Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Daily News-Review Crawfordsville, Ind., Thursday, January 10, 1901 RITES AT ARMOUR BIER. Throngs Flock to Services Held Over Millionaire's Remains. Chicago, Jan. 10 - Private funeral services over the body of the late PHILIP D. ARMOUR were held at the home 2115 Prairie avenue at 11 o'clock. DR. FRANK GUNSAULUS, MR. ARMOUR's intimate friend, pre- sided, and the service was marked by its simplicity and was carried out on lines expressed in a wish by the packer just before his death. The family, relatives and close friends attended the service, yet the outpouring was so great that the large house was too small to hold half those who were anxious to be present. Prominent was the atten- dance of men who had come thousands of miles to pay final tribute to their stanch friend. Flowers were so numerous that they would have filled several rooms in the house. They came from everywhere, from florists who had filled orders in response to cablegrams from the uttermost corners of the world, and from the employes of the dead packer in every city of the country, and especially Chicago. No such magnificent contribution has ever before been seen at a funeral in the city. In front of the house while the services were going on the scene made by the waiting carriages which were strung out in every direction was one of marked activity. Following the service at the house the body was taken to the ARMOUR mission. Thousands of people, numbering friends, acquaintances, em- ployes and men, women and children who knew MR. ARMOUR only by repu- tation as the friend of struggling mankind, stood in line for hours in the streets surrounding the institute, awaiting a chance to get a last look at the face of the dead. The public funeral services were held at 2 o'clock and the services were the most impressive of the kind witnessed in the city in many years. At the conclusion of the services the coffin was taken to a special funeral train to Graceland. ===========================================================================