Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-12
FUNERAL OF FORMER
SENATOR HARLAN
Remains Of "Iowa's Grand Old
Man" Laid to Rest Yester-
day at Mt. Pleasant.
MfNY NOTED pERsoNAGEspREsE
1t Was One of the Most impressive
and Largely Attended Fu-
ncrals Ever Held in
Southeastern Iowa.

Nit. Pleasant, Ia, Oct. 11.-All Mt
Pleasant moulncd Monday. Busi.
ness Was suspended and business
houses draped in mourning on this one
occasion of the last sad rites over the
remains of "lowa's Grand Old Man,
The funeral of ex-senator James Har.
Ian was the most impressive and most
largely attended of amy ever occurring
in southeastern Iowa. as befitted the
passing of one of Iowa's greatest
statesmen. Noted men from all over
the state and nation We're here to pay
their last respects to the departed
statesman.
The funeral ceremonies were held in
the beautiful chapel of Iowa Wesleyan
university, where the body lay i'm state
from until o'clock, guarded by de-
tail of college cadets.
Many beautiful and expensive floral
offerings We're sent to Mrs. Robert II.
Lincoln, the sole survivor of the sem
ator's family, to be placed on the cas-
ket. Prominent men who could not be
present thus paid their tribute to the
dead. Hundreds of kilograms of con-
dolence. expressing regret that the
writer was unable to be present i'm per-
son, We're received.
The funeral services took place at .
o'clock. They We're i'm charge of the
senior class of the university with
which the life of the deceased had been
so closely identified. They had hand
somely decorated the chapel and the
bier was literally buried with flowers
DIR. c. l.. Stafford, the late president of
the university, delivered the principal
address. His successor, DIR. +. ID.
Blakeslee, followed him with a brief
address.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
at the chapel, the remains We're CON
veyed to the waiting carriage by the
pail bearers, and the procession, which
followed it to Forest Home cemetery,
Immediately formed. This magnificent
procession included every available
carriage in the city, besides hundreds
of persons on foot. Among the latter
were the members of the Ottumwa and
Mt. Pleasant bar, school children and
local G. A. II. posts. Seldom, if ever
before, in the state of Iowa have the
carriages in one procession contained
so many noted persons. When the
grave was reached and the casket had
been lowered into it, brief prayer
was uttered, a salute was fired by the
cadets, and all that was mortal of
1owa's Christian statesman, scholarly
orator and model gentleman was laid
forever to rest beside the body of the
beloved wife, who preceded him fiji
teen years ago.
Among the noted guests present at
the funeral We're: Senator William Il.
Allison, Senator John ii. Gear. eN-Gov-
ernor Alvin Saunders and family of
Nebraska, Hon. Robert 4. Lincoln and
family of Chicago, Hon. S. NJ. Clark of
Keokuk, Hon. William III. Fleming of
Des Moines, Greeley Whitford of Den
Yer, Frances G. Wheeler of Chicago.
just what his estate will amount to
it is difficult to estimate. He was a
person who kept his own counsel in
all matters, and not even his most in
innate friends venture to accurately
estimate his wealth. The general inn
preston is that he has left approxi-
mately 100000 worth of real estate
and securities.