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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1901)
i HE SLEEPS IJf TEACE Imposing Funeral Ceremonies Precede Interment of Mc Kinley at Canton Out under the whispering oak trees of Westlawn cemetery in a vine-covered vault almost buried in a sloping hillside all that is earthly of William McKinley now rests About the flower ctrewn slopes a picket line of sol diers stands silent in the shadows Whole Day Glvonto Grief All day Thursday muffled drums beat their requiems brasses wailed out the strains of marches of the dead great men of the nation followed a funeral car in grief and tears Through solid banks of bareheaded men and weeping women and children fringed by a wall of soldiers marching mil itary and civilians passed with the mourners of the distinguished dead First among those who followed the dead during the journey from the home to the tomb was the man who is now at the head of the government airs McKinley Near Collapse Mrs McKinley was unable to attend the funeral While the last rites were being said she remained in a room of the family home dazed not realizing that death had come to her husband almost paralyzed mentally During the morning at her urgent request she sat alone for a time beside the cof fin as it lay in the south parlor of the house No one seeks to lift the veil that is drawn over this scene about the bier of the last earthly sleep The casket was not opened But she was near the one who ever had cared for and protected her near the dead for whom grief has burned inlo the soul of a country the lessons of manliness and beneficence taught by his life Iliml Ceremonies Impressive The last ceremonies for the late president were marked with a dignity that struck dumbness to the tens of thousands who watched the funeral column make the journey from the home to the cemetery From the south parlor of the frame house which had so long been the family home the casket was borne to the First Metho dist church at Canton with statesmen diplomats great men of nation rep resentatives of the world gathered with the surrounding members of the family Ministers of five religious de- of the vault the flower carpet had dis appeared its blooms however to be guarded for years as mementos of this day of sorrow Just without the entrance to this mausoleum stood the new president of the United States The coffin- rested on supports only a hands reach from him Then the members of the cabi net formed an open line with him and members of the family all save the lone woman who was in the home under the close watch of Dr Rlxey gathered near Earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust came the bene diction from the lips of the venerable Bishop Joyce The roar of the cannon ecnoed from the hilltop just above It came as a mighty amen Again the white haired minister spoke Again came the crashing roar of the salute its rever berations beating on and on over the hills about the city Taps Sounded by Bugler Taps the saddest call the bugle language of the army knows came from eight bugles The last notes were held until the breath of the wind seemed to rob them of life Away down the broad street two miles away the marching columns were still com ing The music of the bands muted it seemed by some giant hand cainu floating to the group about the vault Nearer My God to Thee Nearer to Thee Once again came the crash from the guns above Door Is Closed Upon Martyr Then the casket was carried within the vault Five infantrymen marched behind it A moment passed and the outer doors were closed The last cer emony was over the third martyred president of the United States had been committed to God and eternity Slowly the marching column treaded about the crescent road to the left of the temporary tomb Then darkness threw its veil over all the silent guards took their stations the cem etery gate were closed Never Mourning More Sincere That is the bare outline of one of the most imposing and impressive fu nerals ever seen in the United States To fill in all its details would take FUNERAL TRAIN EN ROUTE FROM WASHINGTON SCENE AT A WAY STATION nominations said the simple services Great Throne Joins In Hymn Troops banked the streets about but the thousands who had gathered near and stood in places for five hours held weir ground catching up the broken strains of Nearer My God to Thee The silence of calm had come the si lence of supreme excitement had pass ed It was not at him said the min ister of the church all but hidden from sight by the mountains of blooms and lloral pieces that bound in the pul pit and choir loft that the fatal shot was fired but at the heart of our gov ernment Then he added In all the coming years men will seek but will seek in vain to fathom the enor mity and the wickedness of that crime New President in Tears These words brought home with crushing force the warning that the last scenes were being enacted Among those who sat with bowed heads was President Roosevelt The tears welled into his eyes as he heard the peti tions that God might guide his hands aright Then came the last stage of this journey to the city of the dead Members -of the United States senate those who sit in the house of repre sentatives officials and citizens from practically every state in the union soldiers military organizations a col umn of more than 6000 men followed the funeral car on this last journey Path Is Carpeted In Flowers The skies were hidden by clouds of gray but not a drop of rain fell The path of flagging leading to the iron gated vault was buried beneath a covering of blooms This carpet of flowers came as an offering fiun the school children of Nashville Tfcnn But the men of the war days of forty years ago with whom the martyred president had inarched in his youth passed up this road before the funeral car approached They caught up the flowers as they passed pressing them to their lips Just ahead of the hearse marched the handful of survivors of the late presidents own regiment They too gathered up the blooms as they limped by Blooms Taken as Mementos So it happened that when the men of the army and of the navy carried the black casket within the shadow irsviwsw TO CANTON pages while to convey an adequate idea of the feature of it all which was most conspicuous the depth and si lence of the grief displayed is beyond words In that respect it was tho scenes of Wednesday enacted over again with increased intensity All along through the great black lane of people that s tretched from the Mc Kinley home to the cemetery quite two miles were men and women weeping as though their dearest friend was being oine to thegrave Every Eye Dim With Tears About the tomb itself the outburst of grief was still more striking As the casket was borne into the vault there was not a member of the cabinet who was not visibly affected while several were in tears with their handkerchiefs to their eyes Secre tary Root although controlling him self to some degree of outward calm was deeply moved while President Roosevelt repeatedly pressed his hand kerchief to his eyes Great Picture of Desolation Among the bystanders many scarce ly made an effort to conceal their emo tion It was a scene under the cheer less gray skies and in the bloak wind as cold as a November day that even the radiant glory of all the great mass of flowers could not relieve the picture of all of sorrow and desola tion tha death leaves in its wake As the one on whom this terrible blow falls hardest was not there this ag ony was spared her Will Sleep In Bed of Granite Here in this vine covered vault the remains of President McKinley will lie until they are buried in granite There remain now only the plans for a mon ument to his jnemory Already these are under way Thursday morning Speaker Henderson of the house of representatives accompanied by Con gressman S E Payne of New York and Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl vania were driven to Westlawn cem etery and viewed the location of the McKinley plot Congress to Build a Monument The newer part of the cemetery was also visited and although the state ment is not definitely made it is sug gested that the coming session of con gress will probably appropriate funds for the erection of a monumont The plans and details are as yet embryonic but will assume definite proportions in a week or two Scenes at tho Church It was 150 oclock when the pro cession reached the stately stone edi fice where the funeral services were to be held At the church entrance were drawn up deep files of soldiers with bayonets advanced keeping a clear area for the advancing casket and the long train of mourners The hearse halted while President Roose velt and members of the cabinet aiighted Again they grouped them selves at either side of the entrance and with uncovered heads awaited the passing of the casket Then the coffln was brought from the hearse and as it passed within 1he black draped entrance the president and his cabinet followed within the edifice Member of Conjjrcs Knter At the rear of each of the four aisles stood a soldier at attention cap in hand musket held straight in front The members of the senate entered At the head walked Senator Allison of Iowa Then came Penrose and Cock rell Scott Burrows of Michigan Til man and Mason of Illinois Next the members of the house filed in They numbered almost 150 Speaker Hen derson at the head Louder came the mourn of the band and outside the troops had formed a phalanx of sabers and bayonets Then under the black shrouded door came the casket Under Arch of Sabers The black coffin had passed under an arch of drawn sabers as it was carried up the steps Lieutenant Ganeral Miles and the men of the army and Rear Admiral Farquhar and tl3 men of the navy held their positions Cov ered with a great American flag bear ing only sprays of immortelles and roses tendered by the Legation of honor the casket was slowly brought to the front supported on the shoul ders of the blue jackets and the sol diers At the foot of the mountain of flowers marking the altar and the choir loft lay the bier shrouded too in the national colors and in black On this the casket was placed under the quivering folds of the starry ban ner with the lights shedding their ef fulgence from above the fragrance of the flowers hovering about an 1 the music of Beethovens grand funeral march pulsing from the organ the bodybearers gently lowered the flag draped and flower adorned coffin to its support All Rise as Colli u Passos Then the generals took their places in the first seat to the right of the central aisle The rear admirals crossed and tool the first pew to the left Every one within the church had risen as the casket was brought in They remained standing A moment later and President Roosevelt entered through the same doorway of black His lips quivered slightly as he was escorted to the pew directly behind General Miles Behind him came Sec retaries Hitchcock and Wilson and Postmaster General Smith who filed into the next pew and with them Those who had accompanied the fu neral train then were seated Senator and Mrs Fairbanks came first fol lowed by Controller Charles Gates Dawes Senator Hanna followed He looked worn and leaned on his cano Mrs Hanna accompanied him Then the black gloved ushers seated the other members of the party The formation of the funeral proces sion was as follows First Division Gen EII Torrance national commander Q A R commanding and stuff Grand Army band E F Taggart department commander G A R of Ohio and staff Canton Post No 2o Canton O Buckley Post No 12 Akron O Bell llannon Post No 3G Warren O C G Chamberlain Post- No 86 East Palestine O Given Post No 133 Wooster O Hart Post No 134 Masslllon O Other Grand Army posts Second Division MaJ Charles Dick commanding Eighth Regiment Military Band Detachment Ohio National Guard Troop A of Ohio National Guard guard of honor Officiating clergymen Funeral car and bearers Honorary bearers Special guard of honor Gen Nelson A Miles Admiral George Dewey Gen John R Brooke Gen Elwcll S Otis Gen George L Gillespie Loyal Legion Family President and Cabinet FUNERAL CORTEGE NEARING THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON President of Senate and United States Senators Speaker of House of Representatives Governors of states with staffs Gen Leonard Wood Governor of Cuba Ohio state officials Circuit Court Judges state of Ohio Gov McKinleys former staff officers Federal officers of Cleveland Federal officers of Chicago Federal officers of Canton Federal officers of Masslllon Board of directors of Pan American Ex position Board of Cook County officials Chicago Third Division Maj A Vignos commanding Gate City Guards of Atlanta Ga Cleveland Grays Cleveland Scotts Guards William McKinley Command Spanish American War Veterans Sons of Veterans Union League Legion Ccnton Encampment No 91 Fourth Division A B Foster Grand Commander of Ohio commanding Knights Templar Grand Lodge of Ohio Eagle Lodge of Canton Canton Lodge of Canton and other Ma sonic lodges The remaining three divisions were made up of representatives from clubs societies civic bodies and the Eighty second regiment of National Guards together with other military organiza tions When the funeral at Canton began all the tides of American life stood still The wheels of industry ceased to revolve The hammers of toil paused in their beat The ship stopped her throb in its race against time The miner dropped his pick The farmer checked his team in mid furrow The crowds in the city streets halted All activities save the ministrations to the deadly sick and the dying were sus pended The sun in heaven for a space looked down upon a motionless nation where nearly every head was bent Special services were held in the churches of the national capital and hundreds of other cities TRIBUTE FROM W 1 BRTAX Memorial exercises for the dead President were held at the Auditorium in Lincoln Neb and were largely at tended W J Bryan was one of the principal speakers He said in part As monuments reared by grateful SAILORS AND SOLDIERS BEARING THE CASKET went Secretary Cortelyou the man wno had made every effort that a loyal heart could prompt to save the life which had gone out under the bul let Members of Family Seated Then came the members of the fam ily all being seated to the left of the central aisle Abner McKinley broth er of the dead president and his wife walked slowly at the head of the black clad line He was seated in the pew directly behind the men of the navy and just across the aisle from President Roosevelt After Dr and Mrs Boer came the venerable Joseph Saxton uncle of Mrs McKinley The great organ had left the funeral march and now the reeds pealed out the strains of Nearer My God to Thee hands to the memory of heroes testify to the virtues of the living as well as to the services of the dead so the sorrow that has overwhelmed our na tion obliterating the distinctions of party race and religion is as compli mentary to the patriotism of our peo ple as to our departed magistrate It would indeed be a disgrace to our na tion if the murder of a President con cerned only the members of the domi nant party While no recent campaigns have aroused deeper feeling than those through which Mr McKinley passed yet in no contests did the minority more cheerfully acquiesce in the will of the majority as expressed at the polls He was the President of all the people and their dignity and sovereignty were attacked when he was assaulted THE LIVE STOCK MARKET latest Quotations From South Omaha unci Kansas City SOUTH OMAHA Cattle Very few cattio urrlved yester day but today receipts were qult5 lib eral Packers seemed to be quite anxious for supplies and an a result thi market was fairly active on good stuff and fully steady prices were paid There were not very many corn fed steers offered but the quality of some of tliein was excep tionally good as Is shown by the fact that as high as SW was paid Packers all seemed to want the bettor grades and consequently strong prices were paid The commoner grades were naturally not as ready sellers but still they brought fully as good prices as were paid on Wednes day The supply of cow stuff continued liberal today about forty five cars being offered There was not much change In the prices paid the market being very close to steady Some salesmen thought they had to take a shade lower prices but still the better grades sold in about Wednesdays notches Bulls calves and stags also sold about steady whera the quality was at all good Hogs There were around 100 cars of hogs in the yards this morning and al though the market was ciulte a little slow about opening still when trading did be gin it was generally on a basis of a 2Ac advance Some hogs sold no more than steady while others were 3c higher but as a general thing the market was close to 2Uc higher The bulk of all the sales went from J71 to 6S0 At those prices the market was fairly active and the bulk was out of llrst hands In good sea son Sheep Quotations Choice yearlings J30g30 fair to good yearlings 313 330 choice wethers 320g333 fair to good wethers 3C05320 choice owes 273 0300 fair to good ewes 23lff273 choice spring Iambs ZiZWiliTiO fair to good spring lambs HoyfUW feeder wethers 273r32r feeder lambs 3001t3l0 KANSAS CITY Cattle Market generally steady native beef steers 3 OGQ G 30 Texans and Indian steers J270Jt375 Texas cows 220iI280 native cows and heifers 230f550 stock ers and feeders 2S i3K23 bulls 220Ji 423 calves 350Q525 rgs Market strong bulk of sales 1GXi90 heavy C90700 packers JG7C R690 mixed JG6O0G83 light J620fiGS3 Yorkers i613igG70 plBn 5005010 Sheep and Lambs Market steady mut tons 2755355 Iambs 350450 rango wethers 225g333ewes 5275031O stock ers 2COff250 feeders 300330 MRS MKINLEY BEARS UP WELL Effort of Those Around Her Directed to Distracting Attention from the Fast CANTON O Sept 21 Mrs Mc Kinleys condition was favorable yes terday more favorable than at any time since the arrival of the party from Washington Her condition dur ing the last few days was as good as had been expected and she had con siderable rest After 11 oclock last night a small military guard main tained quiet in front of the house that no noise might disturb her It is hoped by the friends and attending physicians that she will be able to leave her room today and give atten tion to some matters calculated to take her mind from the depressing incidents of the last week To accomplish this is now the chief aim of her attend ants She will be taken for a drive as soon as possible and everything pos sible be done to interest her in the affairs of the future to the exclusion of affairs of the past The house has been emptied of all its guests the funeral party except Dr Rixey Mrs M C Barber sister of Mr McKinley and several close Canton relatives having departed dur ing the night or early morning A guard of half a dozen soldiers still surrounds the house merely to keep out the idly curious and to preserve quiet A few callers left cards at the house during the morning including Senator and Mrs Fairbanks ALLISON PREDICTS ACTION The Tovra Senator Sore that Con cress Will Tackle Anarchy CHICAGO Sept 21 Congress will undoubtedly make a thorough investi gation of anarchy in the United States next winter and wil do its ut most to pass laws for the prevention of such crimes as that committed against President McKinley said Sen ator Allison tonight I have no doubt there will be many joint sessions of the judiciary commit tees of the two houses during the session and the best legal talent of the land will be called upon to assist the attorney general in pointing out con stitutional methods for reaching the seat of the trouble The need is evi dent The pressure for legislation will be great possibly pushing con gress to go to an unwarranted ex treme Soe action will undoubtedly be taken that is in consonance with thj constitution and will not infringe on proper freedom of speech A number of Boers in Johannesburg have asked the American government if they can acquire land in the United States for settlement Caterer Delmonico Dead NEW YORK Sept 21 Word was received in this city of the death in Colorado of Charles Crist Delmonico the famous caterer who for years has been identified with the restaurant now at Fifrn avenue and Forty sixth street bearing his name Death was due to pulmonary troubles Mr Del monico in company with his wife whom he married less than a year ago had been in Colorado for some time No Tobacco at Italian Court Tho King and Queon of Italy can not endure tho smell of tobacco and none of their ladles and gentlemen in waiting arc permitted to smoke when doing their turns In service end no smoking is allowed in the royal apartments This aversion of the royal couple for tobacco is the moro surprising when ono recalls the fact that the young queens mother and sisters all smoke cigarettes that she was brought up at the Russian court where smoking by ladies is the rule rather than the exception and when one remembers how passionately fond of his cigars was the late King Hum bert The Boomlue West I was in a little Wisconsin town the other day said a Boston man re cently and know of a gentleman who came there with some stock of an eastern concern to dispose of at par It was good property to be sure but in that one small town he sold 6000 worth of the stock In less than a half day The West is far more prosperous this year than last al though last year was looked upon at the time as a record breaker The railroads are carrying a vast amount of produce to the Orient and mind what I tell you our exports by the Pacific coast before many years will equal and surpass our exports from the Atlantic seaboard Only two or three years ago nobody ever dreamed of a mighty export trade on that side She Danced for Charity A French woman has invented a new plan for securing contributions to charity She is a great favorite in her own circle Recently while staying at a country place near Paris she attended a charity fete One of her men friends sought her hand for a dance and the lady said With pleasure Twenty francs please I beg your pardon said the puzzled man I had the honor to ask you for a waltz To be sure said mad emoiselle I thought it was a qua drille A waltz will be 40 francs Then she explained that for that ev ening she was dancing for the poor and her partners must contribute The other belles took up the idea and the result was a handsome increase in the fund A DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARY Washington Ind Sept 23d There is at present living at 10G East 15tb street in this city a most remarkable man He is Rev C H Thompson and he came to Washington from Little York Ind a short time ago Rev Mr Thompson spent many years of his long and useful life as a missionary among the Indians of the West The great exposure and the drinking of so much bad water brought on Diabetes and at Wagoner Indian Territory he was struck down while preaching Physicians one of them a Chicago specialist pronounced his case hope less Dodds Kidney Pills were recom mended and as a last resort he tried them He was completely cured and restored to good health and his case and its cure has caused a sensation among the physicians Z His SHrer Wedding at SO Most Reverend Frederick Temple archbishop of Canterbury who is SO years of age has been celebrating his silver wedding He was not married until he was 55 years of age yet ha is an excellent specimen of Queen Victorias favorite type of a bishop and happy family man Halls Catarrh Cnro Is a constitutional cure Price 75c Aiits Damage Brick 1avingv A curious menace to brick street paving has come to light in Council Bluffs la Numerous ants began burrowing into the sand beneath the bricks and removed so much of It to other and unknown quarters that the city engineer was called in to re pair the damages One street was made unfit for travel for several blocks Incubator Triplets The triplets of Morris J Cohen who were sent from New York to Buffalo to be placed in the baby incubators there are expected home in a few days The little things not only lived but have more than doubled in weight and are as fine a collection of babies as could be found anywhere They would undoubtedly have died had it not been for the incubators The triplets are the first in this country and the second in the world to go through the incubator process Indies Can Wear Shoe One size smaller after usingAUens Foot Ease a powder It makes tight or new Bhoeseasy Curesswollen hotsweating achingfeet ingrowing nails corns and bunions All druggists and shoe stores 25c Trial package FREE by mail Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y Won His Wager A wager was made by a resident of London that he could cook a plum pudding ten feet beneath the surface of the Thames He won the bet by placing the pudding in a tin case and putting the whole In a sack o lime The heat of the lime slacking when coming in contact with the water was sufficient to cook the pudding hi two hours Mrs Wlnslows Soothing Sjrnp iiJaJfettn 80etisretinees tsaimaclon allaj 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