The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-22

the house and placed in the funeral car.
Six sergeants from the Second regiment of
the state militia and two sergeants from
the indianapolis Light artillery, General |
Lew Wallace, representing the army, and /
Judge Baker and Judge Bowling formed an |
escort of honor, which followed the pail |
bearers from the residence to the hearse
The aged survivors of the Seventh regi- |
ment marched to their place of honor be-
hind the hearse. When the old, bent sol
diers of the civil war saw the black COW
cred casket holding the body of their old
friend and leader borne to the hearse,
many of them were affected to tears. They
marched slowly by with uncovered heads
and took up their places in the procession
as the parade moved.
As the Parade Moved.
As soon as the members of the escort
committee had reached their carriages the
order for the return march was given and,
headed by the state guard, marching with
reversed arms and in a slow time to the
music of the dirge played by the band, the
parade moved slowly away. At the head
of the column rode Brigadier General Nc
Kee and his staff, commanding the first
division, which was composed entirely OF
state troops.
The Pail Bearers.
The honorary pallbearers were selected
as far as possible from members of eX-
President Harrison's cabinet. The list as
announced by Secretary Tbbett is as fol-
lows: Ex-Secretary of the Navy Benjamin
Tracy of New York, Postmaster General
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, ex-At-
tornev General w. H H. Miller of Indiana
polls. ex-Secretary of the Interior John A.
Noble of st. Louis, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Charles w. Foster of Fostoria, o.,
General Lew Wallace of Charlottesville,
Ind, ,Judson Harmon of Cincinnati, who
) was attorney general under President
Cleveland. and Judge William Woods OF
indianapolis.
The active pallbearers are all from this
city and are men who were friends OF Gen
, eral Harrison for many years.
The services were conducted by Rev.
M. HAYNES. pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church.
DIR. HAYNES delivered the principal ad
> dress and Dr. Nichols read the scripture
lessons and offered the invocation. Th'
= music, which was simple in character, wa
furnished by the full choir of the church
: composed of 20 singers of the city.
= At the conclusion of this service tn
= funeral party left the church, going to tn
- Crown Hill cemetery. The services at tn
cemetery were simple and brief, consisting
: of prayer and the recital of the word
: usually spoken as the body is lowered int
q the grave.
- indianapolis, March 1S.-In tn
, center of a hollow square, with full
= Is 600 of his fellow citizens presen
- the remains of Benjamin Harriso
ID were Sunday afternoon inferred
II the family lot in Crown Hill cemeter.
Close by the grave were the member
of his family, President Mckinley an
. other visitors of distinction ana tn
- more intimate friends of General Ha
T. rison. Back a distance of so yard
S behind ropes guarded zealously by
p large force of police, stood with unco
Of cred heads the great multitude VIII
Of knew him not so we'll as did they VIII
i stood beside the freshly upturne
# earth, but who honored him and a
Of mired him fully as much. 1t is douh
:; full if any public man. at least in tn
:, generation, was borne to his last res
)" ing place among SO many manifest
y tions of respect. There was no exec
A ton anywhere to the expression TIL
n, the nation had lost one of it's able
d. men, and the greatest man of his ge
ed Grafton in his own state.
a BY the grave stood the chief magi
of trate of the nation and behind Il
bo ropes were all the street Arabs
- General Harrison's city-every graz
" of human life in America, between Il
IL two, were represented in the crowd
and among them all there was but o.
ed feeling-that a man mad died who W
he honest at all times with himself al
tn, with others, and whose ability al
he character were such as Tie natl
Is could ill afford to lose.
The weather, like that of yesterda
od was unsurpassable with bright ST
~ light-the warm breath of spring
"o every breeze and yet in the air
re, touch of winter that brought the bio
adj to the cheek and sparkle to the e,
let The services at the church a
his grave were simple in the extreme,
ed in most excellent taste and like
of proceedings yesterday, there was
utter absence of friction in everythi
that was done. All was well order
and we'll performed.