The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-16
The Body of General Harrison Now
Rests i'm the Front ParIor of the
DeIaware-Street Residence.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S COMING
WHILE HERE HE WILL BE GUEST
OF GOVERNOR AND MRS. DURBIN.
Mrny other Distinguished Men Will
Attend the Funeral-More Tele-
grams of Coincidence.

Distinguished men from all parts OF the
country who were friends or associates of
the late General Harrison during his pub
lie career as a statesman or as the Ma
tions foremost lawyer are constantly COM
ing into Indianapolis to mingle their trib-
utes and tears with those of the great
mans fellow-citizens in his home city
Public buildings and private business
houses and homes that had not been
draped in mourning Thursday put on the
habilimsnts of sorrow yesterday, that
by night the city might truthfully be said
to have been in mourning for its we'll
beloved son. The monument which COM
memorates the services of the civil-war
heroes, of whom General Harrison was
in the forefront, was draped in black early
yesterday morning. Very few business
houses or storerooms in the city fail to
display some evidence that the proprietors
share the general feeling of loss. The
buildings and dwellings along the line OF
march of to-day's military pageant will be
draped with more than ordinary care.
All the details of the lying in state have
been arranged. In accordance with the
citation. the mayor and Common Council
little business will be transacted in the
city during the time the body of the great
man is exposed TO public view in the
Statehouse.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The remains will be taken in charge at
| the house at 1850 this morning by sur
| viving members of General Harrison's regi-
H.
| taken by the veterans, accompanied by the
| entire Indiana National Guard to the
| Statehouse, where they will remain to be
viewed by mourning thousands through
| out the day and until IL o'clock tonight
| The funeral services, an account of which
will be found elsewhere. will be of the sim
plest character possible, in accordance
with the idea that General Harrison would
voice if he could be given the power OF
speech. The ceremonies will begin at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the First
Presbyterian Church. and will be conducted
by Rev. DR.. NJ. l.. Haines the dead mans
pastor, assisted by DR.. Samuel j. Niccolls
pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church
of St. Louis.
President Mckinley will arrive in In
dianapolis tomorrow morning early, and
|
ernor Durbin. With him will be his pri-
vate secretary, George b. Cortelyou. A
| few members of the Presidents Cabinet
are expected to attend the funeral, ami
also, previously announced. several
members of President Harrison's Cabinet.
Among the noted men brought here by the
| death of General Harrison are Governor
Nash and his party from Columbus, o.;
| Senators Beveridge and Fairbanks Repre-
sentative Overstreet; Judson Harmon. who
| was President Cleveand's attorney general;
| Gen. Benjamin f. Tracy, ex-secretary of
| the navy; Charles Foster, ex-secretary of
the treasury; John Wanamaker ex-post-
master general, and Gen. John w. Noble.
| ex-secretary of the interior All members
of President Harrisons Cabinet who reach
here WILL together with ex-Attorney Cen
eral W. II. II. Miller serve as honorary
pallbearers.
GREAT CROWD COMING.
One of the largest crowds in the history
of indianapolis is expected to pour into the
city to-day, attracted by the military pomp
| and ceremony in connection with the lying
in state of the body of the distinguished
| dead Extra arrangements have been made
by the police officers to preserve order and
the detective force will look out for sneak
thieves and pickpockets.
The Common Council and all administra-
tive boards of the city yesterday adopted
| resolutions of respect to the memory of
General Harrison, and the members of the
Council decided TO march with the military
and civic escort from the Harrison home
TO the State Capitol this morning All
courts sitting at Indianapolis will take a
recess to-day, and their records will show
| that the cessation of their proceedings was
| out of respect to the memory of the de-
| ceased ex-President
In anticipation of great numbers Of peo-
( pie flocking into the city to-day all rail-
roads entering the tnion Station have ar
ranged a low rate. and they expect TO dc
an immense business Tickets good from
this morning until Monday at midnight will
be sold in all towns within seventy-hve
miles OF Indianapolis.
The principal occupation of those IN
charge of the Harrison home on North
Delaware street continues 10 be the receipt
and opening of letters and kilograms OF
coincidence from all parts of the United
States and cablegrams from Europe.
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