the exercises in the
East room, but provision will be made as
far as possible to enable the relatives and
personal friends Of the president and Mrs
Harrison to be present"
Lead, Kindly Light"
At the request Of DR.. Hamlin, Rev DR..
Bartlett, of the New York Avenue presby-
terian church, will assist in the services at
the White House Thursday morning
Dr. Bartlett was pastor Of the Second
Presbyterian church, indianapolis, pre-
vious to coming to Washington, and a
neighbor Of the presidents family. At the
funeral Of the wife and daughter of Secre-
tary Tracy in the White House Mrs Har-
rison was much impressed by the singing
Of Cardinal Newman's hymn, "Lead, Kind
ly Light" by the choir Of st. Johns
church and often spoke of It. The choir
will be present at the service and repeat
the hymn.
Though, as already stated, il is the pres
ident's wish that there shall be no public
OF official display in connection with the
death of Mrs Harrison, and the funeral
services both here and in indianapolis viii
be as simple as the rites Of the Presbyterian
church viii permit, there are certain cere-
monial observances inseparable from the
event
All the ministers OF foreign powers in
this city will call personally on the secre-
| tary Of state to express coincidence, and will
/ subsequently file in writing with him in
permanent form the testimony Of their
regret. The foreign secretaries Of friendly
powers will in like manner convey their
sympathies to our ministers and represent
atiyes abroad.
The vice president and Mrs Morton and
the members of the cabinet and their wives
being the official family of the president,
will, it is understood go in mourning, and
| will therefore withdraw from all participa-
| tion in social events for one month
Following the precedent established in
1 the case Of the death of Mrs Tyler the exec.
utive departments in Washington will
! probablybe closed on the day of the funeral
ceremonies here.
The sympathy Of a World.
Chief Justice Fuller and such members
of the cabinet as are in Washington and
those who will be able to reach here before
| Thursday will act as honorary pallbearers
at the funeral. The active pallbearers in
this city will be the attendants at the
! White House, whose sorrow over the death
of Mrs. Harrison is sincere and deep. They
have lost a friend who took an active per
sonal interest in the welfare Of each
The pallbearers who will ofiiciate at In.
dianapolis are DIR. II. r. Allen, John b.
Elam, Hugh Hannah, f. b. Martindale
General Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville
| Hon. William h. Niblack, Of Vinoennes
John r. Elder and Theodore p. Haughey
Messages of coincidence have been re
ceived by President Harrison from all over
the world. With the great flood of notes
and cards came a comforting note from ex
Secretary Blaine and Mrs. Blaine
Queen Victoria sent from her Highland
castle this message;
BALMoRAI. Oct 25.
General Harrison. President Of the United
States, Washington:
have heard with the deepest regret Of your
sad loss and sincerely sympathize with you IN
your grief VICTORIA, Il. l.
This was succeeded by a message from
the pope, who through Cardinal Rampolla
chief of his household, requested Cardina
Gibbons to say 60 President Harrison tha
he "sent his heartfelt coincidence"
| Messages from ex-President and Mrs
Cleveland were followed by kilograms o
coincidence from Vice President Morton
Whitelaw Reid, Thomas NJ. Carter, Gov
ernor Chase, of Indiana, and the state OFF
GERS and other public men and officials from
all over the country. The list of names o
those who sent words of sympathy wOul,
fill two columns Of a newspaper
The president was averse TO the publica
ton of the many messages Of condolenc
received, but was persuaded to allow tn
more important to be given out. His emo
/, | tiOn would frequently OVerpOWer him a
the few intervals when it was necessar,
for him to be consulted, but he courage
ously tried to subdue his feelings.
Route of the Funeral Train.
Arrangements for the funeral train ar
being perfected by Mr.. George w. Boyd
assistant general passenger agent Of tn
Pennsylvania road acting under the direC
tion of Mr. Frank Thomson, first vice pres
dent. The train will consist of six vest
buled Pullman cars-a composite baggag
and saloon car, a dining car, a sleeping cai
a compartment car, a private car and a
observation car-in the latter Of which tn
casket will be placed.
The train will leave Washington az i1:s
a. m. Thursday, and run on the followin
schedules Leave Harrisburg 1885 p. m
; leave Altoona p. m, leave Pittsburg (cer
trail time) $50 p. m, leave Columbus 3:4
a. m; arrive at indianapolis $3.50 a. m.
The programme at Indianapolis include
services at the First Presbyterian churc
at 1890 a. m, followed by interment i
Grown Hill. After remaining few hour
at the residence of Mr. r. s. Mckee ca
parry will leave on the return trip at 5.i
o'clock Friday afternoon, reaching Wasl
ington Saturday afternoon about o o'clocl
The party viii comprise the president