Evening star., 1901-03-18
HARRISON OBSEQUlES
FIFTEEN THOUSAND PERSONS AT
THE GRAVE.
Ceremonies at Indianapolis Yesterday
Afternoon-SOIdiera and States
man Mt Rest.

The remains of BENJAMIN Harrison. for
mer President of the United States. were
buried i'm Crown HlI cemetery. Indianapo-
lis yesterday afternoon. Fifteen thousand
persons saw the final ceremony.
At the Harrison home before the remains
We're taken to the First Presbyterian
Church. where the full service was held
there were brief exercises for the members
of the family and more immediate friends
of Gen Harrison Possibly 100 people were
present Mrs Harrison did not appear but
remained in her room until it was time to
leave for the church.
President Mckinley. accompanied by Gov.
Durbin. arrived at the house about L
o'clock About the same time came the
members of President HarrisOns cabinet,
and others continually arrived until the
short services were over.
Services mt the House.
The people sat in the parlors, filled the
halls and number of them sat upon the
stairs. while DIR. Haines read short pas
sage from the Scriptures and made few
remarks touching the life and character of
Gen Harrison, as did DIR. NiccOl of st.
Louis
brief prayer by DIR. Haines concluded
the services.
The doors were thrown wide open and the
honorary paIIbearers came out They were
Cen Benjamin F. Tracy of New York John
Wanamaker of Philadelphia, William HI.
II. Miller of indianapolis. John W. Noble
of st. Louis and Charles Foster of Fostoria,
Ohio: Gen. Lew Wallace of Indianapolis,
Judson Harmon of Cincinnati and William
A. Woods of Indianapolis. After them
came the active pallbearers bearing the
Casket. They were a. l.. Mason, James
WhitcOmb Riley. Evans WoOlen, Harry ].
AIilligan. Clifford Arrick, William G. BobbS,
Harry S. New, Howard Gale. John l.. -Grif-
fiths Newton B. Harrington, Hilton u.
Brown and Samuel Reid.
Behind the casket came Mrs. Harrison
with her brother Lieut.. Commander Parker
of the navy. and little Elizabeth Harrison.
Then came Secretary Tibbott and Mrs. Tib-
bott. then Mr.: and Mrs. Mckee, MI and
Mrs. Russell b. Harrison, then the other
relatives of the dead eX-President.
Directly after the members of the family
came President Mckinley and Gov. Durbin,
Iy.
At the Church.
There were several thousand persons
around the Harrison residence as the
funeral procession moved away, but the
crowd there was insignificant to that gath
cred around the First Presbyterian Church.
At 2:2O the florist with his men arrived
at the church, bearing many of the large
floral pieces which had been placed around
the casket yesterday while it lay in the
state house. Most of the flowers had been
somer than before. President McKinley's
great wreath of golden gate roses had.
however. lost much of its beauty COM
pared with the day before. but for all that
il one of the most handsome pieces
present. There We're baskets of roses of
crimson, of yellow and of white; there were
ViOlets orchids, Gala lilies. lilies of the val
ley. and many others in SO great prOfusion
that there was no longer space the floor
for them. and many wreaths were hung
over the sides of pews- The florist had
scarcely completed his work when the front
doors were opened and the funeral party
appeared.
When all had taken their seats -.r
haines, the pastor, advanced to the front
of the pulpit platform, and, resting his left
hand upon the large church Bible, opened
the service by saying:
II am the Resurrection and the Life. He
that believeth on Me- though he were dead
vet shall he live. and he that liveth and be-
Ieveth on Me shall never die.
Mr.. NiccoIs then read from Corinthians
xv:3J-3S. inclusive, after WHICH Mr.. Haines
offered prayer.
After the prayer the choir rendered the
hymn. Rock of Ages" This was Gen.
Harrisons 5 fayorite hymn.
Following the hymn Dr. Niccols read
portions of Scripture from the fourteenth
chapter of st. John and the twenty-frst
chapter of Revelations after which DR..
HaineS delivered the address.
After the address DR.. Niccols offered
prayer. The services were closed with a
barytone solo ''Hark. Hark, MY Soul" rem
choir Joined in the chorus.
The party left the church in the same
order III which it entered. For the most
part those who attended the church sery-
Ices left Immediately for Crown Hill ceme-
terry.
At the Cemetery.
1t was nearly O'Clock when the line of
relatives and friends came up the grayeled
path to the tomb. President Mckinley
came to the grave with Mrs. Durbin and
stood with her during the brief service
The air had begun to be chilly, but while
some others about the grave to protect
their heads barely raised their hats the
President kept his in his hands throughout
the service.
The Rev. DR.. Niccols read the short COM
initial and burial service, and the Rev Mr.
Iaines followed with a prayer
Instead OF following the usual practice
which consists of dropping a handful of
dust on the coffin. three white carnations
were placed upon the lid.