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BORNE TO A TOMB.
President McKinley's
Remainsare Taken
to Canton, Ohio.
Heartfelt Mourning Is
Shown by the People
During the Sad
Journey.
A State Funeral Is Held in the
Capitol at Washington.
The Obsequies at Canton Were Attend
ed by a Vast Concourse of People
• Story of the Ceremonies at
the Church, the Procession
to the Cemetery and
the Final Kites.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 10. —Buffalo on
Sunday became a city of mourners.
The gay decorations of the Pan-
American exposition gave way to the
symbol of sorrow. The black drapery
of the city's streets muffled the toll
ing belly of the churches. Hits of
crape appeared on every sleeve. The
sorrow was everywhere apparent.
The day was gray and cheerless.
Heavy clouds hung over the city, at
times breaking to let through :i rift
ot sunshine and then threatening to
let loose a downpour upon the {fath
ering multitude. The air was humid
and heavy, and a light wind from
the south stirred the drooping flags
uud the emblems of mourning. The
very elms seemed to lend fitting ac
companiment to the scene of sorrow
obout to be enacted. Long before the
time set for the funeral services the
vicinity of the Mil burn house was
astir with preparations. At 'J o'clock
platoons of police officers, mounted
and on foot, arrived at the grounds
and were posted along the streets ap
proaching the house. For a block in
each direction the streets were roped
off to keep back tin- gathering crowds.
Gen. John 11. Brooke, department
commander of the east, who was in
command of all the arrangements,
arrived at 10 o'clock. With him were
tiis aides and a half score of other of
ticers. The time was now approeh
>ng for the service. The tramp of
the assembling military could be
heard, and the walks leading to the
Milburn house began to be lined with
♦ hose who were to be assembled
about the bier. Even amid the stir of
assembling a solemn silence prevail
ed, and the military and naval escorts
came to their posts with silent bands.
The entire military and naval force
formed in company front on West
Ferry street and there awaited the
time for the service to begin. Mean
time the members of the cabinet, of
ficials high in the government serv
ice and near friends of the martyred
president began to till the walks lead
ing up to the entrance of the Milburn
residence.
It was just eight minutes before
the opening of the service when a
.barouche drove up to the house bring
ing President Roosevelt and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilcox, at whose home he is a
ignest.
Within the house of death was woe
unspeakable. In the drawing room
to the right of the hall as President
Roosevelt entered the dead chieftain
wis stretched upon his bier. His
/head was to the rising sun. On liis
face was written the story of the
Christian forbearance with which he
had met his martyrdom. Only the
thinness of his faca bore mute testi
mony to the patient suffering he had
endured. He was dressed as he al
ways was in life. The black frock
•coat was buttoned across the breast
where the first bullet of the assassin
had struck. The black string tie be
low the standing collar showed the
little triangle of white shirt front.
"The right hand lay at his side. The
left was across his body. He looked
4U millions of his countrymen have
«een him. save for one thing. The
little badge of the Loyal Legion, the
■only decoration he ever wore, which
was always in the left lapel of his
coat, was missing. And those who
remarked it, spoke of it and after the
body was taken to the city hall the
little badge which he prized through
life was placed again where it had
always been.
The body lay in a black casket on
a black bearskin rug. Over the lower
limbs was flung the starry banner he
had loved so well. The flowers were
few, as befitted the simple nature of
the man. A spray of white crysan
tbcmnnis, a flaming bunch of blood
red American Beauty roses and a
magnificent bunch of violets were on
the casket. That was all. Behind the
head, against a pier mirror between
two curtained windows, rested two
superb wreaths of white asters and
roses. These were the only flowers
in the room.
Two sentries, one from the sea and
•one from the land, guarded the re
mains. They stood ii the window
■embrasures behind the head of the
c.iskef. The one ,o the north was a
eergeant of infantry. In the other
•window was the sailor, garbed in the
loose blue blouse of the navv.
The family had taken leave of their
loved one before the others arrived,
itrs. McKinley, the grief-crushed
widow, had been led into the chamber
s>v her physician, Dr. Kixev, and had
r&at awhile alone with him who had
.comforted her through all their years
of wedded life. But though her sup
port was gone she had not broken
down. Dry-eyed she gazed upon him
and fondled his face. She did not
seem to realize that he was dead.
Then she was led away by Dr. Rlxey
and took up her position at the head
of the stairs where she could hear
the services. Mrs. Hobart, the widow
•of the vice president during Mr. Mc-
Kinley's first term; Mrs. Lafayette
MeWilliams, of Chicago; Miss Barber
Miss Mary liarber and Dr. Itixey re
mained with her throughout. Tin-
other members of the family, Mr. and
Mrs. Abner McKinley, Miss Helen Mc-
Kinley, Mrs. Duncan, Miss Duncan,
Mr. and Mrs. liarber and Dr. and Mrs.
liner had withdrawn into the library
to the north of the drawing room in
vrhicH the casket lay, and there also
gathered other friends when the
service was held.
The friends and public assistants of
the dead president all had opportun
ity to view the remains before the
service began. The members of the
cabinet had taken their leave before
the others arrived. They remained
seated beside their dead chief while
the sad procession viewed the body.
They were on the north side of it.
A place directly at the head had been
reserved for President Roosevelt.
Secretary Root sat alongside this
empty chair. Then came Attorney
General Knox, Secretary Long, Secre
tary Hitchcock, Secretary Wilson and
Postmaster General Smith, in the or
der named. About a hundred in all
saw the body.
Senator lianna, who had fairly
worshiped his dead friend for years,
entered the room at this time, but did
not approach the casket. Ilis face
was set like an iron-willed man who
would not let down the barriers of !
his grief.
Just before 11 o'clock President !
Roosevelt entered. There was an in- !
stantaneous movement in the room |
as the president, appeared. The pro- |
cession was still passing from the !
south side around tlie head of the
casket and back between it and the
members of the cabinet seated at its
side.
The president seemed to be steel
ing himself for a look into the face
of him whose death had made him
the first ruler of the world. The ten
sion in the room was great. Everyone
seemed to be waiting. Then the pres
ident turned ind at the same time
advanced a step. He bowed his head
and looked down upon the man whose
burden he had taken up. Long he
gazed, standing immovable save for
a twitching of the muscles of the
chin as he labored to repress his
emotion. At last he stepped back.
Col. Bingham, the aide to the presi
dent, standing below the foot of the j
casket at the side of Mr. Cortelyou, j
glanced in the direction of Rev. '
Charles Edward Locke, of the Dela- I
ware Avenue M. E. church, who was |
to conduct the service.
The pastor was at the door leading
into the hall, a station whence his
words could be heard at the head of |
the stairs. The signal was given and
there swelled out from the hall the
beautiful words of "Lead, Kindly
Light," suns- by a quartette. It was
President MeKinley's favorite hymn.
Everyone within sound of the music
knew it and half of those in the room
put their faces in their hands to hide
their tears.
When the singing ended the clergy
man read from the 15th chapter of
First Corinthians. All had risen as
he began and remained standing
throughout me remainder of the ser
vice. Again the voices rose with the
words of "Nearer, My God to Thee,"
the very words President McKinley
had repeated at intervals of consci
ousness during the day before he
died. As the music died away the
pastor spoke again. "Let us pray,"
he said, and every head fell upon its
breast. He began his invocation with
a stanza from a hymn sung iu the
Methodist church.
All present joined in the Lord's
Prayer as the minister repeated it,
President Roosevelt's voice being aud
ible at the back of the room. The
service concluded with a simple bene
diction. The funeral director was
about to step forward to place the
cover on the casket when suddenly
there was a movement behind GOT.
Odell. Senator Hanna, who had
risen, saw that the last opportunity
to look into the countenance of his
dead friend had come. Pressing for
ward in an instant he was at the side
of the casket and bending over and
looking down into it. Almost two
minutes passed and then lie turned
away and the conin was closed.
Col. Bingham signalled the body
bearers. Four sailors, two infantry
sergeants and two artillery sergeants
bore the casket aloft and out of the
house. The president, cabinet and
the others followed it. Mrs. McKin
ley and the members of the family
remained. The widow had passed
through the ordeal without breaking
down.
It was within a minute of 11:30
o'clock when three long rolls of a
muffled drum told those outside the
house that the funeral cortege was
about to appear. From the darkened
rooms the assemblage began to tile
out to the street. Soon the walks and
lawns were again covered with the
silent throng, with heads bared. At
the moment the casket appeared,
"Nearer, My God to Thee" ascended
in subdued strains from one of the
military bands. Tenderly the bear
ers laid the casket from their shoul
ders and placed it in the hearse.
The notes of Chopin's funeral ;
dirge succeeded the strains of the |
hymn. The soldiers and sailors
swung into long columns and took up
the march southward toward the
city hall.
As the funeral cortege moved south
toward the city hall, it passed
through a vast concourse of people
tilling the walks and cross streets and
crowding house-tops, windows and
every available space of the buildings
along the line of march.
As the escort of soldiers swung
slowly into Franklin street a few
drops of rain fell. In two minutes it
was raining hard. The long line of
troops took their positions at atten
tion, facing the city hall. The car
riages, containing members of the
cabinet, hurried up to the entrance.
The last of the carriages was the one
bearing President Roosevelt. Re
moving his hat, the president stepped
from the vehicle and walked into the
vestibule. When the hearse appeared
the four horses were led to the en
trance and stopped. The band, some
distance away, began "Nearer. My
God to Thee." At the same instant
the rain came down in sheets.
The casket was lifted from the
hearse to the shoulders of the sailors
and marines and was borne into Buf
falo's official home. Outside there was
not a man, so far as could be seen,
who did not stand, defying the ele
ments, with hat removed, respecting
his dead president. Inside with st»p*
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901
The Nation PausTribute to Its Honored Dead
"His LIFE V/AS GENTLE, AND THE ELEMENTS
So MIXED IN HIM THAT NATURE MIGHT STAND UP,
AND SAY TO ALL THE WORLD, 'THIS WAS A MAN!"'
impressively slow and measured, the j
bearers made their way to the cata- ;
falque. A moment later and the body
of President McKinley was laying in
state.
A remarkable demonstration oc- j
eurred at the city hall which proved
how close the president was to the
hearts of the people. Arrangements j
had been made to allow the public to \
view the body from the time it arriv
ed. at about 1:30 o'clock, until about
5 o'clock. But the people were wedg
ed into the streets for blocks. Two
lines were formed. They extended i
literally for miles. When .> o'clock I
caine 40,000 people had already passed j
and the crowds waiting below in the I
streets seemed undiminished. It was j
decided to extend the time until 7 in
the evening. Then for hours longer i
the streets were dense with people '
and a constant stream flowed into the j
hall and passed the bier. When the I
doors were closed at midnight it was
estimated that 80,000 people had I
viewed the remains, but thousands of [
disappointed ones were still in the j
streets.
Buffalo, Sept. 15.—The following re
port of the autopsy upon the remains j
of President McKinley was issued j
yesterday:
"The bullet which struck over the j
breast bone did not pass through the |
skin, and did little harm. The other |
bullet passed through both walls of j
the stomach near its lower
border. Both holes were found !
to be perfectly closed by the J
stitches, but the tissue around I
each hole had become gan- |
grenous. After passing through the |
stomai'.h the bullet passed into the j
back walls of the abdomen, hitting j
and tearing the upper end of the kid- j
ney. This portion of the bullet track |
was ai;o gangrenous, the gangrene I
involving the pancreas. The bullet j
has not yet been found. There was I
no sign of peritonitis or disease of !
other organs. The heart walls were j
very thin. There was no evidence of I
any attempt at repair on the part of |
nature, and death resulted from the |
gangrene which affected the stomach j
around the bullet wounds, as well as I
the tissues around the further course j
of the bullet. Death was unavoidable I
by any surgical or medical treatment, '
and was the direct result of the bul- i
let wound.
"Harvey D. Gaylord, Herman G. !
Matzinger, P. M. Itixey, Matthew D.
Mann, Herman Mynter, Roswell Park, j
Eugene Wasdin, Charles G. Stockton, j
Edward G. Janeway. W. W. Johnson, j
W. P. Kendall, Charles Gary, Edward
L. Munson. Hermanns L. iiaer."
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath |
of office as president of the United j
States at 3:30 p. m. Saturday. The j
ceremony took place at the home of !
Ansley Wilcox, a friend of Mr. Roose
velt. United States District, Judge \
Hazel administered the oath.
The new president was visibly
shaken, but when he lifted his hand
to swear he proclaimed in these
words: "In this hour of deep and
terrib'v national bereavement, I wish j
to state that it will be my aim to j
adhere to the policy of William Mc- !
Kinley l'or the prosperity and benefit
|of our beloved country." His first j
: act was to ask the members of the !
j cabinet to remain in office and they j
promised to do so.
President Roosevelt issued a proc- j
laniation announcing the death of Mr. j
McKinley and appointing next Thurs
day as a day of mourning and prayer
throughout the United States.
Washington, Sept. 17. —Through a
I living lane of bareheaded people
stretching from Buffalo up over the
Alleghenies, down into the broad val
ley of the Susquehanna and onto the
marble city on the banks of the Po
tomac, the nation's martyred presi
dent yesterday made his last journey
to the seat of the government over
which he presided for four and one
half years. The whole country seeiu
ed to have drained its population at
the sides of the track over which the
funeral train passed.
At several places, Williamsport,
Harrisburg and Baltimore, the chimes
played Cardinal Newman's grand
hymn. Taken altogether the journey
home was the most remarkable, dem
onstration of universal sorrow since
Lineolr was borne to his grave,
livery one of those who came to pay
their la-t tribute to the dead had an
opportunity to catch a glimpse of the
flag-covered bier elevated in the ob
servation car at the rear of the train.
There was no other bit of color to
catch the eye on this train of death.
The locomotive was shrouded in
black, the curtains of the cars in
which iat the lonely widow, the rela-
tives oi the president, cabinet and
others vvere drawn. The whole black
train was like a shuttered house save
only for that hindmost car where the
body lay guarded by a coldier and
a sailor.
Mrs. McKinley stood the trip brave
ly. In the morning soon after leav
ing Buffalo she pleaded so earnestly
to be allowed togo into the car where
her dear one lay that assent was
given and she spent half an hour be
side the coffin.
All the way the train was preceded
about fifteen minutes by a pilot en
gine sent ahead to test the bridges
and switches and prevent the possi
bility of accident to the precious
burden it carried. The train had the
right of way over everything. Not a
wheel moved on the Pennsylvania
railroad system 30 minutes before the
pilot engine was due, or for the same
length of time after the train had
passed.
The train left Buffalo at 8:30 Mon
day morning and arrived at Washing
ton at 8:38 last night. In 12 hours it
is estimated fiver half a million people
saw the coffin which held all that was
mortal of President McKinley.
The remains of President McKin
ley last night laid in the east room of
the White House, where for more
than four years he had made his
home as the chief magistrate of the
great American republic.
The silence that marked the prog
ress of the funeral party through the •
national capital was profound. The I
people as a whole did not talk even in I
whispers and the only sign of agita- I
tion in the great crowd was the silent, j
pressing against the ropes to see the
mournful cortege which swept slowly
along.
When the funeral train entered the
station Mrs. McKinley was placed in
a carriage which drove off to the !
White House without awaiting the
procession. Close behind came the
members of the family of the late
president, who likewise were driven j
away immediately to the executive
mansion. Mrs. McKinley was deeply
veiled. She appeared to bear up with
fortitude, but leaned heavily on the
arms of her supporters.
There was no music. Amid the
hush of the great crowds, only the
clatter of the horses' hoofs, ringing
sharply upon the pavement, was
heard.
When the cortege arrived at the
White House the hearse stopped
under the porte eoehere. The body
bearers took the coffin upon their
shoulders and, passing up the three
or four steps, waited until President
Roosevelt and the members of the
cabinet had alighted from their car
riages and then followed them
through the open doors into the
T-ast room. Just, in the center of the
room, under the great crystal chan
delier, they deposited their precious
burden upon a black draped base and
stood at salute while the new chief
executive and the cabinet members
with bowed heads passed by.
The casket was placed lengthwise
of the east room, the head to the
north. Piled about it were a half
hundred floral emblems and as many
more were placed in the inside cor
ridor. Two marines, a soldier and a
sailor, stood guard, one at each cor
ner of the casket, while seated on
either side were two members of the
Grand Army and two members of the
| Loyal Legion. These were relieved
j at intervals of two hours during the
j night.
Washington, Sept. 18.—Last night
| all that is mortal of William McKin
ley was speeding towards its last
earthly resting place at his home in
Canton after the nation had officially
and with state ceremony paid its
tribute of respect to the memory of
its stricken chief magistrate. Be
| neath the dome of the Capitol funeral
| services of state were held yesterday
j over the remains of the dead presi
dent. It was eminently fitting that
the services should he conducted in
that beautiful rotunda hallowed by
the last sad rites of two other mar
tyrs to the cause of the republic.
The services were conducted in ac
cordance with the rites of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, of which
president McKinley was a lifelong
member. Consisting only of two
hymns, a song, a prayer, an address
and a benediction,they were solemnly
impressive. Gathered around the
bier were represenatives of every
phase of American national life, in
cluding- the president and the only
surviving ex-president of the United
States, together with representatives
of almost acxj nation of the earth.
Despite the fact that no attempt
harl been made to decorate the
rotunda, beyond the arrangements
made about the catafalque, the as
semblage presented a memorable
sight. The sombre black of the attire
or the hundreds of civilians present
was splashed brilliantly 3 with the
blue and gold of the representatives
of the army and navy and the court
costumes of the diplomatic corps. As
the notes of Mr. McKinley's favorite
hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," floated
through the rotunda, the assemblage
rose to its feet. Hared heads were
bowed and eyes streamed with tears.
At the conclusion of the hymn as llev,
])r. Naylor, presiding elder of the
Washington district, rose to offer
prayer, the hush that fell upon the
people was profound. When in con- ,
elusion he repeated the immortal
words of the Lord's l'rayer, the great
audience joined solemnly with him.
Scarcely had the word amen been
breathed when the liquid tones of that
sweetly pleading song, "Some Time
We'll Understand, went straight to
the heart of every auditor. The solo
was sung by Mrs. Thomas C. Xoyes,
of this city.
Bishop Edward 0. Andrews, of Ohio,
the oldest bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church, then took his posi- 1
tion at the head of the bier. A gen
tle breeze through tiie rotunda
stirred the delicate blooms which lay
upon the coffin and the "peace that
pa-seth all understanding" seemed to
rest upon the venerable man's coun
tenance as he began his eulogy of the
life and works of William Mckinley.
His words were sim'ple, but his
whole heart was in every one of them.
His tribute to the Christian fortitude
of the dead president was impressive.
Upon the conclusion of the
sermon the entire audience, as
if by pre-arrangement, joined the
choir in singing "Nearer. My God, to
Thee." All present seemed to be
imbued with a sentiment of hallowed
resignation as the divine blessing was
asked by Kev. Chapman, acting pastor
of the Metropolitan M. E. church,
upon both the living and the dead.
At the, conclusion of the funeral
services in the rotunda the casket lid
was removed in order that the imme
diate friends of tne dead president
might be afforded the comfort of a I
last glance at Jus features, and that
the people whom he loved and who
loved him might pass the bier for the
same purpose. At 12:30 the crowds
began to iile through the rotunda and
during the six hours in wliieh the
body was lying instate it is estimated
that 55,000 people viewed the remains.
Just at 1 o'clock a frightful calam
ity was narrowly averted at the east
front of the Capitol. For hours the
vast throng of people had been
massed in front of the Capitol await
ing an opportunity to enter the ro
tunda. When the doors were opened
tens of thousands of people rushed
almost frantically to the main stair
case. The police and military guards
were swept aside and almost in a
twinkling there was a tremendous
crush at the foot of the great stair
case. The immense throng swept
backward and forward like the surg
ing of a mighty sea. Women and
children were caught in the crowd
and many were bodily injured. lie
spite the efforts of the police and
military and the cooler heads in the
throng, a hundred people were in
jured. Some of the more seriously
hurt were carried into the rotunda
and into various adjoining apart
ments of the Capitol where treatment
was given to them.
The last chapter of the sad ceremo
nial, the removal of the remains of
the late president to the grave at his
old home in Canton, began at 8:20
o'clock last night when the funeral
train left here over the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Canton, ()., Sept. 19.—Tenderly
and reverently those who had known
William McKinley best received his
martyred body into their arms yes
terday. They had forgotten the il
lustrious career of the statesman in
the loss of a personal friend who had
grown dearer to them with the pass
ing of the years. They hardly no
ticed the president of 'tile United
States, or his cabinet, or the generals
and admirals in their resplendent
uniforms. The beautiful flag-draped
casket which contained the body of
•their friend and fellow townsman
held all their thoughts. He had left
them two weeks ago in the full
strength of glorious manhood and
they 'had brought him back dead.
Anguish was in the heart of every
man, woman and child.
The entire population of the little
city and thousands from all over
Ohio, the full strength of the na
tional guard of the state, eight regi
ments, three batteries of artiLery,
one battalion of engineers, 5,000 men
in all; the governor, lieutenant gov
ernor and a justice of the supreme
court, representing the three
branches of the state government,
were at the station to receive the
remains.
The whole town was in deep black.
The only house in all this sorrow
stricken city, strange as it may seem,
without a touch of mourning
drapery was the McKinley cottage
on North Market street, to which so
many distinguished men in the coun
try have made pilgrimages in the
days that arc gone. The blinds
were drawn, but there was no out
ward token of the blow that had
i robbed it o'f its most precious friend,
j Sad as was 'the procession which
I bore the body to the courthouse
! where it lay instate during the af
i ternoon it could not compare with
the infinite sadness of that endless
double line of broken hearted people
who streamed through the dimly
lighted corridors of the building
from the time the coffin was opened
until it.was taken home 'to the sor
rowing widow at nightfall.
Canton, <)., Sept. 20.—With majes
tic solemnity, surrounded by his
countrymen and his townspeople, in
the presence of the president of the
United States, the cabinet, justices
of the United States supreme court,
senators and representatives in con
gress, the heads of the military and
naval establishments, the governors
of states and 'a great concourse of
people who had known and loved
'him, all that is mortal of the third
president to fall by au assassin's bul-
let was on Thursday committed to
the grave. It was a spectacle <*f
mournful grandeur. Cantivn ceased
to be a town and swelled to the pro
portions of a great city. From every
city and hamlet in Ohio, from the re
mote corners of the south, and from
the east and west, the numan tide
flowed into the town unitil 100,00(>
people were within its gates, here t.o
pay their la.st tribute to the fallen,
chief.
The final scenes at the First Meth
odist church where the funeral serv
ice was held, and at West IJUWTI cem
etery, where the body was consigned
to a vault, were simple and impres
sive.
The service at the church consisted
of a brief oration, prayers by the
lr.'nisters of three denominations and
singing by a quartette. The body
was then taken to West Lawn cem
etery and placed in a receiving vault,
pending the time when it will be
finally laid to rest beside the children,
who were buried years ago. The
funeral procession was very impos
ing, and included not only the repre
sentatives of tile army and navy of
the United States, but the entire mil
itary strength of the state of Ohio
and hundreds of civic, fraternal and
other organizations. It was two
miles long.
One of the most pathetic features
of the day was the absence of Mrs.
McKinley from the funeral service*
at the church and from the cemetery
when the body of her husband was
laid to rest. Since the first shock
of the shooting, and then the death,
and through the ordeal of state cere
monies she had borne up bravely.
Hut there was a limit to human en
durance and when the death came it
found her too weak to pass through
the trials of the final ceremonies.
Through the open door of her room
sne heard the prayer of the minister
as the body was borne out of the
house. After that Dr. ltixey re
mained close by 'her side, and al
though the full force of the calamity
had come upon her it was believed
by those about her that there was
providential mercy in her tears, as
they gave some relict to the anguish
of the heart within.
The face of the dead president was
seen for the last time when it lay
instate -on Wednesday in the court
house. The casivet was not opened
after it was removed to the McKin
ley residence and the members of
the family had no opportunity to
look again upon 'the features. The
casket was sealed before it was
borne away from the courthouse.
It had been the hope of many of the
' ! friends of the family here that
the face would be exposed while the
services in the church were being
held yesterday afternoon, but this
suggestion could not be agreed to.
When Mrs. McKinley came into the
death chamber Wednesday night for
her la.st moments beside her dead
husband she wished to have a final
look at the upturned face. l!ut this
was impossible and the sealed casket
with its flowers were all that she
saw.
As the time approached for bear
ing the bodv of the dead president
from the McKinley home to the
church the little cottage on Xorth.
Market street was the center of a
vast concourse ot people. llegimeni&
after regiment of soldiers acting as
guards were in triple lines front
curbs back to the lawns. The walks
had been cleared anil the multitude
took refuge on tne lawns, where it
formed a solid mass of humanity
surging forward ■o the lines of sol
diers. In front of the McKinley
cottage was drawn up two rigid files
of bo.ly bearers, eight sailors of the
navy and eight soldiers of the army,
awaiting the order togo within and
take up the casket.
At 1 o'clock 'the black chargers of
the Cleveland troop swept down the
street, their riders four abreast, in,
their brilliant hussar uniforms, with
flags bound in eraj*? and every sabre
hilt bearing its emblem of mourning.
Their coining was the signal for the
approach of President lloosevelt and
the members of the cabinet. The
presidential party moved up the
walk to the entrance of the house
and formed in a group to the left.
Kxtending further down the walk
was the guard of honor, the ranking
generals of the army on the right
ami the chief figures of the navy on
the left.
Now the deep-toned wail of the
church bells began and every steeple
in Canton gave forth its dolorous
plaint. lt was 1:15 and the time
had come for taking up the body. V
brief private service had been held
within 'the darkened chamber, Ilev.
Manchester saying a prayer while
the relatives gathered around and
Mrs. McKinley listened from the half
open door of her adjoining room.
The double file of body bearers
now stepped into the room and, rais
ing the casket 'to their shoulders,
in-re it through the open entrance.
A solemn hush fell upon the multi
tude as the bearers advanced with
measured tread.
The coffin was committed to the
hearse and the silence was broken as
the order to march passed from offi
cer to officer. The great procession
now took up its mournful journey,
passing under the sweep of giant
arches robed in black, between two
living lines of humanity massed
along the streets, covering house
to|>s and filling the windows. The
church bells still were tolling, ming
ling their dismal tones with the ca
dence of the funeral dirge. Pre
ceding the funeral car ami forming
the first division rode Ell Torrance,
national commander of the G. A. 11.,
with a long line of veterans. At
the head of each horse drawing the
hearse marched a soldier.
At either side of the hearse
marched the guard of military and
naval honor, the generals on the
right led by Gen. .Miles, and the ad
mirals on the left led by Admiral
| Farquhar. Then came the long line
!of carriages of the relatives and
• friends, and after tnem the innumer
| une military and civic organizations
that had assembled to pay this last
honor to the fallen chief. In the
line were division after division of
Knights Templar, Knights of Pyth
ias, Masons, Odd Fellows and repre
sentatives 112 benevolent orders*