New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
PRICE THREE CENTS.
GEN. HARRISON BURIED.
LAST HONORS FOR THE
FORJLER PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT MKINLEY AND OTHER Of
FICIALS ATTEND-FORMER CABINET
MEMBERS AS PALLBEARERS.
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tributes. civil and military. paid yesterday TO
the dead ex-President by the State of his early
adoption and lifelong allegiance General Har-
/ rsons funeral to-day could not but seem severe.
almost fastidious in it's simplicity and lack Of
ostentation. Yesterday the people of Indiana
did formal and public honor to the memory OF
the leader whose cOunsels had guided them IN
peace and war, and in whose long career as
soldier. lawyer and statesman they saw unfail-
ingly reflected their worthiest ideals of PERSONAL
character and personal achievement
This afternoon it left to family affection
and private friendship to discharge the last
debt of ceremony due from the living to the
dead. Except for the timely assistance of a
few policemen and soldiers to keep order IN
the streets approaching, the church. neither
state nor city had any noticeable share in the
funeral exercises. So far, indeed. as the pomp
ard paseantry of public funerals go, General
! HarrisOn's to-day was as democratic and unas-
suming as that of any other private citizen
would be. who in an American town or city had
risen to more than average respect and in
fluence.
Stunning parade and display. and valuing the
ceremonial Of life only for it's inne- suggestive-
ness the ex-President's personal tastes httinsly
governed in all the arrangements made both at
the church and for the burial. But though in-
vested with all the modesty and privacy which
a compliance with General Harrisons wen
known wishes and SC"uDleS denldHueu, tO-udy
ceremony did not altogether lose it's larger char
acter If Indiana's tribute TO her dead soldier
and statesman was paid / advance yesterday.
the nations grief at Indiana's loss did not and
could not find appropriate expression until to-
day.
PRESIDENT PAYS OFFICIAL RESPECT.
Following a gracious and admirable precedent.
President Mckinley travelled from Washington
to INDIANAPOLIS to pay last mark of official
and personal respect 10 his distinguished pred
ecessor in cffice. His presence. with that or the
Governors of Ohio. Illinois. and Indiana. of a
majority Of the members of General Harrison's
Cabinet and various other officials conspicuous
in state and national politics. could not fail to'
give a broader coloring TO the funeral scene.
which. austere and simple as IL was. carried a
message of genuine interest to every corner of
the United States where Benjamin Harrison's
name is cherished as that of statesman and
patriot
The funeral services we're held in the First
F,rasbvterian Church in Pennsylvania-st.. of
which General Harrison had been for forty
| years a member. In this church he married his
| first wife and to it's congregational life and
| vcnrl, he was linked by a thousand associations,
| A long. bare rectangular auditorium had been
simply decorated in black and white Grape, a
huge American flag falling over, and hiding
from sight the organ, set Immediately behind
and against it's base facing the congregation.
were massed the many beautiful and costly
floral pieces sent by friends TO the Harrison
family
Admission the church by card only,
and an hour before the services began all space.
except that reserved for the funeral party, was
more than crowded AT 2:30 o'clock the process
sion entered the church. headed by the Rev.
NJ L. Haines. General Harrsons pastor. and
hi. int nal and
the Rev. Or. Samuel J. Niccolls. OF St. Louis.
Presbyterian clergyman with whom the ex-
President spent several Summers in the Old
Forse region in the AdnenGacks.
CABINET MEMBERS ACT AS PALL-
BEARERS.
Tt had been planned originally to have as hon
crary paIlbearers the eight members of General
ItarrisOn's Cabinet who survive him. OF these
eight three. John ". Foster Secretary Of State
FOR the last nine months of the administration,
anG ReGfeId Proctor and Stephen B. Elkins,
who served about two years apiece az the head
Of the War Department, either out of reach
or detained by unforeseen contingencies. The
other five We're on hand to-day to follow ther
former chief to his last resting place.
Charles Foster. of Ohio. Secretary OF tho
Treasury after William Windom's death, walked
side by side with Benjamin F. Tracy. of New
York. for four years the head of the Navy De-
partment. John Wanarnaker. unchanged by
years business burdens. was paired with
General JChn W. Noble. Of Missouri, for four
years Secretary OF the Interior. w. Il. III. Miller,
Cf IHdIaha. General Harr.sGn's law partner and
Attorney General. appeared with Julson Har-
moi. who flied the same place in Nsr. CIeve-
lands second Cabinet. after Mr.. OlneS's promo
ton 10 the Secre ;aryshp of State. The two
other pailDearers finally c;osen We're Judge Will.
lam y. Woods. of the United States Circuie
Court, and General Lew Wallace OF Crawforcis.i
Vile.
Eight younger men. selected for their friends
ship with General Harrison, were the active
pallbearers. In this group Harry New,
Republican National Committeeman from In
diana, son of John c. New. long the EXPRESS
DENTS trusted political manager; James Whit
comb Riley. the Hoosier poet; Newton Booth
Harrington. well known as the author of Mon
sieur Beaucaire' and "A Gentleman from In
diana" and Clifford Arrick a son-in-law of w.
III. II. Miller.
General Harlson's widow leaning on the arm
OF Lieutenant Commander John F. Parker u
S. NJ. followed the coffin up the church AISLE
Behind her and occupying the same pew later
were Private Secretary Tibbott and Mrs T!b-
bott Mr. and Mrs Russell b. Harrison and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mckee the latter General
Harrison's daughter. followed and occupied the
second pew. Other relatives present were John
Scott Harrison and Carter B. Harrison BROTH
ers of the ex-President. Mrs. Eaton and Mrs.
Norris. his sisters. and Mrs Newcomer his
aunt
SEES THREE PRESIDENTS BURIED
President Mckinley seated IN the 'front.'