The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-17
THOUSANDS VIEW
HARRISON BODY
Remains Lie in State at In
diana'S Capitol.
IMPOSING MILITARY
DISPLAY In PARADE
Prominent People Will Attend
the Funeral Today.

Indianapolis. March 16.-Beneath a
canopy of black, placed under the ro-
tunda Of the capitol building, a casket
covered with the silken folds of the
stars and stripes, surrounded by thou
sands of blossoms, while over all swung
the great battle flag that flew from the
warship Indiana during the naval bat
tie of Santiago, the body of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison lay in state for nine
hours today.
During that time fully $4,000 persons
passed by the coffin to take a last look
at the distinguished dead, and when
at 10 o'clock tonight, the capitol doors
were finally closed and the people told
that no more could enter, there were
seN eral thousands more waiting pa
tientiy in line. The body lay in state
from 1:1O clock in the afternoon until
10 o clock at night, and not once during
the hours was there a break or halt
in the lines which passed rapidly by
on the right and left of the casAet.
1t was jndiana's Gay with her dead
and most touchingly was the esteem
and honor in which General Harrison
was held by his fellow citizens re-
vealed. IN front of the Harrison home
along the streets through which the
remains were carried on their way &c
and from the state house, in the lines
that stretched at times a half mile from
the doors of the capitol men, women
and children stood for hours waiting
their opportunity to pay a tribute OF
respect TO the dead
1T was an immense throng, but one
more easily handled, or rather one that
required less handling, never gathered
anywhere. There was no jostling, nc
disorder, no disturbance of any kind
Not a single Objectionable feature
marred the day. The weather was per-
feet.
Parade to the Capitol.
The hour set for the formation of the
pa ade from the state house to the
Harrison home to receive the body and
return with it to the state house was
1880, and promptly at the time sci
the infantry ana artillery were drawn
up in Washington street on the south
side of the state house
At 10:45 Blit adler General w J. Nc
Kee, commanding the state troops, or
dered the adj ance, and quickly wheel
ing into line the infantry poured in a
long stream along Washington street
on its way to the house.
Shortly before this the string of car
riagss conta ming Governor Durbin ano
other officials of the state had started
by anotheJ >~Oute and numerous other
uniformed bodies had gone, were going
and prep aring to go to the place OF
rendezvous in front of the Harrison
residence The streets in every direc-
ton were full of marching bodies and
the crash of bands was heard in al
most every street that afforded access
to Delaware street. The parade proper
was formed after the arrival at the
Harrison home and despite the fact
that all the preliminary arrangements
had been most carefully made, there
was some confusion and delay before
1 pWnTsVf hing n r-oaAiv7nc- fnY he 70
turn march to the capitol.
A large throng had gathered around
the Harrison home on Delaware street
hours before the procession appeared.
Down Delaware street much farther
than the eye could reach the CROWD
packed the sidewalks to the doors o.
the residences along each side of the
way.
By IL O'Clock part of the second di.
vision of the funeral procession haC
formed near Thirteenth and Delaware
streets. General Carnahan. the mar.
shall. and his staff, mounted and at.