The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-16
HOhORING BEN BUTLER.
a Great Crush to View to Casket
Holding the Remains.
THE POLICE FORCE PowERLEss

Though the Hall Was Left Open for
Hours Longer Than Was Intended
Hundreds We're Unable to Pay Their
Respects.
LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 16.-ht General
Buffers home on Belvidcre Hill yesterday
private funeral services were held. Rev.
DIR. A. A. St. John Cambre, of st. Andres
Episcopal church, read the office for the
dead. The body was in the drawing room
The stars and stripes were not on the coffin
during the private funeral services. Pres
ident Harrison's wreath of flowers were
laid upon the coffin. After the short ser
vice, closing with the Lords prayer, those
present looked upon the general for the
last time.
A detachment of comrades of Post AZ,
G. A. r., reached the house directly after
the private funeral exercises. Their stand
dards were draped and the banner of the
post, bearing portrait of the dead COM
mauder, was also in mourning Comrades
bore the body from the house to II hearse
drawn by four horses. As the body was
carried from the portals of the house the
drums of the band rumbled, the colore
were dipped and the company saluted
When the march to the hall was taken NJ
arms were reversed and the officers fell tc
the rear of the detachment
The streets were crowded as the band
signaled by dirges the passage of the gen
erals body from the house to Huntington
hall, where the body was to lie in state, a
great crowd was waiting to be admitted &c
the hall. Grand Army men guarded tho
casket, on which rested the sword and
epaulettes that the general wore from
Lowell to the gulf and back again. Be
hind the catafalque rested bank Of
flowers that had come from President Har
rison, from the convicts Of the state prison
and from all classes of people between
those extremes.
A Crush at the Hall.
When the crowd was admitted to thu
hall they almost carried the doors of thei
hinges They struggled up stairs ant
bowled over the police, who tried to re
strain them. Shouts and cries awoke thu
re-echoes of the hall where the dead MAJ
i lay Huntington hall, whenever Genera
Butler appeared there in life, saw tar
/ bulent scenes, but those of yesterday sur
passed anything ever seen before at TIN
old hall. Down in the street thousand
pressed forward when they saw the door
/ Open All the afternoon a steady strean
/ of people poured in, but the crowds tina
wanted to get in did not diminish. TIL
exit was on Shattuck street. and strean
of people poured through that door. N
impression could he made in the mass tina
clamored for admission ut the other sid
of the hall.
Late in the afternoon the doors wer
closed and the officers had an hours rest
1t was Designed to close the hall at o'clocl
until this morning, but at o'clock the
were opened again. This time the peopl
were beaten into lines, and more order wa
maintained up to L o'clock, when the fina
closing was made. Hundreds left tn
place without getting in, and many other
who wanted to get out of the jam wer
forced to wait and be swept into the ha
by the stream.
Last night the police was increased an
about forty fremen assisted. The crow
smased lot of glass in shop, and an III
known woman had. n leg broken. Thei
was another crush this morning as thos
who failed yesterday tried again.
The preparations are for great even
greater than Lowell has ever witnessed
The militia, the visiting dignataries, Gran
Army posts and about every Lowell 81
ciety will swell the funeral procession
enormous proportions, ...