The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-25
Lncn Body Lying Simple State Under the Dome of the Cap
toll and the Funeral Car Which It Was Conveyed from
Washington Springfield, III.
BY WINFIELD M. THOMPSON.
From photographs.

, outside Philadelphia the lines of mourn
ers were practically continuous.
Through streets densely crowded with
people, who barred their heads. the body
of Lincoln was borne in a great funeral
car. escorted by military and civil bodies
and preceded by bands playing dirges, to
Independence Hall.
Here, in the historic chamber that wit
messed the founding of the republic
Lincoln was laid. The hall had been
draped in black to receive him. and his
coffin was placed beneath a sable canopy
in the center of the room. The air was
heavy with the scent of flowers.
At 10 o'clock in the evening the
doors were opened to the public. who
until midnight filed past the coffin
while bands stationed outside the
hall played dirges. At midnight the
hall doors were closed: but as the
funeral guards looked from the win
dows at times in the night they saw
groups of people in the park, walt
ing patiently for morning and an op-
portunity to gaze upon the features
of Lincoln. Many of them were poor
and they had brought humble tributes
of flowers to place upon Lincoln's
bier
All day Sunday april 23) and until
poured in orderly files into indie
pendence Hall. past the coffin and
out of the building.
Some of the men who looked their
last upon Lincoln here recalled that
in that very hall. on February %
1861, when on his way to Washing
ton to take up his burden, Lincoln
had delivered a brief. eloquent speech
concluding with these words: II have
said nothing but what I am willing
to live by. and, II 1t be the pleasure
of Almighty God. to die by" On the
same day. at flag-raising outside
the building. he had said that the
country could be saved without giving
up the principle OF the Declaration
of Independence, adding, II was about
to say l would rather be assassinated
on this spot than surrender it,
Services in New York.
In the forenoon of April "a the
funeral journey was resumed to New
York City. The rotunda of the fine
old City Hall had ben draped with
crepe and black velvet, and on a
catalogue at the entrance of the gov
ernor's room the coffin was placed.
The square and all the streets about
were densely crowded. At / o'clock
the procession past the body began.
Outside the door thousands formed in
line, and all through a day uncom-
fortably warm, and into the night.
those not near enough to enter held
their places. with ever-fresh Access
sions.
Within the hall singing societies
chanted solemn music; outside the
deep tones of dirges filled the air.
while eighty persons a minute passed
the body. forty on each side. 1t was
well toward morning before there was
a break in the line, but with the com
ing of daylight the press began again.
and again the streets and square be-
came crowded.
Among those who looked upon the
body here was Gen. Winfield Scott.
the aged commander of the army at
the outbreak of the war.
At ncon on Tuesday the doors were
closed. after 100000 persons hao
viewed the body. Then. through great
crowds in the draped streets. a funeral
procession escorted the coffin to the
train. In Union square a halt was
made and services were held, with an
grafton by George Bancroft, the his
torian.
The funeral train left New York
for the journey west at AIS. April %.
All up the Hudson the train was
1t stopped only at Poughkeepsie AT
one town a hundred Whitehead
schoolgirls stood singing by the track.
In another young woman represent
Ing the Goddess of Liberty knelt in
mourning attitude upon a dais, the
flag, draped in black, in her hand
At West Point the cadets were
drawn up in line. minute guns were
nred and the bands played dirges as
the train passed.
After dark torches lighted the faces of
the mourning people a. they stood uncov.
cred to watch the passing Of the funeral
train.
Albany to SDringheld.
At Albany the body was taken To the
State capitol At midnight, and at o'clock
the casket was opened in the assembly
chamber. Until o'clock In the day
people filed past 1t In two lines.
The next stop on the funeral tourney
was Buffalo. April q, where the body wa
placed in St. James Hall. and was viewed
by thousands from $50 q. m. to .. m.
In its escort here was ex-President Nil.
lard Fillmore.
From Buffalo the funeral train went 10
Cleveland. where on April q the body
was placed In q structure erected for the
purpose in the park. Here the burial
service Of the Episcopal Church was read
by Bishop NcIlvane. Of the Diocese Of
Ohio. About 10000 persons viewed the
body between morning and 10 p. M. Il
was returned 70 the funeral car In . tor
rential downpour. and the Journey was
resumed 10 Columbus. Ohio. which was
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