Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-16
z ISLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 10. 1898.
HONORS TO BUTLER
Tremendous Crush to See His
Face Once More.
THOUSANDS FILE BY THE OAsKET

The March Kept Up Till IL O'Clock at
Night and Taken Up Again in the Morn
ing-Au Lowell, Joined by Hundreds
From Other Places, Witness Take
Part in the Journey to the Grave-An
Enormous Throng in the Procession
Features of the Services at the Gene
terry. @
LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 16-At General
Buffers home on Belvidere Hill, at $50
yesterday morning, private funeral services
were held. Rev. ORA st. John Cham bre, of
st. AIMS Episcopal church. read
the offices for the dead. The body
was in the drawing room.
The stars and stripes were not on the coffin
during the private funeral services Presi-
dent Harrison's wreath and some flowers
were laid upon the coffin. Among those
present were such leading men of the city
as are close friends of the family, and the
generals kinsmen. Messrs. Plympton and
Drinkwater; Cadet Butler Ames, of West
Point; General Ames, Frank L. Washburn.
o. D. Barrett ami others. The was no
address by the clergyman. After the short
services, closing with the Lords prayer
those present looked upon the general for
the last time. i
Taken to Huntington Hall.
A detachment of comrades Post 40, G.
A. R., reached the house directly after tie
private funeral exercises Their standards
were draped, and the banner OF the post,
bearing a portrait OF the dead commander,
was also in mourning. Colonel Dinon,
who had charge Of the arrangements for
the funeral, was in command. Comrades
bore the body from the house to a hearse
drawn by four horses. A wild wind was
blowing from the river over the hill. The
veterans suffered, but not a man sought
shelter. AS the body was carried from the
portals Of the house, the drums of the band
rumhled, the colors were dipped and the
company saluted. When the march t,
Huntington hall was taken up arms were
reversed and the officers dropped to the
rear of the detachment.
The Body Lying in State.
The streets were crowded as the band
signalled by dirges the passage of the gen.
erals body from the house to Huntington
hall, where it was to lie in state. A great
crowd was waiting to be admitted tothehall.
In the hall the coffin was placed in the cen
ter of the flor From the ceiling to the
floor wall of black extended The dim
light did not extend to this wall of black,
and the effect was solemn and weird. Grand
Army men guarded the casket. On the
coffin rested thepssord and epaulettes that
the general wore from Lowell to the Gulf
and back again. Behind the catafalque
rested bank of flowers that had come
from President Harrison, from the convicts
of the state prison, and from all classes of
people between those extremes.
Fearful Rush Into the Hall.
U-hnr ba orrx,-d NyysS .,,itad m he b,n
they almost carried the doors off their
hinges. They struggled up stairs and
bowled over the police who tried to re-
strain them. Shouts and cries awoke the
echoes of the hall where the dead man Law.
Huntington hall whenever General Butler
appeared there in life saw turbulent scenes,
but those of yesterday surpassed anything
ever seen before at the old hall. Down in
the streets thousands pressed forward
when they saw the doors open All the
afternoon a steady stream of people poured
in. but the crowd that wanted to get in
did not diminish. The exit was on Shat
tuck street and a stream of people poured
through that door.
Kept Up Till Eleven at Night.
No impression could be made on the
mass that clamored for admission at the
other side of the ball Late in the after
noon the doors were closed and the officers
had an hours rest. 1t was designed to
close the hall at O'Clock until this morn
iLg, but at o'clock they were opened up
again. This time the people were beaten
into lines and more order was maintained
up to II O'clock when the final closing was
made. Hundreds left the place without
getting in, and many others who wanted
to get out of the jam were forced to wait
and be swept in to the hall by the stream.