St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-27
Her Couch Will Be Formed
Of Flowers Sent by Dear
Friends.
Severely Simple and Brief
Will Be the Services
Today.
In the Midst Of His Affection
the President Thought
OF Others.


west wind set in last night. stripping
the fine old trees in the grounds sur
rounding the executive mansion of
much of their foliage. and this morning
the aspect of nature was bare and
dreary. and in harmony with the desc
lation within the White house.
The body of Mrs. Harrison has been
laid out in the room in which she died.
She shows in her emaciation the effects
OF her long, wasting illness of eight
months that reduced her large, ma
tronly figure to thin. frail form. But
her face in death has the same
kindly expression that it had
IN life. Her appearance is very
natural. There are DO lines of
suffering visible upon it. She looks as
if her last moments had been full of
peace. and her expression suggests that
she was tired and had simply dropped
asleep. Mrs. Mckee superintendent the
preparation of the dead woman for
burial, and communicated the wishes of
the family to the undertaken. Mrs. Har-
rison. as is we'll known, was exceedingly
fond of flowers. The casket will be
deeply strewn with them, and they
VIII Form Her Couch.
Vice President Morton will be one of
the pallbearers, taking the place of
Secretary Charles Foster, of the treas
ury department, who is the only one of
the cabinet officials not expected to be
present at the services tomorrow morn
ing. The secretary is not in the city.
He will go from the place where he is
staying to indianapolis, and will attend
the services there to be present at the
interment. Secretary Rusk arrived in
Washington this morning from Wiscon-
SIN, and fastened to tender his coll
dolence to the president.
Private Secretary HaltOrd said today
that the statement that Invitations
would be issued TO the funeral services
IN the east room tomorrow is erroneous.
He said that the family would not issue
invitations, but expected only the kinS-
men and relations and a few Of the
really personal friends of the dead
woman and of the president to attend
He added that the family did not wish
to make discrimination by the issu-
ance of invitations and that each person
must determine for himself or herself
whether or not the relations to the FAM
l!y brought him or her within the de-
SignatiOn of
A Personal Friend.
Today large number of kilograms of
coincidence were received. The follow
ing are the names of some of the send
ers: Gov. BoieS. of Iowa: Senator and
Mrs. Stanford, of California;: Gen.
Thomas II. Ruger, of San Francisco;
Mrs. Jonathan W. Gordon, of Indianap-
oils; ex-senator McMillin. of Mime
sofa; Comptroller Matthew's; William
Walter Phelps, United States minister
to Germany: Senator Mitchell, of Ore
gon; Congressman Bingham; Senator
Charles A. Gibson, of Maryland.
Secretary Elkins returned to the city
today. and with Mrs. Elkins fastened
to call on the president.
1t is stated that by the presidents eX-
press desire no order will be issued by
any of the executive officers closing the
department tomorrow, although it is
highly probably that public business
viii be entirely suspended within the
United States supreme court. Today
Chief Justice Fuller announced that, as
mark OF respect to the president of the
United States and to the memory of
Mrs. Harrison, the court would adjourn
until Friday morning.
Thong hi of Others.
About noon President Harrison sent
for Private Secretary Halford and said
that II there were any important papers
waiting in the Office to which his sigma
ture was necessary he would examine
them. Especially If there were anv
recommendations for pardon awaiting
his action, he wanted them brought
to his desk. He said he wanted
no person to suffer because of the sor-
row that had come to him. 1t seemed
rather to make him more soicitous to
send JOY and comfort, if he could, to the
lives and homes of distressed and suffer-
ing ones. Two applications for pardon.
with favorable reports from the depart
ment of justice, were laid before him.
and at once he signed them.
The funeral services at the White
house tomorrow will be severely simple
and quite brief. They will begin
promptly at 10 o'clock and continue
probably not longer than twenty min
uteS. Rev. Mr.. Hamilton will open bv
Il recitation of few verses of the
Scriptures adapted to the occasion, clos
ing with
A Short EnvOc alton.
Rev. DR.. Bartlett will then read the
Scripture lesson, following which the
boys choir of ST. Johns Episcopal
church. recessed in the adjoining parlor,
will sing: Il Heard the Voice of Jesus
Say. Come Unto Me and Rest" DR..
Hamlin will offer a closing prayer. and
as those present are leaving the room.
the choir will render Cardinal New
mans hymn, Lead Kindly Light"
The services at Indianapolis, where
an ADDRESS is to be made by Rev. l.. M.
Haynes, it is expected will not last over
an hour.
The members Of the cabinet now in
the city met at the state department
this morning to make arrangements for
their attendance at the funeral of Mrs.
Harrison. There were present all but
Secretary of the Treasury Foster and
Secretary of War Elkins. 1t was de-
cided that the cabinet should assemble
| in the executive mansion on Thursday
| at $3.50 a. m, and act as honorary pail
| bearers. With the exception of Secre-
tary Tracy. who has been requested to
remain i'll Washington to act for the
cabinet In case anything occurs during
the absence of the members, the cabinet
officers will accompany the funeral train
! to Indianapolis.
Ready for the Services.
The east room was put in readiness
| this afternoon for the services tomor-
row. The house was then closed. and
| the family were not interrupted in the
last night with their dead. During the
! day great quantity of floral embiems
were received. Nearly every piece con-
tanned chrySauthemums, the fondness of