The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
REMAINS LILY N STATE
MANY THOUSANDS YESTERDAY
LOOKED FOR TILED LAST TIMED
ON BENJAMIN HARRISON
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again at the face Of the dead.
Early In the morning, Mrs. Harrison
entered the room where her husband lay
to be alone with him for probably the last
time. AS she stood In the darkened
chamber, the door OF the room opened
noiselessly and an old soldier, bent with
age and shivering in the bitter cold Of
the morning, came slowly in. He did not
see Mrs. Harrison and leaned over the
DEAD face and tears came to his eyes.
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
Colonel" he said, briefly, and touched
the white hand on the generals breast.
Colonel
Mrs. Harrison came to where he was
standing and said:
II am Mrs. Harrison
You will excuse me-" the old man
said, for intruding on your grief. but l
wanted to see my old commander once
more, just once more I have tried very
lard to come to Indianapolis to see him
when he was alive. and never could.
When heard that he was dead wanted
to give him the old salute for the last
time" and raising his hand to his fore
head in true military fashion, the old
man turned away and passed from the
room.
The incident nearly overpowered Mrs
Harrison and it was sometime before she
regained her composure.
At a quarter before IL o'clock Gen.
Mckee ordered $500 infantrynen, stand
ing at attention on both sides Of the
street to present arms" and in the
reverential hush which ensued the cask-
ct was carried from the house and placed
III the funeral car. Six sergeants from
the Second regiment of the state militia
with two sergeants from the INDIANAPOLIS
light artillery carried the casket Adj
m1ral George Brown, representing the
navy; Gen. Lew Wallace, representing
the army, and Judge Baker and Judge
Bowling formed an escort of honor which
followed the pallbearers from the resi-
dence to the hearse.
The aged survivors Of the Seventeen
regiment marched to their place Of
honor behind the hearse, and when the
old, bent soldiers Of the Civil war saw
the black-covered casket holding the
body Of their old friend and leader
borne to the hearse, many of them were
affected to tears.
MARCH TO THE CAPITOL.
The Bar association and the clubs
marched slowly by with uncovered heads
and took Up their places IN the process
sion
When the members of the escort COM
mittee had reached their carriages. the
order for the march was given, and
headed by the state guard marching with
reversed arms and in slow time to the
music Of the dirge played by the band,
the parade moved slowly away At the
head of the column rode Brig. Gen. Nc
Kee, and his staff, commanding the
first division, composed entirely of state
troops. At the right Of the line came
the Third infantry, Col George M. Stude-
baker, commanding; then the Second in
fantry, under Col. Harry B. Smith; then
the First infantry led by Col. George
W. Mccoy. The regiments were all in
heavy marching order and presented a
splendid appearance. Their maneuvers
were excellent and their marching splen-
did
Behind the national guard came num-
Der of boys brigades belonging to the
different churches of the city, and then
the battalion Of artillery commanded by
Maj. A. B. Shanz and comprising bat
teries A, B and c Of the state guard
Gen. James B. Carnahan, surrounded by
| a numerous staff, comprised the second
division, which was composed of the
civic societies.
Then surrounded by the members OF
Gen. Harrisons old regiment-the Seven
| tteth Indiana infantry, came the hearse
| drawn by four magnificent black horses
! Over the black cloth covering Of the
| casket was thrown the silken folds OF
the Stars and Stripes. There was nc
| other decorations about the funeral car
| From the bit Of each horse hung a
| streamer Of crepe, gathered in a large
! rosette at the mouth, and this was the
| only mark of mourning the horses bore.
Behind the hearse came carriages con-
| tanning the state, county and city off,
| Gals members of the board of trade and
! the Indianapolis Commercial clu1e
| Arriving at the state house, the escort
| was drawn up to one side. Then, while
| the military presented arms and the
| drums rolled softly, the casket was borne
| into the staye house, where, surrounded
| by its guard Of honor with fixed bayonets
| it was to lie until night.
| Long before 1t was possible to admit
| them line of thousands of persons
| stretched away from the state house
| doors.
| Before the doors were opened to the
| multitude, the state officials and officers
! of the city and country passed by the
casket.
| The handling of the crowd by the police
| and committees was excellent Theil
| task was rendered comparatively easy
! by the. fact that it was not q difficult
! crowd to control
PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL.
| The funeral service tomorrow afternoon
| at the First Presbyterian church will be
! simple and, unostentatious.
| The arrangements for the services to-
| morrow have been practically completed
| in detail. The church has been richly
but simply decorated with drapings OF
| black and white and of the American
| flag. The entrances have been draped in
| black. In the interior and by way OF
| relief to the more somber trappings the
| altar and rostrum are covered with a
| profusion Of palms and ported plants
| Owing to the limited capacity of the
church, which will seat only about 1,030
and because of the great demand 70,
seats the committee on arrangements
found it necessary to announce that ad.
/ mission to the church would be to friends
| Of the family by card.
+ The honorary pallbearers were selected
as far as possible, from the members OF
| ex-President Harrison's cabinet.
| The list as announced by Secretary lib
| bolt is as follows:
Ex-secretary of the Navy Gen. Ben
| jamin F. Tracy, of New York.
Ex-Postmaster General John Wana-
maker, of Philadelphia
Fx-Attoruey General w H Miller OF