The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-26
TO AVOID FUNERAL POMP
The Services Over Mrs. Harrison
to Be Private.
TO BE INFERRED ON FRIDAY.

Indianapolis Complcted-The Pres
ident's Comrades. VIII Participate.
James Wbitcomb Riley's PoeticaI
Tribute.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Funeral SER
vices for Mrs. Harrison will be held to-
morrow morning
1t is the especial wish of the family
that the services shall be as private as
possible The funeral will be a personal
and not public one. As far as the
official position of the president will per-
init, the services will be the same as
those customary in the case of MEM
Der of private family. Invitations will
be strictly limited in number, and no
persons viii be allowed to be present
without them. The body will not lie in
state.
The funeral services will undoubtedly
be held in the east room. This is the
largest room in the building, and in fact
the only one at all adapted to the hold
1ng OF services even as private as those
which the family desire. They will be
conducted according to the Presbyterian
forms by Rev. DIR. Tunis s. Hamlin, pas
tor OF the Chu ch of the Covenant on
Connecticut avenue, of which the presi-
dent and Mrs. Harrison have been regu-
lar attendants. AT the request of DIR.
Hamlin Rev. DR.. Bartlett, of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian church. will
assist in the services. DIR. Bartlett was
pastor of the Second Presbyterian church
IN indianapolis previous to coming to
Washington, and neighbor of the presi-
dents family.
Lead Kindly Light"
AT the funeral of the wife and dauph-
ter of Secretary Tracy in the White
house Mrs. Harrison was much i'm
pressed BY the singing of Cardinal New
mans hymn, Lead Kindly Light" by
the choir of St Johns church, and often
spoke of it. The choir will be present at
the services and repeat the hymn.
After the services here the funeral
party will leave Washington tomorrow
at 80 for indianapolis, where services
OF more public character will take
place. 1t is probable that the funeral
train will reach indianapolis Friday
morning, and 10:80 o'clock the church SER
vices will begin. They will take place
in the First Presbyterian church Of In.
dianapolis, on the osrner of New York
and Pennsylvania streets. The Rev. NJ
l.. Haines, pastor of the church. will
oficiate The body will then be taken
to Crown Hill cemetery and inferred
After remaing a few hours at the resi-
dence of Mr.. R. S. Mckee the party
Will leave on the return trip at $40
o'clock Friday afternoon, reaching
Washington Saturday afternoon at about
0o'clock. The party will comprise the
presidents personal and official family.
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
N nrft Ion, s,,
for one month.
Following the precedent established in
the case of the death of Mrs. Tyler the
executive departments in Washington
will probably be closed on the day of
the funeral ceremonies.
President Harrison's brother, John
Scott Harrison, of Kansas City, will
reach Washington tomorrow morning,
and accompany the trein to Indianapolis
after the services here. Mr.. Carter Har-
rison, of Tennessee, another brother
will join the party at indianapolis. Vice
President Morton will be present at the
services in this city.
Messages of Coincidence.
Ever since the announcement of Mrs.
Harrison's death kilograms of coincidence
with the president and his family in
their atfiiction have been arriving. The
messages will not be given to the public
given out at all. The president is averse
% parade of these messages before the
public, and If they are furnished to the
press at all it will be with the greatest
reluctance on his part. 1t may be, how
ever, that he will consent to forego his
wish to keep all sympathetic expressions
looked within tho breasts of his family
and himself far enough to agree that a
few of them shall be given to the
public. Among the many received yes
Cerday were one from Queen Victoria
and one from the pope, through Cardinal
Gibbons. They were as follows:
BALsoRAL-'ro General Harrison, President
OF the United States, Washington: | have
heard with the deepest regret of your sad loss
and sincerely sympathizs with you in your
grief. VICTORIA, RI
CHICAGO Oct. 25.-Cardinal Gibbons
sent the following message:
President Harrison, Warrington: The pope,
through Cardinal Rampolla, sends you his
heartfelt oondolencein in your present affiictlon.
CARDINAL GIBBONS.
The Departments Open.
1t is the expressed wish of the presi-
dent to the members of the cabinet that
the affairs of government be proceeded
with as usual, and in Difference to this
request the heads of the several execu-
tive departments are at their desks, and
the departments remain open as usual
The flagstaff on the executive mansion
Is bare today. The familiar Stars and
Stripes which waved over the presidents
house has been furled and placed aside.
| Mr.. Halford explained that the president
was averse to having it placed at half
81 mast, SO it was determined, rather than
have it flying as usual, to refrain from
displaying it at all until after the body
shall have been taken away from here,
when it will again be raised
> ! The president is bearing up remark
ably well in his deep affliction. The
traces of great sorrow are plain and un-
mistakable, but apparently he has nerved
himself to face the affection with for
titude. He and the other members of
the family are bravely enduring the
strain on them, and their grief, though
painfully evident, is we'll controlled.
Those who saw the president found his
= IYas red with MeepinR and his voice was