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INBIANAEÖLI V JOUR 2J Jan WEEKLY ESTA HUSHED IK ( VHT T T Yf 7 DAILY ES7A ULI SHED lä. ( Uli. Iii 1 J. J O. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1901. PRICK 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE. WALo 1 1 DEATH OF GEN The Former President's Demise Occurred After an Illness of Only a Few Days. Throughout the Sickness of the Distinguished Indiana Citizen Messages of Inquiry were Received from All Parts of the Country. DISSOLUTION OCCURRED AT 4:45 O'CLOCK Children of Gen. Harrison Unable to Reach His Bedside Before Life Was Extinct. A Stubborn Fight Made Against the Inroads of the Grim Reaper Incidents of the Last Hour in the Death Chamber. General Uenjnmln llnrrliton, former Prenldent of the United Stntes, died at him residence, 1214 Sörth Dela ware street, at 4i43 o'clock yesterday afternoon. , Llko a child passing1 into the land of pleasant dreams General Benjamin Harri son crossed the Invisible border line be tween life and death at fifteen minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday evening. The treat man's end was in perfect harmony with his life- peaceful, quiet, beautiful. There was no sign of pain, no indication of mental worry, no hint of distress of any kind. ' For many hours before the end came the senses of the distinguished patient had been enveloped in the gentle, yet impene trable robe of unconsciousness. Had there come Into his eyes the slightest gleam of sentlency before the veil was finally drawn over his life General Harrison would have beheld around his bedside the faces and forms of most of thosu whom he held near and dear. Within the circle of relatives and friends who stood about hoping against hope that a turn for the better might occur were the beloved wife and the cherished and petted baby daughter Elizabeth; the two sisters of General Harrison, Mrs. Eliza beth Eaton, of Cincinnati, the elder, and Mrs. Morris, of Minneapolis, the younger; Mr. E. F. Tlbbott, the general's faithful private secretary; XV. II. II. Miller and Mrs. Miller; Mr. Samuel D. Miller; Mr. Clifford A nick; Mrs. Newcomer, General Harrison's aunt; Rev. Dr. M. L. Haines, the deceased's pastor; Col. Daniel M. Ilar.sclell, serjeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, al most a lifelong friend and Intimate of Gen. Harrison; Drs. Jameson and Dorsey, the attending physicians, and the two trained nurses, Miss Ella Kcene and Miss Suzanne Paris. THE CLOSING MOMENTS. The closing moments of the long stru.j go of life against death were almost de void of incident. To the dying man it was simply a slow, steady sinking into the mysterious slumber from which there is no awakening. To those who looked on with drawn faces and tear-dlmmed eyes It was a vigil, loving and anxious, from which the relieving element of hope was rapidly fading away. Up to within a half hour before the end came the physicians and nurses poured Into the dying man's lungs a constant stream of llfe-glvlng oxygen. Then came the un mistakable signs that the air cells could co longer receive the fluid and the cap was withdrawn from the mouth. This wis the beginning ot the end. Word was quickly sent downstairs to the anxious group !n the parlor, und they silently wended their way to the sick room to witness the ebbing away of a great man's life. Colonel Ransdell, who was perhaps as close to General Harrison in his life time as any other man. said in speaking of the last few moments of the dying man's fcravo struggle for life: "It was a most affecting scene, to see that great man lylns there, his life ebbing away and no power on earth to hold it back." Mrs. Harrison's devotion to her husband was described as wonderful by all who witnessed It. For the last few nights, when It was known that he must surely die. he scarcely took an hour of physical rest. With two skilled physicians and two trained nuisos almost constantly at the bedside, the devoted wife persisted In re maining at her post of duty, as she be lieved it to be. She was compelled to drag out the long, weary vigil unaided by arti ficial stimulants, for her physical condi tion was such that she could not retain stimulants. Thus it was that, sus tained by her Indomitable will power alone, she kept up the patient watch by the bed side of her dying husband without once betraying the slightest Indication of phys IcaJ collapse. Naturally, when fche h iw ihn great man breathe his last, tho gave way for a time to the Hood tide of grief which rusheJ In upon her being, but it was nnly for a brief instant. She must bear p for th siko of others who were de pendent upon her. LAI'S ED INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS. At an early hour yesterday morning General Harrison lapsed Into the state of total unconsciousness which continued Hroken to the very end. Hla respira . HARRISON tions, which at that hour were 43 every minute, quickly increased until at noon the patient was breathing at the rate of CO respirations each mlnuti. This rapid respiration continued without appreciable change until it terminated suddenly with death. The first really fatal symptoms of the case manifested their appearance a short time after midnight Tuesday morning. At that time General Harrison began to lapse into a condition of semi-consciousness. This was broken for an instant Tuesday afternoon, when the general opened his eyes, and with a faint smile recognized his aunt, Mrs. Newcomer, calling her by name. Thla was declared by Private Sec retary Tlbbott to have been the only oc casion when General Harrison was able to articulate distinctly after he showed the Ilrst signs of lapsing into unconsciousness. An affecting Incident of the last day was the arrival at the bedside of the dying man of Mrs. Morrison, his younger sister, about an hour before the end came. General Har rison was especially fond of Mrs. Morrison, and the pathos of her meeting with the be loved brother, who could not recognlzo her in any way, was exceedingly trying to the sympathies of those who witnessed tho scene. During tht last hour the decline of the patient's condition assumed an alarming rapidity. Hitherto he had sunk steadily but gradually, and changes could scarcely be noted even at Intervals of an hour. The first unmistakable token of the actual pros ence of death was In the almost lnstantan eous cessation of resprat!on. Drs. Jameson and Dorsey quickly felt the pulse at the wrist, and, rinding no sign of activity there. applied their ears to the chest in a vain en deavor to discover signs, even of the faint est, showing the presence of vitality. FELL, LIKE A KNELL. The great man's physical organism had been stopped and, the words of the chief physician. "General Harrison is dead," fell like a knell upon the ears of the watchers standing about. For a few minutes silence hung like a pall over the room which held all that was mortal of him who had not so long ago been the foremost man in all the land. Then came the outburst of grief from a newly-made widow, grief that had been so long pent up that it must have an outlet. A ray of (sunshine suddenly lit up the awful gloom of the place. It was the prattle of the babe whose little hand had only a week ago been tightly clasped in that of her father, now lying dead before her. He would never again take the little one down town to see "the pretty things in the store windows," but with the Ignorance of sorrow that happily belongs to childhood she could know naught of this, and, there fore, babbled artlessly on as if death had not entered the room before her very eyes. The child helped the mother to bear up bravely beneath the heavy weight of sor row laid upon her. General Harrison's last houn of life were marked by as unremitting care and atten tion as was possible to human beings. For two days and two nights his physicians, Drs. Jameson and Dorsey, scarcely left his bedside for an Instant. The nurses. Misses Keen and Pari?. wereYjoth In the- room simultaneously about half of the time. Each attended the patient eighteen hours out of every twenty-four, with resting spells of live or ten minutes at intervals of two or three hours. Ilesides the watchfulness of the physicians and nurses, which rivaled that of the closest relatives or friends, the heroic wife of the sick man hovered ever near his side, eager to find some way In which she might afford him relief. Then, too, friends and neighbors of the family were at all times within the house or in easy teach ready and willing to do all that was possible for the man they esteemed so highly. LITTLE FOLKS AT DOOR. The love of General Harrison for children and their affection for him was beautifully demonstrated by the scores of little folks who came to the door of the silent mansion during the day yesterday and made anxious Inquiry about their great friend. Children playing In the street In front of the Har rison ' residence in the afternoon were among the first to hear of the general's death, and as quickly as their young minds comprehended the Import of the new? they lost their air of gayety and stole silently away to thdr homes. Everywhere In the city the information was received with evi dences of the deepest sorrow. People in all stations of life seemed to feel that in the death of the ex-President they had lost a genuine friend. The fire b.lls, with their solemn clanqing. conveyed the news at 5 o'clock to many who had not heard otherwise. The grief of citizens was gen eral and heartfelt. The death of no man In public life in many years has caused such profound sorrow. Telegrams and letters, expressing the grief of the writers at the serious illness of General Harrison, continued to be re ceived by the score at the residence for some time after the end came. In all, there were something like three hundred such messages received. Not until two or thre hours had elapsed after the death did the character of the communications change to condolence. These telegrams and letters showed graphically the great esteem in which General Harrison was held by his fellow-countrymen. A telegram expressive of the deepest and "sineerest grief was re ceived from Richard Mansfield, the bril liant "actor. Mr. Mansfield and the ei. President were personal friends, and the latter had frequently spoken in terms of the highest praise of the actor's ability to portray character. Justice John M. Hai lan, of the United States Supreme Court, wired assurances of his profound sympathy to General and Mrs. Harrison in the hour of their great trial. A message of great depth of feeling came from Gen. John XV. Noble, who was President Harrison's secre tary of the Interior. Ex-Postmaster Gen eral John Wanamaker made anxious in quiries by wire concerning the condition of the distinguished patient at intervals throughout the day. GENERAL TRACY'S TELEGRAM. Gen. Uenjamin F. Tracy, who was sec retary of the navy in President Harrison's Cabinet, also wired a solicitous inquiry for information of his friend's condition. Other dispatches were received from ex-Secretary of State John XV. Foster, ex-Senator Thom as W. Palmer, of Michigan, United States Senator Charles XV. Fairbanks, United States Senator Albert J. Reverldge, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and scores of other prominent people in all parts of the coun try. The messages came so rapidly yester day that it was impossible for each one of them to be opened and examined carefully, the attention of everybody in the Harrison household being kept constantly confined to the man who lay dying in a darkened room upstairs. I A peculiarly sad feature of the closing hours of General Harrison's, life was the fact that neither his son, Col. Russell R. Harrison, nor his daughter, Mrs. Mary Har rison McKee, was able to reach his bed side before tho end came. Colonel Harri son did not get to Indianapolis until a late hour last night and Mrs. McKee will not arrive until some time to-day from Sara toga, N. Y. Mrs.. Revin, General Harri son's third sister, is supiosed to be on her way from her home in Ottumwa, la., al though no definite word has been received from her. The general's brother who re sides iri Murfreesboro, Tenn., has not sent any Information as to his intention, but it is believed he has started for Indianapolis. John Scott Harrison, the other brother of the deceased, arrived at the family home last night from Kansas City. INCIDENTS AT THE HOUSE. The group of watchers about the sick man spent the greater portion of the after noon yesterday, until they were summoned to the bedside to witness the closing scene, in discussing incidents in his active life and also the marvelous struggle he made to ward off the deadly assaults of the disease which held him in Its grasp. "I never saw anything like the way in which General Harrison resisted death," said Colonel Ransdell. "It seemed as if he just gritted his teeth and said I will live.' " Viewed from the standpoint of the .physician, the case of General Harrison is almost phe nomenal. That a man of his advanced age (sixty-eight) should be ablo to withstand for more than forty-eight hours the steady assault of a disease such as pneumonia, complicated with Intercostal rheumatism, is almost incredible, except to those who wit nessed the wonderful struggle. For the last eighteen hours tho fight had to bo waged against a weakened heart also, for during the night of Tuesday the inflamma tion which had previously confined Itself to the general's left lung spread to his heart and made a very perceptible differ ence in its action. Ry all who observed the case it is declared without hesitation that General Harrison must have possessed a constitution of really marvelous strength. Colonel Ransdell was seen last evening, within a hört time after he left the room of death, and It was only with the greatest difficulty that he could control his emotlon.s sufficiently to speak of the tragic affair. "General Harrison was almost a father to me," he said, finally, with choking voice and moist eyes. "I went into his regiment, tho Seventieth Indiana, when I was a mere boy, and we formed, on the sanguinary battlefield and almost at the cannon's mouth, a friendship, the ties of which be came only the stronger with the passage of years. Even at that early period Gen eral Harrison was the greatest man with whom I had ever come in contact, and such he remained all through my life until death took him from me forever a few minutes ago. fie was Indeed a friend to me. 1 never had a friend who was near to belns so much to me as he was." MANY PEOPLE CALLED. When tho condition of General Harrison became so much worse yesterday morning the house was practically closed to visitors Throughout the day, however, people came in a steady stream to the door to make inquiry as to the distinguished man's con dition and the prospects for his recovery Many of the callers left baskets, bouquets and handsome designs of flowers. These gifts of love and friendship came In such numbers that a .room was almost filled with them. The telephone bell was not muffied, for the dying man above could not hear its sharp tones and there was hardly an instant in the day that It was not pealing forth an intimation that aome one wanted to know about General Har rison. All the newspapers in Indianap oils had to have people stationed at their telephones with no other duty than an swering Inquiries concerning General Har rison's condition. Everybody every.vh.i-, teemed to have but one thought, and that was of the ex-President who was slowly passing from among his fellow-men, by whom he was universally beloved. Governor Durbln and his secretary. Col. Charles E. Wilson, were the first to reach the Harrison home after the news of the general's death went forth. They came to offer to Mrs. Harrison assurances of their deep sympathy in her hour of sor row, and to tender the State Capitol for the lying-in-state of the body.' On behalf of the widow and relatives of the de ceased. Private Secretary Tlbbott accept ed the offer to have the remains lie in state, and the time was fixed at Satur day. On that day, from 10 in the morn ing until an hour In the evening not yet determined, opportunity will be given to tho public to view the face of the distin guished dead. FUN ERAL A RR A NG EM ENTS. A meeting of the state olficers and the officials connected with tho military de partment of the government will be held In tue Governor's parlors this morning to de cide matters of ceremony connected with the lying In state and the funeral. All mili tary honors customary in case of the death ot a man who held the highest office In the (CONTINUED ON ivuTrrTToiTT) HOMAGE IS PAID 31 KX WHO KEW GKX, HARRISON l.MTU IX HIS 111 AISC Rr Many Imlinnnnoli Citizens He AVni llejcnrtled un the Great est Living American. HIS DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK FHIEMJS IV THIS CITY FEEL A SKXSK OF PERSONAL LOSS. The Quiet Home Life of Ex-President llarrlNun In TIiIm City Had 11 n denred Illm to All. EXPRESSIONS OF CITIZENS 3IIt. XV, II. II. MILLER WAS OXE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS. Stnle, County and City OflldnlN, Law yertt and Other Pny Tribute to III Great Worth. The death of former President Benjamin Harrison, although hourly anticipated for a brief period before its occurrence, was a great shock to the people of Indianap olis. Irrespective of party or other affilia tion General Harrison was regarded as one of the greatest living Americans, and the fact that thlä city was his home both before and after he served the Nation in the highest office within its gift was a source of pride to the citizens of this city. His dignified, unostentatious life among them appealed to the people as noth ing else could do, and his death brought with it a sense of personal loss to the many. The Journal has secured expressions from men who had known and been associated with General Harrison for years. They will be found below: W II. II. 3IILLEirS "WORDS. . He Win Cienernl llnrrlnon' Friend nnd AocIote for Thirty Yearn. XV. H. H. Miller, one of General Harri son's closest friends, said: "General Harri son was a man of the highest intellec tuality, of great will power, of tireless in dustry, with a genius for details; and all his faculties were under the guidance of a conscience that never slept. He believed in the right as a ruling principle among nations, In statesmanship and in politics no less than In business and private life. He recognized the necessity and useful ness of political parties, but as means to an end, not as the end in themselves. Hence in his administration as President the first consideration was the country; the Republican party was a consideration, but it was because he believed its poli cies most helpful to the country. In tho distribution of patronage, for instance, the first, the essential thing was fitness. With out this qualification no appointment was knowingly made. Legitimate party serv ice, while not lightly esteemed was sec ondary. As to federal judges, of whom he appointed nearly fifty, he was wont to say that they were no man's patronage; that they were to continue in the service of the country longer than Presidents or senators. 'He bowed to the limitations of the Con stitution and the laws as binding alike upon President and citizen. He respected the bounds of the three great departments of the governmnt and neither sought undue influence In Congress and the Judiciary, nor suffered such undue influence to be exercised by them in the executive de partment. I "I believe that General Harrison's great est service to the country as President when impartial history comes to be writ ten will bo found in its illustration of these high principles. "Of what General Harrison was to mo as u friend, a neighbor and associate for nearly thirty years, I have neither the words nor the heart now to speak.' A LIFE-TIME FRIEND. Daniel M. RnudellVi Tribute Fnll of Feel I hk. Dan M. Ransdell said: "A great man has passed away. I have never known a more profound thinker or greater reason er than Renjamin Harrison. He was rich ly endowed with a great mind, and by study and research he was amply pre pared to deal with the intricacies of state craft when he became President. Not only was he a. great thinker, but In the power of giving expression to his thoughts he was without a peer. With him, to in vestigate a subject was to comprehend every phase of It. He was a man of tho highest Integrity. No man In private or public life will accuse him, of deception or duplicity. He made no promises he did not redeem. His death comes to me as a great bereavement. My acquaintance with him began when, as a young soldier, 1 followed him to the cannon's mouth. Ho was then as he has always been, un flinching in the discharge of duty. As a lawyer he stood In the front rank with the greatest of the world. The historian will truly say, 'he has left a great record as citizen, soldier, lawyer and statesman, and a character without spot or blem ish.' " , , JOHN IJ. E LAM'S ESTIMATE. He Wn Lnw Partner nnd LoiiR-Tltue Friend of the Ex-lrellent. Mr. John R. Elam, who was for years a law partner and close friend of General Harrison, said: ' "When I became acquainted with Gen eral Harrison he was not yet forty years of age. He began practicing law some what younger than is now the rule and had qualities that carried him rapidly to the front rank. Ikfore he reached his fortieth year he was recognized by all as one. of the foremost lawyers in the State and many regarded him as the very first. "liut while this high place was attained more rapidly than is usual it was not reached without years of the most zealous devotion to the duties of the profession. He had a mind singularly clear and his mental processes were so logical that it I was natural for him to go right and hard to be wrong. He had not that cast of mind usually called genius, but if genius be cor rectly defined as 'an infinite capacity for taking pains' then he was clearly a genius of high order. He was honest and fearless in every sense of those great words, but he was particularly distinguished for intel lectual honesty and courage. The con clusions to which his reason led him were accepted fully with all their consequences and made rules of action. He did not trifle with anything and least of all with him self. "In his earlier years he was not thought to have much imagination and was not often what is popularly called an eloquent or entertaining speaker. He Indulged but little in anecdote or any form of humorous discussion. What was said of a great Eng lish lawyer well describes his discourse: 'His very statement was argument and his Inferences were demonstration. Eater he displayed a faculty for graceful and deli cately humorous speech that was as sur I rising to his friends as it was delightful to his hearers. Publlq life was with hlra rather an avocation than a vocation. He was always and pre-eminently a lawyer. QUICK AND CLEAR. "In quickness and clearness of apprehen sion he surpassed any man I have ever known. In the actual contests of the pro fession he was courageous and full of re sources. Wo have come to the Ciy of the speclallst, but General Harrison never be came one. He was singula ply at home in every department of a lawyer's work. In the quiet office there was no better adviser and no more efficient worker, but the next hour might find him tho advocate in some great cause surpassing the expectations both of his adversaries and associates. The whole range of the law from criminal to equity Jurisprudence, was his field, and he won laurels in every part of it. The repu tation of a lawyer, however great, is ephemeral. A great book or great action upon a largo stage is the only approach to immortality. Rut General Harrison's fame as a lawyer is more than national, and it would be difficult to name any con temporary who reached a higher place. "Whether the case was large or small, no clients ever had a more devoted and painstaking lawyer than his. He never cared for many precedents and usually cited only the few cases in which the prin ciples he contended for were most clearly stated. Rut no man ever made a more pro found and critical study of the actual case in hand. Ho never lost sight of the fact that every case has its own peculiar features and that the case he was to try was the one he should understand above all others. He considered every fragment of evidence in all its bearings and the vari ous aspects the case might present to the Judge, Jury and opposing counsel. When the conflict was on, he was not apt to be taken by surprise by any accident or inci dent. The strength and weakness of every position was studied in advance. EFFECTIVE PREPARATION. "His most effective preparation for a great trial was made while walking back and forth in his office and further relieving the nervous tension by occasionally rattling a bunch of keys or some like object carried in his hand. In his success the element of accident played little part. "It need hardly be said that in all his dealings with clients, lawyers, Judges and juries, he was honest, earnest and sincere, as no man attains to even a moderately good position in the legal profession with out these qualities. General Harrison has had few equals among lawyers of any age or country and if the practice of the law must cease to be a great profession and be come tjie trade of specialists, it is certain that we 'shall not look upon his like again.' "His public career belongs to history and few reputations can better afford to await its deliberate Judgment. Of personal rela tions and the characteristics of his inner life, I cannot now speak further than to say that all who knew him will feel that no soul braver and truer when confronted by life's duties, has gone before and crossed the bar into the unknown." AN OLD FUIE.ND'S TIUIIITE. Gen. Lew Wallace's Entlmate of the Late Ex-Prenldent. Gen. Lew Wallace, almost a lifetime friend of ex-President Harrison, said: "I heard last night that General Har rison's illness was likely to prove fatal, something I had not dreamed of, and the news was like a blow over my heart. Prob ably there is not one in Indianapolis to day whose memory of him goes farther back than mine; and sitting now and think ing of him, I review the good relation that has existed between us, and It is apparent to me that his friendship is one of my prides of life. Rut why talk of him selfish ly? The loss is not merely to his stricken wife and family, nor to his friends, sorrow as they may it is to the Nation, the great est on the earth. "Ten days ago Renjamin Harrison was the foremost man in America. I make no exception, lie had every quality of great nessa courage that was dauntless, fore sight almost to prophecy, a mind clear, strong, and of breadth by nature, strength ened by exercise and constant dealing with subjects of national import subjects of world-wide interest. And of these qualities the people knew, and they drew them to him as listeners and believers, and in the faith they brought him there was no mix ture of doubt or fear. "The sorrow for him must be universal." JlIHiE RAKER'S TRIULTE. General Ilnrrfnon Equally Great am Lawyer, Orntor nnd Statennian. Judge John H. Raker, one of the close personal friends of General Harrison, said of him: "I regarded General Harrison as easily one among the greatest men that this country has ever produced. His private life and his public services alike have recom mended him to the considerate Judgment of his countrymen. He was alike great in all the relations of private life and public duty. No public man ever brought to the discharge of the duties of the great of fice of President more ability or patient ef fort to serve the interests of the Nation. He was equally great as a lawyer, an ora tor nnd a statesman. In private life and In the performance of public duty an enlight ened conscience always guided his conduct. "In his death the Nation sustains a great and irreparable loss. His wisdom, patriot Ism and conservative judgment were needed by his countrymen at this time when the Nation Is confror.;ed by a new, untried and dangerous problems before It. His life and his character will ever be an exemplar and an inspiration for the coming generations of his countrymen." AVAS .NOT AN ACCIDENT. p Jude Wood Say (Jen. llnrrlmon Wa Greater Than III Anc.estry. Judge William A. Woods said: "Renja min Harrison was In no sense an accident. Great In ancestry, he bus been greater In himself. His eminence and success In pro fessional and public life were deserved be cause they were earned. They were at " vCONTINUL'D ON" PAGE Z, COL. 1) TRIBUTES President McKinley to Honor Gen. Harrison's Memory by Attending His Funeral. He will Formally Announce the Death of the Eminent Indianian To-Day, and Probably Leave Washington To-Night. ACTION OF THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR People of State and City Notified of Their Loss by Mr. Durbin and Air. Taggart. Expressions of Members of the Cabinet, Qrover Cleve land and Former Official Advisers of the Dead Ex-President. WASHINGTON, Maren 13. President McKinley will attend the funeral of Gen. Harrison. He will leave hero probably to-morrow night, although the exact time of departure has not been determined defi nitely, accompanied by Mrs. McKinley and Secretary Cortleyou. The party will stop at Canton for a day or more, and Mrs. Mc Kinley will remain there while the Pres Iden and Mr. Cortleyou proceed to Indian apolis. The itinerary will be so arranged as to enable the President to leave Canton on Saturday night for Indianapolis and return immediately after the funeral. It is not expected any of the members of the Cabinet will go. Although expected, the death of General Harrison was a dis tinct chock to the President, the two men having seen much of each other while? the former was in the executive office. The President learned of General Harrison's death from several sources and during the evening he sent a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Harrison. Deep Interest was exhibited In all the ex ecutive departments throughout the day in the reports that came as to the condition of General Harrison. As office hours had closed for the day before the end came the first official action regarding tho death will bo deferred until to-morrow, when, following precedents, President Mc Kinley will issue his proclamation to tho people, notifying them of General Hani son's death and setting out In becoming terms his virtues and characteristics. Ho also wiU order salutes to be fired at the various army posts the day of the funeral and on shipboard when the news is re ccived. The secretary of war and the sec retary of tho navy will Fend out sp?cial notices to soldiers and sailors con veying tho President's directions in this matter. Little more can be done officially, as the act of March 3, 1S93, specifically forbids the draping of public buildings In mourning or the closing of the executive departments on the oc casion of the death of an ex-officlal. It I? a curious fact that two orders issued by President Harrison himself probibly brought about the enactment of this law. Jan. 18, 1S93, tho President was obliged to issue an order announcing the death of ex-rresldent Hayes, closing the depart ments on the day of the funeral and order ing all public buildings to be draped In mourning. Almost before this period of mourning had expired ex-Secretary Blaine died, and another funeral proclamation Issued from the White House. The long continuation of the exhibitions of mourn ing was too much for Congress, which promptly passed the act above referred to, prohibiting mourning display and the clos ing of the departments on the occasion of the death of an ex-officlal. PROCLAMATION OP GOVKHNOIl. ßualnem to He Suspended on Day the . ' Ilody Lie In Mate. Last night Governor Durbln Issued tho following proclamation: "To the Teople of Indiana General Ben jamin Harrison, ex-President of the United States, and for many years past unosten tatiously enjoying undisputed honor of be ing Indiana's most distinguished citizen, died at his home In Indianapolis at 4:13 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, March 13, VX. He met the final and Inevitable sum mons as he had met every emergency In his eventful life with rare tourago and with unfaltering faith. "As a lawyer he received generous recog nition as one in the forefront of his profes sion; as a poldier in the war for the preser vation of the Union he achieved enduring fame; a President of the United States he maintained in full measure the dignity pnd time-honored traditions of that office; as a citizen he was respected or his abil ity, his courage, his keen sense of Jus tice and hi noble Christian life. All of his undertakings were characterized by ernestness of purpose and reverent regard for principle. He met every responsibility with firm determination and performed every duty conscientiously, lie relied upon his own strength and his own concep tion ot right in the discharge of his ob TO TIE DEAD ligations to the State, to the Nation and mankind, thereby marking his career wit hi conspicuous Individuality. The greater part of his life was given to public service, and in every position he was called to fill ho gave abundant proof of his ability and integrity. "In the death of General Harrison every citizen of Indiana will readily realize that the State has lost its most distinguished citizen ono who has left the impress of his surpassing genius upon the pages of history, and whose name will bo forever associated with the foremost statesmen and patriots of the eventful age in which be lived. "Therefore, as a mark of respect to th man whose world's work is done, I di rect that all public business be suspended on tho day the mortal remains of General Harrison are lying in state, that the flag of all buildings be placed Ht half-mast during the customary period of mourning, and that such other honors be paid ths distinguished dead as befits the occasion. "Done at tho Capitol of the State of Indiana, at Indianapolis, this 13th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, of th Independence of the United States the one hundred twenty-fifth, and of the State th eighty-fifth. "WIN FI ELD T. DUHBIN, Governor. "By the Governor: "UNION B. HUNT. Secretary of State MAYOR'S PItOCLAMATIOX. A Special Meeting ot the Council Will lie Called to Take Action. Yesterday afternoon upon learning of tho death of General Harrison Mayor Taggart issued the following proclamation: "To tho Citizens cf Indianapolis Wa mourn the loss to-day of our most dis tinguished citizen and the most e.nlnent man in the city or in the Nation. The death of Benjamin Harrison is a national bArcavc ment. But while it will bring grief to every part of the Republic, it is a particular af fliction to tho people of this city, atnonj whom he has lived from his boyhood and to whose welfare and advancement he has contributed so greatly. General Harrison was a bravo soldier, a patriotic states man and an honest man. His memory wijl always be held in the highest honor by bis fellow-citizens, regardless of party or creed, who recognized his remarkable abil ity and hia great public fcrvices, and who respected him for the purity of his life anl hin spotless integrity. "I hhall call a special meeting of thd Common Council to take appropriate ac tion upon this sad tcnt, and I recom mend to the citizens of Indianapolis that they suspend their usual occupations to far as practicable upon the occasion of Genetal Harrison's funeral and unlto in paying such a tribute to his memory as wdl be worthy of 1 is long and distinguished ca reer. THOMAS TAGGAItT, Mayor." TimiiTHs 1'iioM Tin: caiiim:t. President MrKlnlry'a Adrlirn Speak? of HnrrlRou's Grrnlnr. WASHINGTON. March 13. The laU President Harrison was personally known to every member of the Cabinet, and u!l its members In the city sfxtke to-day In praba of his magnificent intellectuality and rugged force of character. Naturally the proclama tion the President will lsue hettlng out the administration's estimate of General Har rison's character in a large measure will include the personal views of a majority of tne Cabinet, and consequently they did not In moK caws care to enter into extended analysis of the good qualltli-s of the de ceased. Secretaries Gage and Griggs uro out eif town. Secretary of State Hay said: "The death of Mr. Harrison Is a national loss. Inde pendent of the great eifilclal position he h.id held he was a man of extraordinary nnrvtal capacity and activity. He was a true -tatrman, lawyer and orator, and he has left few men hi equals behind him. In character as well as abilities he was a man ox very unusual force and value." Postmaster General Umory Smith said: "Tho country had very great reiect for Geiural Harrison, und his death will be universally deplored as a great public bs. He was one of the ablest men who Ins tdled the presidential ehulr. In intelleetu al force, In civic virtue, In deep and gtruiine patriotism he ranks among the firt half dozen In the whole lbt. Ills greatness as a lawyer, hi thorough knowledge of affairs, his rare administrative capacity, which en abled him to guide any one of the execu tive departments, hs he actually guided m v eral at one time and another elurir-.g the disabilities of their chiefs, have rarely been