The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-17
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Buffers late residence on Helviderehil
Sunday morning private funeral kerv.
Ices were held Rev Or. 81 Nhn
chnmbre, OF ST Annc's Episcopal
church. read the onice for the dchd
The body was in the d~rawing-room.
The stars and stripes were not on the
coffin during the private funeral scrv.
ices. President Harrison's wreath and
a couple Of ferns and lilies were laid
upon the coffin. There wns no eulogy
aud no address by the Clergyman
After the short service, closing with
the Lords Prayer, those present looked
upon the general for the last time.
A detachmcnt 81 comrades 81 Post ~,
q. A. r., reached the house directly
after tho private funeral exercises
Their standards were draped, and shs
banner 81 tho post. bcaring q portrait
OF the dead commander. was also iT
mourning. Col. Dgmon, who has charge
OF the arrangements for the funeral
was III command.
Comrades bore the body from the
house 10 the hearsc, drawn by f@ui
horses A Wild wind was blowing from
the river over the hill. Tho veterans
suffered, but not n man sought shelter.
A the body was carried from the por>
tails OF the house the drums Of the band
rumbled. the colors were dipped and
the company saluted.
When the march tothc hail wns taken
mp nrms were reversed and the officers
fell TO the rear of the detAchment The
streets were crowded MS the band sig
nailed hy dirges the passage Of the gen.
erals body from the house To Hunting.
ton hall. whore the body was tn lie In
state, A great crowd was waiting To
be admitted 10 the hall. III thu hall the
coffin was placed In the center of the
floor. From tho ceiling 70 the floor Il
wall Of black extended Tho dim light
did not extend 10 this wall Of black and
the effect was dismal and gruesome.
Grand Army men guarded the caskct
On the coffin rested the sword md cpu-
letteA that were worn from Lowell to tho
Gulf and back again Behind the cata-
falque rcstcd bank OF flowers that had
come from President Harrison, from
the convicts Of the state prison. and
from all classes 81 people between those
extremes President IIarrison'a wreath
WIS placed In the collin In Washington.
Senators Dawes, Chandler, and Hale,
Gov. Russell, Hon. Frederick Douglass
militia companies and societies and
friends In Lowell, Boston, New York,
Washington, Chicago and other places
sent pieces that took up h side Of The
hill.
When the crowd was admitted 70 the
hall they almost carried tho doors on
their hinges They struggled upstairs
and bowled over the police, who tried
To restrain them. shouts and cries
awoke the echoes III the hall where the
dead man lay. Huntington hall, when
cver Gen. Butler appeared there 10 life,
saw turbulent scenes. but those Of Sum
day surpassed anything every seen be-
fore 1t the old hall. Down III the
streets thousands pressed forward when
they saw the doors open. All the
afternoon q steady stream Of people
poured In, but the crowds did not d.
minish. The exit was on Shnttuck
street, and n stream Of people poured
through that door. No impression
could bc made in the mass that clam
ored for admission on the other side OK
the hall. Late in the afternoon the
doors were closed, and the officers had
an hours rest II was designed to close
the hall at B o'clock until Monday
morning. but at . o'clock they were
opened again. This time the people
were beaten into lines. and more, order
was maintained up 10 II O'clock,
when the final closing was made Hun
dreds left the place without getting In,
and many others who wanted To get
out Of the jam were forced to wait and
be swept into the hall by the stream
There will be another crush Monday
morning. a. those who failed Sunday
win try then. The preparations are
for d great event. greater than Lowell
has ever witnessed
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