The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-01
VIEWED BY MANY THOUSANDS
Eyes of Hundreds Dimmed with
Tears as They Passed By.
The Public Funeral to Be Attended by
ALI the Civic SOcieties-Regular
Soldiers to Participate.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

ridor on the first floor of the City Hall.
The funeral cortege was composed of de-
tachments from the police and fire depart
ments and several score of close personal
l. lends of the late chief executive The
BODY was deposited in the City Hall that
the thousands who knew his familiar face
in life might look upon it for the last
time.
The cortege was simple and unassumng
Eight fire captains We're the first pallbear-
ers of the day, and tenderly carried their
dead leader down the steps to the hearse.
The funeral cortege consisted of a police
escort, pallbearers, the hearse, guard of
honor and six carriages containing city Of
ficials. Arrived at the City Hall the funeral
train passed to the west steps, where, in
the dense crowd that filled every part of
the available space, an entrance to the
corridor to the hall had been cleared.
Borne by the hands of the stalwart police
captains the casket which contained Chi
Cages chief magistrate was carried slow
ly UP the steps and through the corridor
of the hall Of state. All uncovered and
reverently bowed. The guard of honor
passed into the building, the funeral dirge
sounding forth its sad cadences the while.
Then passed the city and county officials,
WIN Wdlleu quietly lot the ARRIVAL Oh
the cortege. Slowly the mournful process
sion passed and the aldermen and city Of
ficials fell slowly back. Then the gates
were thrown open and the people filed in
to look upon their dead There was no
hurry and crowding as the people entered
the hall of death. Men, women and chill
dren came, each seemingly filled with
grief.
hn atafo lon Sto IN, he fron
verse corridor of the City Hall on the first
floor. filling all the space between the ele-
vators and stairway. From the canopy
falls a chandelier of many incandescent
lights, almost hidden from view by heavy
clusters OF srnilaX caught together at the
canopy covering and again after they fall
over the chandelier. Light comes from
them in waving rays, lighting up the
catafalque and casting strange shadows up
on the sombre walls.
The caSket rests upon bier raised
slightly above the platform. The casket is
of heavy cedar, covered deeply with rich
black hangings. 1t is a coffin of state. The
lining is of white satin, in which rests the
black clothing of the dead in striking con-
trast. In black letters is the simple inscrip-
ton:
CARTER H. HARRISON.
1S25-1S93.
At the foot of the casket is an immense
scroll of flowers sent by the employees of
the Mayors newspaper. Upon the head of
the bier rests simple wreath of laurel.
Near at hand are the offerings of the en-
ployes OF the various departments of the
city government.
Just before the city officials passed out
of the hall soft, sweet music. the sweet
est of all-that of the human voice-broke
the deathlike stiffness. 1t came from unseen
singers, ensconsed behind the screen of
black. Lead, Kindly Light came the
words of the song. Eyes filled with tears,
and strong men tried in vain to suppress
their sobbing.
VIEWED BY THOUSANDS.
All day long the people passed by the
casket. All day long tears fell upon 1t and
the flowers near it. Men passed slowly, as
if to gaze as long as possible upon the
kindly face. No word was spoken. The
silence all day long was oppressive. Sobs
only broke the Stiffness The guards on
duty had no duties. They sank into the
background, half hidden among the folds
of black. Outside thousands were pressing
upon the heels of those who had gone be-
fore them. They did not crowd and push
they simply wanted to make their entrance
certain. Men fell out of the line to make
place for the women and children, content
to find place further down the line. Thou
sands passed during the first hour the re-
mains lay in state, yet there seemed to be
no diminution in numbers. During the
twenty-four hours which the remains rest
there 100000 or more people will gaze upon
the body. AS the day progressed the crowd
increased, and, at the Clark-street en-
trance, the mass was a solid one. Police
men could not extend the line into the
streets. Each man seemed to think he must
get near the door, and the police officers
there had a hard duty. Yet no o1G was
hurt but many persons who woui@ have
liked to view the remains gave UP the at
tempt and wendell their sad way from the
hall.
The band which played at the house was
posed of two hundred pieces the men COM
ing from the Chicago Musical Union. They
We're under the direction of Prof. III. II.
Thiele. The music inside the building was
guard of honor over the remains was under
command OF Captain Taylor, of engine COM
o'clock, when Captain Mccormick and a
force of eight men relieved them. The list
OF persons who looked upon the remains in
cludes nearly every prominent official in the
city and many prominent citizens. a dele
cation consisting OF Mayor Stuart and the
members of the Common Council OF Phla-
delphia, and Mayor Scott, OF Newark. N J.,
was among those who viewed the remains.
In obedience to the expressed wish of the
family. callers were few this morning at
the Harrison residence. 1t was the desire
of the family to be left to mourn in pri-
vate for period. Consequently before the
time for the remains TO be removed the
house was almost deserted. A hush fell
over the household and a lonesomeness
pervaded it such as had not been felt since
the night of the tragedy. The only persons
occupying the old homestead were the
members of the family and the close per-
sonal friends who were actually needed to
execute the desires Of the household and
attend the wants of the bereaved inmates
The daughters - Miss Harrison and Mrs
Owsley-were as composed as could be-
and Miss Howard was apparently much
stronger that she rose from the couch she
had occupied the whole day previous. and
with very little assistance made her toilet.
Messages Of coincidence continue to come
by hundreds from all over the country,
and once in a while cablegram is re-
ceived. AS the dispatches are received. Mr..
Browning carefully lays them away. They
will be filed and preserved by the famil,
Ex-city officials gathered I'm the City
Council chamber this morning and passed
resolutions of sympathy and coincidence
with the Harrison family Arrangements
were made for attending the funeral SER
vices tomorrow morning In body. There
was a large attendance of men who had
served under Mayor Harrison.
FUNERAL TO BE TO-DAY.
The funeral of the dead Mayor will take
place at II o'clock tomorrow from the
church OF the Epiphany. at Ashland boule-
ward and Adams street. An hour before
that time the remains will be taken from
the City Hall to the church, accompanied
by the same guard OF honor that to-day
brought them from the house The differ