Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-19

or Gcn. HarTison's old regiment. the
SeN. ntieth Indiana infantry, came
the hearse, drawn by four magnlh-
cent coal-black horses. Over the
black cloth covering the casket were
thrown the silken folds of the stars
and stripes. There was no other dec.
Grafton. The flag for which he had
fought in war and whose honor and
dignity he had upheld in peace was
the only decoration. No flowers
were to be seen anywhere. He lay
in death beneath the flag under
which he had lived. and it was
enough.
From the bit of each horse hung
streamer of crepe, gathered in
large rosette Mt the mouth, and this
was the only mark of mourning the
horses bore.
Behind the hearse came carriages
containing the state, county and city
| officials, members of the board OF
trade and the Indianapolis CONNER
cial club.
At the Capitol.
Arriving at the state house the es-
cort was drawn up to one. side and
then while the military presented
arms, the drums rolled softly, the
casket was borne into the state house,
where, surrounded by its guard OF
honor, with fixed bayonets. it was to
lie until night. Long before it was
possible to admit them line OF people
thousands long was stretched away
from the state house door, waiting
for the time to come when they would
be admitted.
Before the doors were opened te
the multitude, the state officials ant
officers of the city and county passed
by the casket. Those present were
Gov. Durbin, Supreme Court Judge!
James H. Jordan. l.. j. Monks, Alexan
der Bowling, John v. Hadley and Fran
els T. Baker; Appellate Court Judge
James Black. Daniel w. Comstock
William j. Henley, w. D. Robinson an
U. 2. Wiley; Lieut.. Gov. Gilbert, secre
tary of State U. B. Hunt, Attorne:
General W. L. Taylor and large mum
, Der of lesser officials.
Viewed by Thousands.
The handling of the crowd by tn
police and the committees was excel
lent, Their task was rendered com
paratively easy by the fact that it wa
not difficult crowd to control.
, was quiet, orderly and doesn't. Their
( was no jostling, no pushing, and tn
, line, once it was in motion, gmoye
swiftly into the. state house past tn
casket and out at the opposite side c
the building. The police had nothin
: to do but stand and look for the POI
sible' trouble that never came. A
> during the afternoon the crowd passe
through the state house unceasingl
and never once was there hitch {
far. The casket stood on two circulf
supports which were swathed in creI
- and over it flung the great flag whic
5 YVES in other days fluttering from tn
mast of the battleship Indiana.
= The natural gloom of the stat
. house was heightened by the blac
streamers which were in eyidene
upon every side. The marble pillar
were hidfen beneath the broad band
: which wound around them from tt
y top to the floor. The only relief we
- that in each one hung wreath {
= golden laurel. All along the corridor
a were large banners variously q
= ranged, but all of them bearing tt
- deep mark of mourning. Here al
a there in corners were groups
y. palms and other plants, but thu
", aA.ned- only to accentuate, the de
a.. black which was on every side.
10 business Houses Closed.
ct AS a mark of respect to Gen. Har,
Is son every business house closed
e noon and from then till two o'clock
pe work of any kind was done in India
,e apolis. Everything was closed wit
out exception.
None of the distinguished visito
who will attend the funeral Sund
~ were pre.An4 saturday and none
u them is expected before Sunday.
NJ President Mckinley, who is to
eo the guest of Gov. Durbin, will arri
nc at GAO in the morning. and he is {
oi pected to bc the first. The others W
NC arrive at different times betwe
'e seven o'clock and noon, by which til
C. it is expected that all of them will
~ here.
10. Cost of Queens Funeral
n London, March ls.-The civil Sc
er ice supplementary estimates, issu