River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-02-25
senator Hanna
IS LAID At REST
Funeral Services Over Remains of
Distinguished Ohioan Held
at Cleveland.
BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED And
ENTIRE CITY is IN MOURNING
Great Throngs Take Last Look at
Dead Statesman While Thousands
of Others Are Unable To-Many
Noted Persons in Attendance
Body Deposited in Chapel.

bOQY Deposited III CudpSl.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 20.-The last rites
over the body of Senator Marcus A.
Hanna were held Friday afternoon at
st. Paul's Episcopal church, corner of
Euclid and Case avenues. During this
solemn service, Cleveland was silent
city. Nearly all business was suspended
for the entire afternoon. Street railway
and steam road traffic on every line in
the city was stopped for five minutes
from to LOS o'clock People generally
in all parts of the city bowed their heads
in reverence for brief space of time
at that hour. Cleveland mourned as it
never mourned before.
Thousands who were unable to view the
remains of the dead senator, as they lay
in state in the chamber of commerce
auditorium Thursday and Friday,
fiocked to the corner of Euclid and Case
avenues, to witness the conveying of the
simple black casket, bearing the remains
Of the senator, into the church. There
they stood with barred heads and moist
ened eyes as the cortege moved into the
edifice where thelast earthly tribute was
paid the dead. At II o'clock the doors
of the chamber Of commerce were closed
on vast throng of people anxious to
gain admission and to pass by the bier
upon which rested the remains of the
distinguished Clevelander But the hour
had come when preparations had to be
made for the funeral services and thou
sands were compelled to turn away dis
appointed. During the time that the
body lay in state, from 1870 to $3.50
o'clock p. m. Thursday, and from to
II o'clock Friday, it is estimated that
not less than 10000 people gazed upon
the features of the dead senator. Thou
sands upon thousands, knowing how flu
tile the effort would be, did not attempt
to gain admittance to the chamber.
Sad Scenes at Bier.
Between the hours of II and u
number of personal friends Of the late
senator were admitted to the room to
take their last earthly farewell. The
scene about the bier was particularly
sad at that time. The forms of stalwart
men shook with emotion and there was
no effort made to suppress the flow Of
tears. Shortly before noon the lid of
the casket was fastened in it's place and
the features Of the dead statesman shut
out from view to the public.
Promptly at IL o'clock the funeral cor
tege left the Chamber of Commerce
building. Preceded by a platoon of po
lice, the funeral procession took it's way
out Euclid avenue to the church.
Admittance to the services at the
church was by card, limited to 800, the
seating capacity of the auditorium.
The Funeral Services.
A few moments before one o'clock
Mrs. Hanna, accompanied by her son,
Dan, entered the church. She was
dressed in deep black and was heavily
yelled, and as they slowly walked down
stiffness of death fell over those with
in the walls of the church and heads
bowed in token of sympathy. Other
members of the family followed. After
minutes waiting the light tramp of
feet and the voices Of clergy announced
the presence in the building of the body
of the dead. The clergy met the body
at the entrance and as they preceded it
up the aisle repeated the usual sentences.
The pallbearers who carried the re-
mains were: Gov. Herrick, Judge w. B.
Sanders, Andrew Squire, J. B. Zerbe, c.
A. Grasselli, A. B. Hough, w. J. McKin-
ME and Samuel Mather. The bier upon
which the body was placed stood in the
nave of the church and the casket was
so deposited as to have the feet toward
the altar. When the body had been
gently placed upon the bier and the
! pallbearers had been seated the choir
chanted the Thirtieth and Nineteenth
Psalms. President Pierce, of Gambler
college, an institution of which Mr.
Hanna was benefactor, read the les
son. which was from First Corinthians,
| fifteenth chapter, from the twentieth
verse to the end of the chapter The
choir, under the direction of Prof. G. E.
| Clemens, then sang the hymn, Lead,
Kindly Light" Bishop Leonard then de-
livered the eulogy.
| The choir then sang the hymn, For
ever with the Lord, Amen, So Let 1t Be. -
DR.. G.. H McGrew, rector of ST. Paul's
church, followed with the creed and
prayer The anthem, Il Heard Voice
from Heaven Say" was sung by the
choir.
Bishop Leonard then read the commit
tai service and pronounced the benedic-
| ton.
Body Placed in Chapel.
The service was most solemn and
! impressive, and outbursts of sobs
could be heard at frequent intervals
| from all parts of the church.
The body, accompanied only by the
family, pallbearers and Bishop Leon
ard, proceeded slowly out Euclid ave-
nue. to Lakeview cemetery, where a
final farewell of the dead was taken in
Wade Memorial chapel The services
consisted simply of a prayer by the
bishop. The body was deposited in
crypt in the chapel to await burial
at the pleasure of the family.
| OVERHEARD AT THE CAPITOL.
| Secretary Taft's first official act was
to summon the war department car
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