The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
LAID TO REST ].
Services Over the Remains Of the
Late General Harrison.

1uuAandpOllSs 1nu., NarCn 1S.-Be-
meath canopy of black placed on
the rotunda of the capitol building,
the casket covered with the silken
folds of the Stars and Stripes, sur
rounded by thousands of blossoms.
while over all foated the great bat.
Indiana during the naval battle off
Harrison lay in state for nine hours
Saturday.
During that time fully $4,000 people
look at the distinguished dead, and
when at 10 o'clock the capitol doors
were finally closed and the people
told that no more could enter, there
We're several thousand more waiting
patiently in line. The body lay in
state from 1910 O'Clock in the after
noon until 10 o'clock mt night, and
not once during the hours was there
passed rapidly on by the right and
left of the casliet.
1t was lndiana's day 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 to and from the state
house. in lines that stretched at times
half mile from the door of the cap
itol building. men. women and chill
dren stood for hours waiting their
opportunity to pay Il tribute OF re-
Snpr1 a fhn fp.,I +
throng, but one more easy to handle,
or rather one that required less
handling. never gathered anywhere.
There was no iostling. no disorder,
no disturbance of any kind. Not a
single Objectionable feature married
the day. Weather more perfect could
not have been devised.
After brief ceremonies at the home.
the remains were escorted to the cap
itol by the three regiments of state
militia. accompanied by the various
civic organizations.
Indianapolis, March 1s.-The fun
eral services over the remains of Cen
eral Harrison were held at the first
Presbyterian church. The rites
were conducted by Rev. nj. l..
Haines. for many years the close
friend of the general, assisted by
Rev. A. j. Niecolls. of ST. Louis Pres
ident Mckinley and prominent men
from all parts of the country were in
attendance.
The honorary pall-bearers were Sc
lected, as far as possible, from the
members of eN-President IIarrison's
cabinet, as follows:
EN-Secretary of the Navy General
Ii. II. IracV of New York ax-pDst
master General Wanamaker of Phila-
aelphia. eS-Attorney General w. II,
III. Miller of Indianapolis, ex-Secre-
tary of the Interior John w. Noble
of st. Louis, eN-Secretary of the
Treasury Charles Foster of Fostoria,
o.; General Lew Wallace of Craw-
louisville, Ind; Judge Judson Har-
mon of Cincinnati, who was attorney
general under Cleveland, and Judge
William Woods Of indianapolis.
The active pall-bearers were all
from the city. and were men who
We're friends of General Harrison for
many years. They We're: Augustus
Z. Mason, James Whitcomb Riley,
Evans Wooden. Harry j. Milligan.
Clifford Arrick. William c. Bobbs.
Harry S. New. Howard Gale. John
L. Griffiths, Newton Booth Tarking-
ton, Hilton u. Brown and Samuel
Ried.
The remains We're laid to rest in
Crown Hill cemetery at sunrise, the
United States arsenal fired a salute
of thirteen guns, and at one half
hours intervals throughout the day
q gun was fired. Just before sunset
salute of forty-tive guns was fired.