Evening journal., 1893-11-01
CHlCACO'S FUNERAL DAY
The Whole City Honors the
Memory Of Its Dead Mayor.
THOUSANDS IN THE PROCESSION.
Even the Criminals In the Jan Abhor the
Assassin, PrenderEast-The Destruction
OF the White city Bcgun-The Midway
Piaisance IL No More.

OF the White city Begun- The Midway
PiaIsance is No More.
CHICAGO, Nov To-day Chicago buries
her dead mayor. The funeral takes place
at the Church OF the Epiphany, at Ashland
boulevard and Adams street. This morn
ing the remains were taken from the city
hall to the church where the services ac-
cordng to the Episcopal ritual will be con
Quoted by Rev Il y. Morrison, Jr The
procession will proceed from the church To
Gaccland cemetery. The column will be
large one. Many societies, civil and milf
tary. have applied for places in the line
and have been assigned TO position by Mar
shal Austin J. Doyle The following will
be the order of the parade;
Platoon Of police. band, chief marshal and
stan. United States troops. General Nelson A.
Miles commanding; First brigade. ;. y g.,
Brigadier General Wheeler commanding. Chi
cago zouaves. Royal Scots, Ninth battalion,
department of police, fire department Chicago
hussarH, honorary pallbcarers In carriages cat
afalquc active pallbcarcra. relatives Ia carriages.
members OF the city council. eN-mcmhors OF
the city council. ex-membcrs of the board ol
education, library board and other city officials
members OF the county and county officials
members aud ex-memhers OF the judiciary
Chicago Bar association, members of the drain
agc board, United States government officials.
state officials. committees In carriages. Masonic
organization, Colonel W. Barnard command
ms Cook county Democracy, Captain Farrell
commanding. letter carriers, city employee,
political organizations; German snclctles. A.
OrtvlHefcr commanding; Polish societies. Peter
lNiulhassa commanding; Bohemian societies, J.
~. 'ahuch commanding. Irish societies, r. u.
Ryan commanding; Scandinavian societie,.
Odd Fellows, Italian societies. citizens on foot.
Scenes Around the Bier.
The scene while the body wns lying in
state In the city hall was impressive.
The quartets stationed unseen near
the bier voiced at intervals the hymn,
Lead, Kindly Light Grmy little boot
blacks, with their kits upon their shoulders
and their ragged hats in their dirty hands,
| tiptoed 10y and paused moment TO look
upon the face OF the man they knew in life
Old city employees brushed away a tear as
hey went 10y. There were many women
the procession. Mothers carried their
iiildgen. lt was not crowd of notables,
not crowd Of mere curiosity seekers, but
evidently a crowd of people who wanted a
last look at the face OF "A man they all adj
mircd The cofiin rested in the center Of a
raised platform on the first floor.
The platform was carpeted and walled In
on either side with black, An arched roof
OF black added to the somberness OF the
scene. All of the entrances TO the building
and nearly all OF the offices In the building
were draped with black, and all of the
offices except those that Il Is absolutely
necessary TO keep open were closed
The public schools are closed today fol
the funeral The board Of trade, banks ans
other places OF business are also deserted.
prendergast, the murderer of Mayor Har
rison, is having a rough time IN jail. Thl
other prisoners have taken 30 seizing every
| opportunity TO jeer at the wretch ano
shrieking imprecations at him. so that ex
ercise outside his cell has been made prAc
tically an impossibility While the may
or's corpse was lying in state at the city
hall, with thousands reverently passln.
by, the assassin seemed for the first timi
forced TO realize his position.
The words OF his fellow prisoners affected
him strangely. All along he had appar
emily labored under the delusion that hi
companions in crime would look up 10 hin
as sort of king among them. Hut thei
frightful denunciations dispelled, today a
least, this vagary from the mans mind
aud he seemed TO understand bitterly tha
he was abhorred even by hardened orlmi
nails as a cowardly assassin.
The Fair Breaks Up.
not scrambling to get away. Preparation
are going on in all buildings preparator
to moving, but so quietly that visitors az
| not annoyed For the most part exhibit
will stand in place until everything Is 4
readiness to move them out. The trac
was laid TO the Transportation building
and the locomotives, cars and Heavy e,
hibits OF that department will begin I
roll out the latter end of this week
Buffalo Bills warriors will 10 back {
their fires on the Pine Ridge agency today
His COW boys win ride bronchos and thro'
their lassos in TeXns and Mexico III
Cossacks left for their homes in the viclnit
of the Black sea. His troop Of Unite
States cavalry will return to their pos
their furlough being ended, and the Ge
mans, Russians and French will sail I
Antwerp together Nov. 9. Colonel Cod
is going to take a trip through the soutl
west as the guest of General Miles, on
Major Burke, the general manager OF u
big show, will shortly leave for the easter
countries 20 gather his wild men for Il
next year During the past six montl
Buffalo Bills show has played 10 near
100000 people.
The women Of the fair held their closir
exercises in the Woman's building all q
distinguished ladies identified with q
exposition being present Mrs. Pott
Palmer made the closing address.
The old Liberty bell was started back
Philadelphia In charge of an es"0rt. Il
fore leaving the grounds IL wa q ulcl Z
alongside the new Liberty be-. and d
tongues of both were united by cord
American silk Then they were DO
. sounded in unison.
Midways dream Of n new lease Of life
I shattered. Il is closei absolutely i
! executive committee of the fair ordered
closed and the director general promi
gated the order jackson park, I
World fair grounds proper, viii be ops
but Midway never again.
. Says His Road WIN Enter New York.
= BosToN, Nov. President A. A. y