The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-23
BODY LAID 10 REST.
sOrrOwing Throng Witnesses Last
Rites Over Gen. Harrison.
President Mekinisy one Of the Moarasss-
Thousands Follow the Rsmaiaa sf tie
Man Thsy Loved from His Rest
dsnes ta the Csmstary.

indianapolis. Ind, March is.--In the
center Of hollow square composed
of fully $4,000 Of his feliow-cisizens
the remains Of Benjamin Harrison
were Sunday afternoon inferred In the
family lot In Grown Hill cemetery,
Close by the grave were the members
of his family. President Mckinley and
other visitors of distinction, and the
more intimate friends OF Gen. Harri-
son. Back distance OF so yards.
behind ropes guarded zealously BY
large force Of police, stood, with
uncovered head. the great multituds
who knew the former president not
so well as did they who stood beside
the freshly upturned earth. but who
honored him and admired him fully
as much:
II Is doubtful II any public man,
at least in this generation. WAS borne
to his last resting place among 80
many manifestations OF respect. The
tribute Of respect was universal. II
came from all alike, from those Of his
own political faith and from those
who differed with him concerning
what is best for the nations good.
from men who had been his lifelong
friends, and. from those who knew
him merely by sight and TO whom
he never spoke. 1t came from women
and children, from white and black,
from all conditions and kinds Of peo-
pie. There was no exception any
where to the expression that the ma
tion had lost one of its ablest meu
and the greatest man OF his genera
tion In his own state.
BY the grave stood the chief magis
trate of the nation, and behind th'
ropes were all the street arabs Of
Gen. Harrison's city. Every grade o.
human life IN America between tn,
J. two was represented In the crowd
+ and In them all there was only th'
one feellng--that q man had died VIII
was honest at all times with himssi
and with others, and whose abllit,
: and character were such ss the natioI
!. could III afford to lose. The service
= at the church and grave were simpi
I. I. In the extreme, all in most exesilsn
!. taste.
y Remaias Viewed By $4,000 People
7 indianapolis, Ind. March iss-B'
] meath q canopy Of black, placed undo
!. the rotunda OF the capitol building
: in casket covered with the sllke
folds Of the stars and stripes, su'
!. rounded by thousands Of blossom
= while over all swung the great battl'
flag that few from the battleship Il
diana during the naval battle At Sal
tiaeo, the body Of ex-President Harr
sof lay In state for nine hours Sc
urday. During that time fully 500
persons passed by the comm 70 tai
last look at the distinguished dea
d. and when at ten o'clock the capit
al danrs were finally closed and the Pc
x pie were Told that no mare could E
,n ter. there were scvcrai vnousau
in more waiting patiently In line. y
ry body lay In. state from i:1o o'clock
ok the afternoon until ten o'clock
Of night, and not once during the hou
se- was there a break or halt In the lin
nd which passed rapidly by on the rig
all and left Of the caDket. 1t was
ro- diana,s day with her dead. and me
he touchingly were the esteem and hon
ias in which Gen. Harrison was held
'ty his fellow citizens revealed.