Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-29
LAID To REST
In Her Narrow Home i'm Crown
Hill Cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. Harrison at
indianapolis.


indianapolis.
Mourning Thousands Greet the Funeral
Train Upon Its Arrival at the City
Which for So Many Years Was the
Home of the Deceased Extracts from
4 the Eloquent sermon Of DR. Haines.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 30 Business was
practically suspended in this city Fri
day until after the funeral of Mrs. Har
rison.
The movement of the train from
Washington to its destination was made
with entire fidelity to the schedule ar
ranged At every division point it was
exactly on time, and came to a stand
still in the Union station, this city, at
$50, twenty-three hours out.
The engine bell toled slowly, and the
crowd which greeted it in silence was in
great contrast to the one which gather
ed to rejoice when the presi lent and the
wife went on to Washington nearly four
years ago.
A space for the carriages in waiting
and the funeral party was kept cleared
by the police and the indianapolis
friends and relatives of the president
met the distinguished mourner as he
came from the car with his only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mckee. There were the signs
of grief in his face, such as no one in his
old home had ever seen before. They
were accustomed to his paleness, but it
was different from any they had seen
before.
There were many sobs and tears rs
loved ones, who had not met for
months, embraced each other, clad in
the habiliments of woe-worn for the
first time by the Harrison or Mckee
families.
Those who knew Mrs. Mckee as n
girl looked upon her rs, by her mothers
death, the first lady of the land,
Next came Russell b. Harrison and
wife, then the venerable DR.. Scott,
father of Mrs. Harrison and support
ing him was his grandniece, Miss
Parker.
Mr.. Robert Mckee and Miss Dimmick,
John Scott Harrison and John Scott, the
only surviving brother of Mrs Harrison,
came next, both having arrived Thurs
day night, one from Kansas City and
the other from Oregon. All these fol-
lowed the Casket to the hearsc, which
was Just outside the depot gates, and
the party took carriages.
Then came Vice President Morton and
wife, Chief Justice Fuller all the mem
bers of the cabinet save Secretary Tracy,
ex-President Hayes, General Scotield,
Governor Chase and the Indiana SUI
preme court
The cortege passed up Illinois street,
thence east to Pennsylvania avenue to
the church at the corner of New York
and Pennsylvania avenues. Here the
G.. A. Il. posts of the city were drawn
up in a square, and every hoad along the
line of the procession was bowed as the
hearse went by
Inside the church the decorations were
of deep mourning save for flowers and
ferns, also the floral tributes which
were sent by the state and federal Of
ficials
The interior Of the church was elabo-
rately draped and there was great pro-
fusion of flowers and plants.
Long before the arrival of the funeral
train a conCourse of men and women
had assembled about the First Presby-
terrain church in anticipation of being
enabled to secure admittanCe But the
capacity of the odiiico was limited, and
hence it was found necessary TO DIS
criminate in favor of old local friends
and ueighbors of the bereayed family.
The throng ON the avenue deCorously
fell back rs the head of the cortege aps
preached, heads W re barred and tongues
were stilled Gently the caskct, with
its wealth of floral tributes, We're lifted
from the hearse and borne through the
canopied doors of the southern en-
trance. Here it was met by the oGici-
ating divinos, and the procession moved
slowly down the main aisle, wlul2 the
muffled tones of the organ reverberated
through the ediliCo III muuruiul dirEe.
The caslket was placed Immediately in
front of the pulpit and surrounded with
palmssnd plants, while a vase filled
with white chrysanthemums towering
above the surrounding foliage, wa,
placed at the head Meanwhile. Dr.
Haines was repeating, or rather inton
ing, SO mourntul WA the cadence, the
passage of Scripture commencing, 81
am the resurrection and the life. The
congregation remained standing whit
the mourners Were being seated The
pew reserved for tho Hereaved husband
Mr. and Mrs Scott, Mrs DlmlniCk anc
Russell and Mrs llHr was directly
i'll front of the family pew.
BY the time that he funeral party
had been finally seated the cdihce was
crowded to overlooking, the doors were
closed, and the simple but touching
service was inauguraJcd with the sing
ing Of Mrs. Harrispus beautiful favor
lite. Lead, Kindly Light, by quar-
tette composed OF Nh and Mrs $ Nor
lison, Mrs. W. c. Lynn and Franz
Ketcham. AS the voices of the singer,
died away DIR. Haincs stepped TO tn,
front of the platform, and with uplftel
hands pronounced the invocation.
The pastor continued the service b,
reading a number Of brief selection
from the New Testament having refer
once TO immortality and the reward O
the righteous The closing passage O
the last selection was from the seventh
chapter of Revelations, referring TO tn
happiness of the redeemed before tn
throne of God. Taking this rs an ap
proprtato subject for his discourse, tn
divine IN low and trembling tones, de
lvared an eloquent ruUn
Tie said the two KEY thoughts of tn