The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-09
HARRISON LAID TO REST.
IMPOSING FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF
CHICAGO's POPULAR MAYOR.
Many Thousands ThrOnged the Streets
Where Buildings We're Heavily
Draped-Prominent Civic and
Military Organizations
Participated.


streets packed with people and heav-
ily hung with habiliments of woe. At
noon the heavy casket was tenderly
borne from the black draped and
flower scented corridor of the city hall
to the funeral car in waiting and as
the car slowly passed on the soldiers,
civic organizations, societies, police,
firemen and general public wheeled in
to line out from the streets of the great
city. The procession marched across
the river to the beautif church of
Epiphany near the home of the late
MAYOR. Thence the route was to
the cemetery, where the last sad lites
we're performed over the body before
il WAS forever lowered into the grave
Nearly 100, QUO people passed through
the city hall and viewed the remains
before the face OF the deceased was
closed from human sight. A peculiar
pathetic reminder of the mavor was
the great black thoroughbred horse
saddled and bridled, but riderless,
which marched lonesonely behind the
hearse 1t was the horse which
Mayor Harrison rode on so many oc-
casions, and which was almost as
closely associated with his personality
as his familiar slouch hat.
As Prendergast, the prisoner, paced
ND and down the corridors of his
prison, the strains of the Dead March
of the passing bands reached him
through the grated windows. The
murderer stopped in his walk few
minutes and listened to the solemn
music and then resumed his walk,
seemingly unconscious of what was
taking place beyond the prison walls.
The cortege moved in the following
order
Platoon of 81 police officers com
manded by lieutenant
State band.
Austin j. Diel. marshal of the day, |
with a staff of 20 mounted aides.
Major. General Nelson A. Miles and
personal staff.
Department staff composed of 10
army officers
Twenty-Five army officers on special
duty connected with the Worlds
Fair.
Fifth infantry band
Col Robt. T.. Crofton, commanding
the Fifteenth United States infantry,
and staff
Companies A. B, G, E. F andlH,
United States infantry from Fort
Sheridan.
Light battery, First United States
artillery.
First brigade Illinois National
Guard, Gen. ii. H. Wheeler. com
manding. with staff; First regiment,
Colonel Koch; Second regiment, Col
onel Judd and staff.
Elgin band.
Chicago Houaves.
Royal Scots with Colonel Stewart
and staff
Ninth battalion infantry with Major
johnson aud staff.
Ninth battalion drum and fife corps. |
Band of 1875 pieces, furnished by the
Chicago Musical Union.
Department police, Chief Brennan
commanding police officers in four
companies.
Fire department.
Battalion of four companies.
Band of 1875 pieces, led by G. NJ.
Currier.
Chicago Huzzars.
Guard of honor of seven aldermen.
Honorary pail bearers, Il. w. Palmer,
Ex-Governor Oglesby, f. w. Winston,
Frank Wenter. ex- Mayor Washburne,
H. w Higginbotham, Adolph Krans,
Fred W. Peck, G. W. Simmons, @. X.
Billings, ex Mayor Roche, Judge Fran
els Adams, N. A. Miller, Judge Lyman
Trumbull, H. ]. Jones, p D. Armour,
ex-Mayor Medill and r. Waller.
Funeral car with active pail bearers,
consisting of eight captains of police
and eight captains of the fire depart
ment.
Mourners in carriages.
Members of the city council in car
riages, city officials in carriages, ex-
city officials in carriages, board of edu-
cation in carriages.
Representative of the Chicago
Bar association in carriages.
Trustees sanitary district in car
rages.
Illinois board of the Worlds fair
commissioners in carriages.
United States government officials
in carriages
Typographical Union, including the
chapel OF The Times (Harrison's
paper.)
A hundred carriages containg rep.
resentatives Of various civic societies,
including the Union League club,
Real Estate board and others,
the Republican central COM
mittee, Royal Arcanum Boys Friendly
society, Iroquios club, Chicago Press
club, Chicago Newspaper club, Cook
County Democracy, Pullman band,
200 letter carriers, 1000 city employees,
various political persons of both par
ties; German division, consisting of
Chicago Turnerbund, Chicago Vor-
warts, South Side Turnerbund
Aurora Turngeine, National
Turngene. Central Turngeine,
South Side Turnschaft, Germany
Turnschaft and five German societies;
1000 men representing Polish societies,
1000 representing Bohemian societies.
Catholic uniformed societies 5000
strong, other Catholic societies, Clan
Ha Gael Order of Irish Literary club,
French Canadian societies, Norwegian
societies, prominent Italians in car
riages, citizens on foot and in carriages
From every window, from every
roof, and in every doorway along the
line of march from the city hall out
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