The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-27
WHITE HOUSE SERVICES.
NONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO
BE CLOSED.


House.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Thers has been
no official recognition by the executive
branch Of the government OF Mrs Harri-
IONS death, and there will be none, save
'or the display at half-mast of the flags on
he government buildings. The depart
nents will be open to-morrow--the day of
The funersl-the same as on other days, and
by the wish Of the family the business Of
the government will run on as though the
nation had not lost the wife of its most
citizen. Mrs. Harrison's body
was laid out in the room in which she
lied, and this afternoon it was placed in the
,asket In which it will finally repose and
was removed TO the east room. She shows
IN her emacIation the effects Of the long
wasting illness of eight months that reduced
her large. matronly figure to a thin, frail
form. But her face In death has the same
kindly expression that it had in life. Her
appearance is natural. There are no hard
lines Of suffering visible upon it. She looks
as if her last moments had been full OF
peace. and her expression suggests that she
y az tired and had gently dropped asleep.
MORTON ONE OF THE PALL-BEARERs.
Vice President Morton will be one of the
taking the place of Secretary
Charles Foster Of the treasury department,
who is the only one Of the cabinet officers
not expected to be present at the services
tomorrow morning. Secretary Foster Is
not in the city. He will 90 direct from the
place where he is staying to Indianapolis
and will attend the services there and will
be present at the intermeut. Private SEQ
retary Halford said to-day that the state
ment that invitations would be is
sued to the funeral services in
the east room tomorrow ia erroneous He
said that the family would not issue invita-
tions, but expected only kinsrnen aud rela-
tives and few Of the really personal
friends Of the dead woman and OF the Pres
ident to attend. He added that the family
did not wish TO make discrimination by the
issuance of invitations, and that each per-
son must determine for himself or herself
whether or not his or her relations to the
family brought him or her within the deS-
gnation Of q personal friend.
THE SERVICES
The services will be extremely simple.
Rev. DR.. HAmlin, Of the Church OF the
Covenant, will be assisted In conducting
hem by Rev. DIR. Bartlett. pastor Of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian church in
his city. DR.. Bartlett was pastor for many
years Of the church in Indianapolis Of which
he President and Mrs. Harrison were men,
oers. The boys choir OF st. Johns Epis-
,opal church will sing few hymas.
Letters and kilograms Of coincidence con-
.inus TO aow into the white house In great
number.
At the cabinet meeting to-day 1t was de-
sided that all of the cabinet should attend
ihe Indianapolis funeral except one mem-
Der, it being deemed best to have one repre-
remain here. Secretary Tracy
will be the only member of the cabinet who
will not go.
THE BoDY-BEARERs.
The body-bearers for the funeral services
have been chosen from watchmen and mes
sengers at the white house. The persons
selected are: Loeffier, Turner, Dubois,
Kenny, Bricker, Harrie, Lewis and Halli-
berger.
Nearly all of the representatives in Wash
ngton Of foreign powers have sent TO the
department OF state letters expressing re-
zret at Mrs. Harrison's death and sympathy
with the President. Suitable responses
have been made TO these letters.
HOW THE MIG HT WAS PASSED.
President Harrison and all the members
Of the family got some sleep last night, so
exhausted was their strength, and we're the
better for it physically to-day. Yet it was
a harder day for them than yesterday, for
they had TO see more people. The President
could not stay 30 much alone In the room
where his beloved dead was lying. He even
had to transact some executive business, al
though its most important feature was the
pardoning OF two dying oonvlctR, whose
~ 80 nv fhn
Attorney General.
THE AGED FATHER.
DR.. Scott was much more composed TO-
day, but is really in no condition to take the
Journey TO Indianapolis ard back as be in
slsts ON doing. Troubled though the other
members of the family are by insistancs,
they fear to refuse to let him go lest it
should do him more harm than to let him
have his own way. They all feel, too. that,
as be probably has not long 20 live. he
should be humored as much as possible.
1t will be weeks before all the messages Of
sympathy left or sent for the President and
bis family can be even formally acknowl
edged. Thsl are literally bushels Of them.
hundreds Of flowers have been sent, too, for
everybody knows Mrs. Harrison's paesion-
ate tondness for them and many have re-
celVed flowers from her generous hand in
the past
THE FAILURE TO ISSUE INVITATIONS.
Private Secretary Halford's clever plan
Tor avoiding the embarrassing and invidious
determinations Of issuing invitations to the
funeral tomorrow is the general topic
among those who might have supposed that
they would be invited if invitations we're to
oe issued. By leaving everybody except the
higher officials to determine whether he or
sue Is on sufficiently intimate terms with the
wnlte house family to appear at the funeral
secretary Halford has transferred much
perplexlty and responsibility from the family
70 their friends and acquaintance. 1t may,
ao~ever, increaae the attendance unless
modesty prevails.
SYMPATHY FROM CoNFEDERATEs.
DALLAS, TEX, Oct. 26.-The following
.oSolutlon OF coincidence, properly signed,
was transmitted to President Harrison:
WHEREAS, We, the United Confederate Veter
aus rus OF the trans Mississippi department Assem-
,La JLea In reunion at Dallas, Tex, have received
NJ melancholy intelligence OF the death OF
Itr Its Harrison, wife Of the President of the
O1i'ed States; therefore, be it
;, HesoiUed, That we deeply sympathize with
e sue PRESIDENT and his family In their sad be
GJaVement, and declare that we regarded Mrs.
larson as not only an exemplary and warm
Inealted Christian woman, but as also represent
aug the highest order OF American motherho cd.
FLAGS AT HALF-MAsT AT PENSACOLA.
PENSACOLA, FLA, Oct. 26.-At g meets
ing y of the oity board to-day, the municipal
nag was ordered placed az halt-mast and TO
50 g, remain until Mrs. Harrison's funeral.
Inc federal and district courts adjourned
until Friday and the flags on the federal,
county and other building throughout the