The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
paid LAST Homage
TO MARCUS A. HANNA
Vast Throngs Took a Last Look
At the Remains.
N NUMER0USN0TABLES PRESENT
The Funeral the Most Notable Since
That of President Garfield In
CleveIand-BishOp Leonard
Delivered EulOgy.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 20.-Cleveland
was again city of mourning Friday
Business was practically suspended
and large proportion of the popula-
tion paid homage to the memory of
Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
Just as dawn began to break over the
city the doors of the chamber of COM
merce auditorium, where the body lay,
was reopened to vast throng of peo-
pie who desired to view the face of
the dead senator
Last Look ut the Dead.
The early hour of opening the doors
to the chamber brought thousands of
men with their dinner pals on their
way to their daily toll. In such great
numbers did they come, however, that
many were unable to remain in line
and consequently were deprived last
look at the face of the dead. Early
morning trains brought many from
surrounding towns and they, too,
helped to swell the long line.
At ten o'clock the members of the
state legislature who recently chose
Mr.. Hanna to represent the common
wealth of Ohio in the United States
senate to succeed himself, drove from
their hotel to the chamber of COM
merce in a body and looked for a last
time on the face of the dead statesman.
Many Distinguished Attendants.
During the night many distin-
guished men of the country arrived in
Cleveland to attend the funeral service
and the early morning hours of great
ly augmented that number. The Wash
ington delegation arrived at 10:30
o'clock, and was at once driven to the
Hollenden hotel The party comprised
Secretary Taft, of the war department;
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department.; Secretary Cortelyou of the
department of commerce and labor;
Commissioner Garfield, chief of the bu-
reau of corporations in the department
of commerce and labor and the con-
gressional delegation.
Other distinguished personages were
Gov. Durbin of Indiana, and staff; J.
Pierpont Morgan and party, of New
York; Geo. B. Cox and party, of Gin
cinnati, and number of business and
social friends of the dead senator form
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburg
and New York.
Promptly at noon the funeral cor
tege left the chamber of commerce
building, preceded by a platoon of
police, for st. Paups Episcopal church.
Following the police came Troop A
as guard of honor.
Then came carriages containing the
pallbearers, the Washington delega-
ton, the governors staff, chamber of
commerce committee, Loyal Legion
committee, and delegations represent
ing various civic societies.
Prior to the removal of the body
from the chamber Of commerce to the
church the wealth of moral offerings
which were banked about the audito-
rum were removed to the church.
Reservations on the center aisle
were made for the family, governors
staff, Washington delegation and other
distinguished guests. The church
was filled long before the hour for the
services to commence and thousands
lined the street about the edifice.
A few moments before one o'clock
Mrs. Hanna accompanied by her son
Dan, entered the church.
When the body had been placed up
on the bier and the Dallbearers seated,
the choir chanted the Thirtieth and
Nineteenth Psalms. President Pierce.
of Gambler college, an institution of
which Mr.. Hanna was a benefactor,
read the lesson, which was from First
Corinthians, fifteenth chapter, from the
twentieth verse to the end of the
chapter.
The choir, under the direction of
Prof. c. E. Clemens, then sang the
hymn Lead, Kindly Light" Bishop
Leonard then delivered the eulogy
The choir sang the hymn Forever
With Thee, Lord, Amen, So Let 1t Be-
Dr. G. H. McGrew, rector of st.
PauPs church, followed with the creed
and prayer. The anthem, Il Heard
Voice From Heaven Say" was s-cS by
the choir.
Bishop Leonard then read the COM
initial service and pronounced the ben
ediction.
The body, accompanied only by the
family, pallbearers and Bishop Leon
ard, proceeded slowly out Euclid ave-
nue. to Lakeview cemetery, where
final farewell of the dead was taken in
Wade memorial chapel. The service
consisted simply of prayer by the
bishop. The body was deposited in a
crypt in the chapel to await burial at
the pleasure of the family.
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