Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1892 — ASLEEP IN THE CRAVE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ASLEEP IN THE CRAVE.

Mrs. Harrison’s Remains Laid to Best at Indianapolis. f j President Harrison and> the griefstricken members of his personal and official family arrived in Indianapolis Friday morning for the sad purpose of placing the remains of Mrs. Harrison at eternal rest in the place she lovingly called her home. The elegantly equipped special conveying the party arrived promptly on schedule time, and was greeted by thousands of sympathetic friends and admirers. It was a quiet, good-natured throng and manifested its appreciation of tbe sadness of the occasion by a grave and respectful demeanor. The President’s grief wag generally respected and nearly all tbe men in attendance removed their hats and towed their heads when he passed through the station, leading his sorrowing family to the carriages provided for them. A delay of half an hour was caused in transferring from the funeral car the wealth of floral emblems that typified the love and devotion of hundreds of friends. Everything being in read'ness the casket was lifted and slowly and reverently the cortege moved out through the

Union station to the carriages in waiting. The casket was borne by John B. Elam, the President’s law partner, Judge YYcods. the Hon. E. B. Martindale, Gen. Lew Wallace, Dr, Allen, and T. P. Haughey. The earriaces proceeded directly to the church, which was a thing of beauty in its somber and graceful decorations. On either side of the pulpit tall pyramids of beautiful snow-white chrysanthemums towered out of a bed of large green palm leaves and long, graceful ferns. Back of the pulpit, surrounding the organ, were great plants and palms. Over the organ were draped in evergreens large curtains of black crepe and white fabric, with bits of ivy here and there at every intersection of the folds. On the back wall between the two entrance doors was a semicircle of black and white crepe with two large silken American flags hung on either side —the only warm colors to be seen. The only decoration of the exterior of the church is a heavy black draping over the large arch-like entrance on Pennsylvania street. All the Immediate family friends and relatives were admitted to the church, so far as its capacity would allow. It was Impossible to seat clubs and organized bodies. Representatives only of these could be accommodated. An exception in behalf of sixty representatives of the Seventieth (Harrison’s) Regiment was made. The President’s pew, No. 84, was not used during the services,and was draped in black and white and strewn with flowers. On either side of the pew magnificent pyramids of white chrysanthemums and pot plants along the chair railing. On top of the railing the floral offerings were placed. When the funeral procession arrived at the church a crowd of 5,000 people thronged the side-

walks and pushed into the streets, not boisterously, hut with a show of the most intense interost. The police had no difficulty in pushing the crowds back. The church services were characterized by the greatest simplicity, in accordance with the wishes of the President. As the coffin was carried up the aisle and deposited in trout of the chancel the organ pealed forth a soft melody. The choir fhen sang, “Lead, Kindly Light,” with beautiful effect and Dr. HAines offered a short invocation and read a selection from the scriptures, after wh : ch he made brief and appropriate remarks, his text being. “Therefore Comfort one another with these words.” Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Dr. Byde, followed by the rendition of the hymn, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” The services closed with a benedictiin by Dr. Haines, and tho remains were at once taken lo the grave in Crown Hill cemetery, where there was scriptural reading by Dr, Hyde an.l a prayer by Mr. Haines.

THE HARRISON RESIDENCE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THE LOT IN CROWN HILL CEMETERY.