The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-22
Remains Of Benjamin Harrison Laid
to Rest in Crown Hill, Gem
etery, Indianapolis.
uulTITuDts Honoatp MS MEMORY,
Impressive Services 81 the Home. At the
s'rss P~resbyssrisn Church and at the
o'svs-Pres'dsnt Mckinley Among the
hess sincere Ssournsrs-An wss VOL
ordered.

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the remains OF BENJAMIN Harrison
we're yesterday afternoon inferred In
b family lot in Crown Hill ccmc-
terry.
Close by the grave were the mem.
bers Of his family. President McKin-
ley and other visitors OF distinction
n h intimate friends OF Gen.
Harrison. Back n distance Of 90 yards
behind the ropes, guarded zcalously
BY a large force Of police, stood. with
uncovered heads the great multitude
who knew him not so well us did they
who stood beside the freshly upturned
earth, but who honorcd him and nd
mired him fully as much. IL is doubt
ful IL any public man. ut least In this
generation, was borne TO his last rest
ing place among so many manifesto.
tons OF respect. or passionate grief
there was little beyond the members
OF his family. but the tribute OF re-
spect was universal. IL came from nll
alike. form those OF his own political
faith and from those who differed
with him concerning what " best for
the nations good; from men who
have been his lifelong friends. and
from those who knew him merely by
sight and TO whom he never spoke.
IL came from ONE and children,
from white and black. from all condi.
lions and kinds OF people. There was
no exception anywhere TO the express.
sion hat the nation had lost one Of
Its ablcst men aud the greatest man
OF his generation In his " state.
by the grave stood the chief mngis.
trate OF the nation, and behind the
representative were all the street
arabs OF Gen. Ilnrrison'a city-cvcry
grade OF humanity In America, bc.
tween the two. was represented In the
orowd-and In them all there wnA hut
the one feeling, that II man had died
who was honest at all times with him.
self aud with others aud who's abili-
~ mud character were such as the ma.
tion could III afford TO lose.
The weather. like that OF Saturday.
was indispensable. bright sunlight and
u warm breath of spring In cve,,
breeze. and yet In the air n touch Of
winter that brought the blood TO the
cheek and n sparkle To the eve.
The services az the church and
grave were simple In the extreme al.
In most excellent taste and like the
proceedings Saturday, there was nm
utter absence OF friction In every.
thing That wns done. All was well or.
dered and well performed.
AT The home. before the rcamina
were taken 10 the First Presbyterian
church, where the full service WINS
held, there were brief exercises for
the members OF the family aud more
immediate friends of Gen. Harrison,
Possibly $50 people were present.
Mrs. Harrison did not appear. but re.
manned In her room until II was time
TO leave for the church.
President Mckinley, nccompnnIcd
by Gov. Durbin. called at the house
about n o'clock. Al about the same
came the members Of President
Hnrrison's cabinet and others %contln.
ually arrived until the short services
were over.
The people sat In the parlors. filed
the halls and q number of them snt
upon the stairs, while DIR. ~IInincs rcad
n short passage from the Scriptures
and made n few remarks touching the
lie and character Of Ten. Harrison ns
did DIR. Nichols,of st. Louis. and after
\ brief prayer by DIR. Haincs the scry-
Ices were over.
The florists wagon backed up 10 the
front of the house and u number of
he larger pieces were loaded into the
'ehicie preparatory to being taken 20
he church.
Word was then sent to Mrs. Harrl-
Ion that the time had come for the
'ody to be removed to the church.
md she at once came down from her
Dom into the parlor. There wns n
minutes of hustle. whispered di-
ections by the undertaken and his
~ssistants, and n marshaling OF the
'onorary pallbcnrers into column of
wos. ,
The procession was to have left the
ousea Mt 1880 o'clock, but IL was fully
o minutes later when everything was
n readiness. The doors were thrown
dde open and tho honorary pallbenr- d
rs came down the walk leading TO the v
treet. After them came the active II
allbearcrs, bearing the casket. y
While the casSet was being placed
a the hearse the honorary pallbcar- "
RI stood to one side with barred heads, |,
- soon M h hearse had moved from /,
front OF the house the carriages b
anne up rapidly and the family ana Z,
entered them. The undertake.
r and his assistants held a list of the
Occupants of each carriage as II III
heuld go in the procession and as CO
niekiy ms n carriage stopped the peo- 3,
lie to whom IL belonged were ushered IA
! and IL moved down the street TO a,
Ike its place in the procession. a
One o'clock was the hour set for
the church. although IL was m
,ened somewhat earlier than that. pr
y i;1o every seatwas occupied, chairs 40
led the a~isles, a long row of people ra
God along the two side walls and 10,
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