The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-18

Harry S. New, Howard Gale, John T. Griff1ths, Newton B. Tarkington, Hilton U. Brown and Samuel Reid.
 While the casket was being placed in the hearse the honorary pallbearers
 stood to one side with barred heads. As the hearse moved from the front of the
 house the carriages came up rapidly
 and the family and visitors entered them. The undertaken and his assist
 ants held a list of the occupants of
 each carriage as it should go in the pro-
 cession, and as quickly as a carriage stopped the people to whom 1t belonged were ushered in and it moved down the
 street to take its place in the process sion.
 Behind the casket came Mrs. Harri- son with her brother, Lieutenant Com mander Parker of the navy and little Elizabeth Harrison. Then came Secre- 1 tary Tibbatt and Mrs. Tibbett, then Mir. and Mrs. Mckee, MT and Mrs. Russell Harrison, then the other relatives of the dead ex-president Directly after the members of the family came Pres ident Mckinley and Governor Durbin, and following them, the friends of the family The route of the procession was south on Delaware street, then one block east to Pennsylvania street, and thence direct to the church, total dist ance of twelve squares. Twelve mount ed police led the way and cleared the streets.
 There were several thousand people around the Harrison residence as the funeral procession moved away but the crowd there was insignificant to that gathered around the church. Two hours before the time set for the commencement of the services, the peo- pie had begun to gather at this point and by the time the funeral procession arrived there was a solid mass of hu- manity stretching a block away on every sidewalk. The streets were kept entirely clear by detachment of police and Co. c, of the Second Infantry, com manded by Captain Porter. Sentries patrolled the streets just outside the curb and nobody without being able to produce a card entitling him to admis- sion to the church was permitted to step off the walk
 While the carriages were discharging their inmates at the door of the church the wild changing of a fire engine gong was heard and down the street at top speed came dashing fire truck. It's way lay through the crowd beyond where the police lines were formed and for brief space it seemed as If some accident mus. certainly follow. The people made wild rushes in every dlrec- tion to escape the threatened danger but the driver of the truck handling his horses very skilIfully, all escaped with out injury. President Mckinley was half way between the sidewalk and the church when the commotion attracted his attention and he stopped short with an expression of anxiety on his face until the truck passed, when he resum- ed his walk to the church.
 It was 2:9o o'clock when the process sion arrived at the church, and for an hour and twenty minutes had been packed to its utmost capacity.
 Directly after the morning religious service in the church the ushers who were to take charge of the crowd dur ing the funeral services of the afternoon
 
 final arrangements. Long ribbons of silk, white upon one side, black on the other, were stretched around twenty pews in the body of the church and fif- teen on each side, making total reser- vation of fifty pews for the family, pallbearers and visitors. While the ushers were still at work people hold ing cards of admission to the church commenced to arrive.
 At 2:20 the florist with his men came in bearing many of the large floral pieces which has been around the cask- ct yesterday, while it lay in the state house.
 The florist had scarcely completed his work when the front doors were opened and the funeral party appeared. The ushers hastily gathered up the black 1 and white ribbon and retired to the | front of the church.
 The honorary and actual pallbearars came slowly up the north center aisle, filing into the seats at the side. The ushers, forming in column near the | door, came up the south aisle. acting as | an escort to the president who was &C., | companied by Mrs Durbin. As the president reached the pew set apart for him the ushers turned and faced him. He bowed his thanks for the honor and | then, ushering Mrs. Durbin into the pew, followed after. Governor Durbin | and Secretary Cortelyou filled up the pew.
 Immediately in front of the casket and behind the pallbearers came the Rev. M. l.. Haines and Rev. Samuel J. Niccol, of St. Louis
 Immediately following the casket were Lieutenant Commander Parker and Mrs. Russell Harrison, MT. and . second seat from the front to the left of the north center aisle, corresponding to that of the president on the south aisle. With them were Frank Tibbett General Harrison private secretary, and Mrs Parker Following these were MT and rMs. Russell Harrison, MT. and Mrs J. R. Mckee and Mrs. Eaton, John Scott Harrison and Carter B. Harrison, MT. and Mrs. Newcomer MT and Mrs. 5. V. Morris and othe relatives and close friends of the family.
 MT. and Mrs. Mckee and MT. and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison occupied the pew directly in the rear of that in which Mrs. Harrison sat. Behind the pew oc- ,upied by the president were Senator md Mrs, Fairbanks, Senator Beveridge. Governor Nash and party, of Ohio; Gov ,rnor Yates and party, of Illinois, Con- T.nc teA,