Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-10

Chicago, Nov. 1.-The remains Of
Ghicago's assassinated mayor, Carter
II Harrison, were borne to the grave
III Graceland cemetery today with
befttHgly solemn pomp and imposing
ceremony
Theatrical in life, the final obse-
qIies over the dead mayor have Dor
dercd OH the Spectacular Always
seeking, always welcoming the adula-
ton Of the masses, it has come to
him or TO his memory with great and
overlooking measure, now that he IS
10 more Of men.
All night long there was the sumo
ceaIsclcss procession on either side Of
the black caskct i'll the corridor Of 5he
city hall Midnight saw some slight
diminuton il the throng as compared
with the sea Of wage workers that
swept around the building ut dusk, but
even 1T that late hour, and from then
on to day break in the steady process
sion.
Win the coming Of the dawn and tn"
hurryfng down Of the workers TO the
city the scenes about the building be-
came more animated.
At O'Clock probably 5000 people
were stall waiting admission at th"
eastern portico The funeral arrange.
mcntS hcWevcr, neceSSitatcd the doors
being closed The caSket was closed.
on the top WAS placed the maltes"
cross with the inscription Father
AMI tie pillow Of Flies with the name
Of 'papa," which we're the tributes
Of the daughters ana sons.
At $50 O'Clock the doors Of the build
ing were again opened, and the guard
Of homo" passed down the steps. Be
hind them, borne by eight members Of
the police and fire departments, cana
the c.lSkct The heads Of thousands of
spectators were barred rs The clSkct was
placed uEon the funeral bier.
a Signal from Chief Marshal Austin
DOYLE, and the head Of the procession
moved A platoon Of police lead the
way. then came the Iowa state band
The chief marshal and his seyenty-tWo
assistants were followed by two de
tathncntS Of the fifteenth infantry OF
The United States troops. Behind the
regulars rode Brig Gen. II. A. Wheeler,
Of the first brigade of the Illinois Ma
tional guard, with his staff Battery
II, If thc first artillery, and batteries
l., the first, second and seventh rcgi-
'acnts of national guard, the Chicago
zoulycs headed by the pipcrs of the
royal Scots In this division Of the pa
radc alone there were nearly 5000 un-
formed men.
The next division was that Of the de-
partncnt Of police. A band of nearly
$50 pieces preceded Chief Brennan and
Ia inspectors, and every precinct III
tnc city was represented by as many
men as could be spared from duty.
The fire department division WAS COM
posed Of a delegation of eight from
each Of the thirteen battalionS. Next
in line were the Chicago HuSSCrS, these
acted as escort to the carriages occu-
pied by the honorary pail bc0rcrS, who
were IS follows.
r. w CaImcr, eX-Goy. OgleSby, f. II.
Winston, Adolph kraus, Frank Wcnter,
cN-Mayor WaShburnc, IL. n. IIiginboth-
am, Ferdinand w Peek, G.. FTtzSim-
mons, G. *. c. Billings, eN-Mayor
Roche. Judge Adams, y. A. Miles, Ly-
man Trumbull, H. j. Jones, Z. j. Ar
mour, cN-Mayor Mcdill. r. A. Waller
There was Il slight break in the pro
ceSSion ut this point. Then came the
funeral car. 1t was drawn by four
horses and on either side marched the
active pall-bearers rs follows:
Police Capt Hartnett, Capt. Larsen,
Capt. Ward, Capt. Blettner, Capt, Ma
honey, Capt Gibbons, Capt Madden,
Capt. Koch.
Iremcn Capt Seyferlich, Capt. I.
o'Connor, Capt. G.. H. Marks, Capt j.
g. Goodwin, Capt A. kopcta. Capt. T.
Elliott, Capt. J. w. ShaughneSsy, Capt
j. Lynch
\ peculiarly pathetic reminder of
the dead mayor came into view imme-
diatrly following the great black and
golden hcarSe-a thoroughbred mare.
SaddIed and bridlcd, but ridcrleSs.
In many Il labor riot or fierce election
contest thousands of people have seen
the daShing mayor press forward on
that same Thoroughbred into positions
of danger few public men would dare.
2he noble-looling animal, today led
loneSemcly behind the hearse of her
master. waS n sight that not many wit
messed unmoycd.
But 1t was after the passing of the
funeral car that the real sentiment of
the populace became manifest. There
followed i'll detachment after detach-
ment societies and unions of ali de-
sCriptionS.
Bringing up the rear was a line of
carriages two abreast and several
miles in length, containing citizens not
dtlllated with any of the societies
preceding 1t was one of the most i'm
posing funeral professions ever wit
messed in Chicago, and possibly in the
country.
Fifty thousand mourners preceded
the eaSket and 100000 people looked
on from the sidewalks.
The funeral services were simple
but very impressive. About 4 o'clock
with the rendering of the committal
service the remains were placed IL the
receiving vault
A sad scene occurred at the church,
Miss Annie Howard, who was so soon
to be married to Mr.. Harrison, break
ing down completely and bursting into
fit of hysterical sobbirg.
She was quickly removed to the
Harrison mansion and physicians sum-