The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

tenance. The paleness of death was pres
ent, but il was scarcely deeper than In
lifetime, as General Harrison was always
conspicuous for his almost deathly pallor.
After the veterans and other close friends
of the deceased had viewed the body there
was a pause of a few minutes to allow rep
resentatives of local newspapers and sew
eral outside publications to take fiashlight
photographs OF the catafalque and its sur
roundings. Harpers Weekly and Golfers
Weekly each had a staff of photographers
OF the ground to secure views. Permission
to take the pictures was obtained from the
Governor.
DETAILS OF SOLDIERS.
Company d, of the Second Regiment In
diana National Guard, commanded by Cap
tain Hoyt n. McClain, furnished the de-
tails employed in various duties about the
corridor. An interesting feature of the
lying-in-state was the presence of Colonel
Harry Il. Smith. of the Second Regiment,
who had general charge of affairs. Colonel
Smith has officiated at the lying-in-state
of nine ex-Governors of Indiana and of
General Lawton, and remarked yesterday
that he had for the first time witnessed
such a ceremony in connection with dead
ex-President
When the great doors at the south
trance to the Capitol were thrown wide
to admit, the general public to view the
remains, the multitude pushed and fought
to gain admission to the building with such
violence that it required the active services
of the details of miitiamen and police to
prevent serious accidents. The people were
soon started in orderly procession through
ba nd r1
everything moved with true military pre-
csion and regularity. The throng that
tramped through the great building. moved
by common impulse to look for the last
time upon the face of the man who was
once their leader, might be termed mot
ley one, for it was made up of all sorts
and conditions of people. Yet it was just
such crowd as General Harrison in life
often swayed by his eloqUence and logic.
Men and women of all ages, boys and
girls and babies in arms, all were there.
Side by side with the humble laborer
walked the employer of scores Of wage
earners in the sublime forgetfulness of
social distinctions that is always witnessed
in similar scenes. Stalwart young men.
full of health and vigor, jostled against
white-haired old men, whose limbs trembled
beneath their frail, bent forms. Men and
women of the colored race mingled their
tributes of tears with the common brother
hood of mourners. Here and there in the
silent procession were discerned citizens
of the Celestial Kingdom. and their usually
stolid faces held expressions that indicated
that they, too. realized at least something
of the general sense Of loss.
MANY CHILDREN THERE.
A striking feature of the event was
the extraordinary number of children that
came or were brought to gaze upon the
features of the great man. The little folks
who were too short TO look into the cas-
ket were lifted by their parents and
babes in arms were directed to the object
of universal gaze. as il in the fond hope
that their uniformed minds might retain
some impression of the majestic counte-
nance TO be cherished as a priceless mem
ory in after years.
spectacle that caused many an observer
to furtively wipe away a telltale tear was
that of venerable man, with locks of
gray reaching to his shoulders, carrying III
his arms a prattling babe bereft of a
mothers tender care.
student of human nature might have
found much to interest him in the varied
faces and forms that passed in review
before the silent one who seemed to pos
SIS universal affection and esteem. Wis
Gom and ignorance, wealth and poverty,
people of high and people of low degree
united in publicly testifying the apprecia-
tion in which they held this man who
was great among his fellows and yet one
with them ALL
AS the double line of mourners ap-
preached the catafalque their eyes, when
directed upward fell upon a splendid por-
trait of General Harrison, done in oil by
Artist T. c. Steele for the University Club,
of which the dead man was an honored
member and official. The picture was loaned
to the custodian of the Statehouse to be
used in the scheme of decoration yester-
day. 1t was suspended from the railing
of the second balcony and rested upon 4.
large flag, the lower part of which came
within, a few feet of the marching
throng
Another picturesque feature was the
mammoth battle flag of the battleship In
diana, which depended from the Capitoi
dome and almost touched the top of the
catafalque beneath which the body lay.
The crowds were kept moving at a good
pace through the building the militiamen
being ably assisted in this work by the
detail of police. The rate at which people
passed the casket during the first half
hour was about seventy-five to the min
ute. This was increased 10 eighty, then
to ninety-five and finally reached the maxi
mum of LOG each minute. Estimating that
| ninety persons viewed the remains every
minute during the period they were ex-
rosed to the public gaze. which is a con-
| servative estimate. 5.400 people paid their
tribute of mourning and respect every
| hour.
| MANY THOUSANDS PASSED THROUGH
Thus il may be seen that more than fifty
| thousand people passed through the lower
noon and last night. At o'clock when
| thousands had entered and left the build
| ing. a glance AT the square on the south
or Washington-street side of the building
failed TO show any perceptible diminution
| in the swaying mass that still waited their
! opportunity TO get into the structure.
| Washington street. from Capitol to Senate
avenues, was literally packed and jammed
with a surging. struggling multitude of
| human beings, all animated by the same
desire. Hundreds moved along the Capitol
avenue side. ia the hope of gaining en-
trance by the East Market-street door of
the building. but guards were stationed
there TO keep out all except those pro.
\ yided with official cards of admission hesr-